TexasDrunk

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[–] TexasDrunk 34 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

I understand having a "man cave" or whatever you want to call it, but has anyone ever explained the point of having naked or lingerie clad women on the walls?

I'm a straight dude who likes naked women. I look at them from time to time. But I don't get it as decoration for your hobby/work/game area.

[–] TexasDrunk 2 points 2 weeks ago

If you've got any questions you can message me or reply to me here. I'm not a stylist (I'm a software engineer), but I've worked with several.

[–] TexasDrunk 4 points 2 weeks ago

Somebody please find Ja Rule, get ahold of this motherfucker so I can make sense of all this!

[–] TexasDrunk 4 points 2 weeks ago

Don't be. We've all enjoyed media that was made by problematic people or media that later became problematic. I didn't know shit about Scott Adams when I started reading the strip and I really enjoyed it. I didn't know the pointy haired boss was the hero of the story.

I loved Ender's Game as a misunderstood gifted kid. Once I grew up I enjoyed the others. Then I found out that he's a raging bigoted jackass. That doesn't change the message and enjoyment I got back when I needed it, it just means I won't financially support that jackass again.

See also: Ye, Cosby, a shit pile of rock music, and a ton of other art.

[–] TexasDrunk 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

There are a couple of replies with good advice here. I'm going to add to them. First, remember that you don't have to get everything at one go. It takes time to build style (notice I say that instead of fashion).

Not all body types can get a good fit off the rack, but having your clothes fit is probably the most important thing you can do. It's not expensive to have shirts tailored. I have a long torso and narrow shoulders, so any of my work clothes or going out clothes are purchased a size too large and taken down to this very nice Chinese woman who takes them all in for me. It runs me about $25 per shirt to do it but I get a lot of wear out of them so it's worth it.

Build a capsule wardrobe. A couple of nice plain white T-shirts (I happen to like 3 fit theory because of their range of sizes, but if you can buy off the rack almost any decent T-shirt will work) and a few different colors that you can swap between create a base to build around. Get a couple of dress shirts, one in white (my other go to is blue, but I've really gotten into a pink dress shirt under my sweater for cooler weather). Get some good fitting jeans, charcoal slacks (or a charcoal suit), and some brown, khaki, or olive chinos and have them hemmed. From there you can get casual button up shirts, a cardigan, and a nice sweater. You'll also need casual footwear (I wear skater shoes), dress shoes, and maybe some brown leather boots (I wear Western boots but I don't recommend it unless you are either very comfortable in them or are somewhere that they're common....get some reasonable lace up boots).

Mix and match everything. At this point you'll never look like you're wearing the same outfit twice. You'll look put together and you'll have style. Layer your casual button up over one of the T-shirts. Layer the sweaters over any of your button up shirts. Tuck in if the occasion calls for it. Layer the sweater over a T-shirt.

This advice obviously isn't for everyone, but you'll look good. I get compliments about how put together I always look and honestly I rarely stop to think about what I'm wearing because almost everything in my closet goes with everything else and it all fits. With mixing and matching everything I probably have a ton of ways I can put things together with less than 20 items of clothing, 3 of them being shoes.

On any given day it's easy for me to go from my desk job, to giving a demonstration to executives, to the ranch to ride some horses, then out to any bar in the city. Of course not all of these will apply to you. But if you take your time over the next several months you can get one item on payday and build things up and have something to wear anywhere.

[–] TexasDrunk 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Do they have better tires there now? I built one with my niece and nephew years ago using only materials found at Harbor Freight but their tires were absolute garbage. I had to get them somewhere else.

[–] TexasDrunk 1 points 3 weeks ago

I wrote down my findings at 12:33AM Central time. It was science. Incomprehensible science.

My findings today are that I wish I hadn't applied quite so much whiskey to the subject.

[–] TexasDrunk 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I drigle fumbar. Fabulous.

Science.

[–] TexasDrunk 17 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

It's hard to write down scientific conclusions when you black out at the end of the night, but so far I wouldn't recommend it. I'll try again tonight and get back to you.

[–] TexasDrunk 15 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

I've been doing an exhaustive study for the last couple of decades on the effects of whiskey on a human with mental health issues.

[–] TexasDrunk 7 points 3 weeks ago

Yep, it was just 22 years ago. He was not only a white nationalist, neo Nazi, and founder of the National Vanguard, but in his spare time he loved to look at CSAM.

He pled guilty to having it in 2008, then told the judge how he possessed it unwillingly. Considering how many of those kinds of folks have that material, I don't believe him.

[–] TexasDrunk 7 points 3 weeks ago

Could also be someone on their phone not really paying attention.

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