Chat, is this Prime Minister serious?

September 16, 2024 10:54 AM

To the sigmas of Australia, I say that this goofy ahh government have been capping, not just now but for a long time. A few of you may remember when they said "there'll be no Fanum Tax under the government I lead…" .Western Australian senator Fatima Payman delivers a speech.
posted by signal (14 comments total)

This is weapons-grade cringe for the first 10 seconds, and then calms down to weapons-grade cringe with thoughtful policy arguments.

(Also why is Kai Cenat catching strays)
posted by Room 101 at 11:36 AM on September 16 [1 favorite]

No Cap.
posted by 922257033c4a0f3cecdbd819a46d626999d1af4a at 12:37 PM on September 16

The kids are alright.
posted by Jra at 1:05 PM on September 16 [3 favorites]

This is suffering.
posted by kickingtheground at 2:23 PM on September 16 [3 favorites]

Ceterum autem censeo cerebrum putredine delendum
posted by automatronic at 2:53 PM on September 16

I had a chuckle at the term ‘mid government’
posted by zenon at 2:58 PM on September 16 [1 favorite]

Royal Armouries Museum: serving curatorial realness fr
posted by Rhaomi at 3:08 PM on September 16 [3 favorites]

The fries are in the bag.
posted by clavdivs at 4:29 PM on September 16 [1 favorite]

This needs to be paired with the teenage girls driving linguistic developments post - especially because that's also based on an Australian article -- which means if I were to use this far-flung British colony as an example then the decolourization of Black American English as experienced online is mainstream, no?
posted by cendawanita at 8:34 PM on September 16 [1 favorite]

this far-flung British colony

I assume you're being tongue-in-cheek for the northern hemisphere audience, cendawanita, but my first chippy reaction was "it's been 123 years!"

On-topic: no mention of "rizz"? Aww.

Anyone wanting a transcript, "Skibidi" is now in Hansard.
posted by rory at 11:08 PM on September 16 [3 favorites]

🥲😊 only in the same way that Canada is 🤧
posted by cendawanita at 1:24 AM on September 17 [2 favorites]

How do you do, fellow kids.
posted by Reverend John at 8:13 AM on September 17 [1 favorite]

according to my 7th-grader, "skibidi" is for the 6th graders (it's over) and this video just confirms it
posted by daisystomper at 9:50 AM on September 17 [1 favorite]

I happened to meet with Senator Payman yesterday in Parliament House. She is very smart, cool and thoughtful.
posted by dg at 4:39 PM on September 19 [2 favorites]