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I think George is talking about this quote, from "End Of The World"quote:You lot. You spend all your time thinking about dying. Like you’re going to get killed by eggs or beef or global warming or asteroids. But you never take the time to imagine the impossible. That maybe you survive. Shortly after this is said the sun expands and destroys the Warth. I think he just paid attention up to the part about eggs and beef then got distracted.
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AgentF posted:These "politicians only squabble all day" types need a sense of history instead of shrugging their shoulders and deciding that all politicians are equally bad. The pervasive pattern is that there is a neutral issue, then the Libs politicise it and attack Labor with it, then Labor defend it (what else should they do? concede to every new attack?) and then it looks like two equal sides squabbling with each other. And 75% of the media present it as Labor blocking our brave Liberal heroes, which doesn't help.
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You Am I posted:gently caress I hate Australian Mainstream/Commercial media. AgentF posted:These "politicians only squabble all day" types need a sense of history instead of shrugging their shoulders and deciding that all politicians are equally bad. The pervasive pattern is that there is a neutral issue, then the Libs politicise it and attack Labor with it, then Labor defend it (what else should they do? concede to every new attack?) and then it looks like two equal sides squabbling with each other. This is an important pattern because it shows you how politicians and media reinforce each other to keep their gig humming along. It's the he-said she-said fake objectivism the media loves, and it blunts issues major party politicians don't want to actually deal with. You've got Hanson for comic relief, and you can ignore the Greens because they're no fun at all and only want to discuss boring things like policy no journalist can be bothered understanding themselves much less present in an understandable format to their audience who desperately need such clarity. Also, if Tingle on Late Night Live is right, everyone in the Libs is backing away from Morrison and pretending he's a lone wolf, 1 because it embarrasses Turnbull, but 2, misses an opportunity to bash ALP on their banking RC policy and now they have to wait for the electorate to forget about it before they can try again. iajanus posted:I'm on our treadmill and gizmo is watching me and I'm pretty sure he's mocking me Always post cats especially Gizmo.
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"Now there's a man who'd like to gently caress his daughters"
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On Ten TV this morning two of their clown shoes were raving about going on a blind date with Hanson.   Huge nazi racist LOL! I'm not completely complicit in popularising a dangerous bigot. Hate speech is free speech! LOL! Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi. Speaking of: I just finished Peter 'wanker' Fitzsimon's Fromelle and Poziers. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck. If this is an example of populist scholarly historical documentation going forwards then  The poo poo smear presents the source information including actual quotes from the diggers then goes on to contradict them by making all the standard conclusions - Good shots because they were all farmers (from Footscray). The jingoist nationalism that people who claim to support OW TRUBBS is 100% anathema to the people who went and did the dying. They would all flinch at 'Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi' and flag capes. Abbott wanting to refocus on the Western Front shows just how far down the rabbit hole we are. To a man all those who were there said it was much worse than Gallipoli and the British command were effectively murderers. I think we should be focusing more on that too Tony. But oh whoops we live in the counter factual age and the actual opinions of the people you are asking us to venerate are an inconvenience at best.gently caress YOU.
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I live in Footscray and I'm a crack shot.
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http://www.afr.com/brand/rear-window/jamie-briggs-joins-pricewaterhousecoopers-20170219-gugmth
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Paul Howes can stay at KPMG forever as far as I'm concerned.
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:PwC's Adelaide office now has about 200 people in it, but is just one local serial killer away from being empty. What the gently caress is this
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Australia wants us to take their Muslims and can't even stop terrorist planes over there. Sad.
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JBP posted:I loving hate doctor who it's trash. Its a kids show how do people not see this It is intended for under 12s ffs
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hiddenmovement posted:Its a kids show how do people not see this Are you having a go mate?
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JBP posted:Are you having a go mate? No I'm kind of agreeing with you in that adults who watch it without children present need to re evaluate their lives a bit (see : my little pony)
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hiddenmovement posted:No I'm kind of agreeing with you in that adults who watch it without children present need to re evaluate their lives a bit (see : my little pony) Go watch blink with some kids and see how that goes.
