Hey Texas, what the fuck is wrong with you?

[TriStone 1724]

11 hours ago, StruggleBus said:

Interesting. I haven’t heard the word in a professional setting in my entire life. Maybe your profession sucks. 

Seriously this.  Not a single racial slur of any type in more than 25 years of professional life.  Can't help but wonder where some of these people work.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Seriously this.  Not a single racial slur of any type in more than 25 years of professional life.  Can't help but wonder where some of these people work.

I was working at a global EPC company with more than 50,000 people. Nearly everyone in the office had bachelors or masters degrees. A couple of the Louisiana guys (LSU grads) had no problem dropping the n word. The old religious psycho (can’t recall where he was from) would refer to Obama as a monkey and people from the Middle East as towl heads.

O&G is chock full of very conservative people. Some really hateful people.

[closetohumping 17456]

8 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

I was working at a global EPC company with more than 50,000 people. Nearly everyone in the office had bachelors or masters degrees. A couple of the Louisiana guys (LSU grads) had no problem dropping the n word. The old religious psycho (can’t recall where he was from) would refer to Obama as a monkey and people from the Middle East as towl heads.

O&G is chock full of very conservative people. Some really hateful people.

I'm in software but worked with O & G.  Not surprised about there being some racists in that group.  As for software, it's a very PC world, but I know there are racists in that world too.  This guy I know got fired for saying an African American colleague was "ashy."  I don't believe he was racist though,  but can't say stuff like that.

[closetohumping 17456]

On 6/28/2022 at 7:58 PM, Bookman said:

What were you called a morena or something?

I love Hispanic people and they love me.  In fact they give me nicknames frequently.  The most common one was Peachy, which I don't really get but apparently, it's short for Peachy Merry Cone.  Love those people. So clever, quirky and kind

Edited June 30, 2022 by closetohumping

[Js1 85519]

33 minutes ago, TriStone said:

Seriously this.  Not a single racial slur of any type in more than 25 years of professional life.  Can't help but wonder where some of these people work.

My friend is HR at a manufacturing company and they went to Pride Night for the Astros game (that was the game that was picked prior to being pride night, not because of the night) and god damn did she have a lot to say about how people reacted.  Not just homophobic slurs in general, but worse towards gays of color. 

[TriStone 1724]

35 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

I was working at a global EPC company with more than 50,000 people. Nearly everyone in the office had bachelors or masters degrees. A couple of the Louisiana guys (LSU grads) had no problem dropping the n word. The old religious psycho (can’t recall where he was from) would refer to Obama as a monkey and people from the Middle East as towl heads.

O&G is chock full of very conservative people. Some really hateful people.

 

17 minutes ago, Js1 said:

My friend is HR at a manufacturing company and they went to Pride Night for the Astros game (that was the game that was picked prior to being pride night, not because of the night) and god damn did she have a lot to say about how people reacted.  Not just homophobic slurs in general, but worse towards gays of color. 

Sucks that y'all have to deal with that.  Maybe you should look into IT.  We're the United Nations of professions.

[Js1 85519]

1 minute ago, TriStone said:

 

Sucks that y'all have to deal with that.  Maybe you should look into IT.  We're the United Nations of professions.

I mean, she expected it, because it's a manufacturing plant in the exurbs of Houston

I work in law, we're good. 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Sucks that y'all have to deal with that.  Maybe you should look into IT.  We're the United Nations of professions.

I am on my second career, too old to do it again. Instead I am going to straight confront racist motherfuckers instead of ignoring it.

[closetohumping 17456]

7 minutes ago, TriStone said:

 

Sucks that y'all have to deal with that.  Maybe you should look into IT.  We're the United Nations of professions.

Yep.  You will rightfully get fired and canceled (Linkedin) if you pull the racist stuff.

[KaiserSoze 998]

In my 26 years of career work (18 in software and 8 in film) I don't recall ever hearing a racial slur from a coworker. That would be a whole lot of WTF and certainly a problem everywhere I've worked since college.

O&G sounds like a backwater.

[TriStone 1724]

4 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Yep.  You will rightfully get fired and canceled (Linkedin) if you pull the racist stuff.

That, plus nothing cures racism like a nice Friday group trip to the bar.

