Aaron Incognito

Lol at a Nat MP thanking his colleague for a patsy question hahaha

Literally "Thank you for that Patsy"

reverse heist movie where a single snake has to chase all the priests back into ireland

miss me yet

Always a RT for "Huckery Moll"

Not perfect, but still pretty damn good. The Nats wouldve shanked it

Hell yeah Chippy, defend that shit. NZ handled COVID better than most of the world, and we should be proud of it

It's like having a PHD professor in your pocket

it's low effort but I do not care

Don Brash in sexy mode, telling you to vote yes to keeping Māiri wards

Vote yes to keep Māori Wards

Hooton has typically been solid on this stuff, which is why he is persona non grata within the current populist-right movement in ascendance

And in this case he's just adhering to the orthodox ACT party line from 2004

In Bali, at a cooking class, talking about food.

White South African says "We have a great chocolate in South Africa. It's called Top Deck. It's got the white on top and the brown on the bottom."

7 kiwis make a very subtle wince and look away in 7 different directions

If you ever wanted proof we don't know who submits stuff and have no way of finding out, it's this, because if we knew we would block you.

Patient, sobbing: But Doctor, I AM Pagliacci!
ChatGPT: Apologies. I didn't realise when recommending Pagliacci's epic show to cure your depression that you were the genius himself. I'm impressed! With regards to your initial question, I can recommend seeing the Great Clown Pagliacci.

that soup will be delish, I want some

Bish is a curious character.

At some level it’s hilarious that David Seymour is essentially the thing he hates the most - the bureaucrat stereotype of his imagination. He obsesses over petty things, setting up an entire wasteful ministry in pursuit of imagined waste, creates busy work, pushes his ideology into law …

Yeah I think that would be pretty inoffensive ay. I reckon it would stop some drunk people from stumbling off the side. Don't need to fence the whole thing either, can leave some open bits for jumping on purpose etc

You are correct, a fence on a walkway would not save a guy who jumps off a crane

Sandy Calkin was 30, Isaac Leavings was 25.
The coroner thinks fences would make difference, as do the 3 independent reports in the 2010s

me, crawling into the ER, bleeding profusely and gasping for air: help
ER nurse, not looking up, tapping the QR code on the side of a gurney: have you downloaded the app

I'll explain my argument if you explain your one properly.

How do you know that the recent deaths were (a) all wasted guys, who (b) were overestimating their abilities, and (c) barriers wouldn't have made any difference

You know this is a bad argument right

I'm interested why you think that is a good decision? Seems like a straightforward risk mitigation that is definitely done in many other cities. I don't buy the aesthetic argument - fences can be pretty

And probably the trucking companies who won't bear disproportionate costs to reflect the disproportionate damage they cause to the reading network

Yeah I'm not anti-RUC in general. They could totally do km checks at WoF, and add a stat-dec when doing your Rego, and project in between (eg like with power bills). They don't need to track your car, and they don't need to outsource it to competing private sector players ffs

Tweets from me that read Lew @LewSOS · Feb 10, 2024 My concern about RUC is not mainly about cost, though the current first-cut proposal seems inequitable towards EV drivers My concern is more that any future universal RUC system is likely to be GPS-based and that essentially means a govt surveillance device in each and every car Lew @LewSOS Yes buying RUC periodically by the thousand k is a pain. Yes there are problems with RUC evasion for switched 4x4s. No these are not good enough reasons to just blindly accept that the govt gets to know where your car is 100% of the time and do with that information as it wishes 11:59 AM · Feb 10, 2024 ·Twitter Web App

My standing views on RUC replacing fuel excise: basically good and sane but with much potential for shitfuckery

I was affected by the Qantas data breach last month. 2 bank cards lost, 2 different results.

1. Wise: lost $0 cos they use 2FA - I hit "Deny".

2. Kiwibank: lost over $200 cos they don't use 2FA.

Kiwibank say "sorry we don't offer that service"

Laaaaaaaaaaaame

The country has been "turning the corner" (according to C Luxon) for so long because it's circling the drain
#nzpol

Mad Men, Fleabag, Please Like Me, and then probably Euphoria?

Totally wizard