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Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Brisketexan replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
That's certainly true. But....it's also where and how change STARTS. Shit, it's like family counseling. I'm not asking you to show up to counseling already agreeing that you have your own shit/baggage to deal with, and acknowledging that some of that shit/baggage contributes to our overall family dysfunction. I'm just asking you to show up. Be there. Participate in the conversation. Over time, the honesty and self-reflection will come, and then we'll end up in a place where we can all move forward together. Shit, I'm not asking or expecting Lockheed to hire a shitload of engineers from HBCUs. I would just like it if they sent a rep to interview week and solicited resumes from candidates at HBCUs. Maybe they start out thinking it's a waste of time, and shit duty, and all that. But....they end up hiring a guy from Jackson State. And he turns out to be a damned fine engineer. And the guys on his team at LM end up realizing that Jackson State cranks out some good engineers. And that guy says "hey, my prof at Jackson State knows who his best students are, why don't we call him and see if he has any recs for us?" And they get the names of three top students. And they end up interviewing and hiring another JS engineer. And that's how things roll on. Those JS engineers? They're as good or better than someone from Georgia Tech, who studied under the same prof the 60 year old LM team lead studied under, back when almost all the engineering students were white dudes. Not only can we not start the process or conversation anymore, even having the conversation leads to full-on attack and sanction against the enterprise by the government of the United States (and the State of Texas, in our case). It is literally AGAINST THE LAW NOW for Lockheed Martin to make any particular effort to reach out to HBCUs that were not previously on its interview plan. -
Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Brisketexan replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
Bingo. Shit, we can have that discussion about sexual harassment and sexual harassment training (as just another example of a policy that is both necessary and helpful, AND can be silly, burdensome, and counterproductive). Bosses telling subordinates they have to suck their dick to get a promotion: we can uniformly agree that is bad, and places should have a policy against it. Extremes that lead to silly SNL skits like this one show us that sexual harassment training can indeed reach levels of absurdity: Takeaway? Any and all policies, rules, etc. can be misused, have outliers, etc. The answer is to address the instances of misuse/misapplication. That is NOT what happened with DEI. It, instead, became a not-even-subtle codeword for "reverse discrimination, we must protect our white men!" Oh, and DEI isn't just for large organizations. I work in a mid-size outfit, and if all we did was interview and hire lawyers through our existing network, we'd be limiting the fuck out of our pool. Having an approach that has us look at a broad spectrum of schools, including places that none of us attended, gives us a much better sample size to hire from. When it comes time to hire, we're still going to hire the best candidate who seems like they can perform the specific job the best, but it also means that we may have a minority candidate or two in the mix when we otherwise wouldn't have. And truthfully, that cuts in ALL directions, or it can at a given point in time. Take into account this fact: 60% of college students are female. At many law schools, nearly 70% of the student body is female. If a law firm wants to have diverse perspectives, and attorneys who are familiar with and adept at communicating in and across gender lines, it would seem wise to try to make sure that you at least have decent outreach to the males in the student body, so they drop their resumes too. You still may end up hiring women at a 60-40 clip, because you're going to hire the best candidate for a job, but if you don't get but one male resume for a job, and 10 female resumes, then your odds of hiring a male have dropped below what the baseline should be. None of this matters, though. Because politically, the term "DEI" doesn't have anything to do with that. It means that any policy that doesn't default to white males, and hiring through existing networks (which historically and to present, for many higher-end jobs, are dominated by white men who know other white men), must be banned. -
I mean...I'd order tacos de tripas dorados someplace, but you know, you do you.
