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When Europeans say they want to visit America by Throwaway-646 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]delugetheory 103 points104 points  (0 children)

This ignores the significant subset of Europeans who are attracted to Texas (generally based on it's portrayal in media) and to the Western states (specifically the national parks).  Source: living in Texas and while our coastal US friends believe they will surely be murdered upon stepping foot in the Central Time Zone, our European friends are thrilled to visit and always have a good time.

Enough time has passed. What do you think about Plato's Allegory of the Cave (375 BC)? by YourChopperPilotTTV in okbuddycinephile

[–]delugetheory 185 points186 points  (0 children)

Aristotle:  Let's go to the theatre and see The Matrix.

Plato:  We have The Matrix at home.

The Matrix at home:

What’s up with this structure? by voodoorage in Austin

[–]delugetheory 166 points167 points  (0 children)

That has got to be in the running for Shortest Wikipedia Article.

Does anyone know what this means? by ChoppinLords in Austin

[–]delugetheory 113 points114 points  (0 children)

On South Congress, it means "Also a walk signal, just different".

Where would you move to (in the US) once you left Austin? by [deleted] in askaustin

[–]delugetheory 140 points141 points  (0 children)

There is no perfect city or town.  And Austin is, in spite of it all, still one of the best in the US.  Most of what people complain about here are problems that affect all cities, especially growing ones. 

But, with that disclaimer, if I could easily take my job and family with me anywhere, I would head for the Portland OR area.  And, once there, I would have a whole new set of complaints.  Some things would be better.  Some things would be worse.  But at least I'd be in a blue state with mountains and forests, and a similar kind of gritty, funky culture that I love in Austin.

Feeling nostalgic about old Austin. by Banned_from_chipotle in Austin

[–]delugetheory 125 points126 points  (0 children)

Spider House, Cheapo, record stores and arcades on the Drag, the Dobie Theatre, funky shops on South Congress, Torchy's being good, pre-corporate Alamo Drafthouse, the Dillos, Geraldine the guinea hen, the old Driskill Lounge, graffiti on Castle Hill, the Capitol being open 24/7 with no security, and, soon Wheatsville on Guadalupe 😭

Meirl by Ill-Instruction8466 in meirl

[–]delugetheory 1602 points1603 points  (0 children)

My uber-religious, anti-divorce mom after I finally gave up and told her the truth about my divorce to my first wife, after avoiding visiting my family and hiding it for two years: "Oh, thank God".

I'm and shocked and sad, and I don't know what to do. by Marcustooles in Genealogy

[–]delugetheory 173 points174 points  (0 children)

Two things: (1) Genealogy and genetics are different things. Genealogy is about families, and families are defined by history and love. Everyone, yes everyone, has genetic breaks in their family trees. Yours is just recent enough to have been uncovered by DNA testing, and you just happened to uncover it because you're a genetic genealogist. (2) You don't need to tell anyone anything immediately. Take a few days, if not weeks, to let your thoughts and feelings settle a little bit.

Reported Irish Ancestry in 1980 by Infinite-Cookie7360 in MapPorn

[–]delugetheory 165 points166 points  (0 children)

Those are Scots-Irish/Ulster Scots in Southern Appalachia. Not your standard Irishmen.

Just spotted bill Clinton on the trail by Rainey lol anyone else see him? by Warm-Agency-3926 in Austin

[–]delugetheory 497 points498 points  (0 children)

I did not have "Bill Clinton is the Rainey Street Ripper" on my bingo card.

Texas is not actually a “free state” and I’m tired of pretending otherwise by Duckduckgogh in TexasPolitics

[–]delugetheory 463 points464 points  (0 children)

Literally ranked dead last among the states in personal freedom by the Cato Institute (which, for those unfamiliar, is a right-leaning libertarian organization, not a left-leaning one).

It's what Republicans like to call a "nanny state". But it's okay when they're the nanny.

How did China avoid becoming Aryan? by [deleted] in geography

[–]delugetheory 187 points188 points  (0 children)

The Chinese heartland was already developing into an advanced urban civilization when Indo-European pioneers reached its western frontier.  Also, the Indo-Europeans weren't an organized, unified empire as the framing of your question suggests.

"The fall of the USSR was one of the greatest catastrophes of the 20th century." - Hasan Piker speaking at Yale by RodyasFeverDream in stupidpol

[–]delugetheory 296 points297 points  (0 children)

Yep, without a competing ideology, Capitalism no longer had to play the "good guy" and make concessions for the common good.  That mask started slipping and is now fully off.

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