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23 hours ago, ztejas said:

 

This might be fair but honestly the rest of the internet has really enshittified lately. I used to be addicted to reddit. I may visit once a day - if that - now. It's turned to total shit. 

I like Surly - because frankly - there isn't anywhere else I've found like it. Maybe it was better 10 or 15 years ago or whatever but even if it was (rose-tinted glasses and all that) where the fuck else am I going to get the same mix of various sports discussions, Longhorns or not, and pop-culture and just general degeneracy? 

This community is worth holding on to. 

There’s a lot of truth here. I’m finding outside of sports on tv that books are increasing in appeal as every internet outlet with social interaction seems to be going rancid. I don’t find television and movies to be much better tbqh. 

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15 hours ago, Iceman said:

For all of our shit-talking and grabassery, there is a core group of posters that care about others in here.  The feedback has helped a lot.  Hopefully I've been able to pay that back, in-kind.  That community is, dare I say, special.

Maybe we don't drive much new content, but those are elements that make Surly unique, IMHO.

Fuck yeah. Talk your shit.

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On 2/16/2025 at 11:41 PM, troph said:

There’s a lot of truth here. I’m finding outside of sports on tv that books are increasing in appeal as every internet outlet with social interaction seems to be going rancid. I don’t find television and movies to be much better tbqh. 

Great minds and all, as I have been trying to get back into reading physical books.  I haven't done so in....well im ashamed to say how long but let's just say I have two kids in single digits and I am the primary caregiver in my home.  So if I sit down for more than 15 mins, I usually doze off or let my eyes glaze over while watching the same reel of a cat sneezing funny on insta.  One of my resolutions this year was to read at least 5 physical books, across a few genres.  Wanting to start with something history related that isnt too dry and can be a bit of a pageturner.  Any reccs? (i know this is off-topic slightly, so feel free to insult my lineage and physical characteristics).

Posted
4 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said:

Slightly?

I'm sure there is a book thread somewhere in Hobbies.

There’s an entire book subforum.

Posted
46 minutes ago, hookemATL said:

Great minds and all, as I have been trying to get back into reading physical books.  I haven't done so in....well im ashamed to say how long but let's just say I have two kids in single digits and I am the primary caregiver in my home.  So if I sit down for more than 15 mins, I usually doze off or let my eyes glaze over while watching the same reel of a cat sneezing funny on insta.  One of my resolutions this year was to read at least 5 physical books, across a few genres.  Wanting to start with something history related that isnt too dry and can be a bit of a pageturner.  Any reccs? (i know this is off-topic slightly, so feel free to insult my lineage and physical characteristics).

last book i finished was On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed, she's a native Texan, black woman and historian. She's a lovely woman, brillant, and tells a great story. Her book is short and offers an alternative view of Texas history while both critiquing and embracing the Texas mystic. an easy and short read, one that also is easy to consume via audio books.  I'm currently reading Why Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller and it has some gems but I'm only 20% through it so I cannot vouch for it entirely. I'm also reading the Gay Place which is a fiction book loosely based on LBJ as if he were the governor of Texas. A must read for Texans I'm told.

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1 hour ago, hookemATL said:

Great minds and all, as I have been trying to get back into reading physical books.  I haven't done so in....well im ashamed to say how long but let's just say I have two kids in single digits and I am the primary caregiver in my home.  So if I sit down for more than 15 mins, I usually doze off or let my eyes glaze over while watching the same reel of a cat sneezing funny on insta.  One of my resolutions this year was to read at least 5 physical books, across a few genres.  Wanting to start with something history related that isnt too dry and can be a bit of a pageturner.  Any reccs? (i know this is off-topic slightly, so feel free to insult my lineage and physical characteristics).

Man I’m trying to get myself into an actual book reading (not book listening while I clean at night) habit just to model that shit with the kids. Holding a book, reading quietly.

No luck yet but we’ll do it.

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Posted (edited)
38 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

Man I’m trying to get myself into an actual book reading (not book listening while I clean at night) habit just to model that shit with the kids. Holding a book, reading quietly.

