# Reluctantly — Fuck Texas **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 19, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289 "2021-02-19T14:59:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/261 "2021-03-02T23:23:47Z")
> [@Tfletch1](#): > > I hate this guy’s bloody guts. Me, too. (And I live here.) But he’s in strong competition with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton. All three should be put in a box and shipped off on the next transport to Mars. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/262 "2021-03-02T23:25:59Z")
New slogan time: _Texas: Turn your head and cough._ _Texas: Where ‘Hi-Jeen’ is for librul sissies._ _Texas: Sneeze at **me.** I’m fixin’ ta’ get vaccinated real soon !_ ---
**Author:** ![Tfletch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tfletch1/32/5340_2.png) [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/263 "2021-03-02T23:29:18Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Me, too. (And I live here.) But he’s in strong competition with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton. All three should be put in a box and shipped off on the next transport to Mars. I live in San Antone, too! I just moved from Florida so… ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/264 "2021-03-03T00:19:07Z")
Lets try and keep mars as pristine as possible, maybe stapped to a wind turbine so their hot air and burning hatred for lives other than their own keeps the turbines free of ice. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/265 "2021-03-03T00:46:45Z")
I think Venus might be easier to get to, [and it has precedent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marching_Morons). ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/266 "2021-03-03T00:53:44Z")
Let’s just fire their rocketship directly into the sun. 🌞 ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/267 "2021-03-03T01:14:40Z")
> [@Tfletch1](#): > > I just moved from Florida so… So you moved from having DeSantis as governor to having Abbott instead. Seems like you just can’t catch a break … 🥴 ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/268 "2021-03-03T01:24:40Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Sometimes I think the Democratic party ought to go around saying they love Jesus or something, just to see how the Republicans tie themselves up in knots trying to say they disagree with the Democrats, but also love Jesus. Been tried. “Real” Christians can’t be Democrats. And they’re probably lying Satinists (sic) anyway trying to give Christ a bad name. They’re totally comfortable denying objective facts and reality. And at that point, there’s no bottom to the hole. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/269 "2021-03-03T04:57:25Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Let’s just fire their rocketship directly into the sun. 🌞 Well, the B Ark _did_ land on Earth after all. ---
**Author:** ![Tfletch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tfletch1/32/5340_2.png) [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/270 "2021-03-03T18:37:58Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > So you moved from having DeSantis as governor to having Abbott instead. Seems like you just can’t catch a break … 🥴 I know! 😵 ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/271 "2021-03-03T20:05:56Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Seems like you just can’t catch a break Maybe you can’t catch a break, but you’re likely to catch _something_. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/272 "2021-04-15T00:44:21Z")
Now now. You need to remember that it takes more energy to send a rocket ship into the sun as compared with shooting it off into the cold souless void of interstellar space. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/273 "2021-04-15T00:49:55Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Now now. > > You need to remember that **it takes more energy to send a rocket ship into the sun** as compared with shooting it off into the cold souless void of interstellar space. - Obviously. You need to run the air conditioner. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/274 "2021-04-15T01:12:40Z")
But just for a little while… ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/275 "2021-04-15T01:27:13Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > > Now now. > > > > You need to remember that **it takes more energy to send a rocket ship into the sun** as compared with shooting it off into the cold souless void of interstellar space. - > > Obviously. You need to run the air conditioner. Hell no. They can roll down the windows like we had to when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/276 "2021-04-15T01:28:46Z")
> [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > > > > Now now. > > > > > > You need to remember that **it takes more energy to send a rocket ship into the sun** as compared with shooting it off into the cold souless void of interstellar space. - > > > > Obviously. You need to run the air conditioner. > > Hell no. They can roll down the windows like we had to when I was a kid. - The reason the family car always had an air conditioner was so Dad’s hairpiece wouldn’t get blown off. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/277 "2021-04-15T01:46:08Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > You need to remember that it takes more energy to send a rocket ship into the sun as compared with shooting it off into the cold souless void of interstellar space. That’s why you go at night. Just as cold then. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/278 "2021-04-15T02:13:03Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The reason the family car always had an air conditioner was so Dad’s hairpiece wouldn’t get blown off. Dang, your dad had a hairpiece? I’m jealous. All my dad would pay for was a flea-bitten camel scrotum. Regards, Don Jr. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/279 "2021-04-16T01:42:31Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The reason the family car always had an air conditioner was so Dad’s hairpiece wouldn’t get blown off. A lesson Stan Sitwell should’ve headed heeded. ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/280 "2021-04-25T18:11:48Z")
A hearty FUCK YOU, Texas! [[Texas House rejects possible Medicaid expansion or similar program | The Texas Tribune](https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/22/texas-house-medicaid-expansion-uninsured/)] > The Texas House rejected an attempt Thursday to direct the governor and state health officials to use billions in federal dollars to expand health care coverage for uninsured Texans, including working poor who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but too little to afford their own health insurance. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289.md?page=15)