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homeowner 39 22.41%
renter 69 39.66%
stupid peace of poo poo 66 37.93%
Total: 174 votes
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Somfin
Oct 25, 2010

In my🦚 experience🛠️ the big things🌑 don't teach you anything🤷‍♀️.

Nap Ghost
Egalitarian here. Odd, considering that they had exactly one question on economics and none on gender equality.

Noxin of Shame posted:

Which symbol do you identify as being more New Zealand? The SILVER FERN!, The British Flag?, Or one of these other two concepts or taonga that aren't really symbols.

gently caress you and your thinly veiled ploy to get data showing that an overwhelming majority of New Zealanders identify with the Silver Fern (tm).

I noticed that too. I was basically hammering the NOT THE SILVER FERN MOTHERFUCKER button every chance I got.

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voiceless anal fricative
May 6, 2007

Nick Willis has spoken out about a porn addiction

http://m.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11600782

quote:

"Sierra showed a great amount of grace with me," Willis said.

"We decided to beat it together."

oohhboy
Jun 8, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

There is a lot of Beating in that article about porn addiction. :ughh:

voiceless anal fricative
May 6, 2007

I beat mine with Jesus. No more porn addiction.

oohhboy
Jun 8, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
I am an Atheist, so no Jesus for me. Only porn.

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free
I'm glad a racist sexist anti porn activist managed to get half that article to be about him

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



Hahahahahahahaha How The gently caress Is Porn Addiction Real Hahahaha Nigga Just Walk Away From The Screen Like Nigga Close Your Eyes Haha

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Ghostlight posted:

Hahahahahahahaha How The gently caress Is Porn Addiction Real Hahahaha Nigga Just Walk Away From The Screen Like Nigga Close Your Eyes Haha

Dragonstoned
Jan 15, 2006

MR. DOG WITH BEES IN HIS MOUTH AND WHEN HE BARKS HE SHOOTS BEES AT YOU
by Roger Hargreaves

It works on so many levels!

Ghostlight posted:

Hahahahahahahaha How The gently caress Is Poverty Real Hahahaha Nigga Just Walk Away From That Life Like Nigga Get a Job Haha

Ghostlight posted:

Hahahahahahahaha How The gently caress Is Drug Addiction Real Hahahaha Nigga Just Walk Away From The Drugs Like Nigga Stop Taking Drugs Haha

Ghostlight posted:

Hahahahahahahaha How The gently caress Is Rape Culture Real Hahahaha Nigga Just Walk Away From The Rapist Like Nigga Stop Wearing Short Skirts Haha

and so on...

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Yeah once that porno gets in your bloodstream you're hooked and quitting is real hard cause the side effects (raging boners) can be absolutely brutal.

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free

Dragonstoned posted:

It works on so many levels!




and so on...

loving lol

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



Dragonstoned posted:

It works on so many levels!




and so on...

:agreed:

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!

Dragonstoned posted:

It works on so many levels!




and so on...
Indeed, I have added this link if you would like further reading on this argument.

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007


quote:

One person wrote; "Good on you... takes a lot of courage. Doesn't change my view on you. Go hard and keep chasing your dreams".

Teehee

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007

Heads up, fuckers.

Robo Captain
Sep 28, 2013
But I don't have a telly.

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007

Robo Captain posted:

But I don't have a telly.

One News livestreams on the TVNZ website.

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/live-stream-one-news-six.html

edogawa rando fucked around with this message at 06:00 on Mar 7, 2016

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



Can't wait to find out which former All Black is now a list member, which of National's failed policies it's doubling down on, and whether it's Māori or beneficiary bashing week at 6:23.

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007

Why does the One News weatherman look like a mortician that interferes with corpses?

Taitale
Feb 19, 2011
MBIE payroll issues
CYF changes
MoH audited by PwC for "serious financial mismanagement"

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



Never been so underwhelmed by the promise of political news.

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007

Yeah, what the gently caress. I look like a bigger oval office than usual now. Thanks a lot, Andrea.

Pararoid
Dec 6, 2005

Te Waipounamu pride
I found the subtle differences between the TV1 and TV3 stories on the TPP quite interesting, so not a complete loss.

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



I liked how TV1 pretended it wasn't a completely rational thing to treat after-the-fact "consultation" on the TPP as the joke it is.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!
Got home at 6:30pm, juuust late enough to miss the bullshit. Thank god for bomb scares!

