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

Elissimpark posted:

Voted in Braddon - not even a democracy sausage for consolation.

SMDH if you don't check snagvotes before you attend to your democratic responsibilities.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2018 02:30

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

And here I thought Tassie would elect Labor like noted best state QLD.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2018 10:59

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

Is he trying to like that atrocious sky news presenter?

# ¿ Mar 3, 2018 12:53

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

BBJoey posted:

what is the strategy here

Barnaby is an idiot with no judgement.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2018 23:41

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

CrazyTolradi posted:

Also Peter Dutton.

And to think with all of these idiots, QLD remains a Labor government, and therefore better than most of Australia.

e. Yes, that is an incredibly low bar.

Zenithe fucked around with this message at 02:47 on Mar 4, 2018

# ¿ Mar 4, 2018 02:42

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

CrazyTolradi posted:

They're only noteworthy down here because they're an aberration, they stand out. In Anidav's beloved Queensland, s are normal and everyday occurrences.

Blair Cottrell has about 0% chance of being elected to a federal seat or senate position in Victoria. He'd enjoy a lot more success in the Sunshine State, however.

You guys have all the lovely new patriot groups though. QLDs hate mob tends to be more of the religious boomer type, increasingly irrelevant and going to die off.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2018 04:26

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

GoldStandardConure posted:

interstate rivalry is for people who are actually massive gently caress heads and want someone to look down on, but also want to maintain an air of progressiveness so they can't attack non white people, gay people etc

QLD wins state of origin tho

# ¿ Mar 4, 2018 04:49

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

JBP posted:

Questions are too hard. I don't identify as a feminist in the same way I don't identify as a black power advocate because I'm not black or a woman. Does that make me some squibby poo poo like an "ally".

Were you told by an idiot you can't be a feminist unless you are a woman?

# ¿ Mar 4, 2018 06:27

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

Birdstrike posted:

Daisy doesn’t deserve Caleb imo

Caleb wouldn't want to step on Bill Leak's toes.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2018 12:54

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

The Before Times posted:

I couldn't figure out where to put criticism of white feminism and TERFS

That's more typically a criticism of 2nd wave feminism rather than 3rd or 4th wave though right?

# ¿ Mar 4, 2018 23:41

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

Endman posted:

If you�re not anti-capitalist your feminism is worthless imho

Incoming Hobo strike.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2018 00:10

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

G-Spot Run posted:

I know we're reasonably anti Jordies since he went off the angry zealot deep end but his take on Xenophon is reasonably educational, particularly in terms of summarising his voting history vs politiking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKw1Qp-fv_U

*sponsored by the Australian Labor Party*

# ¿ Mar 5, 2018 07:16

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

bandaid.friend posted:

Guessing coconut has the same meaning as oreo?

Usually refers to a Pacific Islander

# ¿ Mar 5, 2018 10:23

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

That happened when I swapped providers.

"hey we've connected your service, you can disconnect from the other guys"
*cancel old provider*
*internet dies*
"who told you to disconnect it, we need to do it from scratch now!?

# ¿ Mar 6, 2018 00:41

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

Synthbuttrange posted:

Mine's been hooked up since September til they disconnected it for no raisin!

The fun part is unless you are with Telstra, it takes like two goddamn weeks to flick it back on.

# ¿ Mar 6, 2018 00:49

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

Pinball Jizzard posted:

gently caress you Mbali from the South Africa call centre, I�ve already done all the NBN required testing 5 times at different parts of the day and proved without a doubt the issue is the exchange.

It's not their fault. Blame privatisation and capitalism, not Mbali.

# ¿ Mar 6, 2018 00:59

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

Mandates aren't a thing in Australia, at least in any real capacity, and even if they were a secret one would be idiotic.

Basically he's saying the same thing every Australian politician means when they talk about mandates: I'm gonna have a big whinge because I'm an idiot who doesn't know what mandates are.

# ¿ Mar 6, 2018 07:57

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

LIVE AMMO ROLEPLAY posted:

The Agile Economy�

Died of blood loss, 1 star.

# ¿ Mar 6, 2018 10:51

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

If you find yourself looking for Barnaby clones for porn, you probably should look back on the life choices you have made.

Someone should deffo let chuck tingle know though.

# ¿ Mar 7, 2018 10:01

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

Snowman_McK posted:

Just while we're on misogyny chat, I met a guy who was convinced we were a matriarchal society. And his reasoning was that a lot more advertising money is spent targeting women than me, ergo, matriarchy. I'm not exagerating, that was the beginning and end of his reasoning.

He was also one of those 'women just aren't geared for STEM' while being a loving account manager at an advertising firm.

I work with a guy I know was a bit odd and antisocial. Some time later he shared his thoughts on some.... interesting energy generation ideas, and declared an enormous boner for Elon Musk.

Imagine my shock when he turned out to have lovely opinions on women, and even tried the old garbage truck gender disparity argument. Haven't heard that one in years.

# ¿ Mar 9, 2018 08:06

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

Snowman_McK posted:

I've heard this one a bit recently too. What's your answer to it?

He doled out a bunch at once, so I responded to something else instead (men dying at higher rates in the workforce). We have like 5 minutes between shifts and i'm not going to stay back unpaid to debate idiots at the end of a shift.

