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  1. Just now, troph said:

    I know I'm carpet bombing this thread right now, but thanks. I'm going to grieve for a day or two but it's time to move on. I will find other straight guys that are cool as shit that like to do cool shit and aren't lost. at our age, life long friends are a misnomer. friends come and go now. that's just reality. I have 4-5 life long friends that have stuck with me and that's just it, and I'll protect those to the death, but this guy is a 7-8 year friend and he's gone.

    No apology necessary for all the posts. I, for one, find it interesting and sad at the same time to see real life stories play out in realtime as a reminder that this shit is real and it’s dangerous. I hear you on life long friends. I have five friends (was 6, but we tragically lost one to suicide) that I will protect to the end and have known each other for 30+ years. Others come and go, but those relationships persevere.

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  2. 1 minute ago, troph said:

    I'm not, we had a conversation that was not expected last night and the friendship ended over text this morning. I'm just sharing with y'all now.

    walking dead, he's a zombie now, there is no cure. he's gone.

    That sucks. I feel for you. Losing a close friendship is never easy, but sometimes there are reasons it’s untenable and this seems like one of those times.

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  3. 56 minutes ago, Red Five said:

    Kind of crazy how an ex-president can be so objectively wrong about everything he talks about.

    "I was told I could have three judges! And I could pick them! And I was PROMISED the trial could take place by the pool at Mar-a-lago!"

    Even crazier that he can blast this BS out to his disciples and they lap it up as gospel.

  4. 20 minutes ago, troph said:

    this was my fav -

    him: got it, groomers aren't a big deal.

    me before: for every one drag queen or trans person that has abused a child or attempted to groom a child there are thousands of family members, pastors, scout leaders and dare I say little league coaches that have done the same.

    wait, fav was this -

    him: oh, y'all are on the same team?

    me before: no, trans people are our people.

    him before that: you know the L's, G's and B's don't like the T's.

    * you read that right, i'm not out to him

    This is what is most infuriating to me in this situation. He sees you as a friend that is uber successful, has a great family, great career, happy marriage, etc. He then can’t make the connection that you’re essentially living the life that life that everyone in the world aspires to, but people such as yourself are under attack by one party to vilify a group of our community as groomers, molesters, etc., when clear data shows that just not to be the case.
     

    People like him just read conspiracy shit while “doing their research” and take it as gospel while not making the connection that someone in their close circle is someone under attack. It’s so intellectually weak to not be able to make that connection and question the BS that they are consuming. 

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  5. 1 hour ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

    If you're leasing your car, you probably have bigger financial black flags than some corporate rebate / discount.

    If my employer offered me a car lease at 50% off, I would jump at that in a heartbeat. I would also make sure the discount was for the life of the lease no matter my employment status or that I could turn the vehicle in without penalty when my employment ended. 

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  6. 17 minutes ago, C-Man said:

    Decent rundown of who might testify to what from Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/14/trump-hush-money-trial-witnesses-00151816

     

    Two things from that article:

    1. The CEO of the National Enquirer is Mr. Pecker. Can’t make that up.

    2. Said CEO of the National Enquirer is called out in the article for having far fewer credibility issues than Michael Cohen. Imagine having so little credibility that the CEO of a supermarket tabloid is a more credible witness than you are.

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  7. 48 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

    None whatsoever! 

    However, I do recall Michael Wilbon going on a very proud and totally earnest, "I drive a Dodge Stratus!"-esque rant about his Catera on PTI 20ish years ago, and the absurdity of it all has stuck with me more than anything else about that useless car. 

    The fact that the first thing I think of when I see the word Catera is the Caddy that zigs means GM did a good job of burning that into my much younger and impressionable brain.

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  8. 10 hours ago, YGIFS said:

    I have no idea who Dua Lipa is, and I wish her all the best.  But this is gonna be a tough act to follow, literally.   

    Google is your friend here. She’s insanely attractive.

  9. 1 hour ago, SydneyCarton said:

     

    I'll be more specific for incredulity. Zork was a pretty old guy, who I believe was having a difficult divorce from his wife, and the kids were being used as a weapon, per him. They were older, adult kids or teenagers, I think. Anyway, he was learning all about the world of internet dating, and he got himself conned by someone claiming to be a young woman interested in him. The depression of that and his situation with his kids seemed too much, so he called it quits. That's my memory of it anyway. 

    IIRC, there were a lot of guys on here warning him that he was getting catfished.

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  10. 12 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:


    they didn’t let you into the bar ?

