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In my country voting is compulsory. All eligible Australian citizens must enroll and vote in in federal elections, state or territory elections, by-elections and referendums. Beyond that it varies by state or territory. If you do not vote you must either provide a valid reason for why you did not vote, pay a fine, or appear in court. Some people have even been jailed for not voting, but it is extremely rare. Thus we have extremely high voter turnout.

Compulsory voting does exist in other countries, but it is extremely rare. Only 22 countries have compulsory voting and only 10 enforce it.

So, what do you think of compulsory voting?

Nate Silver gives Republicans a 73% chance of winning control of the Senate. Anyone feel like betting against him?

At 10/15/14 06:31 PM, beakerboy wrote:

...but this is a darker universe. Much gore, violence, black magic, and shit.

and here's a related image and a gif. Two for the price of one...not bad huh?

At 11/2/14 01:01 PM, NewgroundsMike wrote:

At 11/2/14 12:59 PM, SentForMe wrote: Would you rather have me think you are a creep or a liar?

A creep, because I never lie.

Now go answer my question from above.

If you say so.

At 11/2/14 12:58 PM, NewgroundsMike wrote:
Would you rather be a monkey armed with tasers or that one shark from the NG level icons (regular, not Halloween edition)?

I still rather be the monkey armed with tasers. Even though the shark seems a whole lot more deadly the idea of a monkey armed with tasers is far too fascinating to pass up.

Would you rather be a zombie moose or a werewolf?

At 11/2/14 12:51 PM, NewgroundsMike wrote:

At 11/2/14 12:47 PM, TheGamechanger wrote: Wouldn't that be dangerous?

Who the hell cares?

Hey, you got to hate on Norway? Don't you think that its population of 1,358 people care very much about their town?

At 11/2/14 12:55 PM, TheGamechanger wrote:

At 11/2/14 12:50 PM, NewgroundsMike wrote:

At 11/2/14 12:45 PM, TheGamechanger wrote:

At 11/2/14 12:44 PM, NewgroundsMike wrote:
Would you rather grow a ZZ Top beard or laser off your pubes?

Laser off my pubes.

Would you rather become a pornstar or fight crime as a hippie?

Fighting crime as a hippie sounds rather fun.

Would you rather star in gay porn or child porn?

Child porn.

You can't be serious. Child porn is creepy, horrifying, illegal, and a crime against humanity. Gay porn just involved a bunch of gay dudes pounding each other.

Backs away slowly....

Would rather be a monkey armed with tasers or be a hidden camera in a girl's locker room?

A monkey armed with tasers. You're really upping the creep factor today aren't you. You're starting to scare me TheGameChanger.

Would you rather have me think you are a creep or a liar?

I saw the film on a discount day and I was pretty disappointing. I've seen a lot of WWII themed movies and this one just seemed like a lot of old hat. It wasn't bad enough to be funny or good enough to be interesting. The movie looked good and the explosions were pretty decent, but I really couldn't empathize with the characters at all.

If have a hankering for a WWII movie made recently there are plenty of better options, like: Inglorious Basterds (also starring Pitt), Enemy at the Gates, Downfall, Letters fro Iwo Jima, the Pianist, and a whole mess of other ones. That's not to mention all the fine WWII films made in earlier decades.

At 11/2/14 11:22 AM, NippleManOfMilk wrote:
It doesn't upset me, it's just the same thread each week. I'll take up my beef with ZJ when he does this again.

Well, if you don't like the constant NFL + theme threads, but still like the general idea you should always post in my FIFA and Sexy Men! thread instead.

At 11/2/14 09:35 AM, NewgroundsMike wrote:

At 11/2/14 09:34 AM, Zerodecoole wrote:

At 11/2/14 08:35 AM, NewgroundsMike wrote:

At 11/2/14 02:26 AM, BigFatKid wrote: Would you slap the gorilla in your pictures?

Why don't you have a picture yet?

Why do you have a picture?

Doesn't the default tankman look boring as fuck?

Would you prefer it being shooting lasers and rockets out of its ass while breathing radioactive fire onto the Frontpage?

At 11/2/14 11:01 AM, TheGamechanger wrote:

At 11/2/14 10:51 AM, NewgroundsMike wrote:

At 11/2/14 10:47 AM, TheGamechanger wrote:
Would you rather go bowling or go mini-golfing?

Mini-golfing, because I suck at bowling.

Would you rather have the NG chat or the NG store come back?

The NG store come back, for any chat stinks anyway.

Would you rather slay a dragon or slay a kaiju?

