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  1. All this costume sex talk led to this.
  2. Funny. Japan's population is accelerating in its decline, but there is anti immigrant Japan First movement that is catching on. Uhhh, me thinks immigration is the least of their concerns. Immigration may be the only thing that saves that country from ceasing to exist in 100 years. Not surprisingly, the Japan First movement is being linked to Russia propaganda. Old people everywhere are just fucking stupid. Dumb, old people are Putin's wet dream. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/japanese-population-sees-record-drop-025259023.html The population of Japanese nationals fell by a record amount -- more than 900,000 people -- in 2024, official data showed, as the country battles to reverse its perennially low birth rates. While many developed countries are struggling with low birth rates, the problem is particularly acute in Japan where the population has been declining for years. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has called the situation a "quiet emergency", pledging family-friendly measures like more flexible working hours and free day care to try and reverse the trend. Advertisement Last year, the number of Japanese fell by 908,574, or 0.75 percent, to 120.65 million. The decline -- for a 16th straight year -- was the largest drop since the survey began in 1968, the internal affairs ministry said Wednesday. Foreign resident totals, however, were at their highest since records began in 2013. There were 3.67 million foreigners as of January 1, 2025, representing nearly three percent of the whole population in Japan, which was more than 124.3 million as of that date. The overall population of the country declined by 0.44 percent from 2023. The latest figures come as the government struggles to raise stubbornly low birth rates, while frustration over inflation and other concerns among some voters prompted the rise of a new opposition party with a slogan of "Japanese First".
  3. Hadn't thought of that. I was just thinking these are dudes who can go anywhere. When they realize they have to actually live in Lubbock, they are going to re-evaluate their life decisions. Or if they produce, they'll want to move to a bigger program for more money and better draft standing.
  4. Sooooo.......I didn't see this in the news. The dude who shot up mid-town a few weeks ago was supposedly gunning for the NFL offices. HOWEVER, one of his victims was Wesley LaPatner. Who is Wesley LaPatner? She was the CEO of Blackstone's “Real Estate Income Trust” (BREIT) division. BREIT owns hundreds of thousands of housing and rental units in the USA. I think they are THE largest owner of housing in the housing, all rental properties. Just a coincidence? Wrong place, wrong time?
  5. Regularly I play 2 or 3 days of golf during the middle day on weekdays. The course is usually full of other dudes who are also "working" remote. Quality of life is SOOOO much better "working" from home.
  6. He keeps surprising everyone on just how fucking stupid he can be. I honestly do not know what the the goal is of all of the utter bullshit.
  7. This is aggy equivalent of forearm size talk, isn't it?
  8. Wisner with a nice cut starting at 0:16. Honestly surprised that was him. I've seen 3 years of him and feel like I still don't give him the respect that he deserves.
  9. If these dudes ever actually make it to Tech Campus, it'll be funny to see them all transfer within a year or 2.
  10. If you read the article, it sounds like he knows it's coming and knows how to handle it. He lived through it from seeing how his uncles were treated. He's got a great family foundation to keep him grounded and supported.
  11. Cooper’s illness affected Arch’s choice of college. In the spring of 2022 he was in the process of making his decision about where to go. Though he had considered many schools, he’d narrowed the choice to three, each of which he had visited four times: Alabama, Georgia, and Texas. Two of the three were dominant SEC teams at the height of their powers. Alabama had won the national championship in the 2020 season; Georgia had won it in 2021. Either school would have been an easy choice for the nation’s top high school quarterback and a logical gateway to the NFL. Both desperately wanted him. Texas, on the other hand, looked like a program that was in a long-term decline. The 2021 season had been a minor disaster. Under the team’s new coach, Steve Sarkisian—who was fired by the University of Southern California in 2015 for incidents related to his alcohol abuse and later rebuilt his career as an offensive coordinator at Alabama under Nick Saban—the Longhorns had gone 5–7. To weary fans, it seemed impossible that with its heritage, facilities, money, and location, the University of Texas couldn’t do better than that. Arch saw things differently than most recruits, in large part because his father and grandfather saw things differently. “Cooper had him in a very good frame of mind,” said Archie, “which was let’s find a school that you want to go to if something happens and you don’t play football.” A clear point of reference was Cooper’s own devastating experience. “Go to a place where you will be happy,” Cooper said he told his son, “to a place where if you didn’t play a down, you would still enjoy your college experience. Have a little bit of balance. Have friends who aren’t just on the team, friends who are in fraternities and clubs.” For Arch that place was clearly Austin. His instincts were right in other ways, too, starting with the team’s prospects. “People forget that he committed to a 5–7 team,” said Cooper. “I said at the time, ‘Arch, this is a ballsy move.’ But he wanted to be part of something that was changing, growing, gaining steam and momentum.” Somehow the kid felt the momentum shifting. Since his arrival the team’s record is 25–5. His gut also led him to pick the right coaches. “You had a pretty good sense that whoever was recruiting you, especially from the offensive coordinators side, probably wasn’t going to be there by the time you arrived, and that certainly is the case,” said Cooper. “All the offensive coordinators that recruited Arch are gone.” But at UT, Sarkisian and quarterbacks coach A. J. Milwee, who played a large role in Arch’s recruitment, are still there.
