Posts posted by Brisketexan
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1 hour ago, Iceman said:How much does politics/ political action impact the way you raise your kids? I mean, it does present a plethora of opportunities to explore how not to act towards one another. Having said that, I don't understand or possibly deliberately disagree with the guilt and shame some of you embrace. We have multiple threads in this board discussing the opportunities our kids have had, and they are not gone because of the cheeto king or any of the other bad actors in Washington or Austin.
Just because something emanates from our politicians, whether it is racism, greed, hate, whatever..., fuck em. The kids are looking at you first and handling dipshit behavior is part of that. There's more than a handful of items where our "leaders" act a certain way, and our kids knew, that ain't how we fucking act/ conduct ourselves.
Actual policies and laws emanate from our politicians. Here's just a few, statewide and national, that affect my kids:
- my daughter can no longer get the full spectrum of medical care she may need in Texas if she gets pregnant. A bad pregnancy is much more likely to kill her now.
- she wouldn't want to raise kids and educate them in Texas anyway; by the time any kid she could have tomorrow ends up in school, public education in this state will be on its last legs, as is the openly stated intention of the Tim Dunn crowd. Glad your kids have already made it through our schools. The next generation won't have that luxury.
- she is in a same-sex relationship. She is demonstrably less safe in Texas than elsewhere. And if she ends up in a same-sex marriage, is likely not to have legal rights as a married person in Texas.
- she is applying to graduate schools. Entire programs are being terminated with little notice as our government revokes their funding (we have a friend who was accepted into a program, then got a letter terminating that because funding was removed). My son will be in this boat in a year or two as well.
- the academic freedom of schools to which she would apply in the US is being sharply curtailed more every day by the administration.
- one of the regime's chief advisors has equated all 65 million hispanics in the US (that's my family) as "illegals." And the Regime has openly stated that anyone they deem illegal is not entitled to any due process. So, the fact that my family's last name subjects us to the risk of being grabbed by a fed with a grudge, and we end up on a plane to El Salvador, is a risk that you don't have to worry about. Cool. We do.
- job prospects for new college grads have plummeted in just the past few months as the Regime has injected unprecedented economic uncertainty into the mix.
- we have decided to become a full-on oligarchy instead of a functioning democracy. In terms of long-term economic prospects and personal freedom, that never, ever bodes well.
- they cannot count on the protection of the rule of law if they engage in any activity or thought that the Regime doesn't like. At the very least, "you can beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride."
Can keep going....for a long, long time. I will comment on how it always seems to be white men of economic means who say shit like "things haven't changed, what are you worried about? I'm doing fine?" Or "why get bent out of shape over some mean tweets?" It's a fuckload more than "mean tweets." If you are a member of ANY of the "out groups whom the law binds, but does not protect," this state and country are not good, and are getting worse at breakneck speed. And here's the punchline....in a fascist regime, EVERYONE eventually ends up in that class. Even the favored classes fall out of favor as an ethos that is built on constantly having enemies continues to search for new enemies.
No place on earth is perfect. This country is bad, and is getting much worse, at a rate of acceleration that surprises even me. Glad you don't have to worry about yourself. Those of us with disfavored last names and such don't have that luxury.
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1 hour ago, Iceman said:
The beef rib ordering...
Regardless of venue, I typically will try to get it take out and bring it home for lunch, and then finish it for dinner. Sometimes, there's enough scrap to make with eggs the next day for breakfast.Multiple times with work folks, some dumbass will order a beef rib and then other stuff.
"Dude, that rib is like a small roast. Who are you sharing it with?"
"Oh I got it?"Then when we leave they have eaten half of it at most. "I didn't believe you. I was hungry."
The beef rib is usually a group deal. As in, we take a group of folks to eat bbq, we get one rib. I then carve off chunks and distribute them. You get 2-3 oz of beef rib, a couple of slices of brisket, a pork rib, a link of sausage, and whatnot. It's more than enough. Not just because the beef rib is huge, but it's also really rich. Even if you're up for eating a pound of pure meat, a pound of that rib meat is a lot.
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1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:My stepson works there. He usually does curbside pick, but yesterday it was all hands on deck restocking all of the refrigerated & freezer sections. They lost a massive amount of food. I dropped by to pick up some things without realizing how much stock they had lost -- the place was gutted. There was nothing left but dry goods, some produce, the pharmacy and a little bit of deli meat and cheese. I can't imagine how much money went into the dumpsters.
I understand that they can't just "temporarily" take all that stock to other stores to keep from losing it, but I kinda wish that they had a system to look at the clock, realize that all that stuff is gonna hit critical temp in, say, 4 hours, and call the foodbank and say "come grab what you can - you have two hours." Hell, even if they used an HEB refrigerated truck and volunteer labor to load it. Just seems a shame to lose all that food when people are in need.
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those, but the double stuffed. Mmmmmmm. That chocolate filling is waaaay better than the Oreo stuff.
Goddammit. Yall mad eme pick up a pack of these at HEB yesterday (side note: had to shop in the dark, as the power was out to everything except the registers).
