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Brisketexan

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  1. We live near Conan’s, and it’s a fave. As is Top Notch. I dig our green belts, we live on one now. Hike it, hunt for fossils and arrowheads, listen to the water running. The Little Longhorn has changed, but it’s still a damned fine beer joint. The Asian food scene in this town has EXPLODED since we moved here 35 years ago, lots of great places now. Taco trailers on N. Lamar. And my old school barber shop, Bob’s, is up there too. There’s plenty to love in this town. Still…it ain’t paradise.
  2. I just opened my Twitter account (I genuinely don’t use it) for the first time in forever. Holy shit. The “for you” is just a cascade of insane right wing bullshit. I’m serious, that’s all it is. What a fucking cesspool.
  3. Truer words have rarely been spoken. It's a win-win. Hell, maybe y'all really end up hitting it off and stay together. People are meant to connect and enjoy each other's company. Relax, chill, and enjoy the ride in life. "I do a lot of reading. I wanted tonight to be good for you."
  4. Like there wasn't DIFFERENT annoying shit from women that you had to wade through back in our day....
  5. Only if you take the wrong position. Remember, Governor Abbott made it crystal clear: this was not about any actions actually taken by protestors, but rather was motivated by THE CONTENT OF THEIR SPEECH. You know, the literal ONE THING that cannot be the basis for repressing speech. If this group had been protesting on an issue the Governor agreed with.....there wouldn't have been a single DPS trooper on the ground.
  6. We old farts have said it on here multiple times: bathe. Dress decently. Learn how to carry on a conversation with another real live human being. Get out of your cave and be able to discuss something other than your latest Call of Duty escapade. There. That's it. Do that, and you've already vaulted into the world of "dudes chicks will consider going out with." The bar is pretty fucking low....but you still gotta clear it.
  7. This. Fascists are bullies. And since the beginning of time, there is one, and only one strategy for defeating bullies: stand up to them and punch them square in the fucking nose. I don't think that Hartzell is a fascist. I think he's worse. I think he's a pathetic little bitch with no spine who happily sacrificed the very people whose interest he is supposed to protect at the demand of fascists. He could have been the hero who told them "no. Not here. Not on my watch." Instead, he'll just go into the dustbin of history with all of the other spineless cowards who have enabled fascism along the way. In the interest of protecting his own ass, he destroyed it. Dumbass coward.
  8. No arguing that point. AND, we largely had to develop our own fantasies around it. Pictures in a magazine? Well, if you were gonna fantasize about having sex with her, you had to construct a scenario in your head. Now? Any scenario you want, or could possibly imagine, no matter how insanely unrealistic, is out there. Seriously. I don't get the whole "stuck porn" genre. How many people were begging for videos of women stuck in a dryer so they could walk up behind them and bang them? That never would have even occurred to young Brisket. And trust me....LOTS of things occurred to young Brisket.
  9. I do think there really is something that needs to be figured out on this front. We can have all kinds of hypotheses (and I certainly do), but it's almost certainly 1) a combination of things, but 2) one or two large factors are largely driving the bus. My hypothesis, by the way, is similar to yours -- the Andrew Tate approach of telling young men they are entitled to any and all the women they want is poison. I freely confess to basing that hypothesis largely on my son's anecdotal experience. He describes a world where having even a modicum of game, and just being able to treat women with basic respect instead of contempt and entitlement, gives you more options than you know what to do with. I also think there's a factor of it being easier than ever for young men to live their entire lives in front of a video screen, alternately playing video games and jerking off to wildly unrealistic porn that gives them completely unrealistic expectations about sex and relationships. And yeah, I don't get it. As a GenX dude....my quest for female contact dominated most everything I did from age 12 to.....well, what time is it right now? But I ain't a psychologist or sociologist. I'm curious what the work on this subject has to say.
  10. Presuming that to be true.....then arrest the people who were breaking the law. Them. Only them. And not other people nearby who were not breaking the law. Stop the people who are breaking the law. Do not deny the constitutional rights of the thousands more who were not breaking the law. Jesus tapdancing Christ, this is not hard. By Billy's argument, the cops should run every UT football fan off of campus under the hooves of warhorses, because "some of them were starting to [break the law.]." We know for a fact that numerous fans BREAK THE LAW, and get publicly intoxicated and belligerent on game day. So, by Billy's logic, the police should drive ALL fans off of campus, because "some of them" are breaking the law. OR....just spitballing here.....the cops could arrest those fans who break the law, and leave the other thousands to go about their business. I know, what a WACKY idea, I'm clearly a hippie libtard communist or something.