No luck yet but we’ll do it.

it's hard, our brains are strung out on screens, they just are. turning on quiet music and reading a physical book is so freaking good for our mental health. It's hard to describe. even if it's only 10-15 minutes and 3 pages, it's a start. I'm in the same boat trying to force it.

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On 2/16/2025 at 11:41 PM, troph said:

There’s a lot of truth here. I’m finding outside of sports on tv that books are increasing in appeal as every internet outlet with social interaction seems to be going rancid. I don’t find television and movies to be much better tbqh. 

I have already read more books in the 1.5 months of 2025 than I did the past two years combined. 

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Posted
9 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

I have already read more books in the 1.5 months of 2025 than I did the past two years combined. 

Me too. But that happens when you have a one year old grandchild.

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Posted
1 hour ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

I have already read more books in the 1.5 months of 2025 than I did the past two years combined. 

some how I think you may be fudging that number.

1 hour ago, po elvis said:

Me too. But that happens when you have a one year old grandchild.

poop on pop?

go dog go is all time.

I still quote green eggs and ham.

 

Posted (edited)
On 2/18/2025 at 12:04 PM, troph said:

it's hard, our brains are strung out on screens, they just are. turning on quiet music and reading a physical book is so freaking good for our mental health. It's hard to describe. even if it's only 10-15 minutes and 3 pages, it's a start. I'm in the same boat trying to force it.

I can see where this would be true for a lot of people. I've been a book reader basically my whole life though, even the interwebs can't pry me away from reading.

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Posted
1 minute ago, G650 said:

I can see where this would be true for a lot of people. I've been a book reader basically my whole life though, even the interwebs can't pry me away from reading.

My ex is a rabid book reader … I lost my way years ago because half my day I read dense documents for work. Add social media and most have been swept out to social media sea. I am getting it back slowly tho. 

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Posted
3 minutes ago, troph said:

My ex is a rabid book reader … I lost my way years ago because half my day I read dense documents for work. Add social media and most have been swept out to social media sea. I am getting it back slowly tho. 

It's always a great touchstone in a sea of insanity like we have today

Posted
24 minutes ago, G650 said:

It's always a great touchstone in a sea of insanity like we have today

Main thing is it allows you to close the door in the evenings to the outside world. I am throughly convinced one of the major problems is we just don’t get a break from it all unless we are intentional about it and most aren’t. 

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Posted
47 minutes ago, troph said:

Main thing is it allows you to close the door in the evenings to the outside world. I am throughly convinced one of the major problems is we just don’t get a break from it all unless we are intentional about it and most aren’t. 

I'm on the road a lot for work, but I love to go eat by myself- unrushed, wherever I want.  Just time for me.  No phones, no ipad, no nothin. Just quiet time and taking in the atmosphere.  I think it serves a similar function to what you describe.

Fuck that reading though, j/k.

Posted (edited)
31 minutes ago, Ghost of NMAS said:

I’ll admit that I’m somewhat confused about this thread

I think it is about immamac reading Mein Kampf in the evenings as a way to shut out the outside world.

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Posted (edited)
2 minutes ago, po elvis said:

I think it is about immamac reading Mein Kampf in the evenings as a way to shut out the outside world.

Sounds like a good way to become an elected official in Texas, which office is he gonna pursue?

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Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, Ghost of NMAS said:

I’ll admit that I’m somewhat confused about this thread

This thread got started when the mods let one of the "hooray the government is shooting protesters" threads get out of hand during the 2020 summer and fall of love. Jimmy didn't make this thread or title - Immamac did lol.

The mods memory holed a bunch of abhorrent shit in the DT thread because it would have been extremely embarrassing for some of the posters to keep up, and moved a bunch of posts complaing about the mods into this new thread

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Posted
3 hours ago, Captainant said:

This thread got started when the mods let one of the "hooray the government is shooting protesters" threads get out of hand during the 2020 summer and fall of love. Jimmy didn't make this thread or title - Immamac did lol.

