@Duluth said in The recent troll account:

It was obvious the guy was trolling quite early on. We were discussing it in the mod area months ago. So I checked his IP addresses etc, that basically confirmed who it was (a mental patient who is obsessed with TSF)

Why wasn't he banned immediately?

He wasn't that disruptive but was wasting hours and hours of his life. I enjoyed watching him waste so much time for zero payoff. I think he was hoping for a bigger reaction that never came

No harm to TSF, most members here ignored his lame crap. He wrote 600+ posts hoping to get a reaction so he could shit on everyone here and he failed

At least have some humour if you're going to make a troll account. This was just dull.

Oh well back to the rugby

Wow, shows how observant I am. I didn't even notice anyone behaving any sillier than usual....

@antipodean said in Has Hansen gone stale?:

2011 was cathartic for me. Going back to back in 2015 made me as happy as Test rugby could. If we do the three-peat in 2019, I'd suggest the RWC could be irrevocably damaged.

Let it burn

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12083944

The lions strike back

@NTA said in The Current State of Rugby:

@Crucial agreed. Every time Campo has a sook about the state of Rugby, I remind myself that laws were very loose when he started, didn't change much while he played, and he still doesn't know a lot about any of them.

He would fit right into the Fern

With no usual visitors from Melbourne to stay over Xmas it will be more quiet.... But the eating starts in earnest tonight, pork belly and picanha on the bbq, then turkey at the in laws tomorrow. Friends for another BBQ on Boxing day, and a NY22 bbq turkey on the 31st. I think I will get a few hand made vodka martinis in there as well.

Merry Xmas virtual Polish family 🥰

Ardie. Best 12 in the business

@Hooroo said in Coronavirus memes:

@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus memes:

My next door neighbour has just been diagnosed with COVID-19 and rushed to hospital.

He's been put on one of the new Dyson ventilators.

He's picking up nicely now.

Oh Man! I was typing a reply saying that is a good news story and then realised the thread I was in.

You almost got sucked right in..... I'll get my coat

@antipodean can't see them making their emissions targets this year either.....

@Paekakboyz said in Ukraine:

They appear to be struggling to organise and equip the latest conscripts let alone ramping things up to those kind of numbers. That would be literally feeding humans into a meat grinder, or freezer if you consider how gnarly winter conditions will be.

But his speech is terrifying. But will I care (as a Russian fulla) that much when I've been conscripted and am learning more and more about how the war is going?

I know it's not 1918. But how much unrest will there need to be until Putin's cronies start thinking about axing him to save themselves?

@Bovidae said in NBL 2022-23:

I haven't seen any of the Breakers pre-season games but I don't think they have won many, if any. The clash with rugby for tomorrow's season opener in Melbourne doesn't help either. No Abercrombie for a couple of months due to his eye injury.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/basketball/300700035/mody-maor-embraces-kiwi-identity-as-he-guides-nz-breakers-back-to-nbl-normality

IMHO Tom has been a bit of a shadow of his former self for some time

@Victor-Meldrew said in Ukraine:

@canefan said in Ukraine:

I think Putin is a history buff. I expect he knows what happened when the last Tsar entered into an ill advised and catastrophic war.....

If you look at Putin's objectives and philosophy - Greater Russia, keeping NATO away from his doorstep, global influence, splitting the West - he's already lost big, big time.

Add into the mix he's destroyed his energy leverage on Europe, lost half his navy, make his much-vaunted military look like idiots and managed to re-arm Europe's biggest economy (Germany) against him and it's a cluster-fuck of epic proportions. Just pisses me off tens of thousands will die before it ends.

As he scoops up hundreds of thousands of unwilling conscripts I am sure this will piss some ordinary Russians off.

