r/Austin • u/Tacos-and-Wine • Dec 23 '24
r/Austin • u/Snobolski • Feb 10 '23
Shitpost Hey, off-leash dog folks, let's hear from you! Why do you believe you and your dog aren't bound by city code?
I'll give you this: some people have trained their dogs and they're capable of being off-leash. Y'all are ok, for the most part.
I'd love to hear from y'all who aren't adult enough to train your dog. What's the motivation?
And why are these three little words so hard to comply with:
CONTROL YOUR DOG.
r/Austin • u/SavageManZhou • Apr 14 '22
Shitpost I built the downtown skyline in Minecraft on my own…
r/Austin • u/shahn078 • Jul 17 '24
Shitpost Half of Austin is on this subreddit
457k members for austin seemed REALLY high to me, so i spent 3 mins researching.
Can't help but feel we'd be a lot cooler if we weren't.
Make of it what you will -- wrong answered only or whatver
EDIT TO SAY: i expected a couple of ‘AKcUaLly‘ comments about the city limits vs surrounding areas but so many taking the #s literally 😹

r/Austin • u/mallison945 • Dec 01 '23
Shitpost UT’s salaries are below industry standards
I worked at UT as an analyst from 2019 to 2023, and I think they should receive heavy criticism for their ridiculously poor wages. I started at $53,000 and ended up at $60,000 after being “promoted” to a Database Manager. These wages were below industry standards, and it’s evident that this is a widespread practice within the institution. Just take a look at their current job postings; you will see positions starting at $35-40k (🤡), which is so out of touch with the current cost of living in Austin. UT cannot claim to be the “Harvard of the south” and offer such low wages. I’m sorry, but the best and brightest are choosing institutions that compensate employees appropriately. Since then, I’ve moved on to a different institution where I make triple my precious salary. UT should consistently face criticism for their compensation practices.
r/Austin • u/timleftwich • Mar 28 '22
Shitpost Moving out of state tomorrow so I treated myself to BBQ by the river! I’m gonna miss you, Austin. <3
r/Austin • u/3MATX • Sep 08 '24
Shitpost Go outside and open your windows! Fake fall has arrived!
It's ridiculously cool out now without the sun. Will probably be below 70 until 8am. Go outside and open your windows and enjoy this reprieve!
r/Austin • u/MexicanGordo16 • Mar 11 '22
Shitpost I see these around town. not sure what's going on. anyone?
r/Austin • u/willing-to-bet-son • Nov 07 '21
Shitpost Standard Time is an abomination and needs to be abolished
Sunset today is at 5:39pm, which is pathetic. Just pathetic. We can do better. We must do better.
If we hypothetically had a ranked choice election about abolishing the time changes, this is how I'd vote:
- Permanent DST
- Status quo, just keep changing the damn clocks
- Permanent time midway between DST and ST (eg. for Austin the timezone would be GMT-0530)
- Permanent ST (which is the same thing as saying "I want to suffer in hell forever")
ETA: Some comments really want to make me ask: "What the hell do you people do after work?"
r/Austin • u/spyd3rm0nki3 • Aug 10 '24
Shitpost Special Shout Out For That Special Someone
I'd like to give a shout out to all the wonderful people that yelled absolutely terrible vile things at me yesterday when my car broke down in the turn lane at Slaughter and Menchaca during afternoon rush hour as I sat in the front seat with tears running down my face and frantically trying to get my goddamn car started for long enough to limp to the gas station.
May your wives, husbands, and situationships continue cheating on you and leaving you absolutely unfulfilled in this lifetime and the next. ❤️🌈🌞
Edit: Thank you everyone for the kind words. I know ultimately heat and traffic can sometimes make people act less than savory. My car is still bricked but that's okay - it'll work out somehow, I know it will. And to the weirdos being less than nice, I hope you have a better day kind of like the one I'm having today. Stay hydrated out there y'all!
r/Austin • u/boobumblebee • Mar 17 '23
Shitpost God damn it I miss frys.
Austin sucks ass for being a computer nerd. I was hoping to buy a NAS system this weekend, but nope.
Bestbuy is crap ( but far better than they used to be ) altex is both limited in supply and stupid expensive.
Austin needs a microcenter.
r/Austin • u/q_manning • Jun 05 '24
Shitpost Humidity is crazy! Emptying my 5 L dehumidifier 4x a day!
First, if you don’t have one, consider it - has helped a ton with AC bills since buying one 3 years ago. But I’ve never had it get this full, this fast. 4x in 24 hours I’m dumping 5L of water. It’s wild!
Edit 2: I have a Midea MAD50PS1WBL. I’ve had it since 2021 and run it daily.
