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[blackshadow]

Although I'm not a huge fan of some of the top ten songs I can see the merit in them all except for The Veronicas. What kind of person votes for that garbage?

 

[big_e]

Although I'm not a huge fan of some of the top ten songs I can see the merit in them all except for The Veronicas. What kind of person votes for that garbage?

There are a few answers to that.

Firstly, they (or someone) apparently ran a TikTok campaign. Nothing inherently wrong with that, plenty of artists do Hottest 100 campaigns, it's just a possible explanation.

Secondly, the biggest demographic for voting was 18-29s, a lot of whom probably grew up with the song in the same way I grew up with Cold Chisel - too young to hear the songs when they came out, but all over the radio as a kid.

And the song was genuinely huge at the time, so it's not a surprise that when you're scrolling though the list of songs you haven't necessarily heard for a while that might stick out.

 

[Makeshift Park]

Although I'm not a huge fan of some of the top ten songs I can see the merit in them all except for The Veronicas. What kind of person votes for that garbage?

Haha. It wouldn’t make my top 10,000 Australian favourite songs of all time, but I still like it better than Scar.

If you’d told me that a modern female pop hit was gonna come in at number three, I would’ve guessed Sia’s Chandelier instead. Pretty weird omission really, given it was a genuine global smash hit right when much of the voting demographic was growing up.

 

[Chadwiko]

 

[Samsquanch]

Is that kosher or Photoshop?

 

[Samsquanch]

Chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one they said...

...but still they come!

Proof.

 

[koshari]

Expecting the parmi parma to come out next

 

[Cyber_punk]

 

[Samsquanch]

 

[Samsquanch]

I notice that Chief, he of unmatched wisdom has re-added the icon on the BF toolbar to switch to dark or light mode.

I noticed it some time ago to be honest but I saved myself from posting about it until I was bored.

 

[koshari]

 

[andana]

Any stamp collectors
50 years anniversary
From uk

 

[Val Keating]

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Some of those tobacco shops are forced to sell the vapes & under counter cigarettes and if they refuse then they burn them down, others get stuck between rivals and if they sell the oppos cigs then they get burned down and others are targeted against rival owned shops.

TBH none of this would be happening if the government didn’t tax cigarettes so much that people can’t afford them so they buy under the counter cigarettes.

 

[ferball]

Some of those tobacco shops are forced to sell the vapes & under counter cigarettes and if they refuse then they burn them down, others get stuck between rivals and if they sell the oppos cigs then they get burned down and others are targeted against rival owned shops.

TBH none of this would be happening if the government didn’t tax cigarettes so much that people can’t afford them so they buy under the counter cigarettes.

And if vapes were still legal.

 

[Val Keating]

And if vapes were still legal.

They might as well be. They’re still as available as they were before they became illegal.

Are they illegal to smoke, or just sell?

 

[ferball]

They might as well be. They’re still as available as they were before they became illegal.

Are they illegal to smoke, or just sell?

Illegal to sell without a prescription.

As a consequence you can only get dry herb vapes with a med pot script now.

 

[Val Keating]

Illegal to sell without a prescription.

As a consequence you can only get dry herb vapes with a med pot script now.

That’s good.

 

[ferball]

That’s good.

Tobacco vapes with a script might be good but the rest isn't.

 

[Val Keating]

Tobacco vapes with a script might be good but the rest isn't.

Sorry I thought you meant that people can now get herb vapes, where before they couldn’t. I’m not a smoker.

It’s more convenient to just get normal herb, when my sister was dying I just used to get her a Q and roll them up for her. She didn’t have it in her to go the the process with the docs.

 

[ferball]

Sorry I thought you meant that people can now get herb vapes, where before they couldn’t. I’m not a smoker.

No. Its the opposite. Bloody stupid but that's how governments work I spose.

It’s more convenient to just some normal herb, when my sister was dying I just used to get her a Q and roll them up for her. She didn’t have it in her to go the the process with the docs.

I remember you talking about that.

I know people who get medical weed. It all gets delivered to their house and so do the accessories, ie vapes. It involves two phones calls iirc and then using an app. Stupidly convenient now.


Part of me hates its been gentrified like that.

 

[Val Keating]

No. Its the opposite. Bloody stupid but that's how governments work I spose.



I remember you talking about that.

I know people who get medical weed. It all gets delivered to their house and so do the accessories, ie vapes. It involves two phones calls iirc and then using an app. Stupidly convenient now.


Part of me hates its been gentrified like that.

Oh that’s good for people who don’t have other options. Probably the best option if it’s that easy.

In my sisters situation she knew that I could just get it that day and it wouldn’t cost her anything (she was a battler). Anyway, it helped her.

 

[ferball]

Good one Val.

You did good being there for her. A lot of shit we think matters in this world doesn't.

But stuff like that does.

 

[rickety]

My best little mate just now watching whatever Youtube thing he's watching. Somehow it's got Algebra in it and they want to find the value of x. Best little mate turns to me and says 10 - X is 10! A delightful mix of Roman Numerals and algebra .... being a dad is pretty cool

 

[koshari]

My best little mate just now watching whatever Youtube thing he's watching. Somehow it's got Algebra in it and they want to find the value of x. Best little mate turns to me and says 10 - X is 10! A delightful mix of Roman Numerals and algebra .... being a dad is pretty cool

Being a grand dad goes all right as well. Yesterday had one of the jrts helping me supervise the grandaughter.

 

[goalieboy82]

something my friend Chloe did