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We're just going to revert to the mean, I think. We lived through an era (80s-2020s) when UT rose to legitimate prominence, with a deserved reputation beyond being a mere "state U," approaching "public ivy" status. But 50-60 years ago, UT WAS just another big "state U." A fine reputation, but nothing very special. And that's where we'll be again, in short order. On par with Ole Miss, Alabama, etc.
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I mean....am I missing a major timeline event? The open descent into (1) racism that was (2) utterly disconnected from reality that was birtherism was rather jarring. And it popped up re his campaign in 2008. I'm not saying there weren't plenty of issues with the party pre-2008, but that was a pretty eye-opening break in 2008.
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Oh, there was a healthy base coat of same, but it lasted beyond my prime "young and stupid" years. I also grew up in a household that generally (not exclusively, but generally) voted Republican. My old man, while hispanic, was an army veteran petroleum engineer, and pretty straight-laced. But gotDAMN in their later years did my parents fucking HATE the GQP and Trump. Shit, some of my dad's last thoughts were regrets that he didn't live to see that sonofabitch die.
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Dude, this is an organization that: messages "WE'RE CURRENTLY CLEAN ON OPSEC" . . . . . . . . . . . on a Signal chat that includes a member of the press. These are the dumbest, least competent human beings to ever have any responsibility over anything, ever. Seriously, the lowest-ranked employee of the night-cleaning crew for the worst Popeye's franchisee in America is surely 10X more competent than this crew.
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Gonna just mail this to Davis, to give him a head start on picking our new color. Which one should be picked for "Cowardly Texas Yellow?" I like Sunnyside Up, myself.
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Papers, please. Surly thread of deportation cruelty dominance
Brisketexan replied to Captainant's topic in Daily Texan
Yeah. They were lying about that, too. Shit, I'll give you the list of things they weren't lying about: .... ..... ...... WAIT.... ..... Yeah, that about covers it. -
Oh, I know. Just put it all over in the enshittification pile over there. It's the pile that has Mt. Everest looking at it and saying "DAAAAAAAAMN."
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Cool. So what should take 3 mins takes 15 mins. Just. Fucking. WRITE IT. I don't need your goddamned vocal inflections and vocal fry and whatever other bullshit you bring to the table in your video. Words. On paper/screen. That's it.
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Papers, please. Surly thread of deportation cruelty dominance
Brisketexan replied to Captainant's topic in Daily Texan
Seems like they've now given plaintiffs sufficient basis to seek and obtain an injunction against ICE officers arresting people for non-criminal activity protected under the First Amendment. I hope that someone is preparing that suit (a similar suit was filed to protect members of the press in Illinois, and it succeeded, IIRC). -
Seems we need to change our school color from Burnt Orange to Coward Yellow.
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Oh, I wasn't slow to see that at all. I realized very, very quickly that electing Obama broke society's brain. The birther shit that started during the campaign told me that we were fucked, and I haven't looked back since then.
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I did love that particular line. So, here's where we are, theologically: Either 1) the Trumps are flat-out heretics, annointing themselves as having dominion over God, or 2) God is so fucking weak and pathetic that He needs saving by.....the fucking Trumps. I'm gonna go with 1), because if 2) is the case, why would anyone worship a god who is subordinate to the fucking Trumps?
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Countering this message plainly and obviously is important. For example, my signage and such is bedecked in multiple American flags. Because I am a patriot. Mike Johnson is a traitor. He doesn't get to claim a country that he betrays and sells out on bended knee. My family fought and bled for this country. We'll do so again, while Mike Johnson hides in his den of cowardice, groveling at the feet of an authoritarian who stands against every American value.
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Under this regime, the human suffering is the leading indicator that their plan is working. The cruelty is the point, and the suffering is the metric. They don't do anything to help ANYONE except the oligarch class, and the way they show that they're doing SOMETHING is.....hurt literally everyone else.
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Told y'all they'd be at this message right quick. Because -- and this is important -- hateful racism is not a problem for the GQP, it's their fucking entire platform.
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It's okay, y'all are old, so you'll forget I was mean to you pretty quickly.
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In short? Because we were (foolishly) convinced by a message of small government, but also respect for and protection of individual rights, that a regulated capitalist system provides broad benefit to all classes, etc. (seriously, just laying out broad strokes). And I DO believe that regulated capitalism does that -- it does so elsewhere, it's just that now, MAGA calls that approach "SOCIALISM!" If you want to make it even shorter....read some issues of The Economist for a basic center-right perspective. Most of us still agree with much of that. But realize that "center-right" actually INCLUDES things like some form of universal health care, actual regulations on capitalism, and being in favor of managed and reasonably regulated global trade. Today, MAGA literally calls The Economist a "leftist rag." So, we're Economist readers. For a long time, the American Republican party generally aligned (at least in its messaging) with the values and approaches voiced there, so it made sense for us to find a political home there. Did the Republican party ALWAYS have these flaws running through it? Of course it did. We're also pragmatic in knowing that all parties/movements have flaws. But now we live in a world where the GQP has given in to every last one of its worst impulses.
