Weed, California Superthread

[Axver]

There's more kiwis here than aussies, right?

No, the only Stuporthread Kiwis are Ian, Kim, and I.

And I've now lived in Australia longer than I've lived in New Zealand.

 

[The Sad Punk]

Shame he was about twenty years too late.

(Also kidding. Some bands I like were influenced by the Beatles, so I guess I need the influence to be there.)

to both.

"Some" bands. Heh, even I would give more credit to them.

Oh to Hades with it.

 

[Serena Vox]

Then I suppose it's time to give you the postwhorehouse's good old initiation ritual! We get people to take the Purity Test and post their score: 100 Point Purity Test

(We're also tentatively working on our own Superthread Purity Test ...)

70% pure (30% corrupt)
Can't wait to see your version.

 

[Alisaura]

Also, I recommend the other Boston Boy gig, from the second leg - their first trip the US. 1980-12-13.

Cool, ta...

Things to Make and Do is pretty cool too...

I love that these Boy gigs can all fit onto one download on that site that won't be named

 

[Zoots]

I have always liked the term Australasians to refer to both peoples. But I don't know how kiwis feel about Australia dominating that word!

 

[Serena Vox]

Yeah, she just stopped posting, much in the style of Mia and Khan in the past when they've drunkposted and passed out!

Seems like lotsa fun. I've never drunk posted. Well, on here, anyway.
Depending on what I m doing on my birthday, I may be doing the same! (My birthday's on a Sunday, so I dunno if I'll be drinking then or not.)

 

[The Sad Punk]

I know you don't mean that.

Well, to be fair I probably have to visit there first and make up my mind.

 

[Axver]

Patriotism is nowhere near as big a deal here as it is in the USA... and I have to say, a lot of the most vocally "patriotic" or "proud" Australians that I've seen, are also the most racist, bigoted wankers I've ever had the misfortune to share a nationality with. It really doesn't encourage me, at least, to come over all bursting with Australian pride. I mean, what's so good? Okay, we invented a bionic ear, that's pretty cool, but I don't think it justifies getting misty-eyed over the (mostly boring and anachronistic) flag.

Whoah. Sorry.

I love this post.

I should also say that I fucking love Melbourne, before anybody gets any ideas. Yesterday, at Moreland station, I had my cane out and this really nice Somalian guy was worried that I was going to fall over the edge of the platform. We got to talking about where we both came from and how much we loved living in Melbourne. We agreed that Sydney's terrible but this part of Australia is one of the best places on the planet.

 

[Serena Vox]

If I had to do anything tomorrow, possibly... but I tend to stay up too late on weeknights anyway.

Just checking!
I'm too young to be a freakin' mother hen but I end up doing it anyway.

 

[The Sad Punk]

I have always liked the term Australasians to refer to both peoples. But I don't know how kiwis feel about Australia dominating that word!

Australasian can refer to basically anyone in Oceania, I think? Or within a certain vicinity.

 

[Alisaura]

(We're also tentatively working on our own Superthread Purity Test ...)

..... we are??

 

[Axver]

70% pure (30% corrupt)
Can't wait to see your version.

Our version should be awesome if we properly get it off the ground. We have a lot of Superthreadtastic ideas floating around that we need to actually go through with.

Also, welcome to the Superthread master list!

Screwtape2: 98%
U2democrat: 95%
major_panic: 94%
phillyfan26: 84%
bono212, COBL_04, coolian2, Lemonchick, unico: 83%
LemonMelon: 82%
jobob: 79%
Alisaura: 77%
LemonMacPhisto: 73%
JanuaryStar: 72%
Serena Vox: 70%
Axver: 69%
partygirlvox: 68%
bono_man2002, RegularBonoFan: 62%
The Sad Punk: 60%
corianderstem: 56%
blueeyedgirl, indra, Lila64, TranceEnding: 55%
RavenBlue: 54%
Zootlesque: 53%
No Spoken Words: 52%
DreamOutLoud13, liamcool: 50%
Its Britastic!: 48%
the tourist was 40-50%?
KhanadaRhodes: 41%
BoMac, phanan: 40%
elevated_u2_fan: 38%
Angela Harlem: 34%
cinnaminson: 33%
gluey, LarryMullen's POPAngel: 28%
Dalton: 25%
Varitek: 22%
RedRocksU2: 19%
mysterious_jen: 17%

 

[Axver]

"Some" bands. Heh, even I would give more credit to them.