They taste EXACTLY like “mom gave us a couple when we came in from riding our bikes.” -
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I guess I need to see the data on this. Corporations will continue to be able to "sell" inclusion and basically continue as they have been and try to avoid discrimination lawsuits of all types. What they are giving up is the D and E of DEI -- nomenclature that fostered a cottage industry that didn't feel particularly successful.
The question is -- how effective were DEI initiatives pre-Trump II? I mean, they had to be highly successful, no, guaranteeing equity in the board rooms and in equal pay?
I think the best argument is that attacks on DEI are symbolic of more serious racial divides that Trump is pushing, but I just don't think making private company employees attend three hours of DEI and unconscious bias classes every year was much more than window dressing.
Dems should focus on economic affirmative action that would really mean something. DEI feels like the "ho hum" being the enemy of "great".
Everything like this is incremental. So, doing it for a few years is meaningless.
Women didn’t really start to get full access to the workplace until around 50 years ago. Only in the last decade or so has it been a case of “and half or more of highly qualified college grads getting hired are women.”
But we all know the real reason “DEI” efforts of the last half decade or so didn’t result in half of all businesses and boardrooms being run by minorities. It’s because minorities…you know, don’t have what it takes. That’s what the renewed claims of “MERIT-BASED” (while proceeding to hire some of the least qualified humans to have ever lived…but at least they’re white) is code for.
Only hire people of merit!
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Just now, tokamak said:
I'm grateful for all the constructive comments I've gotten, but this was never meant to be a "fuck this, I'm out, where we going?" thread. I'm well aware that we already have that on this forum. The extremely high likelihood is that I personally live out the rest of my days and kick the bucket right here in these United States.
For your kids, the key is to give them options. And where that starts is to give them perspective. Travel, but not just to the tourist highlight places. Spend some time like a local, with locals. My kids love to travel, and have lived in multiple countries....and both of them acknowledged early on that "every place has its own shit to deal with." So, they need to get a realistic perspective.
Then, once they get perspective and realize that they can be mobile in this world, then they have the option of choosing mobility. The easiest way to start with that (and it's often cost-effective for you, too) is to attend university outside the US. There's a shitton of great options all over the world. And if they do that, then they have more options to stay someplace, or to choose to come back to the US.
Give them information and tools. Give them options. Then, because they'll be grown-ass adults of their own, let them choose their path.
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1 minute ago, Macanudo said:
I continue to stand by the assertion that if those who hire undocumented employees where fined/jailed for doing so, things would get shook up pretty nicely.
That would violate the sole governing principle of modern conservatism:
QuoteConservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
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12 minutes ago, Captainant said:
Kim Kardashian?
Yep. The toxic female counterpart is definitely of the "look pretty and use your looks to exploit mens' weakness" variety. It's a shitty model for women....first, because it's as exploitative and denigrating of men as Tate's misogyny is of women, and second, because it is similarly unrealistic for 95% of women.
Most men aren't going to be muscle-cut big-dog alphas because....they aren't that.
Most women aren't going to be incredibly put-together women with a mix of great natural beauty and enhanced beauty because....they aren't that.
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1 minute ago, Pescado_Rojo said:
Is that what you call it when the fart bubbles up the front and escapes from one of your fupa folds?
No, a front flanker is when it bubbles up, but you have to shift side-to-side in your chair to let it slip out the front. Which is also an effective way to blow-dry your nads.
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4 minutes ago, bolverk said:
however, his judgment appears muddled when it comes to actually encouraging equal opportunities for all rather than simply passively requiring them.
You'd like to think this is the case.
Requiring equal opportunity - that means "you don't screen out any candidate based on race. Evaluate all of them equally."
Encouraging equal opportunity - that means that in addition to recruiting at UT, you also send recruiters to universities with larger minority and first-gen college student populations (like Prairie View, TAMU-Laredo, etc.). Doesn't mean you FAVOR any such candidate - a shitty resume from a Prairie View grad gets treated like a shitty resume from a UT grad. It DOES mean that you are expanding your search beyond your historical habits.
But in Greaser Bob land, the answer is actually much closer to this:
8 minutes ago, bolverk said:Or maybe I'm being too charitable and he's actually opposed to equal opportunities to all, after all.
Daring to look for candidates in non-traditional places, full of minority candidates who have historically been overlooked....well, that's RACIST AGAINST WHITE DUDES. Not hiring, mind you....merely LOOKING, and trying to increase the pool beyond your existing good-old-boy network...is illegal discrimination.
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2 minutes ago, Thatguy said:
Lol. Any black person that has done well for themselves knows what Brisket here said is dead on balls accurate. You're one of the good ones. "You are so well spoken". They have it in their heads that everyone else is ignorant and a criminal. Just one or two good ones.
Bingo. And the cousin of that (for my folks) is "I don't even think of you as a mexican....you're like a real American," or words to that effect. Which carries with it the bold implication that the DEFAULT is if'n you have a messican name, you're not a "real American," and the burden is on you to prove otherwise.
Applies to any "foreign-sounding" name/ethnicity as well.
