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I drank more soda than I should have as a kid and college student. And then simply realized that it was so much damned empty sugar that I had to dump it. Now, I hardly drink soda. I'll drink a Coke Zero on occasion, but if I want a soda, I want the real thing as a treat. So, my wife and I buy the Coke Classic in the small glass bottles (like, 7 oz I think). Keep them in our bar fridge. Every now and then, I want a real-deal Coke. So I pop one open, and drink the 7 oz bottle. It's more than enough to satisfy my desire. I also like mexican fruit sodas (like Jarritos), and again, a few times a year, will get one as a treat with a taco plate. But truly.....I'm talking maybe 15-20 sugared sodas a year, and half of those are 7 oz servings. It's just an easy way to dump a lotta sugar out of your diet. But then, sugar really wasn't ever my weakness. Neither was fast food. And, in spite of my rep around here re Allsup's burritos and such, those are genuinely a road-trip treat -- once or twice a year, that sort of thing. Naah, my weakness is just good food, and portion control. Can I eat 2 dozen oysters on the half shell? Hell yeah. A big plate of BBQ? Yep. A Popeye's three piece spicy? Fuck yeah. Now, I eat a lot fewer of those meals than I used to (they are mostly treats, as opposed to anything like a regular meal choice), and have way trimmed back my portion size, and that helps - I've lost a decent amount of weight the last couple of years, and still need to lose some more (I also need to add in some weight training, as I'm of the age where losing muscle mass is a thing). Exercise has never been my thing, and finding time for it has never been my thing. But I've pretty much always known what my weaknesses are and how to address them. And I've seen other folks -- mostly NOT in my socioeconomic group -- who really don't know. I have some sympathy for them, and I do love that there are SOME resources out there to offer them information. But it's not nearly enough.
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If you were or were related to a SETX gal, a "fried shrimp plate" was so often their go-to choice when you went out for a "nice dinner" (read: mid-priced joints). If it was on the menu someplace, my Beaumont-born MIL would consistently order the fried shrimp. It's just a solid classic.
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Shit, I remember that we always stopped at Kincer's Chevron near Kendleton 40 f'n years ago on our pre-dawn trips to go goose hunting, because they had next-level breakfast tacos. There have always been small-town gems offering different variations of goodness at gas stations. And of course, there have also been the versions that simply have a giant deep fat fryer and the willingness to fry....anything. Then you get a glass display case with 40 variations of brown fried goodness. In high school one time, we went to one such location in Devine, and bought like $30 worth of....stuff. And had a fried buffet with beer for dinner. It was glorious.
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These -- while not granting ANY absolution to AISD and its overall management and handling style, this circumstance is mostly a result of a system the Legislature purposefully set up as a trap to ensure eventual state control of all urban school districts. AISD may have done a poor job, but they did a poor job of an impossible task: ensure that no school in a massive urban district ends up with an F grade. Socioeconomics alone dictate that WILL happen. And once THAT happens, then there are very limited tools available to stave off state takeover. Combine that with shrinking enrollment (as what used to be affordable family neighborhoods are no longer places where families with kids can buy/move), massive budget holes due largely to 1) recapture sucking half of our money away and 2) fuck all in the way of state funding (the goal is to starve and kill public schools, and the Lege is achieving that goal)....and this shit was inevitable. And it's only going to get worse. The Legislature set a trap that can't be avoided. And if it means that thousands of kids will be utterly fucked over in the process....well, that's actually the point. It's maddening, but you know, fuck you for living in a community (we call them "cities") that our current Legislature actively hates and wants to cause maximum harm to.
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Covid/Influenza/Black Death. 2024 and beyond
Brisketexan replied to Parliament's topic in Daily Texan
Exhibit eleventy billion in the case of "irony isn't just dead, it's been dismembered and disposed of in a series of unmarked graves." -
Markets still falling like whoa
Brisketexan replied to Llano Estacado's topic in Business and Markets
Trust in a market and economy is definitely built in long-term timeframes. Trust in a market and economy - like trust in anything or anyone - can be destroyed in 24 hours. Less, even. Trust destruction? Going swimmingly. Any inkling of even a coherent foundation for building a long-term trust? Nope. You are siding with the economic strategy of a man who literally made up a fake authority that is an anagram of his own name to cite in his book. This is fantastic. That you are all-in on it with zero chance of ever admitting you might have it wrong makes it even better. -
Tracking Trump Administration and Cabinet picks
Brisketexan replied to PenelopeWitherspoon's topic in Cloak Room
I mean, FFS, we’re probably a week away from bombing Chuck E Cheese. -
Markets still falling like whoa
Brisketexan replied to Llano Estacado's topic in Business and Markets
And maybe…just maybe…the economy is about more than betting right on the stock market. A guy can make a lotta money betting on destruction….which is still destruction. Celebrating a plague because you invested in coffin futures is certainly an approach. -
Markets still falling like whoa
Brisketexan replied to Llano Estacado's topic in Business and Markets
Says the man who thinks that an economic approach that has the world - not just China, the whole fucking world and everyone in it - dumping 1) our assets, 2) our debt, and 3) our currency….is 10-D chess. I’m perfectly good with where you and I stand relative to each other. And yes, I know what your point re the DJIA was…which was also a deflection from the fact that the market as a whole, not just the DJIA, has been taking a massive dump with no sign of arresting the trend. I’m going to nod my head largely in agreement with what the guys at JPM are observing, not a self-styled brain genius on surly who thinks the exact opposite. -
Tracking Trump Administration and Cabinet picks
Brisketexan replied to PenelopeWitherspoon's topic in Cloak Room
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Markets still falling like whoa
Brisketexan replied to Llano Estacado's topic in Business and Markets
Recessions sure as shit hit people with no 401k. The world is 1) fleeing US investments, 2) fleeing US treasuries, and 3) fleeing and weakening the dollar. JPM is up to a 90% likelihood of a recession coming right soon. But see, none of them understand the DJIA and smart trade policy like Ana does. The genius outcome is headed our way any minute now. Annnnnnnnny minute now….. -
Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Brisketexan replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
That look when you cackled as you made a triple-decker shit sandwich….then realized you’re gonna have to eat the whole thing. -
^^^^ These are the EXACT same people who shrieked incessantly (without basis, mind you) that the Obama admin “IS GONNA CREATE A NATIONAL ID CARD! THE GUBMINT WILL KNOW ALL YOUR INFO! IT’S THA MARK OF THE BEAST!” Exhibit infinity about how they never, ever had a problem with an expansive, all-knowing, all ruling federal government. They just wanted it done by THEIR guy. Oh, and the reason that we don’t want every agency sharing all data about everyone is because no, they don’t need it all. And as for me, I actually DO believe the government’s access to and use of our personal data shouldn’t be more expansive than it needs to be. Amazingly, it turns out I am and always was more libertarian than all the folks who claimed to be libertarian when Obama was around, but now can’t gobble enough authoritarian cock.
