Shorts Guy

Christmas.

Halloween decorations mostly look pretty trashy. I enjoy the folks with the time and money to do it up nice. But I’ve only got so much budget and so much storage space. And it’s reserved for Christmas. My Halloween budget has room for pumpkins and a few potted mums. That’s about it.

It’s not necessary and will hurt more than it’ll help. If there’s even a chance that it could stress the animal, it’s not worth it. The biggest argument in favor of keeping a live tiger on campus (which I agree with) is conservation. When you start parading him around a crowded stadium against doctor’s orders, it stops looking like conservation and starts looking like an easier target for activists. I’d like to keep a tiger on campus and not add unnecessary drama that could put that tradition at risk.

How long until these companies (and this market) realizes how dumb car prices currently are and everything has to re-calibrate?

I’m rolling in my 2019 GM product until the wheels fall off. There is only so much fancy unnecessary shite you can add to vehicles before it just becomes dumb and unattainable.

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Tell me you get duped by the propaganda and pictures of new Chinese solar fields without telling me They're a "developing nation" so they can continue to pollute even more because apparently those greenhouse gases are fine

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Yep! Brainiacs who are too slow on the uptake to realize all the pro-China shite they see on social media is coming from bot farms.

Nope. Plain and simple.

Alcohol goes back wayyy further in human history than tobacco cigarettes.

Alcohol consumption may rise and fall, but it’s not going away.

That water looks so foul

No place I’d rather be, issues and all. Huge extended family that are some of my best friends. A beautiful home in a beautiful neighborhood that I could probably never afford if it was in one of the top markets. Always something fun going on either here in BR, or nearby in NOLA or Lafayette. Heat sucks, but it gets just as hot in TX, TN, GA, FL, NC, etc.

I lived away for years, including some “popular” states, and none of what they offer could substitute for what I personally felt I was missing back home in LA.

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Douglas said the business is already having conversations about where it could move once its lease expires at the end of December.

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Plenty of vacant storefronts on Plank Road. Go take your pick, Mr. Douglas.

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Other thing I am stewing on is her father has no interest in any of the traditions, such as first speech, first dance, etc. Not that he doesn’t like my son (he does), he’s just an a-hole.

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A lot of people don’t do speeches. It’s exceptionally uncomfortable for some and can feel performative if forced. I know it created significant stress at the wedding for my mom who is just not a public speaker. When I wish she could’ve just enjoyed the evening.

I would’ve died immediately.

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The geopolitical downside is we basically tell our allies, “when things get tight, you’re on your own,” which makes us look less reliable and gives Russia and China more room to gain influence.

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Yep, help out the historic allies and tell them they better remember who showed up for them or suffer the eventual consequences of not showing up for the U.S. in return.