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Showing content with the highest reputation on 06/17/21 in all areas

  1. I am elated to say that for the first time since March 2020, our medical ICU has no COVID patients on the unit.
    22 points
  2. Text exchange with my wife earlier: Her: "You locked me out of my car" Me: "Well, that's impossible, you were literally driving it when I left." (She had to move her car because she had blocked the driveway) Her: "Well my keys are somehow locked inside." Me: "I really don't know what you tell you other than I'll be home in a couple hours." Her: "Nevermind, all the doors were locked except the driver door."
    19 points
  3. 18 points
  4. “The NCAA doesn’t investigate violations because of the fear of being cancelled” is quite a take.
    18 points
  5. 13 points
  6. The truth is that you can only sell promise for so long. I listened to the recent blitz episode where they analyzed 27 power 5 programs and Texas was dead fucking last when it came to developing blue chip prospects. Rod Babers is right that schools are easily negative recruiting us simply by showing them the data and our results. It's hard to argue with 10 years of data. Garrett Wilson said, talented WRs come here only to disappear and never be heard of. He's not wrong. In addition, the leadership within our program got lazy and let this entire thing slide. We were more focused on what fucking taco bell commercial to put on the jumbotron that keeping our program elite. Give aggy as much shit as you want. They managed to position themselves in the best conference, pulled a national championship winning coach to that shit hole, upgraded all their facilities even if it's made them broke, and figured out a way to compete with the Bamas, UGAs, and LSUs when it comes to buying recruits. Meanwhile, we let our facilities slide, stayed in a pathetic conference, hired 3rd rate coaches like Charlie Strong, and have a inflated image of our program thinking that elite recruits will come here regardless of results because we are Texas. Recruits would love to come here. We simply have to win. My hope is that Sark and his staff can accomplish that. Until we start putting players in the 1st round and competing for the national championship, we are going to see more of the same. The other option is that we start buying recruits like aggy but I've lost hope in that as well. I don't think NIL is going to have the effect people think it will at the moment. On the bright side, it takes 1 coach to figure it out. Look at Texas basketball. We might be the hottest program in the country right now. I never imagined seeing us recruit the way we are. If Sark can figure it out, recruits will line up to play here again.
    12 points
  7. What's it like to be as smart and cool as you? Just parachuting into threads to say you never read them like a fucking boss.
    12 points
  8. Everything you say here makes sense, and yet makes you look even more stupid with your previous bravado.
    12 points
  9. I'm pretty booked up the rest of this week since they just opened a new Arby's by my house but I should have some time to meet on this early next week.
    11 points
  10. "I'm thinking of taking the kids to the science discovery center tomorrow. On Thursdays they have three dollar Tuesdays."
    11 points
  11. We have had some epic plays in the history of our program, and this one is not too far from the top of the list. Not because it meant much or because it was a great display of athleticism or heroism, but because it was so ridiculously ugly and unlikely, and it led to a dagger into the heart of the Fucktards on the Brazos. I'd buy Case McCoy an O'Douls any day.
    11 points
  12. It's been 3,494 days since Case McCoy herped and derped Texas into field position for the greatest walk-off kick ever.
    11 points
  13. Religious organizations do not provide a greater good than a grocery store or than an engineer that builds bridges and roads. This idea that God’s House should not pay taxes like the rest of us shifts that tax burden to others based on a belief system/clubhouse. It is absurd that this exists. It is easy to find examples of abuse, but the whole system is predicated on a lie that it is special and that religious folks are special because of a belief system.
    11 points
  14. Having a pour of my favorite in honor of my girl. Hanna gave me 16 great years. RIP girl. Hope you finally got that fucking squirrel.
    10 points
  15. Wut. It must be even more awkward now when a sorority girl has to reconcile that her date rapist isn’t a future CEO but a future night manager at Taco Cabana.
    10 points
  16. You discriminate against people, you don't get tax breaks. For churches that spend most of what they take in on ministries and expenses, then this will not be that big of a deal. But for those that make a lot of money, fuck you.
    9 points
  17. I'm more concerned about those churches that clearly employ the pulpit as a political platform. I don't want tax exemptions revoked across the board. I do, however, want enforcement of the provisions of Section 501 of the IRC and swift revocation of the exemption for those who do not qualify. And similar treatment for those receiving state tax exemptions under state law. I don't like it, but I think private individuals and organizations should mostly remain free to discriminate. Let them get canceled.
    9 points
  18. if you say her name 3 times, she appears in your bathroom and then wrecks the rest of your house
    8 points
  19. There are a shit-ton of secular nonprofits that enjoy tax free status, sit on prime real estate, advance causes that are noxious, and/or defraud the system and exist primarily as money making ventures for those that run and establish them. In fact, I’d wager that the percentage of secular non-profits that exist solely as tax shelters and don’t really engage in their core mission far outweighs the number of “fake” churches. Unless you’re going to blow up tax-free status for them, too, I don’t see how this isn’t simply an attempt to use the state to smother a belief(s) you don’t like, and raises serious first amendment questions. Go after entities that break laws and violate the no political speech restrictions, don’t blow up the whole system.
