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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread

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6 minutes ago, troph said:

Walk a mile in my shoes - including managing an ex that’s doesn’t want to move and a court order that dictates my kids stay in their current district - then tell me I should simply sell and move completely. Thanks. 
 

you and @royiv need a jump to conclusions mat.

Hey, at least those shoes are Guccis. Was making a joke about how shitty our schools are in Texas. 

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On 2/25/2025 at 3:58 PM, bolverk said:

For the last 30 years (at least), the Republican playbook has primarily consisted of only three plays:

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5 minutes ago, troph said:

There’s zero good choice for us. They all suck donkey ass at a level you clearly can’t understand or really even partially appreciate. Thanks for the input though. 

I mean you edited the post and added some pretty relevant context that was missing on what all the outside forces were on the situation. You are in an objectively fucked situation and that sucks donkey ass. 

You know we are all here to help however makes sense. 

24 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Is this the sun?  I can’t remember.  This is facing east if that helps. 
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TIA. 

It was 70 and sunny yesterday.  Played disc golf wednesday and thursday.  It was beautiful.  Gonna play again today then go see a concert tonight.

Just now, troph said:

Sorry guys for lashing out. Yesterday was a defcon 1 day in Texas politics. Burying my in-laws today too. I’m clearly not in a good place today. I’m going to back away and come back tomorrow. I’m sorry if I upset any of you, I’m sorry if I made judgments that are no longer warranted. I sincerely appreciate the support I get here. That goes to you @immamac and you too @royiv

We all go through shit and need to rip into some ass to release some pressure. I'm just glad we have a strong enough community and culture on this board where it doesn't devolve into poo flinging and slap fighting for serious stuff like this. 

We all Gucci (pun intended) 

1 hour ago, Chad Fuck said:

I've found it was solid advice.  

Really excellent advice

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22 minutes ago, troph said:

Sorry guys for lashing out. Yesterday was a defcon 1 day in Texas politics. Burying my in-laws today too. I’m clearly not in a good place today. I’m going to back away and come back tomorrow. I’m sorry if I upset any of you, I’m sorry if I made judgments that are no longer warranted. I sincerely appreciate the support I get here. That goes to you @immamac and you too @royiv

Hang in there @troph

5 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Really excellent advice

it matches my life experience perfectly.  And when they breach the contract, they will tell you that “Christians should not sue other Christians.”  Handy, that. 

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28 minutes ago, troph said:

Sorry guys for lashing out. Yesterday was a defcon 1 day in Texas politics. Burying my in-laws today too. I’m clearly not in a good place today. I’m going to back away and come back tomorrow. I’m sorry if I upset any of you, I’m sorry if I made judgments that are no longer warranted. I sincerely appreciate the support I get here. That goes to you @immamac and you too @royiv

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Boo-hoo.  Did you know that my barista screwed up the foam leaf art on my double latte this morning?

We are all dealing with stuff troph

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2 hours ago, The Dog said:

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I know Portnoy is a douche, but admittedly I do enjoy his pizza reviews and he’s helped a lot of small businesses during and since COVID.  He’s also wealthy af.  
 

IMO, these are who are going to have to start publically speaking up.  He has a huge following.  I want as many as possibly speaking up.

50 minutes ago, troph said:

Sorry guys for lashing out. Yesterday was a defcon 1 day in Texas politics. Burying my in-laws today too. I’m clearly not in a good place today. I’m going to back away and come back tomorrow. I’m sorry if I upset any of you, I’m sorry if I made judgments that are no longer warranted. I sincerely appreciate the support I get here. That goes to you @immamac and you too @royiv

Keep on keeping on troph. You know we will be here.

17 hours ago, royiv said:

Jesus fish on their business card or truck.

 

17 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

- Bible verse on website or FB page

- Any ad copy stating they are a "Christian-owned business"

- The Jesus fish symbol ANYWHERE on their business materials, vehicles, etc.

 

ANY of those three, and RUN AWAY, don't walk away, from doing business with them.  Not just because they are MAGA (they almost certainly are), but because they will fuck you over in every possible way.  Overcharge, not perform, lie about what they did, etc. etc.

I have a friend who is a transactional attorney, and when she's doing due diligence and sees ANY of those features in a subcontract or somesuch, she flags that transaction/relationship for the client as a risk.  And she doesn't sugarcoat it - "I've been around long enough that I have to tell you, these things are red flags indicating someone who's going to fuck you over."

