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Samson's Wig

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  1. WTF is tik tok cop talking about that the guy was getting up on him? Lots of cops need an ass-whipping, but holy shit that guy is a ticking time bomb.
  2. Houston showing up on these polls is puzzling. I know they win games in their dinky conference, but the only teams with a pulse they played in the regular season last year were TTU and Cincinnati and they got smoked.
  3. Lots of shitheads in that video, but if I have to choose - team car.
  4. Yes without a doubt.
  5. After reading this thread it seems clear that this is not really a message board for Longhorn fans, crass retorts, and offensive/titillating photos. This is a thinly disguised therapy group for people with terrible families. I don't have time for details so I'll bullet point a couple of highlights: * scumbag uncle ran porn theaters in west texas in the 70s. Was murdered and left in a cotton field in '77. * one DFW area cousin (son of aforementioned uncle) in prison for most of adult life for drugs, theft, armed robbery, etc. * other cousin from same uncle is schizophrenic, among other issues including opioid addiction, most likely triggered by exposure to chemical weapons in first gulf war * Sister has borderline personality disorder along with a laundry list of other issues. Would rather spend a holiday with my convict cousin. * Another great uncle conned a bunch of people and left them in the lurch with his tractor dealership decades ago. Think Bart Reagor but smarter. Bled his mother (my great grandmother) dry of the wealth her husband (his father) left her, leaving the rest of us to care for her financially and otherwise in her waning years. He's old and somehow still alive and selling insurance (naturally). * Another cousin's wife got busted fucking a student at the school she worked at. He's still with her. That's just my mom's side of the family. Somehow, my folks turned out great so I lucked out there.
  6. True, but let's not forget the ACLU litigation that played a huge part in this as well. Difficult to justify funding for facilities with no patients thanks to an inability to commit anyone. Those facilities were nightmare factories to boot. There is obviously a middle ground that involves publicly funded safe spaces for mentally ill people to receive treatment, as well as mechanism that allows for the nonconsensual committal of folks based on well-vetted factors. Do you have any faith we live in a nation where political leaders are capable of finding a middle ground solution to anything? I don't.
  7. I'm not 100% up to date on the current scoring system, but I think your outrage at police is at least partially negated by the use of the "R" word. I turn to younger, more informed posters for a final verdict. For now, at least, you should probably remain in outrage timeout until this gets sorted. Also - fuck that fucking fuck of a cop and the entire department for causing that situation.
  8. FWIW, some folks are as allergic to grass pollen as they are to tree pollen. Summer can be brutal for allergies.
  9. Ultimately, the industry that lines regulators/politicians pockets the most will be the the last one standing. Efficacy, sustainability, affordability? Ha!
  10. Should be an automatic revocation of drivers license.
  11. Still a Covid virgin but headed to Vegas in August. That seems like a sure fire bet for infection based on anecdotal experiences by friends and posters here.
  12. Fuck every last anti-vax moron. Fuck 'em.
  13. This hits too close to home. My goofy fucking dog started doing this on walks a couple of months ago. Annoying and embarrassing.
  14. With enough hamsters, we could easily power Europe. Get on it, engineering dorks!
  15. That sounds, wrong. Right? NM saw Hate's post after posting this. Thank you.
  16. You're in Austin. Rolling blackouts last 7-10 days here. There's a switch hiding somewhere that can prevent this, and if you can find it the city will name the next bike lane in your honor.
  17. I think most folks don't consider politics at all when shopping for a new vehicle. Tesla owners, however, may be a group who does given the environmental implications. I agree his companies would be better served if he would shut the fuck up, but then what would all the folks on both sides of the circle jerk do for entertainment?
  18. I haven't offered anything of substance in this thread, to be sure, but we can't all just quote tweets and spell Musk's name incorrectly for giggles. Congrats on being clever, I guess. Maybe you'll get called up to the big leagues and join Twitter's legal team after they've read your well crafted posts in this thread.
  19. No parking pic to share, but an observation that is bad parking adjacent. Why can so few people in Austin seem to keep their vehicle in their lane when on a road with even the slightest curve to it? You put your life in the hands of complete idiots every time you drive down a road like 2222. I wish there was a way to make obtaining a drivers license about a thousand times more difficult.
  20. First line of the second paragraph, I suppose. But no, not really. No one else on this thread has written anything of substance either. It's an absurd discussion on its face.
  21. I don't follow this shit closely as I'm neither a fanboy nor its inverse. The haters seem to be most prevalent here. Is this based on politics of some kind? Everything else is these days, so I assume the hatred of Musk is based on his having different political opinions than his detractors. Is he a pro-life, thin blue line loving, fundie weirdo or something? Whatever it is, the love and hate for this man is fascinating. Maybe the dislike is based on our reliving the 1890's, complete with insanely wealthy individuals who don't have to play by the same rules as the rest of us? That bothers me too, especially when I think about what that type of culture and economy led to last go round (WWI and WWII). All I'm hoping this story does is shine a light on how insignificant Twitter and other social media truly are. The sunshine pumping bullshit that has so many people convinced that these platforms actually have any kind of meaningful impact (even Musk seems to buy into this notion) are insane. If you're an active user your head is so far up your own ass you can't see it for what it is. That tech bros can still peddle their lackluster products to people under the guise of somehow making the world a better or more connected place is mind boggling. Seemingly intelligent people actually believe this shit. Bill Burr's send up of Steve Jobs (linked upthread somewhere) was on point. These people don't really create anything. They don't add value. They suck value from their customers. They've made the world a worse place. But that only happens because a segment of our society actually give credence to the value of these shoddy products. Of course Twitter is full of bots, just like every other social media. The percentage of criminals looking to scam people likely makes up a significant portion of the actual human users. These platforms do not add value. They lure you in with bullshit and keep you engaged while they suck out your soul for profit.
  22. Why on earth would they shut this down? Russia sure doesn't give a fuck about all the criminals there who are hacking and stealing from westerners. Modi and Kovind can fuck off with their Russia apologist strategy.
  23. The mayor of ABQ is a friend. On paper, he's exactly the type of guy you want in office when dealing with an out of control police department. He's liberal but not a deluded progressive, he's got charisma, and it's a strong mayor system so he has more leeway to try and get things done. Before becoming mayor he was a state senator and repped the International Zone, which locals (at least used to) refer to as the War Zone and with good reason. He lived in the neighborhood with his family and genuinely cared about improving it. He was also a honky well loved by his district, which is a rare thing in that area. He's a rising star in the Democratic party and I expect to see him on the national stage soon. But even he hasn't been able to do much of anything to reign in that rogue police force.
  24. The feds have been overseeing that police department going back to at least 2010 or so. Unfortunately, we lived there for a brief stretch. Had the windows busted out of my downtown office three separate times by people protesting the police. It's a mixed bag of shitty people and shitty cops in that state. I don't think that's a coincidence.
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