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Yep. Translation: I thought he’d engage in targeted insane fuckery against people OTHER than me and my interests, and I was super-ok with that. Which means you’re a shitty person.
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You skipped over WHY there are whole subreddits dedicated to that.....because people without that info DON'T KNOW. In fact, like most cases of basic ignorance, they don't even know what they don't know. I've perused some of those subreddits, and find it objectively fascinating; someone is genuinely learning and having their eyes opened when people explain that if you buy whole chickens/chicken parts and roast them in the oven yourself, that both 1) saves money and 2) is much healthier than buying the frozen bag full of processed chicken. But also realize that for every person who stumbles onto that subreddit and asks a question, there are 100 who don't. Knowledge is a resource. Time is a resource. Money is a resource. For those who don't have much of any of those, and have never been shown how to manage what they DO have of those resources....fuck, man. They are in for a world of hurt. When you realize that better than 90% of America has less knowledge and money than 99% of the posters on this board, it's humbling shit. For a lot of America, "choose not to be fat" is as pointless a berating as "choose not to be poor." They don't have the first fucking clue how to do anything BUT that.
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Tracking Trump Administration and Cabinet picks
Brisketexan replied to PenelopeWitherspoon's topic in Cloak Room
Yeah, dude....it's all three. -
1) the Japanese have NO credibility pushing back on anyone's kink 2) yeah, overcooking steaks should be deemed an act of war, so there's that.
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This. Never get involved in a "to the pain!" dispute with an opponent who has this guy's pain tolerance: And no worries....if it gets too painful for them and there's some unrest, they can run the one-two punch of 1) Tiananmen square their asses, and 2) start a distracting war with a neighbor, maybe Taiwan.
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FIF accuracy. Because I know of a full spectrum of developer types. The ones that have been around forever, who thrive when times are good, and manage to survive when times are bad (because dudes, that market be cyclical) generally treat their contractors alright. Because maybe on THIS deal, the project ended up being one where the contractor took it in the shorts.....which is okay, and he won't end up in litigation or a major dispute with the developer, because he knows that on the next deal, he'll be treated fairly, and will have a chance to make a decent profit. Repeat dealings mean stability, reliability, and risk avoidance. There are shitty developers who are combative with everyone, and try to fuck over everyone. Those developers don't seem to last very long.
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Did we know each other growing up? I recall us stopping to buy shrimp right by there.
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Papers, please. Surly thread of deportation cruelty dominance
Brisketexan replied to Captainant's topic in Daily Texan
Our national motto -- or at least of a sizable portion of our nation now -- is "emboldened assholery." All brakes/checks are OFF. These folks are now free to be as huge an asshole as they ever dreamed of being. -
And man, a Gulf coast variation of that....I presume that every family living along the coast in the 70s-80s had a "shrimp guy," right? And by that, I mean a dude who would park a van, with a couple of large coolers, at a particular spot on the road -- usually a state highway or FM road -- put out a handpainted plywood sign that said "Shrimp $4 lb" or something like that. And your dad somehow knew when he would be there, and y'all would swing by and pick up 5 lbs or so for all your shrimp consumption purposes. This was a totally normal and legit way to buy shrimp....in fact, buying shrimp at a store was for elitist yankee bastards or somesuch, I think.
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Papers, please. Surly thread of deportation cruelty dominance
Brisketexan replied to Captainant's topic in Daily Texan
Just a well-oiled machine, functioning as intended, making sure we are not invaded by.....Canadian hikers, who own property and vehicles in Canada and are no threat to try to illegally emigrate to the US: -
Markets still falling like whoa
Brisketexan replied to Llano Estacado's topic in Business and Markets
"By predicting event X -- before it even begins." Yes, I mean....that IS how predictions work. Now personally, my preferred practice is to predict things after they've already happened. For example, I predict that Texas will sweep Auburn in baseball last weekend. I also predict that Pope Francis will die right after Easter. PRO: my accuracy rate is 100%. CON: the timing of my predictions doesn't leave a lot of room for people to act on them. Oh well, everything has a downside. -
To your proposal, I say "soitanly!"
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