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10 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

$1 totinos for the win.  I had a stack of them.  Pop 'em in that little toaster oven that sat on the counter with a glass door.  I used to murder those with extreme prejudice.  

$1?  Fucking Daddy Warbucks over here.  Fox DeLuxe $.79 pizzas for the sad, not very delicious win.

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8 minutes ago, bolverk said:

it's not like you live in a struggling little town out in the real sticks like Menard, Brady, or Eden.

 

I beg your pardon -- I've spent a lot of time out there on a couple of hunting leases.  All three places have fun public golf courses.  Brady has a big Wal-Mart. The others have newly invigorated Lowes grocery stores and even Allsups for burritos!  

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Posted
12 minutes ago, DalTxHornFan said:

I beg your pardon -- I've spent a lot of time out there on a couple of hunting leases.  All three places have fun public golf courses.  Brady has a big Wal-Mart. The others have newly invigorated Lowes grocery stores and even Allsups for burritos!  

The Brady Wal-Mart is fine....but it ain't "big."  That said, my truck broke down in the parking lot of the Brady Tractor Supply (stupid fuel pump), and multiple people stopped to offer to help, including a leather-skinned chainsmoking gal who actually had an electronic diagnostic tool in the pile of....stuff....in her car.  It at least told us that the issue wasn't electric or the starter.

Brady also has a Chicken Express, so I can pick up an order of gizzards on the way home.  See, and y'all don't think I know how to find happiness.

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Posted
1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

God what a copout.  Way to say "we can't get along because we have minorities."  Also, way to utterly ignore the bigger point here.....

Nevermind that we -- in recent memory -- did better at having greater alignment of our values society-wide.  Far from perfect, sure....but better than we are doing today.

Nobody expects us to be Finland.  But we can damn well expect that we could be the US of even 20-30 years ago.  In 2012, we were 11th.  Today, we are 24th.  Saying "we'll never be #1 is a copout."  How about we just say "we can be #11 again?"

Sorry I give a damn that we seem to be treating each other shittier, shittier, and shittier, and that our social wellness has declined from 11th to 24th in just 13 years.  Sorry I give a shit about how my neighbors are doing instead of just myself.  I understand that you either 1) don't mind cruelty and selfishness that hurts other, or 2) defend those things because it aligns with your beliefs.  It bothers me, sorry, that's the way I was raised, and it's how I'm wired.

Oh, and my concern about this isn't because I'm a "city boy, not a country fella" (well, okay....I freely confess that Austin traffic and idiot drivers are probably responsible for a good 10% of any bad feelings I have -- cut me some slack, man...our drivers suck).  I know plenty of rural folks who are fucking ANGRY as hell.....at wokeness, at liberals, at minorities, at all that shit.  I've heard it -- the words out of their mouths.  Hell, some dear friends of ours have parents who grew up rural, raised them rural, and have retired to their dream patch of land along a river.  And they....are fucking ANGRY.  All of the rage porn stuff fed to them by their curated media, and reinforced by their neighbors who echo the same things.  The irony is, in their daily lives, they live in such an insular community, they never have to deal with the things that make them so angry.  There are no drag shows in Lower Bumfuck.  There are few minorities -- at least, not in the crowd they run with.  There are no liberals -- it's 100% Trump country, everyone agrees with them.  There's NO reason for them to be angry, at least not with respect to their daily lives....but they are.

So, "move to the country, and all will be chill" isn't true.

Well gee maybe if we didn't have a president and governor and lieutenant governor belittling minorities and stoking grievances in the name of power we might have a more homogeneous society ourselves. 

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Posted
1 hour ago, BabaYaga said:

All true, and I think social media has ramped that up to a 10.  It's amplifying unrealistic expectations.  What's the saying:  "Comparison is the thief of joy"

Social media says hold my beer.

I agree that social media is a problem, but the United States is not unique in this case. People in other countries use social media just as much, so why is American happiness declining at a greater rate than other countries?

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🤔 that's sounds a bit like "every other country has similar rates of mental illness why are we the only ones with people getting their faces blown off in school and church and grocery stores, what could the difference be?"

almost like... there's something different about America 🤔 like... we're special. one might even say... exceptional. hmmm 🤔 

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Posted
41 minutes ago, Kennythetiger said:

Good god. 

Pro tip: after nuking, toast it on the griddle, then top it with half a can of the cheapest enchilada sauce you can find.  Shredded cheddar if you have it, maybe a slice of American -- the cheese is next-level, and only if you have extra money for such things.

