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7 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

I think the Park Cities country club set still abides by the general notions of don't discuss politics or religion in polite company.  That, together with the assumption that if you're wealthy you're with em probably means it doesn't get brought up much.

And even if racism has been rampant in that area forever, there's still some shame in it, and, again, doesn't get explicitly referenced.

It's really the grievance/blame culture that makes the super-culty un-self-aware Trumpers, and they're mostly poor idiots.  The Park Cities set is more "muh taxes" than any grievance.

 

Read a funny quote today in a satire blog:

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Good morning LPs,

If another person asks me where I stand on the debate of whether or not Elon Musk is an American hero or Nazi, I’m going to attempt to launch myself into space. My grandfather always told me that having a political opinion was for poor people. I do however support lighting Tesla’s on fire, but only if it’s for a good reason. Like showing people that you can get away with throwing $100k in the garbage.

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14 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

MAGA customer told me today that she fears we may be heading to recession “because Trump inherited such a bad economy and he’s only doing what he thinks is right for this nation, but it may be too late.”  It takes so much energy to not tell her she’s a fucking moron. 

In the past couple of days I've spoken with two people who had said (edit: sarcastically) 'our Canadian friends' and 'the Canadians don't like us.'

Like, WFT?  

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No I just don’t run across people, particularly in a professional setting, who bait people like that.  That’s what she was doing.

My college buddy text group has a couple of guys who praise his every move. I openly question them when I get time, and the mental gymnastics they go through is amazing. It’s generally the 3 of us arguing, and the rest of the group is observing, probably with the same doubts and disbelief as I have. One of them has taken it offline with me and we’re stunned. He and I are the only admitted Harris voters. 

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1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:


He has. He just likes to pretend they’re not that bad/no big deal.
It’s a lie, but it’s one he likes.

You’re a weird dude. Way off. 

1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

I think the Park Cities country club set still abides by the general notions of don't discuss politics or religion in polite company.  That, together with the assumption that if you're wealthy you're with em probably means it doesn't get brought up much.

And even if racism has been rampant in that area forever, there's still some shame in it, and, again, doesn't get explicitly referenced.

It's really the grievance/blame culture that makes the super-culty un-self-aware Trumpers, and they're mostly poor idiots.  The Park Cities set is more "muh taxes" than any grievance.

 

A lot of truth to this, socially. A lot of people who either a) act too far above it to waste time with it, or b) mentally exhausted with it that discussing it socially is the last thing they want to do. 

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1 hour ago, bolverk said:

It's akin to his expressions of disbelief from those, such as myself, who grew up in rural fundagelical families. Many of us have patiently explained to that stubborn donkey about all the kooky shit we grew up having to hear, but Rex is a hard-headed asshole who I strongly suspect had quite a financially privileged upbringing.

Oh, he'll tell you he frequently travels to the Permian Basin or SE Texas to work on deals, and so, therefore, he’s "in touch" with salt-of-the-earth, red-blooded Texans. He'll say he's *shocked* or feign disbelief by the stories we, the people actually from those places, tell about our own personal experiences.

I suppose I can thank spending my formative years for exposing me to uncut christofascism at an early age.

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To tell the God's honest truth, I'm torn on Rex. He engages in conversations at times, but more often than not, he acts like an obnoxious and obstinate prick. I'm just not sure if he really leads such a sheltered life or if he's simply a contrarian cunt.

 

I’m conservative. Not really socially so. So a lot of what I post in CR may seem contrarian, but I’m not trying to be that way. I’ve never liked Trump and would admit if I’d been duped into voting for him. I haven’t and voting against him this time.  Plus I suspect your feelings about me stem from Israel talk and I don’t think we will see eye to eye on that.

I did not grow up the way you did, and some of what you post is hyperbolic to me, but I believe you. I see some of what you’re talking about, both religion and politics wise, but not in every day life. I certainly see it more when I go to midland. I’m the son of a banker. No silver spoon but certainly grew up privileged and I see no difference in the religious and political interactions in my life today than when I grew up. 

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the dumbest people fucking alive ....

Arkansas Republican bill would ban giving "gender-nonconforming" haircuts to minors.

H.B.1668 would hold liable "any person who knowingly causes a minor's social transition" — including change to clothing or hairstyle.

Penalty starts at $10,000 minimum up to $10 million damages for certain forms of gender-affirming care. 

