Are you happy with the state/province/country you live in?

[Rothman]

I think that we can close this thread.

 

Mike

Wait, before it gets locked, I would like to have my turn here too:

Born in Corpus Christi, Texas (in a hospital right next to the beach I might add), and raised all over South Texas.  I love it here; my desire to leave my home area ranges from absolute zero to negative [insert large number here].  My reasons 'why' are as follows:

--  The single biggest reason is that we have the best climate in the continental 48 states.  I feel this way because we can enjoy a day at the beach practically any day on the calendar -- even in the middle of January.  Outside South Texas and South Florida, I can't think of anyplace else where winters are that favorable.  We're also so far south that severe weather and tornadoes are infrequent; snow is once-in-a-lifetime occurrence (and then warm again the next day).  Hurricanes are also not as common as the rest of the gulf coast.  Only downside is we have to endure on average of four or five freezing nights per year.  I can't handle cold very well; I remember when Scott5114 said it best when I shiver when our mercury drops below 350 degrees.

-- Other factors include affordable cost of living (I believe one of the more affordable places to live on a modest paycheck).  Friendly people and laid-back pace of life.  Not crowded nor a lot of traffic even during rush hour. 

The one thing I wish we had been from the beginning is that I wish Corpus Christi was more of a tourist-focused destination similar to Daytona Beach, Myrtle Beach, Santa Monica, Destin/Ft. Walton, etc.  As it is we are one of the better locations for boating and fishing, we have a couple of attractions the Texas St. Aquarium and the USS Lexington museum; there are propositions to add botanical gardens, a beachside amusement park and boardwalk pier, return of the Texas Treasure casino cruise, additional cruise docks to bring in Royal Caribbean and Carnival.  A riverwalk canal (canal-walk if you will) is already under construction. 

Oof.  Corpus Christi is where fish can swim through the air due to the 100% humidity and it somehow not raining.

[Roadgeekteen]

I. Just. Did.

Anyway, I bet most of the "you can't celebrate someone's death" people were happy about bin Laden.

Once again! Bin Laden was responsible for 9/11 which killed thousands of people! What thousands of people were killed by Charlie Kirk! I don't even agree with Charlie Kirks politics, but this is ridiculous.

[webny99]

I. Just. Did.

Anyway, I bet most of the "you can't celebrate someone's death" people were happy about bin Laden.

Once again! Bin Laden was responsible for 9/11 which killed thousands of people! What thousands of people were killed by Charlie Kirk! I don't even agree with Charlie Kirks politics, but this is ridiculous.

Of course he knows it's ridiculous, but this is going nowhere. You're better off not to engage in the interest of preserving the thread.

[Roadgeekteen]

I. Just. Did.

Anyway, I bet most of the "you can't celebrate someone's death" people were happy about bin Laden.

Once again! Bin Laden was responsible for 9/11 which killed thousands of people! What thousands of people were killed by Charlie Kirk! I don't even agree with Charlie Kirks politics, but this is ridiculous.

Of course he knows it's ridiculous, but this is going nowhere. You're better off not to engage in the interest of preserving the thread.

I'm not sure if he does, this dude is known for saying out of pocket things on here. Although you are probably right, there's no changing his mind so no need to argue anymore, it's like arguing with a brick wall.

[Scott5114]

--  The single biggest reason is that we have the best climate in the continental 48 states.  I feel this way because we can enjoy a day at the beach practically any day on the calendar -- even in the middle of January.  Outside South Texas and South Florida, I can't think of anyplace else where winters are that favorable.  We're also so far south that severe weather and tornadoes are infrequent; snow is once-in-a-lifetime occurrence (and then warm again the next day).  Hurricanes are also not as common as the rest of the gulf coast.  Only downside is we have to endure on average of four or five freezing nights per year.  I can't handle cold very well; I remember when Scott5114 said it best when I shiver when our mercury drops below 350 degrees.

The humidity though!

My body adapted to the desert so quickly that now whenever I encounter high humidity (like when I sit in the sauna at the gym right after they've sprayed it down, or if I stay in the shower too long) it starts freaking out and my heart rate spikes. I find myself having to take a break from the sauna to get some fresh air. I'm a little worried if I visited Corpus again I might have a legitimate heart attack or something.

I'm not sure if he does, this dude is known for saying out of pocket things on here.

Have you really never run into the concept of an Internet troll before?

[Roadgeekteen]

--  The single biggest reason is that we have the best climate in the continental 48 states.  I feel this way because we can enjoy a day at the beach practically any day on the calendar -- even in the middle of January.  Outside South Texas and South Florida, I can't think of anyplace else where winters are that favorable.  We're also so far south that severe weather and tornadoes are infrequent; snow is once-in-a-lifetime occurrence (and then warm again the next day).  Hurricanes are also not as common as the rest of the gulf coast.  Only downside is we have to endure on average of four or five freezing nights per year.  I can't handle cold very well; I remember when Scott5114 said it best when I shiver when our mercury drops below 350 degrees.

