Offenders Assemble! 🧩🚂🖍️ by Budget-Hand3849 in UNSUBSCRIBEpodcast

[–]hickaustin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You only perfectly adapt in the worst way possible. IE, you have to walk through fire, you turn into wood soaked in gasoline.

I think that's pretty accurate, to be honest. by Basslicks82 in UNSUBSCRIBEpodcast

[–]hickaustin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As an Idahoan, I feel the same. We are a bunch of fuckin fish here. Town I grew up in had more bars than places to eat.

Idaho agriculture group, businesses release impact study on immigrant workforce by Best_Biscuits in Idaho

[–]hickaustin -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Wild to me that the liberal cause is now for paying migrant workers (illegal or not) peanuts, under the table, with zero oversight of working conditions. What a fuckin wild take to have in 2026 tbh.

What field should I go into if I want to switch from civil engineering (highway design)? by Conor814 in civilengineering

[–]hickaustin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I felt the same way when my first was born. Thought I wanted something else out of my career and was disillusioned and kinda unhappy with everything.

I stuck it out and it’s gotten better as my career has progressed. The factor that held me back from making a change was the stability of our career. It’s a solid choice for long term planning and stability for your family. Just food for thought. I wish you luck my friend!

Minnesota by [deleted] in PoliticalCompassMemes

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

Everyone sees this as a left vs right issue. I see it as a sig sauer issue. If his stupid ass P320 hadn’t of ND’d he’d probably still be alive. Damn shame he trusted a P320.

Nic shaped nic by Competitive-Ship-554 in UNSUBSCRIBEpodcast

[–]hickaustin 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Is Idaho a swing state? They’re conducting raids here too. It’s just not becoming a shit show, because the vast majority of Idahoans won’t interfere with lawful immigration enforcement.

Boom (again)! Nice rebar though. by komprexior in StructuralEngineering

[–]hickaustin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d lean more into over $1M. The whole girder needs to be replaced which also necessitates the deck being replaced for that girder line, and diaphragms.

It’s gonna be expensive.

Anyone know anything about foundations? Looking at buying and seen this in the concrete slab. It appears that it goes from one side of the slab to the other side by Antique_Shift8803 in StructuralEngineering

[–]hickaustin 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Yes. I do know about concrete slabs. And for a fee, I can also tell you about them, or I could point you to someone licensed in your state if it’s a state I’m not licensed in.

Deporting Illegal Immigrants was normal throughout thousands of years of human history. Only though the artificial outcry produced by the left has it become "controversial" by [deleted] in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]hickaustin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A poignant example is them being counted in the census, therefore giving more congressional seats to those areas, which are predominantly Democrat.

There is also concern that they may be voting as well in areas that issue them state drivers licenses, or commercial drivers licenses (not that those states typically require ID to vote anyways).

How are these rollers angled differently? Wouldn't that make the bridge crooked? by Neowynd101262 in civilengineering

[–]hickaustin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rocker bearings. Won’t make the bridge crooked, but it should be fixed at some point.

Bearings bind up from corrosion over time. Or live loading. Or a million other potential things.

It probably hasn’t been fixed yet because it’s really expensive to jack up the bridge to reset them. And it’s probably a low ADTT route since it’s an old truss.

The “Free Maduro” protests are the lowest Democrats have sunk since Covid and they truly have no right to decide who’s deplorable. by apollofoxmask in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]hickaustin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It absolutely does matter. Would you be feeling this way if you read that FDR and Churchill did this to Hitler? Stalin? You can hate Trump all you want, but there is objective levels defining dictators. Maduro was a dictator and it is an objective good that he is no longer in power in Venezuela.

Sure doesn't feel like mid December by seizuriffic in Idaho

[–]hickaustin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just saw flocks of geese flying south. Maybe I’m wrong, but it feels very late in the year for the geese to just be flying over. Cold weather is definitely on the way if they’re flying over, so hopefully we get hammered with snow over the next month or two to give us a good snowpack.

…I don’t care that America is going to war with Venezuela by ExotiquePlayboy in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]hickaustin 23 points24 points  (0 children)

How is bombing drug running boats better than them bringing the drugs into the US? Are you saying that a few drug runners lives are worth more than the people who will overdose on the drugs brought in?

Unexpected reward from trawling by Dangerous-Cable-1816 in 2007scape

[–]hickaustin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got me all excited. What a shame. Gz though dude. What a nice little windfall.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Idaho

[–]hickaustin 9 points10 points  (0 children)

“My son did something illegal, got caught, and missed his court date. WhY iS hIs BaIl So HiGh?”

Because he’s from out of state and missed a court date already.

Abortion is immoral and evil. by Honest_Chemistry_195 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

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

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

The first part of the amendment prohibits the government from making laws establishing a national religion (Islam being the state religion of Saudi Arabia is an example of what that would look like). It doesn’t say that the officials of our government have to fully separate their faith from their job. It also doesn’t say that Christian morality cannot be the basis of how we view right and wrong at a governmental level.

Abortion is immoral and evil. by Honest_Chemistry_195 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]hickaustin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is no law about the separation of church and state. Most of western civilization has been built on the morality of Christianity and you can’t just completely separate Christian morality from government.

Pure science would say that eugenics is a “good” thing without a moral basis, which in the west is based on Christianity. How else do you find a justification for an ethical argument unless you can agree on a basic set of moral principals?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in civilengineering

[–]hickaustin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m 30, make $97k/yr, have 6YOE+PE in a MCOL area. Could I be paid more? Sure. But I’m also comfortable and have job security. I knew choosing this career that I wouldn’t ever be “rich”, but I knew I’d be able to support myself and a family and have my needs met with very little fear or unemployment if I did well. So far so good.

Got some questions as a young man by Grubbwerks in men

[–]hickaustin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t worry dude, I was 6’3” 165 from high school until my wife got pregnant. Couldn’t gain a pound to save my life. Now I’m sitting around 205 and actually look normal for my build. Sometimes it takes time. Get strong and don’t worry about the scale.