I'm Slightly Intoxicated, Oppo. 

"PatBateman" (PatBateman) 01/28/2017 at 00:54 • Filed to: Long Island Iced Tea

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You have ten minutes. Ask me anything. ETA: I’m out. Goodnight.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > PatBateman 01/28/2017 at 00:58

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Have you ever read Chuck Palahniuk’s Guts ?

EL_ULY > PatBateman 01/28/2017 at 00:59

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Canada, your thoughts?

PatBateman > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 01/28/2017 at 01:00

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No. I try to stay away from any book not written by Sun Tzu.

S65 > PatBateman 01/28/2017 at 01:00

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When are you buying me chicken parm

My bird IS the word > PatBateman 01/28/2017 at 01:00

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What are you drinking?

PatBateman > EL_ULY 01/28/2017 at 01:01

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Communists playing hockey, occasionally speaking French, with weird accents. They give Texans a run for their money in the manners department, though.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > PatBateman 01/28/2017 at 01:01

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How many lights?

PatBateman > S65 01/28/2017 at 01:01

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I know a place. Come down, I’ll buy you a dish.

PatBateman > My bird IS the word 01/28/2017 at 01:02

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A manly daiquiri with manly liquor in it.

PatBateman > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/28/2017 at 01:02

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One. It’s being imminated by my cell phone.

S65 > PatBateman 01/28/2017 at 01:03

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Texas is far, mail it

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > PatBateman 01/28/2017 at 01:03

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Wrong answer. There are five lights.

PatBateman > S65 01/28/2017 at 01:03

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Hell, Dallas is far. Suck it up and drive.

PatBateman > My bird IS the word 01/28/2017 at 01:04

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Also, my daiquiri is being dranken out of a miniature milk jug. I swear to God/Allah/Xenu.

PatBateman > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/28/2017 at 01:05

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I DO WHAT I WANT.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > PatBateman 01/28/2017 at 01:05

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It’s not a book. (Probably NSFL).

PatBateman > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 01/28/2017 at 01:07

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Ah yes. Now I remember.

I’m not changing my name.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > PatBateman 01/28/2017 at 01:07

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What does changing your name have to do with this?

My bird IS the word > PatBateman 01/28/2017 at 01:08

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You need to come up with a rediculous name for your manly milk jug drink. also

Tazio, Count Fouroff > PatBateman 01/28/2017 at 01:09

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LA, right? Whereabouts in LA?

...Lived in NW part for a while...

PatBateman > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 01/28/2017 at 01:09

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Someone asked me to change their name to something that referenced this story.

ttyymmnn > PatBateman 01/28/2017 at 01:10

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How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop? Difficulty: You can’t ask Mr. Owl.

PatBateman > My bird IS the word 01/28/2017 at 01:10

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Okay. Long Island Iced Tea daiquiri.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > PatBateman 01/28/2017 at 01:11

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I know it’s not me because I haven’t been on here that long.

PatBateman > Tazio, Count Fouroff 01/28/2017 at 01:11

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I’m just outside of Houston.

Should I be insulted by what you just inferred?!?!

My bird IS the word > PatBateman 01/28/2017 at 01:12

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ehh we’ll just call it the Bateman.

PatBateman > ttyymmnn 01/28/2017 at 01:12

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As many licks as it takes to warm up a trumpet.

PatBateman > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 01/28/2017 at 01:12

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Someone did. Weird, right?

RIGHT?!?!

PatBateman > My bird IS the word 01/28/2017 at 01:14

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I’ll have the daiquiri barn rename the drink.

Yes, there is a daiquiri barn that just opened not far from my house. And it is a glorious place.

PS9 > PatBateman 01/28/2017 at 01:14

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No better time to ask complex questions that don’t have easy straightforward answers.

Much hay has been made as of late about all the great factory jobs that used to exist in America, but went elsewhere. There are many problems associated with trying to bring them back, chief among them being that humans in any factory today are at the ‘last mile’ of production. A lot of places that required skilled human labor are done by machines now, and more advanced machines that will appear later will likely take those jobs too. Machines as you know, don’t buy anything.

There are serious global ramifications to eliminating an entire sector of employment, but that same decline in employment has driven a ‘race to the bottom’; an economy full of impoverished people means cheaper goods become necessary, and a company that chooses human labor over machine labor will either price it’s goods out of the market, or pay poverty wages to workers which only further adds fuel to the ‘race to the bottom’ fire. Is there a solution to this problem that does not require more human suffering? Or are we better off letting the house of cards collapse so we can build something better in it’s place, even if that means a second global depression and a lot of people paying the price?

Tazio, Count Fouroff > PatBateman 01/28/2017 at 01:24

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Depends on whether LA is considered a step up or a step down haha

Personally, LA and TX both are terrific imo. Amazing places where America is still America and never stopped being great. Living in LA was a blast, actually; I hope someday to live in TX as well.

Honestly, apologies if appropriate...for some reason I was thinking you were in LA

PatBateman > PS9 01/28/2017 at 01:25

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The ramifications of globalization has been devastating to the Rust Belt’s middle class population. While automation has been a hindrance to the US’ workers, exporting jobs to second world areas has also been an equally, if not greater, problem for traditional union jobs. It is my firm belief that automation is actually an equilizer for Middle America’s plight. While each factory might not employ as many workers as it did thirty years ago, there is an opportunity for more factories to be deployed in the “flyover states”, employing hundreds of workers each, all the while being competitively priced to their Chinese or Mexican equivalents.

While many would argue that economics would average everything out if given the chance, I prefer a gentle governmental push towards domestic production that encourages an increased industrial contribution in this country’s GDP. This has been done for a century or more in the form of tariffs, taxes, and incentives. If the consumer pays even 10% more for a shirt, or a car, is it noticed? Most would say no, that it’s part of inflation and thus is an accepted increase in price.

I still won’t drink Bud Light, because it’s owned by InBev.

PatBateman > Tazio, Count Fouroff 01/28/2017 at 01:30

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No apologies needed. I’m half crocked. we good.

Most people from Not Texas think we’re just a bunch of sweaty rednecks who eat brisket and drink oil. While we do eat brisket more than any human should, we also have ridiculous amounts of culture here. Did you know that our smoking techniques for BBQ come from German immigrants? Or that you can buy genuine kolaches at gas stations in Central Texas? Or that Houston actually had a metric shit ton of museums and parks?

We might be rednecks, but we’re cultured rednecks. It’s a nice place to live. Come on down and visit some time.

EL_ULY > PatBateman 01/28/2017 at 08:42

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LOL!!!!

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > PatBateman 01/28/2017 at 13:07

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Yup.