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Maximum Sexy Pigeon posted:...I think Townsville might be a shithole... Who would have thought a town named to honour one of Australia's worst slave owners would turn out to be crap?
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Jul 8, 2021 08:26
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There being a dude whose last name was "towns" is so loving funny to me. I bet he was champing at the bit to get a town named after him.
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Jul 8, 2021 08:43
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Malcolm Turnbeug posted:There being a dude whose last name was "towns" is so loving funny to me. I bet he was champing at the bit to get a town named after him. Townstown is an even worse name though so thankfully they didn't.
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Jul 8, 2021 08:53
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It's really gone to poo poo since the Powerpuff Girls moved out.
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Jul 8, 2021 08:55
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Can confirm, Townsville is an absolute shithole. It's main tourist feature is an overcommercialised strip of ugly beach that you can't even swim at, the rest of it is endless sprawling suburbia and industrial estate laid out with no real rhyme or reason.
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Jul 8, 2021 09:21
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I was born in Townsville. Raised there a bunch. Sometimes forced to go attend family poo poo there. I hated it then, I hate it now, I will always hate it. I've lived in tiny shithole towns like Collinsville, and I am currently in Brisbane. I love Brisbane. People poo poo on it but I think Brisbane is amazing. I feel like some of that is just "well, it isn't Townsville."
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Jul 8, 2021 09:27
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Brisbane rules, it's very up and coming though and it won't be long until we get dragged down to Melbourne/Sydney levels.
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Jul 8, 2021 09:36
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I went there once in maybe 1991 or something, I was a kid, can't remember poo poo of it except getting breakfast delivered to our hotel rooms. Excellent sausages. I hadn't had sausages for breakfast before that. I remember Mackay, though. Mackay is a shithole.
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Jul 8, 2021 09:43
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Megabound posted:Brisbane rules, it's very up and coming though and it won't be long until we get dragged down to Melbourne/Sydney levels. You've already squandered your chance to buy Sydney's monorail.
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Jul 8, 2021 09:44
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Megabound posted:Brisbane rules, it's very up and coming though and it won't be long until we get dragged down to Melbourne/Sydney levels. I don't think we could ever get that bad.
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Jul 8, 2021 10:13
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A guy I worked with years ago was from Townsville and described the nightlife as sitting around drinking and waiting for the entertainment to start, which consisted of the aborigines, AJs and FIFOs punching on.
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Jul 8, 2021 10:34
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Last lockdown I got stuck in a Townsville hotel room quarantine for 3 of the 4 days, lockdown being called while in the air My partner spent most of the lockdown getting blasted on cider and bubbles I watched the the entirety of a couple anime series and reading and we both did a bunch of people watching on the balcony I'm not sure our holiday would have been improved by being allowed to walk around
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Jul 8, 2021 10:44
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I love the idea of a town that nobody will defend
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Jul 8, 2021 10:51
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It gets very regular appearances in these things and I don't even think the mayor has come out swinging in it's defense like other poo poo town mayors have done.
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Jul 8, 2021 10:57
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gay picnic defence posted:It gets very regular appearances in these things and I don't even think the mayor has come out swinging in it's defense like other poo poo town mayors have done. Fun fact Burpengary was originally called Fartengary but the town thought that it didn't play well with the tourists.
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Jul 8, 2021 11:23
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Slugnoid posted:
Yeah, this is what I'm wondering about! I've been in trades all my life and the attitude is generally "I sure hope the trades finish up quick and get the gently caress out of here so I don't have to look at them anymore". I've heard and seen WAY more positivity towards tradies on the forums/australian youtube than I ever have gotten myself. Every so often I do get someone who offers me water/coffee/snacks and tips me for my service, but generally people hate to see me because I'm going to disrupt their day while I fix their poo poo. Australia's on a different planet regarding tradie respect, and it's cool to see! e - Think of Tony Stark in uh... the Ultron one? where he asks Pepper "Why are there a bunch of sweaty workmen in my elevator?" except it's a Little Prince asking when I'm going to be done every 7 minutes, that's how trades are seen here. Caedus fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Jul 9, 2021 |
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Jul 9, 2021 00:52
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Octy posted:When did beer start getting expensive? I remember when I was 18 or 19 you could buy a six pack of Coopers for $15 and that was only a bit over a decade ago. I don't know when's the last time I saw a six pack for less than $20 unless it was on special or paid much less than $10 for a schooner. Gradual process. But its all about tax. The bulk of the price of a carton of beer , at least in WA, is Tax. Or at least thats what I've been told. There isn't a real reason why beer should be as expensive as it is, except that the bureacrats believe price measures are the best way to control alcoholism, and thus they tax the living poo poo out of it. It was once upon a time held as a political truth the one thing you will never find public support for is taxing beer. Oh well.