The humidity though!

My body adapted to the desert so quickly that now whenever I encounter high humidity (like when I sit in the sauna at the gym right after they've sprayed it down, or if I stay in the shower too long) it starts freaking out and my heart rate spikes. I find myself having to take a break from the sauna to get some fresh air. I'm a little worried if I visited Corpus again I might have a legitimate heart attack or something.

I'm not sure if he does, this dude is known for saying out of pocket things on here.

Have you really never run into the concept of an Internet troll before?

I admire his dedication to trolling for the past 14 years. 

[Max Rockatansky]

The humidity was something I never could fully get comfortable with in Florida.  Ignoring it on a long run in Orlando circa summer 2015 almost got me killed.  Had a fun ER visit after losing over ten pounds of water weight.

[Scott5114]

The one problem I have with the desert climate is that if I'm doing something strenuous that causes me to breathe heavy, sometimes it dries out my throat enough that it starts to stick to itself, which in turn triggers my gag reflex. So I have to drink water quickly or it feels like I'm either suffocating or about to throw up.

[Rothman]

--  The single biggest reason is that we have the best climate in the continental 48 states.  I feel this way because we can enjoy a day at the beach practically any day on the calendar -- even in the middle of January.  Outside South Texas and South Florida, I can't think of anyplace else where winters are that favorable.  We're also so far south that severe weather and tornadoes are infrequent; snow is once-in-a-lifetime occurrence (and then warm again the next day).  Hurricanes are also not as common as the rest of the gulf coast.  Only downside is we have to endure on average of four or five freezing nights per year.  I can't handle cold very well; I remember when Scott5114 said it best when I shiver when our mercury drops below 350 degrees.

The humidity though!

My body adapted to the desert so quickly that now whenever I encounter high humidity (like when I sit in the sauna at the gym right after they've sprayed it down, or if I stay in the shower too long) it starts freaking out and my heart rate spikes. I find myself having to take a break from the sauna to get some fresh air. I'm a little worried if I visited Corpus again I might have a legitimate heart attack or something.

I'm not sure if he does, this dude is known for saying out of pocket things on here.

Have you really never run into the concept of an Internet troll before?

I admire his dedication to trolling for the past 14 years. 

Looks like you've been on the forum for a bunch of those years.  Who's the bigger fool?  The fool or the fool that engages him time and time again?

[Max Rockatansky]

The one problem I have with the desert climate is that if I'm doing something strenuous that causes me to breathe heavy, sometimes it dries out my throat enough that it starts to stick to itself, which in turn triggers my gag reflex. So I have to drink water quickly or it feels like I'm either suffocating or about to throw up.

It certainly is easier to get a handle on if you are dehydrated.  Perspiration pretty much stops throughout the entire body. 

[Roadgeekteen]

--  The single biggest reason is that we have the best climate in the continental 48 states.  I feel this way because we can enjoy a day at the beach practically any day on the calendar -- even in the middle of January.  Outside South Texas and South Florida, I can't think of anyplace else where winters are that favorable.  We're also so far south that severe weather and tornadoes are infrequent; snow is once-in-a-lifetime occurrence (and then warm again the next day).  Hurricanes are also not as common as the rest of the gulf coast.  Only downside is we have to endure on average of four or five freezing nights per year.  I can't handle cold very well; I remember when Scott5114 said it best when I shiver when our mercury drops below 350 degrees.

The humidity though!

My body adapted to the desert so quickly that now whenever I encounter high humidity (like when I sit in the sauna at the gym right after they've sprayed it down, or if I stay in the shower too long) it starts freaking out and my heart rate spikes. I find myself having to take a break from the sauna to get some fresh air. I'm a little worried if I visited Corpus again I might have a legitimate heart attack or something.

I'm not sure if he does, this dude is known for saying out of pocket things on here.

Have you really never run into the concept of an Internet troll before?

I admire his dedication to trolling for the past 14 years. 

Looks like you've been on the forum for a bunch of those years.  Who's the bigger fool?  The fool or the fool that engages him time and time again?

Most of his engagements aren't with me as we align politically lol. I can't think of a past time I've run into issues with him.

[kkt]

I. Just. Did.

Anyway, I bet most of the "you can't celebrate someone's death" people were happy about bin Laden.

Once again! Bin Laden was responsible for 9/11 which killed thousands of people! What thousands of people were killed by Charlie Kirk! I don't even agree with Charlie Kirks politics, but this is ridiculous.

