AlSymerz

Envenomed

Metallica needed to change their name to something with an 'S' in is so people could really hit them hard with the sell out insults just like they did with $layer and KI$$

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Oops last word. Henry Rollins - Men Are Pigs

Even without wage rises the majority of people (in Oz at least) have still managed to afford the price increases brought in by companies over the last ten years while average wage growth has been low to stagnant. Obviously there is a point where things get too expensive and people stop spending money on those things, but over the last 50 odd years in this country the price point of everything has not reached that point. If it does we'll be screwed, but I don't see that happening, at least not to the majority of the country. We've all dealt with these classes, but it's how you deal with them that makes a difference. If someone at shops is seen wearing a Cannibal Corpse t-shirt, holey jeans with the arse hanging out, combat boots with no laces, dreadlocks, a shaggy beard and a bottle of wine in a paper bag the majority of people will judge that person by their look. If the same person is seen in a dinner jacket, trousers, a bow tie, short, brushed hair, pointy ties shoes and a swagger they are more than likely judged differently. They haven't automatically leapt class just because they have changed clothes, they probably haven't even changed attitude, but the perception of others is many an varied. If we don't on judge minor things like class, appearance and perceived value the worth of those things diminish. If we don't spend our time focusing on those things in other people we can then spend more time focusing on ourselves and making our own lives better.

Nuclear Assault - Handle With Care

It's not misleading, by the sounds of it you're assuming my comment was aimed at the life struggle of the two groups which was not my intention. People not willing to learn, or never been given the opportunity to learn about money lead to more bankruptcy, debt and loan foreclosures than those on lower incomes. People who need to account for every dollar, watch everything they spend so as to assure they still have a dollar to spend next week, in general, make less money mistakes than those who don't have to account for every dollar spent. The obsession with class is bullshit. The social class my parents grew up in had little to no bearing on the social class I am. I am what I am because I made the efforts I did at a younger age, if I moved a class I wouldn't know because I don't care enough to judge myself, or others, by class. The same goes for my kids, they create their own social class, if they want to name it or fit into some category that names them middle, low, or even high, I'll help them where I can but ultimately it's up to them, not me. The same thing goes for any other person. If it helps people to aim for these classes, then that's their choice but honestly the less focus for me meant more drive. I'm sure I could offer up my earnings, my estate and my goods and chattels for someone to put me in a class but I'm just not interested in such classifications. I guess my whole view comes from the fact that I have never cared what others earned, what they owned, what they owed. If I wanted a pay rise, when I wasn't working for myself, I hit the boss with reasons why I deserved it, if I didn't get it I reassessed whether I needed to work hard/better, or find another job. I never looked at someone else I worked along side and wondered if they made more money, or had a wage increase I didn't. If that's class moving then again I say it's down to the person, not some definition.

Mortal Sin - Mayhemic Destruction

Does one have to move up the social class? If people want to move up then there is ways and means, sometimes there is hurdles and other times there is windfalls but if one is content in the class they are in why do they need to climb? Debt is an obvious issue but debt in this country is out of control because too few people understand money. They get loans they can't service because the bank said it was okay. They buy things on credit because they want things today not when they have the money. They get overdrafts and extra loans without thoughts on how they will pay them off when interest rates increase. They get credit cards to pay off credit cards. They think pay day loans are a good option. But mostly because they haven't learnt, or wanted to lean how to manage money. People do run into bad luck, people do suffer all sorts of things that set their life back, but more people in this country struggle with the money they have than struggle with the money they don't have. Corporate loopholes should definitely be closed, but it's not as simple as willing these loopholes closed, there are ramifications that ripple down all the way to the average worker. Increasing tax on the wealthy is also not that simple, making the extremely wealthy actually pay their share of tax would be a better option. But to just pluck a figure out of the air, call that wealthy and expect those people to pay more than half of every dollar they earn in tax isn't fair, just like a basic wage is not fair to all.

TRS

Yes and the same fears were thrown about in the early 2000's when everything skyrocketed in price, yet here we are nearly 20 years on still discussing it. I'm not denying that some people will struggle, they will struggle with the entire cost of living increasing, but people also survive. In 2007 while delivering bread, at a time when things were improving generally across the country, the company I worked for increased their prices 7 times using reasons like fuel prices, drivers wages, cost of ingredients. Each time the ACCC accepted and approved of the rises and each time consumers accepted the price rises without screams of boycotting the company, or other such shit. The same company had been increasing their product prices gradually throughout every year of the 2000's but not often enough to attract the eyes of the ACCC. 15 years on and the same products are on the shelves for up to 30% more and people are still buying the shit in record numbers. Look at the shit fights in this country a few years ago with Coles and Woolies were supposedly selling milk too cheap. With their hearts in their hands the big supermarkets decided to increase the cost by 10c a litre with the promise of passing the 10c on to the farmer. Go forward 3 years everyone's forgotten about the farmers and milk has increased at minimum another 20 cents a litre with the extra being scooped up in the supermarket coffers, and no one has even raised an eye brow. The cost of living may well be increasing faster than people's wages but people have a way of adapting and the supermarkets, fuel companies, etc etc know that, in fact they rely on it. It sucks that these things happen but people will still travel the country, people will still rely on transport and people will still survive.

Mammoth Mammoth - Kreuzung

Nothing Sacred

Dungeon - Fire Of Time

Totally expected someone to jump in and say 'it's not fashion it's because....' and while I fully expect people to be able to make excuses, and might even agree with some, I still stand by my thoughts. Hating Slayer has been the fashionable thing to do nearly as long as hating Metallica for selling out.

TRS - Reset The Ratt Trap

Yeah it will be interesting to see how that plays out. There will be some suffering from high fuel prices but that alone wont stop them. Everything from fuel, to insurance, to food will start rising and then the cost of putting on gigs will be so restrictive that agents wont book some bands while other will come but demand massive pay cheques. While I do agree it will slow some down it is surprising what people will do. I've crossed the Nullarbor too many times to count, I've done Isa to Darwin, and I'd done Darwin to Perth on some of the shittiest roads you can imagine and many times I've seen fuel over $2 a litre but people are still driving around the country. 2005 was the highest I ever saw fuel with the Nullarbor peaking at around $2.25l and between Isa and the NT border pushing $2.60l. But the one thing that didn't stop was tourists and travellers. The fuel companies know this and that is why they aren't overly worried about increasing prices where ever they see fit.

Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

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Yeah it's atrocious what the horses have done to the high country. The idea that the farmers, local cattlemen and local groups didn't look after the country that was so valuable to their livelihoods and therefore it was worth kicking them out and letting the feral horses have free reign is a disgrace. Yeah things are kind of weird in the music industry here. On one side of the country everything is open and crowds are welcome to spread anything they have, while on the other side of the country we have open travel but outdoor gigs are only allowed 500 people. Right or wrong the rules are making it hard for all bands trying to get things back on track.

Haha, this thread is funny. I love all the hate for Slayer. For the last 15-20 years through just about every metal forum on the internet hating Slayer, especially newer Slayer, has been the fashionable thing to do.

Never Annoy Insane Leopards PIMP

Half your luck, we had what the media is calling our first post-covid international band playing here last weekend and it was only the Foo Fighters. I'm pretty sure we've had other bands from overseas here recently but they were not media friendly so they don't make the news. Things are picking up here and local bands are doing regional tours but international tours are still slow so I don't expect to see anyone much here, even guys like Blaze who will only play small venues.

Death - Human