@chimoaus said in Ukraine:

@MajorRage Pretty fucken scary to be fair, as long as Putin is in power this war is not going to end. He seems to be escalating in terms of numbers, 3-400,000 soldiers is a lot of cannon fodder for Ukraine and the west to get through. I wonder if this is exactly how the west viewed Hitler as he marched into Poland. I just feel sick at all the innocent people that have died and will continue to die in their thousands. Fuck humans and our stupid brains that allow us to be brainwashed and tribal.

I think Putin is a history buff. I expect he knows what happened when the last Tsar entered into an ill advised and catastrophic war.....

@chimoaus said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:

@MN5 said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:

@Rancid-Schnitzel said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:

@Frank said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:

Robin Williams was never that funny. (1 in 10 jokes landed)

Nick Cave is pretentious as fuck.

Friends was weak American comedy, still is American comedy, and will always be weak American comedy.

John Cleese has not even been mildly funny since A Fish Called Wanda.

British gameshows with comedians on them generally add up to way less than the sum of their parts.

1. Totally agree. Actually liked him alot as a dramatic actor but was painfully unfunny sometimes.

2. No shit.

3. Nail on head. Some scenes are genuinely funny but God so much shit. That Phoebe was so crap.

4. Probably. Couldn't tell you what he's been in since other than that pitiful zoo film. I think he may have voiced a Shrek film as well.

5. Disagree. Some absolute crackers.

Joey was good value. Chandler was too on occasion. Ross was just a dick ( and actually not a nice person either ? )

Monica and Rachel at least had the hot thing going and they had their moments. Couldn’t agree more about Phoebe, I think I’d rather have my fingernails ripped out than catch up with my friends and listen to her sing in a cafe.

My understanding is that David Schwimmer (Ross) was the one that got equal pay for all the actors and their big paychecks so I assume they all love him. My wife loves the show so plenty of friends references in our playful dialogue.

How I met your mother was a superior show using a similar format. But Friends' impact on popular culture was greater

@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:

@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

@Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:

@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:

@Tim said in Movie review thread...:

@MiketheSnow Should be Dan Stevens!

Having watched, and thoroughly enjoyed, The Suspect I'd like to see Aidan 'Poldark' Turner as Bond.

He's got the acting chops and charisma in spades

Aidan Turner - IMDb

Aidan Turner, Actor: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Aidan Turner was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1983. After graduating from the Gaiety School of Acting in 2004, Aidan appeared in a number of stage productions, many with Ireland's national theatre, The Abbey. Such productions included The...

He’s far too short. Have you seen him in The Hobbit?

Needs a fucken haircut too. Bond is always immaculately groomed. It’s a hard no from me til that happens.

Well of course, duh

Looks a bit swarthy and foreign

Might make a decent low level henchman

@Bones wasn't the guy from Castle on it too?

@Nepia said in Travel:

@canefan said in Travel:

@Nepia said in Travel:

@canefan said in Travel:

@Nepia said in Travel:

@canefan said in Travel:

@Nepia said in Travel:

@MajorRage said in Travel:

@Nepia said in Travel:

@voodoo said in Travel:

@Nepia said in Travel:

@voodoo said in Travel:

Haru

Good to know they're still chugging along.

Always packed when I go back, bookings essential!

For more dodgier but very authentic cuisine , Beijing Hotpot is also awesome

Don't think I ever booked there, when I was living in hell.

I tend to avoid hotpots as there's so many of them in Sydney these days.

I do not understand hot pot / steamboat. My wife absolutely fucking loves it. I think it's basically taking a whole bunch of average Asian ingredients and then boiling it in some random flavoured soup.

Or, getting the chili option, and boiling it in some random flavoured soup with a chili oil slick on top of it.

My mates and I have regular pot lucks, we had a hotpot version most recently (quite a few of the group are chinese), and it was actually really good as we made our own sauces (in our bowls) etc in our bowls and everyone brought a range of foods.

Unlike when you go out to them and they're crazy expensive with as you say chilli soup. A lot of the new ones that are open here don't even have any signage in English, which I find weird, as they're just ruling out a large subset of potential customers.

They don't need you mate, it's not for you.....