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007

WarpedNaba posted:

Got home at 6:30pm, juuust late enough to miss the bullshit. Thank god for bomb scares!

Oh, it was your turn this time?

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!
That or there was a really interesting travel case that someone had left behind.

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007

Taitale posted:

MBIE payroll issues
CYF changes
MoH audited by PwC for "serious financial mismanagement"

I guess the MBIE and MoH stuff is fairly decent sized, as it directly relates to the competency of the government. The MoH falling $18million short on a $24million rebuild is pretty crazy, and the MBIE's payroll issues come from a ministry overseen by the very minister that has been tasked with fixing Novopay.

Meanwhile, Todd Barclay stuff that appears to have flown under the radar.

http://www.odt.co.nz/news/politics/375242/claim-secret-recording

whiter than a Wilco show
Mar 30, 2011

by FactsAreUseless
I mean, why should the ministry of business, innovation and employment be able to competently do anything in its own name?

Jacobin
Feb 1, 2013

by exmarx
Hey everyone-

Just the occasional drop-in to put an injection of outside perspective some issues.

This service costs me $207 per month. I am over $6800 away of costs this year before my health insurance starts "saving me money". Its still considered one of the better, more innovative services available because it offers some "free" (i.e. inclusive from the $207 per month) primary doctors visits.

Regards

Whoops I can't change the other attached image. Here is what I meant:



(Deductible means: I pay $207 per month to pay up to $6800 a year out of my bank account- which only ever really pays off if something really bad happens to you)




Missing, loving and appreciating New Zealand some right now

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oohhboy
Jun 8, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Wow! Last time I needed a blood test the doctor gave me a bit of paper, went down to the local Labtest place and I was done. The paper is also good for a whole year with no minimum interval should the more frequent tests be required.

LOL that second image. It's like informercial pricing. We normally sell it this price, but as a special offer we will sell to you at this lower price which is our actual normal price.

Jacobin
Feb 1, 2013

by exmarx

oohhboy posted:

Wow! Last time I needed a blood test the doctor gave me a bit of paper, went down to the local Labtest place and I was done. The paper is also good for a whole year with no minimum interval should the more frequent tests be required.

LOL that second image. It's like informercial pricing. We normally sell it this price, but as a special offer we will sell to you at this lower price which is our actual normal price.

Yes. The "Harken Discounts" or "X Discounts" number can be safely said to be the "fat" that is "cut out" when you have a public healthcare system or a single payer. Unfortunately as you can see, thats enough to keep a lot of people employed in America and a lot of stock dividends.

A lot of things are under fire in NZ but please always hasten to the defences at a minutes notice if anything vaguely like this appears on the horizon.

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



Yeah, my brother was in hospital in the US early last year because he ended up with an infection in a wound (which he had been putting off seeing a doctor for due to cost) that started polluting his blood and he collapsed. He said with basically no insurance the cost of being in the hospital overnight and a course of meds to clear up the infection was startlingly more than the entire treatment, including surgery and rehab, of breaking his kneecap in NZ.

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


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

Jacobin
Feb 1, 2013

by exmarx
Now thats the "stuff" I am talking about :getin:

504
Feb 2, 2016

by R. Guyovich
Three cops have been shot in the Bay of plenty in the North Island.

http://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/reports-police-officers-shot-in-bay-of-plenty/ar-AAgy8p7/?ocid=spartanntp


Now we can look forward to every reactive idiot yelling "Arm the police" without doing any thinking at all.

Edit: They just upped the number to four, refusing to discuss if the gunman is still lose.

504 fucked around with this message at 05:20 on Mar 9, 2016

oohhboy
Jun 8, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Sounds like the fourth officer might have shot themselves in the hand based on the wording.

504
Feb 2, 2016

by R. Guyovich

oohhboy posted:

Sounds like the fourth officer might have shot themselves in the hand based on the wording.

I'm going to place money on "His own police dog bit him" - Happens a bunch and is always funny to everyone there (except the handler)

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



Nah, they specifically say he's receiving treatment for a gunshot wound to the hand. It sounds like the dude is still holed up, so the officer was probably just waving it around and took a potshot after the initial exchange had subsided.

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Lancelot
May 23, 2006

Fun Shoe
it was because of a "cannabis recovery operation". the amount of manpower the nz police seems to spend on weed is really astonishing

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