[closetohumping 17456]

13 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I mean, she expected it, because it's a manufacturing plant in the exurbs of Houston

I work in law, we're good. 

I've always heard Houston ain't like Texas, it's too diverse to have shit like that.  But I guess if we're talking exurbs, yeah.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

I've always heard Houston ain't like Texas, it's too diverse to have shit like that.  But I guess if we're talking exurbs, yeah.

It’s everywhere. No place in the world is free of racism and/or homophobia. Certain places just seem to have higher concentrations of hatred.

It’s true that Houston is extremely diverse. One of the only cool things about this shithole.

[Js1 85519]

8 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

I've always heard Houston ain't like Texas, it's too diverse to have shit like that.  But I guess if we're talking exurbs, yeah.

Exurbs, yea. But go to the suburbs or the country clubs. You think those words aren’t getting thrown around at Sack’s country club or the O&G board meetings? 

[Judge Roybeanbag 11820]

1 hour ago, closetohumping said:

I'm in software but worked with O & G.  Not surprised about there being some racists in that group.  As for software, it's a very PC world, but I know there are racists in that world too.  This guy I know got fired for saying an African American colleague was "ashy."  I don't believe he was racist though,  but can't say stuff like that.

Same, I’ve been in the group where someone corrected another person on email by saying “lightning  is what takes out our servers, lightening is what Michael Jackson does”.   

Edited June 29, 2022 by Judge Roybeanbag

[closetohumping 17456]

13 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

It’s everywhere. No place in the world is free of racism and/or homophobia. Certain places just seem to have higher concentrations of hatred.

It’s true that Houston is extremely diverse. One of the only cool things about this shithole.

That and you can get a mansion for 400K.  Yep every zip code has bigots. 

 

9 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Exurbs, yea. But go to the suburbs or the country clubs. You think those words aren’t getting thrown around at Sack’s country club or the O&G board meetings? 

LMAO.

 

My bro lives in the Dallas burbs and he says that while the voting is pretty split, the Republicans are definitely a more noticeable group.

[Nivek 16976]

That, plus nothing cures racism like a nice Friday group trip to the bar.

I had some black co workers that took a garth brooks wannabe to black strip clubs to cure him. It seemed to work.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

[SHOOTER12 8819]

On 6/24/2022 at 11:02 PM, futureman said:

Texas is great. OP is a pussy. 

I love Texas and can't imagine living in any other country.  It is a damned shame though that a few racist assholes insist on making a huge splash that is so disgraceful to most of the population. 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

I drove through Georgia last year and on I75 between Macon and Valdosta there’s a couple Perkins size, perhaps bigger, confederate flags alongside the interstate. So you’re not alone, Texas

[SHOOTER12 8819]

2 hours ago, closetohumping said:

I'm in software but worked with O & G.  Not surprised about there being some racists in that group.  As for software, it's a very PC world, but I know there are racists in that world too.  This guy I know got fired for saying an African American colleague was "ashy."  I don't believe he was racist though,  but can't say stuff like that.

OK I'll bite. What does that even mean?  I've only heard it used by women when referring to dry skin.

[butthurt 1525]

1 hour ago, SHOOTER12 said:

OK I'll bite. What does that even mean?  I've only heard it used by women when referring to dry skin.

 

[closetohumping 17456]

1 hour ago, SHOOTER12 said:

OK I'll bite. What does that even mean?  I've only heard it used by women when referring to dry skin.

See below.  What's funny is apparently these two had been joking around quite a bit throughout that very conference call and calls in the past but when honkey lips said "_____ you're pretty ashy anyway" the Zoom turned silent.

[closetohumping 17456]

1 hour ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

I drove through Georgia last year and on I75 between Macon and Valdosta there’s a couple Perkins size, perhaps bigger, confederate flags alongside the interstate. So you’re not alone, Texas

A long, long time ago, I served this country.  I was stationed in Georgia and went to the mall with a few of my fellow soldiers, some of whom were black.  As we were going up the escalator we looked up and saw this tiny white guy with a shirt that had a rifle scope on MLK and underneath it the tagline said "we had a dream too."  I was pretty livid and said let's go confront that kid right now.  To my surprise, the black dudes said "man let it go.  This is the south.  You'd be confronting every other person if you let that get to you."  So.  Georgia.

