Aotearoa, fuck yeah

[Ab]

without a trace of irony.

http://crooksandliars.com/nonny-mous...-earth-isnt-us

[fixed_truth]

Who better than this HUH

[Lightspeed]

Without a doubt an awesome place to live and work.

[chiQ]

Nice

[aR Que]

the comments make me smile. Eat a dick, america.

[leadinjector]

but, but.... more of our soldiers are dead in wars we keep starting! nyah!

fuckin merkins. team new zealand, fuck yeah

[Furry Crew]

....not many if any....

[Golden Teapot]

The USA has far better amusement parks than NZ. Household help is more affordable for the top 5% of salary earners. Malls have even more parking spaces free on a Sunday morning. On a standard globe the USA is drawn higher up than NZ.

There are many metrics across which the USA comes out on top of NZ.

And, more seriously it would be better to ignore the uneducat/ed/able part of the population when making a lot of the comparisons that are made.

[aR Que]

NZ has less people like GT, that in itself is a selling point.

[CCS]

Nah we definitely need more rich people and less poor people.

[aR Que]

naw, rich people who think they're better than everyone else, because they're rich, can go to hell.

[CCS]

What if everyone was rich? Man that'd be sweet.

[StN]

Originally Posted by Golden Teapot

Malls have even more parking spaces free on a Sunday morning.

Sounds like an intelligent design!

[Ab]

THANKS CROCOS

[creamcheese]

Number one question I get asked by my Merkin work colleagues is "Why the hell did you move here?"

I tell them I wanted to do some good in a third world country. Now I can send them this article too.

[MadMax]

Originally Posted by Golden Teapot

Malls have even more parking spaces free on a Sunday morning.

don't they have more parking anywhere on any given day? one dare not walk to a destination

[[Malks] Pixie]

Originally Posted by MadMax

...one dare not walk to a destination

I'm sure that poison (probably GT as well) would say that walking is for "poors" anyway...

Pixie

[Golden Teapot]

Originally Posted by [Malks] Pixie

I'm sure that poison (probably GT as well) would say that walking is for "poors" anyway...

Well no - I don't judge people by that sort of thing. I'm not racist, sexist, ageist, wealthist or many other things. I do have a failing (well I view this as a failing) that I tend to think slightly negatively towards particulalry stupid people but I try to hide this (not very successfully most of the time).

[aR Que]

Originally Posted by Golden Teapot

I'm not racist, sexist, ageist, wealthist or many other things..

Bull shit. Everyone hates old people.

[Vrtigo]

the trouble is, GT, that your definition of "stupid people" in fact is "people that are not GT". you have a poor view of everyone in general - no doubt you will refute this, but your posts to date would indicate otherwise.

[CCS]

Vrtigo is pretty stupid, so it's natural that he feels resentful at GT pointing out the cold truth.

[xor]

The article also says that Auckland is the 3rd best city in the world...

[[Malks] Pixie]

Meh I shouldn't have lumped GT in with poison - I'm pretty sure GT is honest in saying that intelligence is his primary indicator in judging people.

I'm full of fail at being witty at the moment.

Pixie

[Golden Teapot]

Originally Posted by Vrtigo

the trouble is, GT, that your definition of "stupid people" in fact is "people that are not GT". you have a poor view of everyone in general - no doubt you will refute this, but your posts to date would indicate otherwise.

Almost always the best way to find out what someone thinks is to ask them. You've not done this here and at the same time you've concluded that an extreme position will hold true. Almost everyone in this type of situation would appreciate that they have an extremely high chance of being completely wrong.

[chiQ]

I really want to meet you, GT.

[CCS]

Bow chiqa wow wow...

[aR Que]

Yea, she's been trying to make contact with a few NZG members lately.
Just fucking pissed i don't get a turn.

[chiQ]

Ar Que: Do you ever head down to Welly? I never go north of Auckland, and not even there often. My last visit was a year and a half ago.

[Juju]

Never been to Bay of Islands/Doubtless bay/Hokianga?

[chiQ]

Around 30 years ago, yes, often.

[aR Que]

Used to head to wellington at least annually for concerts and what not, with a few extra trips for work and then some for shits and giggles. i havn't been that far south in ages ~12mnths.

if there is one reason to visit whangarei, it's for the beaches. Don't get better than the east coast up here.

[chiQ]

My childhood trips up north were always to get onto dive boats at Tutukaka or Whitianga. We'd go to island beaches. I don't think I've ever been to a mainland beach up there, now I think about it. We went through Whangarei to get to the former though

[StN]

Originally Posted by aR Que

if there is one reason to visit whangarei, it's for the beaches.

That's what Rico the Air New Zealand mascot said.

[StN]

Why NZ is awesome - because kids get off their arse and do stuff.

DoC and Iwi - lighten up FFS.

[Golden Teapot]

Originally Posted by StN

Why NZ is awesome - because kids get off their arse and do stuff.

In my youth this is the exact sort of thing I was happy doing (the BBQ event anyway). I have zero issues with this - it's good healthy stuff just so long as the "after" picture looks like the "before".

I do struggle with the notion that a fringe group of people have the audacity to dictate what should and should not happen to the very best outdoor experiences that NZ has to offer. Really this situation here is no different to the sign near Ketetahi springs i.e. it's something to be ignored whilst smiling politely.

[Ab]

From the article:

On Sunday a French paraglider launched himself from the summit of Mt Taranaki and crash-landed at the North Egmont visitor centre. Ms Poutu said without knowing the exact details of the paraglider incident she couldn't say whether it was culturally appropriate or not.

elbows in lollllllll

[Lightspeed]

Quality journalism.

[Vrtigo]

Originally Posted by chiQ

I really want to meet you, GT.

take video of the event, i would be interested. not enough to want to meet him tho, itd just be a repeat of any NZG thread you could pick that he has posted in.

[MadMax]

pretty sure everyone is different to whatever persona they portray from behind their alias, intentional or not.

[creamcheese]

Having had the pleasure of meeting GT, I can confirm that he is totally exactly like he is here.

well not really.