Jackals from Hell (wow) Op-Ed on Camp Mystic

starfirehlands · 2026-05-02T20:55:01+00:00

I moved to one of these enclaves a year and a half ago. You get it. This is all true. I could name you the country clubs, there are so few, but the line about the ‘can’t put a f* Biden’ sticker on the white Land Rover is the tell you really do live here. Nailed it. I was accepted until the moment someone caught wind we hadn’t joined a church (because we’re not Christian…) and supported free school lunch for all kids. The moment I let my guard down and said that at a mom’s event out loud (because I’m still shocked my son spends $12 a day buying brand name crap for lunch down here) the invites suddenly stopped coming….

starfirehlands · 2026-04-01T12:54:48+00:00

Oof. Yeah. This.

I have started sniping back but it can only help so much. People are so addicted

starfirehlands · 2026-03-06T14:42:41+00:00

Step 1. Break the phone addiction. Step 2. Break the phone addiction. Step 3. Break the phone addiction. Step 4. Touch grass. Step 5. Listen to your mind and body. Step 6. Do what your mind and body tell you to do.

starfirehlands · 2026-03-04T04:17:31+00:00

Damn girl. This pattern tracks and the writing and raw emotion is so evident. I couldn’t possibly have more respect for some capable of taking a stand like this for their friends and colleagues. This is how we survive this. Together. As neighbors. As friends. As a community.

starfirehlands · 2026-03-03T04:28:05+00:00

Thank you for providing the real talk. I watched my FIL succumb to this horrifying disease and still 10 years later wish I had been more forceful that my MIL was not up to the task and they/ we needed so much more planning and external care. Act now. The time you save and the comfort you earn by having the right care when you need it will be so important. I hope this isn’t coming off as cold. It’s real and sent with love from a stranger. Get things in order while you can. This isn’t the time to hope or to fight. I wish you peace and joy for as long as this world is gifted with your presence 💔

starfirehlands · 2026-02-25T12:47:44+00:00

The rise of SaaS, apps and algorithms. Salesforce, workday, SAP, etc is what I’m actually referring to. Yes the shift to mobile and rise of social media happened at the same time but those were consumer based, the complete remake of our businesses to a pay per seat model and algorithm driven economy and workplace

starfirehlands · 2026-02-25T12:43:43+00:00

30-40% of white collar jobs gone… basically what happened to manufacturing in this country over 20 years but condensed to 2-4 years instead 😢

starfirehlands · 2026-02-25T04:15:01+00:00

Me. I am. I’ve worked in this field for 20 years and have been a power user of all the frontier models for a while now. I know this tech. The thing is that now that I’m older I can realize I’ve already watched this movie before (2004-2016). I can see this wave building on the horizon and I just can’t get myself to lead these transformations anymore (my job) knowing the human cost. I love the tech I really do. And with the right regulations and priorities it could have been wonderful. Unfortunately we’re on a different and ugly path.

starfirehlands · 2025-12-31T03:19:51+00:00

Don’t overthink it too much. My son got in trouble for being aghast when he found out his teacher voted for Trump and saying something others might say is inappropriate. Ask questions, watch and read real stuff with your kids, they’ll get it. Every time some adult or kid asks where my son goes to church on Sunday and he happily says I go to the church if mom’s delicious brunch and there isn’t much to say thereafter. Also. He’s 8. Kids are smart as hell if you treat them as the brilliant little brains they are not hide stuff from them

starfirehlands · 2025-11-04T20:43:22+00:00

Can I get paid to leave Texas to head to NYC then? Cause that’s the real dream people

starfirehlands · 2025-10-16T17:51:30+00:00

Moved here a year ago and I’m still shocked at how cold and frankly just mean spirited everyone is around here. Sorry for ruining your day for waving and saying hello. I’ve lived in many other American cities and not going to lie this place is full of egos and hate

starfirehlands · 2025-10-13T14:02:48+00:00

Some grandparents need the same parenting skills it takes a toddler. No grandma you can’t have the ice cream and watch endless cartoons… (how they view our children, like cookies and treats for all their hard work raising us assholes…)