As a young man I worked for a GC.  I was transitioning to supervision; project superintendent.  We were trying out a new sub...I can't remember which trade, but the owner warned me "this guy just told me that he's a Christian about a half-dozen times, so keep a close watch on this asshole and don't approve any invoices for the owner to pay without checking with me first".

And the owner went to a Catholic Church every Sunday without fail. 

30 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Really excellent advice

One of my favorite truisms, going back like 30 fucking years, is the first thing they teach you in seminary school is how to make money.

9 minutes ago, HalfSack Horn said:

I know Portnoy is a douche, but admittedly I do enjoy his pizza reviews and he’s helped a lot of small businesses during and since COVID.  He’s also wealthy af.  
 

IMO, these are who are going to have to start publically speaking up.  He has a huge following.  I want as many as possibly speaking up.

I can’t stand Portnoy, but I totally agree. He reaches a big demographic that needs to wake up to reality. Even if just questioning a few things like he did sows a little bit of doubt in the minds of the disciples, it’s a good thing. I’ll welcome anyone that helps wake this country up to what is happening as an ally.

3 hours ago, Horn Dog said:

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I wanna say when I lived in LA we payed a grand total of 1.24% for everything. Shocked when we bought in Texas.

3 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Republican, but on SNAP and expecting more SNAP money, is a WILD type of guy. 

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Just now, Gil Bang said:

 

As a young man I worked for a GC.  I was transitioning to supervision; project superintendent.  We were trying out a new sub...I can't remember which trade, but the owner warned me "this guy just told me that he's a Christian about a half-dozen times, so keep a close watch on this asshole and don't approve any invoices for the owner to pay without checking with me first".

And the owner went to a Catholic Church every Sunday without fail. 

I mean, it really is amazing, isn't it?  Anyone with any real-world experience knows that "outwardly showy 'Christians'" are the fucking WORST.  Hell, I remember it from my days waiting tables as a college student.  If you saw one of your tables doing this before the meal, in full view of the world (and often putting on a show of it):

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....you knew you were 1) about to get abused/treated like absolute shit, and 2) tipped for shit.

I mean, it's a fucking MEME:

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The experience and take is fucking UNIVERSAL, and beyond debate.  Pretty fucking shitty indictment of American "Christianity" right there.

Just now, Thatguy said:

I wanna say when I lived in LA we payed a grand total of 1.24% for everything. Shocked when we bought in Texas.

Our overall tax burden went up significantly when we moved from AZ to Texas. In AZ we paid an income tax, sales tax and property tax on our house and vehicles. Texas is a low tax state for businesses, not citizens.

7 minutes ago, G650 said:

One of my favorite truisms, going back like 30 fucking years, is the first thing they teach you in seminary school is how to make money.

Man.....my wife went to the WRONG fucking seminary, then.  Her seminary is pretty ignorant about financial realities, actually.  They could USE some "fiscal wisdom and realism" coursework.

10 minutes ago, G650 said:

One of my favorite truisms, going back like 30 fucking years, is the first thing they teach you in seminary school is how to make money.

None of the folks I'm talking about ever went to anything so refined as a seminary.  They're of the tradition of the Bible being whatever they say it is, and Christianity being so "personal" that God talks to them directly and therefore their word is The Word.

In other words, they're just some dumbass hicks who have no greater training or studying into theology than your average idiot, despite the fact that there have been big brained folks lifting heavy theological rocks for oh, about 2000 years now. 

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1 hour ago, Nuge said:

It was 70 and sunny yesterday.  Played disc golf wednesday and thursday.  It was beautiful.  Gonna play again today then go see a concert tonight.

Yeah. Too warm to ski this weekend so we will golf instead.  We all have choices to make. 

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On 2/27/2025 at 9:05 AM, hookem2010 said:

Leopards continue gnawing on my parents face. Nearly 3 weeks after I told them they need to look in the mirror before continuing our relationship, my dad reached out with a mundane question about the boys, while my mother sent my wife an over-the-top praiseful message about being a good mom, etc.

I responded that nothing had changed in the last few weeks, and tacked on an article about the NPS being dismantled and how I would be lucky to take my kids to the national parks like my parents took me.

My father responded that they were very saddened by the degradation of our relationship and that mother couldn't even send a loving message without being chastised for it.

I let him know they could make me out to be a jerk all they wanted and that loving one another isn't the issue. I am still ready to talk when they want to have a real, albeit uncomfortable discussion about how we got to this point.

