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Big Bad Beetleborg
Apr 8, 2007

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

NZAmoeba posted:

I'd bet the queen will outlive Charles have Charles neutralised to prevent damage to the throne.

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puchu
Sep 20, 2004

hiya~
Read that as neutered and winced in sympathy

Binkenstein
Jan 18, 2010

echinopsis posted:

Where abouts in town man?

Days behind, but Riccarton.

6 houses being built, 2 being renovated, 2 just "empty".

SuperiorColliculus
Oct 31, 2011

Christine Rankin unable to hide odious personality in puff piece: news at 11.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11472988


I especially liked the support for parents hitting their kids in the same piece as she talks about how her Dad smacking her around messed her right up.

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



quote:

We are number two in the world for abusing our children. Number two. And we worry about a smack on the bum.
It's almost like that's why the bill was put forward :ironicat:

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

We are number three for alcoholism in the world. Number three. And we worry about one drink after work.

We are number eight for methamphetamine addiction in the world. Number eight. And we worry about a quick pipe at lunchtime.

Ivor Biggun
Apr 30, 2003

A big "Fuck You!" from the Keyhole nebula

Lipstick Apathy
^^^ Nice avatar.

Ghostlight posted:

It's almost like that's why the bill was put forward :ironicat:

It's almost like she's being willfully ignorant.

The Rabbi T. White
Jul 17, 2008





Ivor Biggun posted:

It's almost like she's being willfully ignorant a complete thundercunt.

Big Bad Beetleborg
Apr 8, 2007

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

Ivor Biggun posted:


It's almost like she's being willfully ignorant a complete thunderoval officeSlavvy.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Hey :(

I don't even know what I did to earn this one, everyone in my usual hangout is as baffled as I.

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



Maybe you were being a oval office.

SurreptitiousMuffin
Mar 21, 2010
But is he a :10bux: oval office?

Kathleen
Feb 26, 2013

Grimey Drawer

Slavvy posted:

We are number three for alcoholism in the world. Number three. And we worry about one drink after work.

We are number eight for methamphetamine addiction in the world. Number eight. And we worry about a quick pipe at lunchtime.

nothing wrong with a cheeky bit of meth to go with the morning cuppa

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Ghostlight posted:

Maybe you were being a oval office.

Yeah, probably, but I do that all the time so...

focal ischemia posted:

nothing wrong with a cheeky bit of meth to go with the morning cuppa

True fact: most PnS mid-level managers snort coke to get through the day.

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free

focal ischemia posted:

nothing wrong with a cheeky bit of meth to go with the morning cuppa

Remember the TV3 news dude who was cranked on meth all the time but was also the best presenter?

Rip that guy

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.
i'm screencapping all these Harmful Digital Communications

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Exclamation Marx posted:

i'm screencapping all these Harmful Digital Communications

How dare you?!

I'm going to go tell my neighbour with the P-pipe permanently affixed to his balcony and he'll set his six unregistered vicious hunting dogs on you.

exmachina
Mar 12, 2006

Look Closer

BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:

Remember the TV3 news dude who was cranked on meth all the time but was also the best presenter?

Rip that guy

True story I knew his dealer.

520 meeting in the car park every day he worked with a full bowl.

El Pollo Blanco
Jun 12, 2013

by sebmojo

Exclamation Marx posted:

i'm screencapping all these Harmful Digital Communications

Trust you to be the one turning us all in, bourgeoisie traitor.

puchu
Sep 20, 2004

hiya~
All the posts here are harmful digital communications (because they're so bad)

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007

Mine especially.

Ratios and Tendency
Apr 23, 2010

:swoon: MURALI :swoon:


puchu posted:

All the posts here are harmful digital communications (because they're so bad)

Wow, stop cyber bullying me about my terrible posting please.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

I normally abhor internet meme bullshit images but this is all I can think:

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



It's true but it's also stupidly reductionist because cyber bullying as a concept isn't just some dicks posting things on a forum about how stupid you are, but effectively shouting you out of the social networks that permeate our world or straight-out mobile phone harassment with texts and phonecalls as well as the less-worrying-here swatting of people. Like it's fine to say just walk away from stuff if it's getting you down, but when you then can't be included in like Facebook events with your friends because someone spams every account you make saying you're a oval office then it's affecting your life outside the screen - when your door is literally kicked in by police and you're almost shot because someone wants to take you down a peg closing your eyes isn't going to do dick.

On the flipside, the answer to that is not overly broad laws that say you can call someone a oval office as long as you put it in print.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Two things I don't understand which I suspect is because I'm becoming an Old:

1. Why do you have to have some sort of social media presence? I don't and I'm not really sure why anyone would want to at all, you make it sound like it's somehow unavoidable and you get born with a facebook account or whatever.

2. Can't you just...not add people? Like, if you don't accept friend requests from cunts, how can those cunts spam you with poo poo?

