Polandball appreciation of thread - now with added burgers!
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Both Norway.
Presumably it's a reference to Anders Behring Breivik (serial killer-- have to use all 3 names, that's the law!) and how despite his record-setting killing spree he's living in a posh minimum security (by the standards of any other country) prison where they actually seriously consider his requests for video game consoles instead of just laughing in his face.
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Anders Behring Breivik (serial killer-- have to use all 3 names, that's the law!)
If you were Anders Mourice Breivik you'd want him identified with all three names, too!
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Round here, it'd just be Anders B.
Took us quite some investigation and cross-referencing a couple of years back whether or not a high-profile suspect could be our old back neighbour's son. Which is kinda the point.
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Which is kinda the point.
Heh, yeah, heaven forfend you find out your neighbor's an ax murderer or a kiddy diddler.
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Heh, yeah, heaven forfend you find out your neighbor's an ax murderer or a kiddy diddler.
Well, the censorship is generally applied when they haven't been convicted yet, so that the neighbourhood crowd doesn't take matters into its own hands before the guilt is actually established.
Which is not a bad thing, really. You don't want a guy lynched because a tabloid decided to pass judgement before the courts.
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Indeed. We had one such a case recently where a guy nearly got lynched for being named a suspect in a child molestation case.
Turned out that he was innocent and several would-be lynchers went to jail.
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See that doesn't happen in the US because everybody's read "To Kill A Mockingbird".
#facts
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The only thing that comic is missing is the US saying "here have another $500 million and keep up the good work".
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I can confirm - when I visit Russia, we always drink something (too afraid to ask what exactly) from the jerrycan.
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OMG I want to start a bar RIGHT NOW that serves drinks from 2 gallon jerrycans. HOLY SHIT THAT IS THE BEST IDEA.
Even better than my "use a oil bottle as a water bottle" idea.
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@cartman82 I'm gonna have to admit my on this one.
I do, however, appreciate the purple dildo.
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@Onyx McDonalds in US sometimes has some kind of ribs, that are 100% pure american artery clogging shit/perfection (depending who you ask).
Personally, I mostly liked the small coke joke.
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@Onyx said in Polandball appreciation of thread - now with added burgers!:
I do, however, appreciate the purple dildo.
My thoughts exactly! Although I totally got the McRib joke. The best theory I've heard is that it comes and goes as a function of the price of pork. And yes, it's kind of weird that a fast food sandwich is the subject of conspiracy theories.
It's a pretty decent sandwich, too.
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@boomzilla oh... I read it as "there's no more McRib being sold" and these guys are supposed to be... thugs or something? I'm a bit confused by the server's line I guess.
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@Onyx said in Polandball appreciation of thread - now with added burgers!:
I'm a bit confused by the server's line I guess.
She's an illegal Mexican immigrant. The others are just typical Americaball dudes upset that they can't get their sweet, sweet pork sandwiches.
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@boomzilla said in Polandball appreciation of thread - now with added burgers!:
McRib
a.k.a. the burger that McD has always had on the menu but no-one ever orders. At least on the other side of the pond.
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@asdf Fonder is absent heart. /polandball
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@boomzilla At least in the regions I've lived in for the last several years, they deliberately limit the McRib to early winter seasonallly. shrug
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@cartman82 said in Polandball appreciation of thread - now with added burgers!:
some kind of ribs
@Onyx said in Polandball appreciation of thread - now with added burgers!:
I read it as "there's no more McRib being sold" and these guys are supposed to be... thugs or something? I'm a bit confused by the server's line I guess.
@izzion said in Polandball appreciation of thread - now with added burgers!:
they deliberately limit the McRib
More accurately, the McRib is a sandwich containing some kind of ground or minced boneless pork refashioned into a vaguely rib-shaped patty, slathered in BBQ sauce (which is basically thick, sweet, smoky ketchup with extra spices) and served inside a bun.
McDonalds always puts them on the menu as limited-time offers, so they come and go somewhat randomly. They have enough of a cult following that it's a Big Deal to some people when McDonalds does/doesn't have them. And thus you get the many theories on why/when they offer them and why/when they don't.
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@anotherusername said in Polandball appreciation of thread - now with added burgers!:
McDonalds always puts them on the menu as limited-time offers, so they come and go somewhat randomly
In Germany, they were a regular menu item for decades. Not sure if that's still the case, though, since they have more and more limited-time offers nowadays.
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@Onyx It's just a variation of the "McRibs are back!!!" kind of joke that goes around whenever McDonalds announces that McRibs are back.
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I find it amusing that SATW makes Poland out to be the thief, and Polandball passes the buck on to Ukraine.