And yeah, it has ALWAYS applied to black people in America. One of the good ones, you're so well-spoken, you're a credit to your people, all that shit. But, you know, racism isn't a thing anymore, and Thatguy and I are just making shit shit up/relating things that ended in the 1950s, etc.
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Just now, Captainant said:
They've been told so frequently that they've got it uniquely worse than everyone else that they're failing to realize that that's just how it is for everyone.
"When you are accustomed to privilege, equality can feel like oppression."
That doesn't mean that what's happening is fundamentally unfair. But it does mean that it sure FEELS unfair to certain groups. Again, we ignore that feeling at our peril. Because there are voices out there who are all-too-happy to tell them "yeah, it IS unfair, and you should be pissed!"
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5 minutes ago, safe sex said:What does this mean?
It means that we look backwards and (correctly) acknowledge that many groups have faced disadvantages, and thus deserve support: women, minorities, etc. That's true, and it's a good thing.
But as those groups are (again, correctly) boosted up, white males - who historically had zero/minimal competition from such groups for jobs, opportunity, etc. - are in the exact same position they were before, except with now a bunch of people competing for the same jobs, resources, etc. And we have provided them no real guidance, messaging....anything.
They used to "have" things -- advantages, opportunities, etc. Not necessarily as a result of a conscious choice by any of them to push anyone down, that's just the way it was. Now, they don't have nearly as many of those advantages and opportunities, because a pool of people who didn't used to compete for those things now does so. The bill of goods they were sold -- go to school, you'll get a good job, and live the American dream -- is no longer the world they live in. It takes hard work, skill, and even being exceptional to truly succeed now. Well, by mathematical definition, 50% of white males are below the median in all of those things. Those guys used to get decent jobs and such just because they were the only game in town. Now, they're getting smoked by qualified competition. And we've done NOTHING to prepare them for that situation.
It's not wrong to care for the disadvantaged folks in society. Just understand that human nature will lead to the formerly advantaged folks feeling lost and left out. When I was around 8 my mom and I visited my grandparents. They were hosting my younger cousin (daughter of my druggie aunt) who, needless to say, didn't have much, and didn't have a great life. We spent the week doting on her -- taking her out to do things she wanted, buying her things (that her family never would/could get her). Finally on day 5 or so, we were shopping and I saw a cheap little plastic race car set, and asked my mom for it. She said "you can have it, but you'll need to spend your own money." It was fucking $5, it was nothing. But after a week of my cousin getting everything she wanted, I asked for one thing, and was told no. I had plenty in life. I had plenty of toys at home. But it fucking hurt, and later that evening I broke down and cried, and explained how I felt to my mom. I knew what was happening, and why, but it still hurt me, and my mom understood.
White men have had plenty of toys for a long time. But when they see the direction of society turn to address others, and not them, they feel left behind. It's not a meritless feeling. And you can try to logic your way around it all day long, but feelings and emotions are real things, and don't always respond to logic. We neglect white males at our peril. Because guess what? Some other folks - like Andrew Tate - will fill the void we've left empty.
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37 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:
This choad is so worthless. His continued re-election to office pains me more than any other elected official in Texas.
"What a stupid question! Everyone knows that marihuana makes white women listen to jazz music and be seduced by negroes! You heard the story of Mildred Johnson! One puff of reefer, and she left her family to cavort with a black saxophonist! And no, don't ask me any stupid question about how many Texans die each year from alcohol poisoning or accidents while drunk. We're here to focus on the real threats: negro men and jazz!"
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4 hours ago, Jerry Callo said:
I think this is the definition of playing to your opponent - draw against crappy ATL and RSL; draw against top tier MIN and VAN.
Yep. Was a bit bummed to miss the match last night, but between the weather and my wife feeling lousy, was the right call. Was not fun to watch until we made our subs.
Gee, Nico....have you noticed how this team gets a fire lit under them when we make our subs, like EVERY time? So, maybe don't wait until the 70th-80th minute to fucking do so?
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10 minutes ago, Underdog said:
Man, don't sleep on that outfit. Sure, it's only in gas stations....but they know what they're doing. It may have a claim to "best fast food fried chicken" out there. You heard me, I said what I said.
That said.....wife and I had a LONG delay leaving Vegas on Monday (weather in Austin held us up for 4 hours). Bummer. BUT...what that meant was that I got to walk over to the C gates and get me some Popeyes for dinner before our flight. Victory from the jaws of defeat, amigos.
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5 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:
The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don't Exist
Shocking. Who could've predicted this?
This is literally the governing principle of the Regime controlling our country right now:
They reach the conclusion they want. Then find the 1% of people out there who say something consistent with that authority, and cite them as "the gold standard." What makes them "the gold standard?" Well, they're the ones who say what we want them to say. Duh.
We are committing cultural suicide by stupidity, and doing it with passion and vigor.
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How do I prepare my kids to live in (or leave) a nation in decline?
in Cloak Room
And this. We've had a lot of conversations about "keep your eye out for the next opportunity, and be brave and pivot to it." The AI revolution is truly unnerving, across the board. Hard to predict exactly what will be there long-term, and what will not. That's universal, not isolated to the US.