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Samson's Wig

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  1. I'm sure you know this, but an absentee owner (most of the condos in downtown Austin) counts towards the occupancy rate. The only thing that counts towards vacancies is properties available for lease or sale that aren't currently occupied. Those condos are empty as fuck.
  2. Dell Children's Trust
  3. Brisket nailed it, as far as the current occupants. Like most downtowns, it's not going to appeal to families but to young professionals and couples without kids. It will still need to be more affordable to ever work, though.
  4. Austin has turned the corner into having a downtown that feels like every other downtown in every other major American city (at least those with a vibrant downtown). I think it's a good thing, even if we lost a bit of the city's soul. I agree with the sentiment that it is better to have folks crammed into towers downtown than spread out in suburban slow-death camps like Houston and Dallas. The only issue is that the vast majority of the downtown residential spaces sit empty. Look at any of those residential towers at night, and you will not see much activity at all. There are certainly more people living down there now than there were twenty years ago, but most of the downtown activity is driven by the massive increase in tourism, not residents. I would love to see us get to a point where downtown living is affordable enough for regular Austinites to live and work in large numbers. That should be the focus over trying to cram lot line to lot line, cheaply built tris and quads on small lots away from the city center that only serve to make current neighborhoods unlivable due to congestion. And for those who bitch about how crowded it is downtown, it is still one of the easier downtowns to drive to and park in America, for a city of this size or larger. 20-25 minutes from just about any neighborhood, and you're parked and walking down the street within five minutes of getting there. It's as easy as it could possibly be, short of a functional public transit system, which won't be happening in any of our lifetimes.
  5. I looked it up out of curiosity. Less than 1% of U.S. men are 6'6" or taller. Around 25% of U.S. men earn six figures or more. The percentage of U.S. men who are 6'6" and earn over six figures: 0.07% I have no idea how to quantify "great bone structure," but we can assume a certain percentage of that 0.07% does not have it, dropping the number even lower. Since you didn't clarify on the gender front, here you go: Less than 0.1% of U.S. women are 6'6" or taller. Around 11% of U.S. women earn six figures or more. The percentage of U.S. women who are 6'6" and earn over six figures: essentially 0.0% If your goal is to keep them single for life, you're on to something.
  6. I had a feeling, based on your description. Shared experience.
  7. This hits close to home. Saw "No Other Choice" at Alamo Drafthouse Sunday night.
  8. Cult people are fucking weird. Whether it's this odd Kirk fetishist cult or people kneeling at the feet of some perverted swami somewhere in India (or the PNW), these are some broke-brained sadsacks.
  9. Do you even Nigeria, bro?
  10. In Kobie's defense, he got "Blind Sided" by one of the dumbest mother fuckers in Lubbock county, and that dude is a big part of why he ended up playing for the Sooners. What you're hearing in his voice in that clip is regret. I'm not sure he would have seen the field for Tech this year, though, other than perhaps in the second half of games, as their starters only played in the second half in a couple of games. A similarly sad tale can be found for most of the hapless fools who end up at OU, except for Baker Mayfield. That piece of shit landed right where he belonged. Kobie may well end up back in Lubbock to play for Tech next year, as he's gone from OU. It will be interesting to watch. I would make sense, especially as they appear to have landed a solid QB and could make another run next season.
  11. He also referred to Tech as "JV Texas" in that press conference. That guy has been a douche his entire life.
  12. I am staunchly nonreligious, but I've advised many a single friend over the years who was stuck in a rut, and a couple who fall into the sadsack variety we're discussing in this thread, to just go to church. Any church. Nobody so desperately wants to help other people hook up as religious people. I think it's the subconscious drive to perpetuate the organization, or perhaps a desire to live vicariously through someone else having fun, but whatever it is, you'll have several matchmakers going to work within a couple of weeks. For someone with no comfort around women and who needs to date just anyone to get the monkey off their back, there is no easier way. Plus, church girls are easy. Once some basic skills are developed, they can then step up to trying to find more appealing women elsewhere. Also, you don't have to pay $9,000 to touch a single boob. A hearty after-service meal, a walk in the park, maybe a couple of comments that demonstrate a soul searching for meaning, and they'll be doing a whole lot more than that.
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