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homeowner 39 22.41%
renter 69 39.66%
stupid peace of poo poo 66 37.93%
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WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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When the Snowden stuff comes out, mind linking it? Got some poo poo to take care of tonight.

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WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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Have we actually come to a general conclusion about what New Zealand should be, like our politicians seem to have done?

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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Oh right, I forgot about our golden years.

So where would we start? Repeal the unpaid lunches/internships, have full disclosures on political donations, increase employee power vs employer power, reduce or even outright scrap our regressive taxes (Lookin' at you, GST) and implementing a far more outreaching income/NPBT tax policy?

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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Everyone says I sound British, and I do. I just have no idea how I got the accent.

Blackadder, maybe?

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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You should try to be nice. I've never met a nice South African.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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Vagabundo posted:

That kind of talk gets you on the GCSB watchlist, mister.

We'll be in good company, then. They've only got the entire country on that thing, after all.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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Funny they mention North Korea but not the South. Eh.

Still, not sure why people care about spying on friendly countries: The more we know about them, the friendlier we are! :downs:

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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klen dool posted:

Yaaaaaay no internet in island bay thanks Vodafone! At least the cell network is still up....

If you've got steam on offline mode, what's your problem?

I kid, sucks bro

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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Maybe he's trusting cyclone Pam to wash the materials on shore?

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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Wind's picking up, boy oh boy!

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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This little bit of news brightened my day so much I might even be taken off the suicide watch!

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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Butt Wizard posted:

Twitter is basically GBS but no one is joking.

So it's Reddit.

I thought it was tumblr with the brakes on?

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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There's a TVnz 6?

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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That explains why the IHA was going door to door in Milford yesterday.

And christ, my baby brother's got dyspraxia. Looks like I'll have to chip into the family fund for his schooling again :smith:

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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Slavvy posted:

Scribe's a P addict IRL. Ironic!

Oh? I knew his music was terrible but I didn't expect him to be into P. When'd that happen?


Oldboy posted:

The south island is actually really lovely and its all the north islands fault

Wait, I thought the North Island never intervened in the South? :v:

WarpedNaba fucked around with this message at 09:45 on Mar 19, 2015

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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Ivor Biggun posted:

Gough Whitlam last year, now Malcolm Fraser. Bob Hawke best look to get his affairs in order

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11420488



God damnit, Terry Pratchett. I wanted to at least meet you once before you passed on :smith:

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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Displeased Moo Cow posted:

BABY BOOMSERS FUCKE D IT UO FOR THEIR GRANDKIDS LOL

Yes?

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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I'd be happy with rounding up the worst offenders of our captains of industry and perforating them. Y'know, as a warning to the rest.

If it could be publicly televised, that'd be even better.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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Slavvy posted:

This is how governments are supposed to work.

That and the whole 'organize the country to better support the governed' thing.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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A job with GCSB would be pretty rocking, though, free unlimited encrypted broadband!

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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It really just points to the general apathy of the New Zealand public, not so much their tolerance of the current administration.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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bobbilljim posted:

Haha yeah, "free" "encrypted" "broadband"


Never said you'd be working in New Zealand, did I? :smuggo:

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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Ugh, that embarrassing poo poo in the NZ embassy in Seoul got me a good long ribbing last I was up there.

Who brings Meat Jerky to something that's supposed to showcase our national cuisines and fine meat products?

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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Varkk posted:

How else do you think whale oil heard about it?

By frequenting the same escort service? It's a small world!

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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Exclamation Marx posted:

omg 3 news's camerapeople do great work



I don't get it, are you being facetious because that close-up makes it look like a Soap Opera reaction shot, or sincere because of their ability to predict when he was going to slime off the question?

ledge posted:

loving cricket eh?

You think it's bad now, wait until the finals finish.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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I don't suppose you suggested the concept of Bread and Circuses to him?

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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Right-wing, xenophobic, filled with natural resources buried in the ground? Sounds like Aus to me. NZ is only 2 out of 3 on that score.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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Goddamnit, I don't know what you nerds are at and I wanna be there.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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We couldn't beat them in Cricket, but here's the next best thing!

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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puchu posted:

Maybe if you fuckers watched NZ television
You're hilarious mate.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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Exclamation Marx posted:

Yeah, but it can't be a purely ratings-based thing or we wouldn't have Paul Henry, who's failed (so far!) on:
  • TVNZ breakfast TV
  • Australian breakfast TV
  • 3News late-night TV
So how does he keep getting work?

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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I'd be cool with having Futurama or Blackadder screening at 7:00pm.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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New Zealanders don't care about treason and that ain't about to change any time soon.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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Plenty happens in New Zealand. Corruption, Nepotism, Cronyism, Smear campaigns, transferring sovereignty to the States, environmental degradation, failing schools, widening class inequality, the encroach of neo-cons. To name a few.

It's just not something a New Zealander would ever care about.

e: Can't forget corporate deregulation and the fall of real wages!

WarpedNaba fucked around with this message at 04:19 on Apr 12, 2015

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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So, uh, anyone catch the Thunderbirds remake today?

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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puchu posted:

Was Brains always Indian in the original series? Also I saw that pink Rolls Royce Lady Penelope was riding in and immediately thought 'Elton John??' which is a poor reflection on my train of thought tbh

No. And apparently that car is iconic. Got roped into watching it with a coalition of Hawkes Bay Landowners because one of their daughters is the production coordinator. Still, at least they know I'm willing to voice act?

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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Can't be that hard. Got solicited for weed about thrice in a wine bar in Milford. Within two hours.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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Good Christ that budget's a loving waste of space.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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One duvet, one sheet, one thin blanket in case the cat jumps on. And I sleep in the nude.

Get on my metabolic level, chumps :smug:

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WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

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I dutch oven pretty hard, so no cat nor wife internals.

It's actually more like a Dutch Auschwitz, to be honest :godwinning:

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