  11. Well....I'd bet something close to 27% of men under 30 sure find it troubling.
  12. That is bad juju. That random protester seems like a real piece of shit. Anyone who calls for genocide is a piece of shit. Thus, I presume that you are similarly outraged and inflamed by these pieces of shit calling for genocide, and the organization/state they ACTUALLY REPRESENT: If you are upset by some demonstrators using genocidal language - and you should be, calls for genocide and murder are morally indefensible - then you must be ENRAGED when actual leaders and representatives of a State, endowed with real power, do so. I expect that you are, like many people are. And many people choose to speak out against that State, its genocidal actions, and its stated genocidal goals. But our governor thinks those people should be crushed under the boot before they even say a word, because to speak against those quotes I just gave you is impermissible.
  13. Except....you know....not entirely. Sometimes, it's important enough to exercise your rights that the choice is fuck the police. In fact....I'm pretty comfortable saying that "fuck the police" should be the default choice. Those fuckers work for US, under OUR rules. Look at the org chart, you jackboot shitheels -- you work for ME. And they need to be reminded of that. Frequently, and with zero subtlety.
  14. Since we're concerned about institutions embracing, and not rejecting a sentiment.... ....since we're SUPER-concerned with institutions that embrace and refuse to reject anti-semitism, after all.
  15. Brisketexan

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    Man, I dig the crowd. But that whole "Bramily" vibe totally dominates anywhere it's found. We went to the Allison Russel show a few months back (discovered her at Willie's picnic a coupla years ago, we really like her). Small venue, maybe 400 people for the show. And it was 90% Bramily, wearing their Brandi shirts, etc. (Allison got a big break touring with Brandi, so respect to Brandi, who I also dig). But man....that's a possessive and needy bunch. They were all over the stage, and gave a vibe of "Allison is ours, but I guess we'll let y'all be here too." I get it. An excluded group gets something that is truly theirs, and they want to be as possessive as they can be, having been pushed out of plenty of other places. It just kinda dulled the enjoyment of the whole thing.
  16. One of my favorite gifs of all time.
  17. Tha fuck? https://www.texasobserver.org/homegrown-neo-fascist-movement-marches-in-austin/ Shit, fucking nazis demonstrated right around the corner from my house a couple of years back: I know, because I showed up nearby to tell my neighbors "fuck that shit and fuck those guys, we've got your back." Our governor cares DEEPLY about anti-semitism....when it comes from a group not likely to support his regime. But when it IS from a group likely to support his regime.....well, let's see how committed his regime is to not tolerating anti-semitism: \ Those are your boys, man. They had a chance to take a stand. And boy, did they take one. "Anti-semitism will not be tolerated!" indeed. Not tolerated. But affiliated with, working in close association with, and working hand-in-hand because they share the same goals? You betcha!
  18. He's an irish dude from Delaware. A dash of black pepper probably makes him sweat.
  19. I attacked my pecker quite a bit back in the day…
  20. “Chicken tamales.” Pinche gringos…
  21. My daughter’s gift is languages, it kinda humbles me. She was excited to tell us about an interview she had with a recruiter in London last week (the recruitment is for multi lingual jobs). During the interview, the recruiter shifted into German, and my daughter followed. Then she shifted into French, same thing. The recruiter commented on how she was impressed at how seamlessly she did so. I speak mediocre Spanish, and my shift is awkward as hell. So, point to the daughter.
  22. The problem is, there's only one amount of power and control that he wants: ALL OF IT. Anything less means society is not giving him the due and respect that he deserves.
  23. And this. Painting a movement/position that you don't agree with as necessarily anti-semitic is not doing anyone, including you and your cause, any favors.
  24. The simple answer: you don't solve that VERY REAL problem with the boot of the government. You have to solve it by doing the work against it. And yes, I know that those things can fail, because THEY HAVE FAILED, AND THEY ARE FAILING. I have no problem with people on Jan 6th standing outside and protesting an election result they don't like. When they entered the Capitol, they should have been shot. But in between that is the problem with their message -- lies about election fraud, meant to undermine our entire civil society and government. We HAVE to fight back against those with everything we have. When you see nazis, you stand against them. Every time. You show society this is not okay, we do not condone it, we will stand and fight against that. I did just that a year or two ago when the nazis showed up in my neighborhood. I wanted my neighbors to know that they were not alone, and that we have their back. So I went out there with my own statements and sign, on my own. That was not an act of the government. It was an act of the people to take back our society. That's what we have to do. The nazis I protested were abhorrent slime. But I did not call the cops on them, nor would I have wanted that to happen, as they were being peaceful. Slimy and evil, but peaceful. We have to do the work. WE have to do the work.
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