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[Val Keating]

My favourite work was his description of Kaiser Wilhelm II’s army as being ruthlessly efficient down to the last rail spike.

Yes that was quite something. The image he creates when talking about them marching on Belgium is pretty awesome.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Yes that was quite something. The image he creates when talking about them marching on Belgium is pretty awesome.

He did that well with the Persia series as well. He absolutely nailed the Assyrians.

 

[Ligma]

Rapsody is so much better the Minaj they might as well be in a different genre

Nicki Minaj isn’t called the queen of rap for nothing period

In all seriousness Aussie indie and rock are my main genres.

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[Val Keating]

They did have US postwar help, as did West Germany. But both nations were fairly quick to recover and quickly became regional powerhouses.

I mean, going from an island with ancient ways like having samurai warriors that didn’t really want anything to do with the outside world to making the decision to modernise and actually making it happen, in only a couple of generations. Quite amazing

 

[Val Keating]

He did that well with the Persia series as well. He absolutely nailed the Assyrians.

The king of kings. That’s a ripper as well. The bit where the king has all the children of nobles executed in front of them is horrific.

 

[Val Keating]

Nicki Minaj isn’t called the queen of rap for nothing period

In all seriousness Aussie indie and rock are my main genres.

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She’s just known because she’s a hoe. Can’t rap for s**t.

 

[rickety]

She’s just known because she’s a hoe. Can’t rap for sh*t.

Is that the chic that had all the boys to her yard for a milkshake ..... obviously no good in a chip shop

 

[Val Keating]

Is that the chic that had all the boys to her yard for a milkshake ..... obviously no good in a chip shop

She’s the chick who did a song with that rainbow haired rat 6ix9 and did the song WAP.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

She’s the chick who did a song with that rainbow haired rat 6ix9 and did the song WAP.

Still prefer the Ben Shapiro WAP rendition...

 

[Val Keating]

Still prefer the Ben Shapiro WAP rendition...

The best.

 

[Flawed Genius]

She’s just known because she’s a hoe. Can’t rap for sh*t.

Her verse on Monster is upper echelon

 

[Ligma]

She’s just known because she’s a hoe. Can’t rap for sh*t.

I was referencing a viral tiktok, I wasn’t actually being serious

Nicki Minaj didn’t sing WAP either that’s Cardi B and Megan three Stallion. But Nicki did do a spin off of Baby got Back. Nothing wrong with being a hoe

Anyways, I don’t listen to rap like a 17 year old would. I’m more of a Queen, Powderfinger, Pearl Jam kinda gal, so not your typical teen.

I also really like Australian indie not that anyone asked lmao


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[Snake_Baker]

She’s just known because she’s a hoe. Can’t rap for sh*t.

You just described 98% of rappers.

 

[rickety]

She’s the chick who did a song with that rainbow haired rat 6ix9 and did the song WAP.

It's like I just stepped forward 28 years in time and am smack bang in the middle of The Netherlands

 

[disco_cowboy]

Her verse on Monster is upper echelon

i was about to say the same thing - she can rap but she doesn't show it enough

 

[B4Bear]

They did have US postwar help, as did West Germany. But both nations were fairly quick to recover and quickly became regional powerhouses.

Helps when you don’t have to concentrate on a military for a couple of decades. Saves you money for reconstraction.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Helps when you don’t have to concentrate on a military for a couple of decades. Saves you money for reconstraction.

West Germany 1954 onwards had a fairly strong emphasis on the military for a while, filled with ex-Wehrmacht. They still have a decent military industry and shipbuilding industry. East Germany even more so.

Look at the Mutual Defense Assistance Act and its supplements.

 

[Val Keating]

Her verse on Monster is upper echelon

Probably had a bit of help with that

I was referencing a viral tiktok, I wasn’t actually being serious

Nicki Minaj didn’t sing WAP either that’s Cardi B and Megan three Stallion. But Nicki did do a spin off of Baby got Back. Nothing wrong with being a hoe

Anyways, I don’t listen to rap like a 17 year old would. I’m more of a Queen, Powderfinger, Pearl Jam kinda gal, so not your typical teen.

