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Stepping out of your bubble and realizing you're the anomaly is eye opening

Posted on 9/29/25 at 12:27 pm
Posted by ghost2most
Member since Mar 2012
7663 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 12:27 pm
The longer I stay in my area just within the edges of the Texas Hill Country, the more jarring it is when I venture into a city or even more diverse suburb.

Went into San Antonio to the zoo with the kids recently and realized, there are more people NOT like me than there are like me.

Edgars, dudes wearing all black pants and t-shirts in 90+ degree heat. Grown men wearing Pokemon tshirts, shitty tattoos everywhere, a black girl with blonde dread weaves that hung past her butt wearing a Catholic school uniform 5 sizes too small.

Looking around I realized what I think is normal, really isn't for the majority of people in the city.

My area is white, hispanic and a ton of mixed hispanic and white families. Not many other races - even inner San Antonio is vastly different than anyplace in Louisiana demographically, but even among the fellow caucasians, the styles are so different than what I see by me.

Goes back to my belief that there are two different Americas right now. I feel like I blend in better in Paris (which I don't and I've been there) than I do inside a city now for the most part.
This post was edited on 9/29/25 at 12:28 pm
Posted by LNCHBOX
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Member since Jun 2009
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Posted on 9/29/25 at 12:28 pm to
Current day Austin people don't really count as "normal" people.

ETA: Why did I think that said Austin?
This post was edited on 9/29/25 at 12:30 pm
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
62070 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 12:29 pm to
What’s an edgar?
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
8010 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 12:31 pm to
what town are you in? just curious.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
42492 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 12:31 pm to
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What’s an edgar?


I think he meant edgelord.
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
33768 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 12:32 pm to
It's a shitty bowl haircut that is popular among mexicans.
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
8010 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 12:33 pm to
quote:


What’s an edgar?

it's the texas version of the new iberia haircut
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
75977 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 12:34 pm to
quote:

I feel like I blend in better in Paris (


Paris, TX?
Posted by Aguga
Member since Aug 2021
3589 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 12:34 pm to
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shitty tattoos everywhere


This fricking right here, why did prison tats become so popular and why on the back of arms and fingers.
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
39799 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 12:35 pm to
Posted by ghost2most
Member since Mar 2012
7663 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 12:35 pm to
quote:

what town are you in? just curious.


Bulverde/Spring Branch area.
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
27059 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 12:36 pm to
Edgar for those asking



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Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
8010 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 12:37 pm to
quote:

Bulverde/Spring Branch area

my family has had a lease on the Knibbe Ranch up there for decades. used to be my absolute favorite area of Texas until San Antonio pretty much encompassed it all.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
71762 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 12:38 pm to
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This fricking right here, why did prison tats become so popular and why on the back of arms and fingers.


We were a better society when the only ones with tattoos were sailors, soldiers, bikers, and convicts.
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
8010 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 12:38 pm to
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Edgar for those asking

Nuevo Iberia
Posted by ghost2most
Member since Mar 2012
7663 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 12:39 pm to


The Edgar...
Posted by ghost2most
Member since Mar 2012
7663 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 12:40 pm to
quote:

my family has had a lease on the Knibbe Ranch up there for decades. used to be my absolute favorite area of Texas until San Antonio pretty much encompassed it all.



I've met some of the family. It's definitely encroached. 46 is getting all kinds of big box stores. sucks
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
8010 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 12:45 pm to
when i was a kid on the ranch, we had to drive either to Blanco or all the way in past 1604 for groceries or the hardware store. now it's pretty much all right there. it's a bummer. if / when i move back to Texas, i will probably move out the other side of SA somewhere, maybe out highway 90.
Posted by Hobie101
Member since May 2012
863 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 12:45 pm to
Variety is the spice of life baw. This country would be pretty lame if everyone were just like me.
I’ve been traveling over the past week.
Love seeing at the hipsters, dweebs, hicks, magas, handicapped, etc. all peacefully intermingling in real life. No extremism, no hate, none of it. Witnessed kind acts from a lot of different people. Real life is awesome !
Posted by MyRockstarComplex
The airport
Member since Nov 2009
4854 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 12:48 pm to
Was it like the scene in Back to the Future 2 when Marty walk around the future downtown for the first time?
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