Y-Hat posted:

yes, also in south texas where it's majority mexican

an independent texas will be an unholy combination of a libertopia, an evangelical christian version of iran, and apartheid south africa. meanwhile america will look from afar, watch it burn, and laugh

Nathilus posted:

It's a pipe dream though. It's on the same level as those heros who fantasize about the government using the military against citizens, and being able to stop those guys with their nine mil and 12 gauge. A. That's loving stupid and B it will never happen.

phasmid posted:

Every time I hear somebody talk about some kind of civil war I have to open my mouth and say "nobody wants that. it would be an absolute nightmare that nobody could escape from. it would ruin our country and then the world. there will be table-talks before it ever gets that ugly and your dumbo zombie/race war/rapture whatever will never happen because even greedy stupid people don't want to fight to the death over canned goods."

And yet people keep building "shelters" that won't ever get used and wouldn't work even if they got a chance.

Nathilus posted:

Texas sits good in the union anyway. The economy pretty much owns and we are extremely well represented, both politically and through the alphabet soup agencies, in the federal government.

RFC2324 posted:

This is why I am moving to Florida. At least there the bunker has a use in the hurricane season.

City of Tampa posted:

bunker's gonna fill up with water/be underwater in a hurricane

Nathilus posted:

It's on the same level as those heros who fantasize about the government using the military against citizens, and being able to stop those guys with their nine mil and 12 gauge.

Y-Hat posted:

yeah but your political representatives are, bar none, the biggest and stupidest assholes in america, and that's why you need to leave: so you can stop infecting america with such stupid pieces of poo poo

Y-Hat posted:

yeah but your political representatives are, bar none, the biggest and stupidest assholes in america, and that's why you need to leave: so you can stop infecting america with such stupid pieces of poo poo

Y-Hat posted:

yeah but your political representatives are, bar none, the biggest and stupidest assholes in america, and that's why you need to leave: so you can stop infecting america with such stupid pieces of poo poo

emoji posted:

Before you fully melt down about the existence of Texas, remember that you posted this for real:

I was with my girlfriend last night (March 17th) and I decided to check Tweetdeck on my computer. Being a curious woman, she asked if she could see my timeline of tweets. I was hesitant for a couple of seconds, but I decided to let her look. While we were scrolling down, however, I felt kind of embarrassed- not because of the fact that my tweets were bad (they usually are, but that’s not the point), but because I was worried that she’d ask what one of them meant. Just today, something clicked for me: if I’m embarrassed about being on Twitter, then what’s the point of being on there?

There have been plenty of ugly incidents involving people in our corner of Twitter, but something particularly nasty that unfolded over the past couple of days was the last straw for me. Somebody tweeted a link to a friend’s GoFundMe page asking for money to get a flight from Colorado to New York City so that she could attend her Birthright Israel trip. I never took advantage of the free trip when I was eligible for it due to a few philosophical disagreements that I will not get into here, but I knew many people in college who went and had a great time. I can’t begrudge someone for taking a Birthright trip, but a lot of people in my circle of friends certainly did. Nobody deserves awful treatment from internet strangers- certainly not the friend of someone who, to my knowledge, has never contributed to Twitter’s constant culture of negativity. It was bad enough that people were piling on this person’s friend for ideological crimes, but donating $5 under the alias “Adolf Hitler” was a new, horrifying low.

I shouldn’t have to make excuses about Twitter drama to people who aren’t in the loop, and I’d have a hell of a time making excuses for this. If I leave out the concept of “ironic humor” while explaining why this happened, you’d probably think that this was flat-out anti-Semitic. But even when I explain it in the proper context, I still have to concede that this is an extraordinarily stupid thing to do. I certainly wouldn’t blame you if you still thought that the person who did this is an anti-Semite. I used to enjoy interacting with my Twitter pals, but today, I feel ashamed and angry about them, and I let people know about that in ways that I sometimes regret.

Proud ex-Twitter user Cliff Vickrey explained the poisonous atmosphere of “Weird Twitter” here. I cannot stress enough that you should read his blog post [http://www.cliffordvickrey.com/2015/why-i-left-twitter/] - he has a way with words and he’s also very funny. A couple of days ago, I was texting a friend that I first met through meetups with people from Twitter (or, if you want to use the bad portmanteau, I met him through “tweetups”). He told me that no one he knew had a problem with me until I started getting angry about some people on Twitter. Frankly, simply being a part of this circle of people makes me angry, and all the reasons about why Cliff left Twitter apply to me as well. I’ve quit being a regular part of a few websites in the past because they stopped being enjoyable. For that reason, I finally know that leaving Twitter would be my best course of action.

