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Brisketexan

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  1. Counterpoint: it is currently 5:13 pm, and I would experience unspeakable joy if I got the news of his death at 5:14 pm.
  2. Ahh yes. Aesthetics. That's my #1 priority when it comes to a weapons platform -- is it pretty? FFS. We're going to end up with the naval equivalent of this, aren't we?
  3. Well, it hadn't occurred to me at least. Excellent work, Kojak.
  4. As a separate note, every time I see the thread title, one of two things pops into my head: 1) That's odd, I've never heard of that law firm and 2) Surely that was a cool detective buddy comedy/action series on CBS in 1992 or so, right? Like, Epstein drove a nice Mercedes, but the gag was that he totally had a Jewish name but wasn't Jewish at all, and Maxwell was kinda shady and drove a Chevelle with a girl's name (like, "Marlene") that he was always trying to work on and soup up just a little bit more, she didn't look like much but she had heart where it counts (pats hood)?
  5. I dunno. Average surly poster:
  6. That's really fucking clever.
  7. I still don't get the "human error." The directions say to turn right in .5 miles, the map shows the route turning right in about .5 miles...? I don't like the way the map is ORIENTED (looks like it is oriented with north at the top), as I prefer my map to be oriented showing me going "up" on the screen no matter which direction that is, but I can navigate with it the way shown as well.
  8. He works with human beings with some racial biases. Which we all do. And for that matter, oddly enough, even minorities and women can still look more favorably on a good looking white dude, because socially, that's what America is trained to think that's what "leadership" looks like. It's just a reality. Kinda like the very attractive gal with an incredible rack is going to get more attention and chances for promotion than Marla Hooch. And yeah, kinda like a dude with face tats probably isn't going to end up managing partner at Skadden.
  9. Texas is 53-47 female to male (and in terms of "the best students," in my experience, it's even more skewed. Probably closer to 60-40). But law schools in Texas still skew white, compared to overall population (in Texas, white population is around 40%): So, from decent schools, your pool of candidates is going to skew white and female, and the pool of better candidates skews even more heavily female. It also depends on the field you're hiring for. The pool of candidates interested in high level M&A work is almost certainly going to skew white, and probably even male. Family law? From my experience, more heavily female and minority. IP? Gonna draw more heavily from people who already have engineering and science degrees, which will see asians at a higher percentage than their share of population. No individual case is determinative -- I'm sure there are brilliant black female M&A lawyers, and I know of lots of great white male family law attorneys. Law is a very variable business, based on the entities hiring, the practice type at issue, etc. What I will suggest that if you look at the top 50 students from any of these schools, they're going to skew even more female than the total female population of the school.
  10. Why do you think @Nicole44 doesn't come by the tailgates anymore? If she's gonna be fawned over by awkward dudes with no social skills, she's gonna get PAID for it.
  11. Does it have AI? Gotta have AI if you want me to invest. AI's the future, doncha know.
  12. Yes. Yes. And yes. Maybe LD wins. I read it in one sitting. 11 or 12 hours straight (can't remember which). I picked it up at night, and I read all through the night. I literally closed the book as the first bells chimed from the Tower to start the day at 8:00 a.m. An iconic Texas moment to end the iconic Texas book. I also read sections of LD aloud to my wife's uncle (beloved to me as well) on his death bed. He was a true Texan, it was his favorite book, and it was but a small thing I could do for a man who was kind and welcoming to me.
  13. Yeah, bruh. Go to the actual Camellia website. Pull up the recipe for RBAR on their site: https://www.camelliabrand.com/recipes/camellias-famous-new-orleans-style-red-beans/ It has a hyperlink to the Camellia product to select. That link takes you to....exactly what I grew up on, and my NOLA mother grew up on: https://shop.camelliabrand.com/products/red-kidney-beans?_gl=1*12ldr37*_ga*NjU3OTA2MzQyLjE3NjY0MzQ5OTE.*_ga_GXGBQM0YK4*czE3NjY0MzQ5OTAkbzEkZzEkdDE3NjY0MzUwMDAkajUwJGwwJGgw I gotta tell ya, I've eaten RBAR in a lotta places, and that's what I've had. Shit, the picture I sent you was the pic of someone starting to make a pot of RBAR.
  14. Huh. We oughta let em in on a secret: I've engage with a crapload of women, including romantically and physically. Been doing so steadily for 40 years. AND WOMEN STILL SCARE THE SHIT OUTTTA ME. CUZ THEY'RE SCARY.
  15. Hell, same response all the way back to the Greatest Generation. Young man, you want some poontang?
  16. Yes. I do.
  17. We had a friend order some from a Catholic church in Corpus Christi (they were gonna be in town to pick them up), and we had them get us 2 dozen. I'll report back on quality Wednesday night.