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Not that they care, but Plan II, the College of Liberal Arts, and the Law School will be getting a nice little "do not contact" letter from me. Not another penny to this university (I already don't buy season tickets to anything).
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Bingo. The question becomes "what do we do with people who are not members of the oligarchy?", and the answer ALWAYS ends up being "fuck 'em." Shit, it's really not different than the folks clamoring to be "in favor" with the rising fascist regime. "I'm an insider! I'm one of you!" That lasts right up until they all turn on each other, and the group of "true believers and favored members of the regime" becomes really fucking small. This is how it goes. Always. Literally 100% of the time, with no exceptions. And we're living in a world run by these people:
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
Brisketexan replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
Seems that USA Boom fisted himself. What has happened is.....literally everything that everyone who warned you about Trump said would happen. No mystery, no subtlety. Just "hey, if we touch that hot stove, we will all get burned." You now stand there crying with your blistered hand, wondering how this happened. When we fucking told you. Repeatedly. But you're just too. FUCKING. STUPID. TO GRASP AND ACCEPT THE OBVIOUS. I hate these people so, so, so much. Because they didn't just inflict this on themselves. They inflicted it on all of us. -
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Brisketexan replied to 956 Worldwide's topic in Daily Texan
I don't know exactly what is going to happen. Or when it will happen. But I know with 100% certainty that the bolded WILL happen. Because the laws of this "capitalist, freedom!" economy are (1) rules for thee, not for me, and (2) privatize gains, socialize losses. And we have half the country defending that approach to the death, and calling anything that dares question it "EBIL COMMUNISM!" -
I've raised it on here before: the most important question that our evolving society can ask, and ANSWER, is "what do we do with our morons?" I use "moron" broadly, but let's put math to it - as a matter of math, half of all people are of below median intelligence. So, our old answers of "learn to code, trade stocks, study hard and become a doctor," or all kinds of shit that requires at least above-middling intelligence, doesn't apply or help. People with below median intelligence exist, and always will. And they deserve not just to exist, but to live lives with dignity. Used to be, someone with an IQ of 90 could work on a farm, or do manual labor, or simple manufacturing work, etc. Real jobs, with real pay, and a real sense of actually doing something and being compensated for it. That's a good thing. We should want that. Human beings have inherent value, and that should translate to our social and economic systems. Instead, we are offering the 1-2 punch of (1) designing and refining systems that give such folks dwindling avenues to work and make a dignified living, and (2) focusing solely on them as sources of additional revenue and value for oligarchs. We don't care if you have a job worth a shit, but we VERY much care that you click on this TikTok or buy this crappy thing on Amazon or whatnot that will give another .01 cents to an oligarch. Human beings are seen solely as an operating expense and/or a resource from which value can be extracted, NOT a capital investment and asset. That's fucked, and we're fucked.
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I mean, if you serve me a good bowl of chili and it has beans in it, I'll eat it. Won't be "purist Texas chili," but if it's good eats, it's good eats. Life's fucking short, man. If you want a fruity girlie drink, order it, DGAF what other people think. Want beans in your chili? Enjoy. However, if you serve cobbler without ice cream, you should die a painful death. That's a legit rule.
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The foodways of S. Lousiana boil down to "resourceful." Not dogmatic. I grew up with my mom making a coupla styles of gumbo: a more creole NOLA-style (she was NOLA born), and a more cajun simple style like her family in La Place made. Didn't make a shit, they were good. And in recent years, @Pescado_Rojo told me about his hack of adding a can of rotel to a pot of gumbo. I tried it, it adds just a bit of acid and zing, and I really like it. So I do it sometimes. Make what you like, eat what you like. Dogma is for fire-and-brimstone preachers who we all hate anyway.
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Everything is Shit: Tracking the Great Enshittening
Brisketexan replied to 956 Worldwide's topic in Daily Texan
That's the only viable and reasonable market I can see for it. Shit, my son and his buddies have been over playing video games and whatnot, and consuming various beverages and such, and they decide they need to order $60 worth of Taco Bell. I get it, and they aren't driving anywhere. But the bulk of Doordash traffic is just lazy dumbfucks. I've done it once or twice in that circumstance. But usually, I either 1) want to get out and get some air, so I can eat somewhere or pick something up, or 2) I picked something up on the way to the hotel because I was thinking ahead.
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