Don’t worry- this is not goodbye. I won’t be tweeting, but I will keep my account open so that I can leave this note pinned on my page. I really do like many of you, but I don’t feel like alienating any more people than I already have, so I can’t talk to you here. You can find me on Facebook, Skype, or Google Hangouts- just send me a Twitter DM and I’ll give you my information. And please, try to start being nice to each other- I know a lot of you are good people. “Tane” care!

Y-Hat posted:

yeah but your political representatives are, bar none, the biggest and stupidest assholes in america, and that's why you need to leave: so you can stop infecting america with such stupid pieces of poo poo

Return Of JimmyJars posted:

Also lol at all the idiots in GBS who think a democrat lost THE GOP COUNTY SEAT to a republican. Democrats don't run for GOP positions and second of all Travis county is a liberal mecca second only to San Francisco or maybe Portland.

emoji posted:

Before you fully melt down about the existence of Texas, remember that you posted this for real:

Nostratic posted:

Texas should be designated as a sewage treatment area and sealed off from the rest of the country. The resulting fertilizer would be rich in the dissolved corpses of all the idiot poo poo stains who think it's the best state because they've literally never left their own zip code.

emoji posted:

Before you fully melt down about the existence of Texas, remember that you posted this for real:

I was with my girlfriend last night (March 17th) and I decided to check Tweetdeck on my computer. Being a curious woman, she asked if she could see my timeline of tweets. I was hesitant for a couple of seconds, but I decided to let her look. While we were scrolling down, however, I felt kind of embarrassed- not because of the fact that my tweets were bad (they usually are, but that’s not the point), but because I was worried that she’d ask what one of them meant. Just today, something clicked for me: if I’m embarrassed about being on Twitter, then what’s the point of being on there?

There have been plenty of ugly incidents involving people in our corner of Twitter, but something particularly nasty that unfolded over the past couple of days was the last straw for me. Somebody tweeted a link to a friend’s GoFundMe page asking for money to get a flight from Colorado to New York City so that she could attend her Birthright Israel trip. I never took advantage of the free trip when I was eligible for it due to a few philosophical disagreements that I will not get into here, but I knew many people in college who went and had a great time. I can’t begrudge someone for taking a Birthright trip, but a lot of people in my circle of friends certainly did. Nobody deserves awful treatment from internet strangers- certainly not the friend of someone who, to my knowledge, has never contributed to Twitter’s constant culture of negativity. It was bad enough that people were piling on this person’s friend for ideological crimes, but donating $5 under the alias “Adolf Hitler” was a new, horrifying low.

I shouldn’t have to make excuses about Twitter drama to people who aren’t in the loop, and I’d have a hell of a time making excuses for this. If I leave out the concept of “ironic humor” while explaining why this happened, you’d probably think that this was flat-out anti-Semitic. But even when I explain it in the proper context, I still have to concede that this is an extraordinarily stupid thing to do. I certainly wouldn’t blame you if you still thought that the person who did this is an anti-Semite. I used to enjoy interacting with my Twitter pals, but today, I feel ashamed and angry about them, and I let people know about that in ways that I sometimes regret.

Proud ex-Twitter user Cliff Vickrey explained the poisonous atmosphere of “Weird Twitter” here. I cannot stress enough that you should read his blog post [http://www.cliffordvickrey.com/2015/why-i-left-twitter/] - he has a way with words and he’s also very funny. A couple of days ago, I was texting a friend that I first met through meetups with people from Twitter (or, if you want to use the bad portmanteau, I met him through “tweetups”). He told me that no one he knew had a problem with me until I started getting angry about some people on Twitter. Frankly, simply being a part of this circle of people makes me angry, and all the reasons about why Cliff left Twitter apply to me as well. I’ve quit being a regular part of a few websites in the past because they stopped being enjoyable. For that reason, I finally know that leaving Twitter would be my best course of action.

