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Homercles

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  1. I put the faucet covers on outside, since it’s even easier thing to do than SA’s mom. I honestly don’t think they make a shit, because even with those + towels + hand warmers they still freeze up…but since my pipes seem to live on after multiple freezes I am concluding that PEX flexes enough that it’s not a huge issue. Besides one of the spigots is on a garage exterior wall so it’ll freeze no matter what.
  2. Surprised they didn’t call Wednesday too. I’m just counting on two days
  3. RRISD canceled as well. Isn’t Wednesday supposed to be the worst?
  4. I comment the same every time this happens…armies of (mostly women it seems) berating the Twitter/FB feeds of RRISD anytime there’s weather. My conclusion is that they don’t have jobs. So I’m with you, I want my kids in school so I can work. Feeling like it won’t be bad at all and my kids will be bouncing off the walls while I try to get shit done.
  5. So far RRISD agrees with you. Canceling after school but normal dismissal
  6. One of my close friends in Memphis is dating a cop administrator there and sent me this:
  7. Every year. I can hear the Facebook Karen’s preparing to inundate my districts FB page with demands to close school the rest of the week, just to be safe, because apparently they don’t have jobs and secretly just want to homeschool them.
  8. This game is bananas
  9. If KC could just cover the middle of the field with more than one dude in zone they’d have the ball back
  10. Again, why bother? It’s about three pages of the same argument, and you’re not going to convince him…he will always deflect, reference his personal anecdotal experiences or find some study/math.
  11. Impressed I didn’t see ‘bootstraps’ mentioned
  12. Wanted to add that ‘statistical’ is exactly that…reflective of the inherent distribution of possible outcomes across their lifetimes, given their starting point. That starting point is inclusive of physical location, economic stature, race, sex, etc and their journey is influenced by work ethic, opportunity, the broader economy, etc. No one particular outcome is any kind of ‘gotcha’ for the system at large. Just ask the folks on the gambling board for examples…and that system is infinitely more narrow than the experiences of an individual across their entire lifetime. How many flawless brackets, created by people with endless knowledge/effort/compute, get ruined every year by someone missing a free throw while a dogs vs cats ‘joke’ bracket wins the office pool? You can influence your trajectory quite a bit, but not deterministically Not to mention bias when looking back is very real…Joe Walsh of all people had a great quote at the end of the Eagles documentary that goes something like ‘at the time, your life seems like random chaos but looking back it’s a finely crafted novel’. So it’s easy to romanticize your forebears life.
  13. “All the middle class folk that I know in my small corner of this country are 95% where they are because of their own choices”
  14. I haven’t been to Brazil, but the Phils police turned into quite the extrajudicial force under Duterte and in India if you’re poor either the police or the kites will kill you.
  15. I don’t know why y’all bother, every time there’s a thread like this I hope to be pleasantly surprised by the takes of certain posters (and those who rep them but don’t participate), and it always just confirms my suspicions on their general outlook.
  16. That was absolutely brutal…handcuffed and just completely stomped, pepper sprayed and flat out murdered.
  17. I felt like those two balanced each other out well…Jason playing the over-the-top, chauvinistic slob dickhead and Deb portraying the narcissistic main character spoiled brat type. They’d call each other out and often be somewhat entertaining radio. Beyond playing Red Hot Chili Peppers every time I tuned in, I stopped listening to 101x when Deb left as Jason solo just isn’t the same. I will admit I like the Matt, Chuy and (sorta) Bob thing KLBJ has going in the mornings. They often cover relatable topics without going into massive whining like Dale would, Bearden has always been introspectively funny, and Chuy embodies a general Texas vibe I enjoy. The downside is the same collection of classic rock during music breaks and Bob often checks out / the rock news thing is cringey AF. Point being it’s a nice change of pace from choosing my own content but they’re making no ad revenue from me as I’m not committed enough to listen for stretches anymore.
  18. Fuck Baylor always and forever. RIP Queso, you are remembered. Amen.
  19. They both sound like miserable people. Deb always seemed like a borderline alcoholic and def was regularly late to the show, and it wouldn’t surprise me that Sinclair is a total racist/misogynistic asshat.
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