Oh to Hades with it.

You're a horrible person!

And somehow I suspect the Beatles' existence wasn't terribly influential on the existence of bands such as Agalloch and Orphaned Land.

 

[Alisaura]

I have always liked the term Australasians to refer to both peoples. But I don't know how kiwis feel about Australia dominating that word!

I also dunno how the people in all the other countries in this area would feel about that...!

"Austral" just means southern, so it needn't refer specifically to Australia (which was VERY imaginitively named... not that "New Zealand" can claim any superior originality there!).

 

[Serena Vox]

Our version should be awesome if we properly get it off the ground. We have a lot of Superthreadtastic ideas floating around that we need to actually go through with.

Also, welcome to the Superthread master list!

Screwtape2: 98%
U2democrat: 95%
major_panic: 94%
phillyfan26: 84%
bono212, COBL_04, coolian2, Lemonchick, unico: 83%
LemonMelon: 82%
jobob: 79%
Alisaura: 77%
LemonMacPhisto: 73%
JanuaryStar: 72%
Serena Vox: 70%
Axver: 69%
partygirlvox: 68%
bono_man2002, RegularBonoFan: 62%
The Sad Punk: 60%
corianderstem: 56%
blueeyedgirl, indra, Lila64, TranceEnding: 55%
RavenBlue: 54%
Zootlesque: 53%
No Spoken Words: 52%
DreamOutLoud13, liamcool: 50%
Its Britastic!: 48%
the tourist was 40-50%?
KhanadaRhodes: 41%
BoMac, phanan: 40%
elevated_u2_fan: 38%
Angela Harlem: 34%
cinnaminson: 33%
gluey, LarryMullen's POPAngel: 28%
Dalton: 25%
Varitek: 22%
RedRocksU2: 19%
mysterious_jen: 17%

Ahh, I'm near the top. I figured I'd be.
Thanks!

 

[Zoots]

I just looked up Moreland Station on google maps. It's just outside Melbourne yeah? God bless the internet!

PS: Axver, I'm not stalking you. I was just curious.

 

[Axver]

Seems like lotsa fun. I've never drunk posted. Well, on here, anyway.
Depending on what I m doing on my birthday, I may be doing the same! (My birthday's on a Sunday, so I dunno if I'll be drinking then or not.)

I should be drunkposting, but nooo, the rugby's not on free-to-air TV, so my wine's just stayed on the bench.

And have a party on the Saturday night.

 

[The Sad Punk]

I love this post.

I should also say that I fucking love Melbourne, before anybody gets any ideas. Yesterday, at Moreland station, I had my cane out and this really nice Somalian guy was worried that I was going to fall over the edge of the platform. We got to talking about where we both came from and how much we loved living in Melbourne. We agreed that Sydney's terrible but this part of Australia is one of the best places on the planet.

That's really cool. Sort of a generalisation, but I find the Africans in Australia to be some of the most incredibly polite and friendly people I've ever met. The fact that I've quite easily remained friends with the Congolese guy I was seeing earlier is a good testament to this. You know, of course there's exceptions but, just saying, I would bet most of them are better company than the average white Australian. I feel like this is touchy for whatever reason, so I'll end it there. NOT RACIST/

 

[Alisaura]

Just checking!
I'm too young to be a freakin' mother hen but I end up doing it anyway.

If you ever have kids and they complain about you being too motherly, you can just tell them that it's not the mother-ness, you've just always been like that

 

[Axver]

..... we are??

