iamthegoonsquad
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In Texas, where they brag about freedom and limited government, it is illegal for an adult to buy a beer or a bottle of whisky for 61 hours right now. Home of the hypocrite.
whowantssome
“But, but, we solved all mankind’s problems with more guns for every man, woman, and child”
MagicDollHag
Alton here. Can confirm. Even in the blue strongholds it sucks ass. Def 1 star and that's bc I can't strip the flag to zero.
BigTex1
Or you could have bought your alcohol prior to the weekend like literally everyone else in the state….
ChristopherHallett
Give Tejas back to mexico.
NVGoddesscottage
Most violent assaults of any state
dorenavant
TeelMoobeel
I do love to loathe Florida & Texas... and all the states in between :D
TexasBaconMan
yeah, yeah, I know.
OliverClothesoff70
From my "Memes of the Old World" Collection...
vornan19
Meanwhile I called and the liquor store is open in NM.
PeterNormal
Texas is pretty low on the actual freedom scale.
Craizie
You can buy beer and wine on sundays....
sherlockhooves
Even that's too generous a rating
qshamtech
Texan here. The Blue laws used to be a lot worse and stupid in the 80’s. Entire isles of stores would be chained off on Sundays. So stupid!
mmckee44
Freedom to the right wingers is the freedom to screw your employees, your customers and your citizens. And to those same wingers, any ....
mmckee44
2/... rule or law to do something about that exploitation, or even to talk about it, is socialism. And it is working for them.
RedCamaro
I dont go to Texas because its somehow a shittier state than Louisiana
LSKG
as someone that lived in Mississippi and went to LA and AL on a regular basis for a few years. that is not even remotely true >>
LSKG
LA, MS, and AL made me think of third world countries that were just starting to work when i lived there
Rips4w
Well, now Im pretty sure you've never been to either of those states.
PerpetualExhaustion
The result of christofaschists running things.Not that I’m blaming the majority of Texans, because I know the deck is stacked against them.
FieryDoom
ChristopherHallett
Give Tejas back to Mexico.
jt42
It was actually a country before it joined the US, not part of Mexico.
hotdoginathermos
68mano
Wet towns within dry counties, dry towns in wet counties, and assholes everywhere interspersed with a few nice people. Turd in the punchbowl
Iaimtomisbehave
One of the programs I'm supporting down here:
GuitarBobMonterey
'I'm finna mess w/ Texas ...LOL!
lucidbarrier
I mean it's been like this for longer than I've been alive. People already know to stock up early. You just want something to complain about
AustimousPrime
Its a dumb law based around religion, just because people have become complacent doesn't make it less dumb.
lucidbarrier
Are you able to change state laws by complaining on Imgur?
AustimousPrime
I never said I could, just that it's a dumb law and that the lifespan of a law has no effect on that fact.
lucidbarrier
Well, we sure showed those lawmakers. They will change it now for sure
AustimousPrime
So you're being intentionally obtuse?
UnluckyLunkhead
Is electric power working across Texas right now?
jt42
Yeah, better than California anyway.
BigTex1
And apparently New York.
MostlyWhelmed
I wouldn’t complain as much when there is no power if I was drunk.
DaithiUK
They should turn the power off on god days so that the faithful can fully prostrate themselves instead of watching TV.
just4thelolz
Can I buy one if beer i part of my culture? I'm German.
just4thelolz
*is
Rips4w
It's not that youre not allowed to buy it. It's that the stores are not allowed to sell.
MagicDollHag
No. You assimilate, ya'hear? Now say Yeehaw like you mean it. SAY IT! *PEW PEW*
LSKG
then why are all the people fleeing California and Oregon to live there?
lucidbarrier
To buy up the properties & raise the rent here. Rent has gotten crazy expensive. Plus they bring all their crappy driving habits with them.
SubnetTwelve
Trying to sober up ?
whysomuchdoghair
Low hosting costs + people who want to escape their state that "the libs ruined" they can have all the freedom they want when the grid fails
tehcron
They won't be off put by the power issues, both states are woefully unprepared for natural disasters like Wildfires or Snow Storms.
MeatMechanic86
No state income tax. Lower cost of living, except a few things like property taxes, but then you have to actually live there.
LSKG
ah I think I got you, so Texas sitting at one star is still better than no stars
Edvi2013
Sounds like you really hate California. Sorry bud but texas sucks. I would know I live here
MagicDollHag
Second this. I can't wait to leave Texas.
MeatMechanic86
Lived there for a year, that was plenty.
iamthegoonsquad
What about what?
