Everything posted by Apep
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Incels: Involuntarily Celibate & Sexual Marxism
Yes. It is supposed to be the narrative of a college underclassman who apparently isn't all that bright. The author absolutely nailed that voice.
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Incels: Involuntarily Celibate & Sexual Marxism
I read the story. I read a Huffpost article about why the story was important. I still don't see it. It's in the New Yorker, so of course it is well-written, but it is fairly meh overall. Neither character is particularly interesting and the plot is hardly novel. It was probably a well-tread meme when 'Brat was a young man.
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U.S. has a new favorite Mexican eatery. Taco Bell...
I never understood how Chipotle did so much better than Qdoba, Baja Fresh, Freebirds, or fresh Mex/fast casual places. As far as cheap, fast food, Taco Casa is the best.
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Cop rapes rape victim
I thought he already got off. That was the problem in the first place.
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How much of a cheap bastard are you?
I hoarded so many plastic utensils, chopsticks, and condiments, that I had to send them with my wife to her school for her fellow teachers. Speaking of that, chopsticks are the worst. It's like the restaurants don't get that the average American eats 12-24 rolls of sushi. I try to put them to use. I'll use 'em to eat cheetos and similar chips while working.
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Dumbass Shit on Nextdoor
Another story that I didn't screenshot, (because Tapa was down), before it was deleted. A woman posts about the snobs in Montserrat who called security on her family for flying a drone near their houses. She got ripped a new one, because there are no public lands around that development and rich people are nice.
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Tell me about TCU
It originated with Coach Royal after we messed up your previously perfect 1961 season.
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Tell me about TCU
Depends on what you mean by “swords” and if you’re taking about male or female SMU cheerleaders.
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Roseanne s10
There has only been one episode since David came back. They skipped a week.
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Snoring / Sleep Apnea / CPAP
WTF? A $1200 APAP? Just buy one from secondwindcpap.com. You can find a good one for less than half that.
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Tell me about TCU
There is a parking garage at the corner of Cantey and Stadium. More are coming, though not necessarily for the stadium.
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The stupidest worst selfish asshole things dumbasses do on the road
I don't doubt that people ignore the signage and lane markings all the time, but people also do it the wrong way on <30 ft medians by not turning around the near corner. Both are great examples of jackassery. But lately, there has been a movement to get people to treat the method for >30 ft medians as the method for all medians, which screws things up even worse.
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The stupidest worst selfish asshole things dumbasses do on the road
I wouldn't make that assumption. There is a very popular meme making the rounds that doesn't make that distinction.
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The stupidest worst selfish asshole things dumbasses do on the road
That’s not the law in Texas. It depends on the width of the median or signage.
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The stupidest worst selfish asshole things dumbasses do on the road
delete duplicate post.
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How much of a cheap bastard are you?
Aldi is great if you know how to shop there and if you have a decent store in your area. (Some locations are disgusting.) If you're shopping for your elementary kid's lunch and are buying juice boxes, bread, PBJ, chips, lunch meat. fruit snacks, cheese sticks, etc., they are great. They have a good selection of inexpensive nuts and trail mixes. Eggs, butter, and milk have hard-to-beat prices. Frozen products are good, but it is clear they make their money on things like fries and tots, (small portions and relatively higher prices). Frozen veggies are cost competitive, but the portions are small. Rice, beans, tortillas, and cheese, you might as well shop at Walmart in terms of prices. Cereal is the same way, but Walmart wins on price and larger sizes. Aldi pizzas are great. Not much selection, but the prices cannot be beat and they are about the same as cheap deli pizzas anywhere else. Their chocolate cannot be beat in terms of quality and price. The best recommendation I can give is that when I shop at Aldi for just a handful of things that I need for dinner, I will always spend much less than at Walmart. The only problem is that I still end up shopping at Walmart or on Amazon for some items, mostly cleaning supplies and toiletries.
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Avengers: Infinity War
I wouldn't go so far as to say that, but I did feel some relief due to severe MCU and comic book movie fatigue.
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Dumbass Shit on Nextdoor
This was deleted before I got a screenshot, but there was a great post on my NextDoor this weekend. A woman posted about an attempted carjacking involving her friend. The friend had stopped her car on a residential street to look up an address on her cellphone. Two white men walking down the street "aggressively" approached her car and tried to get in. She put the car in drive and fled. A few posts later, the rest of the story came out. The men were not walking down the street. This woman happened to stop in front of a man's driveway at exactly the same time as the Uber app showed their Uber as arriving. So the man and his friend walked down the driveway and attempted to board what they thought was their Uber.
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Fort Worth is exploding
I used to feel the same way. Then I started flying down there a bunch to see a client that is fairly close to Hobby. Since the client was paying and a colleague was usually driving to Love, hell yeah I'd fly.
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Renaming Robert E Lee Rd. (Austin)
How about renaming it for Texas bluesman Robert Ealey?
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Dairy Queen slowly dying
My local DQ is a couple of years old. Very nice building, but shitty real food. Alright ice cream and smoothies
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Snoring / Sleep Apnea / CPAP
Does anyone have any thoughts on these inline humidifier replacement things? I bought some last year to use while traveling, but they dry out (during in home testing in DFW) much quicker than the advertised seven days. So I experimented with "refilling" them with distilled water. I was able to stretch one to a month by refilling it every few days. Without taking that one apart and testing it in a lab, it wouldn't be possible to see if there is no mold or other contaminant on the filter, but there were no visible problems. Any thoughts?
- Non-Fiction thread
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Dumbass Shit on Nextdoor
WTH? I don’t think I’d want to live there.
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Gillette Safety Razors
The hobby should not be surprising. The vast majority of us probably did not learn to shave with safety razors. When we first start using them, there is a period of searching for what works best for us. So the guy with a single long-handle Merkur might cycle through many blades, soaps, and other disposable equipment in his search. Some guys take it one more step and cycle through razors and brushes. I never did. When I was unemployed a few years back, I bought my first safety razor. (It really is much cheaper, and, once you get used to it, it takes roughly the same time as shaving with a ten-bladed monstrosity.) Except for buying a smaller version for travel, I've stayed with the same razor. I've gone through a number of blades and soaps over the years, but it didn't take long to find what works best. I think this might be the best explanation: Because you can find so many quality razors in thrift stores and at garage sales, (and because soaps and blades are cheap), unemployed Millennials were able to indulge in this hobby. (It's no surprise DE shaving took off at the same time as hipster beards.) The employed could also indulge in it to a greater degree.