Everything posted by Brisketexan
-
UAP Pentagon Report (UFOs, Foo Fighters, Commie Drones)
We can't come up with a way to harness that energy. Harnessing energy is a function of physics. So, yes, the laws of physics as we know them DO stand in the way of your hypothesis. Maybe there is some way within those laws to harness the energy that we don't know about....but until we know about it, the laws of physics are a bar. Your hypothesis depends on "we are limited, and we don't know what we don't know, and therefore EVERYTHING is possible." When you have that magic wand to wave, then there is no point in further discussion. Maybe some alien race evolved so that when they blink their right eye, they are instantly transported to any place they wish in the entire universe. I can't prove that's NOT possible, so....there you have it, aliens are among us. There's no point in having any discussion when the counterpoint is "you don't know what magic is out there, maybe it could do the things you haven't seen a way to do yet." If you accept that as true, then there are literally no limits on what hypothesis anyone can offer, and then declare as likely, because our feeble minds can't conceive of the kind of magic-physics that advanced civilizations might have mastered. This is silliness. You've crafted a construct where your hypothesis is self-proving: "I hypothesize that there are aliens, and they have technology capable of overcoming every limitation you could possibly imagine, including the technology to make sure we never get physical proof of their existence." The absence of physical evidence proves you right, per your hypothesis. And here's the thing -- you might be RIGHT. But that hypothesis is, at present, unprovable by any rules of logic. And the burden remains on the person advancing the hypothesis.
-
The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
"It turns out that Donald Trump is a lying charlatan who is only in it for himself!" I mean, who could have POSSIBLY discerned that before now....except a metric shitton of us who told you exactly that back in 2015? Bunch of fucking assholes who have been standing in the river the whole fucking time, just now saying "hey....this water is wet!" No fucking shit, you braindead lobotomized squid.
-
Texas -- a failed state
What if it's a muslim dog? Allahu akbark and all that?
-
UAP Pentagon Report (UFOs, Foo Fighters, Commie Drones)
You cite evidence. I agree that it is evidence. It does not clear the burden of proof for the extraordinary assertion made. That's the issue. Nobody is saying there is not evidence, that it's not intriguing or even persuasive. Yes, I stand by "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." The claim that cattle traversed a field is not an extraordinary claim. You can show me hoof prints and cow shit in the field, and I'll believe that cattle were there. You don't need to show me the actual cattle in the actual field. Aliens exist and are visiting us is an extraordinary claim. "Extraordinary evidence" is physical evidence. That's what it will take. You are mistaking me saying "you haven't PROVEN your claim" for me saying "you have NO EVIDENCE of your claim." I'm saying the first thing, not the second.
-
UAP Pentagon Report (UFOs, Foo Fighters, Commie Drones)
OF course it is. And some of them go extinct without ever leaving their planets. Others do so without developing meaningful space travel. Etc. etc. And yeah, assume the mcguffin of "warp speed" or whatnot, sure. Not saying it's impossible for some intelligent species to reach us. Just observing that a whole lot of things/assumptions have to be there, and have to go right to get them here. Which should culminate in....a craft/real physical evidence of some sort. You're asking me to suppose there's "magic" (sufficiently advanced tech would sure seem like it). If that's the assumption, then you've already proven your hypothesis. The absence of evidence is actually your proof. They are SO advanced, we just can't understand/see them, get physical evidence, etc. It's not that different than the various proofs of the existence of God: my proof that an all-powerful God, of limitless abilities, is the fact that he's SO powerful and has SUCH amazing abilities, he can exist and be among us without leaving any physical trace that is undeniably evidence of God. The absence of evidence of God is PROOF of God's existence. So, really, I don't see why we have this conversation. The absence of physical evidence proves the existence of alien races that are advanced beyond our imagination. And it proves the existence of God. And the Flying Spaghetti Monster. And any other being/beings you want to attribute supreme power and abilities to.
-
UAP Pentagon Report (UFOs, Foo Fighters, Commie Drones)
Right you are, at least per some sources that show up on the Google search. My recollection of the number was actually from a conversation with Juna Kollmeier around a campfire a couple of years ago. That was the number my wife and I both recalled from the conversation. And Juna kinda knows that sort of thing - it's her job. But then, math is hard. By my math, that's 1 followed by 23 zeroes? But, I don't math, cuz math is hard. I just distinctly remember the number she said in that conversation. And no, I didn't get it off of Facebook, although I just now googled it and several sources say it is one of the accepted numbers of the estimated number of stars. Whether its 23 zeroes or 24....it's an unfathomably large number, which is the point for this conversation.
-
UAP Pentagon Report (UFOs, Foo Fighters, Commie Drones)
The "advanced enough to traverse our solar system" is doing some heavy fucking lifting. Intelligent life a million light years away might as well not exist. Faster-than-light travel (and it would have to be MUCH faster) is the mcguffin in this story. Physical proof isn't a very high burden. If we're being visited by alien craft "on the ordinary," and almost certainly for millennia, then we should have a craft. An actual, physical craft. Plenty of us don't rule it out, and are ready to believe credible, physical evidence. We just don't have any yet.
-
Dallas - Even Shittier than Normal
Whatever, it was one of them there brown people holidays. Hell, mighta been sinko de mayo, I dunno.
-
RFK Jr. off the chain and off his rocker
And there are still some of you who think this country is worth saving.
-
2026 Midterms ...
Argue all you want. Peaceful death, agonizing death. Whatever, cool, cool. None of that matters. Just make it SOON.
