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in a vacuum she does a pretty good job with the transfers, just not buying a set of players that compliment eachother. she isn't a scout, she is the deal maker, I imagine she is giving a list of players from the scouting team that has been approved by the board or something. There is no way it's as simple as the manager saying 'get me that bloke, ta'

Southern Yurope, I'd say the true meat and potato w o g boys are either Italians, Greeks or Croats. Turks are Turks, as Yilmaz says 'oi bruz Lebs and Turks what is the fucking difference bruz? I have the Betoota Advocates Guide To Australia and it has two entries related to the 'post war wo g' and the 'modern wo g'. The post war is hilarious, [while they themselves were victims of racism upon first arriving in the country they have now assimilated and have now become a constituent part of the racist mobs that hate on ethnic immigrants]'. It's funny cause it's true. Don't forget the English did punish a Uruguayan for speaking his native language. Tolerant country

They don't believe that the government should interfere in the market much, they think laissez-faire market = free people. They are so obsessed with resisting government tyranny they are openly bootlicking corporate tyranny. Which is ironic because they elected a business man because he '[isn't a politician]' and will '[run the country like a business]'. They worship the entrepreneur to the point of money being enough for fame. An American would be mortified if their high fructose corn syrup beverage was farmed at a government facility (it's okay that the government subsidises corn farming though), it would be stigmatised for not being a fancy 'designer brand name'.

Ready to ram Warner up the arse with bat covered in deep heat. How many runs this series 20?

They don't think it's the government's job to help people, that is what charity is for; they think wealth distribution is unethical because you and only you should benefit from the fruit of their labour, and the Soviet Union was demonised through McCarthy-ism and portrayed as completely anti-American and the greatest existential threat for their way of life. You can't just undo fifty years of red scare culture overnight. The Scandinavian model of social support works for Scandinavia because of their cultural expectations of what a government does and the homogenous and smaller population; it's ultimately unrealistic for a country like the USA because of many factors and using it as a standard would only double down the beliefs of American individualism because they dislike the idea that other countries could possibly be doing something better. There is a reason the Law of Jante exists as a sort of barometre for Scandinavian culture and it's completely antitypical of American culture. That being said I haven't said social programs can't work in American but they have to be tailored and sold in a way that is appetising to the typical American, for instance they think a single-payer medicare program would lead to higher taxes and that is true but most people would be paying less in that tax increase than their current private insurance premiums.

Ancient may not be an age but neolithic is.

I haven't even turned twenty fucking seven yet

We put an offer on a house today and it was accepted. I'm excited but also not. We need our own living space but at the same time it feels like I'm digging my heels in more and I'll never live in Australia again. I probably wouldn't feel so bad about it if I could have visited this year.

Concerning Iggy Azaea, she may be a great rapper after all. It's impressive that an Australian bogan can rap like an American black woman with such consistency. Think about it. @Devil-Dick Willie @Toinho

I mean they are just observed patterns that don't apply to everyone but everyone is probably guilty of something on that list every now and then. Every culture has their foibles, Australians do, and those foibles are probably the cause of heads butting in cricket. Aussies expect you to be able to take as much verbal abuse as one gives, probably too laid back for Indians but at the same time it's an oxymoron because of how aggressive/vulgar and direct Aussies are. Australian direct aggression versus Indian indirect argumentativeness is probably a bad mix. Australia: 'You're a fucking dense cunt!' India: "No! Sir, you are a very bad man, shameful behaviour!'

so i take it this is mainly true https://m.economictimes.com/argumentative-too-emotional-are-indians-tough-to-work-with/articleshow/45638709.cms

SHIRAZ

The best sledges are aimed precisely at the man, not his child or wife, and cut through like a knife and cannot be turned against you.

Could you imagine driving down to Sydney to soak up a few rays while trying to peer into some prime backpacker clunge and some bloke walks past and says into your ear 'Welcome to Sydney, mate'. That's prime time for a bottling

Maybe someone can explain to me why the BCCI and the Indian national team complain about everything all the time?

@Devil-Dick Willie Is 'Welcome to Sydney, mate' racist sledge of the year?

Cheap wicket for Gil and Pujara lucky to be in right now, that was a tight LBW call

Oh I thought de Plessis was actively putting small pieces on the ball to cover damage

Saffas were rubbing shite on the ball years before that, don't remember when he was chewing on a lolly and was putting pieces on the ball?

What nation hasn't ball tampered? If you were to ask the layman no one except Australia but it's ridiculous; just get on with it. As if they aren't picking at the seam everytime they spit on their fingers to 'polish' the ball

btw to all the people talking shit about Smith's captaincy during the sandpaper issue, I guarantee you it when down like this Smith: Daveo mate, I reckon that is illegal Warner: yeah nah smudge matey don't fucking worry about it, rightyo cobber? Smith: okay davey, if you say so. .... Warner: Oi Camo mate, I got a job for you... Smith's personality is that he is good at batting

Warney is an idiot, best spinner of all time but we've always known the bloke has no way with words when he is trying to pull clunge on his 1999 Nokia monochrome screen

"open up a bit" in test cricket fucken hell imagine if he was watching the Kiwis, he'd die of boredom

Wracking my brains trying to think of the most depressing meal I've ever eaten/seen because I just saw my nephew eating a microwaved hotpocket and a cup of milk. Disgusting

Hypocritical of Warne (and Symmonds) saying that Labuschagne needs to 'bat properly', with Warner going out like a s p a s t i c this test and Warne never cracking a century in his career, meanwhile Smith holds his bat like a r e t a r d and is possibly one of the best batsmen ever.