    Bar was packed and we were with another couple so we wanted to sit. Ended up at the bar at Potente, which worked out better since it’s one of my favorite places in Houston. After hundreds of expense account steakhouse dinners in Houston I’m kind of over the generic copy/paste steakhouse experience. 

  11. 12 hours ago, safe sex said:

    It's fucking ridiculous how many people have post counts in the 1000s that won't throw Surly $3.50/month 

    Well, imma called me a “whiney bitch” and said he could “give 2 fucks” about me subscribing when I dared to give feedback about ads on a thread he started to solicit feedback about ads so I’ve taken that to heart and never subscribed. When the owner was clear that he doesn’t want/need my money, I listened.

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  12. 4 hours ago, txduck87 said:

    Where is the best place to eat downtown before an Astros game? Firm I invest some dough with is taking me and have asked my preference.

    $$$ isn’t an object. They from Chicago so don’t know the town and I’m a suburbs idiot now.

    Is Irma’s southwest still a thing? Vic and Anthony’s ? Those used to be my go to when I still worked but it’s been a decade. Anything hip and trendy? I’ll be with some 20 something dudes so I’m sure they’d appreciate a little Houston eye candy. Thanks .

    I would do a bar table at Potente. Bonus points if you get a table by a window facing the sidewalk for people watching. V&A is just another generic Tillman steakhouse in my opinion.

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  13. 8 minutes ago, MotownHorn said:

    Sorry. I just want to make it clear that I’m not trying to bully a guy with issues. I’ve been actively trying to deescalate any conflict he has with me.

    You’re not helping yourself like you think you are. The best thing you can do is slink off into the darkness and hope this blows over. You’re coming off as a whiny child trying to defend his bad behavior.

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  14. 6 hours ago, Muny_Tex said:

    Blake,

    I've been an observer of the Longhorn internets since approx 2001; and was very a active reader of Shaggy from Day 1.  You are one of my favorite contributors during that entire time frame.  Even back when you were a "different person", I still always looked forward to seeing your hoops takes and thought it was really bizarre how many people (such as the "Hi" crowd) felt compelled to have real-life personal beef with you.

    Fast forward to now and very little seems to have changed; so my advice is this:  Please permanently leave this website and find a different/healthier outlet for expressing your interest in sports and engaging with other fans.  Many of the largest influencers here do not have your best interests at heart (and that's putting it gently), and they never will.

    I fully believe that anyone who devotes any substantial amount of attention/energy to an internet message board (and by the same token, mainstream social media) is fundamentally a loser.  Time and resources are finite, and youth/vigor/opportunity costs are tremendously precious.  The fact that there are many people here with tens of thousands of posts (translate those into conscious hours!) dropped into little more than an abyss of uselessness (95% of the time) or a vortex of hatred, division, and personal attacks (at worst) speaks immense volumes about their character as adults, parents, spouses, etc etc. 

    There is a reason so many posters fit similar archetypes of ultra-high incomes and professional classes...they are the same people (especially the lawyers) who everyone else on the globe typically despises for the way they live their lives and treat others.  It is only natural that they translate their self-loathing into attempts to cope/compensate through sanctimony, condescension, frequently outright abuse towards others while safely protected behind their screens.

    I aim to browse the board approx ~30 mins a week now to aggregate Astros news and pertinent insights relating to markets/finances.  Fortunately that's because I (finally) have other important, meaningful, real-world human priority shit to do which was never that case when I spent hours and hours a day here (and not coincidentally, was objectively a loser during those same life stages).

    I don't know your whole story, but I perceive an enormous amount of victimhood from you during this most recent episode without appropriate regard for the greater context: This place will never be uplifting for you, it will never be a source of joy/pride/confidence/health whatever.  It is a fundamentally ugly place populated overwhelmingly by fundamentally ugly people. 

    There are certainly useful things you can "learn" here (like the 'Help' board) just as you would browsing google/reddit for specific topics of interest; but actually engaging anyone here and expecting anything different than the exact-same toxic pattern over the past 10+ years for you is horribly misguided.  In the parlance of Tommy Boy, you are the woman in white gloves horribly upset by the mess made by ketchup popsicles that you insist on ordering over and over again.

    Put this hellscape away.  Take control of your own life and your own recovery.  Bob, imaamac, motown, etc etc should not and cannot be the gatekeepers to your health, happiness, and well-being.  May God bless you, and I hope to see you reach your full potential somewhere that is worthwhile.

    Oh the irony of you calling other posters sanctimonious and condescending. 

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