Of course he knows it's ridiculous, but this is going nowhere. You're better off not to engage in the interest of preserving the thread.

The thread?  You mean the thread about whether we like the state or province that we live in?  That thread left the building weeks ago...

[Roadgeekteen]

I. Just. Did.

Anyway, I bet most of the "you can't celebrate someone's death" people were happy about bin Laden.

Once again! Bin Laden was responsible for 9/11 which killed thousands of people! What thousands of people were killed by Charlie Kirk! I don't even agree with Charlie Kirks politics, but this is ridiculous.

Of course he knows it's ridiculous, but this is going nowhere. You're better off not to engage in the interest of preserving the thread.

The thread?  You mean the thread about whether we like the state or province that we live in?  That thread left the building weeks ago...

It's because the OG Kirk thread got locked, so everyone who wanted to talk about that went here.

[jgb191]

Oof.  Corpus Christi is where fish can swim through the air due to the 100% humidity and it somehow not raining.

The humidity though!

The humidity....

I get what you guys are saying, our 80-degree dew points during the summer months, but also consider that we are also one of the windiest cities in North America.  The constant sea-breezes from the gulf help moderate and even sometimes relieve the effects of moisture-filled airmass during the daytime.  It's the nighttime that actually feels worse than the daytime: first the breeze either lets up or even reverses direction and blows into the gulf and second our temperatures rarely cool down overnight exacerbating the "swimming-in-the-air" sensation you're referring to; last month our mercury remained above 80 degrees around the clock the first 18 days of August (which is very much expected here).  I guess I've been so used to it that it I hardly even think about it until outsiders keep pointing it out to me.  And our summer highs aren't that horrendously hot....Corpus Christi only averages 97 degrees in our warmest month August, which is not extreme by any means but again that's just my personal thoughts.

As for politics I'll just say like this:  I have equally no love for either side of the aisle and probably won't even consider voting either of the two major parties.  True story:  in the fall of 1996 our high school did a mock (pretend) election, and I was one of only four (or five) students that voted for Ross Perot; it's been that way for me for all my adult life.  I really don't care (indeed sometimes forget) who's president as I don't let it effect my life.

[Scott5114]

I really don't care (indeed sometimes forget) who's president as I don't let it effect my life.

The notion that the person who decides whether the President affects your life or not is you, and not the President, is devastatingly naive.

[Rothman]

Oof.  Corpus Christi is where fish can swim through the air due to the 100% humidity and it somehow not raining.

The humidity though!

The humidity....

I get what you guys are saying, our 80-degree dew points during the summer months, but also consider that we are also one of the windiest cities in North America.  The constant sea-breezes from the gulf help moderate and even sometimes relieve the effects of moisture-filled airmass during the daytime.  It's the nighttime that actually feels worse than the daytime: first the breeze either lets up or even reverses direction and blows into the gulf and second our temperatures rarely cool down overnight exacerbating the "swimming-in-the-air" sensation you're referring to; last month our mercury remained above 80 degrees around the clock the first 18 days of August (which is very much expected here).  I guess I've been so used to it that it I hardly even think about it until outsiders keep pointing it out to me.  And our summer highs aren't that horrendously hot....Corpus Christi only averages 97 degrees in our warmest month August, which is not extreme by any means but again that's just my personal thoughts.

As for politics I'll just say like this:  I have equally no love for either side of the aisle and probably won't even consider voting either of the two major parties.  True story:  in the fall of 1996 our high school did a mock (pretend) election, and I was one of only four (or five) students that voted for Ross Perot; it's been that way for me for all my adult life.  I really don't care (indeed sometimes forget) who's president as I don't let it effect my life.

1) All I know is clothes stick to you right as you leave the door due to the humidity down there, no matter the breeze or temperature.

2) The Perot thing may not be the flex you're making it out to be, given the context you provided (rather than whether he was actually a good candidate or not).

[NE2]

I voted for Perot in elementary school. I think he won.

[kphoger]

The notion that the person who decides whether the President affects your life or not is you, and not the President, is devastatingly naive.

I'd say the vast majority of people let who is President affect their lives way more than the President actually affects their lives.  That is to say, the fuss that most people make about the President far outweighs the amount of influence the President actually has on their lives otherwise.

[hotdogPi]

I'm not happy with the state this thread is in.

For the record, I would not want to live in Corpus Christi for the weather alone. Here in Massachusetts, it's a problem when it stays above 70 overnight, and the vast majority of houses have air conditioning here (this isn't Seattle). This is also a high-humidity place, but with a lower base temperature, it's a lot more tolerable than the South. As for low temperatures, they're not an issue; this isn't the Midwest that regularly gets below-0 temperatures. Snow is more of a problem than extreme cold, but we also know how to handle snow unlike the I-20 corridor (roughly the line of "we still get snow but have no idea how to deal with it").

