I didn’t grow up in Texas but I live here now, and my first thought reading the headline was: “JFC this place is so fucking stupid.”

John Brown called it out at his trial pre-Civil War.

For those who are unaware, he was a white abolitionist who facilitated a slave rebellion in Harper’s Ferry, WV. He was caught and ultimately executed for his “crimes”, but at his trial he basically said if he had done the same thing for the rich and powerful, he’d have been lauded as a hero, but since he did it for the poor and enslaved, he was branded a criminal.

Relevant Excerpt: “I have another objection, and that is, that it is unjust that I should suffer such a penalty. Had I interfered in the manner, and which I admit has been fairly proved, – for I admire the truthfulness and candor of the greater portion of the witnesses who have testified in this case, – had I so interfered in behalf of the Rich, the Powerful, the Intelligent, the so–called Great, or in behalf of any of their friends, either father, mother, brother, sister, wife, or children, or any of that class, and suffered and sacrificed what I have in this interference, it would have been all right. Every man in this Court would have deemed it an act worthy a reward, rather than a punishment.”

Full Text: https://www.gilderlehrman.org/sites/default/files/inline-pdfs/t-05508-051.pdf

I highly recommend people read his full speech if they haven’t. Pretty powerful stuff from a man who wanted the right thing done but wasn’t going to wait around for others to do it for him.

But yeah, America has been owned by the rich and powerful since forever.

Care Credit? If you have good credit when you sign up for it, its legit.

Our Shiba Inu racked up a $20K surgery last spring, and $10K of it had to go on a Care Credit card. They gave us like 8 months 0% interest.

You can use it for any medical bills, but thats now specifically our “Oh fuck a dog emergency!” Card.

Bruh I literally just told my husband “Fuck MTG for saying something that makes me agree with MTG!” due to this story.

Ill recover if Congress actually takes her up on it though.

Yeah I’m in Texas and my spam filter looks just like OPs and others who have posted in this thread.

Im starting to think this is a general American issue and not a swing state-vs-solid state issue

Less than mid troll 🥱

Fuck man, even the tiniest possible cruise cabins still have room for a stand up shower, toilet, and sink. And they fit a queen sized bed.

Knock down a wall or two and don’t make people share a communal bathroom like they’re recruits in basic training.

Yes, my husband was on the suspended list in our county for years, despite us owning the same home since 2013. He’d even fill out the little address verification card and send it back, stating that the location on record was still valid. Didnt matter, because every single election he would still pop up “suspended” at the polls. He had his TDL, and he’d have to fill out an extra form, but he’d be allowed to vote.

This year, I decided enough was enough and we put our house up for sale, because once I leave Texas this time, I’m not coming back.

I contacted our county registrars office to get our VUIDs so I could update our new address at our rental, and we found out he just…didnt have a VUID? They had no record of him voting in Texas at all…yet he’s been able to vote with a “suspended” status with his TDL for years now…living at an address he hasnt deviated from since he originally registered in Texas.

Honestly, I think he was just finally removed since he’d been in “suspended” so long 🤷‍♀️. Im unsure if it was a legit mistake, or if some genuine fuckery was going on.

But we’re all gucci now. Both confirmed registration again back in September. Awaiting 21 Oct with bated breath!

Lmao! I didn’t even realize I did that, 😂. I’ll send my resume to NYT right away.

My buddy tried to tell me that Ian was a “Once every 20 years storm” and I tried to tell him “Not if climate change isn’t mitigated, it isnt.”

I just never expected it to be back to back like this!

Thinking of you as well as my best bro in Cape Coral! The Gulf Coast is getting fucking SLAMMED recently!

This is super sad. I’m not a Houston resident, but I heard her speak when she opened for the Women’s Convention in Houston in Fall 2022. Very motivated individual, very optimistic about the fight for equality, and knew how to get a crowd hyped out of their depression. Adored her.

My husband and I are both here and voting as long as the military forces us to be here. Every election. Local, state, and federal. Blue. Every time.

But fuck, the second my contract says I’m allowed to move, I’m selling my house, fleeing this hellhole ASAP, and will never willingly set foot in this state again. Just saying.

2012 Texas was different than it is today. Not great, but exponentially better. There’s been a distinct decline over the past ~decade.

Meh, this isn’t really dystopian imo, they provide a really good service. They will provide limited mental health/crisis counseling to you (regardless of faith/lack therof), with no written documentation. Unless you’re telling them you plan to actively hurt yourself or someone else, then they’re 100% confidential.

The military has gotten better in recent years about this, but when I was a young Airman 15 years ago, it was drilled into our heads that you DO NOT go to Mental Health for ANY reason if you wanted to stay in and keep your career. It was viewed as an instant career killer if you went back then.So Chaplains became the “go between” in a lot of instances. Because there was no record.

I used them 3 or 4 times before I finally bit the bullet and went to Mental Health back in December. 3 of the 4 Chaplains I saw were awesome and just listened to my anxieties and then talked me down as to how unlikely they were to pass. The fourth did ask me if he could pray for me at the end, and I’m sure I could have said no, but I was more like “Sure, I guess.” So he said some kind of generic prayer, handed me a pocket bible and sent me on my way. He wasn’t bad, still listened to my issue, but I could see someone who is very uncomfortable with prayer being too nervous/anxious to say “no” if they didn’t really want it.

You really want your dollars going to support a country that legitimately treats women and young girls as brood mares?

I like mountains too, but I can see them in countries that don’t do that.

I don’t know why you’re being down voted. Sure, it’s unfortunately been happening for a while, but we’re just supposed to keep quiet about it and let it go?

I’m sorry, putting my face on a naked body that’s not mine is one thing, but I really do fear for the people whose likeness gets used in some degrading/depraved porn and it’s actually believable because it’s AI generated. That is SO much worse/psychologically damaging if they find out about it.

Glad Im not the only one who went “Wait, it’s just fucking water?!”

That planner knew what they were doing

I’m honestly kind of shocked at this. I know for our annual evaluations this year, people were using ChatGPT to write their statements.

I thought for sure someone with a secret squirrel type job was going to use it for that innocuous purpose, end up inputting top secret information, and then the DoD would ban the practice completely.

Oh, I’m so sorry Taliban. Did you think you could just behead dissidents and treat women/girls like breeding livestock forever?

Tch, sometimes you actually have to feed your people. Get on it!

God, not everything in life can be planning your next rocket attack. 🙄

Ugh yes. I canceled my Amazon Prime like 5 years ago, and swore off Amazon completely until they started streaming Vox Machina. Sucks that’s the service Critical Role went with, but it is what it is.

I should check out Tales from the Loop too… and cancel AppleTV now that Ted Lasso is over.