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lol imagine thinking hosting the olympic games is a good idea in TYOOL 2022. e: gently caress, snype 
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I think 2026 is the same Commonwealth Games that Adelaide turned down about a decade ago despite being the only eligible city in the world at the time (they would have got it just by putting in a nomination). I think they asked a bunch of Calgary-tier Canadian cities after that but none of them wanted to take on the debt/spending and now 10 years later it’s ping ponging between Melbourne and Hobart
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Feb 16, 2022 05:07
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Adelaide, it's okay.
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Feb 16, 2022 05:36
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I don’t know why Melbourne wants it tbh, they definitely lost a lot of money from the 1950’s olympics they hosted I know the Commonwealth Games is the off-brand version so maybe it’s cheaper
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Feb 16, 2022 05:55
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Vladimir Poutine posted:and now 10 years later it’s ping ponging between Melbourne and Hobart Normally I don't want bad things to happen to Hobart, but give it to Hobart! I'd prefer Sydney though. They actually deserve that curse.
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Feb 16, 2022 06:00
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They're planning to do most of the Commonwealth Games in regional Vic, I guess if you're going to do these things that's better than having it all in Melbourne. Also with the Commonwealth Games there's a lot less absurd IOC bullshit and white elephant projects. If the Olympic Games was more like the Commonwealth Games it would probably be a good thing.
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Feb 16, 2022 06:01
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Melbourne were still paying off the '56 Olympics when I graduated High School in 1994. God I'm old. Also Melbourne has already had a Commonwealth games. We had them in 2006. So they ended up being a damp squib and a miserable half arsed provincial copy of Sydney 2000. And from what I am hearing, Melbourne isn't even going to get the 2026 games. They are going to spread them round regional areas. Possibly to keep costs down, or possibly as an excuse to pork barrel some country town electorates by building a velodrome in Shepparton or a canoeing course in Benalla etc.
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Feb 16, 2022 06:07
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dr_rat posted:Normally I don't want bad things to happen to Hobart, but give it to Hobart! I'd prefer Sydney though. They actually deserve that curse. We put up with enough disruption in the lead up to the 2000 Olympics. I would actually move to avoid living in another Games city.
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Feb 16, 2022 06:37
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EoinCannon posted:They're planning to do most of the Commonwealth Games in regional Vic, Nooooooo! That's where I live!
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Feb 16, 2022 07:32
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Bill Posters posted:Nooooooo! That's where I live! But don't you want to watch the Faroe Islands vs Scotland bronze medal volleyball match? Right there in YOUR town! Think of the international prestige. Edit: Although this makes me think what towns/places will be classified as "regional" Will they just chuck everything in Geelong/Bendigo/Ballarat, and give nothing to the actual country towns? Will they send events all the way out to Warnambool, Mildura and/or Lakes Entrance? BrigadierSensible fucked around with this message at 07:39 on Feb 16, 2022 |
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Feb 16, 2022 07:36
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BrigadierSensible posted:But don't you want to watch the Faroe Islands vs Scotland bronze medal volleyball match? Picking the sport that most of the world are horniest about as the "don't want this here" sport is maybe not the best choice.
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Feb 16, 2022 07:39
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He said volleyball not beach volleyball.
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Feb 16, 2022 08:00
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BrigadierSensible posted:Melbourne were still paying off the '56 Olympics when I graduated High School in 1994. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLAjLHc8vh8
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Feb 16, 2022 08:50
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~Coxy posted:He said volleyball not beach volleyball. Why would you have anything other than beach volleyball in Australia? Even the parts of the country without water are still beach.
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Feb 16, 2022 09:03
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The Commonwealth Games are so small time that having the rowing on lake Wendouree for a few days won't exactly destroy Ballarat, they were expecting traffic chaos on the gold coast and then the businesses were complaining about the lack of punters
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Feb 16, 2022 09:41
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EoinCannon posted:The Commonwealth Games are so small time that having the rowing on lake Wendouree for a few days won't exactly destroy Ballarat, they were expecting traffic chaos on the gold coast and then the businesses were complaining about the lack of punters Well, the held the olympic rowing at lake wendouree so it can obviously do the comm games rowing
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https://twitter.com/LucyThack/status/1494138555127328769
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https://twitter.com/LucyThack/status/1494138555127328769
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Feb 17, 2022 11:34
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https://twitter.com/hg_nelson/status/1494093796979609600
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Feb 17, 2022 22:05
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Do Australians like Yahoo Serious? I enjoyed his brand of cinema much more than Crocodile Dundee as a youngster.
