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renter 69 39.66%
stupid peace of poo poo 66 37.93%
Total: 174 votes
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whiter than a Wilco show
Mar 30, 2011

by FactsAreUseless

Lancelot posted:

I don't think you understand what a venn diagram is.

I think you don't understand what a perfectly overlapping correlation looks like.

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exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.
Snowden stuff on nz comes out today

Wandle Cax
Dec 15, 2006

Infotainment! posted:

I think you don't understand what a perfectly overlapping correlation looks like.

So, most people in the South Island are racist cops, got it.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Nah man. The graph clearly shows most racist cops are from the south island.

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007

For gently caress's sake, just sink the stupid island into the ocean.

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free

Vagabundo posted:

For gently caress's sake, just sink the stupid island into the ocean.

I keep saying this and people don't listen!

Varkk
Apr 17, 2004

But some Aucklanders can swim and others own boats. They might make landfall on the South Island!

Jacobin
Feb 1, 2013

by exmarx
Honestly though the south gets a bad rap - deservedly - but only in some areas. Remember that this place has the economic development of a country like the Czech Republic whereas the north is somewhat more like France. Lots of heritage and beauty down here. Yeah there were some slaves down here too. For my 2c on "Mah roads" chat - one of these incidents occurred on the Otago Peninsula - which is otherwise an incredibly serene place and "Lifestyle" destination because it is like 30-40 minutes commute - but along this single road with only one shoulder almost the entire way and very few bicycle lanes or crash barriers. Just REALLY close to the water anyways- if anyone was going to pop a nut it would be at a mass blockage on that road.

But on that note- Im pretty much in :sparkles::pcgaming::pcgaming: because my 2xconnections to unlimited gigabit internet in Dunedin for just $25 per week each are going on in a week or so. :pcgaming: One of the connections is in my near-central (5 mins walk to Octagon, medium-large studio space with access to kitchen/shower and own external entrance and great views for a measly $80 rent. My 1930's complex flat weekly rent is $105 (15 minutes walk to Octagon, 5 minutes drive) and that is where I am getting my other gigabit connection. :pcgaming: :pcgaming: :pcgaming:

Jobs aint very plentiful down here but if you can get one or have some non-location defined employment this is a hell of a lot of lifestyle at an affordable price not to mention other nature bullshit about the SI

Come down here y'all, invest some of your capital

Jacobin fucked around with this message at 23:43 on Mar 3, 2015

Pararoid
Dec 6, 2005

Te Waipounamu pride
Oh nice, another round of those hilarious South Island jokes.

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free

Pararoid posted:

Oh nice, another round of those hilarious South Island jokes.

Aww, did we hurt your racist feelings?

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007

South Island? More like, um, Stupid Island. :smug:

Ratios and Tendency
Apr 23, 2010

:swoon: MURALI :swoon:


Sinking it would be a waste, we should reforest it and turn it into the world's largest conservation area.

bobbilljim
May 29, 2013

this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me
:shittydog::shittydog::shittydog:
I went on a holiday to the south island with my family. My brother and sister are blonde but I have brown hair.

A lady who worked at one of the places where we stayed remarked to my mother how nice of her it was to take the exchange student on holiday with them.

voiceless anal fricative
May 6, 2007

quote:

Robert Pora pleaded guilty in the High Court in Auckland today to the manslaughter of Steven Henare Te Pania, reckless driving causing injury, driving under the influence of alcohol, failing to stop for police and driving while forbidden.

He said "Guilty my bro" as charges were put to him, his casualness provoking cries of disgust from the victim's family in the public gallery.

Is this the new "bitch I might be" ?

Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.
The real upside of the ChCh earthquake is we don't hear much from Kyle Chapman anymore.

If there was going to be a legitimate white-power nazi-based movement anywhere in NZ, it was bound to be in the South Island.

Varkk
Apr 17, 2004

I think most of Chapman's followers moved to Christchurch from all areas of the country to be with him. Could have just as easily been in Hamilton. Although the local black power or mongrel mob may have put them in their place if they were closer to the upper North Island.

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free

Varkk posted:

I think most of Chapman's followers moved to Christchurch from all areas of the country to be with him. Could have just as easily been in Hamilton. Although the local black power or mongrel mob may have put them in their place if they were closer to the upper North Island.

You mean all the racists left for the south island because there's less of the people they hate there to challenge their world views? Wow!

Varkk
Apr 17, 2004

No I am saying that they moved to where an apparent leader emerged. If he lived in Hamilton they would have moved there. But that they would then probably come into direct conflict with other gangs in the area.

xiw
Sep 25, 2011

i wake up at night
night action madness nightmares
maybe i am scum

Cpig Haiku contest 2020 winner
I enjoyed counterprotesting Chapman's white pride march a year or two ago. They decided to march on Merivale for some reason? Anyway I will forever treasure Chapman trying to argue that his lot are totally not nazis, while this guy stood behind him:

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

The other day I was at a low volume vehicle compliance place owned and operated by one guy from the south island (I know this because he told me he moved up from Invercargill). I mentioned something about a crazy modified Japanese car I saw on the net and said something like "Seems like they modify cars [in japan] in random wacky ways just for kicks"

His reply?

