The
genesis of this post comes from a typo and suspected typo. I will start with
the suspected typo.
genesis of this post comes from a typo and suspected typo. I will start with
the suspected typo.
Last
week I read a press
release announcing the BBC was remaking Blake’s Seven. The press release says:
“Joe Pokaski and Martin Campbell have worked tirelessly with the Georgeville TV
team to create an amazeballs reboot
of this classic space opera…” Amazeballs? WTF? I was debating whether
this was a typo or some new term used in the media when Adrian Bedford, a man
more up to date with language than I am, told me that it was a new term used on
the internet to express excitement and enthusiasm. I had never heard it before,
but that very night I heard it used in a television commercial. So I had to
look it up.
week I read a press
release announcing the BBC was remaking Blake’s Seven. The press release says:
“Joe Pokaski and Martin Campbell have worked tirelessly with the Georgeville TV
team to create an amazeballs reboot
of this classic space opera…” Amazeballs? WTF? I was debating whether
this was a typo or some new term used in the media when Adrian Bedford, a man
more up to date with language than I am, told me that it was a new term used on
the internet to express excitement and enthusiasm. I had never heard it before,
but that very night I heard it used in a television commercial. So I had to
look it up.
According
to the Urban Dictionary, amazeballs “is some annoying term Perez
Hilton keeps trying to make happen, by saying it repeatedly, even though it
makes no sense, and getting twitter followers to try and make it a trending
topic, to make himself more famous for no reason.” It goes on to say “The fact
that someone like Perez Hilton can make six figures by being an annoying
douchebag is amazeballs.”
to the Urban Dictionary, amazeballs “is some annoying term Perez
Hilton keeps trying to make happen, by saying it repeatedly, even though it
makes no sense, and getting twitter followers to try and make it a trending
topic, to make himself more famous for no reason.” It goes on to say “The fact
that someone like Perez Hilton can make six figures by being an annoying
douchebag is amazeballs.”
But
that is not quite true, according to Slate,
the originator of the term appears to be fashion blogger Elizabeth
Spiridakis. Who would want to claim credit for such a grating nonsensical
term? And who would want to use it? In my opinion anyone who uses it is just a
ewebumsucker. Pronounced u-bum-sucker. Think sheep and brain nosing. Feel free
to spread the term.
that is not quite true, according to Slate,
the originator of the term appears to be fashion blogger Elizabeth
Spiridakis. Who would want to claim credit for such a grating nonsensical
term? And who would want to use it? In my opinion anyone who uses it is just a
ewebumsucker. Pronounced u-bum-sucker. Think sheep and brain nosing. Feel free
to spread the term.
Now
we get to the typo. In a status update in Facebook last week when referring to
Gina Rinehart, I misspelt her surname Rinehardt. A typo? Or had I
subconsciously equated her with one of the main vampires called Rinehardt in
Justin Cronin’s novel, The Twelve?
we get to the typo. In a status update in Facebook last week when referring to
Gina Rinehart, I misspelt her surname Rinehardt. A typo? Or had I
subconsciously equated her with one of the main vampires called Rinehardt in
Justin Cronin’s novel, The Twelve?
This
typo alerted me to the fact that The
Twelve could be seen as a parable for the Australian mining industry. In The Twelve, the lead vampires have
bitten and turned millions of followers, a bit like our mining magnates who
have bitten all those mining workers with the greed to dig up all of the ore
until there is no more.
typo alerted me to the fact that The
Twelve could be seen as a parable for the Australian mining industry. In The Twelve, the lead vampires have
bitten and turned millions of followers, a bit like our mining magnates who
have bitten all those mining workers with the greed to dig up all of the ore
until there is no more.
The
lead vampires and their followers (nicknamed dopeys) kill nearly all of the
humans in North America. That means the vampires nearly run out of their much
needed resource, blood. The twelve lead vampires then desert their followers,
who are left to wonder thirsty and aimless until they mass suicide.
lead vampires and their followers (nicknamed dopeys) kill nearly all of the
humans in North America. That means the vampires nearly run out of their much
needed resource, blood. The twelve lead vampires then desert their followers,
who are left to wonder thirsty and aimless until they mass suicide.
So
what will happen in Australia when the ore runs out and there is nothing left
to mine, or if the world actually does something about global warming and no
longer wants our coal? I keep on wondering who will buy those million dollar
homes in Perth when there are no more mine workers.
what will happen in Australia when the ore runs out and there is nothing left
to mine, or if the world actually does something about global warming and no
longer wants our coal? I keep on wondering who will buy those million dollar
homes in Perth when there are no more mine workers.
So,
are mine workers and the majority of the Australian public, Rinehardt’s
amazeball ewebumsuckers?
are mine workers and the majority of the Australian public, Rinehardt’s
amazeball ewebumsuckers?
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Haha yes I think I've heard that expression somewhere – ridiculous. Just as bad as people who used random or gay incorrectly. I like yours better.
As for the rest, hilarious Graham! Those mining magnates with their finger in every pie – let's shorten it and call them ball suckers! They only care about their own brief existence in comfort and screw what happens in the future.
It's just pure insanity that we have a massive natural resource, not capitalised on, the sun – while digging ancient shit out of the ground that will run out. Don;t tell me all those billions they spend on pulling that muck out of the earth, and probably destabilising it can't be redirected to properly garner some of the sun's energy. What about special solar satellites?
Saw a doco on sunsport recently – amazing how much energy pours out of that thing, and we do nothing with it. Or should I saw amazeballs. Can't see it catching on.
What a dumb ass species. The sheep analogy is a good one, with Rineheart the prize ewe.