  18. Yep. And the term you are looking for is - unironically - called "grandfathering." If tomorrow, the City of Austin passes a regulation that as of 1/1/26 no new single-family home can be over 1-story tall, then any house that is not already over 1-story or has not applied for a permit under the current rules, cannot be more than 1-story tall. That is a legal framework that presently exists, is enforced nationwide, and does not result in any taking of property or other actionable harm to anyone. If, on the other hand, the City of Austin passed that same regulation, but followed it with "and we're going to have to tear down 10% of the current 2-story houses," every owner of such a house picked for destruction would have a lay-down taking claim. To bring the metaphor back home, actually firing or demoting people to make room for someone else would curl your hair and everyone else's, and for good reason. Changing the rules going forward, while it might FEEL unfair relatively speaking, is generally considered fair. Changing them retroactively, and actively taking away rights/things you have? Those are universally regarded as wrong and unfair. And as you seem to be hung up on the fact that Gen Z white males are pissed not because the playing field going forward doesn't favor them as much, but because those who played before aren't being penalized, then . . . yeah. My sympathy/empathy is low. That's just our monkey-banana brain at work. "No matter how many bananas I get, if some other monkey got more, I'm pissed." But, again, y'all are missing the punch line that obliterates this conversation: white male grievance has WON. There will never be a better time to be a white male than in this new era. It is official US policy that they are the most favored demographic, and any time any white male loses at anything it is per se evidence of racial/gender discrimination and non-merit-based hiring etc. I have little sympathy for people who have captured all the levers of power, and are actively and proudly using them to favor one small group at the expense of literally everyone else.....and then bitch about how they haven't been able to....what, eliminate all non-white male competition from earth entirely? THEY'VE FUCKING WON. TAKE THE FUCKING W AND SHUT THE FUCK UP.
  19. Thus the white nationalist quest (successful, so far) to ban "CRT" (which they define as "teaching that our society had any race-based problems, ever"). Because the issues arise largely from systemic, generations-long pressures. We kept minorities down, so their kids and grandkids remain disadvantaged. We favored white men, so their kids and grandkids have an advantage. IF we don't talk about that, or even acknowledge that it exists, then yeah...anything that even hints at acknowledging that reality is gonna piss off white people. Because of these generations-long biases, generic white guy was more likely to be born into a middle class or better family -- which, statistically, sets him up for future success -- than generic black or brown guy. So, now that white guy has a 100 yard head start, we want to declare "everyone has an equal chance to win the race that starts right now!"
  20. I don't care about them getting fucked because they've chosen to sign up for the white grievance wars and enlist in the "punch down at minorities and women" squad. So, yeah...based on that, fuck em. And as for your first-hand accounts, groovy. There are still a shitload of fields where being a white male carries an inherent advantage, and I'd suggest that society-wide, it all comes out in the wash, and white men actually STILL have an outsized advantage in comparison to their overall percentage of society. That is, I'm going to bet that among 20-30 year olds, "well-paying jobs" still go to white males at a percentage higher than their actual percentage of the population. Here's my quick find from 2016 - yes, nearly a decade out of date, but I'm betting that the numbers remain pretty close, percentage-wise:
  21. Yeah....it's not exactly news that the GQP is just a white christian nationalist party now.
  22. Very much on our list. Norway is the prettiest place we've ever been, and the locals tell us Lofoten is the best of Norway.
  23. The battle has already been decided. This viewpoint has won, handily. Like "Ole Miss over Tulane" handily. The entire national power structure in our government is dedicated to fostering, stoking, and fighting for that exact worldview: That's it. That's our full national approach now: governmentally, socially, educationally. Full-on white grievance, take every bit of advantage back, and hate/blame/undermine everyone else. Maybe what I don't get is why we're even having this pointless fucking conversation. The whiny bitch-ass author has fucking WON. It's his world now. Complete domination, anything that deviates from that will be crushed by the regime. Don't believe me? So, this whole thread is just mental masturbation. The battle is over. White men won. Completely, totally, and without any exception or reservation.
  24. Tell me more. Are there really? By that kind of job, I meant manufacturing (that doesn't require a degree/advanced training) and agriculture (75+ years ago, a shitload of dudes worked out on the farm). See this: in 1980, 20% of American workers were in manufacturing (and in 1980, most of those were men). Today, it's 8.31% In 1950, there were nearly 50 million farm jobs. Today, there's around 2 million farm jobs. Granted, that hit was more across the board racially (lots of minority farm workers at all relevant periods), but for men in general, it is a blow across the board. Yes, there are good jobs in the trades like plumbers and electricians. And those trades have grown some, but not NEARLY enough to capture all of the jobs lost in manufacturing and ag:
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