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I highly recommend The Juice Media YT channel and their caricatured series called "Honest Government Ads" [1]. They are covering climate change and, among other

by voytec 4y ago

I highly recommend The Juice Media YT channel and their caricatured series called "Honest Government Ads" [1]. They are covering climate change and, among others, Australian government incompetency in quite funny, provocative and slightly NSFW way. [1] The Fires: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BmbvTvFQ3g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BmbvTvFQ3g [1] We're Fine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOmdkN6MOwU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOmdkN6MOwU [1] the Safeguard Mechanism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrkE_VaMD4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrkE_VaMD4k

samstave 4y ago
Love things like this! "Brought to you by the Department of Thoughts and Prayers"
- King-Aaron 4y ago
  "Everything is Cool and Normal (TM)"
  - voytec 4y ago
    I've learned the wonderful word "shitfuckery" from them.
swarnie 4y ago
I thought that named looked familiar and oh my, they are the RAP NEWS guys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6O6sM2Shok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6O6sM2Shok I'm going to lose an hour of my life reminiscing about how Youtube used to be and what it would have been.
- sterlind 4y ago
  Rap News was wasted on the early 2010s. Such a stable, boring time compared to Brexit, Trump, Covid, the war in Ukraine, ChatGPT, UAP disclosure. Why couldn't Robert Foster have been born a few years later?
  - everybodyknows 4y ago
    Obama vs McCain was the most boring presidential election ever. Because either way, we could be sure nothing too crazy was going to happen in the White House for at least four years. The media must have hated it.
    - officeplant 4y ago
      Never thought I would miss suit colors being controversial.
  - bigger_cheese 4y ago
    I haven't thought about Robert Foster and Rap News for years. I can still remember the rap about wikileaks "Shattering schemes and the lies that we've been sold. By a fourth estate that rolled over and did as it's told."
- rnk 4y ago
  Wow, that was excellent, thanks for the pointer. I also liked "ultimate rap battles of history", but this rap had an excellent political take on it. What kind of justice would we want served on us eventually? We can do better than we have so far. What great historical references, what did we do with the nazis at Nuremberg, hire some at nasa, and hang some of them. It's complicated but it's not wrong.
- kawsper 4y ago
  Sadly Hugo (the rapper) decided to go solo to focus on his own career, he does some Rap News inspired videos now, it's not quite the same without Giordano: https://youtu.be/N4-FGp0vvck https://youtu.be/N4-FGp0vvck
shidoshi 4y ago
These are amazing.
aaron695 4y ago
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hilbert42 4y ago
Unfortunately I have to live in this country and if it were practical to move elsewhere then I would. When I was younger the Australian population essentially believed in a common cohesive set of narratives about themselves and their position in the world and local politics involved arguments that nuanced those beliefs—that is, not much changed. In recent decades that's changed and the situation has now reached its antithesis to the extent that the country is essentially ungovernable when it comes to big-ticket policies like climate change. Dozens of vested interests now run government policy, cohesion has long since flown out the window.
- TheHappyOddish 4y ago
  Or.. Maybe you got older and your glasses lost their tint. See ya mate, have fun in Uzbekistan or wherever you end up.
- lazyeye 4y ago
  People are constantly moving to different countries. Just make a bit more of an effort. Im sure you could find a way to leave.
- RileyJames 4y ago
  Go to your closest international airport. Buy a one way ticket to New Zealand. Doesn’t solve any problems, but it makes it way easier to cope with Australian media and politics. And shit, you can vote here after 3 years.
  - hilbert42 4y ago
    Been there and love the place and likely would end up there if I could. Incidentally, decades ago when I first went there I instantly fell in love with the Kaikoura Coast—palm trees, the Pacific Ocean and snowcapped mountains in the same scene. I've been to no other place on the planet where that combination ocurrs, NZ has it all. Question, why then do you mob so frequently go west and end up in the Emerald City? You should know by now it's only a chimera—'emerald' when viewed from a distance.

by voytec 4y ago

samstave 4y ago

Love things like this! "Brought to you by the Department of Thoughts and Prayers"

King-Aaron 4y ago
"Everything is Cool and Normal (TM)"
- voytec 4y ago
  I've learned the wonderful word "shitfuckery" from them.

swarnie 4y ago

I thought that named looked familiar and oh my, they are the RAP NEWS guys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6O6sM2Shok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6O6sM2Shok I'm going to lose an hour of my life reminiscing about how Youtube used to be and what it would have been.

sterlind 4y ago
Rap News was wasted on the early 2010s. Such a stable, boring time compared to Brexit, Trump, Covid, the war in Ukraine, ChatGPT, UAP disclosure. Why couldn't Robert Foster have been born a few years later?
- everybodyknows 4y ago
  Obama vs McCain was the most boring presidential election ever. Because either way, we could be sure nothing too crazy was going to happen in the White House for at least four years. The media must have hated it.
  - officeplant 4y ago
    Never thought I would miss suit colors being controversial.
- bigger_cheese 4y ago
  I haven't thought about Robert Foster and Rap News for years. I can still remember the rap about wikileaks "Shattering schemes and the lies that we've been sold. By a fourth estate that rolled over and did as it's told."
rnk 4y ago
Wow, that was excellent, thanks for the pointer. I also liked "ultimate rap battles of history", but this rap had an excellent political take on it. What kind of justice would we want served on us eventually? We can do better than we have so far. What great historical references, what did we do with the nazis at Nuremberg, hire some at nasa, and hang some of them. It's complicated but it's not wrong.
kawsper 4y ago
Sadly Hugo (the rapper) decided to go solo to focus on his own career, he does some Rap News inspired videos now, it's not quite the same without Giordano: https://youtu.be/N4-FGp0vvck https://youtu.be/N4-FGp0vvck

shidoshi 4y ago

These are amazing.

aaron695 4y ago

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hilbert42 4y ago

Unfortunately I have to live in this country and if it were practical to move elsewhere then I would. When I was younger the Australian population essentially believed in a common cohesive set of narratives about themselves and their position in the world and local politics involved arguments that nuanced those beliefs—that is, not much changed. In recent decades that's changed and the situation has now reached its antithesis to the extent that the country is essentially ungovernable when it comes to big-ticket policies like climate change. Dozens of vested interests now run government policy, cohesion has long since flown out the window.

TheHappyOddish 4y ago
Or.. Maybe you got older and your glasses lost their tint. See ya mate, have fun in Uzbekistan or wherever you end up.
lazyeye 4y ago
People are constantly moving to different countries. Just make a bit more of an effort. Im sure you could find a way to leave.
RileyJames 4y ago
Go to your closest international airport. Buy a one way ticket to New Zealand. Doesn’t solve any problems, but it makes it way easier to cope with Australian media and politics. And shit, you can vote here after 3 years.
- hilbert42 4y ago
  Been there and love the place and likely would end up there if I could. Incidentally, decades ago when I first went there I instantly fell in love with the Kaikoura Coast—palm trees, the Pacific Ocean and snowcapped mountains in the same scene. I've been to no other place on the planet where that combination ocurrs, NZ has it all. Question, why then do you mob so frequently go west and end up in the Emerald City? You should know by now it's only a chimera—'emerald' when viewed from a distance.