[bugo]

Not all murderers of political and quasi-political figures were insane.

Not all, but it seems like Tyler Robinson (the Kirk killer) certainly was based on all the meme crap he wrote on the bullet. The Trump shooter also wasn't coherent politically.

There was no "Trump shooter". That was a con from the biggest conman in history. It was staged, and some schmuck had to die for what was effectively a PR stunt.

[SEWIGuy]

Not all murderers of political and quasi-political figures were insane.

Not all, but it seems like Tyler Robinson (the Kirk killer) certainly was based on all the meme crap he wrote on the bullet. The Trump shooter also wasn't coherent politically.

There was no "Trump shooter". That was a con from the biggest conman in history. It was staged, and some schmuck had to die for what was effectively a PR stunt.

Oh good lord.

[1995hoo]

I voted for Perot in elementary school. I think he won.

I voted for him in the 1992 presidential election (the first one in which I was old enough to vote). He's one of two presidential candidates for whom I've voted who was not representing either of the two major parties.

[Max Rockatansky]

I voted for Perot in elementary school. I think he won.

I voted for him in the 1992 presidential election (the first one in which I was old enough to vote). He's one of two presidential candidates for whom I've voted who was not representing either of the two major parties.

Perot had something like 70% of my elementary school mock vote.  I think most of us voted for him to piss off the partisan school teachers. 

[DTComposer]

--  The single biggest reason is that we have the best climate in the continental 48 states.  I feel this way because we can enjoy a day at the beach practically any day on the calendar -- even in the middle of January.  Outside South Texas and South Florida, I can't think of anyplace else where winters are that favorable.

It's all subjective, of course, but:

Santa Barbara has the same high temps in December/January but doesn't get as cold at night, has more hours of sunshine per month/year and fewer rainy days. Plus, it doesn't sit at 90°/90% humidity for weeks at a time during the summer. It's regularly ranked at or near the top of "best" weather polls.

I loved it as a young adult (and it's great for visits/vacations), but now I find that a little *too* consistent - I want more variance in my seasons.

[kphoger]

(I know a lot of people have pointed out Charlie Kirk's own statements on empathy, where he said it was a "made-up, new age term" and that he couldn't "stand" the term.  It's a weird feeling as someone who sees at least some value in empathy (although I don't extend it as far as others, for better or for worse), seeing his followers throw the term around when he said it, but then, really, I think we should have empathy, and round and round we go.  Strangest feeling I've had in a discussion about a celebrity's death)

Just wanted to point out that "the empathy quote" is taken out of context. Here is the full quote:

"The new communications strategy is not to do what Bill Clinton used to do, where he would say, 'I feel your pain.' Instead, it is to say, 'You're actually not in pain.' So let's just, little, very short clip. Bill Clinton in the 1990s. It was all about empathy and sympathy. I can't stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new age term that — it does a lot of damage. But, it is very effective when it comes to politics. Sympathy, I prefer more than empathy. That's a separate topic for a different time."

I think he was trying to make a distinction between empathy and sympathy/compassion (albeit fairly poorly IMO) and to highlight the use of "empathy" as a political buzzword in the 90s. Was he trying to say that people should not care about the misfortunes of others in general (as many are using this quote to claim that he did)? I don't think so, based on his actions and other beliefs. Did he make a poorly-worded comment about a political situation? Yes. Does that poorly worded comment speak a lot about his character? I don't think it does. We all have off days as humans where we are not at our best. I think we tend to hold up political figures as though they are always at their best and brightest (I mean, we probably should, since they are the ones in leadership and influence), when in reality they have bad days and rough speaking outings like the rest of us.

The context is appreciated, but unfortunately, as it is with anyone out there on the public stage, whether pundit, politician or spokesperson, muddled quotes like this can be interpreted in all sorts of manners.  Just like one can point at the more Christian of Kirk's beliefs to buoy the position you put forward, they can also point at his less-than-empathetic beliefs as well to argue against it.

It's a mess.

Ah, yes, slandering a famous person by taking their words out of context.  Isn't it fun?

Like how I can say you'd better not vote Democrat because Hillary Clinton doesn't care if her policies will put people out of work ("We're going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business" — 2016) or because nancy Pelosi doesn't want the public to know what's actually in a bill before it's passed ("We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it" — 2010).

The problem is, it's really easy to read a quote online and a person's interpretation of it, then just assume that the person is being fair and genuine in interpreting the quote, and then spread that same take on it as established fact.  It's harder to actually take the time to find the quote in context and then learn that whole context.  (Yes, both of those quotes I shared above were taken out of context to distort their meaning, and both were used by Republicans to misrepresent their opponents.)