Melbourne Beats

quick wrote:its funny reading the above from abroad... cos everyone else around the world goes on about how awesome the aussie ecconomy is doing and how comfortable our life style is... spose you do take lots for granted over time, but its pretty fricken sweet in aus

Full on. Australians love to whine about anything, but the fact is we have it so good.

quick wrote:its funny reading the above from abroad... cos everyone else around the world goes on about how awesome the aussie ecconomy is doing and how comfortable our life style is... spose you do take lots for granted over time, but its pretty fricken sweet in aus

mate you've got it pretty sweet globetrotting around the world from festy to festy.

Really? I'm sure the homeless, the indigenous, people on welfare and those relying on public systems would strongly disagree with the idea that they have it sweet. Sure the middle and upper classes, the educated and gainfully employed have it good, great even, but it's certainly not the case for a large percentage of the population. We are the most politically apathetic nation in the world and that is evidenced by our government and the opposition, neither of whom have a strong ideology or the power to drive something more than a conservative right wing agenda. The way the country is headed is fucking scary imo. The day Tony Abbot is our PM, is the day I move overseas, permanently. He is a complete joke and totally unable to represent anything but an opposition stance - shit, he can't even seem do that effectively.

^^ agreed.

witty_pseudonym wrote:We are the most politically apathetic nation in the world

yeah fair chance of that

that is evidenced by our government and the opposition, neither of whom have a strong ideology or the power to drive something more than a conservative right wing agenda.

(apart from the boat people side of things) thats hardly the case with labor really. both persuasions are pretty central and slightly to the left even, in terms of welfare etc.

FoundationStepper wrote:

witty_pseudonym wrote:We are the most politically apathetic nation in the world

yeah fair chance of that

that is evidenced by our government and the opposition, neither of whom have a strong ideology or the power to drive something more than a conservative right wing agenda.

(apart from the boat people side of things) thats hardly the case with labor really. both persuasions are pretty central and slightly to the left even, in terms of welfare etc.

but the point is (with Labor) that they no longer represent the people they are traditionally, ideologically bound to support: the unions, the workers, their families etc.

they have just become a visionless bitch to the corporations that fuel them financially.

yes visionless

i think it was probably a long time ago though that labour ceased to really just be the 'blue collar' party (unions etc)

that said, the last labour reforms were very union driven, hardly a product of corporate servitude

oz libs are a more liek a center party with country and western right ring road try hard streak
they cant even do right wing properly imo

tony is a scary crossed eyed msyoginists
gillard is a muppet with ten thousand hands remote contriolling her drawl

only bob brown who is also somewhat innefectual can saev us now.

or you could try some davdi cameron lol

Kerry O'Brien for pm tbh



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witty_pseudonym wrote:We are the most politically apathetic nation in the world

Not even close to Japan, like, not even in the same stratosphere.

i dont know what to do >.<

Hatsudai wrote:

witty_pseudonym wrote:We are the most politically apathetic nation in the world

Not even close to Japan, like, not even in the same stratosphere.

yeah actually good point. i remember that now, kind of.

witty_pseudonym wrote:We are the most politically apathetic nation in the world

what evs

less than half my normal sleep amount last night. feeling it today.

have 10 people tell me I look like crap. ripper.

lol did you guys go on pub crawl?

I stayed up 'til 2am on Tuesday night playing in Ableton land... yesterday was pretty rough, 'specially getting on the bike at 7am

thats the way to do it dan! abletr0n wormhole stylee
so FKing OVER today...dunno why usually Wed/Thur is worst but i just cannot concentrate on work at ALL today ...

youthful_implants wrote:

quick wrote:its funny reading the above from abroad... cos everyone else around the world goes on about how awesome the aussie ecconomy is doing and how comfortable our life style is... spose you do take lots for granted over time, but its pretty fricken sweet in aus

mate you've got it pretty sweet globetrotting around the world from festy to festy.

no shit... this is what gives me the appreciation AUS has to offer... travelling has made me realise we have FUCK ALL to complain about on a global scale... whine all you like but if you live in AUS u have it better than most, nearly all...

Witty, please educate me as to where the groups of people that you mentioned have it better, along with the rest of the society? what countries do what you believe is right (much of which I think is right) better? The world is fukd in many ways, not trying to excuse or accept, but Aus does it pretty well... and yeah YI, it might be easier coming from a non-working globetrotter, because I can see the differences first hand in many cases.

I'm not trying to say I know all cos I have traveled, but one massive thing I have seen/learnt is that life in Australia is a fucking luxury, and fuk loads of people from many MANY other countries would agree... if they heard that we were complaining, they would be sick...

Complain if you want, but you are complaining that one of the most multi-cultural, successful and healthy countries in the world is not up to scratch... there is always better, but an appreciation of what is good is required before you can get there

quick wrote:

youthful_implants wrote:

quick wrote:its funny reading the above from abroad... cos everyone else around the world goes on about how awesome the aussie ecconomy is doing and how comfortable our life style is... spose you do take lots for granted over time, but its pretty fricken sweet in aus

mate you've got it pretty sweet globetrotting around the world from festy to festy.

no shit... this is what gives me the appreciation AUS has to offer... travelling has made me realise we have FUCK ALL to complain about on a global scale... whine all you like but if you live in AUS u have it better than most, nearly all...

