OT: Current Affairs and Politics

[bazza]

A new topic if anyone is up for it:

McRonalds Monopoly is teaching kids to gamble.

Discuss with reference to early on-set conditioning.

what is the game Monopoly teaching kids?

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

what is the game Monopoly teaching kids?

capitalism.

But in the real world, some of us start off with more money and/or rig the game.

With the maccas i humbly submit:

Well the purchase is connected to a chance to win something.

I reckon some kids are purchasing burgers or more of them in order to try to experience the highs of winning.

They are not buying food, they are trying to buy a feeling of happiness.

It’s a con and has an addictive element.

The kiddies learn that gambling is fun and maybe some of them revisit that in early adulthood and waste money.

 

[bazza]

capitalism.

But in the real world, some of us start off with more money and/or rig the game.

yeah - rent seeking is the way to "win"

 

[Gronk]

It’s too far-fetched a hypothetical to deal with sanely Gronky.

Im calling for an immediate cease fire and direct talks.

We have to start somewhere.

14000 dead, hundreds of thousands injured etc.

Is that your death toll since Russia invaded Ukraine recently or since 2014 when they invaded the Crimea ? Cos they have been f**king with this for a decade, arming separatists and fueling unrest.

Let's just have another Minsk agreement until they invade again ? Oops this map is out of date, Odessa looks next.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/25/ukraine-odessa-grain-russia-attack/

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

yeah - rent seeking is the way to "win"

Various entanglements involving swapping Mayfair for Old Kent Rd, 2 utilities, $1200 and indefinite rent free visits.

I did play a game of Monopoly once where you had to buy your way into play. $1 Monopoly equaled 1 cent.

It turned into a very bitter affair and brought out the worst in everyone.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Is that your death toll since Russia invaded Ukraine recently or since 2014 when they invaded the Crimea ? Cos they have been f**king with this for a decade, arming separatists and fueling unrest.

Let's just have another Minsk agreement until they invade again ? Oops this map is out of date, Odessa looks next.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/25/ukraine-odessa-grain-russia-attack/

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Dead Ukrainians have nothing left to fight for.

Time for a ceasefire, time to try to sort it out peacefully.

 

[bazza]

Various entanglements involving swapping Mayfair for Old Kent Rd, 2 utilities, $1200 and indefinite rent free visits.

I did play a game of Monopoly once where you had to buy your way into play. $1 Monopoly equaled 1 cent.

It turned into a very bitter affair and brought out the worst in everyone.

Sounds like you learnt a fair bit about capitalism and neo-liberalism

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Sounds like you learnt a fair bit about capitalism and neo-liberalism

Well it was ok at the start and then the trading of properties commenced.

And a few prestige properties were being acquired well below market value.


It was discovered later than some players had secret pacts and the winner was going to payout her mates on the sly.

Tantrums, yelling and swearing. Beers spilt everywhere, it was a big mess.

We never played it again.

I still don’t trust the lady and we are talking 25 years ago.

 

[Gronk]

Dead Ukrainians have nothing left to fight for.

Time for a ceasefire, time to try to sort it out peacefully.

Considering that the Russians have been invading / committing f**kery for a decade, you can't seriously say that there will be peace. You're only bending over to bullies.

The quicker Ukraine become a member of NATO the better.

Article 5 provides that if a NATO Ally is the victim of an armed attack, each and every other member of the Alliance will consider this act of violence as an armed attack against all members and will take the actions it deems necessary to assist the Ally attacked

https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_110496.htm#:~:text=Article%205%20provides%20that%20if,to%20assist%20the%20Ally%20attacked.

 

[Gronk]

I've got news for you Nicole, the LNP / Murdoch / SkyNews brigade might be very happy to use JNP during this debate, but watch them drop her like a hot potato when it comes to making an indigenous + woman + from NT, leader of this nation. LMAO

https://x.com/NicolleFlint/status/1706829005671059727?s=20

 

[Gronk]

 

[Gronk]

So this must be an example of over inflating his assets. He tells his bank that the Florida digs is worth $1 billion, but the judge reckons it's only worth $20M.

 

[Chipmunk]

I've got news for you Nicole, the LNP / Murdoch / SkyNews brigade might be very happy to use JNP during this debate, but watch them drop her like a hot potato when it comes to making an indigenous + woman + from NT, leader of this nation. LMAO

https://x.com/NicolleFlint/status/1706829005671059727?s=20

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I'm lost with what you're really trying to say here.

 

[Gronk]

I'm lost with what you're really trying to say here.

The OP is mapping out a pathway for her to become PM.

JNP is a useful champion for the Voice, but as an indigenous woman she will be discarded after this is all over. As if they (conservative white men) would vote for a woman to lead their party, let alone an indigenous one.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Considering that the Russians have been invading / committing f**kery for a decade, you can't seriously say that there will be peace. You're only bending over to bullies.

The quicker Ukraine become a member of NATO the better.

Article 5 provides that if a NATO Ally is the victim of an armed attack, each and every other member of the Alliance will consider this act of violence as an armed attack against all members and will take the actions it deems necessary to assist the Ally attacked

https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_110496.htm#:~:text=Article%205%20provides%20that%20if,to%20assist%20the%20Ally%20attacked.

We should be busy sending messages to Russia that the ukkies will not be joining NATO and do not pose a threat to it.

It’s a proxy war that the military industrial complex is celebrating like no tomorrow.

Ceasefire and let’s sort it out.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

So this must be an example of over inflating his assets. He tells his bank that the Florida digs is worth $1 billion, but the judge reckons it's only worth $20M.

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Eric is functionally democratically illiterate.

 

[Suitman]

We should be busy sending messages to Russia that the ukkies will not be joining NATO and do not pose a threat to it.

What rubbish. That'll never happen.

 

[Suitman]

Ceasefire and let’s sort it out.

That also will not happen.
You do realise the Ukraine, the West and NATO are dealing with Putin here, don't you?

 

[Suitman]

Dead Ukrainians have nothing left to fight for.

But the live ones do. They have their land and sovereignty to fight for.
Meanwhile, Putin is the one throwing anyone and everyone onto the frontlines and subsequently suffering massive casualties and losses of life in the meantime.

 

[Chipmunk]

The OP is mapping out a pathway for her to become PM.

JNP is a useful champion for the Voice, but as an indigenous woman she will be discarded after this is all over. As if they (conservative white men) would vote for a woman to lead their party, let alone an indigenous one.

I see.

I think people are overstating her role here. She's only advocating for a view that involves less than 4% of the entire population. The way people carry on you'd think First Nations people is a significant proportion of the population, but in reality there is about 1 million across the country. Why would either party who has a chance to win Government choose a female Indigenous Senator from the NT as their leader? And why would any media outlet in the country advocate for it? Your argument seems to be anti News Limited, but I doubt there is a media outlet in the country that would ever promote Linda Burney to lead the Labor Party either?

Statically, there is far more chance of a female person of Chinese decent from the suburbs of Sydney or Melbourne becoming Prime Minister of Australia than either of them.