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everytime there's a storm (rain, snow, sleet whatever) it seems like the entire state suffers way more than it should
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/why-texass-power-grid-still-hasnt-been-fixed
>> > >Houston still has lots of nice pockets. And real estate is >still pretty doggone cheap so there's that! I couldn't imagine >trying to afford my house here in another really big city. > >Besides that? Yeah, people are getting dumber and more >comfortable with being quite dumb. Identity politics is >brutal. And, at least to me, people seem to think they're on >Twitter no matter where they are: their jobs, public places, >wherever. > >I'm embarrassed with how people are turning politics to their >religion. > >And don't even start me on religion and how much sillier >people have gotten with it. And again..its the comfort that >gets to me. And if you ask ANY questions about it, you might >get a 'cuz Jesus' answer, the convo is just over, and no one >is going to 'learn' ANYTHING. > >And if its not that, its race and sexual orientation/identity >stuff. I think I grew up knowing that a bunch of white people >would at least subconsciously think 'hey, I'm white...there's >certain stuff I just expect to get/have over people who aren't >white'. But now I look at it like lots of 'groups' do it too. >And again, confident, brazen, and lurking around waiting to >hop out of a bush to confront someone for not respecting their >clique enough. Again, maybe its just me and I'm missing >something as a dude who just shows up to shit trying to be >decent to everyone and not just the people who think exactly >like me or who are in the same categories as me. > >But hell, is this Texas-specific? Regional? Worse in some >areas than others?
------------------- I wanna go to where the martyrs went the brown figures on the walls of my apart-a-ment...
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