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MysticalMachineGun posted:"Now there's a man who'd like to gently caress his daughters" lmaooooo
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Zenithe posted:Go watch blink with some kids and see how that goes. my 11 year old son has been watching it and thinks it's cool, I've got no problem with that
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Dr who is a fun pulpy sci fi thing, just like star gate and Star Wars and Star Trek, also Blink is a legitimately good episode of TV it's just a shame that it meant the writers continually tried to recapture that by reusing the monsters or clumsily attempting to copy it's mood.
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Doctor Who keeps funding this series imo
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More like Doctor Poo
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Doctor who isn't high art but it's enjoyable for what it is, and better than most offerings on commercial TV. Especially reality tv 
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Solemn Sloth posted:Dr who is a fun pulpy sci fi thing, just like star gate and Star Wars and Star Trek I'll fite u m8. Don't try to drag high art down to that level.
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Before I let you all continue squabbling on about Doctor Who lets all agree Blake's 7 was better.
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Ora Tzo posted:Before I let you all continue squabbling on about Doctor Who lets all agree Blake's 7 was better. This had shitter effects than old Who, which I think we'll all agree is an impressive feat.
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Magog posted:I'll fite u m8. Don't try to drag high art down to that level. Agreed! Voyager is the pinnacle of sci fi television.
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Magog posted:I'll fite u m8. Don't try to drag high art down to that level.
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Ora Tzo posted:Before I let you all continue squabbling on about Doctor Who lets all agree Blake's 7 was better. Space 1999 rules them all.
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Zenithe posted:This had shitter effects than old Who, which I think we'll all agree is an impressive feat. Blake's 7 is a wonderful mix of hysterical performances and very edgy political drama. It does pose the question: once authority has debased itself so far as the Federation has, is the only moral response terrorism, or freedom fighters? Also has the distinction of not just one MacGuffin but two! Apart from joking about the presentation (this is a series that not only scavenged actors and props, but production staff from Who), it has very serious themes despite being entertainment. I very much doubt any public broadcaster would get away with such a drama now, they'd self-censor it to death.
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ewe2 posted:I very much doubt any public broadcaster would get away with such a drama now, they'd self-censor it to death. Why have a ministry of love when the ministry of hate is doing so well. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-21/vietnam-asylum-seeker-returned-by-australia-speaks-of-beatings/8288226
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New Essential poll is out, some stuff on PHON preferences in WA and on renewable energy.
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Michael Sukkar has made a good start espousing affordable housing policy. "Get a high paying job, I had two houses by 35" He is on a salary more than 2.5 times the average nationally, and is paid $270 per day to stay in his own property in Canberra
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Solemn Sloth posted:Michael Sukkar has made a good start espousing affordable housing policy. Sounds like he was correct then 
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Ora Tzo posted:Before I let you all continue squabbling on about Doctor Who lets all agree Blake's 7 was better. drat fine show and holds up remarkably well too. As has been suggested already it's a sad testament that you could never make something like it these days without heavy censorship of the core theme. Imagine all the killjoys screaming about a terrorist protagonist who is anti authoritarian.
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Star Wars is about terrorists, they just made a new one. I haven't seen it but I assume the terrorists trying to overthrow the rightful government are still the main characters.
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Pwnstar posted:Star Wars is about terrorists, they just made a new one. I haven't seen it but I assume the terrorists trying to overthrow the rightful government are still the main characters. Rogue One is. Force Awakens is weird because they didn't want the victories of the OT to be ignored but also wanted to retain the 'underdog against an evil empire' feel and the end result is kinda like a movie about how great the Contras were, weren't they just the most heroic people? Most likely this is some kind of setup for episode 8 to say 'no you are wrong and dumb, idiot', like 2 and 5 did to 1 and 4, but it just feels weird in isolation
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Star Wars actually has the worst track record of all favorite nerd-sci-fi series, while Doctor Who might have the best, sorry. And on the slightly more on-topic part of this discussion, while the Doctor is totally just a white man traveling around solving other people's problems because they can't do it themselves, he is generally written as pretty anti-authoritarian and rebellious. He's a pretty good 'working class hero' actually, even though he doesn't always act like one. He was an absolutely lovely Time Lord, but got so sick of their society's general FYGM state (with no upward mobility, because good loving luck getting the old guard to lessen their grip on power when they live forever) that he stole a TARDIS and flew off to go actually help people.
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