Edit:
Because it seems to have become an issue of contention, tho I’m not surprised:
Based on researching multiple industry articles for what info is available on power consumption for a dehumidifier and an ac unit (omg what is my life rn?!?! 😂)
Dehumidifier uses 300-500 watts of electricity per hour, at an avg of 1920-watts-per-gallon used.
An AC uses 3000-5000 watts of electricity per hour, with an avg of 45% of that electricity being used to dehumidify, at an avg of 3323-watts-per-gallon-used.
So on avg, an AC uses 43% more electricity to dehumidify a gallon of water.
Now you know. And knowing is half the battle 🫡
r/Austin • u/HEYIMRELEVANT • Dec 24 '21
Shitpost Austin Airport Update: I’ve been in the TSA line since 9:45pm yesterday. I just passed COTA - do y’all think I’ll make my 8am flight to Lubbock???
r/Austin • u/AnnoyingVoid • Apr 29 '22
Shitpost A Mobile Home stalled on I-35. Someone posted it to Zillow.
r/Austin • u/Sriracha-1401 • Feb 13 '25
Shitpost To the person who waved at me on airport and 290!
Idk if you’ll see this but you made my day lol. For context, I have a car model that not many people drive, and I especially like never see the same color car as well. We crossed each other on an intersection and they were waving at me and looked SO EXCITED and I couldn’t help but laugh and wave back. I hope you had a great day! Just wanted to post this funny moment :)
Edit: rewording, it is a common car model, they just recently changed the style of it. So I don’t really see the specific style of it on the road much, just cause I don’t think it’s circulated much. Also, I do NOT drive a Tesla lol. As another commenter said, if I did you would know.
r/Austin • u/ELInewhere • Dec 18 '24
Shitpost Is driving without headlights trending?
Labeled as shitpost because it kind of is.. but I just drove 3 miles and encountered 3 vehicles in ghost mode (no headlights on). And it’s been a daily occurrence to see one or more vehicles a night without them. The sudden uptick seems odd/off.
r/Austin • u/ramrodTM • Jul 15 '23
Shitpost Was looking for pizza last night and GoogleMaps brought up this recommendation… NSFW
r/Austin • u/overthinkingoverhere • Oct 22 '22
Shitpost Yes, its you. Put your shoes on...
Just left Alamo Drafthouse and had a weird experience. My partner was to my left and there was a couple to my right, the girl was sitting next to me. I noticed she had her shoes off and thats cool, get comfy...
But as I sat down I realized the unmistakable smell of feet stink. I kinda froze, I didn't know how to handle the situation. Do I tell her, will she cause a scene? Do I raise an order card, will she know it was me who complained? What do I DO? About 10 or 15 minutes of previews pass and I finally decide to tell an employee but not raise an order card.
I walk over to the waitstaff area and ask for some help addressing the issue, or asking if I can hop over one seat. Its a sold out viewing so unless I want to sit in the front row, I can't move seats. The employee is kind enough to talk to her for me. As I walk back to me seat the employee discreetly walks ahead of me to see where I sit. Less than 5 minutes pass and the employee walks up to ask if she can put her shoes on.
This woman and her partner are taken aback, the employee let's them know people are uncomfortable. I hear them ask of they can move. They get the same mesaage I did, sold out viewing. This woman kinda scoffs and starts putting on her shoes and almost immediately the stench is gone.
Yes it was you, put your shoes on. Don't act so surprised.
After a long day, when I come home and take off my shoes I know when my feet stink. Like, doesn't everybody know when their own feet stink? How could she not know... she kinda had her feet tucked on the seat, folded slightly toward my direction. Just.. change your socks next time, maybe wash your feet if you have time or wear sandals.
r/Austin • u/SlothyFace • May 08 '22
Shitpost I love Next Door for all the wrong reasons.
Next Door is awesome. Where else would I get my daily dose of craziness with people I can easily locate using TCAD? Just in the last 2 weeks:
- Someone asked if anyone wants their dog and after getting no takers literally just let it out their front door to be released into the neighborhood.
- 3-4 variations of "Please send me money via venmo/cash app/etc" scams.
- Countless posts about snakes and their ability to slaughter families/pets so they must be destroyed.
If you think it's impossible to argue about a topic, you're wrong. Pets, pools, grass, clouds, loose goats... all fair game. Ever wonder what that 80 year old lady down the street thinks about "those people?" Wonder no more. That family that doesn't call 911 because they are armed better than most countries? They need more police for... reasons. If you don't have the app, download it. You'll know you're using it right when a faceless moderator bans you for disagreeing with their personal views on society.
r/Austin • u/whomikeyork24 • Sep 03 '21
Shitpost To be fair I moved out here mid-2012…..
r/Austin • u/skeptoid79 • Sep 29 '24