I was going to say 68% isnt bad at all for chemistry but then I forget you are in the states and my university's grading scheme is different and a bit retarded actually.
Hey Than, I live here. I've watched gay couples hold hands. Nary a stick, rock nor bottle was thrown. I haven't lived in Austin, but I've also talked to gays who do live there. They say they might get the odd snide remark but they aren't living in fear. Now going outside the cities, yes there is a horrendous problem.
Yeah, seems like a great place. And I hear the cops were super-helpful with catching those guys, and totally didn't just tell the entire gay community to fuck off and die.
I still like it, but the gf hates her school so much and changing jobs here is a bitch (this is from a friend of mine who was working as an engineer here). The majority mentality here is basically you do one job for the rest of your life.
Yeah, the main thing to get your brain around in the states then will be that the way to advance is to change jobs. Sticking with one company for 5 years is a "long haul". Some places (Amazon, Microsoft, Google) have benefits so good that holding yourself back by sticking with one company works out. But, especially if you are a contractor, you have to be willing to walk for a better offer.
Hm... I'll keep that in mind, thanks. I just like doing different things to get new experiences.
We just haven't really been aggressively applying yet (tossed my resume around to like 2 companies, she hasn't done anything that I know of) mostly because we just still can't decide where we want to live. We both think it might be easier to get started down in Aussie land where she's from. *shrug*
Hey Than, I live here. I've watched gay couples hold hands. Nary a stick, rock nor bottle was thrown. I haven't lived in Austin, but I've also talked to gays who do live there. They say they might get the odd snide remark but they aren't living in fear. Now going outside the cities, yes there is a horrendous problem.
Yeah, seems like a great place. And I hear the cops were super-helpful with catching those guys, and totally didn't just tell the entire gay community to fuck off and die.
Taking a bath--which is to say, sitting around and soaking in your own filth--is disgusting.
again, how is that different than sleeping in your bed? your sheets and pillow case after a week or two are surely more disgusting than what you would find in a bath tub.
Hey Than, I live here. I've watched gay couples hold hands. Nary a stick, rock nor bottle was thrown. I haven't lived in Austin, but I've also talked to gays who do live there. They say they might get the odd snide remark but they aren't living in fear. Now going outside the cities, yes there is a horrendous problem.
Yeah, seems like a great place. And I hear the cops were super-helpful with catching those guys, and totally didn't just tell the entire gay community to fuck off and die.
You will have incidents like that pretty much anywhere, occasionally; the differences are 1) you didn't have a crowd of people standing around and watching, just letting shit happen, in Seattle; and 2) the cops fucking arrested the guy, instead of saying "sorry, y'all, yer SOL."
But hey, I'm sure if instead of gay people, it had been a television set, and instead of white rednecks, it had been a couple of Mexicans, the people of Austin would have been all over that shit.
Taking a bath--which is to say, sitting around and soaking in your own filth--is disgusting.
again, how is that different than sleeping in your bed? your sheets and pillow case after a week or two are surely more disgusting than what you would find in a bath tub.
You know you should probably be washing your sheets every week.
Taking a bath--which is to say, sitting around and soaking in your own filth--is disgusting.
again, how is that different than sleeping in your bed? your sheets and pillow case after a week or two are surely more disgusting than what you would find in a bath tub.
Why in the world would you let your sheets and pillow case go without a wash for two weeks?
Your people are supposed to be clean, Eddy.
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Hey Than, I live here. I've watched gay couples hold hands. Nary a stick, rock nor bottle was thrown. I haven't lived in Austin, but I've also talked to gays who do live there. They say they might get the odd snide remark but they aren't living in fear. Now going outside the cities, yes there is a horrendous problem.
Yeah, seems like a great place. And I hear the cops were super-helpful with catching those guys, and totally didn't just tell the entire gay community to fuck off and die.
You will have incidents like that pretty much anywhere, occasionally; the differences are 1) you didn't have a crowd of people standing around and watching, just letting shit happen, in Seattle; and 2) the cops fucking arrested the guy, instead of saying "sorry, y'all, yer SOL."
But hey, I'm sure if instead of gay people, it had been a television set, and instead of white rednecks, it had been a couple of Mexicans, the people of Austin would have been all over that shit.
They didn't get the guy making the ricin threats. My guess is the local cops were too busy tracking down local horse fuckers.
Taking a bath--which is to say, sitting around and soaking in your own filth--is disgusting.
again, how is that different than sleeping in your bed? your sheets and pillow case after a week or two are surely more disgusting than what you would find in a bath tub.
Why in the world would you let your sheets and pillow case go without a wash for two weeks?
Your people are supposed to be clean, Eddy.
it's an example
it's unreasonable to wash your sheets once a week, right?
in one week you lay in your bed for 6-8 hours every night, and a lot of people don't bathe until the morning. You're telling me that a bath from one day is more dirt than than your sheets after a week?
I really, really doubt it
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Hey Than, I live here. I've watched gay couples hold hands. Nary a stick, rock nor bottle was thrown. I haven't lived in Austin, but I've also talked to gays who do live there. They say they might get the odd snide remark but they aren't living in fear. Now going outside the cities, yes there is a horrendous problem.
