Bitey-Bitey, Pitcairn Island Superthread

[coolian2]

you could watch a movie!

or just talk to us. we're i'm better.

The only DVD I have at the moment is Arrested Development.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Fucking hell, you guys keeping tabs on the terrorist attacks in Mumbai?

yeah, i saw that on the news earlier. i was on break and someone came in and switched on the tv (we have tons of tvs out in the lobby so i guess that's how they saw - too bad i don't work in the lobby) to cnn. though someone else in the breakroom was like all "what the hell is going on" and mispronounced mumbai, i wasn't sure if they were fucking around or not.

 

[Axver]

what i love best about the car companies is the ability for alternate fuel, like hydrogen or ethanol is there, but how many of these cars do you see on the road? it should be mandatory for every company to make at least two alternate fuel cars, and all cars, suvs, trucks, everything should have a minimum mileage it must meet. and not anything pathetic like 10 mpg, something good. oh, and there should be tax incentives for buying cars with excellent mileage and things like that. no more incentives for everyone buying hummers.

Yes. Of course, the problem is that car companies, oil companies, and the government all have a very strong relationship, and it is not in the car companies' best interests to alienate oil companies by moving towards alternative technology.

I think it will take the collapse of at least one of the dominant car companies before anything seriously changes. Or for a new technology to surge through and captivate the market swiftly, in much the same way as diesel-electric locomotives displaced steam locomotives on railways in the space of only about 10-15 decades (and that was drawn out due to WWII).

Yes. THIS. Hummers should be fucking illegal for civilians. There is no need to drive a MILITARY VEHICLE to the fucking Dairy Queen. *has witnessed that too much*

The most hideous thing I have seen in my life was a pink Hummer limousine.

WHAT THE HELL.

 

[coolian2]

When I was eleven, I wrote this story set in a city where roads did not exist. In place of main roads were railway lines, then all through the suburbs were tramways fanning off from these railways.

And intercity trains could go as fast as planes.

Until someone bombs them in America and security gets just as bad as airports.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

The only DVD I have at the moment is Arrested Development.

which isn't a bad thing to have.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Yes. Of course, the problem is that car companies, oil companies, and the government all have a very strong relationship, and it is not in the car companies' best interests to alienate oil companies by moving towards alternative technology.

I think it will take the collapse of at least one of the dominant car companies before anything seriously changes. Or for a new technology to surge through and captivate the market swiftly, in much the same way as diesel-electric locomotives displaced steam locomotives on railways in the space of only about 10-15 decades (and that was drawn out due to WWII).

exactly. and that reminds me of something else...diesel fuel. here, it's a dollar more than unleaded gasoline. why? i remember when it used to be about the same price as regular unleaded.

 

[coolian2]

which isn't a bad thing to have.

True, but I'm sitting outside. I wanna watch the DVDs inside when I won't be distracted.

 

[coolian2]

Yeah, this whole Mumbai terror attack thing is crazy.

 

[Axver]

Heard a brief thing about it, Ax. What's goin on?

Ten simultaneous attacks - hostages taken in hotels, grenades at the main railway station, police officials assassinated (including the city's head of counter-terrorism), petrol stations and cafes attacked, stuff like that. Over 100 are dead so far, looks like the amount of injured is approaching 1,000.

Kind of pissed off that even Melbourne's most respectable major paper, The Age, has some big thing on its website's main page about how some Aussie actress managed to escape. Brooke Satchwell, whoever that is. I mean, good for her, and good news for her family, but hardly mainpage let's-splash-it-everywhere material in the midst of a wave of attacks.

The photos of the Taj Hotel on fire are fucking spectacular and terrifying.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

True, but I'm sitting outside. I wanna watch the DVDs inside when I won't be distracted.

yeah, what with all the nude women walking up and down your street.

 

[coolian2]

Apart from promo vehicles for radio stations, I've never seen a hummer here. Except for a hummer limousine that pops up around the area every now and then.

The hummer limo - when you want the capacity of a bus without the comfort.

 

[coolian2]

yeah, what with all the nude women walking up and down your street.

Naturally.

Maybe later when the thread's dead.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Ten simultaneous attacks - hostages taken in hotels, grenades at the main railway station, police officials assassinated (including the city's head of counter-terrorism), petrol stations and cafes attacked, stuff like that. Over 100 are dead so far, looks like the amount of injured is approaching 1,000.

Kind of pissed off that even Melbourne's most respectable major paper, The Age, has some big thing on its website's main page about how some Aussie actress managed to escape. Brooke Satchwell, whoever that is. I mean, good for her, and good news for her family, but hardly mainpage let's-splash-it-everywhere material in the midst of a wave of attacks.

The photos of the Taj Hotel on fire are fucking spectacular and terrifying.

yeah, that's like on cnn, where the caption said something about american victims. i forget the wording but it was like...i hope any americans in the area survive, but i kinda care more about the natives and the people who ARE dying/dead.

