Auspol Oct: Painting a vivid picture of an example of how broken media has become.

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Krabboss: Nov 11, 2016; MY HUSBAND'S PARSE IS BETTER THAN YOURS

Count Chocula posted:

The new TARDIS is full of crystals. Everything makes sense now.

I am literally the most socially isolated person in history. I have literally no social contacts. And I don’t believe in ANYTHING.
I think conspiracy theories are a way of asserting control over a chaotic world by finding a hidden meaning for things. For more, read Umberto Eco’s Foucault’s Pendulum.

Are there any good Aussie conspiracy theories besides Port Arthur and Harold Holt?

Australia had a prominent scholar of time cube

# ? Oct 25, 2018 08:42

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# ? May 24, 2024 18:52

Doctor Spaceman: Jul 6, 2010; "Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

Count Chocula posted:

Are there any good Aussie conspiracy theories besides Port Arthur and Harold Holt?

Pine Gap gets a few but they are kinda boring and generic.

Canberra having occult symbols built into its layout is just a copy of the same idea about Washington (and probably most planned cities).

# ? Oct 25, 2018 08:43

thatbastardken: Apr 23, 2010; A contract signed by a minor is not binding!

Count Chocula posted:

Are there any good Aussie conspiracy theories besides Port Arthur and Harold Holt?

the royal family getting whitlam dismissed

the aum shinrikyo nuclear test in WA

secret nuclear weapons (i've heard landmines, for salting the north in case of Communist Indonesian invasion)

# ? Oct 25, 2018 08:49

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

thatbastardken posted:

the aum shinrikyo nuclear test in WA

um this isn't a conspiracy mate

# ? Oct 25, 2018 08:50

Count Chocula: Dec 25, 2011; WE HAVE TO CONTROL OUR ENVIRONMENT
IF YOU SEE ME POSTING OUTSIDE OF THE AUSPOL THREAD PLEASE TELL ME THAT I'M MISSED AND TO START POSTING AGAIN

It�s not quite a conspiracy theory, but I like to tell people that the first Mad Max movie isn�t post-apocalyptic, that�s just how regional Australia is.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 08:51

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.

The strategic nuclear landmine theory owns I love that poo poo

# ? Oct 25, 2018 08:56

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

The first Mad Max isn't post apocalyptic.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 08:57

Testekill: Nov 1, 2012; I demand to be taken seriously

Count Chocula posted:

It�s not quite a conspiracy theory, but I like to tell people that the first Mad Max movie isn�t post-apocalyptic, that�s just how regional Australia is.

It was filmed around Ballarat and Geelong after all.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 08:58

Don Dongington: Sep 27, 2005; #ideasboom; College Slice

thatbastardken posted:

the royal family getting whitlam dismissed

This one is more likely to be true than not, given the GG would likely have had to turn to Buckingham Palace for the go-ahead, and the fact that the Queen's private secretary won't release any of the correspondence, which is against convention, indicates there is an actual conspiracy here. Attended a small talk by the author/researcher of one of the recent books on the subject at the union national council this year.

thatbastardken posted:

the aum shinrikyo nuclear test in WA

I mean, it's really loving unlikely given the equipment and technology required to enrich uranium. They would have been better off just stealing a device from the collapsing soviet union - in which case the test would be unnecessary and also wasteful.

thatbastardken posted:

secret nuclear weapons (i've heard landmines, for salting the north in case of Communist Indonesian invasion)

Again really unlikely - if they were there, Americans would have had to have been there to manage them too. Also, I don't see the strategic benefit, as the amount of radiologically harmful material you'd need to disseminate across that extent of landmass as an area denial weapon would almost certainly lead to mass casualties across most of the region. You'd be far better off loading up a bunch of cruise missiles with VX and dropping them on any attempted beachhead.

But then most of the treaties prohibiting nuclear proliferation were broken in the 1980s by Reagan (see-West Germany), before he went hard at the whole nuclear disarmament schtick, then blew it all up because he wouldn't give up SDI, so gently caress who knows.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 09:00

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.

GoldStandardConure posted:

The first Mad Max isn't post apocalyptic.

It kind of is seeing as every vestige of order is basically gone, but yeah it's mid apocalypse if anything.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 09:01

thatbastardken: Apr 23, 2010; A contract signed by a minor is not binding!