Witty, please educate me as to where the groups of people that you mentioned have it better, along with the rest of the society? what countries do what you believe is right (much of which I think is right) better? The world is fukd in many ways, not trying to excuse or accept, but Aus does it pretty well... and yeah YI, it might be easier coming from a non-working globetrotter, because I can see the differences first hand in many cases.

I'm not trying to say I know all cos I have traveled, but one massive thing I have seen/learnt is that life in Australia is a fucking luxury, and fuk loads of people from many MANY other countries would agree... if they heard that we were complaining, they would be sick...

Complain if you want, but you are complaining that one of the most multi-cultural, successful and healthy countries in the world is not up to scratch... there is always better, but an appreciation of what is good is required before you can get there

Well we're at cross purposes because I wasn't complaining about the country per se. I was complaining about its politics, which are a bit shambolic at the moment. So a luxury to live in it might be, but a political nirvana, it aint. What about the ridiculous debate on gay marriage, the carbon tax, the mining tax (RIP) and other policies that have been either mismanaged or dropped like a hot potato? Why are we even debating gay marriage? Make it legal already. Are gay people second class citizens? Because they feel like them here.

Steve just because somewhere is a nice place to live doesn't exclude it from criticism and neither does comparing it to other, less fortunate (or more fortunate) places because Australia is whatever it is, on its own merit. IMO. Maybe that's easier for me to say because I wasn't born here but I live here now, so I'll say whatever I like.

i dunno where gay marriages came into it, but once again, if thats what yo are complaoinling about, count yourself lucky on a global scale...

i'm not saying dont criticise, i just think many cunts dont appreciate what they got is all...

quick wrote:i dunno where gay marriages came into it, but once again, if thats what yo are complaoinling about, count yourself lucky on a global scale...

i'm not saying dont criticise, i just think many cunts dont appreciate what they got is all...

I know. I dont mean to sound ungrateful. Leave the complaining to me, I have a lot of experience.

IMO BYO orstraya

I get where Squiz is coming from tbh. 'Even' the US in its 'world domination' is a significantly more fucked place to live than Oz. The potential to be bankrupted and/or refused treatment for life-threatening medical conditions is not even on the table in Oz. The baseline difference, let me show you.

witty_pseudonym wrote:I'm sure the homeless, the indigenous, people on welfare and those relying on public systems would strongly disagree with the idea that they have it sweet.

At least there are systems. Over-stretched and under-resourced, yes, but fuck me, there are soooooooo many ways it could be worse.

quick wrote:i just think many cunts dont appreciate what they got is all...

couldn't have put it better myself huhu

retzie wrote:At least there are systems. Over-stretched and under-resourced, yes, but fuck me, there are soooooooo many ways it could be worse.

Like what just happened in London.

I agree with squizzle stick tbh

Cunt of a day at uni. Had to 'facilitate a discussion' in a tutorial. Only one person in the entire class had done the reading, so it was a spectacular failure. The reading was 5 pages long ffs. Then sat through an awesome philosophy lecture surrounded by people who talked through the entire fucking thing. Just sent an email to every student in the subject telling them to shut it or take it elsewhere in futurelol

nothign like mature age student raeg lol

aroes wrote:Just sent an email to every student in the subject telling them to shut it or take it elsewhere in futurelol

I can just imagine what the 19 year olds thought about that email.

Haha yeah they probs all had a big lol tbh

quick wrote:i dunno where gay marriages came into it, but once again, if thats what yo are complaoinling about, count yourself lucky on a global scale...

i'm not saying dont criticise, i just think many cunts dont appreciate what they got is all...

This cunt speaks the truth.

nic wrote:nothign like mature age student raeg lol

hactually laughed out loud

IRL LOL?

aroes wrote:Haha yeah they probs all had a big lol tbh

probably like:

11AM FRIDAY.
NO WORK TO DO.
THINK IM GONNA DANCE NOW.

aroes wrote:Just sent an email to every student in the subject telling them to shut it or take it elsewhere in futurelol

Pleasepleaseplease go to the next class in a netball skirt.

Please.

Aww guys no love round these parts

aroes wrote:Aww guys no love round these parts

its tumbleweed central.

I'm posting utter bollocks on DSF instead, thats how bored I am!

fecking boringest day ever... and I got reflux from curry I had for lunch... bleugh

lol

deviant wrote:fecking boringest day ever... and I got reflux from curry I had for lunch... bleugh

come round to Yenks and make music with us?

^ that sounds ghey.

aroes wrote:Aww guys no love round these parts

ill give you a IRL BROHUG SOON MATE

something might be wrong with my film camera last set i over exposed so that was my fault but this set only 9 came out of 24. dammit! and i am buying expensive film which sucks even more that they are not coming out boooooo

better go get it fixed

1 1/2 hours in a dentist chair at 8.00am on a Monday morning which was quite distressing, to the tune of around $1300 actually.

not a great start to the week.

holy crapsticks that is bad

nic wrote:nothign like mature age student raeg lol

hahahahaha

haven't been here for a bit - but re the discussion up thurr. i mean that your view of having it good is entirely subjective and will not be the case for everything. regardless of how fantastic you think australia is, a lot of people will disagree with you and that's no reflection on your view. you can't make blanket assumptions on australia being great, just as you can't say that americans are fucked, the english are all whingers and aboriginies all alcoholics. i'm not attacking your view squirrel, but you need to realise that shit just isn't peachy for everyone - despite a happy majority!

Asians are all good at math tbh

amen to that

also, the irish are generally great in bed