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Feb 18, 2022 22:10
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Bandulu posted:Do Australians like Yahoo Serious? I enjoyed his brand of cinema much more than Crocodile Dundee as a youngster. I've only seen two of his three films, but there was a point where every state school had an av cart with young Einstein and topgear on vhs
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Feb 18, 2022 22:17
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Bandulu posted:Do Australians like Yahoo Serious? I enjoyed his brand of cinema much more than Crocodile Dundee as a youngster. Look I'm not going to attempt to answer on behalf of every oval office in here but we like him a lot more than that Paul Hogan oval office
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Feb 18, 2022 22:17
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DumbparameciuM posted:Look I'm not going to attempt to answer on behalf of every oval office in here but we like him a lot more than that Paul Hogan oval office Pretty sure you're allowed to talk for all of us on this one.
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Feb 18, 2022 22:57
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How much do you like those cunts better than that steve irwin oval office? Also, which of those cunts would win in a fight? Assuming of course that that oval office steve irwin was still alive. Paul hogan, as himself, not alligator dundee Yahoo Serious as himself, I haven't even heard about that oval office in like 30 years Steve Irwin, also as himself.
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Feb 18, 2022 23:01
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wesleywillis posted:How much do you like those cunts better than that steve irwin oval office? Please don't use the c-word if you're not from here. It is our culture. Your misuse of it equates to abuse.
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Feb 18, 2022 23:07
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wesleywillis posted:How much do you like those cunts better than that steve irwin oval office? Steve Irwin is a national treasure and Inceltown posted:Please don't use the c-word if you're not from here. It is our culture. Your misuse of it equates to abuse. Furthermore, none of them would fight each other as they're all tops and Steve's been dead for a few years now. But it would absolutely be Steve.
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Feb 18, 2022 23:25
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Come on, I have a friend from Oz and he calls me one all the time.
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Feb 18, 2022 23:26
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DumbparameciuM posted:Steve Irwin is a national treasure and Steve would never hurt an animal like Yahoo, so it's not a case of anyone winning and more a case of Hogan getting curb stomped by Steve 'Stingman' Irwin. Yahoo is like 70+ at this point.
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Feb 18, 2022 23:48
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Wise pr move changing his name from Greg to Yahoo
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Outrail posted:
68. Hoges, on the other hand, is 82 and looks every day of it.
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DumbparameciuM posted:Look I'm not going to attempt to answer on behalf of every oval office in here but we like him a lot more than that Paul Hogan oval office Ooh, dish! Why is Hogan a oval office? I just know him from the movies*. *lol I saw Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles in the theatre.
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Gargamel Gibson posted:Ooh, dish! Why is Hogan a oval office? I just know him from the movies*. Paul Hogan is a tax cheat, and whilst I have no concrete instances of it, he is very much an old man "cancel culture is ruining comedy. boohoo it is so hard to be a rich old white man today" etc. kind of bloke. Also he is a plastic surgery nightmare. I always think of an old Roy and HG joke, "Hoges, they stretched your head" when I think of him. His old 70s TV show was cool though, (for the time. It is crazily racist and sexist by todays standards.) On Yahoo Serious: I liked Young Einstein as a film. It was clever and funny to little me. The Ned Kelly film he did, not so much. It just seemed like a rehash of all the same jokes. I didn't know he had a 3rd film. On Steve Irwin: This opinion puts me in the minority. But I never liked him much. In fact I had never heard of him really. He was initially way more famous in America than he was in Australia. I also really don't like his stage manager wife, and the way they pushed Bindi to do all the cheap cash grab half arsed projects cashing in on her dead dad's name. But Steve, always seemed to me to be a gormless, innocent. Fully enthusiastic and passionate about the wildlife he spent his life trying to protect. He was a good man, I just didn't care that much about him, and I distinctly find the performative idol worship of him to be distasteful. That's all.
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Definitely got the impression that Steves Wife could see he was a character and exploited that by making him a TV star. I think he was fine with it because he loved what he did and wanted to reach as many people as posible. I went to school with this guys son: https://thewildlifeman.com.au/ always had him in the school with all sorts of cool animals to learn about. Laserface fucked around with this message at 02:51 on Feb 19, 2022 |
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Feb 19, 2022 02:48
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Steve was a top bloke. Loved animals and nature and surfing and rugby league. His seppo missus can get in the fucken bin but. I dunno what it is but every yank I've had the displeasure of knowing is an absolute loving shitstain of a human. Probably the result of being from an absolute shitstain of a country. Should feel sorry for 'em really but on the other hand all those stupid cunts can get fucken hosed hey.
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Feb 19, 2022 11:35
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Steve was into MMA apparently, he'd wreck the lot of em not even considering the age gap. I think a lot of people would be either surprised that Yahoo Serious was real and even more surprised that he's still alive.
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Feb 19, 2022 12:17
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Someone post the prime minister
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:Someone post the prime minister https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICxswXG87lI
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