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  1. 10 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    Well, I wouldn't call it unwelcoming (I mean, their behavior was rude and unpleasant, but it's not like any of us haven't sat next to an obnoxious table before).  It's more just a clueless exclusivity.  

    I live in NW Hills today.  And other than an influx of asian and south asian folks....it's still pretty damned white.  It's not that it''s hostile.  It's that it's so conspicuously white.  Really, it's something of the analog of walking into a grocery in an area that's mostly african american or hispanic -- folks aren't going to be hostile, they're probably even going to be cordial, pleasant, and welcoming to the extent that you interact with them.  But you're going to have a feeling that you are in THEIR place, and you don't fit there.

    Austin has long had that feel for non-white folks.  Again, NOT hostile.  Just....man, this is a white place, and you aren't.

    This man gets it but like myself he is the product of Spanish colonialism.

  2. 15 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

    I think maybe I am misunderstanding you.  Was your contention that Austin gives a "get out" vibe to non-whites?  Or is it that there are parts of Austin that are minority heavy that have a "get out" vibe to white people?

    It gives off a "get out" vibe to non-whites. I'm not saying it's intentional but if you are a minority and not used to being the only non-white person in the place it can be uncomfortable because you start wondering why there are no other minorities around.

  3. 10 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

    Of course.  I have felt it in numerous cities all over the world.  Vidor, Beaumont, Orange, parts of Dallas, just in Texas.  Also, Toronto, Nashville, St. Louis, and a host of others.  Austin?  You must be hanging around different parts than me.  And I've lived all over this city.

    The only two places I've felt it strongly in Texas was Highland Park and Austin.

    Are you seriously telling me you've never noticed that you were the only non-white in parts of Austin?

     

  4. Why do so many coaches use verbal cues during games without ever having explained their meaning to the players?

    My biggest pet peeve is when coaches fire off these verbal cues at kids in the middle of a game and the poor kid just ends up confused and distracted.

    Verbal cues are great if they are explained and used often in practice. They serve as a type of shorthand for quick communication. But if they are not used to reinforce what has been previously taught, you might as well be giving instructions in Mandarin.

     

     

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  5. 8 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

    Oh, I won't argue about the segregated aspect of it, but "the GET OUT" feeling he made up?  Fuck that.

    The "Get Out" feeling is the discomfort a minority feels when they are in an obviously segregated area whether the segregation is intentional or not.

    If you have never felt that in Austin is there any place you have felt it before?

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  6. 5 hours ago, Tom said:

    I guess I just don't see the significance.  I'm a Warren and Mayor Pete guy, so I don't really have a dog in the fight.  But there's a significant Hispanic presence in every large Texas city.  El Paso, regardless of him being from there, is a border city.  I just don't see how Beto not going to San Antonio is a slight against Hispanics.  This isn't the Texas Senate race and he's not going to be able to visit everywhere there are people.

    Austin is the most lily white city in the state of Texas. Seriously, being in Austin is comparable to being in Carmel, Indiana when it comes to racial diversity. They both have that "Get Out" feel about them.

    It feels like a slight because he is using a Hispanic name but is just walking right by the largest Hispanic city in Texas and one of the largest in the country.

     

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    I know when I think of white upper middle class cities with no Hispanic presence, I think of El Paso.
     
    Seriously?
    He is from El Paso and he is holding his Grand Finale in Austin.

    Let's not play dumb.
  8. 23 minutes ago, Kermit said:

    I wish I could understand Spanish just to know what Manu said to his wife. Just her facial expressions as he was talking killed me. 

    He was thanking her for tolerating all of the requirements that came with his basketball career like specific food, time to sleep, silence at certain times and sacrificing summers. He also said it would take several hours to thank her for everything but he wanted to address several things. I assume he mentioned these because they were so intrusive on their lives.

    The thing that stood out to me the most was his reassurance to his kids that he has no regrets about retiring. I'm sure they were aware of the "uno mas" request from the fans and the fact that Manu loves playing but he really emphasized that he doesn't regret his choice to be with his family now.

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  9. Kerr is right about Manu instantly connecting with the fans because of language. I remember being at a game in the early days of Manu and his English wasn't very good. He was talking into the mic and switched to Spanish and the crowd went fucking nuts. The dude was an instant fan favorite and then you add in his greatness and shit goes up to 11.

  10. 1 minute ago, immamac said:

    I have resynced everything and then restricted it to one server for consistency to stay the same it should be unborked.

    Just refreshed the page and everything is back to normal.

    Using Firefox on Android mobile.

  11. Hazing seems to be some really base instinct of man.  It's far more common than I think we know or really are willing to admit. 
    Just about any time a group of young men (can't speak for women) is put together, some form of hazing takes place.
    And, like lots of stuff teens and adolescents do, it's a miracle that it isn't fatal many hundreds of times more often than it is.
    It's a tribal instinct. You can't just become a trusted member of a group without effort, some sort of suffering is required to demonstrate trustworthiness. Plus the intial subservience demonstrates a new member is willing to place the group ahead of the individual.

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  12. 2 hours ago, gmr548 said:

    This. The Cowboys could put a AAA team in San Antonio and it would be instantly profitable. NFL scraps TNF and instead plays the AAA games on Thursday nights. Local stations carry them with the "game of the week" getting the national TV slot typically allocated to TNF now. Call up/down as needed, basically gives you a 106-man roster pool. 

    I believe this is the goal and how the AAF has been pitching it to the NFL. a true minor league system with NFL team affiliation would probably pull in more fans. It would also need to run concurrently with the NFL season before the NFLPA would go along with it. I like the idea of Thursday night games. Shit, replace the current crop of players in the AAF with the NFL practice squads. Thursdays would be like JV game day and minor league fans would be more likely to see players that get called up to the NFL.

     

     

  13. The no fossil fuel money pledge issue seems to favor certain candidates over others. It's reasonable that a candidate from Texas will rack up individual contributions over $200 from people in the O/G industry versus someone like AOC based out of Bronx. Hell, you could randomly pick a group of people from the greater Houston area and one them will be involved in O/G.

     

  14. 17 hours ago, Walden Ponderer said:

    You know, with Mayfield, "character" was a reference to the fact that he's a piece of shit, which isn't really relevant to football.

    With Murray, he is also a piece of shit, but that's not the part of his character that matters. The "there's no 'we' in team" part, coupled with the, "Oh, noes, I might get hit, I'd better eat some turf" part dictates that he's not likely to have even Mayfieldesque success, and the truth is, Mayfield's success is limited, qualified, and of uncertain sustainability.

    Murray is not likely to succeed simply because he is, you know... a pussy.

    Exactly.

    Mayfield is a douche but not a pussy. Murray is a pussy in need of a douche.

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