AUSTIN | Misc. Discussions - No Politics

[the Genral]

I noticed there hasn't been a lot of new posts lately and the few new ones are mainly political. I stopped signing on to facebook because of the political back and forth and hateful comments. Though I'm sure my post will go largely ignored, I would ask that we have a separate political views thread so when we go to off topic no one should expect to see this, no one wins conversations, on a forum I go to to escape this sort of thing. I live by the 3 H's, Hate no one, Hurt no one, Help one another get through this life. The whole populous of the world needs to take a gigantic

[KevinFromTexas]

Originally Posted by the Genral

I noticed there hasn't been a lot of new posts lately and the few new ones are mainly political. I stopped signing on to facebook because of the political back and forth and hateful comments. Though I'm sure my post will go largely ignored, I would ask that we have a separate political views thread so when we go to off topic no one should expect to see this, no one wins conversations, on a forum I go to to escape this sort of thing. I live by the 3 H's, Hate no one, Hurt no one, Help one another get through this life. The whole populous of the world needs to take a gigantic

I agree. I have VERY strong feelings on this issue because of my family history (my dad's family is from Germany), but I don't want to share them in this section of the forum because I don't want it ruining the good thing we have in here.

Also, there is already a thread on this subject in a section of the forum for this stuff that is well visited already. I invite anyone who wants to vent or let their opinion be known to post it there, but let's keep that stuff out of the other sections of the forum.

[JoninATX]

I myself get mixed in with all this political issues. The main one I was most concerned about was The Bathroom Bill, a bill designated towards keeping women safe in bathrooms which to me is a load of crap. It's a waste of our tax payers money, hatred towards the Transgender community, as well as an economic blow towards Texas.

So I'm happy to see the bill died, thank you Speaker Joe Stratus.

[JoninATX]

Oops I forgot this wasn't the Political thread.

[eskimo33]

I know that this is waaayy off topic, but I found it interesting. I read somewhere that if you go to street view and type in 699 Glen Cheek Dr, you can see one of the SpaceX rocket boosters on the P.S. I Love you barge being towed into port. Low an behold you can!
URL="https://goo.gl/maps/7LgWckqtaAE2
Who does not like rocket ships!

[lzppjb]

I apologize if I made it seem like I'm defending the Neo-Nazis or other hate groups. That was not my intention. I don't see it in what I wrote, but people read things differently. I'm sorry if it came across that way.

I hate Nazis. I hate the KKK. I hate what they stand for. I hate that they have co-opted Christianity for their hate.

I was already rubbed raw last night by some stuff on another site, and just happened to pop on here and got triggered. haha

You fellas are alright. We don't always see eye to eye, but I gather that you're all stand up guys.

[AustinGoesVertical]

Originally Posted by lzppjb

I apologize if I made it seem like I'm defending the Neo-Nazis or other hate groups. That was not my intention. I don't see it in what I wrote, but people read things differently. I'm sorry if it came across that way.

I hate Nazis. I hate the KKK. I hate what they stand for. I hate that they have co-opted Christianity for their hate.

I was already rubbed raw last night by some stuff on another site, and just happened to pop on here and got triggered. haha

You fellas are alright. We don't always see eye to eye, but I gather that you're all stand up guys.

No worries! I was a little emotionally charged this morning about it as well, so I apologize. We're simply in a climate of flash judgements. I'm glad this is a place we call all just use as an outlet to get away from everything with little controversy, except when it comes to 405 Colorado St. haha

[eskimo33]

I know that there have been various incarnations of this, but this is the first one that I have seen from three different perspectives.
http://projects.statesman.com/then-a...-then-now.html

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by the Genral

I noticed there hasn't been a lot of new posts lately and the few new ones are mainly political. I stopped signing on to facebook because of the political back and forth and hateful comments. Though I'm sure my post will go largely ignored, I would ask that we have a separate political views thread so when we go to off topic no one should expect to see this, no one wins conversations, on a forum I go to to escape this sort of thing. I live by the 3 H's, Hate no one, Hurt no one, Help one another get through this life. The whole populous of the world needs to take a gigantic

Excellent post. I like coming here to keep up with one of my hobbies/interests and not have to sort through butt hurt political rants. We can't go more than a few posts of relatively neutral political posts before the discussion takes a turn for the worse. We have the whole Skybar/Current Events section where people can hone their partisan posting skills and spend hours arguing with people who are equally passionate in their opposite viewpoint and equally unlikely to change their minds. Since the Skybar/Current Events section exists (unfortunately IMO), I don't think we need a political thread in the Austin subforum. I would prefer that we just delete the first off topic political post in any thread and nip discord in the bud. I would be happy to start that now. But Kevin and a good part of the the rest of the community need to be on board with it.

