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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. -
ChatGPT AI Tool— We all work for robots now
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. -
Everything is Shit: Tracking the Great Enshittening
Brisketexan replied to 956 Worldwide's topic in Daily Texan
This. "Hey, here's my pitch to you, consumer: pay $60 for $20 worth of food that you could go pick up in 15 minutes yourself." My son drove Doordash for a while for extra cash, and he'd regularly come home shaking his head, like after he'd just delivered a single slice of cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory to a shitty apartment. A $9 slice of cheesecake that ended up costing the customer $30. I mean, as a former hard drinking idiot, I DO get some of the appeal of "I got the munchies, can't drive anywhere, and I'd like two orders of pasta, a slice of pie, and a bloomin' onion." But Doordash has a much bigger customer base than drunks with the munchies. It's a lot of "lazy asses who make bad decisions." Or, in shorter terms, "Americans." -
At y'all's age, Luby's is a good option. I bet they'll reserve a big table for you, I've seen birthday celebrations there. Probably 90th birthdays, but a party is a party, man.
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There is a near 100% chance of that. And, a near 100% chance that they'll have stories of this "good Constitution-loving Christian" being racist, sexually loose, or all of the above and more.
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ChatGPT AI Tool— We all work for robots now
Brisketexan replied to 956 Worldwide's topic in Daily Texan
Because there's something primal and invigorating about jerking off in nature's splendor? I mean, that's what I tried to sell my wife on, but she keeps saying "the front yard doesn't count." -
Yeah, we ditch our phones for these. For real, you can live without it for a few hours. But part of my wife's job and call is to be conspicuous and visibly bearing witness, so her face being known is something we've gotta live with.
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Maybe, but Sweet God of the Israelites and all Monotheistic Religions, do I HATE the new way of "here's my half hour video on topic X." I'm Gen X. I am a lightning-fast reader. Write an article. I can read your 30 mins of rambling in 3 minutes. I don't watch these videos, because That's actually not a bad idea, Ukraine is doing something similar. Use cheap, available tech to solve a problem. Fly around in a light aircraft with a 10 gauge and have some fun drone hunting.
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ChatGPT AI Tool— We all work for robots now
Brisketexan replied to 956 Worldwide's topic in Daily Texan
Use the internet? For porn? What will these innovative, outside-the-box-thinking disruptors think of next!?!?!? PURE GENIUS! -
Yeah, there's plenty to do in Frankfurt proper for an overnight. The old (reconstructed, because we bombed the FUCK out of Frankfurt) altstadt is cool, there's a great museum there on the history of the area. There's also a pretty cool food hall, the Kleinmarkthalle nearby, with some other cool shops and restaurants in the area. There's a wurst stand in the Kleinmarkthalle, Ilse Schreiber.....it's a trip. I highly recommend the experience. It's a line, she's a stern German gal, and an institution. I doubt you will see her smiling. We did not.
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^^^^ "MERIT-BASED HIRING!!!"
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This shit pisses me off: https://www.kxan.com/news/local/travis-county/alleged-chicken-wing-deal-leads-to-arrest-of-travis-county-corrections-officer/amp/ “A Travis County Sheriff’s Office, or TCSO, correctional officer was charged with allegedly bringing contraband into the county’s correctional facility. The alleged contraband: chicken wings. On Aug. 21, a corrections officer with TCSO’s Security Threat Intelligence Unit “became aware” that Corrections Officer Amos Nyanway allegedly “provided chicken wings to an inmate” in exchange for money, according to a TCSO press release issued Tuesday afternoon.” Fucking hell, dude’s a hero. Sometimes, you need some wings, doesn’t matter if you’re in jail.
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As soon as you stop normalizing and excusing fascism. So, I guess no time soon. Sorry, I see the most powerful country in the world descending into a way and order that leads to self-destruction and unspeakable suffering, and I get alarmed. You, on the other hand, get an erection.
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Glad to know you’re good with it. Have yet to see a marker of fascism you won’t excuse. It’s good to see some streaks remain unbroken.
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Unless you’re brown - in that case, you deserve to have the shit kicked out of you by ICE and disappeared to a foreign country, all to make some loser who can’t hold down an 40 hr a week job feel better about himself.
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ChatGPT AI Tool— We all work for robots now
Brisketexan replied to 956 Worldwide's topic in Daily Texan
Like we need AI to achieve that goal. Anyway, did you not hear about my new pal, Nassima Benchicou?
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