LSKG
this isn't even news at this point, there has been a massive migration of middle to upper middle class to Texas from these states
eightyearplan
https://kinder.rice.edu/urbanedge/it-seems-all-california-moving-texas-true
iamthegoonsquad
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
LSKG
this isn't what about-ism though, texas has one of the largest immigration pulls in the US, if its a 'shit hole'... why >>
LSKG
here is a source from 2017 but the trend has stayed consistent https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/fiscal-notes/2017/october/migration.php
GeminiDreams
Except you can buy beer in any grocery store at any time (that they're open). Liquor stores are only closed on Sundays.
nojustsayitdont
How is this better? It's a law because Sunday is a religious day. It is directly un-constitutional.
iamthegoonsquad
"beer."
GeminiDreams
Yes, beer. The grocery stores here have great selection. https://www.heb.com/category/shop/beverages/beer-wine/490015/490033
iamthegoonsquad
they've updated the laws since the last time i tried to buy a "beer" in texas.
iamthegoonsquad
https://www.texastribune.org/2012/08/09/tabc-changes-what-it-means-to-be-a-beer/
GeminiDreams
huh. Been here almost 20 years and haven't noticed. Mostly drink local micros though.
iamthegoonsquad
no reason to know you were missing out. was fun hearing airman coming to tx for first time and learning the beer was all watered down.
FelonyRaptor
In Finland Sundays used to be "days of rest" too, meaning most stores and shops were closed. So I do kinda understand this.
IHaveAGuyForEverything
You can’t even buy beer? Even UT (we are in the same 60ish hour thing now for anything over 5%) can buy beer 24/7.
reynoldser
The blue laws only apply to liquor. You can bit beer & wine
saltreplacement
You can definitely buy beer still.. just all liquor stores are closed the day after a holiday on Sunday.
tinyfootprints
IIRC Florida prohibits alcohol sales from sunrise until noon on Sunday. Wow - that could be as much as 6 hours!
koflan
BUT MY WAY OF LIFE
itsallaboutthecones
Does UT beer even count as alcohol though? I drank one of those comically large mugs and didn't even know.
IHaveAGuyForEverything
Haven’t been a beer drinker for a while, but they go as high as 5% outside the liquor store. In the liquor store they have all the 5%+ beers
itsallaboutthecones
Maybe it was the town that we were in and this was ten years ago? But we were told that they weren't over 1.5% alcohol, IIRC.
IHaveAGuyForEverything
Oh wow. Not that I’ve seen. The stuff like Coors Light and Natural Light as 3.3. Heineken and Stella are 5.5.
itsallaboutthecones
Nevermind, it was 3.3, my memory was exaggerating. There were also rules about how many beers they could serve us so they were giant mugs.
Clockworkdancerobot
Don't forget the dildos.
CramMcStroker
We have not forgot about Ted cruz
ExpectedDickbuttGotDickbutt
It’s more polite to call them republicans, but yeah
zweifel
HAHAHAHAHA!!! Nice!!!!
LadyMidnightToker
bec235
Burke616
Dildos are designed to bring pleasure and feel good inside you. That's the opposite of a Republican.
thepersonwhostaresatyouthroughyourwebcamwhenyouthinkitsoff
Hey now, dildos have some uses unlike the others
Praethius
Surely you can go 61hrs without a new dildo
StandingOutsideABrokenPhoneBoothWithMoneyInMyHand
A Texas resident of legal age can only own 6 dildos, which is bullshit.
Praethius
Yeah complete overreach
iamthegoonsquad
surely that should be my decision, not the state's.
Praethius
Depends! Are you civil danger once you buy too many dildos? Is there such a thing as dildo-madness? Seriously though, the state controlling
Praethius
how many dildos you can have? What a joke. Who possibly came up with that
Praethius
And why did they choose 6. Better q, how do they think its policeable? Better yet, *why* would anyone care? The happiest people i know own
CosplayComet
What's the 61 hour thing...?
Niddhoger
Blue laws: you must buy your booze Saturday night so you don't have to go anywhere to get tanked on Sunday morning. As God intended.
showdownsam78666
Says the Bible that we thump.
DickInAToaster
https://www.khou.com/amp/article/news/local/texas/texas-liquor-stores-closing/285-03b87560-250b-4bd4-a7ba-86e1af5f4742
erbiumyttriumytterbium
Blue laws on parts of the USA are so weird! In Indiana, you can't buy liquor on Sundays, but they leave the beer etc. in the shelves. <2>
erbiumyttriumytterbium
Which makes sense, unless you're from out of state. Some states don't allow liquor sales in a restaurant, and they don't have bars, but <3>
erbiumyttriumytterbium
, but hotels get around that because private clubs CAN sell liquor. So when you check in, they give you a free club membership!
roboirishrumpelstiltskin
There's weirder ones. Dry counties or half strength beer or booze in a supermarket or bar.