"I reckon they all want to do something different and be different to eachother cause they all look the same. I can't tell them apart at all so I guess they want to stand out from eachother?"

xiw posted:

I enjoyed counterprotesting Chapman's white pride march a year or two ago. They decided to march on Merivale for some reason? Anyway I will forever treasure Chapman trying to argue that his lot are totally not nazis, while this guy stood behind him:

Why has he got an Isle of Man logo in the middle of his swastika...?

dusty
Nov 30, 2004

Tourist driver targetted by horrible racists

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11411714
:qq: where will this end :qq:

A human heart
Oct 10, 2012

Slavvy posted:

Why has he got an Isle of Man logo in the middle of his swastika...?

The Isle of Man logo is a triskelion which is often conflated with the swastika by neonazis, particularly if they're pagan neonazis. See for example these south african nazis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaner_Weerstandsbeweging. They're both ancient sun symbols basically.

Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.
Heads up guys ASB is doing something dumb and changing its name to ABS or some poo poo.

I bet the S is going to stand for 'Solutions'.

Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



dusty posted:

Tourist driver targetted by horrible racists

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11411714
:qq: where will this end :qq:
Nice list of events showing that SI police are more than capable of acting on citizen-provided information to apprehend dangerous drivers without those citizens also having to turn into some kind of vigilante raven.

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.
all of nz's islands are bad imo


Everything Hager says is a lie, but also of course we were doing it how is this even news???

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Exclamation Marx posted:

all of nz's islands are bad imo

Nah. Stewart island's all good.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!
When the Snowden stuff comes out, mind linking it? Got some poo poo to take care of tonight.

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007

I have a question for the law talking guys and/or ladies here. So, I've got this kid in my tutor group at school and I learned he had been giving away the mobile number of another student in said class (a girl in the year below him) without her consent or knowledge because he "thought it was funny." She has been receiving text messages from people she doesn't know and she's finding it rather upsetting. I did give him a thorough bollocking in front of the other students, telling him that I would be crashing down on him like an anvil if she receives even a single text after this, and I have also reported it to the Head of House, so what he's done is now in the system, and he is likely to be facing serious consequences tomorrow as it is. Anyway, what I'm asking is if there any laws he may have broken, or if he's put himself in an actionable position?

swampland
Oct 16, 2007

Dear Mr Cave, if you do not release the bats we will be forced to take legal action

Exclamation Marx posted:

all of nz's islands are bad imo


Everything Hager says is a lie, but also of course we were doing it how is this even news???

Judith who?

Big Bad Beetleborg
Apr 8, 2007

Things may come to those who wait...but only the things left by those who hustle.

Vagabundo posted:

I have a question for the law talking guys and/or ladies here. So, I've got this kid in my tutor group at school and I learned he had been giving away the mobile number of another student in said class (a girl in the year below him) without her consent or knowledge because he "thought it was funny." She has been receiving text messages from people she doesn't know and she's finding it rather upsetting. I did give him a thorough bollocking in front of the other students, telling him that I would be crashing down on him like an anvil if she receives even a single text after this, and I have also reported it to the Head of House, so what he's done is now in the system, and he is likely to be facing serious consequences tomorrow as it is. Anyway, what I'm asking is if there any laws he may have broken, or if he's put himself in an actionable position?

Pretty sure that's straight up harassment.

whiter than a Wilco show
Mar 30, 2011

by FactsAreUseless

Butt Wizard posted:

Heads up guys ASB is doing something dumb and changing its name to ABS or some poo poo.

I bet the S is going to stand for 'Solutions'.

"Auckland bank of spark"

The new logo is a scribbled yellow anus.

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007

mirthdefect posted:

Pretty sure that's straight up harassment.

He really is a loving moron, and I will be talking to the Heads of House tomorrow morning about this at staff briefing. I'm guessing Senior Management up to and including the principal will probably get involved at some point. It's such a loving headache that I could do without.

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.
Whaleoil archive on Teina Pora

WarpedNaba posted:

When the Snowden stuff comes out, mind linking it? Got some poo poo to take care of tonight.

Nothing yet, there were rumours that some would come out today but no dice evidently. Hager's been working on the info with the Herald, HoS & SST, so maybe Sunday will be the big day? The House is sitting next week so Sunday would give a nice lil lead to it.

And once again there's an issue with framing :sigh:





voiceless anal fricative
May 6, 2007

Its exactly the same as what he was saying last time.

"He's making stuff up but of course we're doing it everyone is but you can't trust him he's lying but we only sometimes do that but its not true but he's got no proof but it's totally normal but it's a left-wing attack but..."

Wandle Cax
Dec 15, 2006

Butt Wizard posted:

Heads up guys ASB is doing something dumb and changing its name to ABS or some poo poo.

I bet the S is going to stand for 'Solutions'.

ABs

All Blacks

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.


quote:

[Key] said he would not reveal details of intelligence but said it was done for "really, really good reasons".

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11411730

awesmoe
Nov 30, 2005

Pillbug

His responses of "he's lying, and even if he isn't, gently caress you" make me actually angry
e: basically this

quote:

Hager told 3News that Mr Key's pre-emptive response to the findings in the documents was "sad".
"In every other country, the governments haven't liked the fact that this news has come out, but they have engaged with it, they have debated it, they have talked about it.
"I feel a bit sad for New Zealand that all we have is [the Prime Minister] saying, 'Don't take any notice, it's wrong, don't look at it, we don't have to talk about it'. We can do better than that."

truther
Oct 22, 2008

ASK ME ABOUT THE BEARS
And of course Stuff's headline for this leak is about John Key.

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free


We should do more spying

8:14 AM OPINION: It's not a paradise out there in the South Pacific - dangerous things happen like coups and mutinies.

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Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



Like that coup in Fiji we did the bare minimum about then decided that actually we should support just in case they had another coup.

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