About as accurate as wearing a bow tie thinking that it gives him a personality.
Donât diss the Hiphopopotamus!
Staying on Lake Macquarie. A couple of hours north of Sydney.
Bloody gorgeous now itâs stopped raining.
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thatâs a gorgeous part of the coast that we didnât have time to explore. our first stops out of Sydney was Shoal Bay just up the coast from you above Newcastle. the beaches there are something special.
A place we know well. Terrible tragedy 
Hope you folks are OK 
We have friends who use that mall regularly, seems theyâre all ok. Brings home how vulnerable we all are to such random acts of violence.
Who the fuck stabs a baby?
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Similar happened here only a few months ago,young kids(5 yr olds) attacked coming out of school in the centre of Dublin city.The offender,i think,has some serious mental health issues.
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Used that a lot when I was there as i was staying at Bondi Beach, so passed through the junction most days. Sad news
A psychotic baby killer? Just imagine if he had semi automatic weapons instead of a knife.
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But apparently in âsomeâ countries noy being able to own said semi automatic weapons is a breach of their civil rights 
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Good news!
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Lest we forget
ANZAC day todayâŚ
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Glorious!
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For those of you who remember the âsucculent chinese mealâ; and for those of you who donât you should watch the embedded video too.
Sounds like the price of french chateauâs is getting out of hand - they are now more expensive than a 3bedder in the worst part of Sydney. Chateau bubble!
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Australian Olympics breakdancerâs routine compared to âyour aunty on the mojitosâ
Australian breakdancer Rachael Gunn, also known as Raygun, has clapped back at critics who mocked her performance at Olympics 2024 - saying she wanted to show her creativity through her routine
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As this girl is going to become even more famous than her dancing skills back home, stumbled, or should that be, âhead spinningâ earlier, found this article that explains stuff a bit more :0)
Australian breakdancing academic accused of damaging the sport with âinclusiveâ kangaroo routine
Raygun jumped around on stage like a kangaroo, causing her performance to go viral on social media
Never before has breakdancing featured at an Olympic Games.
Proponents of the sport hoped its inclusion this year in Paris would inspire a new generation of breakdancing girls and boys, known as B-girls and B-boys in the hip-hop culture.
It was the chance of a lifetime for Dr Rachael Gunn, a 36-year-old academic, who has spent the past decade studying breaking at Macquarie University in Sydney.
But critics are now saying the sport could be set back years in the wake of her performance, which has sparked widespread mockery.
Alongside 16 other competitors, Dr Gunn, who uses the name Raygun while performing, entered the arena in her Team Australia outfit and produced the stand-out performance of the event.
Unfortunately, her innovative moves did not result in an Olympic medal.
Australiaâs top-ranked breakdancer failed to score a point, losing each of her three round-robin bouts by two rounds to zero.
An observer on social media said sections of the routine looked like âsomeone trying to take the duvet off when they are too hot at nightâ :0))
In the hours after breakingâs introduction to the worldâs biggest sporting competition, clips of Raygunâs performance began to go viral on social media.
They showed her jumping around on stage imitating a kangaroo, rolling around on the floor and spinning on her head.
At one point she appeared to squirm around on the floor while attempting to touch her toes.
The comments, the memes, the comparisons, and the ensuing backlash were almost universally critical.
One person compared her performance to âWhat my nephew does after telling us all to watch thisâ.
Another said sections of her routine looked like âsomeone trying to take the duvet off when they are too hot at nightâ.
One of the more critical commentators wrote that Dr Gunn had âset breaking back 40 yearsâ.
Breaking was first created by African-American and Latino teenagers in the Bronx borough of New York City in the 1970s when hip-hop culture was also first emerging and Dr Gunn has spent years studying its history.
Following the backlash, papers and articles Dr Gunn had written prior to the Games quickly resurfaced, discussing how the dance culture could be opened up to those from other backgrounds.
In a third person co-authored article published on the Hip Hop and Dance Almanac blog, Dr Gunn wrote that she wanted to make a point of distinguishing âbreakingâ from traditional hip-hop dancing.
She did this, she argued, to âavoid any possibility that people might consider she - a white Australian academic - speaks for or represents hip-hop culture in any wayâ.
She said that breaking was only âa part of her lifeâ and she hoped that by acknowledging that, she was not seen as âthe gatekeeper of hip hopâ.
Dr Gunn also argued that the âmeritocracyâ inherent in the male-dominated culture of breaking was exclusionary and people of all abilities should be welcomed.
She has previously spoken of her research into the âcultural politics of breakingâ that explores gender, race, and the politics around identity and representation and how âall-styleâ dance battles can increase âinclusivityâ on the dance floor.
Following Fridayâs performance, however, critics have said that if you ask someone what they know about breaking now, Raygun, despite her desire not to be seen as the âgatekeeperâ of the sport, may be the first name that comes to mind.
Jay Caspian Kang, a podcaster and New York Times writer, commented: âShe says she isnât living hip hop but [is] doing it part time because sheâs Australian and white etc. and that her dance reflects all that⌠And she is doing her own bad moves as a way to show that bad dancing is also valid because the meritocracy is exclusionary.â
Kang said that ultimately it seemed that what Dr Gunn had ended up doing was producing a piece of âperformance artâ that was âwildly disrespectful to the traditionâ and put her at the centre of the sport.
Australia defended the athlete, saying; âShe has represented the Olympic team, the Olympic spirit with great enthusiasmâ
Dr Gunn has published a number of academic papers on the culture of breaking and in an interview with Macquarie University before she travelled to Paris, she said: âMy current practice-based research is an extension of my previous work⌠but it is taking it to the high-stakes environment of the Olympics.â
In another she acknowledged she had always been as much a fan as a participant in the sport.
In a first person piece in the Economist, she said: âBreaking is highly accessible, making it particularly attractive to those often excluded from traditional sports and the institutions that support them, either because they donât fit or canât afford club fees, uniforms or equipment.â
Speaking after the competition, Dr Gunn said she knew she couldnât compete with the other athletesâ tricks and spins and strength moves, so she had tried to be more creative.
In a post on Instagram following the backlash, she wrote: âDonât be afraid to be different. Go out there and represent yourself, you never know where thatâs going to take youâ.
Anna Meares, Australiaâs Chef de Mission at the Games, defended the athlete and said: âRaygun is an absolutely loved member of this Olympic team. She has represented the Olympic team, the Olympic spirit with great enthusiasm.â
The World Dance Sport Federation has not responded to a request for comment.
Breaking will not feature at Los Angeles 2028.
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