I forget why we're doing this.

I grew up in Texas. Needs more dominos and spades, and pawpaw needs to pray over the food.

I ain't religious but I ain't telling pawpaw not to pray over the food.

My new retirement plan is to open that joint here in the States.

I remember nothing.

That's why I drink.

Making music got easier by decade and it’s around 500$ to have all kinds of tech and instruments better than what Radiohead used in Kid A, and it’s way more accessible to access to learning resources.

People forget the part. The garage bands who couldn't possibly make it in the 90s can now release their own music without a label. I'm just a drunk and I've got music out there that was mostly recorded in a closet. Anyone can put stuff out and try to find their audience.

The other thing a lot of folks forget is that most bands never made much from album sales. Only the top tiny percent did, even among a lot of famous bands. Musicians have always out there killing themselves on the road to make money on ticket sales and merch.

I did have the answer when I was 5. I knew in my early 20s. Now I'm a year and change older than you and now I have no idea. It's a lot more fun this way!

I had to check and make sure I wasn't in the background of that picture.

I know, I was asking more out of exasperation. And you're absolutely correct.

I think either of those are super plausible. There will be people where they stayed who are happy to snitch, no bugs required. On top of that, the UAE has one of the highest concentration of surveillance cameras in the world. Like 30,000 in Dubai. Throw in some facial recognition cross referenced with the list of folks on vacation or on business in the city and it's real easy to find out who is spending time together, what their ages are, and what their kids will look like.

The second one happens all the time. Happened to me when I turned 18 before my then girlfriend. Her mom threatened me with jail and all kinds of shit even though it was perfectly legal and we were only a couple of months apart. She just didn't like me or the fact that I was dating her daughter. Would have probably been worse if I had been a PoC.

Why are so many departments suddenly doing shit that should have been done years ago?

Also USA. My teachers ran the gamut from not letting anyone to treating us like adults. My school was VERY white with only a handful of black kids across all of high school. One of the teachers was well known for never letting the black kids go until one of them went and peed in his trash can to prove a point.

The ones who treated us like adults got treated with the most respect. Weird how that works.

"Alright, let's fuck this chicken"

-Friend of mine, every time he runs open mic night.

A lot of folks don't realize that. We have cities like Fredericksburg and New Braunfels and events like Wurstfest and water parks like Schlitterbahn. We have Shiner Bock and Ziegenbock beer.

There's a lot of German heritage running around here.

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Might I suggest Motel of the Mysteries? It's about a future amateur archeologist excavating a modern day motel room and absolutely being 100% correct about everything he sees.

If you had a business that boiled down to "corporate mercenary" don't you think it would be incredibly convenient to have a reputation as a villainous bulldog?

There are very few companies who get to pretend they don't give a flying shit about people. This is one who will thrive on that reputation. Pinkertons and whatever Blackwater is now.

Don't forget government death panels.

While you and I may give a shit about ethics you can't expect everyone to hold themselves to the same standards unless you want your heart broken every day for the rest of your life.

People also seem to somehow believe that free speech in the US means that private instances can't deplatform you for the things you say.

I have no idea why anyone thinks that extends to anyone besides the government censoring speech or why they think free speech means freedom from the consequences of that speech.