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BurntEyes

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  1. Dude, we don't want to hear more talk about your love of scat pron. We get, you like being shit on. Enough already, it's disgusting.
  2. Of all the things here, I'm pretty confident the NCAA will no longer exist or at least if it does exist it will have zero real power or influence.
  3. I honestly don't know what the hell was being argued in the last 5-6 posts. Seems most of you were agreeing, but still calling one another stupid/arguing. So, I'll join the stupid name calling, because I'm stupid too.
  4. I can agree with this take completely. For the record, while I don't think I will ever move back to Austin (for the 3rd time), for complex personal reasons, I lived the bulk of my adult life there, and loved it for the most part. I note that, as while I will likely never live there again, a part of me truly hopes and want to see the city I loved the most grow into adulthood. Past the hippyville, turned college and capital town, silicone Prarie, movie mecca pt2, tech companies destination, and tourist destination to a full on urban living metroplex. Including, usable reasonably priced mass transit options, life accommodating commercial business and long-term tenant owned condo complexes. That's why I visit this thread. For, likely silly, but never the less existing hope that things move the right way. I'll always love the time I spent in Austin. I hope 30-40 years from now there are people my age, that have been there that long, can say the same.
  5. Well, drawing a comparison of Austin to Chicago or NYC remains foolish. You say diversified from commercial use relative to DC, NYC or Chicago on the good side vs San Fran or others on the down. What's the owner occupation rate, living amenities per capital, portfolio investment of condos and utilization rates of Austin residents vs the good and bad locations. Those are the real measures of diversity vs commercial use. Airbnb, LLC owned or other non-resident owned vs owner occupied with long-term rental rates of condos is a real determining factor of commercial vs diverse use of the condos in downtown. If there aren't multuple groceries stores, pharmacies and other less glamorous commercial properties within a relatively short walk or bike ride, and the bulk of the condos are not owner occupied or local resident long-term rentals... it's all commercial. Ultimately, those condos are essentially hotels or commercial investments not residential. It's fine to say it's better than a San Fran, and to discuss how it should be moving more towards a Chicago or NYC, but the question remains, is it doing that at this point. That Whole Foods and Trader Joe's are and have been the only thing close to a grocery store within walking distance of downtown for ages, I think saying it is not moving in that direction isn't a stretch logically. I'm happy to hear supporting evidence that it is, but that singular point leans towards it is not. I'll also throw out the question of how many bars in downtown do residents of Austin over the age of 30 actually frequent. I don't know the numbers, but I'll guess its not very high on average.
  6. I spent 20+ years in West Campus and SOC. I lived in River North Chicago for 11. The comparison of day to day living between River North and downtown Austin is really night and day. While I could make a cold hike in winter to a Whole Foods in 15 or a 5 minute bike ride I could hit 3 other full grocery stores of 2 different companies, 4 CVS/Walgreens, 2-3 Royal blues found in downtown Austin in less time. There was a barber and non-starbucks coffee shop in my building, a 7-11 and 2 different dry cleaners less than 50 yards away. If I drove more than 90 miles for work, my company allowed me to rent a car, I say that because despite driving to meeting in the burb frequently, I drove less than 10k miles in 11 years. In the city I NEVER drove. Going outside downtown, took the L, going to my buddies house in Wisconsin, train (sub $10). As for food and bars...hah!! No man, not close. Even though Austin is a tourist town. Dive bar, Irish Bar, Club or pool hall, 10 minutes to walk to many options. It really is foolish to compare downtown Austin to River North or the Financial district in NYC. Just foolish. For the record my brother lived in Jersey City, there was a water taxi into the Finacial district, which of the areas in Manhattan is among the least livable, IMO.
  7. Sir... if that's in anyway an issue... then the world has truly gone to shit and I don't want to be a part of it anymore.
