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Thread: The Soulja Boy Poop Out of Mouth Out - Atari Zombie Inside (or maybe not)

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    Quote Originally Posted by LeftyGuitar View Post
    Funnily enough there is some Australian to it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo_court

    "Some sources suggest that it may have been popularized during the California Gold Rush of 1849 to which many thousands of Australians flocked. In consequence of the Australian miners' presence, it may have come about as a description of the hastily carried-out proceedings used to deal with the issue of claim jumping miners"
    From same link.
    The term kangaroo court is often erroneously believed to have its origin from the courts of Australia's penal colonies.
    It's American. The origin of those who started it isn't relevant so much as miners in the US (also here and elsewhere) at that time were from all over the world. In fact most people living here at that time weren't even born here (the US obviously had earlier colonisation by westerners).
    Also, I personally dispute "many thousands of Australian miners" going to the US gold rush. Most of those would not have been Australian, but simply moved from Australia to the US as the gold rush here slowed down but in the US it was picking up.
    I live in the heart of gold rush territory in the state of Victoria and I can tell you most miners here in the mid 19th century were not Australian, they were mostly European and Chinese.
    Hell, we weren't even a federal country before 1901 anyway we were simply a bunch of separate British colonies

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    Quote Originally Posted by deadlegion View Post
    From same link.

    It's American. The origin of those who started it isn't relevant so much as miners in the US (also here and elsewhere) at that time were from all over the world. In fact most people living here at that time weren't even born here (the US obviously had earlier colonisation by westerners).
    Also, I personally dispute "many thousands of Australian miners" going to the US gold rush. Most of those would not have been Australian, but simply moved from Australia to the US as the gold rush here slowed down but in the US it was picking up.
    I live in the heart of gold rush territory in the state of Victoria and I can tell you most miners here in the mid 19th century were not Australian, they were mostly European and Chinese.
    Hell, we weren't even a federal country before 1901 anyway we were simply a bunch of separate British colonies
    Well yeah. Regarding kangaroos, damn those things can whallop with their kicks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by deadlegion View Post
    He should've been vaccinated like other tennis players
    Instead he likes to talk about detoxifying water with the mind and crap like that.
    Or skipped the matches .

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    Quote Originally Posted by deadlegion View Post
    Government stuff-up... but honestly? the guy isn't vaccinated and has some odd ideas anyway.
    He also lied about travelling to another country before coming here, then tried to blame the lie on someone else.
    His government, parents etc claim he has been mentally abused (he was briefly detained in a hotel) and there are also claims that the Government here is racist towards Serbs now

    As I said, Government stuff-up. The whole thing has been blown out of proportion anyway imo... this is just sport.
    Yeah, I totally agree. He's been a dick. As well as people who think he's not the one to blame.

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    It's a good thing I think most new games suck .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slacker Magician View Post
    I've got a Blackmagic RX580, but pretty sure it will only work with Macs (I spent some time the other week checking, apparently it can be made to work with bootcamp).
    I don't have any hardware I can use it with atm
    It does have a nice looking case though

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    And I've got a 2GB HD 7450 here
    Nearly forgot about that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by deadlegion View Post
    I've got a Blackmagic RX580, but pretty sure it will only work with Macs (I spent some time the other week checking, apparently it can be made to work with bootcamp).
    I don't have any hardware I can use it with atm
    It does have a nice looking case though
    Apple quality .

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    I'm rearranging my desk for the first time in I don't know how many years. Dust everywhere !

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    Dad ran out of books to read recently so I went through some of my stuff to lend him some. Dust everywhere

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    Quote Originally Posted by deadlegion View Post
    Dad ran out of books to read recently so I went through some of my stuff to lend him some. Dust everywhere
    Dusting bookshelves is time consuming . I dust books when I grab them to read .

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    I need to do some dusting, just haven't gotten around to deep cleaning.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zaladane View Post
    Seeing people selling their huge collections makes me kinda sad. I mean, you used to care about it and now you're just giving it away. But I guess people can do this with other people, let alone mere things.

    Unless it's a reseller and the prices are crazy.
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