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2 hours ago, crash_davis said:

In my 20s, I had just spent a month traveling through Europe by myself. Seeing the admiration from people when I told them I was from Texas, upon coming home, I got a tattoo of the state of Texas. Now I feel like a Tesla owner. 

Nothing screams "idiot" to the rest of the US than an idiot with a Texas tattoo.

I was in Greece 2 years ago. On 3 different occasions, when I responded "Texas" to the question where I was from, the first response was "ahh, guns." Some idiots on here will masturbate to that but that's not the flex psychos think it is. The rest of the world is not in love with guns and the daily death tolls that we have as a byproduct of "freedom".

 

counterpoint:

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2 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

its usage extends to Nevada, Utah and some other western U.S.states.
 

Maybe I picked it up in WY. 

The very first time I ever heard that usage was in a casual conversation about 25 years ago when talking to someone from Ohio. At the time, it felt like a wrong note or one that was out of tune being struck, but I couldn't figure out why it sounded so discordant. It actually bugged me off and on for a little while afterward until I realized, "Wait a damn second. She actually meant 'nowadays."

Then, I started noticing it used by other Midwesterners and went to look it up, and I feel like I see it more and more nowadays (SWIDT?).

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3 hours ago, Vegas64 said:

Exactly. Embody the true Texas spirit. One that is rebellious if the time calls for it and can win a revolution. Hence my saying all the self-defeatist sad boi stuff is lame. "Why should I change my pride of Texas, they are the ones who suck" mindset.

Once. Didn't go great the 2nd time.

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Just now, SimonBolivar said:

Once. Didn't go great the 2nd time.

There are plenty of Texans who brag about and I remember being taught in Texas history, that Texas is the only confederate state to not be invaded by the Union army. Or lose a battle on Texas soil. Something along those lines. 
 

texas, as usual, singling itself out and telling everyone it is better than them. 

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2 hours ago, DixonHur said:

You have to remember too that the many of people living in Texas today aren't even Texans.  The population has doubled since most of us were growing up, with cities like Dallas, Austin, and Houston being filled to the gills with carpetbaggers.  The spirit of Texas is dead 

YARN | - Yep. - Yep. | King of the Hill (1997) - S05E10 ...




The only thing I could think of was that asshole from out of state that Hank had to impress for work

King of the Hill" The Company Man (TV Episode 1997) - IMDb

 

Posted
2 hours ago, DixonHur said:

The population has doubled since most of us were growing up, with cities like Dallas, Austin, and Houston being filled to the gills with carpetbaggers. 

It’s the carpetbagger politicians that have done the most damage. 

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51 minutes ago, bolverk said:

The very first time I ever heard that usage was in a casual conversation about 25 years ago when talking to someone from Ohio. At the time, it felt like a wrong note or one that was out of tune being struck, but I couldn't figure out why it sounded so discordant. It actually bugged me off and on for a little while afterward until I realized, "Wait a damn second. She actually meant 'nowadays."

Then, I started noticing it used by other Midwesterners and went to look it up, and I feel like I see it more and more nowadays (SWIDT?).

You pointed this out to me recently and it blew my mind that this was a regional oddity.  I had never noticed it.

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1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:

There are plenty of Texans who brag about and I remember being taught in Texas history, that Texas is the only confederate state to not be invaded by the Union army. Or lose a battle on Texas soil. Something along those lines. 
 

texas, as usual, singling itself out and telling everyone it is better than them. 

The Battle of Palmetto Ranch says hello

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Just now, Ghost of NMAS said:

The Battle of Palmetto Ranch says hello

Well if it’s a lie on top of everything else, I wouldn’t be surprised.  Again, the mythology is what was taught to me and I assume still is taught in Texas history. 
 

Texas history at UT went a little differently. 

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1 hour ago, Al_4_ISU said:

You pointed this out to me recently and it blew my mind that this was a regional oddity.  I had never noticed it.

I just discovered the existence of "positive anymore". I don't think I ever heard someone use it before but if I did I probably assumed they were a simpleton and dismissed the usage.