Considering a couple of them have gone under recently I think they probably needed to.

They probably don't or barely speak english

I'm sure it's not that hard to hire an English speaking staff member, I don't think there' any Chinese restaurant I've been to in Chinatown that doesn't have someone with basic english skills. The two nearest me are closed, but next time I see one without any English signage I might go and ask them.

TBH, I think the majority if Chinese here would speak English. My old boss had terrible English though, and she's been here since 1986 and her husband is fluent.

In Auckland there are lots of little Chinese places in areas like Balmoral/ Mount Roskill that either speak little English or pretend not to

There's a good dumpling place in Balmoral I usually eat at when visiting mates in Auckland, but I can't remember the name of it.

Barilla? Balmoral is so vibrant now. On weekends it's like walking down the street in Hong Kong

@Nepia said in Travel:

@canefan said in Travel:

@Nepia said in Travel:

@canefan said in Travel:

@Nepia said in Travel:

@MajorRage said in Travel:

@Nepia said in Travel:

@voodoo said in Travel:

@Nepia said in Travel:

@voodoo said in Travel:

Haru

Good to know they're still chugging along.

Always packed when I go back, bookings essential!

For more dodgier but very authentic cuisine , Beijing Hotpot is also awesome

Don't think I ever booked there, when I was living in hell.

I tend to avoid hotpots as there's so many of them in Sydney these days.

I do not understand hot pot / steamboat. My wife absolutely fucking loves it. I think it's basically taking a whole bunch of average Asian ingredients and then boiling it in some random flavoured soup.

Or, getting the chili option, and boiling it in some random flavoured soup with a chili oil slick on top of it.

My mates and I have regular pot lucks, we had a hotpot version most recently (quite a few of the group are chinese), and it was actually really good as we made our own sauces (in our bowls) etc in our bowls and everyone brought a range of foods.

Unlike when you go out to them and they're crazy expensive with as you say chilli soup. A lot of the new ones that are open here don't even have any signage in English, which I find weird, as they're just ruling out a large subset of potential customers.

They don't need you mate, it's not for you.....

Considering a couple of them have gone under recently I think they probably needed to.

They probably don't or barely speak english

I'm sure it's not that hard to hire an English speaking staff member, I don't think there' any Chinese restaurant I've been to in Chinatown that doesn't have someone with basic english skills. The two nearest me are closed, but next time I see one without any English signage I might go and ask them.

TBH, I think the majority if Chinese here would speak English. My old boss had terrible English though, and she's been here since 1986 and her husband is fluent.

In Auckland there are lots of little Chinese places in areas like Balmoral/ Mount Roskill that either speak little English or pretend not to

@Nepia said in Travel:

@canefan said in Travel:

@Nepia said in Travel:

@MajorRage said in Travel:

@Nepia said in Travel:

@voodoo said in Travel:

@Nepia said in Travel:

@voodoo said in Travel:

Haru

Good to know they're still chugging along.

Always packed when I go back, bookings essential!

For more dodgier but very authentic cuisine , Beijing Hotpot is also awesome

Don't think I ever booked there, when I was living in hell.

I tend to avoid hotpots as there's so many of them in Sydney these days.

I do not understand hot pot / steamboat. My wife absolutely fucking loves it. I think it's basically taking a whole bunch of average Asian ingredients and then boiling it in some random flavoured soup.

Or, getting the chili option, and boiling it in some random flavoured soup with a chili oil slick on top of it.

My mates and I have regular pot lucks, we had a hotpot version most recently (quite a few of the group are chinese), and it was actually really good as we made our own sauces (in our bowls) etc in our bowls and everyone brought a range of foods.

Unlike when you go out to them and they're crazy expensive with as you say chilli soup. A lot of the new ones that are open here don't even have any signage in English, which I find weird, as they're just ruling out a large subset of potential customers.

They don't need you mate, it's not for you.....

Considering a couple of them have gone under recently I think they probably needed to.

They probably don't or barely speak english