[fattyflattie 4638]

6 hours ago, Patricio Swayze said:

I was working at a global EPC company with more than 50,000 people. Nearly everyone in the office had bachelors or masters degrees. A couple of the Louisiana guys (LSU grads) had no problem dropping the n word. The old religious psycho (can’t recall where he was from) would refer to Obama as a monkey and people from the Middle East as towl heads.

O&G is chock full of very conservative people. Some really hateful people.

Same.  I still hear the n-bomb once every 20 days or so from my completely Hispanic crew, too.  But was much more prevalent in the office setting when I was surrounded by guys from Morgan City and Houma.  And they’d let you know right quick and certain they weren’t from Houma, but rather Thibodeaux.  This was publicly traded O&G services co.   Blatant racism is heavier in certain industries, without a doubt. 

[atomheartbevo 89777]

8 hours ago, Patricio Swayze said:

It’s true that Houston is extremely diverse. One of the only cool things about this shithole.

Yeah, but they don’t remodel in Houston like they do in Austin and the cops don’t stand around and watch.

 

[atomheartbevo 89777]

6 hours ago, SHOOTER12 said:

OK I'll bite. What does that even mean?  I've only heard it used by women when referring to dry skin.

The black girl he mentions is now his wife and mother of his child, and he went bald, so yeah, this clip is quite a few years old.

 

Edited June 30, 2022 by atomheartbevo

[C-Man 27254]

I love Texas and can't imagine living in any other country.  It is a damned shame though that a few racist assholes insist on making a huge splash that is so disgraceful to most of the population. 

A few?

[Macklemore 2873]

It’s become fashionable amongst members of the cabal to hate on all things Texas. Pick a thread in the cesspool and you’ll see it. We are fans/alumni of the flagship university and its pathetic to see the self-hatred.

I will always be proud to be a Texan. I love this state and will always rep the city and state I’m from. Fuck the Texas haters.

[Armybrat 40872]

10 hours ago, closetohumping said:

I love Hispanic people and they love me.  In fact they give me nicknames frequently.  The most common one was Peachy, which I don't really get but apparently, it's short for Peachy Merry Cone.  Love those people.

Did they compliment your Peachy Madre too?

[closetohumping 17456]

33 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

It’s become fashionable amongst members of the cabal to hate on all things Texas. Pick a thread in the cesspool and you’ll see it. We are fans/alumni of the flagship university and its pathetic to see the self-hatred.

I will always be proud to be a Texan. I love this state and will always rep the city and state I’m from. Fuck the Texas haters.

Wyatt Power.  Wait I mean yes, I’m here with the Danforths

[gmr548 16600]

9 hours ago, closetohumping said:

I've always heard Houston ain't like Texas, it's too diverse to have shit like that.  But I guess if we're talking exurbs, yeah.

The diversity of Houston includes an elevated strain of aggy/SETX/swamp aggy rednecks and the racism that comes with that, at levels not seen in other big TX metros.

Edited June 30, 2022 by gmr548

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

It’s become fashionable amongst members of the cabal to hate on all things Texas. Pick a thread in the cesspool and you’ll see it. We are fans/alumni of the flagship university and its pathetic to see the self-hatred.
I will always be proud to be a Texan. I love this state and will always rep the city and state I’m from. Fuck the Texas haters.

Oh shut the fuck up already.

I could go into how long my family has been here, but that is just fucking lame and boring. Texas can be better. Let’s work on that. Don’t be a bitch.

[South Austin 52563]

51 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

It’s become fashionable amongst members of the cabal to hate on all things Texas. Pick a thread in the cesspool and you’ll see it. We are fans/alumni of the flagship university and its pathetic to see the self-hatred.

I will always be proud to be a Texan. I love this state and will always rep the city and state I’m from. Fuck the Texas haters.

‘Cuz Texas. That’s your reason. Well said.

[gmr548 16600]

10 minutes ago, South Austin said:

‘Cuz Texas. That’s your reason. Well said.

More blind exceptionalism is always the answer. Because the only way you can love Texas is to think it is unquestionably perfect. If you think it can improve, you might as well hate the place and be from Oklahoma.

