The Down Under Lounge

[Australis]

I found a good way to describe the Voice.

You have lived in a house, a nice house, for, ooo, 20-30 years. You know where everything is, and you're comfy.

Suddenly, someone turns up with suitcases and stuff. "Hi! I've come to live here!" They barge in, get your stuff out of the main bedroom, dump it in the spare room, and set themselves up. They move your stuff around, change your aircon and TV, and generally do whatever the hell they want. For reasons, you can't kick them out.

What do you do? You write up an agreement, and say, "If you want to do stuff, you have to talk it through with me first." The interloper isn't bound to it, but if they are any kind of reasonable person at all, they will do this, instead of just doing what they want with no consideration of you.

 

[teacake]

The No people actually have a slogan which says "If you don't know, vote no" which is just patting people on the back for ignorance and not doing 15 minutes of reading.

 

[Australis]

^ Exactly! "If you are ignorant and happy to remain so, vote no,"

 

[teacake]

I hate the idea that something has to be perfect to be passed. Just weird as fuck. Take a step forward, build on it, next step.. can't do anything without the first step.

Unfortunately the fear mongers have to got to many. I don't watch free to air tv and I'm curious as to how much real information is on air about this referendum whether via commercials or news shows like Sunday whatsitcalled etc.. discussing it.

People very much resent being called racists if they vote no and I don't think this is a great way to educate people even if there's truth to it in some cases.

 

[Marc]

Unfortunately the fear mongers have to got to many. I don't watch free to air tv and I'm curious as to how much real information is on air about this referendum whether via commercials or news shows like Sunday whatsitcalled etc.. discussing it.

i suspect that between the coalition and news corpse the FUD factor is so high it's in orbit.

last week andrew dolt was blaming the factor that QANTAS is one the lists trusted brands in Australia not on management policies and fuck you attitude to staff and customers but on it's support for "woke" policies such as being on the yes side of the Voice vote.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

People like Andrew Bolt give me the shis. The whole climate around the Voice is dividing people because of the vocal and loud no crowd.

Today the twit Sam Newman said people should boo during the welcome to country at AFL matches..

 

[teacake]

It's a real shame that when Sam Newman's girlfriend dramatically ran over him 25 years ago and smashed up his leg she didn't aim higher.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

It's a real shame that when Sam Newman's girlfriend dramatically ran over him 25 years ago and smashed up his leg she didn't aim higher.

What's worse is he is not backing down, just doubling down on what he said.

 

[PlainSimpleJoel]

Sam Newman is a tool. Thankfully I don't care what he says. Read some of the comments on social media and makes me sad at some Australians.

 

[teacake]

I feel bad I said that now. I don't want him to die. I just want him to shut the fuck up.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

I just got perma banned on Reddit......

For this post

https://www.reddit.com/r/Adelaide/comments/16qnqh6/psa_check_your_dockets_big_indian_bazaar_modbury/

 

[teacake]

How do you know you are permabanned?

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

How do you know you are permabanned?

Moderator message. Apparently that thread was deemed racist

 

[Marc]

How do you know you are permabanned?

or he's just banned from the particular sub-reddit.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

or he's just banned from the particular sub-reddit.

That's what I meant to say

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

How exactly is the Voice going to divide the nation into two lots of people?

 

[PlainSimpleJoel]

So Dan Andrews has resigned as Premier and member for Mulgrave. Saw a bit of the commentary online. It seems many people are loving this news.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

So Dan Andrews has resigned as Premier and member for Mulgrave. Saw a bit of the commentary online. It seems many people are loving this news.

Because people are stupid, I think he did a good job for Victoria.

Mundine at the press club yabbering on about the Voice will create two sets of people.

Are all these "No" people just the wealthy ones that have made their wack and it's "I got mine fuck you?"

 

[PlainSimpleJoel]

^ Indeed he has. That being Dan Andrews. Mundine is an idiot.

 

[teacake]

I can't stand Daniel Andrews, an egotistical hubris bloated uber politician adept at building his bizarre cult of personality which has thankfully waned since the height of his covid fueled power.

I have voted for him 3 times and I would vote for him again if he ran tomorrow because what other alternative is there? Certainly not the increasingly parochial culture war fucktards in the opposition.

It was time for a change. It will be interesting to see what happens next. Labor is still at an (all time?) high of popularity but the spectre of financial ruin is being waved most effectively by the murdoch rags (and yes, where the fuck is all this money coming from).