Don’t worry- this is not goodbye. I won’t be tweeting, but I will keep my account open so that I can leave this note pinned on my page. I really do like many of you, but I don’t feel like alienating any more people than I already have, so I can’t talk to you here. You can find me on Facebook, Skype, or Google Hangouts- just send me a Twitter DM and I’ll give you my information. And please, try to start being nice to each other- I know a lot of you are good people. “Tane” care!

RFC2324 posted:

Still more useful than the bunkers here in TX.

hemophilia posted:

thank you emoji

mr_cramalldees posted:

emoji posted:

Before you fully melt down about the existence of Texas, remember that you posted this for real:

I was with my girlfriend last night (March 17th) and I decided to check Tweetdeck on my computer. Being a curious woman, she asked if she could see my timeline of tweets. I was hesitant for a couple of seconds, but I decided to let her look. While we were scrolling down, however, I felt kind of embarrassed- not because of the fact that my tweets were bad (they usually are, but that’s not the point), but because I was worried that she’d ask what one of them meant. Just today, something clicked for me: if I’m embarrassed about being on Twitter, then what’s the point of being on there?

There have been plenty of ugly incidents involving people in our corner of Twitter, but something particularly nasty that unfolded over the past couple of days was the last straw for me. Somebody tweeted a link to a friend’s GoFundMe page asking for money to get a flight from Colorado to New York City so that she could attend her Birthright Israel trip. I never took advantage of the free trip when I was eligible for it due to a few philosophical disagreements that I will not get into here, but I knew many people in college who went and had a great time. I can’t begrudge someone for taking a Birthright trip, but a lot of people in my circle of friends certainly did. Nobody deserves awful treatment from internet strangers- certainly not the friend of someone who, to my knowledge, has never contributed to Twitter’s constant culture of negativity. It was bad enough that people were piling on this person’s friend for ideological crimes, but donating $5 under the alias “Adolf Hitler” was a new, horrifying low.

I shouldn’t have to make excuses about Twitter drama to people who aren’t in the loop, and I’d have a hell of a time making excuses for this. If I leave out the concept of “ironic humor” while explaining why this happened, you’d probably think that this was flat-out anti-Semitic. But even when I explain it in the proper context, I still have to concede that this is an extraordinarily stupid thing to do. I certainly wouldn’t blame you if you still thought that the person who did this is an anti-Semite. I used to enjoy interacting with my Twitter pals, but today, I feel ashamed and angry about them, and I let people know about that in ways that I sometimes regret.

Proud ex-Twitter user Cliff Vickrey explained the poisonous atmosphere of “Weird Twitter” here. I cannot stress enough that you should read his blog post [http://www.cliffordvickrey.com/2015/why-i-left-twitter/] - he has a way with words and he’s also very funny. A couple of days ago, I was texting a friend that I first met through meetups with people from Twitter (or, if you want to use the bad portmanteau, I met him through “tweetups”). He told me that no one he knew had a problem with me until I started getting angry about some people on Twitter. Frankly, simply being a part of this circle of people makes me angry, and all the reasons about why Cliff left Twitter apply to me as well. I’ve quit being a regular part of a few websites in the past because they stopped being enjoyable. For that reason, I finally know that leaving Twitter would be my best course of action.

Don’t worry- this is not goodbye. I won’t be tweeting, but I will keep my account open so that I can leave this note pinned on my page. I really do like many of you, but I don’t feel like alienating any more people than I already have, so I can’t talk to you here. You can find me on Facebook, Skype, or Google Hangouts- just send me a Twitter DM and I’ll give you my information. And please, try to start being nice to each other- I know a lot of you are good people. “Tane” care!

The Unholy Ghost posted:

wtf does this have to do with texas or politics you wank

gnarlyhotep posted:

The main thing everyone needs to take away from this is DON'T MOVE TO AUSTIN

Drunk & Ugly posted:

are you one of those "i heard of this band first" types of guys

do you have the faded tshirt and everything

hemophilia posted:

Austin is pretty much a place you should visit, unless you intend to serve out your miserable existence as a barista or a retail associate

gnarlyhotep posted:

The main thing everyone needs to take away from this is DON'T MOVE TO AUSTIN

Drunk & Ugly posted:

oh ok

man i miss whataburger. i never lived in austin im just saying i know there are whataburgers in texas and i thought we could bond over that

gently caress the ROW posted:

there are no whataburgers in texas, do not move here, and if you accidently already moved here, go abck to your obama sponsored hellhole immediately