Everything posted by Serak The Preparer
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The very core of Texas is built on a pile of hate and bullshit unlike any other state. The "rugged individualism" that is the root of Texas pride is just a vehicle for the in-group to shit upon the out-group. Nobody can succeed as a lone individual any state - that's why we have public roads, bridges, fire stations, etc., but in Texan culture those benefits have to be "earned" by those with resources. Rather than support public resources that go out according to actual need, it is apportioned on a select bases by individuals. That's awesome if you're white, straight, pretty, and Christian (and the right kind of Christian at that). If not, you are kindly fucked. Of course there are awesome Texans, great and caring people who are swimming upstream to help others. But the core is rotten and will not change until Texans examine what it actually means to be Texan and why place of birth makes one exceptional. I was born and raised in Texas, and when I left 30 years ago I always assumed I'd be back but now it's one of the bottom-tier states. If I had to decide between Mississippi and Texas I honestly don't know what I'd choose. At least Mississippi knows it's a piece of shit state.
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2024 State Fair
- 2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
- Origin of Covid-19
If you are only including academic science journals (e.g., excluding Scientific American, Nat Geo, Popular Mechanics, etc.) then I doubt 5% of the US population (or 5% of adult US population even) has ever read a single article in a given year. It's a pretty small population who even has/had access to most journals, let alone the ability to go through methodology, analysis, etc. Without trying to do more rigorous analysis I would suspect that the percent of the population that has read a journal article / year has not changed significantly over the last century or so. Now if you broaden to the popular magazines mentioned earlier, undoubtedly there is less readership than there used to be. This is problematic for a number of reasons, but science reporting has never been particularly good, at least in my lifetime.- Origin of Covid-19
@Anastasis and @bschoolprof - thanks for the context. I am not in science or academia but have exposure to that through family, disappointing that Cell is just repackaging existing work.- Origin of Covid-19
This obviously isn't going to close the book on study into COVID-19 origin but just saw that a paper was published in Cell (a very high quality journal) that supports origin of spread from the meat market. Very importantly, the paper does not state the the market actually is the source. From a Nature release on the paper: "The study establishes the presence of animals and the virus at the market, although it does not confirm whether the animals themselves were infected with the virus." I haven't read the paper because even if I did I wouldn't have a clue how to interpret / critique methodology or analysis but figured worth sharing.- Israel vs everyone war thread
So to sum up @Rex Kramer's and @MagicSoccerSpray's recent posts: Supporting Palestine as a state - biased (and CR) Suggesting that the US shouldn't support either - biased (and CR) Supporting continued US funding of Israel - not biased (and totally not CR)- Immamac Tailgate "incident" Photoshop thread featuring custom Longhorns hey dudes
- Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
- 2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
It makes me really wonder how Trump feels about the seedy payday loan industry.- Post a pic that makes you lol
- 2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Hell, even if I knew at the time that Biden was going to drop out, I still would have thought Trump runs away with it. There was so much risk with infighting, lack of party unity, and just general Democratic incompetence that it truly feels like a miracle that Biden's withdrawal didn't lead to even more support for Trump.- Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
That's actually Nick Starkel.- Kansas Friday Night Lights - UNLV @ KU 6pm ESPN, Zona @ KSU 7pm FOX
Major combination of lol and flashback rage at seeing the blatant holds not called. Fucking Big XIi refs.- 9/10 ABC Presidential Debate Game thread
Because he seizes it and she doesn't. Not saying she is right to or wrong to, but she doesn't spew like Trump does ans the moderators aren't cutting mics.- 9/10 ABC Presidential Debate Game thread
I think she should have stayed away from Charlotsville. He will just reference snopes, which itself was bullshit and had @HRSchenker and others buying into his bullshit denial.- 9/10 ABC Presidential Debate Game thread
She needs to call him emotional.- Dumbass Shit We See On Facebook
I too like to put myself to sing, all satisfied. Sometimes 2-3 times in a day to be honest.- 2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
- This is a man. He's over 40. He's a man.
In this case I think the codes link to OSU general athletic fund so legally, wouldn't that be okay? And don't tell me that Ohio State wouldn't get butt hurt about mocking the sticker system (and yes I know that they're not the only school that does it, just the most obnoxious), which is just added bonus.- This is a man. He's over 40. He's a man.
Not gonna lie, I would absolutely love it as a microcosm of modern technology and monetization of football if Gundy added multiple QR codes like Buckeyes on Ohio State.- [Harris+Walz] The 2024 DNC: TURN DOWN FOR WHAT?!
That's too bad, because as the famous saying goes, you can't farm there anymore.- The GQP: Trumpist Death Cult
See this is why we need the hard hitting journalism folks at <squints> RSBN to inform us of these things and take on the deep state.- Dumbass Shit We See On Facebook
- 2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
@immamac - given how concerned you were about making sure VP talk moved to another thread on Monday, can you go ahead and ban pimphand from the CR? He's come in several times over the last few weeks (last night the worst) and does nothing except spew diarrheic over the thread and cause pages of stupid bickering. It's almost, dare I say, toxic behavior. If he has ever had even a single non-trolling post in the CR then I would give benefit of the doubt but it's clear he just likes to stir shit up. - 2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
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