TexasDrunk

@TexasDrunk@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨😎😎😎⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok, I’ve discussed this in brief before and I’m not going through the entire unfiltered rant today, but I agree with this to an extent for some of them. You see the same things when a certain personality type gets power. They start off proving that they can get away with little things. Eventually they become so enamored with the idea of being “above the law” because they’re so special and righteous that they are out there doing shit like raping kids and eating people. It’s literally just about the power.

  Now there’s a whole lot of steps in between jaywalking and being a cannibal. Lots of sexual stuff (regular shit that they see as taboo like threesomes and sucking dick as well as bad shit like cheating or forcing people to do whatever thing if is you like, you know, rape). Non sexual stuff (light embezzlement, harassment, bullying). That’s where the pure, uncut rant is. One of these days I’m going to ramble across like 6 comments to get the whole rant out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Talk like an 👽⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  William Shatner probably could.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨North America contains some of the longest continuous decididous forest records on the planet.⁩ ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Don Cheedle, we need you!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wasted potential.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I do know Cowboy Bebop haha. And yeah, that’s definitely jazz. But I listen to a lot of older jazz. Ella Fitzgerald has been one of my favorites since I was a kid and I really dig a lot of Coltrane. Louis Armstrong. I like a lot of the slow lovey songs and a lot of the sad ones. It’s the opposite of what I like in rock hahaha.

  I do like old Bakersfield country. Buck Owens, Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard, and those guys. You can draw a line from them to outlaw country to Alt country. And from them to a lot of Southern Rock, roots, and swamp rock.

  I could talk about this all day haha

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wasted potential.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that you and I could have been very good friends in real life. I went through my bigotry phase because it was just everywhere around me. Escaped through music and food. A playlist that goes from Sabbath to AIC to Mark Lanegan to Black Pistol Fire to 21 Savage to BigXthaPlug to Whiskey Myers to Amigo the Devil. And that just scratches the surface. That doesn’t even get into the 1920s folk blues or 50s jazz and soul. Pretty much the only thing I won’t listen to is Nashville country.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wasted potential.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I had to go back and look to see if I wrote this comment.

  Alt-country and dark Americana are my jam. Whiskey Myers is from my neck of the woods and actually calls out the titty bar that was down the street from where I worked (I passed that thing at least 10 times a week) in Broken Window Serenade. Used to go watch them play local shows in the late 00s and early 10s before I moved to Houston. They are all pretty good guys.

  I feel like a few weeks ago I called out Cocaine and Abel as being one of the saddest songs I know somewhere on Lemmy.

  I’ll also say that smack gave us a lot of grunge music.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crazy how nature do dat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t do it anymore, but back when I was a young man I had a short metal straw, a metal credit card looking thing (not sharp, it crushed things more than chopping them), an aluminum tray, and a snuff vial with a tiny spoon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why did USAF pilot survival kits have nylons?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the one I was looking for. Many years ago I worked construction and these big burly dudes who hated gay people at the time and likely hate trans people today all wore them under their clothes in the winter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨oh and it's also a crime⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember those days! I used PdaNet because whoever I was with (AT&T? Cingular?) sold tether data like it was being brought to me by a parade of half nude sexy folks bit by bit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨oh and it's also a crime⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember the on-hook and off-hook commands, and I remember calling the cradle that old land lines sat on/in being called the hook. When was the tether called the hook?

  Don’t get me wrong, I’m not being rhetorical here as a gotcha. My memory just ain’t what she used to be and I’d like to remember.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Replication crisis, my arse⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same, buddy. It was the milk for sure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Worth it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Gonna find my baby gonna hold her tight

  Gonna grab some afternoon delight

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spicy spicy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I updated above, and the other commenter is right that legal language is (I think purposely in a lot of cases) confusing. Judge ruled it was filed in the wrong country.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spicy spicy⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Which, unless I’m behind, resulted in a procedural dismissal and the judge said to go have a trial where it happened.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek has more to offer or it has to end and stop producing more content?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not that I necessarily disagree, I just refuse to give it my energy and don’t understand the folks who make it their whole thing. I can watch older Futurama. Old King of the Hill. Read WoT (the show was fine, I don’t have strong opinions about it except that the timing kind of fucked them with the covid restrictions, it’s unfortunate but I get it). I don’t have to watch the Dresden Files TV show.

