The off topic thread #2

[Bojan KantKick]

Anyone catch Gambino's show Atlanta on tuesday? Thought it was pretty awesome, right up my alley. Look forward to the series

no so please use spoilers. i think Latro watches it.

 

[FAITH]

People on Gogglebox try too hard this season

 

[Cruyff14]

This racist show is very confronting.

 

[Fryer Tuck]

Heh, glenferry23 m I never thought there would be something outside of Batman that would make you feel absolutely fantastic about it. Not a fan of the X-Men stuff myself, but it sounds like its worth a shot.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

This racist show is very confronting.

geez, has gogglebox changed that much?

 

[Cruyff14]

geez, has gogglebox changed that much?

They were showing footage of that show hosted by Ray Martin about Racism in Australia.

 

[Loonerty]

geez, has gogglebox changed that much?

Wow way to tease me with a mistaken quote of a post of mine.

 

[Loonerty]

New King Gizz album out too

Loonerty

Had a listen today at uni and honestly... didn't really feel it.
I dunno. I don't think I ever fully listened through Nonagon Infinity but I really loved People-Vultures and enjoyed Gamma Knife more than anything on the new one.

 

[FAITH]

So 1% of the pop is racist but the Asians on the show say all Australia is racist

 

[Spanish Sahara]

So 1% of the pop is racist but the Asians on the show say all Australia is racist

Far higher % of the population is racist....

 

[FAITH]

Far higher % of the population is racist....

Not in Australia
I'd say 1% max

 

[Latro]

Not in Australia
I'd say 1% max

More like 50 to 60%

 

[Cruyff14]

Yeah, a hap of Australia is racist. Particular those in the older generation.

 

[Fryer Tuck]

Really? Then again, down here, rarely, if ever do I see it. The only cases I know of are the ones in the newspapers. Maybe different in other states.

But honestly, it's a lot worse out there.

 

[FAITH]

That's bull, Aus is one if the most tolerant countries in the world.

 

[Cruyff14]

Down here? Are you in Tassie?

 

[Cruyff14]

That's bull, Aus is one if the most tolerant countries in the world.

So how do you explain Pauline Hanson then?

 

[FAITH]

So how do you explain Pauline Hanson then?

Misunderstood

 

[Cruyff14]

Misunderstood

A misunderstood racist?

 

[Cooldude]

I'm lucky I've lived in Melbourne since I was a kid and it's the closest thing to being post-racial

Queensland's probably a lot worse, and also in rural areas

Only with the whole Trump shit has all this racism thing started becoming the focus

 

[Bojan KantKick]

Spend some time in rural areas. Didn't know half my family were racist until my cousin brought home an asian bird to a family gathering.

When she left my aunts, uncles and grandparents started firing away. I had to leave the room cos i was so shocked.

There is one consideration which affects country people. A lot of WW2 soldiers were given farms in the country when they got hime from the war. a lot of those people fought against the japanese and have some pretty horrific tails of POW camps, etc. Those viewpoints are brought home and passed down through generations.

That's not an excuse for those views now but may explain some older country peoples views.

The cities are usually pretty clean in terms of racism but if you closely and know what you are looking for, there is a ridiculous amount of unconcious bias towards other races in Australian society.

inb4 WR calls me left wing again haha

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Not in Australia
I'd say 1% max

More like 50 to 60%

You're both just throwing darts on the board with no actual way of knowing. 23m people and you'd be lucky if you've became acquaintances with more than 1000 people each in your lifetime.

Hardly in a position to know how the populous thinks imo.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

Wow way to tease me with a mistaken quote of a post of mine.

yeah was gonna ask you about legion cos I've read books on the old greek or roman texts about it. Wondered if it is completely different or a modern rehash of a very old story.

 

[Loonerty]

yeah was gonna ask you about legion cos I've read books on the old greek or roman texts about it. Wondered if it is completely different or a modern rehash of a very old story.

Oh, the Legion I'm referring to is a.. X-Men spinoff? TV show or something. It's related to X-Men in some way.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

You're both just throwing darts on the board with no actual way of knowing. 23m people and you'd be lucky if you've became acquaintances with more than 1000 people each in your lifetime.

Hardly in a position to know how the populous thinks imo.

extrapolate a sample from your experience. ...

Gtown would be all right and the surrounding areas. Queensland is unbelievably bad. Tasmanians don't like any outsiders regardless of race.

areas of rural vic are bad. sure that doesn't explain everyone but you can use a sample to draw a conclusion.