TexasDrunk
@TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
- Comment on Personally, I never travel anywhere without it 3 days ago:
A dry man ain’t worth knowing.
- Comment on Just seen the latest American Opinion polls. 4 days ago:
Unless they’re being sent into a war. Then at 18 they’re men.
- Comment on I'm cooked, chat. 5 days ago:
Where did you find that picture of my beard?
- Comment on Scandal 5 days ago:
Yep. And for anyone saying they’ve never heard that nickname for Clinton, Bubba Clinton is also mentioned in the docs.
- Comment on Peace 5 days ago:
-Michael Scott
- Comment on A place for conservatives 6 days ago:
Awww, look at the triggered little snowflake! How cute!
- Comment on Thank you, Boston 1 week ago:
That’s painfully accurate in some places down here. And if you’re ever through that way again there’s some decent fishing in Lake Texana. Got a whole mess of catfish out there a couple of weeks back.
- Comment on Parkinson's sufferer wins six figure payout from GlaxoSmithKline over drug that turned him into a 'gay sex and gambling addict' 1 week ago:
It’s a dopamine agonist. Impulse control issues are a possible side effect.
- Comment on Guilty 1 week ago:
If your friend’s car looks like this, check on them. When my car was that bad it’s because my mental health was in the gutter.
- Comment on Bewildered enthusiasts decry memory price increases of 100% or more — the AI RAM squeeze is finally starting to hit PC builders where it hurts 2 weeks ago:
I’ve got a stack of old 14.4 modems I’ll sell them if they’ll grift on that for a bit.
- Comment on Epic Rizz fr 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Sounds about right 3 weeks ago:
They don’t do that to me because I’m a contractor who they me more than I need them. However…
I’ve seen this exact thing play out several different ways. My favorite recurring one: “Why didn’t you respond on slack/why were you offline?” (Always over some bullshit that could wait or that someone else could have handled).
“I worked the maintenance window last night because you said this non production change couldn’t be done during the day”
“Well you should still be monitoring in case there’s an emergency!”
- Comment on Just up the production quality and they'll love it, Trust me bro 👍 3 weeks ago:
That’s interesting.
I hope many people who you find attractive (or if you’re monogamous then your person) send you those pictures to enjoy in response to your excellent answer!
- Comment on Just up the production quality and they'll love it, Trust me bro 👍 3 weeks ago:
Ok, I have a question. Let me preface this by saying I’m actually not planning on sending nudes to anyone.
Does it have to be that specifically, or are you looking for someone to incorporate their passion into sending you nudes? Like oh, I’m working on a motorcycle in my garage, but seem to have forgotten my clothes! Or I was sleeping nude and dreamed a nice riff so I ran to my music studio with instruments and controllers in the background! You can see I’m passionate about it by the acoustic treatment on my walls and delicate mood lighting that helps me get into a creative headspace. My dog is sitting in a chair behind me, judging me silently.
- Comment on New small business owner had a great idea to have word of mouth build his business. 3 weeks ago:
Someone beat something to it for sure.
- Comment on Honestly Bizarre 4 weeks ago:
One box labeled “Brown when cooked properly”. Then mushrooms can go in the box with the apples and cutlets.
- Comment on one bright second 4 weeks ago:
I do like how you haven’t ruled it out yet.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
How cumbersome.
- Comment on Can you think of any now? 1 month ago:
Buzzfeed out here doing the real work
- Comment on 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Needs to Imagine More for Its Female Characters 1 month ago:
I want to speak to this a bit because I enjoy a lot of flawed things, SNW included. I also don’t spend time complaining about entertainment I don’t like because if I don’t like it I just don’t talk about it at all. I used to spend that energy but it got old.
Side story: A friend of mine is a huge Wheel of Time fan. He has reread the books dozens of times. He started a book club where we worked at the time just to have someone to discuss them with (which i joined). This was in the days leading up to the final 3 coming out, so quite a while ago. It’s flawed. 90% of the plot could have been fixed by saying “then they actually talked to each other”. Women characters weren’t generally treated with care. Hell, dudes weren’t either in a lot of cases. When Brandon Sanderson took over the character voices changed. And I have bitched about all the issues with the books. But only because I really enjoyed them.
So when I come out and complain about yet another Spock romance, how the women aren’t being treated right, reversing the polarity of the jammy dodger flow (oh, that’s Doctor Who), Trelane vs Q, or whatever else it’s because I genuinely like Trek. I don’t talk about DS9 or the later seasons of Discovery because they’re just not my cup of tea. I’m going to let the people who like them have their own conversation without my negative opinion tainting the conversation.