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1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:

There are plenty of Texans who brag about and I remember being taught in Texas history, that Texas is the only confederate state to not be invaded by the Union army. Or lose a battle on Texas soil. Something along those lines. 
 

texas, as usual, singling itself out and telling everyone it is better than them. 

But we are better than everyone. Despite our weaknesses. 

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This is the spirit of Texas I miss.

Proud? Yes. Boastful? Yes. Confident? Yes. Fun? Yes. Humorous? Yes. Welcoming? Yes.

Gotdammit, a fucking aggy wrote the best song in the last half-century that captures the Texas essence I miss.

 

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16 minutes ago, bolverk said:

This is the spirit of Texas I miss.

Proud? Yes. Boastful? Yes. Confident? Yes. Fun? Yes. Humorous? Yes. Welcoming? Yes.

Gotdammit, a fucking aggy wrote the best song in the last half-century that captures the Texas essence I miss.

 

Bought Road to Ensenada shortly after it came out when I heard a couple songs on KGSR that I liked.  That was in my first few years as a Texan.  Great fucking album.  

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11 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Bought Road to Ensenada shortly after it came out when I heard a couple songs on KGSR that I liked.  That was in my first few years as a Texan.  Great fucking album.  

Listened to a lot of K-Geezer back when it came out, too, and had also just moved to Austin. Pretty sure I first heard it on that station.

Posted
50 minutes ago, bmbmd said:

Good one, but this Brownfield Cub/Red Raider has something to say as well. 

 

 

Great song but is it sacrilege to say I like the Jerry Jeff version better?   

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2 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Well if it’s a lie on top of everything else, I wouldn’t be surprised.  Again, the mythology is what was taught to me and I assume still is taught in Texas history. 
 

Texas history at UT went a little differently. 

Yeah two semesters of Texas History really pivoted my belief in Texas Exceptionalism.  Often Exceptionally shitty behavior, greed and corruption. Disgusting 

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That’s kind of where I’m at as well. It’s good/fun to celebrate the more positive aspect of our state’s history and mythology. But the rah rah Alamo, fighting for freedom as a country aspect is challenging to reconcile with when you learn about what most of the Texian residents and their Tejano allies were fighting for. 

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2 minutes ago, YChang said:

That’s kind of where I’m at as well. It’s good/fun to celebrate the more positive aspect of our state’s history and mythology. But the rah rah Alamo, fighting for freedom as a country aspect is challenging to reconcile with when you learn about what most of the Texian residents and their Tejano allies were fighting for. 

Name 3 positive aspects of Texas, not including sports and food, that someone not from Texas would easily identify to make it unique. I’m not sure “people from Europe can identify it on a map” is really that big of a deal. It’s false bravado from people convinced that others are jealous of them when nothing could be further from the truth. (Like aggy) Not sure why someone from Texas should have more pride than someone from Idaho. I don’t GAS what goes on in Des Moines.

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Posted
2 hours ago, Spankytoes said:

Name 3 positive aspects of Texas, not including sports and food, that someone not from Texas would easily identify to make it unique. I’m not sure “people from Europe can identify it on a map” is really that big of a deal. It’s false bravado from people convinced that others are jealous of them when nothing could be further from the truth. (Like aggy) Not sure why someone from Texas should have more pride than someone from Idaho. I don’t GAS what goes on in Des Moines.

Oh yea.  Well, if that's the case, why isn't there a slogan that says "Everything is bigger in Delaware" or "Don't mess with Wyoming?"

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7 hours ago, Spankytoes said:

Name 3 positive aspects of Texas, not including sports and food, that someone not from Texas would easily identify to make it unique. I’m not sure “people from Europe can identify it on a map” is really that big of a deal. It’s false bravado from people convinced that others are jealous of them when nothing could be further from the truth. (Like aggy) Not sure why someone from Texas should have more pride than someone from Idaho. I don’t GAS what goes on in Des Moines.

Texas has the most diverse city in the nation, has ten eco regions, and the flora from the west coast is on the southern side of hills near Utopia, going no further east, and flora from the east coast on the northern sides of the same hills, going no further west.

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