# ¿ Mar 9, 2018 08:56

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

Every time Trump talks to another country and doesn't ignite the atmosphere I consider it surprisingly good.

He also called Australia great, if you needed any more evidence of atrocious judgement.

# ¿ Mar 10, 2018 00:45

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

I'm mad, because I haven't finished New Vegas yet.

Yes, this is mostly my fault.

Still mad.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2018 03:23

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

I really like what I've played, but yeah, it crashes all the goddamn time, and I never got around to finishing it.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2018 03:49

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

Anidav posted:

Rupert is fine. I mean the blood transfusion was a success and the only side effect is my sudden urge to write articles about immigration.

You are the horcrux, you know what to do.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2018 07:18

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

Brown Paper Bag posted:

NV is vastly inferior to Fallout 3. Get on a plane to Perth and fight me bitch

I know WA is Worst State� but goddamn.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2018 12:59

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

Anidav posted:

Even the ABC is blaming immigration now.

Well the left had a good run but maybe we should hang up our towels and embrace capitalism as the best system we've ever had.

Fun fact: capitalism requires an ever growing population to fuel indefinite growth. You can't support capitalism and not support an ever growing population.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2018 22:38

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

"My plan expected banks to not behave irresponsibly"

Boy, do I have some bad news for you.

# ¿ Mar 12, 2018 08:20

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

Caleb, call the RTA for advice, file a notice to remedy breach form, if they still won't do anything after seven days (they will) then they're hosed.

# ¿ Mar 12, 2018 12:56

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

Anidav, have you contacted the RTA yet?

Also, every day you ignore this boomer rentseekers win.

# ¿ Mar 13, 2018 07:25

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

Knobb Manwich posted:

lmao

"For 12 weeks we get to work out whether these people are a liability," he said. "They should never be paid but they should also never be taken advantage of."

As part of the uni course we have to do a certain number of clinical hours. One way they do this is by organising screening tests at schools, which the uni charges ~$850 to the school for the day. We are not payed, by the end of the first semester we do not require any more of this particular type of prac hours, we cannot refuse them, can potentially fail a course if we don't show up, and they can require up to 4 hours travel time for which we also aren't reimbursed. It would be 100% impossible to complete this work on the day without students doing it

I have a really hard time convincing my peers, all of whom have now completed at least one undergraduate and half of a masters that this is blatant exploitation. It's sad, but exploitation of workers is the norm and nobody bats an eyelid.

# ¿ Mar 13, 2018 22:15

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

No, but you get more of YOUR money back from the FILTHY GOVERNMENT so you win.

# ¿ Mar 14, 2018 00:38

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

Vooze posted:

Presented without comment.

Tamils: nah
Rohingya: nah
Boers: yeah.

One of these things is not like the other...

# ¿ Mar 14, 2018 12:20

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

Can you imagine for even a second what would happen if we indefinitely locked up white SAs on manus? Jfc.

# ¿ Mar 14, 2018 12:24

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

CrazyTolradi posted:

20 years doesn't take us back to White Australia, though. I'd say he wants to see us go back a good 70 years.

White Australia policy never left. Federation to today, and forever inshallah.

# ¿ Mar 14, 2018 23:28

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

So I payed more in tax last week than retirees that �earn� 150k a year will pay ever. Have I got the current position correct?

# ¿ Mar 15, 2018 04:08

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

Oh look, Dutton is a lying sack of poo poo as well as a Olympic level racist:

https://mg.co.za/article/2018-03-14-dirco-slams-refugee-status-for-white-south-africans

# ¿ Mar 15, 2018 06:34

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

The guardian has an article on this that goes into statistics

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/mar/15/south-africa-criticises-australian-plan-to-fast-track-white-farmer-visas

quote:

However, Gareth Newham at the Institute for Security Studies, one of South Africa�s leading authorities on crime statistics, said there was no evidence to support the notion that white farmers were targeted more than anyone else in the country.

�In fact, young black males living in poor urban areas like Khayelitsha and Lange face a far greater risk of being murdered. The murder rate there is between 200 and 300 murders per 100,000 people,� he said. Even the highest estimates of farm murders stand at 133 per 100,000 people, and that includes both black and white murder victims.

Estimates of the rate of white farm murders are fiercely contested. �It�s a difficult question to answer because we don�t really know exactly how many white South Africa farmers there are,� said Newham.

�All these methodologies are hugely flawed because if you start ring-fencing certain people because of their race you are missing out on the bigger context of how violence and murder takes place in South Africa. I wouldn�t say that white farmers are more likely to be murdered than other groups, we don�t have enough evidence of that,� he added.

Newham said crime rates in general were going up, and the trend was not specific to white farmers.

# ¿ Mar 15, 2018 07:00

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

Birdstrike posted:

lmao can afford an investment property on 80k haha as if

Interest only mate, get your foot in the door.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2018 00:32

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 18:37

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

bandaid.friend posted:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-16/persecuted-white-south-african-farmers-resettlement-gaining-mom/9556098

quote:

"Violence and suffering affects all people universally," he told the ABC.

Thanks rich white man, good to know.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2018 12:20

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