Society & Culture Things in life you just don't understand - Part 4

[Gasometer]

Lack of Daylight Savings in QLD

It is daylight at 5am and I am awake on the first day of a holiday

Last night dark at 6.30pm

I don’t understand

 

[phantom13]

Went to the cinema to watch 1917 on Saturday morning, a couple in their late 30s come in with their son and proceeded to watch the film. The wife/mother read her kindle the whole time while the father and son watched what is an extremely violent harrowing film set in WW1 and rated MA.

The kid couldn’t have been older than 5... wtf is the world coming to

 

[Hawk Dork]

Lack of Daylight Savings in QLD

It is daylight at 5am and I am awake on the first day of a holiday

Last night dark at 6.30pm

I don’t understand

Its so the carpets dont fade

 

[Gough]

Lack of Daylight Savings in QLD

It is daylight at 5am and I am awake on the first day of a holiday

Last night dark at 6.30pm

I don’t understand

They're a very simple people.

 

[Beerfish]

Fans spitting on them.

Must every thread become about Richmond??

 

[Over The Post]

Lack of Daylight Savings in QLD
It is daylight at 5am and I am awake on the first day of a holiday
Last night dark at 6.30pm
I don’t understand

1. Queensland
2. Joh Bjelke-Petersen

Understand now?

 

[Syd]

Its so the carpets dont fade

Did Flo's carpets match her drapes??

 

[Billy ray]

Lack of Daylight Savings in QLD

It is daylight at 5am and I am awake on the first day of a holiday

Last night dark at 6.30pm

I don’t understand

It’s because if we do and people get up earlier than normal, all us men will get our morning wood while on bus, train, tram or driving.

 

[Gasometer]

Yeh nar

 

[Gasometer]

1. Queensland
2. Joh Bjelke-Petersen

Understand now?

Joh’s been gone wat 35 years?

 

[Scotland]

Because the last Jedi is the best star wars movie since Empire, and it did it by being the least star wars movie possible

The Last Jedi is worse than any of the prequels. It's complete tripe. The critics loved it because it was made in 2017 and has 2017 written all over it. It ticked all the boxes for impressing modern day film critics. I'm sure running out of fuel is a real concern in space travel, but when you've been zooming all over the galaxy for 7 movies without it being an issue...

Making something the 'least Star Wars movie possible' is great. Unless it's in the middle of a Star Wars trilogy which is the one time where you actually want a Star Wars movie.

The whole trilogy is a waste of time because the films don't really tie together. The prequels weren't good films but there was at least a point to them as you knew it would eventually lead to Anakin becoming Darth Vader, Obi Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Chewy surviving etc. The latest lost started with nostalgia feels of Han Solo and the Falcon etc. and introduced an interesting character (Rey), and Johnson then Abrams just kind of did what they wanted from then on.

 

[Gralin]

The Last Jedi is worse than any of the prequels. It's complete tripe. The critics loved it because it was made in 2017 and has 2017 written all over it. It ticked all the boxes for impressing modern day film critics. I'm sure running out of fuel is a real concern in space travel, but when you've been zooming all over the galaxy for 7 movies without it being an issue...

Making something the 'least Star Wars movie possible' is great. Unless it's in the middle of a Star Wars trilogy which is the one time where you actually want a Star Wars movie.

The whole trilogy is a waste of time because the films don't really tie together. The prequels weren't good films but there was at least a point to them as you knew it would eventually lead to Anakin becoming Darth Vader, Obi Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Chewy surviving etc. The latest lost started with nostalgia feels of Han Solo and the Falcon etc. and introduced an interesting character (Rey), and Johnson then Abrams just kind of did what they wanted from then on.

You can argue that on the M&E board if you want to, I think everyone is already sick of it being here

 

[Scotland]

Can we still talk about racism in the NBA or is that bant too?

 

[Gralin]

Can we still talk about racism in the NBA or is that bant too?

Just for that everyone but you can talk about it.

We had a few requests to move on from the TLJ discussion which is fair enough considering we'd moved into peoples views on whether it was good or bad

 

[Sixpence]

Why do NBA players wear safety glasses?

Prescription? Might prefer those to contacts, which could fall out.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Lack of Daylight Savings in QLD

It is daylight at 5am and I am awake on the first day of a holiday

Last night dark at 6.30pm

I don’t understand

34 years of National Party Government leaves a legacy























of s**t

 

[Scotland]

Horace Grant used to wear the big goggles back in the 90s for the Bulls, Magic, Lakers etc. He eventually had laser surgery and only wore them out of habit/to encourage kids who needed to wear glasses. I remember wondering if they would fog up like ski goggles or a snorkeling mask.

 

[Scotland]

One wonders why Queensland hasn't adopted DLS with a Labor govt for 25 of the last 30 years.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

One wonders why Queensland hasn't adopted DLS with a Labor govt for 25 of the last 30 years.

Provincialism probably at this point. Same reason WA doesn't have it.

 

[Gralin]

One wonders why Queensland hasn't adopted DLS with a Labor govt for 25 of the last 30 years.

probably because it would need a referendum and be election suicide

 

[Scotland]

I swear the sun is up at 4am in Perth this time of year.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Concerns about TV scheduling was a major reason regional Queenslanders opposed adopting daylight saving time in 1989.

At the time, the state was about to start a one-year trial of daylight savings, pitting southeast Queensland against the rest of the state.

The battle to wind clocks forward an hour in summer was unsuccessful then and it remains contentious.

The release of 1989 cabinet documents on Wednesday reveals TV scheduling was a big issue facing politicians at the time.

Many in the bush were worried about their television programming during the trial, indicating they did not want their programs tampered with, then-industrial affairs minister Vince Lester told cabinet.

"The matter of the possible re-scheduling of TV programs has been taken up with the ABC and commercial and regional stations," he said in October of that year.

The issue was so polarising, some in the bush viewed it as more important than policing issues, he said.

Skin cancer, as well as the 'hot climate' of the state, were also concerns for those in the bush.

The government wrote to the health department, "to ascertain what arrangements can be made in respect of educational programs or other means to assist the public with concerns".

The trial was extended for another two years and concluded in 1992, when the results of a March referendum rejected a permanent move to adopt the time change used in every other east coast state.

TV concerns in Qld daylight savings trial

Concerns about TV scheduling was a major reason regional Queenslanders opposed adopting daylight saving time in 1989. At...

www.canberratimes.com.au

 

[Bomberboyokay]

probably because it would need a referendum and be election suicide

No it wouldn't.

 

[Gralin]

No it wouldn't.

Yeah you would. Not a federal one but a state level one.
WA has said no 4 times via referendum.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Yeah you would. Not a federal one but a state level one.
WA has said no 4 times via referendum.

There's no legal requirement for a referendum in either state.