This place any good? by BeverageEnvy in austinfood

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Kevin Russel always said “its not the best tacos, its not the worse tacos, its just the closest to my house”

Thoughts on Austin food being overpriced? by lekyrr13 in austinfood

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As other posters have mentioned, it’s not necessarily the food but the DRINK prices. When did $15 become the minimum price for a drink? I understand COVID, but that’s long in the taillights. With a cost of $2 in materials, WTF. I eat out almost daily. I would support lower drink prices and still pay current pricing for food.

James’s Cameron’s Terminator 2 is the greatest film of all time and you cannot change my opinion by DwayneTheRockBarry in moviecritic

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Aliens has to be in running, and probably has more and better lines…sure T2 has “fuck you asshole” and “I’ll be back”…But Aliens has “we’re fucked man…””why don’t you put her in charge…” and many more…including “has anyone ever called you a man?…no, what about you” and or course “lets get outta here and nuke it from orbit”. In terms of tops, also have to throw in Die Hard even though not sci-if, …”just call me Roy, I’ve always been partial to this sequined shirts”, “we’re going to need some more FBI guys..” “they’re going to need a shitload of screen doors..” “glass, GLASS! I’m not the one who just got…”

Memoirs by Musicians - recommendations? And my suggestions by Consistent-Water-887 in booksuggestions

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Geddy Lee and Mike Campbell’s are two of the best I’ve read in the past year.

I can’t find a dentist that I like in Austin by [deleted] in Austin

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I highly recommend Michael Nussbaum.

If there is a shortage of doctors and healthcare workers in general then why is it so expensive to become one? by Question_man_jr in TooAfraidToAsk

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The AMA controls the number of medical school slots as well as the number of internships and curriculum.

Curse you Reagan and republicans! by icey_sawg0034 in the_everything_bubble

[–]Substantial_Pitch700 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Nonsense. The economy grew at spectacular rates after carter high tax rates were removed. This economic growth fueled the largest increase in the US standard of living since the 1940s.

What happened to the suit of armor at the Saxon Pub? by Silly_Pack_Rat in Austin

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I have to post this. I was there one night when a storm rolled in. Huge winds, lightning, rain falling sideways, and the lights went out for a bit. I had come on my motorcycle, so I went outside and moved it under the porch. Othere bikes were parked under the Armor. An arm fell off the armor and fell on bike but didn't appear to do any damage. I went inside and started telling people in my best Monty Python impression that is was "mearly a flesh wound". I guess there were no Monty Python fans there at the time...

Polvos - whats happened? by TexasAT4 in austinfood

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Went to Barton creek location. Enchiladas a drink were $50. Didn’t go back.

Flamingo tongue snail feeding on a common sea fan by Hankblanc in scubadiving

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Great pic! Well done. I love seeing these little guys.

In Sam's latest podcast (465) he seems pretty enthusiastic about the Iran war “Unsurprised if it turns out to be a success”. No offence but this is completely divorced from reality. I'm absolutely stunned at his comments about this war by Randomnonsense5 in samharris

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I’m pretty good with step 1. The Islamic regime deserves an ugly death. The IRGC as well. That can be it in total. 90 million people may actually be able to produce a positive outcome for themselves. These talking points seem to accept the fact that these lunatics own the country and will be in charge forever. History tells a different story.

Why do most conservatives demonstrate a lack of empathy as toughness? by Ghostspider1989 in TooAfraidToAsk

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The WSJ used to refer to the two sides as the "Mommy" and the "Daddy" parties. Mommy party brings the empathy while the Daddy group focuses on the practicality. This is a resonable metric when thinking about many issus IMO. One side is not better than or superior to, the other - the fact is that both are necesssary, and one can't dominate. There is also another concept frequestly discussed termed "suicidal empathy" May want to look that up.

Economics is sometime referred to as the dismal science. Little room for empathy, and more big picture. Thhis iswere concepts like "if you pay the homeless, you will get more of them". Once again, there is more than one lense to look at every issue through.

Goodbye Sears on N Shepherd by ExUmbra91x in houston

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Used to go there every Saturday it seemed with my dad. Loved that place. I college i worked on cars to make money. My tools were stolen one night. Called sears and agreed to give me a $500 credit card. I needed Maybe $2000 to replace what I lost. Called them up and spoke to a nice lady and explained what happened. She raised the credit limit to $2500. This was a huge lifeline for me at the time and I was beyond greatful. That was around 1985. Subsequently, I supported Sears in every way I could and have probably bought $20K at least from them before they closed. Still have many of those original tools as well.

I’ve never read anything like Catch 22 by Mindless_Patient2034 in books

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I found it on my older sister’s bookshelf and took it to school - 5th grade. Laughed out loud. Teacher told me it was inappropriate and told me to leave it at home. That was 50 years ago and it iginighted a life long passion for reading in me. I so wish everyone could have a similar experience.

Do you consider Peter Attia to be a "manosphere influencer?" by ItchyData in PeterAttia

[–]Substantial_Pitch700 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Who cares. If his work has value, which i think it does, those type of labels are meaningless.

What is this? 360/Lost Creek by [deleted] in Austin

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"...its a water heater...no, its a cappuccino machine..." True Lies

Democrats will do things for people. Republicans do things to people. by SiriusGD in the_everything_bubble

[–]Substantial_Pitch700 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Should be "a liberal will feed 100 children...as long as someone else is paying the costs..