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GoldStandardConure: Jun 11, 2010; I have to kill fast
and mayflies too slow; Pillbug

hooman posted:

Battletech releases in 1 minute. Perfect anzac day shooting robits

Word of Lowtax will rise again.

# ? Apr 24, 2018 17:02

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# ? May 24, 2024 01:22

JBP: Feb 16, 2017; You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

What's the hype over this battletech thing?

# ? Apr 25, 2018 00:08

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

JBP posted:

What's the hype over this battletech thing?

It's good, unlike national biscuit and discount code day.

# ? Apr 25, 2018 00:11

Dude McAwesome: Sep 30, 2004; Still better than a Ponytar

JBP posted:

What's the hype over this battletech thing?

PC game on a popular licence. The licence has been used and abused previously and this looks like it�s actually going to be a good game from devs that give a poo poo about the IP. Turn based XCOM style game with robots.

# ? Apr 25, 2018 00:29

Zenithe: Feb 25, 2013; _{Ask not to whom the Anidavatar belongs; it belongs to thee.}

# ? Apr 25, 2018 00:29

Box of Bunnies: Apr 3, 2012; by Pragmatica

https://twitter.com/joshgnosis/status/988889834658844673

lmao

# ? Apr 25, 2018 01:16

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

I was going to post some Anzac themed commercials into the thread but I didn't want to post a whole screen of Google image search thumbnails.
(Keyboards: Anzac + commercial)

Highlights:

An Anzac themed silent disco, an Anzac solder background on a golf course flyer, a nightclub flyer with a mostly naked buff guy saluting, memorial imagery painted on an industrial tipper truck, yet more imagery plastered on the side of a Toll road train.

DancingShade fucked around with this message at 01:33 on Apr 25, 2018

# ? Apr 25, 2018 01:31

Brown Paper Bag: Nov 3, 2012

https://twitter.com/joshgnosis/status/988617375296569344

:australia:

# ? Apr 25, 2018 01:44

Horseshoe theory: Mar 7, 2005

Brown Paper Bag posted:

https://twitter.com/joshgnosis/status/988617375296569344

Doesn't Australia already have internment camps?

# ? Apr 25, 2018 02:30

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

https://twitter.com/dailytelegraph/status/988900665895407616

# ? Apr 25, 2018 02:32

JBP: Feb 16, 2017; You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

https://twitter.com/dailytelegraph/status/988900665895407616

How shitfaced were they when they clearly caused this fire?

# ? Apr 25, 2018 02:44

Airstream Driver: May 6, 2009

BBJoey posted:

also, request for advice: my retired mum has her money managed by an AMP-linked financial advisor. on all the available evidence her money is being managed well, but given what�s coming out of the royal commission she�s concerned. should she do anything at this stage given her specific financial advisor seems to be doing all the right things with her money, and if so, what should she do?

I'm a few pages late to this but I don't normally read this thread. Here's my 2 cents (also not an adviser).

If she's content with the advice she's received and doesn't have overly complex strategy requirements, at this stage she may not receive any benefit moving to a new adviser. Moving to a smaller 'boutique' firm does not guarantee the advice she receives is going to be better and the overall compliance framework in place (especially going forward) is probably going to be worse. No doubt her funds have already been moved into the North platform, were she to move to a smaller firm it is unlikely they would take her money out of there in the short term as the overall performance in the last 2 years has been very good. She would likely just be paying higher ongoing advice fees.

Since the commission started there has been a steady stream of clients leaving AMP so I highly recommend she call her adviser and raise concerns about the commission and ask/demand a fee reduction. She will almost definitely be offered a fee discount (anywhere from 10%- up to about 40% depending on her funds under management). If she is still paying an old % advice fee she should ask to move to a flat fee. I also recommend looking over her last Statement of Advice and fee disclosure statement to make sure her strategy has been implemented properly and she has received the services they offer. If she was not offered her annual review at any stage she can ask for the corresponding year's fees to be refunded and they will.

# ? Apr 25, 2018 02:48

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

# ? Apr 25, 2018 03:59

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Anzac Day job done! Only minor chaos at the march for me; though issues with schools obeying instructions re: dropping off their kids were still there.

Dawn Service was good but I had the easy job: stand to attention for an hour.

# ? Apr 25, 2018 04:27

norp: Jan 20, 2004; TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP

let's invade New Zealand, they have oil

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

These are the heroes auspol deserves

# ? Apr 25, 2018 04:33

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

Why does turkey even let a bunch of fuckwit citizens of invading powers come and trash the place in remembrance of when they got their poo poo kicked in

# ? Apr 25, 2018 04:38

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

Solemn Sloth posted:

Why does turkey even let a bunch of fuckwit citizens of invading powers come and trash the place in remembrance of when they got their poo poo kicked in

They massively overpay for it likely.

# ? Apr 25, 2018 04:54

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

We should start charging Japanese people to come and celebrate the bombing of Darwin imo

# ? Apr 25, 2018 05:03

Zenithe: Feb 25, 2013; _{Ask not to whom the Anidavatar belongs; it belongs to thee.}

Also literally nobody except us calls it Gallipoli.

# ? Apr 25, 2018 05:24

birdstrike: Oct 30, 2008; i;m gay

Solemn Sloth posted:

Why does turkey even let a bunch of fuckwit citizens of invading powers come and trash the place in remembrance of when they got their poo poo kicked in

Same reason the let your flog Dees into the G I guess.

# ? Apr 25, 2018 05:27

Cartoon: Jun 20, 2008; poop

Solemn Sloth posted:

We should start charging Japanese people to come and celebrate the bombing of Darwin imo

Celebrate them doing a piss poor job there?

