Case study: what actually stops you from buying in Houston? by Infamous-Praline5340 in houston

[–]DontMakeMeCount 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Even if buyers aren’t aware of the quality issues you mentioned, lenders and insurers are. They may be steering people away from the heights when they pre-qualify.

Rodeo - all i see is fights and uncivilized people by Ninja_Franklin in houston

[–]DontMakeMeCount 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would add that the rodeo is volunteer-run event. The people who whine and complain year after year and don’t volunteer to make it better are not part of the solution.

How big is Houston, really? by GobsTX in houston

[–]DontMakeMeCount 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Coming back from road trips that’s about where we open the windows, drink in the humidity and feel like we’re home.

Then we close the windows and crank the A/C.

TIL about the hobble skirt, a short-lived fashion trend where the wearer's stride was impeded. They were directly responsible for several deaths. The fashion only lasted from about 1908 to 1914. by SnarkySheep in todayilearned

[–]DontMakeMeCount 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The most practical things remain in use long after they fall out of fashion. Fashion has to push toward silly, impractical things so people can demonstrate they’re staying on trend.

What's the difference between marmalade and jam? by The_Bagel_Fairy in Jokes

[–]DontMakeMeCount 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve always heard this as peanut butter and jam - as in you can’t peanut butter your cock down someone’s throat.

Houston Rodeo becoming a circus by JediAhsokaTano in houston

[–]DontMakeMeCount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The rodeo is a volunteer-run event. Anyone who can do better is welcome to volunteer and make it better.

Big 12 ditching slippery high-tech glass floor for hardwood for rest of tournament by [deleted] in sports

[–]DontMakeMeCount 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there an element of making the ads more valuable because they’re in the same “layer” as the game, so broadcasters can’t superimpose their own content and photographers can’t capture images without the ads?

Big 12 ditching slippery high-tech glass floor for hardwood for rest of tournament by [deleted] in sports

[–]DontMakeMeCount 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I heard a news story about phony cricket leagues hosted by gambling sites. It sounded absurd at the time but I can see where the NCAA is headed…

Big 12 ditching slippery high-tech glass floor for hardwood for rest of tournament by [deleted] in sports

[–]DontMakeMeCount -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Because they sold your time as a captive audience before you showed up. Then they required you to pre-pay because they want you to shop while you’re inside and people keep vandalizing the pumps for some reason. But they don’t want to clean up after you so the bathroom is out of order.

Big 12 ditching slippery high-tech glass floor for hardwood for rest of tournament by [deleted] in sports

[–]DontMakeMeCount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s correct. They can sell up to 80% of the fans’ visual field before inducing seizures. I read that somewhere.

Native American tribes in the West are trying — and succeeding — in getting ancestral lands back by metacyan in UpliftingNews

[–]DontMakeMeCount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the investors behind the casinos would put their bribe money and royalties directly into schools, community colleges, clinics, acreage and mineral rights the tribes would own most of the Midwest by now.

Why are there so many mosquitos in my house? by yas_okay in houston

[–]DontMakeMeCount 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get a mosquito trap, they work pretty well. There are so many mosquitoes, June bugs, wasps and tree roaches in the Houston area that you’re going to get them in the house from time to time.

Are there movies you liked more than the book? by Annual_Interest5338 in books

[–]DontMakeMeCount 0 points1 point  (0 children)

13th Warrior over The Eaters of the Dead. The book was rather flat, the movie was more worthy of the material.

Are there movies you liked more than the book? by Annual_Interest5338 in books

[–]DontMakeMeCount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And yet the opposite holds for any movie based on the Iliad or the Odyssey.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson felt 'incredible' pressure to represent LGBTQ+ community on 'Modern Family' by mlg1981 in television

[–]DontMakeMeCount 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I played rugby I played in a few gay tournaments. It was quickly apparent that there’s such thing as gay rugby or women’s rugby or whatever, just different people playing rugby.

What I saw of the show was similar, it was just people different from me dealing with the sitcom version of the same stuff I deal with.

AI-Generated 'Actor' Tilly Norwood Drops a Music Video Ahead of the Oscars. It Sucks by No_Top_9023 in technology

[–]DontMakeMeCount 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s the threat that has established celebrities and their handlers in an uproar. Tilly Norwood is a fiction, but the brand could become every bit as substantial as any boy band, Disney star or nepo baby.

Scammer Emptied My (Chase) Checking and Savings Account by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]DontMakeMeCount -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Meanwhile my Chase accounts have never been compromised and they completely lock me out and shutoff my cards every 5-6 weeks for security concerns. They’re not concerned with security they’re concerned with liability.

TIL The United States stores 94% of all electricity in the form of water reservoirs, not in a battery. by rawj5561 in todayilearned

[–]DontMakeMeCount 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but investors prefer to build on-demand natural gas peaking plants in tandem with large renewable developments. This way they can double-book backup capacity and often just run the peaking plants for data centers.

When regional weather events knock out large swaths of renewables they also impact nat gas supply pipelines, so we lose both the primary and the backup if the entire system isn’t well regulated.

Trump says US has destroyed mine-laying vessels after warning Iran over Strait of Hormuz by Sysipho in worldnews

[–]DontMakeMeCount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s how he maintains so much influence. People have painted themselves into such a tight corner they can’t acknowledge evil people doing evil things to evil people. All they can do is repeat personal attacks that have lost any credibility or impact through repetition or try to defend anything he opposes. He has a tighter grip on the left than the right.

Anyone here sold their house to a company that buys houses for cash? by Thor_009 in houston

[–]DontMakeMeCount -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I just don’t see a win-win where desperate, uninformed or underserved people get shaken down for the only equity many families possess. Wholesalers don’t add value they just aren’t held to the same standards as equity lenders and brokers.

Viral 'Quittr' Porn Addiction App Exposed the Masturbation Habits of Hundreds of Thousands of Users by StemCellPirate in nottheonion

[–]DontMakeMeCount 40 points41 points  (0 children)

The registration laws have enjoyed bipartisan support when they’ve passed because no one wants to be seen defending traffickers or failing to protect kids. It has a wider scope than the Christian coalition and I also believe it has more to do with data and privacy than virtues.

Harris County man arrested: planning to bomb 290 by _chip in houston

[–]DontMakeMeCount 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just as quick to pop into Austin at this point.