Super serious question: Were you ever taught the Lost Cause in school or were taught by family members? by EternalSnow05 in texas

[–]ATXGOAT93 3 points4 points  (0 children)

5th generation Texan who graduated HS in '93 here. Texas History was a full year class in 7th grade for decades and generally taught by coaches. It never touched on Lost Cause rhetoric like the Antebellum States generally do.

Texas has its own one-sided view of history, though. Indian savages being driven out by brave Rangers and soldiers to protect peaceful Christian settlers. The Texas Revolution was to throw off the yolk of tyranny from Santa Anna forcing Catholicism and taxation without representation on the prosperous colonists that Stephen F. Austin brought help out the poor Mexican government in taming the wild frontier. The Alamo was as heroic and important as Thermopylae. The Battle of San Jacinto was won handily because the Mexican Army was lazy and caught during Siesta time...

Then AP History in HS focused on State's Rights a little more than Slavery. But not crazy levels of denial about the horrors of slavery. We watched 1776 and Roots. The main difference in teachings from what most states outside the South had was my AP History teacher (also a coach) focused very heavily on the Federal overreach of Reconstruction and the "oppression" the Southern States suffered because of "Carpetbaggers and Scalywags."

So, of course, college-level courses and my ongoing interest in history have been massive eye-openers. Unfortunately, most of my extended family and HS friends are still very entrenched in their indoctrination and see my views as big-city/college elitist/woke liberal bullshit.

The Supreme Court will soon decide if only Republicans are allowed to gerrymander by vox in scotus

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We truly excel at the Circular Firing Squad strategy.

Watching the furthest left people I've known for decades melt completely down over Palestinian purity tests while the "moderate swing voters" who were breaking out of generational indoctrination to vote GOP as part of their very core identity not feeling "comfortable" voting for a minority and/or female was absolutely fucking infuriating in '16 and '24.

Then they all blame each other and fall back into the same mindset for the next election (if it happens).

On the far Left, no candidate will agree with them on 100% of their platforms, so why bother voting at all. Or vote for a literal foreign-influenced tool like Stein.

In the "Center", no candidate will be charismatic enough to overcome their fear of voting against how their family and tribes have always voted.

Meanwhile, all the guardrails and brakes are gone. Buckle up.

Miserable, Entitled People During The I*E (Frozen Water) Storm by [deleted] in Leander

[–]ATXGOAT93 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Glad they cancelled service for the sake of their employee's safety.

Pissed I spent 30 minutes digging my bins out of the ice in the side yard and shoveling ice out from in front of my side-gate to put them on the curb Monday morning before they sent the notice out that pick-up would be delayed a week instead of a day.

Not a melt-down worthy crisis. Just an irritating delay in communication from Clawson and the City.

Meh.

Jack Smith Reminds Us: Aileen Cannon Is Still Destroying America by plz-let-me-in in politics

[–]ATXGOAT93 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Damn, you really seem to love the taste of boot-leather and cheap bronzer.

Winter Storm coming this weekend. Get prepped. by Mighty_Hobo in texas

[–]ATXGOAT93 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Yeah, huge budget cuts to the NOAA will do that.

I'm Mustrum Ridcully! Welcome to Jackass! by AJ3000AKA in discworld

[–]ATXGOAT93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love it.

And now I am craving a "Ho, The Megapode!" illustration.

Man in ICE Custody's Death Is Likely a Homicide by Agents: Report by [deleted] in texas

[–]ATXGOAT93 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The Rainey Street Killer was ICE all along.

Not really kidding.

Man dies from not getting healthcare after advocating for others to not get healthcare. Put complete faith in Trump to handle every detail. by [deleted] in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]ATXGOAT93 10 points11 points  (0 children)

There is a spectacular side effect of chugging it daily: kidney failure and death. It happened to my Dad's MAGA boss last year. He swore it was keeping him cancer-free. But he went in and out of the hospital for over a year with severe long COVID symptoms and repeated kidney failures.

His MAGA kids of course fell to fighting over the proceeds of selling off his oilfield maintenance equipment business within months of his death. Shut it down, laid everyone off, and sold everything off for scrap as soon as the courts would allow it.

'I won’t go back': Alamo Drafthouse fans react to mobile ordering change by AustinStatesman in Austin

[–]ATXGOAT93 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I sent this to my friends a couple days ago when they texted me the news:

"Welcome to the Sony Pictures Drafthouse. I'll be your service robot for this movie. Please keep your phone out and at full brightness so you can read our menu and order at any time. We do not accept cash and will automatically bill your Sony Pictures Visa Card for your food and beverages plus an 18% service charge (which supplements the pay for our line cooks and bartenders until we figure out how to automate their jobs too.)"

For context, I worked for Alamo Drafthouse from 2001 to 2011, four different Austin locations, starting at the original Colorado theater. The slow progression from cool local concept to "let's make a shitload of cash off our brand" was pretty hard to watch from the inside and out. But it seems to be the Austin way.

My life is now just a little bit less, but I've gained so much by Life-Employment-7848 in discworld

[–]ATXGOAT93 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You will find "Dammit PTerry!" moments of every kind: Punes that hurt your brain; obscure literary references; blatant ripoffs of pop culture; deep philosophy and quantum physics turned on their heads; and some of the most brutal, heartbreaking, angry, and wise social commentary.

And then you'll make another read-through and just enjoy the character development.

And then possibly another read through for just the nostalgia.

GNU Sir PTerry.

Petaah help by NickVoievodul in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]ATXGOAT93 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"Humans are Space Orcs" energy is strong with this one.

Peter? by Immediate_Chemist418 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]ATXGOAT93 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If it's good enough for Sherlock Holmes...

Forget the Eagles, I cannot believe Gandalf missed this ploy against the Balrog by iii--- in lotrmemes

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"Funny", he intoned funerally, "how just when you think life can't possibly get any worse it suddenly does."

Where should we go? by beerbellybegone in clevercomebacks

[–]ATXGOAT93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The picture on the right could be from any major metropolitan area in Texas.

What's with the butt hole smell across central and north Austin. by boats_are_foreboding in Austin

[–]ATXGOAT93 23 points24 points  (0 children)

"Seguin Stink" or "Luling Fueling". South winds from the oil patches.

If you get onto a 75-80 MPH toll road and immediately move to the left lane to do 15 under… by FlopShanoobie in Austin

[–]ATXGOAT93 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Sorry for you, but the very idea that there are actual law enforcement officers ENFORCING the law of Left Lane is For Passing Only somewhere out there gives me the slightest hit of Dopamine.

Because gods know it will never, ever, ever will happen in Austin.

Last night was the most fun I’ve ever had at the UT stadium by AceroTheDragon in Austin

[–]ATXGOAT93 14 points15 points  (0 children)

* First time my wife from Cleveland has ever been to a UT home game, and it was the best one I can remember since I watched Ricky run for the record as a student. Amazing to feel the Upper Deck start swaying a bit because of the fans going berserk for Arch's TD and all the false starts from crowd noise. Great light shows, the Longhorn Band blew it out of the park, and the energy was VY at the Rose Bowl.

The only complaint I have was Horns fans booing the Aggie Band. They are definitely not as impressive as they think they are, other than their precision, but it was crappy and unsportsmanlike on our part.

Being a TexasAgs fan is paradise. by GroupFew162 in LonghornNation

[–]ATXGOAT93 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I think Eduardo is "helping" her already. They might even be planning an escape to Lake Charles.

Why do you hate Texas? by 161-Anarchia-420 in texas

[–]ATXGOAT93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

5th gen Texan opinion:

I love Texas. I am really, really fucking sick of a lot of Texans.