We have western Sydney, though, knuckle draggers in the thunder dome.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 00:46 (six years ago) link
Think Akron, with Parrots and worse traffic.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 00:47 (six years ago) link
lol
― Dan S, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 00:57 (six years ago) link
61% is lower than I'dve expected/likedgiven bigots lied wholesale and some major religious orgs actively instructed their people to oppose it, it’s a pretty good result tbh. but yes, it should have been 100%.
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 01:04 (six years ago) link
And still that fundamental obscenity which is a governmentally endorsed vote by the community on whether to magnanimously grant a basic human right to a long-repressed and ostracised minority.
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 01:11 (six years ago) link
yes
― Dan S, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 01:18 (six years ago) link
otm. turnbull will try to lap up praise but i honestly don’t think he knows what’s about to hit him.
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 01:25 (six years ago) link
the ugly attempted conversion of 'yes' to 'yes but'
― estela, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 02:49 (six years ago) link
90% of olds in my electorate voted yes fk yeah oldies
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 03:34 (six years ago) link
one big positive from today is that the electorates/states of a lot of the strongest LNP homophobes (Abbott, Andrews, Christensen, Abetz, Morrison et al) all came back with a majority yes
― monotony, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 03:44 (six years ago) link
take the small victories y'all. I'm very happy about this news!
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 03:57 (six years ago) link
also I thought you were joking about a place called "blaxland" but ok nope
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 03:58 (six years ago) link
I reside in Batman, electorate-wise. I'm not sure how the names of electorates get decided but they aren't geographic.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 04:08 (six years ago) link
mine is Corangamite
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 04:09 (six years ago) link
which is very nasty on toast
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 04:10 (six years ago) link
I'm in Mayo
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 04:11 (six years ago) link
hahah!
― Dan S, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 04:13 (six years ago) link
Nasty-on-Toast sounds like a village in Discworld
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 04:26 (six years ago) link
Tombot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Blaxland
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 04:40 (six years ago) link
I live in More More Moreland so I cant talk
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 04:41 (six years ago) link
Blaxland might be the name of an explorer, but Blacktown well and truly exists (and probably voted no). And was literally named thus because it was where "the blacks" lived.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacktown
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 04:48 (six years ago) link
shhhh dont tell them about Coon cheese.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 04:55 (six years ago) link
somewhat ironically, or perhaps appropriately, whenever you guys teach me a new Australian place name that happens to look like it might be a spondee (two stressed syllables, i.e. sunshine, doorway), I hear it in my head to the tune of the Shopkins theme.
Blaxland, blaxland!Blacktown, Blacktown!etc.
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 05:04 (six years ago) link
wow, in three posts i've lost the train of this thread
― Dan S, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 05:11 (six years ago) link
On the other hand, we do have a popular ice cream called Golden Gaytime
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 05:11 (six years ago) link
you made that up
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 05:12 (six years ago) link
Slogan: you can't have a Gaytime on your own
http://www.streetsicecream.com.au/Brand/Golden_Gaytime.aspx
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 05:16 (six years ago) link
It is both true and delicious.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 05:16 (six years ago) link
they are delicious! but don't buy them this summer as they're manufactured by streets, who are cutting workers' wages by ~46%
― monotony, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 05:47 (six years ago) link
they are v good i concur
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 05:59 (six years ago) link
what are your most missed local foodstuffs, vg?
― estela, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 06:11 (six years ago) link
never in my wildest dreams did I think my home state (Queensland) would nearly match Victoria/Tasmania - and this from the only state where more people live outside the capital than in it!
I grew up in what's now in the electorate of Brisbane itself and so stoked that it nearly had as high a yes vote as Sydney and Melbourne!
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 06:27 (six years ago) link
i know, i’m surprised at how well the gold coast has supported it, it’s very heartening.
― estela, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 06:35 (six years ago) link
"Number of dickheads in Australia slumps below 5 million" http://www.chaser.com.au/national/abs/
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 07:02 (six years ago) link
my electorate was fifth highest Yes vote in the country, whoo
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 07:35 (six years ago) link
we’re at the melbourne street party and we’ve seen one person we know
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 07:45 (six years ago) link
I remain a bit baffled how the outer suburban Adelaide electorate that I grew up in got more of a Yes vote than the inner suburban Sydney electorate that I live in now.
― Shitpost in Opposition (King Boy Pato), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 07:56 (six years ago) link
forever lol at the 75% Yes vote in Warringah, suck on that onion boy
― Shitpost in Opposition (King Boy Pato), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 08:00 (six years ago) link
melbourne ports, third biggest yes in the country 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 08:43 (six years ago) link
emojis on ilx, i know, i don’t care today
🌈❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 09:33 (six years ago) link
b-b-b-b-but no campaign's fee fees
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 09:37 (six years ago) link
many xxposts to estelamissed foodstuffs:burger rings chicken twistiesplain old pork sausageschips & gravysausage rolls souvlaki/greek food*indian** i can get them here but they’re not as good nor as ubiquitous i also really miss salad rolls - sandwiches here have ridic amounts of meat & beetroot is not a common filling ;_; also this is kinda embarrassing but god i miss cabana ... and strasbourg + tomato sauce sandwiches
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 19:20 (six years ago) link
LAMB i miss lamb. it’s SO expensive here
sorry for sidetrack back to ballot talk
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 19:21 (six years ago) link
beyond deflating hearing the barrage of calls to sbs mandarin radio claiming same-sex attraction is “sick” and “abnormal”
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 16 November 2017 21:22 (six years ago) link
i’m in no way a “fuck off we’re full” type, but seriously why the fuck did you move here
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 16 November 2017 21:25 (six years ago) link
xp to vg: i am impressed that your list is not a compendium of sugar forms like my australian list would be, like my nz list is
― estela, Thursday, 16 November 2017 21:47 (six years ago) link
i was trying to cloak my sugar cravings by listing savory items sugar:jelly babiessnakes alivefruit tinglesfreckles etc etc i also really miss those small-town homemade baked goodies sold at sunday markets, like yo-yos made by a little old lady etcfor that reason i am making my family jelly slice for Thansgiving dessert this year (may or may not be served glad-wrapped on a styrofoam tray lol)
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 16 November 2017 22:42 (six years ago) link
rank a packet of Assorted Creams veg
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Thursday, 16 November 2017 22:55 (six years ago) link