Don Dongington posted:

yeah i know they're unlikely (except the whitlam one) that's why they're conspiracy theories and not like...history.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 09:05

Doctor Spaceman: Jul 6, 2010; "Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

ASIO did the Hilton Bombing.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 09:05

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

JBP posted:

It kind of is seeing as every vestige of order is basically gone, but yeah it's mid apocalypse if anything.

Its at the start of the collapse, I think Miller described it as taking place "next Wednesday".

There is still a vestige of order, The Main Force Patrol :colbert:

# ? Oct 25, 2018 09:06

Ora Tzo: Feb 26, 2016; HEEEERES TONYYYY

The CIA working to destabilize the Whitlam government.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 09:06

Don Dongington: Sep 27, 2005; #ideasboom; College Slice

Doctor Spaceman posted:

ASIO did the Hilton Bombing.

ASIS bugged the East Timorese during negotiations over oil and gas rights so they could get the upper hand

Oh wait that's true

# ? Oct 25, 2018 09:06

Aesculus: Mar 22, 2013

Tampa and Children Overboard were deliberately engineered by an actually fascist government in order to torture and kill refugees, as well as to ferment racism and nationalism to help them get re-elected.

Oh wait

# ? Oct 25, 2018 09:07

Doctor Spaceman: Jul 6, 2010; "Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

Don Dongington posted:

ASIS bugged the East Timorese during negotiations over oil and gas rights so they could get the upper hand

Oh wait that's true

We bribed Saddam Hussein to buy our wheat, and numerous countries to use our currency.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 09:10

hooman: Oct 11, 2007; This guy seems legit.; Fun Shoe

Tony Abbott isn't a lizard wearing a human skin suit.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 09:13

Jonah Galtberg: Feb 11, 2009

the aum shinrikyo nuke is one of the GOATs and even with all the evidence against it I think there will always be a small part of me that unironically believes it

# ? Oct 25, 2018 09:20

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

They were dropping a nuke on assorted australian wildlife to create a new kaiku that could take on Godzilla.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 09:23

Count Chocula: Dec 25, 2011; WE HAVE TO CONTROL OUR ENVIRONMENT
IF YOU SEE ME POSTING OUTSIDE OF THE AUSPOL THREAD PLEASE TELL ME THAT I'M MISSED AND TO START POSTING AGAIN

When I lived in Annandale I used to laugh at the Nuclear Free Zone sign.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 09:26

Cartoon: Jun 20, 2008; poop

Chicken Parmigiana posted:

You�re all talking nonsense. Metal is Ronnie James Dio and anything that sounds more-or-less exactly like Ronnie James Dio. Everything else is not-metal.

Metal goes like this, in this order:

� Wicked guitar riff
� The dude goes �WAAAAAOOOOOOOW!!!� in a high voice
� The dude sings about dragons, skeletons, the Sword of Blood, the night, etc.

Never thought I'd agree with Chika.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 09:29

bandaid.friend: Apr 25, 2017; My first car was a stick

https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedYarns/status/1055310482372911104

https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahryan/gary-johns-charities-indigenous-estimates

quote:

The boss of Australia's charity regulator has refused to back down from his earlier description of Aboriginal women as "cash cows", while claiming that including an acknowledgement of country in his email signature would make him seem biased.
Appearing before Senate Estimates on Wednesday evening, the head of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), Gary Johns, was questioned about his recent decision to remove the acknowledgement of country from the commission's email signatures.
Until a few months ago, his own signature and that of some of his staff had included an acknowledgement of country, beginning with "we acknowledge the elders". The practice of acknowledging country is common across the public service.
Johns said he was trying to avoid looking biased, as the commission oversees both Indigenous and non-indigenous charities and he is a "commissioner for all charities".
"It worried me, the term 'we acknowledge', because it refers to the commission," he said. "I took the view that ... using the words 'we acknowledge' imply that the entire commission was, if you like, acknowledging one group of charities and not others," he said.
"The words raise the perception of bias that I'm not treating all charities the same," he said. "I think that's plain on the face of it."

All lives matter :australia:

# ? Oct 25, 2018 09:30

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

froglet posted:

Oh there's the (imho rather disrespectful) one that aboriginal art of spirits are evidence of ancient aliens.

Well of course, that's obviously the Matrix of Leadership.

GoldStandardConure posted:

They were dropping a nuke on assorted australian wildlife to create a new kaiku that could take on Godzilla.

