bono_man2002
Blue Crack Addict
Cold Chisel only would have meant your old fat uncle singing at your BBQ while constipated. Shoulda got Nickleback.
Yeah, weekend dash to Auckland to watch the Wallabies lose to Ireland live - oh-so-painful that one! (it's Fiona here, btw - been away for more than aaaaages)
LOOK AT THlS PHOTOGRAPH!!!!!I think you mean genocide. There would have been a fair few Nickelback fans.
but I have to respect a song (I think it's by Jolistics or however the hell you spell that) that not only name-checks Jean-Luc Picard, but also includes the line: "Milk that shit 'til the cow falls over". I mean...
LOOK AT THlS PHOTOGRAPH!!!!!
There's varying degrees of shit
Alisaura said:I actually quite like some of the stuff I hear on Triple J, in a "I-wouldn't-pay-to-see-it-live" sort of way.
The solution to the pre-game entertainment "problem" is simple:
Paul Kelly. Leaps And Bounds. EVERY YEAR.
Same, but I was talking about Australian hip hop. It all sucks, just some more than others.
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME BARF
Ohh its so wonderful to have The Chaser back
I'm pretty certain I saw a prostitute on Chapel St at 330pm yesterday. She was walking, on her phone, and you rarely see people dressed like she was even on a Saturday night on King St.
Last night heading home from Mono's gig, I was reminded of a great game you can play on Flinders St after midnight on a Friday: "Prostitute or just a slut?"
Also, I cracked the shits at Channel 9 in a big way last night and I need to vent my spleen. It was probably a mistake to watch their "news" while I was already in a bad mood, and maybe this is just a small thing compared to their other crimes against journalism, but it made my blood boil nonetheless.
They were covering the story about that 14-year-old kid who got caught buying marijuana in Bali. Yes, it was a fucking stupid thing to do at any age, and yes, he and his family are still going through hell regardless and I feel for them.
So, Channel 9 interviews this Indonesian man, I dunno quite how he was connected, but maybe he was liasing between the local authorities and the family. He spoke English well enough, but Channel 9 decided to subtitle him anyway. His accent was pretty thick, fair enough, that's not what made me want to pitch some furniture through the television.
What pissed me off was the way they dramatised and emotionalised the bloody subtitles. I can't remember all of it, but twice he described Indonesian jails as a "nightmare", and both times the word "nightmare" was much larger than the other text in the sentence. (eg: "Indonesian jails are a nightmare.")
Then he said something about how the family is taking it, and it was like (not an exact quote) :
"I have spoken with the family and they are very worried, they are crying."
I mean, ffs. Of course they're upset and crying, but okay, people like to know these things. But to jack up the font size like that? Was Channel 9 worried that someone out there might miss this detail, and be in danger of not sympathising with the parents and sharing 9's obvious bias?
Yes, it's an understandable bias, I'm sure a lot of people share it anyway, but that is not how you present the news, dammit. I got very upset myself and shouted at the television for several minutes, alarming my housemates and their cats.
I'm sure this is the least of 9's rage-worthy deeds, but I try to avoid their "news" and "current affairs", as I generally do for other commercial networks, so maybe I was unprepared for this small but infuriating example of manipulative editorial bias and sensationalism.
Has anyone else seen this sort of thing? Do they do that with every batch of subtitles?
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