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Jul 9, 2021 01:37
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duck monster posted:Gradual process. But its all about tax. The bulk of the price of a carton of beer , at least in WA, is Tax. Or at least thats what I've been told. There isn't a real reason why beer should be as expensive as it is, except that the bureacrats believe price measures are the best way to control alcoholism, and thus they tax the living poo poo out of it. Mostly alcohol excise. The gubb takes a huge chunk of tax from the producers just for making it. hence why import cases of Heiniken are cheaper than local brews. And better.
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Jul 9, 2021 01:43
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There is a distinction made between a 'tradesperson' which means you've done an apprenticeship and got your union ticket, and a 'labourer' which is some poor bastard stuck on one end of a shovel. The former is middle-class, the latter is lower-class.
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Jul 9, 2021 01:50
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duck monster posted:Gradual process. But its all about tax. The bulk of the price of a carton of beer , at least in WA, is Tax. Or at least thats what I've been told. There isn't a real reason why beer should be as expensive as it is, except that the bureacrats believe price measures are the best way to control alcoholism, and thus they tax the living poo poo out of it. its also a sin tax so it increases each year like cigarettes, doesnt it? cigarettes are now so expensive that the government is actually losing revenue due to the amount of people when i shared an office with Morris Iemma for a few yrs we got talking about it and its likely that a sugar tax will be on the cards to make up the lost revenue.
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Jul 9, 2021 02:37
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Jul 9, 2021 02:44
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Jul 9, 2021 02:54
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gently caress off, we're plagued.
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Jul 9, 2021 03:00
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Laserface posted:its also a sin tax so it increases each year like cigarettes, doesnt it? Yup. I went to vapes and it saves me heaps. I've had 3.5 cigarettes this year (Under the influence of a lot of beer) and they have all been loving disgusting.
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Jul 9, 2021 03:01
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Maximum Sexy Pigeon posted:Yup. I went to vapes and it saves me heaps. I've had 3.5 cigarettes this year (Under the influence of a lot of beer) and they have all been loving disgusting. This is the tax working as intended.
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Jul 9, 2021 03:04
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The Lone Badger posted:This is the tax working as intended. After years of wanting to quit, being financially bullied out of it worked out. The benefits outweigh the cons. - I don't stink like cigarettes anymore. - I don't cough my lungs out daily. - I am not hitting the puffer as much. - I am not spending $28 a few times a week on horrible, cheap, poo poo-tier 20 packs of lung bungers. 1 pack might last me a night if drinking, sometimes buying a second. Vapes last me 2-7 days. - Hangovers are far milder, though this was also because I laid down some rules about how I drink. - Cravings are gone. - If I run out of vape, I am not going full withdrawal edgy and can happily wait until I can afford more, also don't have biting cravings for the drat thing, can even drink without vaping and not think about it. I'll eventually stop these too, knowing it will be much easier than smokes. Until then, I'll enjoy my Mango Ice flavoured clouds.
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Jul 9, 2021 03:11
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Jul 9, 2021 03:34
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Oh look, the thing they should've done two weeks ago. Snowglobe of Doom posted:/laughs Melbournishly
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Jul 9, 2021 03:39
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Staying at home in Sydney is still better than going out in Melbourne  We'll also be staying at home for a long time it seems. https://twitter.com/AmyRemeikis/status/1413309152374398981
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Jul 9, 2021 04:02
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The people complaining about lockdowns just literally have no concept of cause and effect.
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Jul 9, 2021 04:05
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Ghost Leviathan posted:The people complaining about lockdowns just literally have no concept of cause and effect. It's more that they don't give a poo poo about anyone else.
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Jul 9, 2021 04:10
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Inceltown posted:We'll also be staying at home for a long time it seems. Yeah last week's messaging of "Maybe we can open up on Friday if we're lucky" has now turned into "It's unlikely we'll be able to open up next week" quote:NSW Premier 'can't see restrictions easing next Friday' without a dramatic turnaround
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Jul 9, 2021 04:12
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The Lone Badger posted:This is the tax working as intended. My old man cut way, way back on smokes when he crunched the numbers on how much he'd spent in the last few years. Still got lung cancer anyways. Don't smoke, people, it will put you in the ground.
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Jul 9, 2021 04:27
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I found a full pack of menthols and keep them in my bedside drawer The whole pack should easily last me a year or three
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Jul 9, 2021 04:53
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I quit when Winny Blues hit the $12 mark because I couldn't justify spending almost $100 a week on them. Now a single pack is about $60 and I don't know how anyone affords it. Obvious answer - they don't.
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Jul 9, 2021 04:55
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Every smoker I know just buys chop chop now
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Jul 9, 2021 05:16
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Megillah Gorilla posted:I quit when Winny Blues hit the $12 mark because I couldn't justify spending almost $100 a week on them. I keep taking out new credit cards for reward points and darts
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Jul 9, 2021 05:19
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Using afterpay to buy ciggies
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EoinCannon posted:I love the idea of a town that nobody will defend Mate I've been the Mayor of Townsville for 30 years and let me tell you it's been a shithole as long as I can remember.
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