PaulSmedberg
Inn Indiana It's been fixed. You just have to wait until noon to buy alcohol
JinxRocks
Check out Louisiana - they put covers over the alcohol. I thought it was the most ignorant thing. a "no Alchol sales on sunday" sign works.
iamthegoonsquad
They have blue laws that prevent stores from selling certain things on God's day - liquor being one. Am curious if guns are OK.
Yufer
It would be a good idea to stay stocked up then so you are prepared for emergency freedom days?
LadyMacDeath
You can buy beer and wine, but not liquor. It is a shit law. Today is fucking Tuesday. The only "god" it belongs to is Mars
76000BatteryLlamas
Find yourself an enlisted person and then send that person to the Class 6
Imademyselfsquirtle
Gods day. What a crock of shit. If god is ever present always, it's his day everyday. Fucking hate Conservatives.
MissSiesta
But that's one day.... OP's is going on day 3
showdownsam78666
As an older texan. You can find all of them and at the right price if you know the right friends. Or as a song said. Friends in low places.
JayMcBeardy
Bible didn’t know about guns so they’re ok.
KinetoPlay
Bible was rather famously pro wine. Pro, "We literally drank all the alcohol in this house and it would take a miracle to save this party."
JacaByte
And then "whoops guess this water is wine now"
mity0k23
What kind of backwoods god has his day on Monday?
ArcadiaBerger
How dare you insult my Moon Lady that way? [Sorry, inside family joke - my first child sat outside at night "talking with my Moon Lady".]
djj25
He was too drunk on Sunday so he had to finish his work Monday
LadyMacDeath
Not gonna lie, drunk when and in Texas when I made posted this comment. But is there any other way for a sane person to survive here?!?
LadyMacDeath
Fuuuck. More drunk now. JFC... Am I even comprehensible anymore?
iamthegoonsquad
Then sunday's weren't enough so they justified adding a day here and there around them come holiday time - you know, for freedom.
iamthegoonsquad
and limited government.
cornzilla
Land of the free ****terms and conditions apply.
HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
If it weren't for double standards they'd have none.
CosplayComet
FishAreSUS
Saving this for later use. No, not THAT use, to respond. some other things
harrison100012
Vote them out ,get the young involved it their duty to be better than the last generation. Love USA take care from the UK
SaymynamePoopybuthole
Not exactly working out for us much
cornzilla
A lot of us are working on it and fighting hard. It's rough, but we continue to fight.
HelikaformerNubisKnight9
Dafuq - even if all Shops are closed on Sundays/Holidays in Germany of course you can buy beer&booze at gas stations or restaurants.
ficklemission
In some states, God hates beer and liquor.
HelikaformerNubisKnight9
But... but... the monks are the one brewing the beer? ?
FelonyRaptor
WTH is a God's day?
DickInAToaster
Sunday.
FelonyRaptor
We used to have a God's day but then capitalism won and now every shop can be open on Sundays too. Many aren't but that's bc of less /
FelonyRaptor
shoppers and more expensive hours for the company. Sunday pay is supposed to be like double the normal pay.
FelonyRaptor
We DO have restrictions in alcohol sales, you can't buy anything over 2,8% alcohol from 9pm to 9am except for bars and such.
TheInfalliblePhallus
It is a day when you are supposed to go to church, then spend the whole day thinking/praying to or reading about God. You can't wok either
reichstein
No wok!?! But can you still cook in other types of pans?
TheInfalliblePhallus
Lol. You got me.
TheInfalliblePhallus
Because in the Christian creation story God created the world in six days, then rested on the 7th. ??
joot
Surely if an Almighty Being of Infinite Power and Knowledge needs a day off, my sorry ass deserves a weekend.
vegivamp
The lazy fuck.
FelonyRaptor
And why does it last for 61 hours instead of the normal 24? America is so weird.
AnneGwishZ
Texas*
DickInAToaster
61 hours is a poor description. They are always closed on Sunday. But bc of observing holiday, they close monday too. So 2 days instead of 1
DickInAToaster
That’s why I said 61 is a poor description. They would already be closed for much of that in the middle of the night anyways.
OldTownPhantom
That's still 48. What about the other 13?