[urbancore]

Originally Posted by the Genral

I noticed there hasn't been a lot of new posts lately and the few new ones are mainly political. I stopped signing on to facebook because of the political back and forth and hateful comments. Though I'm sure my post will go largely ignored, I would ask that we have a separate political views thread so when we go to off topic no one should expect to see this, no one wins conversations, on a forum I go to to escape this sort of thing. I live by the 3 H's, Hate no one, Hurt no one, Help one another get through this life. The whole populous of the world needs to take a gigantic

Take it from the Genral. Here, here.

[the Genral]

Originally Posted by the atx

i would prefer that we just delete the first off topic political post in any thread and nip discord in the bud. I would be happy to start that now. But kevin and a good part of the the rest of the community need to be on board with it.

yes!!!

[the Genral]

Originally Posted by Dcbrickley

Take it from the Genral. Here, here.

[lzppjb]

[the Genral]

Originally Posted by lzppjb

Spitting image, without the 'stash

[The ATX]

We may not have a good view of the total eclipse on Monday which is the first total eclipse seen in the U.S. in 99 years. But there is another one in just seven years and Austin will be a good place to see it:


https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/april-8-2024/

[KevinFromTexas]

Originally Posted by The ATX

Excellent post. I like coming here to keep up with one of my hobbies/interests and not have to sort through butt hurt political rants. We can't go more than a few posts of relatively neutral political posts before the discussion takes a turn for the worse. We have the whole Skybar/Current Events section where people can hone their partisan posting skills and spend hours arguing with people who are equally passionate in their opposite viewpoint and equally unlikely to change their minds. Since the Skybar/Current Events section exists (unfortunately IMO), I don't think we need a political thread in the Austin subforum. I would prefer that we just delete the first off topic political post in any thread and nip discord in the bud. I would be happy to start that now. But Kevin and a good part of the the rest of the community need to be on board with it.

Works for me. The reason we have the current events section was to have a place on the forum where those posts could be directed to. Before that section was created there were political discussions/arguments happening in every section of the forum. I remember the forum way back when there were only about 4 or 5 different sections. It got to the point to where having more sections meant those posts were becoming more frequent and disruptive.

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Works for me. The reason we have the current events section was to have a place on the forum where those posts could be directed to. Before that section was created there were political discussions/arguments happening in every section of the forum. I remember the forum way back when there were only about 4 or 5 different sections. It got to the point to where having more sections meant those posts were becoming more frequent and disruptive.

Awesome. Nobody chimed in with their support for off topic political posts, so deletions will be the norm going forward.

[drummer]

Thanks ATX & Kevin!

[JoninATX]

Texas unemployment rate improves to 4.3 percent, same as US

By AP
August 18th. 2017

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas unemployment rate improved to 4.3 percent in July to mirror the national jobless figure, the Texas Workforce Commission announced Friday.

Texas had its third straight month of declining statewide unemployment.

The Texas economy expanded for the 13th consecutive month with the addition of 19,600 seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs in July, state labor officials said.

"Texas employers created 293,400 jobs over the past year and the dynamic Texas economy continues to provide competitive advantages to employers across the state," said commission Chairman Andres Alcantar.

http://m.chron.com/news/texas/articl...t-11941748.php

[drummer]

Baby is sleeping and wife is out with some friends, so I grabbed a beer (a Tibetan craft stout, if you're interested...pretty good!) and am watching a documentary on Amazon Prime called "Smart Cities." They're talking about redensifying cities and renewable energy, among other things (transportation, etc.). Pretty interesting. Check it out if you have time.