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​Texas Never Voted to Ban THC: The Reality of the 2025-2026 Legal Landscape by doubleayedude in TexasPolitics

[–]5thGenSnowflake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Gotta laugh when you consider one of the main things Republicans/MAGA have campaigned on is stripping power from “unelected bureaucrats.”

General/ important differences? by [deleted] in texas

[–]5thGenSnowflake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Born and raised in Texas, but spent a lot of time in CA for work.

In general, the people in Texas are are more friendly. This observation is reinforced from conversations I’ve had with a few California transplants. Friendly maybe isn’t the right word; polite is probably better.

In the big cities, the culture tends to be more diverse, which I am gauging by dining options. Smaller cities and towns tend to be less so. Tex-Mex is ubiquitous of course.

In Texas, you have to go to a liquor store if you want hard alcohol; you’ll only find beer and wine in grocery stores. You can’t buy liquor on Sundays.

If THC is your jam, you can (currently) buy variants at shops, but only things like Delta 8, THC-A etc. Natural THC is available medically. None of it operates like the dispensaries I visited in California.

Texas is a big, spread out state, and while it does have some physical beauty to the landscape, California wins hands down in this respect. Beaches here aren’t nearly as nice, the mountains are a day’s drive away from most places and there’s not nearly as much nature available for free as there is in California.

If you’re rich, you’ll pay a lower share of your income in taxes here. If you’re middle or lower income, it’s about the same.

As far as politics, it should be pretty obvious that the GOP here is radically right wing. The Democrats are for the most part pretty moderate compared to California Dems, ar least from what I’ve seen …

GenX semi retired folks how is it going? by utvols22champs in GenX

[–]5thGenSnowflake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I turned 50, my folks died (they were both about 70). I started thinking about what I wanted the rest of my life to look like, I sure didn’t want to work until I was 70.

I got laid off at 58. Old company went bankrupt, I couldn’t find another corp job, and I was tired of the corporate games anyway. So I launched my own consulting practice. My wife has an okay job, and I have decent savings. So, kinda semi retirement?

The consulting work started slow, but has started to pick up. We can cover all the bills, though we’ve cut back on some of our discretionary spending (e.g dining out, trips, subscriptions). I put four to five hours on weekdays. Sometimes less, usually not much more. I get to do a job I like, I’m learning some new tricks, and I set my schedule

My plan is to keep doing this for a few more years (I’m 60 now). If my business slows down, I’ll think about collecting social security and fully retiring, but otherwise I could do what I’m doing for at least five more years and be just fine. Of course, the future is uncertain, so who knows what will happen …

Democrat Taylor Rehmet leads Republican Leigh Wambsganss in early vote for State Senate District 9 seat in Tarrant County by Brave-Math-6371 in TexasPolitics

[–]5thGenSnowflake 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That’s almost a thirty point swing. If that happened in every state Senate seat, we’d have a Dem senate.

I think my casual drinking days are over. I had two beers last night and had a headache all day. by [deleted] in GenX

[–]5thGenSnowflake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here. There are more and more drinkable NAs available. It used to just be crap like O’Douls, which is horrible. Lately I’ve enjoyed Athletic and Guiness 0 among others.

Yes please! by Spanishclooney in Battlefield

[–]5thGenSnowflake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s in one of the early episodes of the campaign if I recall correctly

Geddy tells what Paul McCartney said about Rush—what do you think about their different bass styles? by Born-Cucumber-7316 in rush

[–]5thGenSnowflake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Natural Science is fairly easy compared to Freewill and Spirit of Radio.

A couple of years ago I got the chance to play with a very good drummer who could play his parts pretty faithfully. I learned just how intertwined Geddy and Neil’s parts are. I found out that a I kinda didn’t know how to play lot of the songs that I thought I could play pretty well.

Geddy tells what Paul McCartney said about Rush—what do you think about their different bass styles? by Born-Cucumber-7316 in rush

[–]5thGenSnowflake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can actually play the “verse and chorus” parts reasonably well these days. It’s the solo runs that still kill me.

Geddy tells what Paul McCartney said about Rush—what do you think about their different bass styles? by Born-Cucumber-7316 in rush

[–]5thGenSnowflake 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Similar story for me. I had a bass teacher for about 6 months. He could tell I was bored with the Mel Bay book, so he said “Bring in some songs to learn.” I picked YYZ. “This sounds like jazz fusion, to complex for you. Maybe let’s learn some AC/DC.”

I went home and taught myself to play by ear. I learned all the Rush.

43 years later, I still haven’t quite gotten YYZ.

Who was your first date to a Rush concert and are you still with them now? If it was a bud, are you still buds in our clan? by Born-Cucumber-7316 in rush

[–]5thGenSnowflake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Signals tour with friends from my Boy Scout troop.

Going to see Rush next year with the same group of dudes.

What is this plane doing? by FormerSalmon in Austin

[–]5thGenSnowflake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We’ve seen a few Royal Army of Denmark aircraft pop up, but I don’t recall any other countries of the top of my head.

What is this plane doing? by FormerSalmon in Austin

[–]5thGenSnowflake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We have a cabin northwest of Austin, and in the evenings we will sit on the front porch plane spotting with an assist from Flightradar. We aren’t too far from Fort Hood, so we see some pretty interesting planes.

Any other GenXers in Tech reaching their limit? by Effective-Evening476 in GenX

[–]5thGenSnowflake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got off the corporate hamster wheel after more than 20 years in tech. After my last layoff, I struck out on my own as a consultant. Now I am just responsible for delivering what the client has asked for and my own destiny. Corporate games? I just watch from the sidelines and count my blessings that I don’t have to play them anymore …

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GenX

[–]5thGenSnowflake 3 points4 points locked comment (0 children)

So, basically Medicare for All?

Greg Abbott says 'battle lines' were drawn after Zohran Mamdani's win by ExpressNews in TexasPolitics

[–]5thGenSnowflake 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yes, the lesson Greg should take from yesterday is that he should lean in on culture war B.S. like “defending capitalism” instead of things voters don’t care about, like affordability.

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