I also really like Australian indie not that anyone asked lmao


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cardi B, Minaj, Meg the stallion are all the same to me. Though Meg has a good track with DaBaby & Maxo Kream

 

[Val Keating]

Helps when you don’t have to concentrate on a military for a couple of decades. Saves you money for reconstraction.

I believe it’s called ‘The revenge of the vanquished’.

 

[Gasometer]

My favourite work was his description of Kaiser Wilhelm II’s army as being ruthlessly efficient down to the last rail spike.

A perfect segway...it’s Otto Bismarck time!

OTTO TIME!

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

A perfect segway...it’s Otto Bismarck time!

OTTO TIME!

 

[hilly]

Speaking anecdotally, throughout uni & for a couple of years after I finished I was quite poor and never travelled and did fun sh*t like some of my mates did (contiki tours, gap years, living overseas etc.) as any money I had went towards paying the bills. It's only been in the last 2 years or so that I've become established enough in my career to not only consistently pay all my bills & live relatively comfortably, but to also save up money to actually do some of that fun stuff. I was supposed to head overseas to the US & Canada last April for at least 2 months, without any set plans on when (if) I would come back, basically taking full of advantage of having the financial freedom to do pretty much whatever I felt like for the first time in my adult life. I'd been planning it since Jan and it was a literally a week or two after I'd finalised my flights and paid for the other small things (SIM card, travel insurance, International Drivers License etc.) that they declared the pandemic and stopped international travel.

I'm 26 now and it's looking like the earliest I could possibly travel currently (avoiding the US now) is late this year due to the fact I am so far back in the vaccine queue, and that's assuming there are no major setbacks in distribution or any complications, both here and overseas. Meanwhile most of my mates who got the travel bug out of the way early on are starting to settle down now with their partners, looking to buy property, have kids, two cats and a dog etc.
I had been so set on travelling as well that I have practically put my life on hold throughout this pandemic as to make sure I am still motivated to do my trip when I can (so I don't regret not doing it in 30 years time), just drifted through the monotony of everyday life, avoided any serious relationships (women in their mid-late 20's really stop accepting "I want to travel" as a reason not to get serious, as I have been finding out recently ) and just been avoiding putting any sort of roots down in general.

Logically I know there are plenty of years ahead of me when I can travel, but mentally it feels like there is a little less freedom in travelling when I'm edging towards my late 20's with the pressure starting to set in to do what all my friends are doing and settle down, and as cliche as it sounds I don't want to miss out on being able to travel as a young, carefree single man.

I think there would be a lot of others with the same/similar experiences to me, but with that all being said there are plenty of people who have it far far worse. For instance, I have a mate who was living in Japan (his fiancee is Japanese) and had come back to Aus briefly for work right as the pandemic hit and they haven't been able to get an exemption so haven't seen each other since this began, which is absolutely f’ed. And don't get me started on the people who have actually been directly impacted by COVID and it's effects. I am thankful everyday that nobody I know has died or suffered any long lasting debilitating effects as a result of this virus, and that we as a country have been so relatively unscathed compared to elsewhere, so I try and keep that in mind whenever I start feeling too sorry for myself.

Thankyou for listening to my TED talk.

Tldr. But skimmed. Don't feel pressure from anyone - do what you want to do when you want to

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[Tectonic]

Restaurant workers not paid tens of thousands as Red Spice Road reopens with new staff

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[Snake_Baker]

There's something NQR about this also:

"Although Ms Higgins did speak with officers soon after the incident, she ultimately decided not to pursue a formal complaint at the time."

Do the police cease to investigate rape allegations when the alleged victim reports the incident to them, and then decides on their own whim to not pursue a formal complaint?

Answer: NO!

 

[B4Bear]

Brittany Higgins: Third woman accuses ex-Liberal staffer of sexual assault (news.com.au)

This alleged prick deserves some serious attention by the police and his soon to be new cell mate.

What a toxic place to work where this goes on with impunity and the people are too scared to come forward.