 
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15 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

 

the dumbest people fucking alive ....

Arkansas Republican bill would ban giving "gender-nonconforming" haircuts to minors.

H.B.1668 would hold liable "any person who knowingly causes a minor's social transition" — including change to clothing or hairstyle.

Penalty starts at $10,000 minimum up to $10 million damages for certain forms of gender-affirming care. 

 
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Posted
39 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

We're going to replace Taco Tuesday with Tater Tot Tuesday.

 

Tesla Tuesday. All military members get a free personal Tesla, funded by the government?

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1 hour ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Tesla Tuesday. All military members get a free personal Tesla, funded by the government?

Well free in that they'll be required to purchase them through the new Trump Auto Financing Bank with a low low APR of 17.99%.

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1 minute ago, SimonBolivar said:

Well free in that they'll be required to purchase them through the new Trump Auto Financing Bank with a low low APR of 17.99%.

Will Finance E-1 and up.

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3 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Hesgeth tweeted this at midnight.
 

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Being in the Utilities & Transmission business I saw this and said "oooh, an announcment on power-- this might be market moving, what is Trump going to screw up now!" 

But then I realized they are talking about political power. Boring.

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9 hours ago, Rex Kramer said:

You’re a weird dude. Way off. 

A lot of truth to this, socially. A lot of people who either a) act too far above it to waste time with it, or b) mentally exhausted with it that discussing it socially is the last thing they want to do. 

Well and the club is supposed to be an escape. These days it’s too stark to miss it all but people are still polite. It makes for easier golf, tennis, happy hours, bridge for the old ladies, poker for the dudes, you name it. Maybe it shouldn’t be that way, but most of us don’t want to get riled up unless our opponent is calling the lines out.

i generally abide by those rules but as soon as I know someone is liberal all bets are off, I’ll rail on the fuckstain republicans with glee.

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16 minutes ago, troph said:

Well and the club is supposed to be an escape. These days it’s too stark to miss it all but people are still polite. It makes for easier golf, tennis, happy hours, bridge for the old ladies, poker for the dudes, you name it. Maybe it shouldn’t be that way, but most of us don’t want to get riled up unless our opponent is calling the lines out.

i generally abide by those rules but as soon as I know someone is liberal all bets are off, I’ll rail on the fuckstain republicans with glee.

This dynamic exists with my in-laws where they voted for trump and constantly make little comments about how the border is getting cleaned up or this or that, but they get real quiet when I ask about my FIL's brother whose marriage may now get annuled for the crime of being homosexual. It's the dynamic in the DT -they just want a safe space where they can make little shitty jokes to each other unchallenged, so they can reinforce their world view more effectively.

Hell, an aunt on that side of the family randomly flew to Israel last week and yesterday we got a panicked text asking for prayers because the area she was in was taking rocket attacks. Who the fuck but a dumb clout chasing idiot would travel to a warzone and then be shocked when they could become collateral damage? But of COURSE she needed to go! The spirit called her! The same spirit that calls her to speak in tongues on command, of course.

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13 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

awhile back i wanted a schlotzly meal, soup and a cinnamon roll. $70 door dash shock, and  im in my car to go get it myself. $24

 

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@Captainant That’s not the same dynamic. Club dynamic is keep your mouth shut on politics and religion so we can play tennis and golf without BP spikes. It’s literally a no-go zone unless you are with one of your own and you know for sure.

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8 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

 

the dumbest people fucking alive ....

Arkansas Republican bill would ban giving "gender-nonconforming" haircuts to minors.

H.B.1668 would hold liable "any person who knowingly causes a minor's social transition" — including change to clothing or hairstyle.

Penalty starts at $10,000 minimum up to $10 million damages for certain forms of gender-affirming care. 

 
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So now we are going with official hairstyles for gender identification?  Also, that hippie on the cross has long hair.  

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10 hours ago, bolverk said:

It's akin to his expressions of disbelief from those, such as myself, who grew up in rural fundagelical families. Many of us have patiently explained to that stubborn donkey about all the kooky shit we grew up having to hear, but Rex is a hard-headed asshole who I strongly suspect had quite a financially privileged upbringing.

Oh, he'll tell you he frequently travels to the Permian Basin or SE Texas to work on deals, and so, therefore, he’s "in touch" with salt-of-the-earth, red-blooded Texans. He'll say he's *shocked* or feign disbelief by the stories we, the people actually from those places, tell about our own personal experiences.