- Comment on How many hands long do they get? 1 month ago:
Ha, yeah. I wasn’t thinking about it. It’ll just stay as a list starting with 400 then.
You’re awesome for letting me know for next time.
- Comment on How many hands long do they get? 1 month ago:
- But don’t be fooled. Between brain, bones, and waste you’ll only get shut 200 double quarter pounders out of them. A little more if you add beef or pork fat to make them juicy.
- Comment on Charlie Kirk suspect is a gun-loving Trump supporter 2 months ago:
Yeah, it’s all scrambling and bullshit right now. I’ve seen his grandmother say she has no idea. The New York Post (trash rag) claims his partner is transgender but then claims they’re not sure if they’re romantic partners or roommates, then states they have no idea if they’re transitioning. His grandmother is on record as saying she has no idea what her grandson’s politics are. The governor says he’s a leftist and it’s very clear but has offered no reasoning. A former school friend said Democrat but then retracted the statement within a few hours (which could mean anything from “It’s true but I don’t want to get involved”, to “I didn’t understand what I was being asked”, to “I lied and don’t want my statement scrutinized so that I won’t be a national pariah when it comes out”).
- Comment on Charlie Kirk suspect is a gun-loving Trump supporter 2 months ago:
This is some really shallow “evidence” while everyone that knew him seems to say he was to the left.
I agree this evidence is shallow, but what people are saying he’s left? The one person who said that retracted it as far as I’ve heard.
I don’t think we have any clue. I think right now everyone is scrambling to make it look like he’s not on their team.
- Comment on Too soon? 2 months ago:
I have no idea but I like to imagine hundreds of editors rushing out every time there’s a prominent death to be the first to change it.
- Comment on ISO 26300 2 months ago:
I’ve been using free software (both free as in freedom and free as in beer) off and on since I discovered slackware in the 90s, but I’ll be the first to admit I’m not plugged into the scene. I’m not plugged into most scenes except possibly rock and Americana music, and I know all the gross shit that happened there. Rock music especially. And that may actually be why I tend to avoid getting plugged in.
But I went through the whole report. I’m sad to find out someone with such lofty ideals in one area is so scummy. A lot of that just sounds like typical neckbeard idiocy dialed up to maximum. And if he were just any neckbeard or incel on the street everyone could just dismiss him. But he’s a prominent figure that represents a movement spouting gross and harmful shit. It has nothing to do with the validity of the movement, nor does it remove the value of free software, but him being a keynote speaker everywhere and being so involved makes things feel dirty.
I don’t know. I didn’t take my medication today so I’m scattered. I just hate when people doing important or influential work are gross people, especially if they have harmful attitudes towards minors.
- Comment on ISO 26300 2 months ago:
I had no idea. With all of the things I have to follow on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis some things are just going to fall through the cracks. “Minor public figure holds reprehensible views” won’t generally hit my radar. “Major public figure did something reprehensible” may not hit my radar depending on how busy or drunk I am in a given week, which will leave me wondering why people hate them years later.
I’m not saying this as a criticism of you. You brought it up which is super valuable. There’s just so much shit to keep up with that I always appreciate context because I have other things going on and rarely have any idea what reprehensible thing a particular person has said or done.
- Comment on Choose wisely lemmings 2 months ago:
Rusty Shackleford is just the name he uses to order Pizza with.
- Comment on Baldur's Gate 3 or Clair Obscur: Expedition 33? 2 months ago:
Hey, that’s fair! Not everything speaks to everyone. World would be terribly boring if it did.
- Comment on Baldur's Gate 3 or Clair Obscur: Expedition 33? 2 months ago:
With the exception of the words “somewhat overrated”, I agree with this 100%. I have probably ~1000 hours in bg3 and just shy of 100 in expedition 33.
I wish I could play Expedition 33 for the first time again. It’s amazing. And it is very much a work of art.
With BG3 I can play it for the first time again by making different choices, adding mods, and choosing different classes. It’s a very fun video game with a lot of choices.
I’d highly recommend both. If someone is searching to fill between 40 and 100 hours (I like side quests, ok?) then Expedition 33 is absolutely amazing. If someone were looking to spend a couple of years before they have the money for another game then I can absolutely recommend BG3.
