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The Peccadillo: Mar 4, 2013; We Have Important Work To Do

DancingShade posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPEvbMqpXYw

Holy cow, skitHOUSE was bad

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The Peccadillo fucked around with this message at 14:42 on Dec 3, 2016

# ¿ Dec 3, 2016 14:39

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The Peccadillo: Mar 4, 2013; We Have Important Work To Do

It's just miserably loving dull

Like, compare an old hosed up kids in the hall bit, with the same premise of 'gay is funny'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuLVv56YGXQ

it rules. Australia sucks at sketch so bad

# ¿ Dec 3, 2016 15:08

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Milky Moor posted:

When it comes to TV, though, what do we make that is legitimately good? I mean critically acclaimed and well-known. Bonus points if it doesn't go after its ideas and/or politically allegories in an incredibly hamfisted way.

Admittedly, part of it must be because it's so easy to get access to really good US and UK shows and Australia probably can't compete, but it never seems like we want to compete. And, when we do, it always looks like the same half a dozen actors in the same half a dozen shows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIqqiK4ncfs

# ¿ Dec 3, 2016 15:27

The Peccadillo: Mar 4, 2013; We Have Important Work To Do

John Key quit for some reason?

# ¿ Dec 5, 2016 01:29

The Peccadillo: Mar 4, 2013; We Have Important Work To Do

demolishing 18c doesn't go far enough, people who say "friend of the family' should get tax breaks

# ¿ Dec 6, 2016 21:13

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Les Affaires posted:

Hi guys, I have a request for all and sundry. I'm looking for people to share their experiences in employment in Australia, ranging from having, losing, looking for, regaining and keeping it. I'm interested in stories good and bad, but only if you're comfortable about posting it. In particular I'm interested in how your interaction with Centrelink and Job Services Australia have either helped or hampered (both?) your job search.

I also want to know whether you have tried for jobs that aren't "ideal" for you but still something to tide you over before getting a job you prefer.

This is part of a discussion I am having with my wife about the barriers to employment for Australians, and in general I think it's good to highlight these things from time to time anyway.

If you could also include how long you were unemployed for and which part of Australia you were/are living in, that would help too.

Thanks!

Yo, been with Octec in Canberra for about two months, had two appointments where the promise was a job trial. both times I got told to leave, because no such job existed. Then the case worker offered tax funded grants to the employer to employ me, for a menial labour job that doesn't exist.

You'd think a parasite industry who sucks from the job market would be the tiniest bit economically literate

# ¿ Dec 14, 2016 20:28

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kirbysuperstar posted:

Octec are..well, this branch at least is pretty understanding at least. I don't really feel like I'm any closer to actually getting employment, but they aren't grotesque shitlords like most of the JSAs in this town seem to be.

Octec is very gentle, in their parasitic ineptitude, they don't seem to have the policy of threats and suspensions that the other jsas got

# ¿ Dec 15, 2016 05:46

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Lid posted:

Who the gently caress thinks this is a good idea?

I mean, they're not wrong

# ¿ Dec 22, 2016 10:09

The Peccadillo: Mar 4, 2013; We Have Important Work To Do

i'm a li'l baffled by the response to the greens schisming left.

Why is that bad?

# ¿ Dec 29, 2016 03:05

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norp posted:

We warned you about splits bro

Yeah, but turn left. gently caress centrism. "Eligibility" is a clown's strategy

# ¿ Dec 29, 2016 03:21

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AgentF posted:

Agreed, but turn left not schism left. Consensus decision making is particularly amenable to change from within approaches. Can influence the party to the left without declaring a "faction" to present image of disunity or needless antagonism.

I genuinely disagree, gently caress "change from within". A hard statement about what the party should stand for, ratfuckery be damned, is dope. If it debilitates the party, so be it

# ¿ Dec 29, 2016 04:56

The Peccadillo: Mar 4, 2013; We Have Important Work To Do

Cynicism is a disease on par with libertarianism

# ¿ Dec 29, 2016 05:02

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BBJoey posted:

aha

Shut the gently caress up, BBjoey

# ¿ Dec 29, 2016 05:11

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Au Revoir Shosanna posted:

i too think the left should aggressively purse a platform of unelectability and never have power ever again, get in line fuckos

"Electibility" is a hateful and functionless idea

Things matter

# ¿ Dec 29, 2016 05:29

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# ¿ Dec 29, 2016 05:39

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starkebn posted:

Calling for the downfall of capitalism as your core platform isn't a very tenable position to hold. If anyone needs to explain why I think it might be a lost cause

It's not meant to be "tenable"

# ¿ Dec 29, 2016 05:54

The Peccadillo: Mar 4, 2013; We Have Important Work To Do

It is not fascim that a leftist faction of the Greens exists

# ¿ Dec 29, 2016 06:09

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thatbastardken posted:

no but it is a pain in the arse that a bunch of blowhards want to take a consensus based party and force it to use their particular language when discussing economic justice. it's like the 'alt-right' media in the US complaining that obama won't use the magic words 'radical islamic terrorism' when he had bin laden killed and bombed half the weddings in the middle east over 8 years.

Don't whinge, think

# ¿ Dec 29, 2016 06:47

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Higsian posted:

Yoyo, your stated positions are naturally outwardly facing. They are the things you tell people you want to do. So you tell people you want to enrich and empower regular Australians and ensure the government and economy is working for them, and then you push things that empower people and reduce the power of capital and the right. The goal might be to eventually gut capitalism and bring about a new order, but you start by doing things that aren't overtly and fundamentally anti-capitalism because then you get to say things like "hey why are you opposed to protecting Australian workers and families?" over and over instead of trying to justify overturning the established order right away. You don't say you want to bring about the end of capitalism, you just happen to have a core ideal that is best served by tearing down capitalism and you're always wanting to do things that move closer to that end-point.

Also you don't try to split left in the left-most relevant party while the right-most relevant party is in power. You pull left, you consolidate power, THEN you split left if you need to. Why would you try and factionalise a minor party anyways? You factionalise major parties once you've secured enough power that you still have significant power after you do it you sillies.

I think the phrase yer replying to refutes what you said pretty handily

# ¿ Dec 31, 2016 12:23