Pardon me for sharing all this, but I find it somewhat cathartic.

Are your parents my parents?

Mine have recently been trying to re-establish communication after I more or less cut it off after they voted Trump for the third time.  I let them know that there isn't much for us to discuss considering they knowingly voted for a bigot and white supremacist who puts my non-white wife and biracial kids in danger.  My mom's response was essentially, well we pray you'll get over it.  Not even an attempt at understanding or self-reflection.  

1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

Man.....my wife went to the WRONG fucking seminary, then.  Her seminary is pretty ignorant about financial realities, actually.  They could USE some "fiscal wisdom and realism" coursework.

 

Yeah, my uncle too actually, he is a retired Episcopalian priest. He went to places you never think, he was in Baltimore in the 80's, and was absolutely loved by his all black congregation. It was wild compared to all the "Christian" crooks I've encountered over my life.

 

1 minute ago, Chad Fuck said:

None of the folks I'm talking about ever went to anything so refined as a seminary.  They're of the tradition of the Bible being whatever they say it is, and Christianity being so "personal" that God talks to them directly and therefore their word is The Word.

In other words, their just some dumbass hicks who have no greater training or studying into theology than your average idiot, despite the fact that there have been big brained folks lifting heavy theological rocks for oh, about 2000 years now. 

Ha, I can introduce you to some. Up in Roanoke, the congregation paid the preacher and his son to drive two Bentleys in gods name.

2 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

None of the folks I'm talking about ever went to anything so refined as a seminary.  They're of the tradition of the Bible being whatever they say it is, and Christianity being so "personal" that God talks to them directly and therefore their word is The Word.

In other words, they're just some dumbass hicks who have no greater training or studying into theology than your average idiot, despite the fact that there have been big brained folks lifting heavy theological rocks for oh, about 2000 years now. 

What happens if someone disagrees, and claims god talks to them as well?

1 hour ago, Nuge said:

It was 70 and sunny yesterday.  Played disc golf wednesday and thursday.  It was beautiful.  Gonna play again today then go see a concert tonight.

Is this another backyard concert? Can I subscribe to your newsletter?

I will say this for the times—nothing springs the arts quite like depression and anxiety. And the times are ripe for picking. I look forward to some good music and visuals soon. Or maybe just mushrooms. 

2 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

What happens if someone disagrees, and claims god talks to them as well?

The other guy is wrong, obvs.

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7 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

None of the folks I'm talking about ever went to anything so refined as a seminary.  They're of the tradition of the Bible being whatever they say it is, and Christianity being so "personal" that God talks to them directly and therefore their word is The Word.

In other words, they're just some dumbass hicks who have no greater training or studying into theology than your average idiot, despite the fact that there have been big brained folks lifting heavy theological rocks for oh, about 2000 years now. 

There are few places on earth where the crushing gravity of near-infinite ignorance and stupidity can be found than in any place that calls itself a "Bible Church."  It's like insisting that being a self-trained fighter pilot is the way to go.  Shit, my wife teaches a class with a friend of hers, and watching and listening to them wrestle with the history and theology of literally 6-8 verses in one chapter, reviewing multiple translations (because if you don't read the original text, you're already off-course) and writings on the various contexts of the passage, blows me away.  And it grants so much meaning and impact to the theology.

As opposed to Cletus, who done read the Bible cover to cover 4 times, in the original English just like Jesus talked, so he's got it all figured out.

5 minutes ago, G650 said:

Yeah, my uncle too actually, he is a retired Episcopalian priest. He went to places you never think, he was in Baltimore in the 80's, and was absolutely loved by his all black congregation. It was wild compared to all the "Christian" crooks I've encountered over my life.

That's the hell of it.  As much as I HATE American "Christians," one of the main reasons I do is because there are plenty of examples of people who do it RIGHT.  And the contrast...is fucking brutally stark.  Hold up people who actually walk the walk next to American "Christians," and you see in stark relief what giant pieces of shit those self-declared "Christians" really are.

4 hours ago, Horn Dog said:

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America regaining respectect (sic) from other nations? lulz.

Canadians were booing during the playing of our national anthem.... Canadians!

9 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

because if you don't read the original text, you're already off-course

What is that, Aramaic?

35 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

 

As a young man I worked for a GC.  I was transitioning 

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19 minutes ago, Mdhorn said:

Is this another backyard concert? Can I subscribe to your newsletter?

I will say this for the times—nothing springs the arts quite like depression and anxiety. And the times are ripe for picking. I look forward to some good music and visuals soon. Or maybe just mushrooms. 

