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[Jul. 10th, 2009|12:21 pm] |
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Don't forget: Townie tonight. Punk Rawk. I may even break out some GG Allin, but I promise not to smear myself in my own excrement. |
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[Jul. 10th, 2009|09:51 am] |
Hat tip to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ginmar
Human sperm created in a laboratory
That was one of the few articles that didnt go into hysterics over 'men soon being obsolete' and 'the end of men's usefulness'. Because, dudes, all we need is your wrigglers. Without them, you're nothing more than spider-killers and shopping-bag-carriers.
THere's still a ways to go before successful IVF treatment with robo-sperm, but it's a pretty interesting development |
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[Jul. 9th, 2009|04:51 pm] |
*icon point*
Hexy may be cooler than all of you combined. |
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[Jul. 9th, 2009|02:32 pm] |
Oh yeah. DJing at the Townie tomorrow night.
I am forgetful and didnt keep a copy of the flyer on the work machine.
I was going to post some random google image old punk photo of X-ray Spex or The Stooges or The Buzzcocks, but this was just way to awesome not to use:
Obviously, Punx not ded, baby.
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oh god, this is funny
thanks, miss_geek! |
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[Jul. 8th, 2009|03:46 pm] |
Oh Helljay - Is there anywhere in Sydney that sells bright red contacts?
Online is OK, as long as they can ship them, oh, now. Heh. What's the fun in costume parties if you dont throw it all together at the last minute? |
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[Jul. 8th, 2009|10:18 am] |
Huh.
Thanks to my local Coles cashier advertising, I now know that Coles is paying the GST on women's pads and tampons for a week.
Advertising stunt? Most likely. But here's hoping it might stir some debate about the ridiculous application of the tax.
It *has* stirred hilarious 'OMG WHY SHOULD SHAVING CREAM BE TAXED THEN ITS JUST LIKE TAMPONS' responses from certain quarters of the man-verse. Or the guys going 'Then condoms should be GST Free!' (hint buddy: they are). And the dude that says theyre a vanity product. Still trying to work that one out.
Actually, that last guy's post is too funny not to repeat:
I dont see why they should be exempt. Thier use is purely a vanity issue for women. Femine "hygeine" products should be made more expensive to cover the costs of the environmental inpact that these disgusting used products make.
Posted by: Bloke of Melbourne 7:48am July 03, 2009
Comment 18 of 22
Disgusting, foul women! Bleeding out their unclean SIN-HOLES. Their nasty monthly curse POKES HOLES IN THE OZONE LAYER.
(Seriously, I'm still trying to figure this one out. Is he advocating menstrual huts? swaddling one's crotch in a black towel? Somehow I doubt he's suggesting we use Diva cups or reusable cotton pads) |
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[Jul. 7th, 2009|09:33 am] |
This is what a lifesaving kit looks like
In yesterday's discussion, kitty_kitty_ and I noticed that The Birthing Kit Foundation has assembly days, where groups of people can get together and create these birthing kits, which are sent to women in developing countries to help try and stem the tide of death and injury due to childbirth.
To quote those numbers at you again:
500 000 - the number of women that die in childbirth every year
15 000 000 - the number of women who suffer injury, infection, embarrasment and lifelong disability and pain due to childbirth
Would anyone be interested in coming along to one of these? It's about $15 each (the dollar amount is based on the number of kits we want to make, so this could vary from $10 to $30 depending on the number of people who get involved), which pays for the supplies they send you to assemble into kits.
It's also an excuse to eat cupcakes.
Poll #1426031
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: Allwho's interested?
edit (Just to make it a little less confusing)
The way it works is this:
1. We contact the Birthing Kit Foundation, advising them of how many kits we want to put together. Kits can be assembled in multiples of 600 or 1000 at a cost of $160 per 200 kits, e.g. 600 kits is $480, 1000 is $800, 1200 is $960, 2000 is $1600 etc.
2. The money pays for the materials themselves - gloves, sheets, clamps etc, which are sent out to you. The assembly is the big money drain, rather than the cost of the items themselves, which is why they ask for this rather than just cash donations
3. On the assembly day, in a house, hall or other location, we all get together and assemble the kits, logging the hours worked.
4. Also, we eat cake
5. When they are assembled, we send them back to the Foundation
6. The Foundation then distributes them. They also get a certain amount from an aid organisation who's name has slipped my mind for every assembly hour worked by a volunteer. |
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[Jul. 3rd, 2009|03:12 pm] |
I too, would cry into my bananaphone if I'd locked my awesome underbite-boxers in the pickup :(
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[Jul. 3rd, 2009|09:50 am] |
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Tom Petty and Johnny Cash are having babies! |
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[Jul. 1st, 2009|01:29 pm] |
Consider it an internet time machine
And that's all I have to say about that. |
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[Jun. 30th, 2009|10:45 pm] |
Our legal system once again proves that if you're going to commit a crime, you might as well commit a whole bunch of 'em, because it seems that bulk discounts still happen during sentencing.
Take note that if the maximum sentence was given to each crime, he would have been gaoled for 1000 years. He got 28 years, 2.8% of his total possible sentence.
And people wonder why I rant and rail. |
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[Jun. 26th, 2009|03:24 pm] |
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Riddle me this:
Let's pretend you work for British Airways
Your CEO has just asked you to work for free for a month to cut company costs.
(Some are taking part time work, some are spreading it out over several months, but that's not as fun a question)
Poll #1421309
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllCould you cope without your pay packet for a month?
Re him taking the cut, too: Call me cynical, but if you're earing $120k a month, I doubt a month without pay is going to be massively problematic. I dont know how many employees could say that.
edit: Damnit, second poll isnt working. Do you think this is a fair request? |
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[Jun. 23rd, 2009|12:47 pm] |
Fuck you, criminal justice system
And fuck you, Leanne Clare, for that pathetic sentence. And fuck you, Amelia Bentley for needing to mention the *exact* amount the girl had drunk, as though her alcohol consumption was in ANY WAY a mitigating circumstance.
And I hope the pieces of shit that participated in that girl's violation by watching or laughing at this horrific act realise what they've done and never get another good night's sleep again.
If i hear one more 'but he's a nice guy usually!' or 'this is so out of character for him!' Im going to explode in a white hot ball of rage. Newsflash: rapists and abusers arent going to rape and abuse everyone they meet. One day we're going to be able to genetically modify all assholes so a big A appears on their forehead, but until then, lets not presume that because a person is nice to you, they're not beating their wife (or husband, before the 'abuse happens to men, too' brigade jump on my back), or raping kids at parties.
Oa less 'punch heads' note - Woman wins close to .5 Mil for sexual harassment.
And considering I expected Greg Bird to walk, This was vaguely satisfactory (though it'll probably get shot down on appeal) |
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[Jun. 19th, 2009|05:31 pm] |
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It doesnt help me at all, but it might interest one of you to know Jetstar currently has $269 fares to Osaka and Tokyo until 8pm tonight... |
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[Jun. 19th, 2009|04:25 pm] |
Ha!
To Hoekstra is to whine using grandiose exaggerations and comparisons.
It all started with a simple, foolish tweet. On June 17th, GOP Congressman Pete Hoekstra compared the life and death struggle of Iranians trying to get their message out via Twitter to the Republican Party’s tussle with Democrats. The Twitterati began satirizing Hoekstra’s tweet.
And that’s how the Hoekstra meme was born. |
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