I rather slay a kaiju. They're bigger and they just look a little bit cooler on balance. Plus, some of them kind of look like dragons anyway.

Would you rather shave your head or shave someone else's head?

At 11/2/14 10:58 AM, TheGamechanger wrote:
I blame NewgroundsMike for bronies and pegasisters.

I blame TheGameChanger for this stupid new piece of legislation. The benefits of retaining metadata for law enforcement rarely seems to justify the cost. It would be easier to just spend the extra money saved from not implementing BS legislation like this to pay down our already low national debt.

Happy Birthday X-Gary-Gigax-X. Here's some birthday wishes from Adam Sandler. Just ignore the part where he doesn't say Gary. It's close enough if you don't listen too hard.

Mark my words; the Bengals will crush the Jaguars like a little bug!

At 11/2/14 10:31 AM, NewgroundsMike wrote:

At 11/2/14 10:25 AM, TheGamechanger wrote: Would you rather have the power to turn you enemies into your favorite food or have the power to summon monster to do your bidding?

To turn my enemies into my favourite food.

Would you rather have fried chicken or grilled chicken?

Grilled Chicken. On balance fried chicken is greasier than it is tasty and I don't need high blood pressure and other negative health outcomes associated with it.

Would you rather eat a chocolate bar or be a chocolate bar?

At 10/17/14 09:38 PM, beakerboy wrote:

At 10/17/14 06:06 AM, Thor wrote: That's pretty egotistical of you to say. It makes me mad.

its not egotistical actually. if i was being that way i'd be saying "they should make movies about my shit, i deserve it."

im simply saying that i think they will.

Well, based on the crap they show in movie theatres these days I can't imagine you're stuff is any worse, not to say it was much better in the past. You do have to finish the book first though.

At 11/1/14 05:46 AM, VJF wrote:

At 11/1/14 12:27 AM, SentForMe wrote:

At 11/1/14 12:26 AM, CresIsis wrote:

At 10/31/14 11:47 PM, VJF wrote: Which is better, pessimism or cynicism?

Which is better, plain negativity or being safe?

Are you guys trying to put me in a bad mood or something?

Is that the pessimistic part of you talking or the cynical part?

If I answered both, would you virtually slap me or literally slap me?

At 11/1/14 11:29 PM, TheGamechanger wrote:

At 11/1/14 07:58 PM, JmdMagic wrote:

At 11/1/14 07:31 PM, Vinnyy wrote:

At 10/31/14 08:42 PM, Surn wrote:
I blame SentForMe for the plague of carnivorous koalas that Canada is now dealing with.

I blame Surn for this thread.

I blame Vinnyy for not blaming Thegamechanger.

I blame JmdMagic for not capitalizing my username right.

I blame TheGameChanger for the current recession and every recession yet to come. Don't think there's a recession yet....well, just you wait. You'll start feeling it soon enough.

Well, it looks like a whole mess of statistics have been recalculated down from a few days ago. The WHO's estimation of total deaths decreased from 5,078 to 4,951. It's the the only thing that has been recalculated either. At least its positive that the trend of less Ebola deaths seems to be taking a stronger hold in the region, but I'm sure the relevant health authorities would have appreciated more accurate statistics earlier. Also, there was one Ebola death in Mali yesterday.

It is fortunate that this epidemic didn't turn out to be nearly as bad as many feared, but there were a lot of mistakes made along the way. I hope people learn from the mistakes in how this was dealt with to more effectively deal with major epidemics in the future. We don't get hit with them that often after all and it seems like the frequency is decreasing, so its important to stay sharp for the handful of times it is important to deal with them quickly and effectively.

It is worth noting that even though this is considered a "worldwide epidemic" it has only broken out in 8 countries. Among those countries the breakouts have only been substantial in three: Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone. Aside from Spain and the United States all other countries with Ebola outbreaks have been in Eastern Africa, so it is really more appropriate to call it a Regional outbreak, at least right now. Also, all the really deadly epidemics of modern times have been flus, so this particular epidemic is a relative anomaly. If history is any guide we likely won't see anything like this (a large, non flu, worldwide epidemic) again in our lifetimes.

At 10/18/14 06:49 AM, Ejit wrote: I've read like in a book or something that in pre-1900 Britain pink and blue had the reverse connotations because blue was the colour of Mary.

That is correct. Here is some background I found in a quick internet search.

The gist is that associating color with gender at all is a relatively new idea that only really showed up in the 1890s in a few countries. It didn't really take hold in a significant part of the world until much later and the whole blue is for boys, pink is for girls dichotomy only really showed up after the 1950s in the Western world. Even today there is no broad consensus on this worldwide. It only seems to be particularly useful in order to simplify the marketing of products to children, which is where you see it in the greatest concentration.

