It is standard in NZ

Re NZ politics - Yes and no.

The currect situation is due to some very specific circumstances thst emerged in the chaos of the last 10 years.

• The centre left Labour Party & PM were hugely popular during covid & won an unheard of majority (normally our electoral system requires a coalition). A swing back to the centre-right was inevitable.

• The centre right National party, usually our most popular party, had their leadership retire & endured years of in-fighting that made them unelectable

• Because of this, they’ve bled a lot of voters to the “libertarian” & “centrist” parties (ACT & NZ First)

• Also because of this, the current National Party leader is rather inexperienced & has given up some things in the coalition agreements that are more extreme than the public likes leading to record breaking protests.

• The “centrist” party leader (Winston Peters) is a whole thing that I can’t neatly summarize, but imagine a political party designed to cater exclusively to the oldest & dumbest 5% of voters run by that Monorail guy from The Simpsons

In summary, less a slide right & more a correction back to status quo + a few unpopular chaos agents

In the City of Fallen Angels, Where the ocean meets the sand, You will form a strong alliance, And the world’s most awesome band!

Immigrants Song

Yeah, in the end, the aliens are defeated by germs, just like how British colonists were killed by malaria

It’s like how War of The Worlds is about someone doing to the British what they did to India

“X isn’t just for Transphobia, it’s also for racism”

I’ve seen so many comments like the original tweet and i don’t get it. At worst Turkish delight is its perfectly fine. If I were an English child in 1943 it would probably blow my mind

Oh excellent! I read them as physical copies when they came out so wasn’t sure

It’s a great series, the jla/batman/authority crossovers are also worth tracking down

Yeah I’ve slowly managed to put it together now, I’m glad I pushed through that initial confusion. It’s fun, though I liked Dishonored more

I just started this as well… i was so lost forthe first few hours, not the controls, just what am I meant to be doing? I have 2 mission logs, I don’t know what any of the guns or powers do and I’m meant to start collecting them?

It’s like they say, shampoo for my real friends, real poo for my sham friends

John 2:9-10:

When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,

And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

This episode was like RTDs whole run - generally good but with some almost unbearably cheesy moments

Oh boy! Man-made horrors beyond my comprehension!

Unfortunately we can’t condense 75years of modern Israeli/Palestinian history into a 2 panel Simpsons meme to explain that, yes Krusty Burglar is evil but Homer had previously committed several atrocities of his own including the rape and murder of The Burglar’s family and is now throwing grenades into the audience because they didn’t do enough to stop the Burglar.

But this is justified by the Simpson’s religious/cultural beliefs, themselves formed in response to violence and trauma committed by others, and funded by the religious fanaticism of the Flanders family who believe the Burgler has to die to usher in the end times.

Ethereal?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

Basically, leftists who think no one who calls themselves a leftist/communist/socialist (e.g Stalin) Can do any wrong

Does no one remember Mad Cow disease? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills!