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#2074821 17-Aug-2018 12:46

Wheelbarrow01:

But I LOVE posting thought provoking comments.....

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Last time I was in Chch, I could see a good many things needing $900,000 spending on them. Lighting a garden was not one of them though!

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#2074825 17-Aug-2018 12:50

Geektastic:

Wheelbarrow01:

But I LOVE posting thought provoking comments.....

Last time I was in Chch, I could see a good many things needing $900,000 spending on them. Lighting a garden was not one of them though!

Especially a garden whose gates are locked during the hours of darkness, with no plans to change that arrangement, but I am sure they will look magnificent from the road when driving to or from the hospital late at night....

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#2074882 17-Aug-2018 14:26

Any story about the NZ military on Stuff is a troll's dream. There are so many deadly serious people who are afflicted with a sense of humour deficiency.

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#2074931 17-Aug-2018 16:45

amiga500:

Any story about the NZ military on Stuff is a troll's dream. There are so many deadly serious people who are afflicted with a sense of humour deficiency.

True - people that seem obsessed with military hardware etc. If someone says the NZ Army can take out a Killtron MkIV at 20 miles, expect a lecture on how the Fumblefud projectiles NZ bought for the Fuzzifux launcher will be accurate up to 10 miles, but maximum range ever recorded was 19 miles 104 yards with an 8 knot tailwind at sea level.

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#2074941 17-Aug-2018 17:02

Fred99:

amiga500:

Any story about the NZ military on Stuff is a troll's dream. There are so many deadly serious people who are afflicted with a sense of humour deficiency.

True - people that seem obsessed with military hardware etc. If someone says the NZ Army can take out a Killtron MkIV at 20 miles, expect a lecture on how the Fumblefud projectiles NZ bought for the Fuzzifux launcher will be accurate up to 10 miles, but maximum range ever recorded was 19 miles 104 yards with an 8 knot tailwind at sea level.

Exactly, perfect example!!

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#2075120 18-Aug-2018 08:20

I posted a comment that I thought was completely innocent but for some strange reason it didn't get posted. Yet I see some really nasty comments there too. The place seems to be run by huge fans of the National Party - anything positive about Labour/Greens gets downvoted into the night.

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#2075244 18-Aug-2018 11:15

5.) What is the point in making a long & thoughtful comment if it does not get published? This leads to people making brief comments of only one or two sentences.

The only time I read comments on Stuff is when I'm bored and want to see how stupid some people can be. The only thing I find Stuff useful for is the daily quiz.

gehenna: Why would anyone want to associate themselves with the sort of people that post comments on Stuff?

You'll have to ask sbiddle - as an avid Stuff fan, he's the SME for anything to do with them!!

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#2075254 18-Aug-2018 11:51

Dratsab: The only time I read comments on Stuff is when I'm bored and want to see how stupid some people can be. The only thing I find Stuff useful for is the daily quiz.

Except when the quiz answers are wrong!

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#2075260 18-Aug-2018 12:08

quickymart:

I posted a comment that I thought was completely innocent but for some strange reason it didn't get posted. Yet I see some really nasty comments there too. The place seems to be run by huge fans of the National Party - anything positive about Labour/Greens gets downvoted into the night.

I think it is quite the opposite.

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#2075267 18-Aug-2018 12:46

To be fair the Stuff moderators prob. get swamped with comments on some days & just allow a few comments and then close the story to comments, or allow almost anything due to being short of time to read them.

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#2075342 18-Aug-2018 15:40

Over recent weeks I've become a reader of Stuff comments on the articles regarding the new Wellington bus "service" (yes, I know - promise I'll get treatment) and have formed the opinion that the general population (well Stuff readers - who are probably a subset) have no idea of how local authorities are set up in NZ and cannot distinguish between Regional Councils and City Councils. I have no idea how they manage to cast a vote at election time...

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#2075481 18-Aug-2018 18:27

If there are any intelligent alien races out there that are tuned into the likes of Stuff comments, no frigging wonder they avoid visiting this planet.

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#2076343 20-Aug-2018 15:53

alasta: Except when the quiz answers are wrong!

Or when the quiz questions are wrong.

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#2076366 20-Aug-2018 16:38

andrew027:

alasta: Except when the quiz answers are wrong!

Or when the quiz questions are wrong.

That's a pretty challenging role to take on. The makeup artists also deserve praise!

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#2076376 20-Aug-2018 16:59

kryptonjohn:

I bet Ken's a great fisherman as well as comic genius, based on how well he's reeled one in there :-D

Amusingly though Ken's rationale is entirely wrong (perhaps deliberately so), he is correct. Trees do reduce temperature, and not just by creating shade.

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