I suppose I can thank spending my formative years for exposing me to uncut christofascism at an early age.

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To tell the God's honest truth, I'm torn on Rex. He engages in conversations at times, but more often than not, he acts like an obnoxious and obstinate prick. I'm just not sure if he really leads such a sheltered life or if he's simply a contrarian cunt.

 

I don't believe he's a bad guy, even if we have pretty stark disagreements on certain topics. In fact, he's probably a pretty good fellow overall. I grew up probably on about the same privilege level as Rex, I wasn't the son of a banker (my parents were teachers) but my paternal grandparents were quite well off and my dad and I were both only children (before someone asks, yes I do have a brother as I've mentioned, we have different fathers and he was born when I was 16) so I reaped a LOT of benefit from that. I was also pretty conservative until I was nearly 30. Never been racist or homophobic but certainly spent a lot of time listening to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity on the radio nodding along like a dumbass.

And hell, I of all people have no room to call anyone out on being obnoxious/a dick in internet arguments.

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1 minute ago, troph said:

That’s not the same dynamic. Club dynamic is keep your mouth shut on politics and religion so we can play tennis and golf without BP spikes. It’s literally a no-go zone unless you are with one of your own and you know for sure.

It's 100% the same dynamic. Being too fucking fragile to handle a different idea gracefully, or being too fucking cowardly to meaningfully defend your own voiced opinion is the same melted snowflake on surly or in a country club. Granted, I'm not a silver spoon type and only know about the country club world from marrying into it.

Much like Greek Life in college, paying dues to climb an arbitrary hierarchy and have friends seems like a great way to meet shitty people. Definitely some good people there too, but a way higher asshole-by-volume than us filthy wage earners

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If this is an accurate, fuuuuuck ... I guess the partners gotta protect that $6.5m PPP, but if I'm an associate watching the firm agree to provide $40m in "pro bono" work for these gangsters, I think I'd start shopping my resume around.

 

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2 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

I'm sure all of PW's clients like to see their lawyers rush to be the first to bend over to take it from behind from the government.

"I want a firm that passionately advocates for me.  Let me see how well they advocate for themselves...."

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Doesn't surprise me much.  Paul Weiss is a Wall Street firm, basically, and, as such more magat-aligned than not (not really referencing their political allegiances, but rather their likely client base).  I was rather stunned they were on the wrong end of a Trump EO in the first place.  And all apparently because of one lawyer.

Paul Weiss is the kind of firm that Trump would have wanted to be chummy with when he was still attempting to curry favor among the Manhattan jet set.  Now that shoe is on the other foot.

Perkins Coie is a West Coast firm and relatively new to the national big leagues.  Although their client base in terms of mega corps is probably quite similar to Paul Weiss, and both are "national law firms" now, I think they perceive they have less to lose by defying Trump, and more to gain.

That "acknowledged wrongdoing" thing I think is probably fabricated from the whole cloth.  And I bet that Karp dude is spitting mad about it.  But they won't do shit about it.

 

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40 minutes ago, Captainant said:

It's 100% the same dynamic. Being too fucking fragile to handle a different idea gracefully, or being too fucking cowardly to meaningfully defend your own voiced opinion is the same melted snowflake on surly or in a country club. Granted, I'm not a silver spoon type and only know about the country club world from marrying into it.

Much like Greek Life in college, paying dues to climb an arbitrary hierarchy and have friends seems like a great way to meet shitty people. Definitely some good people there too, but a way higher asshole-by-volume than us filthy wage earners

Not really. It’s a hold over from not wanting to talk about religion or politics with people you don’t know well. I am not fragile, but when I’m playing tennis I’m there to forget politics. Doesn’t mean I don’t want to roll up my sleeves and get after it later. Same for talking business, often times I don’t want to talk work even with a lawyer friend when we are fishing. Some places are for escape some are for engaging. As for born on third base folks, I don’t know I was born with an 0-2 count in terms of somethings, all white Americans were born on third globally speaking. But the generational club types? Yeah I don’t know: plus our club is an upper middle class club not really an exclusive club. Again when I’m there to take a break from the bullshit the last thing I want to do is suffer any bullshit. But keep on with the black and white judgmental talk, it suits you well.  

