Posts by Danielle
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Hard News: Just don't call it "Party Central", in reply to recordari,
Barry Manilow booked
I'd see the shit out of some Barry Manilow for free, if it came to that.
In unrelated news, Shihad
I know this is sacrilege round these parts, but I'm not sure how 'unrelated' to Creedleback that statement is. :) #hashtagwhichexpressesgeneralmehnessaboutalltheirworkafterKilljoy
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Those black jerseys were pathetic, and in the end bothered me greatly.
I had severe problems with those! I have this Pavlovian 'wanting the team in black to keep moving forward' response, which I had to keep pulling myself up for and mentally revising. And I was annoyed with myself because it was so clear that the whole point of this uniform thing was to, like, get into our heads, and they had done it! They WERE in my head! Waaarggghh!
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Hard News: Everybody's News, in reply to tussock,
because he and GWB were incredibly unpopular at the time
I thought Cheney was pretty much under the radar and Bush was the butt of lots of jokes (remember how he nearly choked to death on a pretzel while watching football? Good times) in that first six months in office. But perhaps I am misremembering. Or misunderestimating, to quote the man himself.
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Field Theory: Four Years Ago, in reply to Peter Darlington,
So it’s good to see you’ve moved on :)
I think when your first sporting love is the New Zealand cricket team, you can't ever be confident in life. :)
I like the fact that Danielle was right on the money in that thread 4 years ago and Russell was only beaten by Chris Rattue in his wrongness. :)
Yay me! Oh wait, it kinda sucks that I was right. Boo me!
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Webweaver, is there any room behind your cushion? I'm nervous.
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OnPoint: Sock-Puppeting Big Tobacco to…, in reply to izogi,
They’d just smuggle cigarettes in and do it anyway, I imagine. (I have had two heavy smokers from the USA visit me in the last decade. I have nothing to say about how many separate packs of much-cheaper-in-the-USA Marlboros they may have secreted in various places in their luggage. Nothing at all. :) )
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OnPoint: Sock-Puppeting Big Tobacco to…, in reply to George Darroch,
You’re imposing a lot of moral judgement there, but I’m not sure who it’s aimed at.
Jesus Christ on a bike. No, I’m specifically NOT imposing a lot of moral judgement or, indeed, reacting to anything you’ve said, which is all very sensible. (Let me reiterate that once more: VERY SENSIBLE.) My comment was a meta-comment: I’m saying that the reason these conversations tend to become a bit fraught is that people are bringing *less* sensible baggage to them from other, more accusatory conversations and other, more accusatory experiences (of smoking in public and being yelled at, or of having a public confrontation with an overly aggressive smoker, for example). The broader issues become more specific. People find themselves personalising things. I even said that *I’m doing that*. You dig?
ETA: And my argument is also a broader thing about public health campaigns not being accusatory. As people, we aren't very good at not accusatorifying* them. The campaign is very non-judgeypants, but we somehow manage to make it so. See also: breastfeeding.
*Yes, that is a word I just made up.
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I think perhaps the problem with these sorts of arguments in general is that it's difficult for some people (not necessarily anyone here) to differentiate between righteous anger at tobacco companies and the structures which enable them, and (what I consider mostly pointless) seething resentment at the addicted person inconveniencing other people. (Maybe because we're increasingly focussed on this individualist 'every person for themselves' sort of vibe at the moment in NZ? Not sure.) So then the argument becomes about the moral failings of the smokers, being all visible and addicted, how dare they ruin everything, and people get... distracted. That's certainly the baggage I'm bringing to this, anyway.
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Hard News: Those were different times ..., in reply to Simon Grigg,
Maybe for Mike Love?
My favourite Twitter hashtag ever: #fuckMikeLove. Because seriously, fuck that guy. One of his many crimes: calling the other Beach Boys into the loo to marvel at the size of a shit he had just produced. Blurgh.
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Hard News: Those were different times ..., in reply to Simon Grigg,
Simon, you can pry my goddamn Olivia Newton-John mp3s from my cold, dead iPod.
(You can't deny that pink lurex belted tunic. I defy you to.)
Also, I hope you were all aware that Ethel Merman did a disco album.