I . . . wha . . . huh? Someone actually said that?Zantos said:Next up, Mass Effect 3 will be rubbish because of all the aliens. I really wish I just made up that last sentence myself, and didn't hear someone actually say it.
Its all the bloody mining we got up north. Seriously, there is this one guy in my TaFe Programming course who is basically the textbook definition of Bogan; Rich, Stuck up and just an arsehole. Seriously; theres this guy in a wheelchair in our class, and this guys favourite passtime is picking on him. And its not even him who was the miner; his dad does work for em and makes a mint.ChadSexington said:That's fairly common in Australia with aboriginals. For the most part they're relatively friendly but it became a serious enough problem for the government to cut off alcohol and petrol in communities with a high level of aboriginals.Valanthe said:snip
OT: Bogans. I'm pretty sure we only use the term in Australia but they're, for a lack of a better term, white trash and because I live in a relatively small city (Perth by the way) I see a lot of them. I've never had a problem with the aforementioned natives, they've always been friendly and polite. I've had a lot of problematic bogans though. A lot.
I've come across quite a few nice Aboriginals but Jesus Christ the bogans annoy me. The underage drinking I can live with because I did it at her age. Sure it's annoying but they don't really realize that.Jimmybobjr said:Its all the bloody mining we got up north. Seriously, there is this one guy in my TaFe Programming course who is basically the textbook definition of Bogan; Rich, Stuck up and just an arsehole. Seriously; theres this guy in a wheelchair in our class, and this guys favourite passtime is picking on him. And its not even him who was the miner; his dad does work for em and makes a mint.ChadSexington said:That's fairly common in Australia with aboriginals. For the most part they're relatively friendly but it became a serious enough problem for the government to cut off alcohol and petrol in communities with a high level of aboriginals.Valanthe said:snip
OT: Bogans. I'm pretty sure we only use the term in Australia but they're, for a lack of a better term, white trash and because I live in a relatively small city (Perth by the way) I see a lot of them. I've never had a problem with the aforementioned natives, they've always been friendly and polite. I've had a lot of problematic bogans though. A lot.
As for the aboriginals, i agree. Everyone allways goes on about how we treated them unfairly and that they are all great guys; I can not seriously say i have met a single decent aboriginal person. Im certain they exist, i just havent found any.
I mean, every single time i see a news report of some aboriginal right group getting up and complaining about some development project up north, i just think "Oh, was that sacred ground? Did someone take a dump there a million years ago or something?"
I know that it sounds racist like that, but jeez. Come on people.
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Expanding on the Perth situation, Underage Drinkers. It is commonplace for you to see 14 year old guys (and girls) drunk for no reason other than to be drunk. Its senseless.
That and druggies.
This!NightmareLuna said:So, what are your acceptable targets? Groups that you feel comfortable making jokes about without fear of backlash?
Well... I cannot tell any joke without someone giving some backlash. It is impossible, someone will always react if I tell it enough times.
However I do not fear it, I love the backlash. It is hilarious to see people get all pissy while I just stand there, grinning like a fool.
Everyone and everything is an acceptable target. Islam, Christianity, The handicapped, the black, the yellow, the green, the dead, gamers, nerds, those frikkin' horse people, (No, not Sarah Jessica Parker) the people who really loves horses they would never eat one, bronies/MLP FIM fans...
EVERYONE! Even me.![]()
In a truly tolerant society everyone should be a target and everyone should be able to laugh... And if you do not think so... You are not truly tolerant.
Oh God, are you one of those people who assumes all vegetarians are preachy and preemptively shouts "For every animal you don't eat, I'm going to eat three!" before they've even done anything?Agow95 said:Vegetarians, any group that says that a animal has rights that deny me to use my ability to digest meat that has developed over millions of years of evolution to give humans an edge in the survival of the fittest are insane in my eyes, also, my friend Rylan, it's so easy to piss him off (in a joking, fun way), if we argue, I'll use inane, nonsensical arguments that are technically right to beat him.
Well, the reporters are good at reading out what they've been given. The fact-checking is generally atrocious and selective of the actual facts it likes to pick up, no matter which segment of the programme you're looking at.Jack the Potato said:To be fair, Fox News does have an actual reporting segment with actual journalists who are pretty competent at REPORTING the news. That part is fine. But yea, the opinion pieces are often just... ugh.Tanis said:Anti-intellectuals, people who take Fox News as 'the true source of real news', humans.