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Everything is Shit: Tracking the Great Enshittening
Brisketexan replied to 956 Worldwide's topic in Daily Texan
I am a man of complexity and contradictions. I love Michelin-star meals, and Allsup's burritos. I am an 8th generation Texan with multiple pairs of dirty work boots who loves traveling to and spending time in European world capitals. Don't try to understand me. Just be in awe of my beautiful complexity. And make sure I don't run outta k-cups, I get cranky when I miss my morning coffee. -
Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Brisketexan replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
So much this. Let me share with you the takeaway from the Charlie Kirk-sponsored view of minorities and DEI: as a minority, no matter what you do, no matter how much you overcome or achieve, it will never, ever, ever be enough. The black pilot of Charlie Kirk's plane could be the most decorated combat pilot in modern history, aced every exam and test for his airline, and demonstrated exceptional judgment at every possible turn. But in Charlie Kirk world, they will ALWAYS come up with some reason to think that he's inferior and doesn't deserve it. All while his dream administration, that Charlie Kirk personally helped gain power in the last election, practices the most naked nepotism, loyalty-test, hire-strictly-from-a-pool-of-your-existing-friends approach that we've seen in modern political history, and that's just fine. Cranky white guy "old boy" network shit, putting merit second, putting "who you know" first? That's cool, that's good. I mean, that's how bidness works, knowwhati'msayin'? Even THINK of suggesting "hey, why don't we send a recruiter to an HBCU, to see if any of those folks, who have never networked with us before because for the past 50 years, we've been an old white guy outfit, might be a good hire?" Well, that's woke DEI and you'll just end up with inferior hires taking a qualified white man's job, because....well, you can just tell. And Enchubben thinks that worldview is NOT racist. White man = likely more qualified. Black man = likely less qualified. Without knowing a single other fact about them, their experience, education, etc., the Enchubbens of the world have ALREADY made that judgment. Charlie Kirk said exactly that, in pretty plain language, several different ways. And Enchubben thinks that not only is that okay, but it's one of the things that makes Charlie SO worthy of admiration and adoration. -
Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Brisketexan replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
That goes in the book of "I don't think that Charlie Kirk was a racist white supremacist...but boy, all the racist white supremacists sure loved him." And the Enchubbens of the world are absolutely clueless about what that indicates. Clueless by either their idiocy, or purposeful denial, doesn't really much matter which it is. If you're arguing vehemently that Charlie was in no way a hateful racist white supremacist, BUT, all the hateful white supremacists love him as one of them, use his death to chant "white people rule" shit, and make multiple death threats against HBCUs, etc etc......MAYBE, just MAYBE...you are arguing a shitty position. -
Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Brisketexan replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
Selected this post, but there are so many others....I'm actually glad Enchubben is sharing his unvarnished thoughts, because it's a good glimpse into the mind of someone who is simultaneously clueless, and thinks they're a good person....who is also a vile racist. He described a made-up "DEI" boogeyman that doesn't exist. It's a straw man for the right to construct and then demonize, which gives them justification for their continued suspicion and resentment of all people who aren't white males (note that white males are literally the ONLY class that doesn't get the "I just can't trust that they weren't a 'DEI hire'" treatment). This is how deeply permeated the racism is. And how he just blows by straight-forward, unambiguous statements like him saying that black women just don't have the brain power. Or, in choosing to criticize the Cowboys, going to the race of their fanbase. What possible relevance could that have to anything or anyone? There are 100,000 reasons to hate the Cowboys and their fans (I can list them, as I share in most of them). But mentioning the race/ethnicity of their fans WOULDN'T EVEN FUCKING OCCUR TO ME, BECAUSE I'M NOT A FUCKING WHITE SUPREMACIST. It's the casualness, and ubiquity, of white supremacist ideology that's being revealed in this discussion. They don't argue that Charlie Kirk didn't say or think those things. They just move the goalposts, and say "racist things really aren't racist." It's not "racist" to think that black women are inferior...it's just true. It's not racist to say that foreigners should be whipped -- that's just a good idea. It's not racist to say that the phrenology of the skulls of negroes correlates to lower IQs, that's just science (see the road we're on? Everything old will become new again). Enchubben doesn't wear a robe and white hood. Enchubben surely thinks of himself as a good person, who doesn't mean any harm to anyone. Enchubben also holds deep-seated beliefs and opinions about how minorities are actually inferior, and likely get any role or achievement through "cheating" (that's what they think "DEI" is), and how minorities are just generally lower class (I mean, look at those little mexican Cowboys fans), etc. etc. etc. That doesn't make him racist, he's just calling it like it is. Guys in klan robes aren't the danger to America and humanity. Guys like Enchubben are. Because the guys in the klan robes are few, and so over-the-top that they are easy to combat. Guys like Enchubben are your neighbor. Your neighbor who, when seeing my last name on the pleadings of a court case, thinks "DEI hire," and that I am probably an inferior intellect. Maybe he's the judge in my case, and he automatically knocks my credibility down a peg because surely, I got where I got by taking a more qualified white man's position. If Enchubben is a banker, he thinks I am something more of a lending risk because again, while my job title LOOKS nice, I probably really don't deserve it, and I won't last long out there in the real world, where skill and talent make a difference. I'm glad that the Enchubbens of the world are so clueless about their racism and contempt for everyone who is not a white male that they state it openly and plainly. Being able to see the force bent on destroying our society right out there in the open is a helpful advantage for the rest of us. Now . . . to figure out what to do with it. Because the Enchubbens have ALSO made it plain that putting objective truth that runs contrary to their worldview right in front of them . . . does nothing. I keep coming back to "they're going to have to see what a shitshow their 'dream society' turns into when they have their way, and all non-white males are put back under the boot where they belong."- 5102 replies
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Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Brisketexan replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
At this point in history, it might arguably be legal malpractice if his attorney does NOT advise him to follow that path. -
Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Brisketexan replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
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Everything is Shit: Tracking the Great Enshittening
Brisketexan replied to 956 Worldwide's topic in Daily Texan
I do. But I like to keep it easy. I have two cups of coffee on a Saturday morning. So, I make two individual cups. It's nice. It's easy. Sit on the sofa, shoot the shit with the wife with a Premier League game on. I am a fan of "easy." -
Nope. Nobody can. Our society and culture is long-past the point-of-no-return on this. We are committed to running the play of "let's go full-on hate-driven fascist authoritarianism." There's no "lite" version of that. We're going to run this play all the way to its natural and inevitable end. The only questions are how long it's going to take to play out, and what will be the total toll of human suffering (lost liberty, terrorized population, bloodshed, the whole package you get with an authoritarian regime). We've blown past "if." We're firmly in "fine...how long, and how bad?" territory. Talarico doesn't stand a chance because we the people have zero fucking interest in decency or anything other than violence and cruelty.