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@Dreikin It's a popular German view:
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@Dreikin I wonder what Polandball makes of the Eurovision.
Plenty of GB people are outraged OUTRAGED I TELL YOU that we spent all the money we do on Eurovision (United Kingdom is one of the chief sponsors and therefore doesn't have to qualify in the semis) and we came 3rd from bottom. (You can call it 'coming 24th' but it doesn't change how shitty it is)
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@Arantor One of your colonies got second place, though
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@aliceif Yes, because as any fule kno, Australia is now part of Europe!
And the reason the judge panels scored so stupidly highly for it was because they're still new to it and don't want them to leave.
I honestly thought the song Mans & Petra song at the end, 'Love Love Peace Peace' was the best song of the night despite being a spoof song on how to win Eurovision.
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@coldandtired said in Polandball appreciation of thread - now with added burgers!:
@Dreikin It's a popular German view:
It kind of once happened to a youth group I know. They were on a tour through Eastern Europe with 3 VW T5 and were doing a pitstop.
While they were eating, one youth looked outside the restaurant and asked the others:
Those busses driving off look a lot like ours, don't they?
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@PleegWat yup :)
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@Arantor said in Polandball appreciation of thread - now with added burgers!:
@aliceif Yes, because as any fule kno, Australia is now part of Europe!
And the reason the judge panels scored so stupidly highly for it was because they're still new to it and don't want them to leave.
It was some of the strongest singing though, even if the act was a bit 'meh'.
I honestly thought the song Mans & Petra song at the end, 'Love Love Peace Peace' was the best song of the night despite being a spoof song on how to win Eurovision.
It's a pity we won't see Petra Mede next year, though I wouldn't bear it should this year's Swedish song have won the contest.
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@Arantor said in Polandball appreciation of thread - now with added burgers!:
@Dreikin I wonder what Polandball makes of the Eurovision.
Plenty of GB people are outraged OUTRAGED I TELL YOU that we spent all the money we do on Eurovision (United Kingdom is one of the chief sponsors and therefore doesn't have to qualify in the semis) and we came 3rd from bottom. (You can call it 'coming 24th' but it doesn't change how shitty it is)Who cares about Evrovision? It's an even greater nonsense than organized sports.
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@cartman82 said in Polandball appreciation of thread - now with added burgers!:
@Arantor said in Polandball appreciation of thread - now with added burgers!:
@Dreikin I wonder what Polandball makes of the Eurovision.
Plenty of GB people are outraged OUTRAGED I TELL YOU that we spent all the money we do on Eurovision (United Kingdom is one of the chief sponsors and therefore doesn't have to qualify in the semis) and we came 3rd from bottom. (You can call it 'coming 24th' but it doesn't change how shitty it is)Who cares about Evrovision? It's an even greater nonsense than organized sports.
Sports don't have voting drama, unless you count match roster-making.
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@JBert said in Polandball appreciation of thread - now with added burgers!:
Sports don't have voting drama
The referee drama is at least as bad as the jury drama, though.
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@JBert said in Polandball appreciation of thread - now with added burgers!:
@Arantor said in Polandball appreciation of thread - now with added burgers!:
@aliceif Yes, because as any fule kno, Australia is now part of Europe!
And the reason the judge panels scored so stupidly highly for it was because they're still new to it and don't want them to leave.It was some of the strongest singing though, even if the act was a bit 'meh'.
OTOH, the singing of the winner was 'meh', and the difference in act quality didn't seem to quite make up the difference, to me.
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@Arantor How in the hell does it COST money to host Eurovision? Isn't voting on premium rate numbers?
Glitter and sequins aren't THAT expensive!
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@JBert said in Polandball appreciation of thread - now with added burgers!:
Sports don't have voting drama
That's called “refereeing decisions”.
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@Weng we pay in somewhere in the region of £500,000 towards costs, based on previous years' numbers and inflation.
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@Weng said in Polandball appreciation of thread - now with added burgers!:
How in the hell does it COST money to host Eurovision?
We're not even hosting it most of the time, and we still pay for it.
edit: Oh, I misread. Still though. Most of the money probably goes to paying executive salaries rather than actual things.
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@loopback0
You could Brexit the broadcasting thing ... Or just pay for the standard plan. What does this thing do except for Eurosong? And paying travel expenses to executives
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@Luhmann said in Polandball appreciation of thread - now with added burgers!:
paying travel expenses to executives
It needs no other reason to exist.
(It actually also allows access to the New Year's concert from Vienna, and gives an easy way to distribute the London Proms, and a few other things. They're part of the EBU deal.)
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