I use ANZAC day as a way of filtering out the complete gently caress stains who would use it to cash in:

Looks like I'll have to change financial institutions.

# ? Apr 25, 2018 05:30

birdstrike: Oct 30, 2008; i;m gay

Birdstrike posted:

Same reason the let your flog Dees into the G I guess.

I don�t know what any of this means I just copied some random words from your twitter

# ? Apr 25, 2018 05:32

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Gravitas.

Angry lady isn't showing any Australian can-do spirit. Should have rabbited a length of chain, another padlock and made the bikes a more long term decoration.

DancingShade fucked around with this message at 05:40 on Apr 25, 2018

# ? Apr 25, 2018 05:37

Brown Paper Bag: Nov 3, 2012

I wonder what's going on online today?

https://twitter.com/fishdicks84/status/988947150510804992?s=21

# ? Apr 25, 2018 05:42

Zenithe: Feb 25, 2013; _{Ask not to whom the Anidavatar belongs; it belongs to thee.}

*checks facebook*

"Adani activists in shocking anzac day attack"

:stare:

ANTI-Adani activists have hijacked Anzac Day by putting up posters targeting a Labor MP before a Dawn Service in Brisbane.

:catstare:

# ? Apr 25, 2018 05:45

bigis: Jun 21, 2006

https://store.steampowered.com/consumer_rights_notice/ posted:

On 24 March 2016, the Federal Court of Australia found that Valve Corporation had engaged in misleading conduct contrary to the Australian Consumer Law in representing to Australian consumers via the Steam Subscriber Agreement and Steam Refund Policy that consumers had no entitlement to a refund in any circumstances and that Valve had excluded, restricted or modified statutory guarantees of acceptable quality. A link to the Federal Court judgment appears here:

http://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2016/2016fca0196

When you buy video games from Valve Corporation as a consumer located in Australia, the video games come with guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law that cannot be excluded, including a guarantee that the video games are of acceptable quality. You are entitled to a replacement or refund from the retail supplier of the video games for a major failure and for compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage. You are also entitled to have the video games repaired or replaced by the retail supplier of the video games if the video games fail to be of acceptable quality and the failure does not amount to a major failure. Certain other rights are available directly against manufacturers that cannot be excluded or limited.

The test for acceptable quality is whether a reasonable consumer, fully aware of the state and condition of the video games, would find them:

safe, durable and free from defects;
acceptable in appearance and finish; and
fit for all the purposes for which video games of that kind are commonly supplied. This must take into account the nature and price of the video games, and any statements on packaging or labelling.

For further information on consumer rights in Australia, visit https://www.consumerlaw.gov.au and https://www.accc.gov.au/consumerguarantees.

Each poo poo, Valve. I've submitted a refund request for DayZ, I wonder if I'll get my money back.

# ? Apr 25, 2018 05:49

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

Birdstrike posted:

I don�t know what any of this means I just copied some random words from your twitter

Actually in this case the dees are the rightful owners like the Turks but get slaughtered like the idiot anzacs so it�s a complex analogy they

# ? Apr 25, 2018 06:00

Gentleman Baller: Oct 13, 2013

bigis posted:

Each poo poo, Valve. I've submitted a refund request for DayZ, I wonder if I'll get my money back.

I'm a bit disappointed that they are allowed to put it at the bottom of their homepage, underneath all the advertising and sales but I guess it'd be a bit annoying if it was at the top for a year.

Edit: changed my mind I am pretty sure I would thoroughly enjoy it for the entire year.

# ? Apr 25, 2018 06:18

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

I see I'm not the only one who feel for the dayz scam

# ? Apr 25, 2018 06:25

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

I see I'm not the only one who feel for the dayz scam

I'm glad I didn't fall for that that particular early access scam.

*kicks long list of others under the carpet*

# ? Apr 25, 2018 06:29

JBP: Feb 16, 2017; You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

Zenithe posted:

*checks facebook*

"Adani activists in shocking anzac day attack"

ANTI-Adani activists have hijacked Anzac Day by putting up posters targeting a Labor MP before a Dawn Service in Brisbane.

What did they think the reaction would be to a greens prank on Anzac Day, like really...

# ? Apr 25, 2018 07:04

this broken hill: Apr 10, 2018; by Lowtax

more like anzac gay

# ? Apr 25, 2018 07:10

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

JBP posted:

What did they think the reaction would be to a greens prank on Anzac Day, like really...

When you live in a bubble the reactions of people outside that bubble can be quite surprising.

# ? Apr 25, 2018 07:12

iajanus: Aug 17, 2004; NUMBER 1 QUEENSLAND SUPPORTER
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"Lots of people will be talking about it!"

:downs:

# ? Apr 25, 2018 07:17

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

iajanus posted:

"Lots of people will be talking about it!"

Any publicity is good publicity :iamafag:

# ? Apr 25, 2018 07:18

Brown Paper Bag: Nov 3, 2012

https://twitter.com/bigsausagelover/status/988996691733827584?s=21

# ? Apr 25, 2018 07:32

froglet: Nov 12, 2009; You see, the best way to Stop the Boats is a massive swarm of autonomous armed dogs. Strafing a few boats will stop the rest and save many lives in the long term.

You can't make an Omelet without breaking a few eggs. Vote Greens.

norp posted:

These are the heroes auspol deserves

There's a distinct lack of consistent, logical cycling infrastructure like bike racks in a majority of parks and public spaces, so I'm not sure why people get lovely people lock their bikes to the next likely looking structure.

Also, though it's kinda hard to tell from the picture but it looks like those are kids bikes. Kids aren't exactly known for their foresight and consideration.

I'll be happy to see this chump lobby for proper bike racks so next year this doesn't happen, but it's unlikely.

# ? Apr 25, 2018 07:33