  8. Bringing up the rear is Colorado's class, which is ranked No. 118 under coach Deion Sanders. 😂
  9. Umm.. sorry I forgot the sarcasm tags on my post broseph. but yes, everyone loves a flimflam man and a fool and his money are soon to part.
  10. Why don't you all just leave Brett alone!!!
  11. You do know that these have been around for a very long time. And... the new structure is far more like the NFL than it was historically. Further, if you enjoy the NFL product, this new world will provide an easier track to following relevant teams and players in what you can simply consider the NFL minor league. Or... you know, go post on Cowboys.com So... there's a tad bit of irony in your post.
  12. Well dammit man, someone needs to live there. Look at all the Chicken Littles running around after my post.
  13. ...the Fightin' Primes just followed suit..but in a conference they can actually compete in. Um... no they won't.. and that's saying quiet a bit. (I know I know take it to the Prime Time Room)
  14. That's a good point about classes. I think, well, hope, perhaps they'll have a different track all together. What would actually serve the universities and athletes the most is a pro-sports track. How to select a agent, what a good contract looks like, managing social media, off field activities to increase your pro value and oned to avoid, making investments,, avoiding bad investments (family and snake oil salesmen mainly), restaurants are a bad business, dealing with sports marketing and TV, public speaking, etc.
  15. I'm sure I'll be negged for saying this, but I accurately called the current playoff and how it would come to pass 20+ years ago. The writing was on the wall and if anyone was honest with themselves it was pretty easy to see coming. In 20 years I think the easiest thing to predict is there will be a LOT fewer universities playing. I think the NCAA will be gone. I think some states, including universities will have opted out of football completely. I think the landscape will be greatly compressed and there will essentially be one tier. It will be the playoff tier and much more limited number of universities playing will be in that division of college football. I'm guessing the west coast will largely be out of the college game, the northeast very limited and most of the teams with be in the Midwest and Southeast. You'll have some outliers like maybe Arizona, Utah, and some teams in the Mid-Atlantic regions too. I think there will be NIL caps of some sort, and there might even be an opt out for classes. Those that are on scholarship don't get that option, neither do walk on players, but fully NIL funded players don't have to attend class if they dont want to. They will hopefully be encouraged to, but not required. Essentially, more of a real minor league for the NFL with NIL funding the bulk of it. Then again, while I called the playoffs, there were a lot of things I didn't see happening. So, wtf do I know.
  16. It's the cheese curds, definitely the cheese curds.
  17. I just dropped in to bitch about something. I don't remember what.
  18. Jesus Christ Jerrah, just stop already.
  19. "It’s not gonna be good. And when you have a pro kind of quarterback, you can’t give him youngsters to work with. It’s gonna be chaotic.” Well, Deion was at least right in 2 aspects in his "class" It won't be good and will be chaotic. We all love a dumpster fire Deion and it's why I'm still watching.
  20. Details matter! I not usually a fan of using the media for specific threats from our military but imma make an exception in this case. Yous bout to get suma dis. Check yoself. Edit - Multipurpose Penetrator would make a great band name.
  21. I would really be interested in you saying the top 3-4 biggest mistakes in order of severity. I've already moved out and on from Austin. I have my own list, but it's all personal shit. Really would like to hear, from a City level perspective, how you think Austin missed.
  22. I'm always the smartest guy in the room. I remember back, particularly to my time in Chicago (my heaviest drinking period) thinking, "The fuck else am I going to do on a Friday night. (Or Friday morning, whatever) It a Friday, I got a job and fuck all else to do." I truly felt like I was empowering myself. Seriously. Not realizing that I was actually just an addict, I saw it as my "standing free". Yeah.. so @ztejas as the smartest man in the whole damn city, empower yourself to show the idiots here how powerful you really are, go to meeting on the reg. Show those idiots how smart you are and how much you don't need them. I dare you. Also, you have my number, I truly and fully encourage you to use it whenever. Shit man, you want to come to my compound in the woods for a bit, not liquor, come on out.
  23. Posted here back on 1/9 my 10 year.
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