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  1. Well, it kind of did....in the central city.  We can thank that broader movement for the fact that our roads and infrastructure suck shit through a straw and haven't changed very much in 30 years, for example.  And we can thank them for making sure no affordable housing gets built where it can actually help (you know....in the actual city).  Instead, all that Austin builds is $500k minimum one-bedroom apartments in downtown highrises.
    Austin's death of affordability and ascent to the World Tech Douchebro Capital owes a giant debt of gratitude to the SOS crowd.
    As does the explosive growth of the environs (Kyle, Buda, Dripping, RR, Hutto, Taylor, Manor, etc.)  Thanks, performative leftist NIMBYs!

    Yeah, im not owning all SOS decisions, but gentrification and affordability are universal issues now in all cities worth a damn. If you can point out a major city that is doing it right, I’ll hang up and listen.

    The globalization of the housing market and expansion of toxic tourism is really working hand-in-hand. Plus, the obsession with passive wealth. People want easy wins. They dont want to lease their property to families or young people and have to do stuff. And, frankly, I don’t blame them. It’s hard.

    SOS and NIMBYs are also blamed for our lack of planning and infrastructure. I largely blame that on underrepresentation and underinvestment at the state and federal levels. The days of LBJ and Jake Pickle advocating for Austin and Texas are long gone. The opposite is true. They’ve been starving the “beast” for 40 years. Less spending per person on everything except border security and defense.
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  2. This is my main objection to this bullshit. It's NEVER GOING TO END. Homelessness is a national and state issue. There are so many better ways of spending $100M for tax paying citizens of Austin. 
    As it is, it's just throwing money down the toilet cause it's not gonna fix shit. The more we spend, the more assholes come here to camp out in the woods. The more assholes that come here, the more we spend.

    This is not a solution, its a necessary safety net. It’s a stop gap. The assholes come here for the tourists, temperate weather, drugs, and lax policing.

    You want to see metrics and results from social services, when they root causes cannot be addressed very easily. Welcome to fantasyland.

    Between this topic and AISD’s funding crisis, you’re seeing Austin scramble to make the best bad decisions with the cards they’ve been dealt.
  3. I thought it was fine. I am not shocked that I read this thread 4 days later and people are complaining about how unrealistic shit in the zombie show is. 
    What I am curious about is if somehow Ellie is passing her immunity to the fetus via rigorous scissoring. (Non video game player)

    It’s not meeting its own standard from S1. I didnt start watching this show to watch a Walking Dead reboot.
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  4. Not saying that it WASN'T pulled out of someone's ass, but actually....City garbage trucks actually have internal scales to weigh how much trash they have on board.  It's part of the regulatory requirements on landfills, recording daily volumes and such.  It's not as accurate as an ag department certified grocery scale, but it's close enough to satisfy regulatory requirements.
    Now, someone STILL might be bullshitting you, because people do that shit.  But odds are they had a pretty good idea from the readings on the trucks as they headed off to the landfill.

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  5. That's a good salary today for a normal person, but if we are using today's metrics, the 2025 average NFL salary is $3.2 million, so $150K is far below that number. 

    $20k was about the average salary back then before free agency and collective bargaining was a thing.

    So, if a player bitched about only getting $20k a year for playing a game, the fans would not have much sympathy as that was more than double the median income.
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  6. Christ this is a fucking retarded take. I hope this is sarcasm. 

    The NBA will do fine with temporarily losing a team in DFW. What you have is an owner with one foot out the door. Each owner needs to be a strong advocate for their team. I don’t see that being the case here.

    Do you take the opposite position that, come hell or high water, the Adlesons will keep the team in DFW? Or, that the NBA will make the unprecedented move of forcing a team to stay in a market? Use your words.
  7. I'm sure a little PR spin will help xitter as it circles the drain. 
    I don't know about the math here - I count closer to a 67% decline in total visits. In just 3 months. 
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    Elon followed the Eskimo Hut (no relation) business model.

    But he’s totally cool with the results: carving up liberal democracies, ending a global community organizing site, scattering legitimate journalists, and stifling voices from around the world.
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  8. I'm just saying the theory that they traded Luka with the goal of moving to Vegas is ridiculous.   I'm not discounting that the net effect of that incompetence could land in the same place.  I don't think it would be easy though unless it combined with expansion.   When has the NBA ever let a team leave a market like Dallas?  Seattle probably closest I recall and not remotely the same.  Metroplex is just way too big/valuable to not have an NBA team.
    The Mavs seeking a basketball only arena in fucking Irving would make me significantly less invested as a fan regardless of who owns the team it that were to happen.  So tired of this decision making. I'll never understand why owners in this city have a fixation with making it a pain in the ass for fans to attend games.

    The NBA is a global brand. DFW aint shit. The Mavs aint shit. The Rockets, Thunder and Spurs would dance on their grave. Then NBA just creates a new expansion team later. All transactional and disposable.
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  9. Not really.
    There are less than ten football players in the last 75 years that actually fit that definition.
    You have to dominate in high school, college and the pros.
    If you know of more than ten please list them.
    Ricky was close but does not really fit the criteria.
    Vince nailed the high school and college part but not the professional part. (Fuck you Jeff Fisher)
    Earl and Nobis are the only two Texas players that qualify in my opinion.

    So you agree Earl and Nobis were literally figurative men amongst boys
  10. A pedestrian episode. Very gamey.

    Good
    >As promised, Jeffrey Wright elevated episode

    Bad
    >After school special lesbo scene. Though it makes sense to keep your clothes on in an unsecured location
    >Ellie working thru being a parent upon seconds of hearing the info
    >The videogame like escape sequence. Everything went perfect in an unlikely escape from the Wolves then Zombies. Basically we’re watching a Youtube video of how to escape the subway scene
    >Deena overacted the bite scene. Then Ellie undershared when a gun was pointed at her. Also, after a month with Deena, maybe you can trust her and share your secret. But reasons.

    Ugly
    >HBO loves them some full frontal male nudity

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  11. When I went to research the different KISD candidates, the very first sentence from Perez on why he should be re-elected to a FUCKING SCHOOL BOARD was that he was a “strong Christian conservative.”
    No additional research needed. Proud of the voters.

    Was the same for me. When a board candidate waffles on supporting librarians, it makes it really easy to select.
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  12. These takes are always ridiculous.  They literally beat the 1, 3, and 4 seeds in the West last year and were three wins away from being a championship team in which Luka was the centerpiece.  If Tatum hurt himself or something else happened last year, they probably beat the Celtics (or the Pacers) in the finals.  And knowing how close they were to winning a championship, we have people saying that it could never happen.

    The Celtics easy path to the Finals last year also enabled them to bring back Porzingas and have fresher legs. They looked faster. Imagine a world where the Knicks beat you to a pulp then need to stop Brunson down the stretch in Game 7. None of that happened. The Celtics cruised thru the playoffs.
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