Yeah, we figure the current purity test has some problems, most notably the fact that males, since they cannot have abortions, cannot score 0%! And it really needs to account for nerdy things too, like "have you drunkposted on the Superthread? Have you drunkposted solely due to the encouragement of the Superthread? Have you passed out while drunkposting on the Superthread?" and "have you taken a photo of a train/plane/stadium/rock solely for somebody on the Superthread?"

 

[Serena Vox]

I should be drunkposting, but nooo, the rugby's not on free-to-air TV, so my wine's just stayed on the bench.

And have a party on the Saturday night.

I was thinking the Saturday before because I'm sure I'd be hammered by midnight of Sunday anyway.
Just 8 more days anyway!

 

[Alisaura]

Ahh, I'm near the top. I figured I'd be.
Thanks!

I don't think I wanna know how you got less pure than me...

 

[Serena Vox]

Yeah, we figure the current purity test has some problems, most notably the fact that males, since they cannot have abortions, cannot score 0%! And it really needs to account for nerdy things too, like "have you drunkposted on the Superthread? Have you drunkposted solely due to the encouragement of the Superthread? Have you passed out while drunkposting on the Superthread?" and "have you taken a photo of a train/plane/stadium/rock solely for somebody on the Superthread?"

Couldn't you make two different versions? One for males, one for females?
Or is it going to be a universal thing that doesn't include questions that can only apply to one gender?

 

[Axver]

I just looked up Moreland Station on google maps. It's just outside Melbourne yeah? God bless the internet!

PS: Axver, I'm not stalking you. I was just curious.

Yeah, it's in Melbourne's northern suburbs, I suppose near the northern edge of what I'd consider to be the inner suburbs. It's a cool spot for tramspotting, since just down from the station is the Moreland tram depot.

 

[Serena Vox]

If you ever have kids and they complain about you being too motherly, you can just tell them that it's not the mother-ness, you've just always been like that

I'm thinking if I ever have kids, I will adopt.
Either way, I can use that!

 

[Alisaura]

Yeah, we figure the current purity test has some problems, most notably the fact that males, since they cannot have abortions, cannot score 0%! And it really needs to account for nerdy things too, like "have you drunkposted on the Superthread? Have you drunkposted solely due to the encouragement of the Superthread? Have you passed out while drunkposting on the Superthread?" and "have you taken a photo of a train/plane/stadium/rock solely for somebody on the Superthread?"

Aah... methinks I may score a little lower on this version.

 

[Alisaura]

11 O'Clock x 2 > Vertigo x 2

 

[Serena Vox]

I don't think I wanna know how you got less pure than me...

Well...
Let's just say that I was a dumb teenager.

 

[Zoots]

Yeah, it's in Melbourne's northern suburbs, I suppose near the northern edge of what I'd consider to be the inner suburbs. It's a cool spot for tramspotting, since just down from the station is the Moreland tram depot.

And of course then I start googling.

melbourne tram - Google Image Search

Traveling

 

[Axver]

That's really cool. Sort of a generalisation, but I find the Africans in Australia to be some of the most incredibly polite and friendly people I've ever met. The fact that I've quite easily remained friends with the Congolese guy I was seeing earlier is a good testament to this. You know, of course there's exceptions but, just saying, I would bet most of them are better company than the average white Australian. I feel like this is touchy for whatever reason, so I'll end it there. NOT RACIST/

What really annoys me is how much racist shit the various African communities in Australia, especially the Sudanese, get from some quarters. Every member of those communities that I've met has been nothing short of incredibly polite and friendly. This particular guy came running up to me when he saw I was walking near the platform edge. I explained to him that I could see a little bit and actually loved photography, and he was fascinated by it, he was even encouraging me to photograph the train as it arrived! He seemed to be one of those easygoing people who's just happy to be alive. The 10 minute wait for the train just flew by. So, yeah, good times.