Shit, with tips like this, I am a BESTOWER OF HAPPINESS.  I'm giving y'all all the info you need to be happy.

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Posted
5 hours ago, Girth Brooks said:

Finland has a very homogenous society. Of course their values align. Makes them more likely to see the “common good”. 
 

Have you considered doing something other than being the most prolific poster on this message board? Always complaining about how shitty everything is? It doesn’t seem to be helping you. Your mental state appears to be worsening. 

 

Maybe immerse yourself more in your kids or grandkids stuff? Take up an outdoors hobby like golf or tennis? Maybe do something like reffing youth sports? Get around some young people and some optimism. 
 

Or shit, just move to one of these happy countries. Where would move if it could be anywhere?

What are your “ values” anyway?  I think that’s a compelling question that needs to be answered.  Particularly among leadership these days the only value I see is fuck you.  

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Posted (edited)
3 hours ago, hookem2010 said:

You can keep your fancy I-talian food. I believe these were a full pound of delicious, microwavable mush for $1.99 in the late 2000s.

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$0.99 back in the late 80s. Generally, an off campus high school lunch meant The Bomb or hitting up the Pizza Hut for a pepperoni personal pan pizza which was also $0.99.

 

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Posted
3 hours ago, hookem2010 said:

You can keep your fancy I-talian food. I believe these were a full pound of delicious, microwavable mush for $1.99 in the late 2000s.

shopping.webp

1000 calorie gut bomb right there. I have a friend who was the plant manager for that company in North Dallas. The plant is located near Forrest and Plano Rd. He took me on a tour once. You don't wanna know how the sausage is made

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Posted
3 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

 

Brady also has a Chicken Express, so I can pick up an order of gizzards on the way home.  See, and y'all don't think I know how to find happiness.

Gizzards very well may be the solution to our collective depression.

5 minutes ago, Longhornstampede said:

1000 calorie gut bomb right there. I have a friend who was the plant manager for that company in North Dallas. The plant is located near Forrest and Plano Rd. He took me on a tour once. You don't wanna know how the sausage is made

I want to know!

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Posted (edited)
3 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

Well gee maybe if we didn't have a president and governor and lieutenant governor belittling minorities and stoking grievances in the name of power we might have a more homogeneous society ourselves. 

Addendum.  I used to kind of buy in to the homogeneity idea.  But research has shown the more important factor is whether the citizens trust one another.

So, rather than being an "inherent" characteristic of a society, like ethnic homogeneity, it has more to do with learned behavior (trust, or distrust).  I suppose it's easier to trust those who look and sound just like you and go to the same church, but there's no real reason to distrust those who don't, unless someone is teaching you that.

Trumpism is completely dependent on divisiveness and blame, and Republicans have been at it to a greater or lesser degree for several decades.

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Posted
7 hours ago, CHIEF said:

I think this is more of an urban problem. Out here in the sticks, where people have plenty of opportunity to fish, hunt, camp, play golf for relatively low green fees, grow a garden, etc. People are pretty damn happy. They aren't crowded up, like in cities. The only ones that seem to be unhappy, out here, are the social media addicted Karens on Nextdoor.

CHIEF

I see you've never been to Wimberley.

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Posted
6 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

To be fair....I recall in our college days, dudes paying for Gumby's with a post-dated check.  So, "I'll pay you tomorrow for a pizza that I unwisely and drunkenly ate today" isn't a new game.

I once wrote a check for $0.52 for a 7-11 burrito.

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Posted
12 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

To be fair....I recall in our college days, dudes paying for Gumby's with a post-dated check.  So, "I'll pay you tomorrow for a pizza that I unwisely and drunkenly ate today" isn't a new game.

Floating checks to Nau's was a West Campus tradition in the 80s. 

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Posted (edited)
11 hours ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

What are your “ values” anyway?  I think that’s a compelling question that needs to be answered.  Particularly among leadership these days the only value I see is fuck you.  

I’m not ignoring this post. The answer is just far too CR and this thread is thankfully avoiding that. 
 

For the rest, there seems to be a big focus on affordability here. The dream is harder to reach etc. Almost like the money is broken. 

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On 3/20/2025 at 5:32 PM, Brisketexan said:

$1?  Fucking Daddy Warbucks over here.  Fox DeLuxe $.79 pizzas for the sad, not very delicious win.

Pssh. 3 banquet pot pies for a dollar. 4 if they were on sale

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