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He should hire Ghislaine Maxwell's attorney. "I shot Kirk because I am a trans-loving leftist Democrat with a crush on Obama and Biden. And my brain was warped by George Soros and antifa on MSNBC and Rolling Stone and the failing New York Times. So really, I was driven insane, and I am asserting an insanity defense because trans antifa Democrats made me crazy." And boom, he's pardoned, or at the very worst, sent to a club Fed for a coupla years on a plea deal.
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I mean, I almost wish it was that linear and sinister. But it's not. We're destroying our economy because stupid narcissist. That's it. That's what's happening. An analogy that occurred to me out dove hunting yesterday was the Dallas Cowboys and Jerry Jones. Jimmy Johnson coached that Cowboys to a stack of Super Bowl rings. It was universally agreed that Jimmy had done amazing things, he was the primary driver of one of the most successful stretches in NFL history. Jerry Jones couldn't handle that Jerry was getting all the credit, and that people didn't think that JERRY was the most genius football person ever. So, he fired Jimmy, to prove that he was actually the real super genius, and under his leadership, the Cowboys would soar to incredible heights. But to distance himself from Jimmy and what he did, Jerry had to approach things differently. So he did. And has. And continues to do so. And the Cowboys have wandered in the desert for 30 years. Trump could not handle the fact that October of last year, at the end of Biden's term, the near universal take was that the US economy had outperformed almost every expectation. It was major cover-story material: That fucking got under Trump's skin like you couldn't imagine. Trump had to prove that his approach -- which would have to be very different from Biden's approach -- was light-years better. That Trump was the greatest economic geenyus the world has ever seen. To do that, he had to take a different approach like Jerry Jones did. And as a result, we are on the road to being the Dallas Cowboys of the next 30 years. For nothing. For no good reason at all. Jerry could have left Jimmy in place, and shit, they may have won another 2-3 SBs (instead of the one gimme under Switzer). Trump could have just continued the Biden approach, claimed credit for our continued success, and that would be that. But his narcissist brain wouldn't be satisfied by anything LESS than "sir, with tears in my eyes, you're 10X the economic thinker Biden ever was." So, here we are. Burning it all down because hey, that's different than what Biden did, and that's what's most important. It's so fucking stupid.
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Actually, it is. It's worth going to and trying it. No, you won't leave saying "holy shit, those were the best bite I've ever eaten -- I can't imagine visiting EP again and NOT having them every meal," but you'll enjoy the experience. Not every experience has to be life-changing. It's a bite of local culture and history, check it out. Kinda like how you oughta have fish and chips at least once your first visit to the UK (now, we happen to love fish and chips, but plenty of people end up at "okay, I tried it, it was fine").
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Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Brisketexan replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
While - again, and it bears repeating - we don't have anything close to a clear picture of the shooter and his beliefs/motives at this point, the limited information that we do have AND the lessons of prior examples tell us this take is most likely pretty close to accurate here. He isn't going to be a perfect, red-hat MAGA Trumper, who was all-in on MAGA from the get-go and never wavered. Nor is he going to be a perfect right-wing extremist, who's pissed that MAGA and its acolytes aren't going far enough. Nor is he going to be the perfect left-wing extremist, with a stated motive of making life better for minorities, gays, George Floyd, and Bernie Sanders. The stewpot that these types are most often cooked up in regularly yields an inexplicable result like "vegan big-game hunter." And as most of us would expect, adopting an identity of "vegan big-game hunter" can fucking mess you up. -
Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Brisketexan replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
And we presently live in a country where not a single member of the ruling party has the wisdom, decency, or humanity of....Marilyn fucking Manson. Stop this fucking ride, and let the rest of us get off this insane-o-tron 3000. -
Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Brisketexan replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
Obviously. But, you know, totally qualified people include these folks, who are white and thus totally aren't "DEI hires," and thus they are per se the most highly qualified people to have ever walked this earth: Etc. etc. forever and ever.- 5102 replies
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Everything is Shit: Tracking the Great Enshittening
Brisketexan replied to 956 Worldwide's topic in Daily Texan
Agreed. But....and this is important...I'm really freaking lazy. As a compromise, we buy the brand we buy because they aren't full plastic pods -- they are recyclable/compostable. -
Chico's Tacos. I mean, you've gotta have em at least once. Are they the greatest thing you'll ever eat? Naah, but they're plenty tasty, and again, an institution. The whole menu is kind of an American treasure and a time capsule: Bring cash.