My backyard concerts will start back up in June.  You can look for backyard at the barage on FB or insta in lieu of a newsletter. 

I look forward to all of the amazing art these trying times will inspire.  I'm down for mushrooms. 

13 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

weather alerts ?

Yeah, bro. The government gets to ping all of our cellphones whenever they want. Then they triangulate our exact locations. That's how they get us, maaannn.

28 minutes ago, Longhornfan1024 said:

 My mom's response was essentially, well we pray you'll get over it.  Not even an attempt at understanding or self-reflection.  

I think I would’ve responded, “I’ve been praying that you stop being bigots and racists since 2016, but prayer doesn’t seem to be working…”

9 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

What is that, Aramaic?

For most New Testament stuff, mostly koine Greek (remember, the Gospels were largely WRITTEN something like 70-100 years, or longer, after-the-fact).  For OT stuff, mostly Hebrew, but some Aramaic there.

2 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

For most New Testament stuff, mostly koine Greek (remember, the Gospels were largely WRITTEN something like 70-100 years, or longer, after-the-fact).  For OT stuff, mostly Hebrew, but some Aramaic there.

Wait, they weren’t first hand accounts written by the people who were there, near contemporaneously?  Shocking.  How is Jesus quoted with the red letters?

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1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

For most New Testament stuff, mostly koine Greek (remember, the Gospels were largely WRITTEN something like 70-100 years, or longer, after-the-fact).  For OT stuff, mostly Hebrew, but some Aramaic there.

Exactly. Most people don’t know this, but there are subtle distinctions on the Bible’s direction on in-vitro fertilization due to language differences.

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All I know is that is that in the Latin alphabet, Jehovah starts with an "I."

We need to start seeing Affliction and Monster stickers on the backs of trucks again. These guys will disassociate from disappointing political reality and need a new badass cool dude club to show everyone they belong to.

When the Ed Hardy shirts start coming off the shelves again that will be the tell

6 minutes ago, South Austin said:

All I know is that is that in the Latin alphabet, Jehovah starts with an "I."

 

 

 

18 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

For most New Testament stuff, mostly koine Greek (remember, the Gospels were largely WRITTEN something like 70-100 years, or longer, after-the-fact).  For OT stuff, mostly Hebrew, but some Aramaic there.

Now explain the writings from the Apostles that are excluded from the Bible.

1 minute ago, Wally Fairway said:

Now explain the writings from the Apostles that are excluded from the Bible.

Sure - per my wife, the reasoning is a stewpot of legitimate concerns about authenticity and good old-fashioned "we don't like what this says because it would threaten our personal political interests/goals, so let's exclude it."

The "Bible" is a mess.  Insisting that you're studying the full measure of Christianity by just reading the English translation of certain writings that were approved by politically motivated men is a recipe for missing the mark.....AND, because there's so much play in the steering wheel, "the mark" is always going to be impossible to hit perfectly.  So, some humility and some "but we may have this wrong" is necessary.

7 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

So, some humility and some "but we may have this wrong" is necessary

Yeah religions realize pretty quickly that they will fail if they keep this line. 

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2 hours ago, wildcat09 said:

She specifies the NY office of the FBI, which is notoriously a bunch of Republicans who've been ratfucking Dems for years. It wouldn't really make sense to target them in the purge. This feels like Bondi and some others in the administration had actually convinced themselves that a lot of Epstein files were way more damning for Democrats than Republicans, while the New York office knew the truth so hid/destroyed them, and now they're all scrambling for some explanation for why they don't have anything on any Dems.  

I feel like you haven't been watching closely. It's not enough to be Republican to be safe. You have to be a certain type of Republican. In fact, not being enough of a certain type of Republican is the best way to commit political suicide right now. 

This isn't about purging Democrats. This is about purging anyone who is not sufficiently loyal. 

If someone tried to tell me the FBI traditionally has been a Democratic Party bastion in the federal government I'd laugh in their face. It's not a matter of if the FBI has been sufficiently progressive or conservative in their outlook. The Trump administration wants complete control of the domestic security force. 

Judicial system.

Military.

Internal police force.

That's how you take over complete control of the government. After that you control other mechanisms, too, including the media. but first you need to control the judiciary, the military, and domestic security. If the Trump administration has their way, I assume we're going to see some mechanism to purge judges at some point. Could be a reconstituted FBI that does it, if they're successful.  

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