At 11/1/14 02:11 AM, kazumazkan wrote: I like black dynamite but too bad that turn has taken cartoon network off dish.

I'm sorry, that really sucks. At least you might get a chance of getting a small rebate on your monthly bill though; at least as long as the dispute continues. On the bright side, most of these tv disputes seem to clear up after about a month of negotiations, so you shouldn't be in for too much longer of this.

At 11/1/14 01:25 PM, TurkeyOnAStick wrote:

At 11/1/14 01:13 PM, Radaketor wrote:

At 11/1/14 01:07 PM, SentForMe wrote: I run up against the thread limit quite often.

I dunno if this is such a good idea but what if you make two discussions in one thread? At least if they have a similar subject.

Or wait another day.
Or not bother.

I mean, two of your threads yesterday were about "epic meal time" and "addons and extensions". That can wait / not worth inflicting on people.

I was thinking it might be best to put all my thread ideas in a text document and ranking them by quality. That way the next thread I post are the best ones I can think of at the time. However, some posts are time sensitive, like for breaking news like this.

At 11/1/14 11:59 AM, Cyberdevil wrote:

At 10/31/14 11:22 PM, SentForMe wrote: So, who is still interested in say a Top 50 or Top 100 Forum Poster List for 2014?

Would definitely like to see that! Not sure if I've posted that much this year, but I imagine I might be somewhere in that hundred...

You're definitely on the list. I'm still updating it and will be posting the first draft either tonight or tomorrow, but you definitely made the cut.

Here's what I have so far, if you're curious. It's an Excel file though, so you'll need some way to open it.

At 11/1/14 01:45 AM, TheAudioGuy wrote: sometimes i go to the general forum and see what you clowns say. most times i regret it.
but im watching you. be careful.

Well I'm watching you too. Don't worry though, I'm keep your secrets....maybe.

At 11/1/14 09:13 AM, SCTE3 wrote:

At 11/1/14 07:45 AM, Radaketor wrote: I rarely make threads so i don't really understand this but isn't 4 threads a bit of an overkill?
And if the limit was lifted to 5-6 threads a day i could see multiple users spamming the BBS just for the sake of it.

This, I could name a couple of example users who would pretty much abuse the newly raised thread creation limit. 4 threads a day is a limit not a quota. Instead of trying to make 4 threads a day, try to make threads that will invoke good discussion and be active in that thread as well.

But what about users who don't abuse the quota and just have a lot of ideas they want to share all the time? Well, I guess rules have to be based on doing the greatest good for the most amount of people; not catering to a few exceptions and sacrificing the whole. Still makes me sad though. I run up against the thread limit quite often.

At 11/1/14 12:35 PM, i-am-ghey wrote: Take this quiz and find out. Does it describe you well?

And here is my result.

Same result of wise. I don't place much stock in quizzes like these, but its nice to have my ego stroked every so often.

Everyone dreams, but do you ever write down your dreams after you have them?

There are thousands of resources devoted to interpreting dreams and many people keep dream journals. There is even a whole body of literature devoted to lucid dreaming, where you realize you are in a dream and then attempt to control what happens in it.

However, only a small number of people really participate for the simple reason that it still remains a massive inconvenience to consciously remember to record your dreams after you wake up.

Well, why not put a dent in that problem? If you dream and visit this site, why not record your dreams here? Then we can all help analyze and enjoy them. Win-win for everyone.

At 11/1/14 03:15 AM, BigFatKid wrote: You're Australian and you're making a topic about trick-or-treating?

Yeah, no trick-or-treating around here, but I read plenty of websites that are based in the US so I think I get the jist of it. Just curious what you Americans were up to.

Did you go out trick-or-treating this year? Brought back a lot of candy? Then post your haul of multicolored, sugar packed goodness for all to see.

Of course, you could be on the other side of the equation. Maybe you didn't get many trick-or-treaters and you have a bunch of candy left over.

Either way, post what you have and what you intend to do with it.

At 11/1/14 02:55 AM, ComicD wrote: You can change voice actors, bro.
Think more.

Read more carefully bro.

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At 11/1/14 01:33 AM, SentForMe wrote: Do you keep replacing them, change characters, or cancel the show?

At 11/1/14 01:25 AM, DalexJ1337 wrote: what i did is replace everything with ramen

At 10/21/14 11:04 PM, DalexJ1337 wrote: plz kill me. . . . . .

You might want to start writing out your will.