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South Austin

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  1. Donald Trump occasionally says things that are smarter than this.
  2. Different black guy, but I guess they all look the same to you!
  3. They want to ban Terrence Mann novels. What more information do you need?
  4. That Bill Little statement would be five pages long.
  5. Tickets reduced? More affordable? WTF?
  6. They should’ve gotten Andrew Dice Clay.
  7. Well I didn’t know you wanted to get involved in the discussion, Mr. Helper.
  8. What’s the problem with the volleyball program? Is the fan support outgrowing Gregory Gym? I love watching games there, but haven’t been in a few years.
  9. I’m still high after my daughter’s McCallum High basketball team won the Bi-District Championship and advanced past the first round of the playoffs last night. She was on the varsity team her freshman year, the COVID year, when we all had to watch the games on YouTube, and they sucked. They got better each year, now with four seniors who have been playing together since middle school, and this year they won their second consecutive district title. Last night’s win was that much sweeter because we beat the team (East View, Georgetown) that bounced us from the first round of the playoffs last year. Very proud dad moment. (My girl is No. 13, a nod to Taylor Swift.)
  10. I have no idea who Nick Adams is, but I absolutely think there are plenty of Americans who would seriously make this comment.
  11. I read about this a lot over the past year in preparing for my daughter's college application process. Yes, the general consensus now seems to be, encourage your kid to have a more narrow focus of their time and energy in extracurricular activities so their resume doesn't look something like Max Fisher in Rushmore. But I don't think you over correct and tell your kid, "Just focus on chemistry, join (or form) the Chemistry Club, and teach chemistry to the homeless," or something along the lines. I think there's a sweet spot. And my daughter has been engaged in a lot of areas -- varsity basketball, classical guitar major who made All State, officer of the Science Honor Society (I didn't even know that was a thing) who has tutored other students in chemistry, and a few others. She's far from a resume padder, and is just a social student who has always managed to hang around with different groups of the student population.
  12. Technically, the title of this thread is "What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?", which is pretty broad. In large part, the thread indeed addresses "What the fuck is wrong with your crime, Austin?", but also other important local matters such as "What the fuck is wrong with your traffic, Austin?", and "What the fuck is wrong with your website owners, Austin?" Maybe the tire-guide star-rating is creeping over the line, but could arguably be part of a "What the fuck is wrong with your lack of snotty restaurants, Austin?" discussion, which is under the broader penumbra of "What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?"
  13. Same here. But also have never done the antibody testing, so I can't say for sure whether the one or two random and minor "colds" I had over the past four years were actually a mild case of COVID and the COVID shots were doing their job by keeping symptoms light.
  14. I tend to think that evil people do evil things, and who knows whether a different religious or other upbringing for some of these predators would've made much of a difference. Because it's not just adult dudes in heterosexual marriages having secret affairs with other adult dudes. It's a lot of adult dudes preying on minors, and I think that's a whole other issue. BUT, aside from the general abhorrence of the fundamentalist religious right's long-standing hatred and bigotry towards homosexuality, I also believe that had some of these folks grown up without that hatred and bigotry, there would be a hell of a lot fewer of these episodes for the reasons you state.
  15. My daughter (like many) is a huge Taylor Swift fan, and has been since elementary school. She's now a senior and will be off to college far away before I know it, so for me, Taylor Swift songs mark my memories of her childhood, and for that (in addition to her songwriting talent), I have a big affinity for her. That she drives the MAGA crowd crazy is just a bonus.
  16. It was clear on Sunday that God hates Jake Moody.
  17. Just looked him up. He’s an Oklahoma State graduate and he grew up in Oklahoma (though born in Texas). What’s his connection to the Longhorns?
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