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@taniwharugby I'm impressed they included the macron (haven't clicked on the article though).
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@taniwharugby said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
here's a good 'un...enough internet from me today.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12139410
is it named that because you have to pay for it?
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Man some people are easily triggered.
I do struggle with why a Belgian Brewery would name a beer Maori Tears, particularly in this age of greater appreciation of the dangers of cultural appropriation.
As for Sofitel - well I guess there is gender stereotyping but it seems pretty tame to generate the level of fuss and outrage.
I mean to be accurate - who wears their dressing gowns to bed? He should be scratching his balls, farting and secretly reading porn inside the paper.
His eyes are saying "you know you want to" and hers I wish he'd go have a dump so I can breathe
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@dogmeat said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Man some people are easily triggered.
I do struggle with why a Belgian Brewery would name a beer Maori Tears, particularly in this age of greater appreciation of the dangers of cultural appropriation.
As for Sofitel - well I guess there is gender stereotyping but it seems pretty tame to generate the level of fuss and outrage.
I mean to be accurate - who wears their dressing gowns to bed? He should be scratching his balls, farting and secretly reading porn inside the paper.
His eyes are saying "you know you want to" and hers I wish he'd go have a dump so I can breathe
they would be nude. both would be on their phones, him on the Fern, she on instagram.
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@mariner4life given Sofitel is positioned as Accor's luxury exclusive brand for the sophisticated traveller I doubt they see their demographic including Fern posters
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@dogmeat said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@mariner4life given Sofitel is positioned as Accor's luxury exclusive brand for the sophisticated traveller I doubt they see their demographic including Fern posters
I pretty much always stay there
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@mariner4life Queensland - budgie smugglers and a mullet pass for sophistication
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@mariner4life said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@dogmeat said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@mariner4life given Sofitel is positioned as Accor's luxury exclusive brand for the sophisticated traveller I doubt they see their demographic including Fern posters
I pretty much always stay there
Look at Mr Money Bags!
I've never stayed at a Sofitel, wouldn't mind checking out the new one in Darling Harbour in Sydney someday (not sure if it will happen considering I actually live within walking distance of it).
I basically stay exclusively in Air BnB (or Meriton apartments if work is paying) these days. I much prefer the extra room of an Air BnB than a hotel. Although, I did look to book a room at the Auckland Airport Novotel in Feb - I used to stay there quite frequently when it was first built - but the room was going to cost $400+ for one night. WTF. I'll have a look again closer to the time but that's crazy money.
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@dogmeat said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Man some people are easily triggered.
I do struggle with why a Belgian Brewery would name a beer Maori Tears, particularly in this age of greater appreciation of the dangers of cultural appropriation.
As for Sofitel - well I guess there is gender stereotyping but it seems pretty tame to generate the level of fuss and outrage.
I mean to be accurate - who wears their dressing gowns to bed? He should be scratching his balls, farting and secretly reading porn inside the paper.
His eyes are saying "you know you want to" and hers I wish he'd go have a dump so I can breathe
She’s probably picking out a gift she expects in return for filthy hotel sex.
Btw I’m glad I’m not the only one who doesn’t understand the purpose of dressing gowns. You’re either dressed or you’re not , pick one ffs *
*Obviously a dressing gown in the form of lingerie is exempt from this .
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@dogmeat said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@mariner4life Queensland - budgie smugglers and a mullet pass for sophistication
Jealousy is a curse
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@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@dogmeat said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Man some people are easily triggered.
I do struggle with why a Belgian Brewery would name a beer Maori Tears, particularly in this age of greater appreciation of the dangers of cultural appropriation.
As for Sofitel - well I guess there is gender stereotyping but it seems pretty tame to generate the level of fuss and outrage.
I mean to be accurate - who wears their dressing gowns to bed? He should be scratching his balls, farting and secretly reading porn inside the paper.
His eyes are saying "you know you want to" and hers I wish he'd go have a dump so I can breathe
She’s probably picking out a gift she expects in return for filthy hotel sex.
Btw I’m glad I’m not the only one who doesn’t understand the purpose of dressing gowns. You’re either dressed or you’re not , pick one ffs *
*Obviously a dressing gown in the form of lingerie is exempt from this .