  12. Houston will never have a vibrant downtown like Austin because Houston was built in the Golden Age of Sprawl. Houston has shit weather, shit natural beauty, shit for anything other than being inside in AC. What is did have was cheap ass land, miles and miles of it. Hardly anyone on this board "from Houston" actually lives anywhere near downtown Houston. Most everyone "from Houston" on this board lives in a suburb 30 miles from Houston downtown. Houston, and Dallas somewhat, are suburb cities. No one wants to regularly drive 30 miles to and from every weekend night for entertainment. I lived 25 years in Houston and suburb, followed by 10 years in Dallas and suburb, and now another 20 in Austin 2-4 miles from downtown. Houston is what it is. Given a choice of having any major city in Texas to live, Houston would be last my list, and prob this board's list. The suburbs suck, the city and the whole area is ugly as shit, and downtown is lacking.
  13. The irony is not lost on us. An piece of shit Indian dude living in Canada operates bots to feed magat bullshit to idiots. THIS IS AMERICA.
  14. Didn't see this posted. Texas Monthly article on Arch. https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/arch-manning-ut-football-quarterback/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=webcta&utm_campaign=tm-free&gift_code=OTUxNjE0Ozg4OTMyZDY5LWVlNTgtNGVkYi04ZDI0LTE1MmJhYjg5MjBiMDsyMDI1MDgwNg== The Unbearable Weight of Being Arch Manning Pundits are touting him for the Heisman. UT fans are expecting the world. What do those other famous quarterbacks in Arch’s family make of the hullabaloo? Funny you should ask.
  15. Stupid enough that an Indian dude living in Canada can create an AI bot to manipulate them. https://vancouversun.com/news/ottawa-man-ai-bot-maga Singh’s accounts are part of an army of AI bots that have created an information ecosystem in support of Trump and the Republican Party on X. In the lead-up to last year’s presidential election, researchers at Clemson University identified a network of more than 680 AI-generated bot accounts on X that were pushing Trump’s agenda. Singh, who moved to Ottawa in 2019 from Minnesota, claims he is not a propagandist, but a “technologist” who wants to show how AI can be leveraged for public relations. He said he would be open to working for campaigns across the political spectrum. He added that he “does not discriminate” and that “the technology can help anyone.” But his known accounts have targeted progressive politicians and sought to aid conservative ones so far.
  16. Downtown Houston used to be one gigantic parking lot. Green spaces? Fuck yo green spaces. Concrete is the future. Edit: what you do see is that there are probably 1000 strip clubs in this picture. Ok, maybe not 1000, but 900 for sure.
  17. My tips for scoring better. 1. Stay in the fairway and/or avoid trouble off the tee. I developed a fairway finder, driver stinger when my full swing driver is off. I'm about 10-20 yards shorter (1 - 2 clubs longer on the approach) but it sure beats punching out from bushes/trees. At least 1, maybe 2 strokes saved. 2. Putting. Limiting 3 putts to no more than 1 a round will do wonders. Consistently making <6 footers will do wonders for your scoring and short game strokes gained. 3. < 50 yards - 3 strokes max. My mindset is scoring is done inside 50 yards, 100 really. If you can finish inside of 100 yards in 3 strokes or less, you are shooting in the low to mid 80s. If you don't get into trouble off the tee and are <=3 stokes inside 100, you'll be breaking 80s every few rounds. Find a confidence club/stroke off the tee box, practice putting and chipping.
  18. Have a friend who's a dealer at a major casino/hotel. Said numbers are definitely down. He thinks it's because people are tired of being nickeled and dimed for everything and International travelers not coming. The first he attributed to hearing the bitching for the last 2 years. The second, at least for him, there's a significant decline in int'l tourists, especially from Europe.
  19. Arboretum is going the way of Northcross Mall. Basically the Arboretum moved to the Domain, which ironically is turning into what closed down Northcross mall. Hoodrats have a way of fucking up places, see dirty 6th.
  20. Any city "solving" homelessness means either getting tough with the homeless and passing/enforcing laws which drive/ship homeless away or signing up their tax paying citizens to pony up hundreds of millions every few years to pay for "housing". The problem is how fucking long are tax payers on the hook pay for any dipshit who shows up at the city limits looking for a free place to live. The answer seems to be, for forever.
  21. Agreed. Here's my office for my afternoon "meetings". Lion's #1 tee box.
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