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Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

tithin posted:

Police have arrested the guy what did it, but nothing out as to if it's terrorism.

Don't take twitter at face value re terrorism related stuff

Surely someone on the scene has a Dulux chart

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cohsae
Jun 19, 2015

God it's been a while since I switched on a news channel during an unfolding story like this and it remains a waste of time.
It really is just a bunch of people who have no inside information speculating wildly and repeating the same things every 5 minutes.

WhiskeyWhiskers
Oct 14, 2013


"هذا ليس عادلاً."
"هذا ليس عادلاً على الإطلاق."
"كان هناك وقت الآن."
(السياق الخفي: للقراءة)
Wasn't it the 1 year anniversary for the last one of these in Melbourne like a day or two ago?

Laserface
Dec 24, 2004

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

This would never had happened if the pedestrians had guns.

Shoulda had some Sydney police equipped with M4s there too.

CrazyTolradi
Oct 2, 2011

It feels so good to be so bad.....at posting.

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

Wasn't it the 1 year anniversary for the last one of these in Melbourne like a day or two ago?

That'd be Jan 20th, actually.

WhiskeyWhiskers
Oct 14, 2013


"هذا ليس عادلاً."
"هذا ليس عادلاً على الإطلاق."
"كان هناك وقت الآن."
(السياق الخفي: للقراءة)

CrazyTolradi posted:

That'd be Jan 20th, actually.

Huh, heard something about it on the radio the other day. Maybe he was sentenced or something.

CrazyTolradi
Oct 2, 2011

It feels so good to be so bad.....at posting.

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

Huh, heard something about it on the radio the other day. Maybe he was sentenced or something.
He put in a plea of not guilty near the start of the month, also there were some articles about issues in regards to accessing his mental health records to assist the defense.

MikeJF
Dec 20, 2003




Birdstrike posted:

Apple, much like laserface, can gently caress off

I've always thought Fed Square is a weird use of space and not that inviting, building a vast temple to lovely operating systems is a flying leap backwards

cohsae posted:

What Fed Square actually needs is some gardens or grass something. It's just a big block of concrete with gently caress all shade. How about some trees Melbourne?

That's actually kinda why Apple Store aside, the changes here are actually kinda... good. They're going from this:



To this:



They're greatly opening up flow through to the river, adding a little amphitheatre area, and connecting up to and turning the tree strip behind the iStore into a sloping grass lawn down to the river to relax on. Downsizing that building is a good idea and honestly the square would've been better if it had never been there at all.

It also looks there like they're going to directly open the east end of the square into the mall space in the eastern building, which will work a lot better.

Metis of the Chat Thread
Aug 1, 2014


From eyewitness reports on the radio it sounds like it was definitely intentional.

And from the Guardian:

quote:

Another witness, Jim, told the ABC the car made no effort to stop or slow down.

"The only thing that slowed him down was him hitting pedestrians."

Awful thing to hear on the radio while driving home. Both my siblings work in the CBD. (They're fine)

MikeJF
Dec 20, 2003




Ah gently caress. Catching the news now. I'm off today but that intersection is the transit hub my workplace uses. :ohdear:

CrazyTolradi
Oct 2, 2011

It feels so good to be so bad.....at posting.

TBH it needs a lot more shaded seating area and greenery, it has a lot of similiar issues that I remember King George Square had in Brisbane.

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

Yeahhhhh I missed it because we were given a half day today thankfully. gently caress.

so hopefully it was an accident... if not, an ice crazed psycho?

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

why arent there bollards on the streets to stop this kind of thing?!

Metis of the Chat Thread
Aug 1, 2014


bollards for the bollard god

You Am I
May 20, 2001

Me @ your poasting

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

This would never had happened if the pedestrians were concrete bollards.

ewe2
Jul 1, 2009

https://twitter.com/NewtonMark/status/943731229639061504

:thunk: It's not like there isn't a history of copy cats as a direct result of hysterical media coverage.

CrazyTolradi
Oct 2, 2011

It feels so good to be so bad.....at posting.

Synthbuttrange posted:

why arent there bollards on the streets to stop this kind of thing?!
Ban cars in the CBD, IMHO.

G-Spot Run
Jun 28, 2005
Pro-tip if your exposure to the incident is being asked to get off a tram please don't call the ABC, nobody cares.

G-Spot Run
Jun 28, 2005
Unless you know where it was designed and built and first released on Melbourne's network anyway

bigis
Jun 21, 2006
What about people that didn’t see anything but “heard a bang”.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Channel 7 calling it a terrorist attack :thunk:

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Oh they have pictures of the driver and he has a scary beard.

NTRabbit
Aug 15, 2012

i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches




Anidav posted:

Channel 7 calling it a terrorist attack :thunk:

Dangerous, leaves them in a position of having to find a way to wind that back if it turns out to be a white guy protesting against fags stealing marriage or the construction of a mosque

cohsae
Jun 19, 2015

bigis posted:

What about people that didn’t see anything but “heard a bang”.

What about people who visited Melbourne 3 months ago and are just feeling so lucky right now like it could have been me keep me in your prayers thanks #blessed

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
https://twitter.com/SkyNewsAust/status/943752484069113856

Muslim or hipster?

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

They're reporting two men have been arrested now

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
https://twitter.com/SkyNewsAust/status/943747829356359681

australiar
Dec 21, 2017

by Smythe
ban suvs

CrazyTolradi
Oct 2, 2011

It feels so good to be so bad.....at posting.

Woah, harsh (I agree)

Tarantula
Nov 4, 2009

No go ahead stand in the fire, the healer will love the shit out of you.

australiar
Dec 21, 2017

by Smythe
a confused 90-year-old with an suv can function simultaneously as a terrorist and as a concrete bollard






ask me about living in newcastle

Aesculus
Mar 22, 2013

australiar posted:

ban vehicles

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.


Aesculus
Mar 22, 2013


but then how will the green party of new south wales show up to campaighasdgfahahhahaha

Recoome
Nov 9, 2013

Matter of fact, I'm salty now.
DEport hipsters

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

Aesculus posted:

but then how will the green party of new south wales show up to campaighasdgfahahhahaha

watching nsw labor slowly drown whatever hopes of being a lefty party lead by the ostensible leader of labor left and seeing no bump in it for the greens is just depressing

Aesculus
Mar 22, 2013

Lid posted:

nsw is just depressing

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.
rake is a documentary

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
So are the official Goon State rankings
1. SA
2. VIC
3. QLD
4. TAS
5. WA
6. NSW
?

Can we have a poll for state of the year?

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GoldStandardConure
Jun 11, 2010

I have to kill fast
and mayflies too slow

Pillbug

Anidav posted:

Can we have a poll for state of the year?

inebriated

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