Yeah, seems like a great place. And I hear the cops were super-helpful with catching those guys, and totally didn't just tell the entire gay community to fuck off and die.
You will have incidents like that pretty much anywhere, occasionally; the differences are 1) you didn't have a crowd of people standing around and watching, just letting shit happen, in Seattle; and 2) the cops fucking arrested the guy, instead of saying "sorry, y'all, yer SOL."
But hey, I'm sure if instead of gay people, it had been a television set, and instead of white rednecks, it had been a couple of Mexicans, the people of Austin would have been all over that shit.
They didn't get the guy making the ricin threats. My guess is the local cops were too busy tracking down local horse fuckers.
Dude, not cool. It's a victimless crime! No one can resist their silky manes and supple haunches.
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Hey Than, I live here. I've watched gay couples hold hands. Nary a stick, rock nor bottle was thrown. I haven't lived in Austin, but I've also talked to gays who do live there. They say they might get the odd snide remark but they aren't living in fear. Now going outside the cities, yes there is a horrendous problem.
Yeah, seems like a great place. And I hear the cops were super-helpful with catching those guys, and totally didn't just tell the entire gay community to fuck off and die.
I mean some skinheads beat a Nigerian immigrant to death in Portland not so long ago either
just because a place is generally super liberal doesn't mean it's completely free of criminally bigoted people
Probably the most secure places for oppressed groups are where they dominate the local culture (San Francisco, Atlanta, etc), but that's not the same thing as "liberal."
Hey Than, I live here. I've watched gay couples hold hands. Nary a stick, rock nor bottle was thrown. I haven't lived in Austin, but I've also talked to gays who do live there. They say they might get the odd snide remark but they aren't living in fear. Now going outside the cities, yes there is a horrendous problem.
Yeah, seems like a great place. And I hear the cops were super-helpful with catching those guys, and totally didn't just tell the entire gay community to fuck off and die.
You will have incidents like that pretty much anywhere, occasionally; the differences are 1) you didn't have a crowd of people standing around and watching, just letting shit happen, in Seattle; and 2) the cops fucking arrested the guy, instead of saying "sorry, y'all, yer SOL."
But hey, I'm sure if instead of gay people, it had been a television set, and instead of white rednecks, it had been a couple of Mexicans, the people of Austin would have been all over that shit.
They didn't get the guy making the ricin threats. My guess is the local cops were too busy tracking down local horse fuckers.
It's a bit harder to catch someone sending anonymous letters than it is to catch a bunch of rednecks who beat up some gay people in front of scores of witnesses. What the police were "busy" doing was coordinating with the bar owners and the FBI to try to catch the fuckers that did it, as opposed to just saying "eh, we're never gonna catch the guys; fuck off."
Hey Than, I live here. I've watched gay couples hold hands. Nary a stick, rock nor bottle was thrown. I haven't lived in Austin, but I've also talked to gays who do live there. They say they might get the odd snide remark but they aren't living in fear. Now going outside the cities, yes there is a horrendous problem.
Yeah, seems like a great place. And I hear the cops were super-helpful with catching those guys, and totally didn't just tell the entire gay community to fuck off and die.
You will have incidents like that pretty much anywhere, occasionally; the differences are 1) you didn't have a crowd of people standing around and watching, just letting shit happen, in Seattle; and 2) the cops fucking arrested the guy, instead of saying "sorry, y'all, yer SOL."
But hey, I'm sure if instead of gay people, it had been a television set, and instead of white rednecks, it had been a couple of Mexicans, the people of Austin would have been all over that shit.
As to the bystanders, my guess is it might have something to do with Austin's gigantic bar scene and huge college population. I think people in Austin are pretty inured to bar fights, and once the pummeling starts it's hard to tell a hate-crime from just some dudes beefing.
That's just my guess. I lived in Austin for a month (rooming with a couple of gay guys, no less) and it seemed and I was told that it's generally very gay friendly, as well as overwhelmingly liberal.
It's pretty much the Portland of Texas. Which is a fair analogy, because the rest of Oregon is about as red as the rest of Texas is. It's just that there's a lot more of red Texas than of red Oregon.
edit: also big surprise cops are dickheads everywhere. Of all people I'm shocked you would make a statement that implies there are places where cops aren't conservative douches.
Again, no matter how liberal, the only place I'd expect cops to be really sympathetic to the gay community would be SF, and only because there are a shitload of gay cops and the city is culturally defined by the gay culture there
As to the bystanders, my guess is it might have something to do with Austin's gigantic bar scene and huge college population. I think people in Austin are pretty inured to bar fights, and once the pummeling starts it's hard to tell a hate-crime from just some dudes beefing.
That's just my guess. I lived in Austin for a month (rooming with a couple of gay guys, no less) and it seemed and I was told that it's generally very gay friendly, as well as overwhelmingly liberal.
It's pretty much the Portland of Texas. Which is a fair analogy, because the rest of Oregon is about as red as the rest of Texas is. It's just that there's a lot more of red Texas than of red Oregon.