[closetohumping 17456]

28 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

The diversity of Houston includes an elevated strain of aggy/SETX/swamp aggy rednecks and the racism that comes with that, at levels not seen in other big TX metros.

Idk dfw has the okie contingency.  But houston double downs with the Lsu crowd

 

 

as for Texas to me it can be argued as the best state in the union but there are some ducking shitty things as well

Edited June 30, 2022 by closetohumping

[Steel Shank 9430]

I've been disappointed in Texas and it's people more in the last few years than I've ever been in my life.

[Brisketexan 105265]

I've been disappointed in Texas and it's people more in the last few years than I've ever been in my life.

My man.
5th Gen here, texas historical marker on an ancestor’s grave. My bona fides are settled. And yeah….breaks my damn heart to see us lurching backwards so hard.

[Pancho 44961]

The only times I’ve been called a “nigger” have been in Texas. 

- 5th grade by a white bro (who, now that I’m older, realized he was on meth)

- reffing a basketball game in San Antonio and it came from the Castroville Medina Valley crowd

- White bro in Jacksonville

- some folks in the small ass town of Panhandle called me “Obama” so I count that. 

 

East Texas is just like Mississippi and Louisiana, and so is West Texas.  You can love the state of Texas and be proud of it all you want, but you should also recognize you can’t whitewash (no pun) what goes on in this state with your state pride.  

[DDD Dad 14346]

On 6/25/2022 at 9:48 AM, Valmy77 said:

East Texas is a bunch of traitorous Southerner-wannabes, not true Texans. They should all just move to Arkansas where they belong.

You misspelled DFW suburbs and exurbs.  Well, actually, pretty much everywhere in Texas outside of the largest central urban areas.

[Valmy77 13270]

17 minutes ago, DDD Dad said:

You misspelled DFW suburbs and exurbs.  Well, actually, pretty much everywhere in Texas outside of the largest central urban areas.

Nah. West Texas may have issues but they don't think they are Southerners.

[Johnny Sack 8397]

1 hour ago, DDD Dad said:

You misspelled DFW suburbs and exurbs.  Well, actually, pretty much everywhere in Texas outside of the largest central urban areas.

Yeah, those places definitely don’t have race issues.  

[DDD Dad 14346]

34 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:

Yeah, those places definitely don’t have race issues.  

You're right.  I forgot there were racist shitbags in River Oaks too.

[closetohumping 17456]

52 minutes ago, DDD Dad said:

You're right.  I forgot there were racist shitbags in River Oaks too.

Southlake just perked it's head up.

[DDD Dad 14346]

10 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Southlake just perked it's head up.

Pretty sure Southlake is a DFW suburb or exurb, but yes I agree.  (And lest we be non-inclusive, we can't omit the Park Cities).  But to be honest I was thinking more about neighbors to the north and east of Dallas (Collin & Rockwall Counties primarily).

[DDD Dad 14346]

17 hours ago, Pancho said:

The only times I’ve been called a “nigger” have been in Texas. 

- 5th grade by a white bro (who, now that I’m older, realized he was on meth)

- reffing a basketball game in San Antonio and it came from the Castroville Medina Valley crowd

- White bro in Jacksonville

- some folks in Panhandle called me “Obama” so I count that. 

 

East Texas is just like Mississippi and Louisiana, and so is West Texas.  You can love the state of Texas and be proud of it all you want, but you should also recognize you can’t whitewash (no pun) what goes on in this state with your state pride.  

Thanks, Obama.

[Johnny Sack 8397]

Some SWAT team shit going down in River Oaks today.  3800 block of Del Monte.  Supposedly some doctor's son who is a Texas grad is holed up.  Rumor mill says potential terror suspect.  Terror aspect is probably BS.  But I have been getting texts about it all day.

A neighbor of the doctor and friend of mine sent me some pics of the dad with cops using bullhorn to communicate with him.  FBI involved.  A warrant was being served.

[Pancho 44961]

18 minutes ago, DDD Dad said:

Thanks, Obama.

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

i just learned there is a jacksonville texas.

[Bullneck 19199]

On 6/25/2022 at 10:55 AM, Helobious said:

The confederate flag flew over Texas for about 4 years, the Mexican flag flew for about 15. I wonder how those people would feel if I “honored our heritage” by putting a Mexican flag on everything.

You asked for it!