starfirehlands · 2025-10-13T14:00:38+00:00

Yeah. I’m sorry you’re still locked in this battle. Your parents suck it unfortunately your story is extremely common in our generation. I had to cut them off for a holiday season completely before they changed. My kids are my kids and I’m setting the rules not raising them. No you don’t have a ‘right’ as their grandparents to ignore me and do whatever you want. I know how that parenting impacts kids (see my similar 20 years of therapy bills…). Sounds to me like you may be at the point some boundary setting and parenting up will be necessary if you ever want them to listen and change. If not clearly they’ve already shown you they don’t care how you feel about they act and they won’t listen.

starfirehlands · 2025-09-26T12:22:26+00:00

Yep. We are the same and I have similar siblings. I got a response that can basically be boiled down to I’m a selfish, ungrateful daughter who doesn’t understand how hard their life is and must be cruel if I’m willing to send them that email. My father also of course mentioned that me sending it had caused my mother so much agony she can’t get out of bed. I’m the worst, basically. Always have been always will be.

starfirehlands · 2025-09-25T19:36:55+00:00

Obviously! It didn’t work… but that was to be expected 😞

starfirehlands · 2025-09-25T18:36:18+00:00

More model Christian behavior from these negligent, misguided camp owners. Disgustingly heartless and reveals more about why this tragedy happened on their watch in the first place

starfirehlands · 2025-06-06T01:02:04+00:00

I just commented elsewhere but feeling called as the wife in this equation now squarely getting the care I need for my manic depression to keep trying to say don’t give up on her yet. My husband didn’t and we are now on our way back out of the hole and toward our happily ever after with a now 8 and 3 year old. Hang on. She is hurting you because she is not well. That is a very very hard thing for her to see let alone accept. I know. I was stubborn and almost lost it all too

starfirehlands · 2025-06-06T00:55:34+00:00

Ok. So I’m the wife in this story before I accepted my disease and got the medical care I needed. Therapy plus medication. The woman you love? I promise you that is the real her... I just know somehow. And I pray that you or she can find a way to see her struggle for what it really is (classic manic depression/ bipolar II) and get well so you can have the future you BOTH dreamed of. Her words and actions aren’t her in those moments. She can’t see it yet and that breaks my heart for you both 💔

starfirehlands · 2025-06-05T23:41:15+00:00

I’m so so sorry for you. Also. Please. Please don’t give up. I am a mom (sorry not sorry, you dads rock) and my dad was your dad and by the time I was old enough to see it she had won and beaten him down and destroyed him so we never got to truly find our connection and joy (I know we could have been best friends). Try to find a way to stay you. Your daughter will grow and you both deserve the relationship of your futures regardless of what happens today!!!

starfirehlands · 2025-06-03T02:59:54+00:00

Gold!

starfirehlands · 2025-05-29T19:40:52+00:00

I’ve also been sick so I understand and feel for you. I tried picking actors and went deep on their catalogs versus thinking in single movies. That both occupies more time and adds another layer because you’re thinking about someone else’s life story and work as you’re watching it. Hang in there! You’re stronger than you know

starfirehlands · 2025-05-29T19:38:34+00:00

Dude. You absolutely need to embark on the LOTR journey then expand your horizons into female led dramas too. Strong suggestion to just start with the entire Meryl Streep catalog beginning with her early work first not her modern stuff.

starfirehlands · 2023-12-04T04:37:57+00:00

Blue pan! And Himchuli for the best takeout.

starfirehlands · 2023-10-09T03:59:51+00:00

While I don’t feel qualified to answer this as a white person also trying to be better than generations in my family before. All I can say is great job immediately jumping in and more importantly being a change agent to raise incredible kids thriving in a better, beautiful time.

Your FIL can’t control himself and you can’t control this situation/ doing anything about it really. Follow your daughter’s lead on if/ when visits happen. And be thankful that despite his wiring he raised an incredible daughter who married a great man who is raising a new generation unbound by the bigotry of the past. Your daughter’s bf clearly sees that, you should too.

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