The difference is that the population of Portland can outvote most of the rest of the state; the population of Austin isn't even a blip on the radar in Texas.
It's a bit harder to catch someone sending anonymous letters than it is to catch a bunch of rednecks who beat up some gay people in front of scores of witnesses. What the police were "busy" doing was coordinating with the bar owners and the FBI to try to catch the fuckers that did it, as opposed to just saying "eh, we're never gonna catch the guys; fuck off."
threats of ricin attacks are also somewhat more serious than assault, even if it is a hate-crime
mass murder generally trumps assault, and tends to draw in federal authorities
As to the bystanders, my guess is it might have something to do with Austin's gigantic bar scene and huge college population. I think people in Austin are pretty inured to bar fights, and once the pummeling starts it's hard to tell a hate-crime from just some dudes beefing.
That's just my guess. I lived in Austin for a month (rooming with a couple of gay guys, no less) and it seemed and I was told that it's generally very gay friendly, as well as overwhelmingly liberal.
It's pretty much the Portland of Texas. Which is a fair analogy, because the rest of Oregon is about as red as the rest of Texas is. It's just that there's a lot more of red Texas than of red Oregon.
The difference is that the population of Portland can outvote most of the rest of the state; the population of Austin isn't even a blip on the radar in Texas.
yes but Austin is still about as liberal as Portland
I think it's important to not confuse "liberal" with "safe for oppressed groups."
Certainly I think plenty of queer, black, Muslim, Latino, can tell you that living in a town full of white liberals is not the same thing as being safe and welcomed.
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I was going to say 68% isnt bad at all for chemistry but then I forget you are in the states and my university's grading scheme is different and a bit retarded actually.
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Hm... I'll keep that in mind, thanks. I just like doing different things to get new experiences.
We just haven't really been aggressively applying yet (tossed my resume around to like 2 companies, she hasn't done anything that I know of) mostly because we just still can't decide where we want to live. We both think it might be easier to get started down in Aussie land where she's from. *shrug*
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yes that's true. You need a big tub or else the water goes cold far too quickly
Taking a bath--which is to say, sitting around and soaking in your own filth--is disgusting.
And Seattle had people making threats of ricin attacks on gay bars. And it's not unknown in Seattle either.
No, they're just too narrow for tall people.
again, how is that different than sleeping in your bed? your sheets and pillow case after a week or two are surely more disgusting than what you would find in a bath tub.
so why don't you kill it
But hey, I'm sure if instead of gay people, it had been a television set, and instead of white rednecks, it had been a couple of Mexicans, the people of Austin would have been all over that shit.
You know you should probably be washing your sheets every week.
Your people are supposed to be clean, Eddy.
They didn't get the guy making the ricin threats. My guess is the local cops were too busy tracking down local horse fuckers.
I should fix this.
The one in my apartment might as well be a shower stall. It's 3 and a half feet long (106cm). It's useless for an adult.
i wash mine monthly
it's an example
it's unreasonable to wash your sheets once a week, right?
in one week you lay in your bed for 6-8 hours every night, and a lot of people don't bathe until the morning. You're telling me that a bath from one day is more dirt than than your sheets after a week?
I really, really doubt it
Dude, not cool. It's a victimless crime! No one can resist their silky manes and supple haunches.
yeah seriously than that's a really dumb argument
I mean some skinheads beat a Nigerian immigrant to death in Portland not so long ago either
just because a place is generally super liberal doesn't mean it's completely free of criminally bigoted people
Probably the most secure places for oppressed groups are where they dominate the local culture (San Francisco, Atlanta, etc), but that's not the same thing as "liberal."
Get crazy with the cheese whiz!
As to the bystanders, my guess is it might have something to do with Austin's gigantic bar scene and huge college population. I think people in Austin are pretty inured to bar fights, and once the pummeling starts it's hard to tell a hate-crime from just some dudes beefing.
That's just my guess. I lived in Austin for a month (rooming with a couple of gay guys, no less) and it seemed and I was told that it's generally very gay friendly, as well as overwhelmingly liberal.
It's pretty much the Portland of Texas. Which is a fair analogy, because the rest of Oregon is about as red as the rest of Texas is. It's just that there's a lot more of red Texas than of red Oregon.
edit: also big surprise cops are dickheads everywhere. Of all people I'm shocked you would make a statement that implies there are places where cops aren't conservative douches.
Again, no matter how liberal, the only place I'd expect cops to be really sympathetic to the gay community would be SF, and only because there are a shitload of gay cops and the city is culturally defined by the gay culture there
That's like mine, plus the tub comes up to about my knees, and I'm 6'1~ish
threats of ricin attacks are also somewhat more serious than assault, even if it is a hate-crime
mass murder generally trumps assault, and tends to draw in federal authorities
Rape a child? Well, we'll transfer you.
Save a woman's life? Unforgivable. You must be excommunicated.
yes but Austin is still about as liberal as Portland
I think it's important to not confuse "liberal" with "safe for oppressed groups."
Certainly I think plenty of queer, black, Muslim, Latino, can tell you that living in a town full of white liberals is not the same thing as being safe and welcomed.