@lyndonbajohnson Austinites can have a self-deprecating laugh about our tech bros, hippies and hipsters; Houston can take industrial disasters on the chin, DFW has no chill ever.
San Antonio was SA before people trivialized rape and sexual assault by calling it “graped” and “seggsually assaulted” and “SA’d”
The inability to use our grown-up words to describe sexual assault is actually really strange to me. I know certain apps are trying to protect kids, but two of the major issues kids have in describing abuse are shame and a lack of language to describe the abuse.
This shit only started s few years ago - I don’t understand who benefits from it. But, San Antonio has always been SA and this sort of tiktok speak is actually bizarre af.
@MsArielKnox@JimSterling Ms Knox, I will try my damnedest to be your annoying local crank. Granted, i can't be as unhinged bc I'm identifiable, but i can try and help recreate the forum experience as best i can.
When centrists argue for cultural “moderation” they really need to spell out what that entails. Some Democrats may find this appealing in the abstract but would be mortified at the concessions proposed
@ettingermentum Lobbyist "Mr. Becerra, we represent the fibrous mineral insulation lobby, and we love what you're doing."
Becerra Team "Isn't aebestos a fibrous mineral?"
Lobbyist "yes, but that's not all we do"
Becerra team "say less fam."
@Is_Not_Brian he's been pretty frank about his motivation being youthful adventurism, camaraderie, and career inertia. He volunteered yes, but absent Collins's votes, his career would be like embassy security or chillin' at Rammstein or Okinawa, not combat.