Big Bad Beetleborg
Apr 8, 2007

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

If everyone in your social circle is engaging that way, your non-participation is cool and all but you're gonna miss things that everyone else is getting involved in. No one wants the extra effort of having to accommodate the weirdo who won't join facebook because reasons.

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.
Facebook is for events and chat, twitter is for funy politics stuff.

Lancelot
May 23, 2006

Fun Shoe

Slavvy posted:

Two things I don't understand which I suspect is because I'm becoming an Old:

1. Why do you have to have some sort of social media presence? I don't and I'm not really sure why anyone would want to at all, you make it sound like it's somehow unavoidable and you get born with a facebook account or whatever.
Obviously you don't have to, but it's becoming an ever-increasingly important part of socialisation, especially as a kid/teen. A lot of social interaction is through facebook chat/whatsapp/snapchat, and you miss out on a lot of normal friend communications if you're not in those circles. Also, even if it wasn't becoming more central to teen socialisation, people should still have the option to use media they enjoy without being harassed.

quote:

2. Can't you just...not add people? Like, if you don't accept friend requests from cunts, how can those cunts spam you with poo poo?
Well, in the first place, lots of cyber bullying is by people you are friends with, or are in the same class with, so either they're your direct friends or they're friends of friends. In both cases you're able to interact with each other via mutual friends' posts, or through public pages or events. A lot of cyberbullying (and real life bullying) isn't necessarily through directly confronting the victim but rather maliciously and passive-aggressively denouncing them to their friends. As I'm sure you know, it's pretty easy to get teens to join an in-group formed at hating someone, even if they're "friends" with that person.

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free

Exclamation Marx posted:

Facebook is for events and chat, twitter is for funy politics stuff.

Facebook is for moms and dads over 45 now, though.

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


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

BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:

Facebook is for moms and dads over 45 now, though.

Exactly. I navigate exclusively through notifications and messenger now.

Big Bad Beetleborg
Apr 8, 2007

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

How do you see all the rad "Minion quotes" your mother-in-law posts, then?

Lancelot
May 23, 2006

Fun Shoe
The worst thing about facebook is seeing my older sister transform into one of those people who only posts photos of her children and screencaps of "things only mothers will understand".

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.
I miss my mum's posts about how great My Food Bag is, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.
Also image macros from ca. 2011

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!
Oh. I just don't use facebook because everyone I know on there has a happier, more successful life than mine.

El Pollo Blanco
Jun 12, 2013

by sebmojo

Exclamation Marx posted:

I miss my mum's posts about how great My Food Bag is, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.

Is that that thing where you pay like $200 a week for the privilege of having some enough food for 4 meals delivered to you that you still have to cook yourself?

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Lancelot posted:

Well, in the first place, lots of cyber bullying is by people you are friends with, or are in the same class with, so either they're your direct friends or they're friends of friends. In both cases you're able to interact with each other via mutual friends' posts, or through public pages or events. A lot of cyberbullying (and real life bullying) isn't necessarily through directly confronting the victim but rather maliciously and passive-aggressively denouncing them to their friends.As I'm sure you know, it's pretty easy to get teens to join an in-group formed at hating someone, even if they're "friends" with that person.

The bolded sentences indicate the things crucial for cyberbullying to be possible. The bolded sentences also indicate things I don't understand about humanity and am unable to. This in turn indicates I am an autist, I think.

WarpedNaba posted:

Oh. I just don't use facebook because everyone I know on there has a happier, more successful life than mine.

That works too.

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



Slavvy posted:

Two things I don't understand which I suspect is because I'm becoming an Old:

1. Why do you have to have some sort of social media presence? I don't and I'm not really sure why anyone would want to at all, you make it sound like it's somehow unavoidable and you get born with a facebook account or whatever.
You don't have to, but if you're within a peer group that does then you're not included as much just by the nature of it. I signed up for Facebook because all of the people I knew organised and updated parties and trips through the events feature and otherwise I was reliant on someone to to update the one sad oval office pouting about social media being dumb. I have a friend now who has managed to get away without one, but his girlfriend has one, and within their little circle of 5-6 people that I mutually know there'll often be in-jokes that arise on a wall post or whatever that she'll have to explain to him at the pub when someone references it.

Essentially you're opting out of a conversation your friends are having. Which is fine if it's a small or infrequent conversation, but if it's a lot of your group's interactions then you can feel like an outsider.

Ghostlight fucked around with this message at 09:43 on Jul 1, 2015

voiceless anal fricative
May 6, 2007

You also don't have to be on social media yourself for everyone to be sharing a picture of you with a caption saying you're a slag.

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exmachina
Mar 12, 2006

Look Closer

Exclamation Marx posted:

Also image macros from ca. 2011

This. Facebook is basically reliving the internet from scratch.

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