I like wearing a dressing gown, it's like being draped in a big towel. I just refuse to do up the front which invariably has me banned from the pool.
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@antipodean said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@dogmeat said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Man some people are easily triggered.
I do struggle with why a Belgian Brewery would name a beer Maori Tears, particularly in this age of greater appreciation of the dangers of cultural appropriation.
As for Sofitel - well I guess there is gender stereotyping but it seems pretty tame to generate the level of fuss and outrage.
I mean to be accurate - who wears their dressing gowns to bed? He should be scratching his balls, farting and secretly reading porn inside the paper.
His eyes are saying "you know you want to" and hers I wish he'd go have a dump so I can breathe
She’s probably picking out a gift she expects in return for filthy hotel sex.
Btw I’m glad I’m not the only one who doesn’t understand the purpose of dressing gowns. You’re either dressed or you’re not , pick one ffs *
*Obviously a dressing gown in the form of lingerie is exempt from this .
I like wearing a dressing gown, it's like being draped in a big towel. I just refuse to do up the front which invariably has me banned from the pool.
You swim in a public pool naked ?
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@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@antipodean said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@dogmeat said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Man some people are easily triggered.
I do struggle with why a Belgian Brewery would name a beer Maori Tears, particularly in this age of greater appreciation of the dangers of cultural appropriation.
As for Sofitel - well I guess there is gender stereotyping but it seems pretty tame to generate the level of fuss and outrage.
I mean to be accurate - who wears their dressing gowns to bed? He should be scratching his balls, farting and secretly reading porn inside the paper.
His eyes are saying "you know you want to" and hers I wish he'd go have a dump so I can breathe
She’s probably picking out a gift she expects in return for filthy hotel sex.
Btw I’m glad I’m not the only one who doesn’t understand the purpose of dressing gowns. You’re either dressed or you’re not , pick one ffs *
*Obviously a dressing gown in the form of lingerie is exempt from this .
I like wearing a dressing gown, it's like being draped in a big towel. I just refuse to do up the front which invariably has me banned from the pool.
You swim in a public pool naked ?
You’re either dressed or you’re not , pick one ffs
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@rembrandt they stopped comments pretty early on in this one . It’s a bit rich for Curran to bleat when she pounced on David Bendon Popes seat when he was apparently having a nervous breakdown after being dragged through the media spotlight for his fuckwitted behaviour when he was a teacher.
Some gold in here
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/107683474/Clare-Curran-Traumatic-time-for-myself-and-my-family
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Cyber bullying costs nz almost half a billion dollars?
Oh Shamubeel Eaquab came up with those unsubstantiated figures? Not surprising then.
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https://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/107717359/online-bullying-costing-nz-444m-says-report -
@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Cyber bullying costs nz almost half a billion dollars?
Oh Shamubeel Eaquab came up with those unsubstantiated figures? Not surprising then.
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https://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/107717359/online-bullying-costing-nz-444m-says-reportWow Jegga, you’re so cynical. As a matter of fact it’s well known that each single hurty feeling costs $18.50, the rest is just maths.
Actually I agree, these types of article are just nonsense and a decent journo would ask for his working and pull it to pieces. Asking people how much they would pay to avoid it is charlatan economics. If people aren’t actually paying you can’t trust what they say it’s worth.
What’s the economic cost of disappointment at not wining Lotto?
And as for the loss of life component, is there anything more subjective and emotive than the dollar value of a human life?
I don’t believe that everyone in the country pays $100 each every year to avoid something which has a fairly vague definition especially if, as we are led to believe, the young are predominantly the victims. Well sorry but they are effectively economically unproductive.
Edit: I see this is just one of several stories in the Herald today on this subject. Given it’s a theme, dollars to donuts they commissioned the economist to come up with this bullshit, so no wonder they aren’t very critical of it.
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While I’m on the topic of Shamubeel he was all over the homeless crisis , back in February he co authored a report that claimed there was 23509 homeless people in Auckland. Of course they used the most tenuous criteria for homelessness they possibly could .
Turns out there’s actually 800 people living on the street in Auckland.
When did our news outlets decide he was an authority on everything? I thought Gareth Morgan was our national authority on everything, is there room for two of them ?
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