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I finished Metro: Last Light.

GOTY. And the year before.

Reply #18050 Posted: June 05, 2013, 07:44:49 pm
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What batman game was it that everyone raved on for a while about, there are two with pretty well identical names, who does that? >.>

Assylum or City?

Reply #18051 Posted: June 05, 2013, 09:16:37 pm

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What batman game was it that everyone raved on for a while about, there are two with pretty well identical names, who does that? >.>

Assylum or City?

Reply #18052 Posted: June 05, 2013, 09:17:30 pm

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What batman game was it that everyone raved on for a while about, there are two with pretty well identical names, who does that? >.>

Assylum or City?
Asylum.
 
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What batman game was it that everyone raved on for a while about, there are two with pretty well identical names, who does that? >.>

Assylum or City?
City.

Reply #18053 Posted: June 05, 2013, 09:28:11 pm
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Reply #18054 Posted: June 05, 2013, 10:34:23 pm



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Oh stuff. Why you troll so hard.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff-nation/assignments/welcome-to-new-zealand/8752469/Immigration-The-worst-decision-I-ever-made

tl;dr
20yo with a 5yo+ child moves from aussie to nz, to be with a man she met on the internet (and had known for 15weeks), and ends up in palmy. Tries to get on the dole and fails. Blames NZ.


lolz, can't believe that got past the mods. The stereotypes, the comic timing in the reveals, combined with the relatively good grammar are pretty good indicators.

The funniest part is that not one of the commenters (that I saw) called it out, although that might have been moderation again.

Reply #18055 Posted: June 05, 2013, 11:37:39 pm
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Reply #18056 Posted: June 06, 2013, 06:12:04 am

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lolz, can't believe that got past the mods. The stereotypes, the comic timing in the reveals, combined with the relatively good grammar are pretty good indicators.

The funniest part is that not one of the commenters (that I saw) called it out, although that might have been moderation again.


I believe stuff either generate this (and many other troll articles) inhouse, or let it go through. In the past 2-3 months, I have seen quite a few of these. Which just push the boundaries so hard, its hard to think they aren't trolls.

Even this, http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff-nation/assignments/how-the-big-oe-changed-me/8736307/My-big-OE-I-m-staying-overseas , is probably genuine but could easily been generated inhouse to keep their comment section going.

PS. Didn't even see it till my friend points it out, but the womans child was called heaven backwards.
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*Nevaeh* is not a name that parents should give to their little girls. It is a name that a woman should be allowed to choose for herself when she begins her poledancing career.

Reply #18057 Posted: June 06, 2013, 08:11:05 am

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NZ'ers aren't illegible for welfare in Oz, so why is it news that an Aussie couldnt get it here?


I reckon.

We can move to Australia, spend years working there paying taxes, and still can't get welfare.
Last Edit: June 06, 2013, 09:18:25 am by Spacemonkey

Reply #18058 Posted: June 06, 2013, 09:16:19 am

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It's almost completely because we don't have the same "stringent" (read: racist) immigration policies as Australia, and they don't want people getting NZ residency and then moving to Australia. In the decade leading up to the law change, NZers as a group in Australia actually paid far more tax than they got back in welfare.

Reply #18059 Posted: June 06, 2013, 11:12:39 am
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It's almost completely because we don't have the same "stringent" (read: racist) immigration policies as Australia, and they don't want people getting NZ residency and then moving to Australia. In the decade leading up to the law change, NZers as a group in Australia actually paid far more tax than they got back in welfare.

Query then - When does an immigration policy stop being stringent and start being racist?

Reply #18060 Posted: June 06, 2013, 11:59:13 am

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Fuck yeah.

Will be booking tickets to New York either tonight or early tomorrow.

Poon-a-licious.

Reply #18061 Posted: June 06, 2013, 12:01:11 pm



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Fuck yeah.

Will be booking tickets to New York either tonight or early tomorrow.

Poon-a-licious.

New York is always a place I would like to go.


My work only sends me to places full of Mormons, like Utah.

Reply #18062 Posted: June 06, 2013, 12:05:55 pm

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New York is always a place I would like to go.


My work only sends me to places full of Mormons, like Utah.

What would Mormons need with a Space Monkey?

Reply #18063 Posted: June 06, 2013, 12:25:52 pm

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What would Mormons need with a Space Monkey?

they don't believe in electricity but they're happy to hire someone who does to organise their shit.

just a guess?

I know smeg from use to/still does organise the websites, servers and databases for a few churches that don't believe in the transfer of electrons through conductive materials.

Reply #18064 Posted: June 06, 2013, 01:51:25 pm
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they don't believe in electricity but they're happy to hire someone who does to organise their shit.

just a guess?

I know smeg from use to/still does organise the websites, servers and databases for a few churches that don't believe in the transfer of electrons through conductive materials.


I think you are thinking of the Amish.....

Reply #18065 Posted: June 06, 2013, 02:03:30 pm

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The Hutterites  (Anabaptists , like the Amish and Mennonites) made me lol, dress up in serious old school kit but drive the biggest tractor units around

Reply #18066 Posted: June 06, 2013, 02:26:41 pm

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What would Mormons need with a Space Monkey?

They know the End of the World is coming and have contracted me to build them a spaceship.

Reply #18067 Posted: June 06, 2013, 02:43:30 pm

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Reply #18068 Posted: June 06, 2013, 03:59:47 pm

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I think you are thinking of the Amish.....

brethren actually

Reply #18069 Posted: June 06, 2013, 04:45:36 pm
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Query then - When does an immigration policy stop being stringent and start being racist?

When you have "National Sorry Day".

Reply #18070 Posted: June 06, 2013, 07:09:54 pm
Everyone needs more Bruce Campbell.

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New York is always a place I would like to go.


My work only sends me to places full of Mormons, like Utah.

NY is ok. Utah can be fun, Salt Lake City was better than I expected, feels really safe and clean. The streets are wide enough today for two lanes each way, which only happened because them sneeky Mormons measured the amount of room required for a cart and 8 ox's to turn around, and then made the street that width.

Reply #18071 Posted: June 06, 2013, 07:32:52 pm

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I reckon.

We can move to Australia, spend years working there paying taxes, and still can't get welfare.


As an Australian citizen myself, I do wonder why kiwis that live there permanently don't make the jump?
That said, my citizenship was attained through familial connections rather than as an immigrant - I'm not too sure how hard it is to get that category of citizenship, but I'm guessing it is as easy for kiwis as anyone else.

I doubt the many residents, on the SCV, who complain about not having access to welfare have even bothered to fill out the forms. If the security of welfare is that important to them, and they've spent years there, why not?

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When you have "National Sorry Day".

 
Well National Sorry Day kind of arises because the immigration policy, set by the immigrants, was a bit too generous.

Reply #18072 Posted: June 06, 2013, 08:39:16 pm

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Reply #18073 Posted: June 06, 2013, 08:45:01 pm

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Well National Sorry Day kind of arises because the immigration policy, set by the immigrants, was a bit too generous.

More in reference to the general disposition of the average Australian towards non-white folk.

Reply #18074 Posted: June 06, 2013, 10:11:01 pm
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