I read that as 'a new haiku' and I'm down.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 09:31

bandaid.friend: Apr 25, 2017; My first car was a stick

I picked up Chariots of the Gods from the bargain bin when I was a teen and thought it was super clever

e: sorry, it was Fingerprints of the Gods

# ? Oct 25, 2018 09:31

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.

Liberal MP Julia Banks has savaged her own party's stance on refugees stuck in Nauru in a dramatic speech that underscores the anger bubbling within the government over the crisis.
Ms Banks - who signalled her intention to quit politics or run as an independent at the next election following the coup against Malcolm Turnbull - accused both major parties of playing political games while sick children and their families languished on the island.
Speaking in the chamber while Immigration Minister David Coleman listened from the dispatch box, she slammed the government for failing to take up New Zealand's offer to accept 150 refugees a year from Nauru and Manus Island.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 09:33

Jonah Galtberg: Feb 11, 2009

tfw you're the australian labor party and you're being outflanked on the left by a lib

# ? Oct 25, 2018 09:35

Ora Tzo: Feb 26, 2016; HEEEERES TONYYYY

Shes totally preparing to be an independent?

# ? Oct 25, 2018 09:38

Doctor Spaceman: Jul 6, 2010; "Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

That or she no longer gives a poo poo.

Or it's just a momentary lapse, like when ~~Brandis~~ Moylan and Georgiou criticised Howard about the treatment of refugees.

Doctor Spaceman fucked around with this message at 09:49 on Oct 25, 2018

# ? Oct 25, 2018 09:43

Jonah Galtberg: Feb 11, 2009

https://twitter.com/jonkudelka/status/1055213317843644416

# ? Oct 25, 2018 09:49

NTRabbit: Aug 15, 2012; i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches

GoldStandardConure posted:

They were dropping a nuke on assorted australian wildlife to create a new kaiku that could take on Godzilla.

GODZILLA VS GIGAROO

# ? Oct 25, 2018 09:55

bowmore: Oct 6, 2008; Lipstick Apathy

remember when Dutton tried to become PM

# ? Oct 25, 2018 10:05

hidys: May 6, 2015; "Give the boys a bit of a rev up."

Count Chocula posted:

Are there any good Aussie conspiracy theories besides Port Arthur and Harold Holt?

Literally any and all theories involving The Somerton Man.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamam_Shud_case?wprov=sfti1

# ? Oct 25, 2018 11:18

Testekill: Nov 1, 2012; I demand to be taken seriously

NTRabbit posted:

GODZILLA VS GIGAROO

THE DOOMALA

# ? Oct 25, 2018 11:25

Don Dongington: Sep 27, 2005; #ideasboom; College Slice

Jonah Galtberg posted:

tfw you're the australian labor party and you're being outflanked on the left by a lib

loving this.

Ora Tzo posted:

Shes totally preparing to be an independent?

She could absolutely pull it off if her electorate is anything like Wentworth... *peers* Oh poo poo that was Anna Burke's old electorate. She could have this in the bag if she plays it the right way.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 11:26

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

Krabboss posted:

Australia had a prominent scholar of time cube

That dude was seriously mentally ill. IIRC he was dabbling in a lot of bad stuff like white supremacy in addition to the (mostly) harmless nonsense of time cube. He ended up jumping in front of a train.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 11:34

snoremac: Jul 27, 2012; I LOVE SEEING DEAD BABIES ON 𝕏, THE EVERYTHING APP. IT'S WORTH IT FOR THE FOLLOWING TAB.

Jonah Galtberg posted:

https://twitter.com/jonkudelka/status/1055213317843644416

lol @ Rudd

# ? Oct 25, 2018 11:34

Krabboss: Nov 11, 2016; MY HUSBAND'S PARSE IS BETTER THAN YOURS

Zenithe posted:

That dude was seriously mentally ill. IIRC he was dabbling in a lot of bad stuff like white supremacy in addition to the (mostly) harmless nonsense of time cube. He ended up jumping in front of a train.

His story is incredibly depressing, honestly. I feel bad for the kid.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 11:53

Organza Quiz: Nov 7, 2009

Re: metalhead chat, if you want a band with a pedigree of being personally hated by Peter Dutton, the lawyer behind the Ashmore Reef case is also the frontman of a melodic metal band.

# ? Oct 25, 2018 11:58

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# ? May 24, 2024 18:52

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

NTRabbit posted:

GODZILLA VS GIGAROO

Reminds me of the kickstarted kaiju fighting game that got derailed by some furry's fetish character who was a kangaroo or something

# ? Oct 25, 2018 12:35

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