The Australian Zeitgeist Tracking Thread

if the taxi lobby wanted to be taken seriously they should probably pay their drivers a decent living wage instead of sucking all the profits out for themselves, knahmean

Not that I used them that often to start with but 13cabs have lost my bizness now thanks to that unamusing campaign (tho really we only have the Age to go on - has anyone seen the poster in action? I havent)

I think I personally know three girls that have been sexually assaulted in regular cabs, so I can't see how this is any worse.

Yeah thats my thinking. Same here. And how many assaults in hire cars have their ever been. Any? I wouldnt know, but somehow I doubt it.

I thank cthulu or whoever you like that ive never been myself, but I have sure had plenty of very unsavoury comments or questions from taxi drivers before. Are you married, why not, good lookin lady like you, you need to start having babies, do you live with your boyfriend, bla bla bla uuurghh.

yeah i've lost count of women i know who have been propositioned by taxi drivers, it's pretty damn common

Hell I have male friends who, being in the goth scene, have been made-up as one does in our scene, been prop'ed by taxi drivers, my friend A was in eyeliner and lippy but otherwise pretty obviously a guy, and he told me he had a driver chat him up so hardcore on the way to his house that he had the guy drop him off a few doors down, and went into the yard of his neighbours to throw the guy off, then climbed the fence.

Like I think the driver knew he was a guy but was even more come-on ish because of it?

Popular 161 / m0n0.net beat pop darlings '$tyl4g4' had a song regarding this very phenomena.

http://members.optushome.com.au/stylaga/music/STYLAGA%20-%20040302%20-%20last%20call.mp3

Speaking of 161/m0no wonder whatever happened to 4drian.

Last time I saw him was at that chiptune gig at P3nny Black some of us went to.

he is a kingpin in unpleasant wite rap posse ke!th p4rty

ew.

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Lool

Age & SMH head editors say "cya later alligator"

Apparently "nothing to do with recent changes" lol yeah ok.

crikey sez they were pushed

like DUH but i mean at least someone is saying it

Yeah I mean like if, as Age guy is claiming, he values the integrity and independance of the papers editorial staff, why on earth would he leave it now, to flounder under Gina's err... weight?

so apaz the new muscl3s album is out, chart predictions? #75?

did not chart iirc

shocker tbdh

GBL was hardly high art but manhood is fucking tripe

need an unambiguous name for 'the liberal party' when i'm too lazy to use caps

kingswood NOS

!!!!!

first Holden with Radial Tuned Suspension iirc.

If it was a pano I'd be all over that shit.

Fairfax Media will not offer Gina Rinehart a seat on the board, chairman Roger Corbett says.

:D

OLYMPIANS

Although not only Australia I guess.

FORMER OLYMPIANS

http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2012/06/25/1226407/138549-grant-hackett.gif

grant smackett

*trades carbon*

'Protesters were waving inflatable plastic bats and carrying placards saying "why tax the air we exhale".'

where do i get the carbon trading cards, are they at the milk bar like footy trading cards

in the toilet paper aisle

Age uses phrase "Shades of Grey" on front page as headline of footy article. I'm off to kill meself now.

idgi

crappy pr0n novel, 50 shade of grey, everyone's overmeming it etc

oic

craig 'shirley' emerson

rip

Whats this about someone faceplanting in a faint on Q&A?

prolly realised where they were and felt teh wave of shame/nausea hit

Ha. Poor bastard tho, I've done that before (lol S-dogg can back me up on this) so I can imagine how he felt.

when were you on q+a?

roffle.

I meant the faceplanting!

ha yes!

It was muy embarrasment.