Odysseus32

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So was it every animal on earth or just the animals in africa, asia, Europe? Like how did the elk, pronghorns, and white tail deer get back to North America?

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It was none.

It's made up.

It's very obviously a fictional story in a fictional book.

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the rap crowd music. Which the rap crowd is probaly the largest demographic in the stadium. Which also happens to includes the entire football team.

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Football players are not listening to anything they are pumping in the stadium. Neither are the kids who listen to rap.

I'm not sure who the piped in rap is for. Rap and Hip Hop are my favorite genres of music. That's not what we are listening to. They can't play what we are listening to.

I disagree.

I think it’s impractical to not redesign our entire infrastructure around public transportation.

Impractical for us? Sure. For our children? Yea. For our grandkids and thereafter? It’s a net positive.

The best thing we can do from the Boomers on down is to realize that the current humans have squandered what those before us have built. And we need to sacrifice for the betterment of those who are going to come after us.

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Their public transportation blows anything we have out of the water. I used to think Trump was exaggerating their threat to our dominance, but he is correct.

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Everytime this comes up it’s upvoted, yet the inhabitants of the OT in general are vehemently opposed to public transit.

I understand why they are. And I honestly do understand the risk with the implementation of public transit in the manner in which it exists in Asia and Europe. However, those issues are there regardless. You’d think we want to get out of the mess we are currently in with traffic in larger metros.

It doesn’t add up.

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You’re a goofball. Enjoy your life.

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I think this is the biggest misunderstanding.

I already do.

Wrong

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Don’t even try to explain to the other 99 the difference in the 1%, they’ll never get it.

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Ironically I think it’s you that doesn’t get it.

I’m not giving full effort to someone else for a paycheck. Ever. I’m capable enough that if I’m giving full effort, I’m taking all the money. I’m not climbing a ladder at someone else’s legacy.

The thought that people should give 100% effort at a workplace is bananas. You’re buying my time x my skill. You’re not buying my effort. You get my baseline. You can’t afford my effort. It’s worth too much.

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people that whine and complain about everything in La don't understand that other places have the same problems and issues

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About as untrue of a statement as I've read on this board.

The ONLY people I have heard who assert this is those who have never live for an extended period of time anywhere else.

There are issues everywhere else. But Louisiana's are really bad. Possibly the worst in the country.

To answer the OP question, I didn't have a final straw. I was 24 and was wondering why I was there. I wanted to see other places. I also had this sneaking suspicion that Louisiana was a backwards place to live. Turns out I was very correct. We left for Idaho, we spent 6 years there, I lost a ton of weight, went back to school, graduated, found a good job, learned what it was like when you could safely commute by bike everywhere you went (turns out your life improves dramatically).

We went back to Louisiana in 2023 because family was having some health issues. We thought we could stave off the bad habits from childhood. We could, turned out just everyone else there aside from a few select people had not changed even an iota for the better. Really made for a rough time. Tack on the abysmal job market and heat and it was misery.

It's why I'm so vehemently negative about Louisiana on this board. The people I grew up with made me feel crazy for thinking they were assholes even though they said bullshite about how hospitable the south was. Turns out people in Louisiana are just generally dumber and meaner than people in other places. Sorry.

I have zero idea who that is.

Why would I tell IT about something like that?

I'd like to see this by region.