  You’re out here with well reasoned examples. You’ve said your piece. I bet if I go into your history (I won’t) that you won’t have 50 posts today bitching about it. Those are the folks I’m talking about. Not people who are disappointed and looking to talk. That’s natural and human!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek has more to offer or it has to end and stop producing more content?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I always feel the same way about shitty TV and movie adaptations of books I love. If I don’t like it I can just not watch and go read the book again. The movie/show won’t get the numbers to continue. I never really got the people who are like “new/adapted show/movie ruined X!” then run whatever they can to complain about it like it’s their whole personality. Naw man, they fucked up an iteration. And except in the case of Star Wars and ET they didn’t change the old media you loved so much. No one hired the Pinkertons to break into your house and rewrite your books.

  I remember the Wheel of Time adaptation. You had the camp that enjoyed it. The camp that thought they strayed too far from the books. And very obvious racists.

  I saw more repeated posts and comments about it on my feed from the third group than anyone else, maybe combined. Like the same guy spent half his day just posting about how much he hated it. Cool man. Go read the books again. There’s gotta be healthier hobbies than shitting on things you don’t like.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon observes a coworker⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I run my own company (a one man operation) contracting technology services primarily to a single business with occasional short contracts to other businesses. My main contract has been the same company for several years. I’ve gained enough trust to say a lot of really blunt shit to C levels.

  That’s the thing. A lot of them want someone to be blunt to them from time to time. If they don’t have that they become unmoored from reality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chocolate kept in anti-theft boxes as retailers warn it's being stolen to order⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You bring up a good point. No, I wouldn’t. I phrased it poorly. Imagine I’m having empathy for those in need or redirecting dumb ass kids doing dumb ass kid things.

  But honestly criminal gangs aren’t generally doing penny ante local shop bullshit. They’ll shake them down, but it’s just not worth it to steal from local shops when big retailers offer more goods in one place. Unless it’s a boutique shop, and I’ll be honest, I don’t go to those.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chocolate kept in anti-theft boxes as retailers warn it's being stolen to order⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Whether or not I saw something has zero to do with what they’re stealing and everything to do with where they’re stealing from.

  You do not steal from Mom and Pop shops. I will not say anything to the staff, but I might pay for it or I might direct you to a better place to go steal.

  If I see something in Walmart, no I fucking didn’t. I don’t care what it is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon observes a coworker⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I would follow that man into hell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Without hierarchies/authority figures, the bootlickers would be totally lost. 🤠⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That was my question. I’m working on a brisket as we speak and I don’t plan on watching sports, wearing a red hat, or treating any women like shit.

  I also have a truck that I haul shit in, but notice I don’t feel the need to ask what’s wrong with that. I know very fucking well what’s wrong with trucks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fuck the IRS⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I like the idea of paying taxes, I just hate that I’m paying a larger percentage of my “wealth” than someone whose net worth is several orders of magnitude more.

  The other side of that is when I see someone using a service that my tax dollars are paying for I feel pretty good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon works in cybersecurity⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well now we know how Palpatine came back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just a few⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They left out the good shit. The Apocalypse of Peter preaching universal salvation and the Enoch books with all the cool stuff in them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Follow the rules!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You must be a sys admin. I used to be and that was my first instinct.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You are allowed flavor⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would assume that the texture of the onion is part of the appeal. So if you grill it you’ve got to either toast the bread or add a few chips to get that crunch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Quietly Withdraws Under Fire MMO Ashes of Creation From Sale As Fans Wonder Who's Left to Maintain the Servers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, yeah.

  However, in this particular case I think the CEO was running this as a pump and dump for nearly a decade, claiming to be fully funded and having no board (because he claimed it was self funded), and giving himself massive raises year over year.

  So a private equity firm bought something hollow. I have some guesses about it. Probably a friend of his, probably got it cheap, and is about to gut whatever is left now that the guy who did own it got out with what he could. Why would PE buy it otherwise? There’s no goodwill or name to cash in on like what’s being done with Native Instruments.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do it for your country's debt!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dr. Mrs. The Monarch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I said no contact, dammit!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A lot of people have a terrible relationship with at least one person. An ex, a parent, a grandparent, an old friend who stole all your alcohol and refused to give it back or pay for it even though he knew you needed it for a get together you were having so you had to go buy all new alcohol on short notice which means you had to leave your brisket smoking unattended so you could drive to the next county and ended up with a brisket that was overdone, whatever. I don’t think it’s “wife bad” so much as it is “everyone knows a shitbag”.