    8 points
  20. SA douche level 10 is an Austin or Dallas 5.
    7 points
  21. I'm starting to feel like young Donovan just may have a need for attention.
    7 points
  22. They're going for Scarlett O'Hara but calculated the windage wrong and hit "Irish Whorehouse in 1848 Baltimore." Not that I have a problem with that.
    7 points
  23. So, working with the headwind of a fairly meh year at DL and LB in-state, you're going to underwhelmed with closing the borders to take the two best in-state DTs and the [second-]best EDGE, supplementing that with two OOS bluechips and a good developmental take on the line, and adding a 5-star, an OOS bluechip, and a class leader at LB? You've got some wild expectations, man.
    7 points
  24. fixed (also explains private schools) In my time at UT I did not understand the point of them and just saw them as an embarrassment/annoyance (still do). I was very focused on my classes and job and I had a girlfriend I knew I was going to marry, so I felt pretty established emotionally and socially even at that young age, so it took my oldest son a LOT of work to convince me to help him financially with it when he wanted to pledge. His grades went to shit (made a C in a class, which is unacceptable) so I stopped and it became a real sore point for us for years. He told me a few stories that worried me a lot regarding in terms of what kind of worldview (racist, misogynist) he was paying his own money to immerse himself in, but luckily it didn't stick. Like some of y'all, he's got lifelong friends from the frat and his Facebook feed is regularly full of the most stock-character camaraderie. Has a good job now 100% attributable to frat connections. Younger son didn't see the appeal either, huge fucking nerd with an ocean of nerd-ass friends. The "Greek" system exists to perpetuate the values of the bourgeois class, whatever those values might be at the time. But at the end of the day it's a tribe, with all the good and bad that comes with. Overall take on Greek system: Whatever.
    7 points
  25. If your state has one asshole senator, then your state has one asshole senator. If your state has two asshole senators, your state is full of assholes.
    7 points
  26. Had my first hole in one today! #7 on TPC Craigs Ranch, I hit a 5 iron to a back pin about 190. I saw it land and release toward the flag then it disappeared, but I assumed it was hidden behind the pin. Walked (ran) up and it was in the hole. What a cool experience! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    7 points
  27. Tomorrow afternoon is going to fucking suck. 2nd hardest decision I’ve ever had to make in my life. But she’s suffering and I don’t want to see her not enjoying life any longer. For being such a small little girl, she’s been a tremendously large part of our family for going on almost 17 years. My son has not known life without her and my wife hasn’t known our life together without her. Hanna, you’ve been such a good companion and I know you will be in a much better place when you get to be back together with Jenny and y’all can play with each other again! [emoji22][emoji3590][emoji22] We are going to miss you so much!
    7 points
  28. They are moving to disbar everyone. Fun footnote from the brief in support
    6 points
  29. I think what Brisket is trying to get at is that our much vaunted separation of church and state is actually a delicately crafted, diplomatic truce that successfully ended about 1,500 years of struggle in the West over the proper place and roles of the secular and ecclesiastical authorities. And it absolutely collapses once you start taxing churches. No taxation is, in fact, true separation. The state has no claim to spiritual authority or influence over spiritual matters and in exchange, the church does not try to exercise secular authority. And of course there are attempts at cheating on both sides and pushing the boundaries, but it’s held remarkably well for over two centuries. The moment the state taxes the church, is the moment the state breaks the truce and tells the church, effectively— “you exist and operate at our leave and pleasure, and you will pay tribute accordingly.” Which totally upsets the apple cart. Those of you actually advocating for this should really think out beyond the benefits to the treasury. Because another fundamental principle of democracy is that taxation gets you representation. A model like this will lead to the actual small, non intrusive, potluck and soup kitchen outfits going under and a consolidation into most effective money raisers and corporate modeled entities. They will survive, and all of a sudden…just like Amazon, Wal-Mart, and Microsoft, they get to lobby and politic just like every other taxpaying entity. No more need for cut throughs and wink-wink sermons. You think the defense industry has pull? Well, just wait till the Vatican and SBC start retaining K Street firms directly. On a local level, imagine what Lakeway can do to say, school board elections once you start tapping them for cash.
    6 points
  30. 6 points
  31. I fully support your frustration, but literally none of this is correct
    6 points
  32. My old man would have recorded 10-15 minutes of some PBS bullshit that no kid or wife would have ever willingly sat through at the start of the tape, recorded Skinemax starting in the middle of the tape, and then prominently labeled the tape with the PBS title. But I eventually discovered that the more boring the label, the more likely the full content of the tape would appeal to my prurient interests...
    6 points
  33. Or murder the OU AD and put his severed head in the UT AD’s bed as a warning.
    6 points
  34. The Cotton Bowl is my favorite venue to watch a sporting event in DFW. Perfect sight lines, not a bad seat in the house. The plumbing situation could be improved, but other than that it’s perfect. Throw in the fair and it’s the best day of the year. I will personally murder any UT AD who tries to take that away from me.
    6 points
  35. Jesus some people are stupid. $50 a month is $600 a year, or a .06% return on $1 million. Take your $1 million now and put it in a savings account at .1% and you get $83.33 a month.
    6 points
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