The mods memory holed a bunch of abhorrent shit in the DT thread because it would have been extremely embarrassing for some of the posters to keep up, and moved a bunch of posts complaing about the mods into this new thread

Forrest Gump (1994) | Alex on Film

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Posted
On 2/18/2025 at 11:41 AM, Fondren & Main said:

Mocktail/Spindrift party.

I stopped drinking alcohol and 1) spindrift is the best seltzer, and 2) I’ll mix up some mean THC drink mocktails for you all 

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Posted (edited)
On 2/18/2025 at 9:13 AM, hookemATL said:

Great minds and all, as I have been trying to get back into reading physical books.  I haven't done so in....well im ashamed to say how long but let's just say I have two kids in single digits and I am the primary caregiver in my home.  So if I sit down for more than 15 mins, I usually doze off or let my eyes glaze over while watching the same reel of a cat sneezing funny on insta.  One of my resolutions this year was to read at least 5 physical books, across a few genres.  Wanting to start with something history related that isnt too dry and can be a bit of a pageturner.  Any reccs? (i know this is off-topic slightly, so feel free to insult my lineage and physical characteristics).

Devil in the White City. Very easy read.

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Posted
16 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Do we have a wreath fund for the DT Ukraine thread? We might want to pass the hat if not.

If there was only a CR thread to discuss it.

Just took a look and it seems all pretty on topic? Granted there is heavy historical comparison going on, but bruh. There's more than just videos of ivans getting liquidated to the conflict. Our nations abrupt heel turn factors significantly into how much soil Ukraine is ultimately going to cede to the aggressive invaders.

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Posted
2 hours ago, Captainant said:

Just took a look and it seems all pretty on topic? Granted there is heavy historical comparison going on, but bruh. There's more than just videos of ivans getting liquidated to the conflict. Our nations abrupt heel turn factors significantly into how much soil Ukraine is ultimately going to cede to the aggressive invaders.

It comes and goes. a few of the usual suspects. But yeah, that core group keeps it level on the news.

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On 2/18/2025 at 1:48 PM, troph said:

some how I think you may be fudging that number.

poop on pop?

go dog go is all time.

I still quote green eggs and ham.

 

 

On 2/24/2025 at 5:33 PM, nnm said:

Do you like my hat?

"You monkeys you! Give me back my hat!" Caps For Sale is also a classic in a similar vein.

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Posted
20 hours ago, Captainant said:

Just took a look and it seems all pretty on topic? Granted there is heavy historical comparison going on,

I think a lot of that was hitting the three year anniversary earlier this week combined with some changes in aid.  

That thread is an amazing time capsule for how events played out in Feb/March of 2022.  We went from Russias rolling into Ukraine in their BTRs and BMPs in February of 2022 to *checks notes* rolling in on golf carts and using fucking donkeys to move supplies.  

20 hours ago, Captainant said:

There's more than just videos of ivans getting liquidated to the conflict.

I got to where I stopped posting that stuff after having posted a lot of it unless it’s entertaining, because it’s way too desensitizing.  I thought shitty VHS copies of Faces and Traces of Death was bad as a young lad.

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Posted
Just now, atomheartbevo said:

 I stopped posting that stuff after having posted a lot of it ……..because it’s way too desensitizing.
Just now, atomheartbevo said:

unless it’s entertaining

suspicious GIF

Posted
On 2/20/2025 at 10:45 AM, Jerry Callo said:

Natural Surly progression from immamac is a fascist to middle-aged, online book club.

A few days ago, I was talking to some parents of one of my kid’s classmates, and mentioned that the apartment complex they are in trends towards older residents.  They said once a year or so somebody leaves in a body bag, with the wife joking “yeah it’s full of old people” and all three of us chuckled.

Despicable Me Lol GIF
 

And then she says “I bet we’re the only people there under the age of 50”.

Aging Matt Damon GIF

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On 2/26/2025 at 10:04 PM, InkaUtexas said:

Do we have a wreath fund for the DT Ukraine thread? We might want to pass the hat if not.

If there was only a CR thread to discuss it.

We may need a wreath fund for Ukraine at this point, if Dear Leader decides they're ripe for plundering for mineral rights

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