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Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Brisketexan replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
You probably oughta stick with saying nice things about our future Minister of Correct Thinking and Re-Education of Apostates, who will be given full executive authority and power, because the Constitution doesn't actually contain any words barring detention of people for dissenting against the regime and tossing them in re-education camps for a decade. Go ahead, find that prohibition in the Constitution -- you CAN'T! Therefore, Trump has that power! -
Enchubben likes that.
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Everything is Shit: Tracking the Great Enshittening
Brisketexan replied to 956 Worldwide's topic in Daily Texan
You're a fucking asshole. It's like you've never even heard of the jelly-of-the-month club, the PERFECT Christmas bonus. And yeah....I don't shop for fois gras. I do have some fresh boudin and some mollejas in the fridge, though. I don't trust my manservant to make a proper selection in such important matters. -
Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Brisketexan replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
To be clear, she was fired because she discussed white men and violent acts. Meanwhile, Charlie Kirk is lionized, and compared to Christ himself, when he said "prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people." Just to clarify the absolutely insane double standard the "free speech conservatives" actually apply. -
Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Brisketexan replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
Enchubben is fine with this. And Enchubben is fine with this. And see, Enchubben is very, very, very concerned about inflammatory political rhetoric, and anyone who speaks such inflammatory rhetoric is a no good very bad person. ESPECIALLY when that rhetoric can be tied directly to acts of political violence. So, all the people calling Kirk a fascist and a racist are very bad people who fanned the flames of violence. But when Kirk repeatedly and consistently referred to immigrants as invaders., AND a man inflamed by that exact rhetoric, stating as his actual purpose and reason stopping the "invasion" and eliminating the "invaders," drove to El Paso and murdered 22 people for that reason....well, see, that's different. When Charlie says that, he was just speaking his mind, and you know, all those brown people ARE invading 'merica (nevermind that my family has been in this state since it was Coahuila y Tejas). But when other people say "that Charlie dude is racist," THEY are the REAL problem. Enchubben is a card-carrying subscriber to Wilhoit's law: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. That was Charlie Kirk's entire belief system in a nutshell. Black people were better off when they lived under Jim Crow (yes, another thing that Charlie actually said). It's good for that out-group to have been under a system of laws that bound them, but did not protect them. THAT IS A GOOD THING TO CHARLIE KIRK. Enchubben is fine with all of this, because that's what he believes, and what he is. Enchubben will say he's not fine with the slaughter of 22 people in El Paso, but you can't pin that act on the inflammatory rhetoric of Charlie and those like him who used the same terms (even though there is no doubt as to the connection - again, the killer wrote a fucking statement that used the exact same vocabulary). However, you CAN pin Charlie Kirk's murder on the "inflammatory rhetoric" of people calling someone who said Jim Crow was better for black people a racist. It's not complicated. Rules for thee, not for me. Wilhoit's law. -
Everything is Shit: Tracking the Great Enshittening
Brisketexan replied to 956 Worldwide's topic in Daily Texan
Enshittification acceleration should be the term of the day. It's not just enshittification, it's that it's happening fucking everywhere, faster and faster and beyond the human capacity to keep up. Even my wife, who doesn't really pay attention to grocery prices, came home from a trip to HEB yesterday and asked me "what the fuck?" She'd just bought a single bag of groceries, and spent over $100. Granted, $42 of that was on....coffee. See, we use keurig coffee pods (San Francisco Bay co. breakfast blend), because it's just the two of us, we don't need a whole pot. A few months ago, a box of pods was $14. Today, it's $21. Every single thing she bought has noticeably gone up in price (but coffee was definitely a beating). Prices on everything goes up. Quantities go down. Quality goes down. Experience gets worse. And fuck you, what are you gonna do about it? It's so fucking demoralizing, and to be clear, we have the money, it doesn't matter to us whether a quick grocery run is $70 or $100. But it sure as shit matters to a whole lot of people (and we can damned well remember when it would have mattered to us). But shut up and take it, everyone.
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