-
UAP Pentagon Report (UFOs, Foo Fighters, Commie Drones)
I mean...yes you can. The burden is not on people to prove the negative. It's all-but impossible to prove that X (aliens, God, what have you) does NOT exist. So...yeah, duh....I can't say definitively that aliens do NOT exist. But that's not my burden. Personally, I believe the chances of other intelligent life developing in this universe of 200 billion trillion stars (seriously, that's the current estimated number) are functionally 100%. Now....the odds of such life reaching earth and visiting us? Much, much lower. But the bottom line is, I and most like me simply set the standard of "real physical proof." A standard that has not been met. Plenty of people tell good, compelling stories. But if you're going to convince me that the duckbilled platypus actually exists, you're gonna need to show me an actual duckbilled playtypus. Show us a physical craft. Show us an alien. That's our standard of proof. It really isn't that high. The playtypus guys cleared it, and what they were telling us existed was clearly absurd. So they proved its existence. This is such a tired "debate."
-
Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Elon would just fill it with underage girls he could fuck, as an "I'll show YOU!" to those bastards who wouldn't let him come to Epstein Island to defile underage girls.
-
Dallas - Even Shittier than Normal
Imagine listening to people complaining about an influx of people coming to town, those complaints focusing almost exclusively on the race/ethnicity of people moving there.....and wondering "gee, I wonder if this is about race?" FFS, what the fuck do these racist pieces of shit expect the city to do? Pass a new ordinance that works like (an illegal) deed restriction? "Nobody can sell a home to no dirty indians!" or some shit? This is fucking America, you racist scumsucking pieces of shit. Anyone-ANYONE, OF ANY RACE OR ETHNICITY-can move wherever the fuck they want. If you don't like that, then YOU need to GTFO. Fucking hell. The fact that this is not met with a 100% response of "every person bitching at that meeting is an irredeemably racist piece of shit who should be shunned from society until their death" is shameful in and of itself.
-
Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Criticizing Teslas for crashing at 10X the rate of human drivers is woke!
-
2026 World Cup in North America: Step 3 - The Corruption
We got tickets to the one match we applied for....we're going to be in the Boston area for a family wedding June 13th, so we're just staying over for the match on Tuesday the 16th: Norway vs. either Bolivia, Iraq, or Suriname. We'll get to see Haaland (even though he annoys me when he's out there for Man City, he's something to see), and this THRILLS our Norwegian friends. We have a couple of flags we'll bring, maybe they'll send us some other stuff. Mostly, we just wanted to see a match, any match, that we could get tickets to. And that one seemed like one we'd be able to get tickets for, and we did. So, pretty cool.
-
Trump’s America
"I've never seen so many fucking lies." Jesus. What these folks need to admit is "oh, I've seen a torrent of lies. I just chose to believe them up till now because those lies were things I wanted to be true." Imagine stating publicly that today, February of 2026, you figured out that Trump is a massive liar. That's on par with "hey....I just realized that Elizabeth Hurley is attractive," or "today is the day I learned that shit stinks."
-
Mass Shootings
A 55 yr old trans Trump supporter mass shooter? That's like a grab-bag of topics thrown at an improv troupe. The character can be pretty much whatever you want him to be.
-
2026 Midterms ...
And THAT dude....would get my vote. We need more dudes like Johnny Cash.
-
2026 Midterms ...
And THAT dude STILL isn't as gay as Briscoe. NTTAWWT.
-
Surly kids who can't get into UT
I'm a put a big "we'll see" pin in that one. I remember 25 years ago, listening to senior partners at my BigLaw firm waxing joyfully about how guys like me were going to be made obsolete by offshore "associates" in India who could do all the work we were doing. That....fizzled. As for AI and its impact on law, I do think that it will result in eliminating some positions, but I also think that is most likely "use case" will be a force multiplier -- the same junior associate can now crank out 2X the work product (and likely be billed at something like 2X their former rate). And even that will vary based on practice. The risk is certainly higher on the transactional side vs. the litigation side. No doubt, shit is in flux, and nobody knows for sure what's coming next....but you can't put your life on hold waiting to see what a still-unproven technology will do.
-
Dallas - Even Shittier than Normal
- All Things Melania!!!
Someday....there's a chance that the plumbing in your house will completely fail, and you'll need a bucket to shit in. Problem solved.- Jeffrey Epstein needs his own thread
Yep. I 1,000,000% guarantee you that if we asked ANY MAGA about such scenario, starting with "so, there's this democrat politician, I won't say who it is, but [then list all the exact same reports, affidavits, emails, etc. that apply to Trump]," their eyes would bug out, the spit would fly, and they'd scream "HANG HIM! HE'S A DIRTY ABUSIVE PEDO, NO QUESTION!" But when the exact same facts apply to their god-king....yeah. Nada. Because MAGA has no actual principles or beliefs, other than "Trump is literally god incarnate, and he was put here to hurt people I don't like." 40% of this country operates on that belief system, to the exclusion of anything and everything else. - All Things Melania!!!
Football ...
Basketball ...
Baseball ...
Other Sports ...
Futbol ...
🤫995🤫 ...
Gambling ...
Movies & TV ...
Music ...
Hobbies ...
Lulz ...
Food & Travel
...
Daily Texan ...
Business & Markets ...
Cloak Room ...
Help ...
For Sale ...
Board Discussion ...
Advertise...
Tailgate Donations
Back to top