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  1. 2 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

    Nice to know you don’t give a shit.

    To be clear, I mean no one of significance gives a shit. Although I would say that the general population doesn't give a shit either. I say this as someone with deep political convictions. I am fully aware that no one really gives a shit about my views on the government's blatant invasion of privacy despite the Snowden revelations. I'll share my opinion but I know it will fall on deaf ears unless someone already agrees with my opinion. In the end, we really are just left with the choir to preach to and that isn't something anyone should allow their mood to be impacted by unless they are a genuine person of influence.

  2. This study was mentioned on NPR yesterday afternoon and I don't think it's surprising considering our current political climate. It's no secret that some people have allowed the Trump Presidency to impact their personal life. I think it's important to remember that no one really gives a shit what you think or how you feel and as an individual you make no difference. So don't let something beyond your control impact your personal life.

     

    http://www.texasstandard.org/stories/news-roundup-for-some-people-election-2016-brought-out-obsessive-compulsive-symptoms-study-finds/

    “So we put together some measures that the behaviors seem to mirror,” Cepeda says. “So a lot of it looks like, kind of OCD symptoms, also anxiety, depression, a lot of people have concerns about worries related to the future of the country.”

    Here is a similar article.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/01/04/my-therapy-clients-cant-tear-themselves-away-from-the-news-and-its-messing-with-their-lives/

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  3. If anyone is a fan of the Western genre please provide some recommendations. I've read the Lonesome Dove series a couple of times and these are my favorite to date but there are still a lot books out there I haven't read. If there are any other similar series out there worth reading please let me know.

    I've read most of Elmore Leonard's westerns which I would recommend. I've also read Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Trails and Rainbow Trail as I've been told they are a must read if you appreciate the genre. I also read Cormac McCarthy's works but those really are not my cup of tea. The Crossing felt like someone in a deep depression wrote it while tripping on acid after getting lost in Mexico.

    Never picked up a Louis L'Amour book because they seem to give off a romance novel vibe. Anyone read these?

  4. 14 hours ago, Jkwellborn said:

     


    How do you prefer to pimp your hoes? Can we negotiate ahead of time?

    This reminds me of the time I had lunch with a former coworker that who was RIF'd during the dot com bust. I asked him how his job hunting was going. He said not so well because there were just too many unemployed web developers on the market.

    He then said he found a job outside of the tech industry. He was a manager for an escort service. He apparently was having a lot of success setting up multiple websites and advertising via online message boards. He was pretty proud of his accomplishments.

    After hearing how he was explaining how he was revolutionizing the business, I asked him "So is pimping a temporary thing or this a permanent career change?" He was a bit offended and explained it wasn't pimping but more of a talent agent thing. LOL

     

  5. On 4/9/2018 at 9:00 AM, trueut2003 said:

    Dude gets $300,000 a month to sit on his ass.

    $300,000 a month to sit on his ass while smelling like a combination of belly button, feet, and egg salad. I guarantee you that nasty bastard simultaneously eats Sour Cream and Onion chips while masturbating to Thai porn all afternoon.

     

     

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  6. 33 minutes ago, Native Horn said:

    Can you at least wait until later in the football season when it might be more useful?  

    Sure, I expect to be extremely fragile next season. I'll find you in the Tim Beck thread.

  7. 3 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

    OK, those all check as strictly Western themes, especially the classic western back drop, but those themes usually  ring true in most murder mysteries.

    You can substitute the protagonist sheriff for a grizzled city detective

    black hat vs. white hat is a common theme in any/most murder mysteries.

    Showdowns equal plot climax in most murder mysteries.

    You mean Shagurs skulking away after the accident ?  That kinda goes against the western theme doesn't it ? because  good wins over evil in most  classic westerns (Even John Waynes murder by Bruce Dern is avenged in the Cowboys, Clint a black hat good guy kills Angel Eyes).

     

    I think the only unique constant is the western back drop.

    Yes, it goes against the traditional western theme but this isn't a traditional western. In the Cormac McCarthy universe there is no good to triumph over bad because there is no good nor bad. Thats the point.

  8. 5 hours ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

    Not familiar with him so I need to do some googlez, but what are the elements that make it a western ?

    - classic western backdrop

    - protagonist sheriff storyline

    - black hat vs white hat representing a struggle of good vs bad. Although in this case it's really moral nihilism rather than bad.

    - Story leads to a showdown between BH and WH. (Never happens in plot because the sheriff backs out.)

    - movie ends with riding (walking) off into sunset

  9. On 4/4/2018 at 8:06 PM, Onboard 2.0 said:

    not a western.  Just because there are cowboy boots, horse and cactus that don't make it a western.

    It is a Cormac McCarthy western. Like a lot of his works it's set in the 20th century and marinated in existential nihilism but the western elements are there.

    Personally, I like All the Pretty Horses as a western more but that's set before McCarthy drags you down his dark hole of nihilism. Once you get to "The Crossing" in his border trilogy shit gets dark really fast as far as westerns go.

  10. On 4/5/2018 at 12:20 AM, Fondren & Main said:

    Hombre is fanfuckingtastic.

    Unforgiven sucks fucking ass.  Fuck that movie.

    I just watched Hombre this weekend. It was really good and Paul Newman was excellent. It was also the first movie based on a book that matched what I imagined while reading the book.

  11. 2 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

    I knew the Vietnam thing would come up the moment I typed it.  And I can’t assess that because I wasn’t alive during Vietnam 

    Vietnam was before I was born too but there has been a lot written about the subject. As Wildcat mentioned, the continuation of the war resulted in a lot more deaths that could have been avoided.

  12. 10 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

    And not a traitor 

    I consider Nixon's actions in Vietnam to be treasonous and in some ways worse than anything Trump is being accused of doing.

     

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