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@JC said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@MajorRage Awe = a handful of people paid to care about yachting care about yachting
modern media = 'I found it on twitter or facebook'
awe = (as you said)
outrage = someone complained online
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@MajorRage hyperbole aside, it's a pretty impressive looking boat
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@canefan said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@MajorRage hyperbole aside, it's a pretty impressive looking boat
Yep. Over the top wording for sure "world". Uh huh.
However as a fan of design, aerodynamics and hydrodynamics (same thing in many ways) that is an impressive machine.
40 kts in 10kts of breeze or something, insane performance. The calls to keep the "cats" due to their speed look a bit dated now. I would guess these beasts point higher than the cats as well as achieving the boat speeds, so faster overall. Incredible and I reckon well done for taking the chance. It is genuinely the F1 of yachting now.Might have to resurrect that Americas cup thread.
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@MajorRage said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
We are in awe again.
Casual NZ yachting ‘fans’ who get excited and over the top when Team NZ does well are the absolute worst.
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@MN5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Casual NZ yachting ‘fans’ who get excited and over the top when Team NZ does well are the absolute worst.
A bit like athletics, track cycling and rowing, etc at the olympics every four (five) years?
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@Snowy said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@MN5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Casual NZ yachting ‘fans’ who get excited and over the top when Team NZ does well are the absolute worst.
A bit like athletics, track cycling and rowing, etc at the olympics every four (five) years?
Na I think yachting ones are the worst, I have a few on FB who share some sickening "get on the bandwagon" bullshit whenever Team NZ are racing.
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@Snowy said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@MN5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
I have a few on FB who share some sickening "get on the bandwagon" bullshit whenever Team NZ are racing.
Fair enough. I don't talk to those types.
I shouldn't but it gives me something to get "Grumpy Old Man" about if I ever feel like I'm running out of material.
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@Snowy said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@MN5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
I ever feel like I'm running out of material.
Pretty sure that we will all be O.K with that (in terms of us all having plenty of material).
True. My latest GOM rant might be about people criticizing people who criticize Foster.
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I thought that stuff had hit rock bottom awhile back and when they sold for a $1 I thought they might just take in where they currently were and think about how they might change to win people over again. Well of course the cynical side of me was saying but the person who bought helped drive it to its value of a dollar.
Needless to say they don't disappoint my cynical side and continue with their agendas that I'm sure the head bobbers agree with but just how is the stress for their current owners?
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@Blackeyeagain said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
I thought that stuff had hit rock bottom awhile back and when they sold for a $1 I thought they might just take in where they currently were and think about how they might change to win people over again. Well of course the cynical side of me was saying but the person who bought helped drive it to its value of a dollar.
Needless to say they don't disappoint my cynical side and continue with their agendas that I'm sure the head bobbers agree with but just how is the stress for their current owners?
HELLA yeah, man. I've been thinking that for ages, but wasn't peak-Frans-Botha enough to say it.
What's your opinion on Foster?
EDIT: Shit, re-reading this in the morning, sober, @Blackeyeagain 's post actually makes sense. Sorry - on first read, I legit thought this was a robot talking absolute nonsense. -
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@MN5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Headline should be ‘stuck up old wine piston wristed gibbon acts like a cock’
He may have a point if the wine is shit. Still, there's ways to provide that feedback without being a dick ... and he whiffed.
The wine looks ... interesting. Cloudy, kinda weird. They'll probably be successful, but it doesn't look inspiring to me.
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@MN5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Headline should be ‘stuck up old wine piston wristed gibbon acts like a cock’
Yes. I won't be rushing out to buy it though.
In a most un-fern like fashion I actually read it. Why is it misogynistic? I can't see anything there that implies a hatred of women (just shit wine).
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@Snowy said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@MN5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Headline should be ‘stuck up old wine piston wristed gibbon acts like a cock’
Yes. I won't be rushing out to buy it though.
In a most un-fern like fashion I actually read it. Why is it misogynistic? I can't see anything there that implies a hatred of women (just shit wine).
Yeah I missed that too, I’m sort of torn as the woman is obviously more offended than she should be but then again the wine critic has such a punchable face
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@MN5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Headline should be ‘stuck up old wine piston wristed gibbon acts like a cock’
'Stuff Continues its Downward Trajectory when Dispute Between Entitled Wine Snobs Descending into Millenial Tantrum Gets Reported'
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