It’s almost the end of the month. So, time again to condemn. Here’s an eleventh open condemnation thread. What’s getting up your goat this week? Which evil political, cultural, social and religious phenomena need condemnation?
You can condemn anything except If the Dead Could Speak. But you can condemn SBS for sucking me in half way through by claiming that it was “from the makers of the Sopranos” or something similar when the only parallel was that it was a HBO series – and now I’ve missed much of the back story whereas I would have been blissfully ignorant had it not been for such misleading advertising!
I condem being awake at this time of the morning to read this wee-hours post. What the razzafrazz is wrong with the pair of us?
Sleep…sleep. Such a nice concept.
I’d go for Don Anderson’s review of Michael Chabon’s new novel in the Oz?, which very successfully gave away key points in the plot. Well done.
I condemn Richard Dawkins, not for his views, but for his easy targets. C’mon Richard, you can do better than that.
I condemn the publishing industry for its complete aversion to editing, proof-reading, or employing people willing to confront an author and pare a 700-page trial into a decent 400-page book.
Seconded.
I blame computers.
Thirded.
I blame Tom Clancy’s publishers.
I condemn real estate agents who turn up on your door step for an inspection of which you’ve received absolutely no notice. I double condemn them when their response to your pointing out this salient fact is to say ‘it doesn’t work like that’ before producing a form they claim was sent in Friday’s last post. How does it work then?
I also condemn Richard Dawkins for the same reasons as David Rubie.
Y condemmne Geoffrey Chaucer, for the takynge of his sweyte tyme jumpynge on yon bandwagonne.
I condemn that is this age of wondrous, electronical gadgetry you still have to write exam essays by hand.
I condemn drivers who don’t look over their shoulders to check for cyclists and motorcyclists before changing lanes. And I double condemn the crunt in the Territory who overtook me on the left, two wheels in the bicycle lane(!) while talking on his mobile.
Kirsty, you’re well within your rights to slam the door and call the coppers. I don’t know what state you live in, but seven days’ notice is the required period for general inspections in NSW.
I condemn Nando for false advertising – those aren’t strip clubs, they’re dodgy chicken places! And I condemn tigtog for making me watch the Nando ad again.
I condemn Wikipedia.
More precisely, I condemn the fan boy nerds who wrote the entry for Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, for completely not getting what the Haraway character was saying! Grrr!!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell_2:_Innocence
I strongly condemn the British Embassy in Vienna for having only one phone line available for visa enquiries.
I condemn Toshiba laptops for being crap and extended ‘in store’ warranties really means three week repair jobs and long drives to north shore business parks to drop off said crap laptop…
I applaud Cash Converters for selling me this IBM Pentium II clunker – which i can take back in 2-3 weeks and get half my money back.
Back on-line for $100 and total outlay should be $50. only so many times you can ask the neighbours to check your email.
I take back my condemnation of the British Embassy in Vienna! Today I got through on the phone after calling only 5 times or so and they quickly and politely dealt with my enquiries.
and i condemn that i was so rapped to get back on-line, that i forgot to watch spicks & specks and the chaser.
I condemn anyone who claims the latest White Stripes single doesnt abso-f’n-loootly kick their arse into next Toosday.
LeftyE, you may be right, but I condemn their movie clip making skillz.
I’d like to condemn Paul “feminism is all very well but did you know none of them ever speak up about the oppression of their Muslim sisters” Sheehan, Don “Greenies are all naive wankers who only like anything because it’s cute or cuddly” Burke, and the whole swag of dishonest or misinformed “Rachel Carson was a murderer!” shills who popped their heads up last week on the occasion of her death and prevented her from receiving a posthumous honour.
Because I probably won’t have time to blog it all. So much asshattery, so little time.
Last one, I promise.
I condemn Julia Gillards hair stylist – every time she’s on TV her hair is shorter. By the time the election rolls around, she’ll be completely bald.
I think you need to condemn her boyfriend who is a hair stylist, David.
I condemn people not prepared to stand up in a relationship to the incompetent professional ministrations of their partners!
Oh my, I second^infinity that. To condemn again, estate agents who you accidentally meet while having your fortnightly I’m Having A Bought Lunch! Wow! (because you’re a poor poor student) and upon helloing, quip “Hope you’re not spending all your rent money!” Gah.
I condemn Phil Burgess from Telstra for threatening G9 with a “mother of all lawsuits” for offering cheap broadband
I condemn David Gardiner (QUT DVC-A) for the travesty that was the latest Change Proposal re: HHS. There’s not much to read through all the straw, though the supplementary stats are at times hilarious, and I’m vaguely amused/horrified that he actually put ‘having languages might weaken the CI brand’ in print. It’s here, but one requires access logins to actually d/l the document.