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14 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

awhile back i wanted a schlotzly meal, soup and a cinnamon roll. $70 door dash shock, and  im in my car to go get it myself. $24

and i am old, because i think $24 for that is shocking.

 

should be $10 - party like it's 1999.

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14 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

awhile back i wanted a schlotzly meal, soup and a cinnamon roll. $70 door dash shock, and  im in my car to go get it myself. $24

Holy crap, almost triple?  I'm in the wrong business.

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3 minutes ago, troph said:

Not really. It’s a hold over from not wanting to talk about religion or politics with people you don’t know well. I am not fragile, but when I’m playing tennis I’m there to forget politics. Doesn’t mean I don’t want to roll up my sleeves and get after it later. Same for talking business, often times I don’t want to talk work even with a lawyer friend when we are fishing. Some places are for escape some are for engaging. As for born on third base folks, I don’t know I was born with an 0-2 count in terms of somethings, all white Americans were born on third globally speaking. But the generational club types? Yeah I don’t know: plus our club is an upper middle class club not really an exclusive club. Again when I’m there to take a break from the bullshit the last thing I want to do is suffer any bullshit. But keep on with the black and white judgmental talk, it suits you well.  

Yeah, there's just a certain level of privilege where the "team" aspects of politics aren't really in play anymore.  A whole lot of us are there. 

Thankfully, I don't have many magats in my life at least that I'm aware of, because I don't bring it up with clients and business relations, and neither do they.

One of my main clients imports most of their stuff from China (but then again so does most of their competition).  I have made only the gentlest of inquiries as to what this bullshit is doing to their "prospects."  

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Posted
10 hours ago, Rex Kramer said:

No I just don’t run across people, particularly in a professional setting, who bait people like that.  That’s what she was doing.

 

Having spoken with this person multiple times over the past couple of years, that's not what she was doing.  She assumes that everyone agrees with her.  She is completely brain broken and dear leader can do no wrong.  She's a true believer.  

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1 minute ago, Biff Tannen said:

Having spoken with this person multiple times over the past couple of years, that's not what she was doing.  She assumes that everyone agrees with her.  She is completely brain broken and dear leader can do no wrong.  She's a true believer.  

You should start shocking her. Invite her to drag shows and shit. 

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7 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Having spoken with this person multiple times over the past couple of years, that's not what she was doing.  She assumes that everyone agrees with her.  She is completely brain broken and dear leader can do no wrong.  She's a true believer.  

Yeah, your example seemed quaint to me as a banker in McLennan County. I had someone tell me in the last 5 years that white people shouldn't be marrying black people.

Trump shit is just a normal day.

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Posted
10 hours ago, Rex Kramer said:

I’m conservative. Not really socially so. So a lot of what I post in CR may seem contrarian, but I’m not trying to be that way. I’ve never liked Trump and would admit if I’d been duped into voting for him. I haven’t and voting against him this time.  Plus I suspect your feelings about me stem from Israel talk and I don’t think we will see eye to eye on that.

I did not grow up the way you did, and some of what you post is hyperbolic to me, but I believe you. I see some of what you’re talking about, both religion and politics wise, but not in every day life. I certainly see it more when I go to midland. I’m the son of a banker. No silver spoon but certainly grew up privileged and I see no difference in the religious and political interactions in my life today than when I grew up. 

You cannot be socially liberal and fiscally conservative. How do you propose to solve the social issues without spending any money? 

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5 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

You cannot be socially liberal and fiscally conservative. 

It's code for "I'm a selfish asshole but please don't call me that".

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1 hour ago, Nivek said:

 

So now we are going with official hairstyles for gender identification?  Also, that hippie on the cross has long hair.  

 

And the sign said
"Long-haired freaky people
Need not apply"
So I tucked my hair up under my hat
And I went in to ask him why
He said, "You look like a fine upstandin' young man
I think you'll do"
So I took off my hat and said, "Imagine that
Huh, me workin' for you"

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26 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

You cannot be socially liberal and fiscally conservative. How do you propose to solve the social issues without spending any money? 

I tried to be this in my 20s. The general premise for me was help all the people you can without going over budget, and work to increase the budget so that you can help more people. So it wasn’t full fiscal conservatism in that it didn’t pair budget balance with tax reduction, as an inseparable duo. But I’m sure that at the time I would have also been dubious of tax increases. 

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26 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

You cannot be socially liberal and fiscally conservative. How do you propose to solve the social issues without spending any money? 

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