Banter 2021 Off-Topic Chat Thread

[Shell]

Never heard of it.


Lol that puzzle I bought ages ago is still sitting in the cupboard.

Luckily it only cost like $10

 

[cats_09]

Not really - kinda playing games on my phone trying to relax before going to bed, hoping to get a good night sleep ahead of tomorrow

And then second guessing myself ahead of tomorrow, as until today's interview I didn't know that this prospective job was actually going to have a financial aspect to it, with some expectations that the new employee would be looking at a career in that field - just gotta see how it all goes I guess

 

[cats_09]

Found an interesting thread chain on Twitter - good for a laugh at this time of night, just a few of the images available

 

[Spazz Cat]

Turns out that foreman I was having issues with has been stood down for 20 days.
Not cause of me or anything, he made someone dig up to a power pole and it took out all the support.
So yeah, suck shit

 

[Spazz Cat]

Morning too. Hope all is good and well.

 

[Spazz Cat]

Non gender binary chest feeders

 

[Shell]

Yo

 

[Shell]

Sorry i cant come up with something more interesting
/tired

 

[winty]

Morning everyone.

 

[winty]

 

[Cataholic]

Non gender binary chest feeders

I'm not sure I know what this even means, but then again, the bloody world has gone mad.

Now we're offended by Dr Seuss books from 1934. Sheesh.

Society has become such a delicate, precious little flower.

 

[Cataholic]

My next door neighbor's wife is a teacher and they are friends with a dentist who owns multi-million dollar real estate and bought out a whole block of shops as well as building a new surgery down here near Baxter.
He donates an incredible amount of money to one of the politicians party every year and books a table where you have all the head honcho's there to greet this rich doctor who donates to them all.
Turns out they live a life that wouldn't surprise some but sure would shock many. Drugs are rampant through parliament and some of the stories (yes, just stories and rumors mind you) are enough to make you shake your head.

Apparently, Christian Porter has a few skeletons in the closet so I'm not so sure I believe his sob story of innocence.

Men and Women in power, they can be very cunning and manipulative if given the opportunity to take advantage.

I'm sure we all have skeletons in the cupboard.... They just vary in size.

So far I'm with Porter's stance......people can't, shouldn't, be driven out simply on the basis of an allegation.

Granting him the assumption of innocence, and as he said - how does he prove his innocence when it never happened?

He's almost in a no win situation.

 

[winty]

Anyone see this this morning?



She's just digging a bigger hole for herself.

 

[Shell]

Anyone see this this morning?



She's just digging a bigger hole for herself.

Yep.


The irony of that statement hey

 

[Shell]

Like take a look in the mirror, you bitch

 

[winty]

I'm sure we all have skeletons in the cupboard.... They just vary in size.

So far I'm with Porter's stance......people can't, shouldn't, be driven out simply on the basis of an allegation.

Granting him the assumption of innocence, and as he said - how does he prove his innocence when it never happened?

He's almost in a no win situation.

If he's got nothing to hide, why not ask for the inquest so he can clear his name? Until then, people will still have their doubts.

 

[dazbroncos]

I'm not sure I know what this even means, but then again, the bloody world has gone mad.

Now we're offended by Dr Seuss books from 1934. Sheesh.

Society has become such a delicate, precious little flower.

im all for people getting a fair go at things

But this shit is just getting out of control.

Is there literally no historical context to anything anymore?
Why cant Dr Seuss and Blazing Saddles just a have a disclaimer that says things made at a different time, that are not accepted now and probably should not have been acceptable then, were made anyway. Does not make it right... does not mean its accepted now, but here it is.

Gender neutral ****ing potatoes.

Spare me.

GO Catters

 

[Cataholic]

Anyone see this this morning?



She's just digging a bigger hole for herself.

I just hope the truth of the matter can be determined with categorical proof so the innocent party is fully exonerated.

 

[Cataholic]

If he's got nothing to hide, why not ask for the inquest so he can clear his name? Until then, people will still have their doubts.

How do they determine the truth of an allegation that is 30 odd years old?

They can do no more than rely on word of mouth, which can be manipulated against either party.

Humans are notorious liars.

 

[Cataholic]

im all for people getting a fair go at things

But this sh*t is just getting out of control.

Is there literally no historical context to anything anymore?
Why cant Dr Seuss and Blazing Saddles just a have a disclaimer that says things made at a different time, that are not accepted now and probably should not have been acceptable then, were made anyway. Does not make it right... does not mean its accepted now, but here it is.

Gender neutral ******* potatoes.

Spare me.

GO Catters

I understand one book has been removed because of a picture showing two natives in grass skirts.

It was written in 1934!

Were grass skirts never worn? It was probably a fact of life for some tribes back then, and presented as such, not as a characterisation.

 

[Partridge]

If he's got nothing to hide, why not ask for the inquest so he can clear his name? Until then, people will still have their doubts.

Because what is asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

Accusations and immediate judgement were tried in Salem in the late 17th century. Wasn’t the best idea as it turned out.

 

[Shell]

If he's got nothing to hide, why not ask for the inquest so he can clear his name? Until then, people will still have their doubts.

Now you're just talkin crazy winty.

Setlle down

 

[Shell]

Yall seen Grace Tame's speech yesterday?

Very powerful. And bang on balls accurate/the truth.

 

[Shell]

The fundamental "beginnings" of what she went thru beggars belief.

Im picturing the scenario of a Year 10 girl wandering around an empty campus as she was late to school... what would happen at the school I used to work at... would go something like "ah yeah you missed the driving ed class- ill sign your planner to go to the library".

Not. "Oh yeah you missed the driving ed class- come into my office for a chat"


****ing sleaze.

Principal should have also pulled him up on that- not get her to apologize to him. Are you kidding.

 

[Cataholic]

Because what is asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

Accusations and immediate judgement were tried in Salem in the late 17th century. Wasn’t the best idea as it turned out.

Yep.

It's an insidious situation for whichever party is innocent.

When the only proof is word of mouth, and a judge / jury must make a call on 'she said, he said', it leaves a huge possibility that the innocent person will be everely wronged.