 

[Reggo]

Until someone bombs them in America and security gets just as bad as airports.

Has tightening airport security really done any good? Other than give Jeff Dunham comedy material?

 

[coolian2]

Ten simultaneous attacks - hostages taken in hotels, grenades at the main railway station, police officials assassinated (including the city's head of counter-terrorism), petrol stations and cafes attacked, stuff like that. Over 100 are dead so far, looks like the amount of injured is approaching 1,000.

Kind of pissed off that even Melbourne's most respectable major paper, The Age, has some big thing on its website's main page about how some Aussie actress managed to escape. Brooke Satchwell, whoever that is. I mean, good for her, and good news for her family, but hardly mainpage let's-splash-it-everywhere material in the midst of a wave of attacks.

The photos of the Taj Hotel on fire are fucking spectacular and terrifying.

You know, the Brooke Satchwell part made the news here too. I mean, ffs.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Naturally.

Maybe later when the thread's dead.

haha, that could be interpreted two ways. but yeah, it will start to get dead soon as i'm going to sleep fairly soon.

 

[coolian2]

Has tightening airport security really done any good? Other than give Jeff Dunham comedy material?

If you count annoying people as good, then yeah. I never get over the stories of fucken pilots being pulled up for nail files, etc. They're flying the goddamn plane, what's taking their nail file away going to do?

 

[Axver]

yeah, what with all the nude women walking up and down your street.

Nude sheep maybe.

 

[liamcool]

Isn't that YOUR fantasy Ax?

 

[coolian2]

Nude sheep maybe.

I'm from Auckland, animals only interest people from the rest of the country.

 

[Axver]

Has tightening airport security really done any good? Other than give Jeff Dunham comedy material?

My own impression is that tightening airport security is pretty much useless after-the-fact pandering to paranoid people who want to see "something being done". The horse has already bolted, you fools! I think all this does is divert attention away from what terrorists might do to what they've already done, just making it easier for them to achieve what they might do. I think it speaks volumes about how few there are and their ineptitude that we have had so few attacks in the West. One of my tutors was a former CIA official, even participated in writing the daily briefs for Bush and Cheney, and from discussions with him - well, let's just say we're all fucking lucky that your average terrorist is not a bright person.

 

[Reggo]

If you count annoying people as good, then yeah. I never get over the stories of fucken pilots being pulled up for nail files, etc. They're flying the goddamn plane, what's taking their nail file away going to do?

Everything the US did after 9/11 was totally reactionary and needs to be reviewed.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Has tightening airport security really done any good? Other than give Jeff Dunham comedy material?

jesus, i hate airport security. i miss being able to go to the gate and see people off. or even better, when you land at the airport and there's people waiting for you there. it's anticlimactic to meet people now right outside of security.

 

[Axver]

The hummer limo - when you want the capacity of a bus without the comfort.

And when you want everybody else to think you're a total twat too.

You know, the Brooke Satchwell part made the news here too. I mean, ffs.

Who the hell is she anyway? Some b-list celebrity? I mean, why are we meant to care more about her than anybody else?

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Everything the US did after 9/11 was totally reactionary and needs to be reviewed.

i'm really hoping it will now that we have a more level-headed president coming in. and don't get me started on the patriot act. it's proof that politicians don't read any of that shit. if it'd had any other title, it might not have passed. and my faith in humanity went down the tubes when they renewed it. i mean, after it was passed the first time and the deets came out as to how restrictive it was, and basically unconstitutional, you'd think no one would've voted for it to be renewed.

 

[Axver]

Ian, just noticed you've now passed 18,000 Superthread posts. And Khan, you're nearly at 17,000.

I'll probably either pass or almost hit 51,000 this thread.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Who the hell is she anyway? Some b-list celebrity? I mean, why are we meant to care more about her than anybody else?

it's my stage name, okay

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Ian, just noticed you've now passed 18,000 Superthread posts. And Khan, you're nearly at 17,000.

I'll probably either pass or almost hit 51,000 this thread.

noooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!

ugh, do you know how many more i have to go?

 

[Axver]

it's my stage name, okay

Then I'm glad you're OK.

noooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!

ugh, do you know how many more i have to go?

Yes, but should I tell you?

 

[Reggo]

i'm really hoping it will now that we have a more level-headed president coming in. and don't get me started on the patriot act. it's proof that politicians don't read any of that shit. if it'd had any other title, it might not have passed. and my faith in humanity went down the tubes when they renewed it. i mean, after it was passed the first time and the deets came out as to how restrictive it was, and basically unconstitutional, you'd think no one would've voted for it to be renewed.

I concur.

Also, We've been in Afghanistan for how fucking long and we haven't found Osama yet? Let's look, hmm, elsewhere! Anywhere! cause he's obviously NOT in goddamn Afghanistan anymore.