He's a deranged sociopath with an entitlement complex who constantly tries to gaslight the rest of us that we're the problem. It's bizarre, he needs to be banned from this community because he's shown he won't make the effort to improve life for himself and just wants to declare it everyone else's problem. It's ridiculous and he refuses to try to improve things himself-l.
It's always someone else's fault in his fantasy land.
tl;dr
Just ban Derka right fucking now. He's a cancer and it's not our fault that he can't behave like an adult.
What happened was Derka thought he could get someone banned to assuage his toddler-level lack of control, which has held all of us hostage for 20 years with his incessant victim rants and disruptive bullshit- because the adults in the room are apparently the problem. Seriously, just ban him right fucking now. He's a fucking cancer and it's not our fault that he can't behave like an adult.
So if I'm understanding things correctly, Derka thought he'd successfully launched a plan to get someone he didn't like banned, and then when his plan backfired on him he started a thread to tell the site owner to go fuck himself, which then backfired on him.
Solid fucking plan.
I've had lunch at the Lake Austin Blvd. location a dozen times or so and it is plenty good. The prices are reasonable and they have a handful of beers on tap + plenty of liquor options as well. It's a nice setup on the 2nd floor with a bar, TVs, and indoor & outdoor seating.
They also had this sandwich on the menu for a bit as a "limited time only" option and it was fucking awesome
I saw it back in mid-December and enjoyed it. The extra depth with the family and relationship storylines was a nice surprise- good times all the way through.
The downtown library is awesome- I love it. For a few years (up until the Pandemic sent us remote) I worked in one of the buildings right across the creek from it. I live right across the river so would pick up books/DVDs on my walk to and from work. On nice weather days I'd walk over and work on the rooftop (still do occasionally just for a change of scenery and to hit bars/restaurants I like) and every so often I'd get lunch or a beer at the cafe. It's fantastic- beautiful design and great working space.
One Saturday during the 2020 election I was doing a Saturday barhopping walkabout through downtown and on the walk home stopped into the library to take a leak before crossing the river. I hadn't voted yet so was able to take care of that at the same time and lit a celebratory joint as I exited the library- easily my favorite voting experience ever.
I'd vote for it again, especially just to read all of the mouthbreather/illerati complaints on Surly.
I experienced this recently for the first time in ages. Driving back from West Texas late December I got the headlight flash so I slowed down a good bit... sure enough ~1/2 mile down the road was a State Trooper parked by the road just waiting.
I don't take nearly as many road trips as I did 25-30 years ago, but I feel like I saw it regularly back then vs. rarely these days.