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Vote for Vienna's mayor! Because I can't!

Started by Syt, September 05, 2015, 04:31:05 AM

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Who shall govern Vienna for the next years?

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Syt

#45
September 15, 2015, 02:09:21 PM
The Greens were criticized by the Advertising Watchgroup Graz which brings attention to sexism in advertising (normally its Vienna counterpart would handle complaints, but as they're publically funded, Graz took over to avoid conflict of interest):



The slogan is a play on "I'm open for anything" Open = offen; Öffi is short for public transport.

The Watchgroup says, "The arrangement of the smiling man with the slogan suggests that he's open for sexual adventures and therefore sexualizes the man. This is increased by showing lipstick marks all over his face."
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

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garbon

#46
September 15, 2015, 02:14:13 PM
Good, men are sexual.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Valmy

#47
September 15, 2015, 02:27:58 PM
When you said "offen", did you mean "offen" – a person who has lost his parents, or "offen", frequently?
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Syt

#48
September 15, 2015, 02:31:43 PM
Quote from: Valmy on September 15, 2015, 02:27:58 PM
When you said "offen", did you mean "offen" – a person who has lost his parents, or "offen", frequently?
:rolleyes:
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Valmy

#49
September 15, 2015, 02:32:16 PM
Quote from: Syt on September 15, 2015, 02:31:43 PM
Quote from: Valmy on September 15, 2015, 02:27:58 PM
When you said "offen", did you mean "offen" – a person who has lost his parents, or "offen", frequently?
:rolleyes:

What? You hate Gilbert and Sullivan references?
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Barrister

#50
September 15, 2015, 02:49:40 PM
Quote from: Valmy on September 15, 2015, 02:32:16 PM
Quote from: Syt on September 15, 2015, 02:31:43 PM
Quote from: Valmy on September 15, 2015, 02:27:58 PM
When you said "offen", did you mean "offen" – a person who has lost his parents, or "offen", frequently?
:rolleyes:

What? You hate Gilbert and Sullivan references?

With a passion. :ultra:
Posts here are my own private opinions.  I do not speak for my employer.

Syt

#51
September 15, 2015, 02:57:53 PM
At least it's not a Gilbert Gottfried reference.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Valmy

#52
September 15, 2015, 03:00:56 PM
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Syt

#53
September 29, 2015, 02:39:40 AM
FPÖ's Strache said in a TV interview after the elections in Upper Austria, "that it has become clear that we can become the strongest political force there [Vienna] for the first time in 70 years."

While I guess what he meant was to say that they have a chance to break the SPÖ rule of the city for the first time in 70 years, some commentators ask if he sees the FPÖ as successor of the Nazi party ...
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Syt

#54
September 29, 2015, 03:39:49 AM
So here are the candidates for being mayor of my district:


Gabriele Zahrer, SPÖ (Social Democrats)


Maximilian Krauss, FPÖ. He said "Vienna must not become Chicago" in reference to the crime rates, and obviously refers to prohibition time Chicago. Funny thing about the FPÖ is how they stress "massively rising crime" - Vienna is one of the safest cities of its size, but the subjective security feeling for many people is lower. He also called the mayor of Vienna "Türkenbürgermeister," and apologized for it later on.


Veronika Mickel-Göttfert, ÖVP (conservatives). The incumbent, and from what I can see doing a pretty decent job of taking all views into account and connecting to the people in the district (easy when you're in the smallest district, population-wise; we have about 20k people, the largest has almost 10 times as many).


Alexander Spitzendorfer, Greens.


Yannick Shetty, NEOS (free market libertarians).


Gabriele Diner (right), Wir Wollen Wahlfreiheit (a list created exclusively to force a referendum on the 2018 smoking ban in restaurants, bars, cafés).


Herbert Fuxbauer, Wien Andas (coalition of Pirate Party, communists, "Real Greens," independents)


Heribert Rahdjiean, ECHT. Wasn't member of the Greens but was on their list in 2005 was district mayor 2005-2010. Generally aimed at sustainability, pro small businesses, and increasing quality of life in the district (the 8th was rated district with highest QoL in Austria in a magazine's study last year).
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Admiral Yi

#55
September 29, 2015, 02:08:32 PM
Max looks like he might have been touched with the tar brush himself.

The Brain

#56
September 29, 2015, 03:32:47 PM
Chicago style "pizza" sucks.
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Ideologue

#57
September 29, 2015, 04:06:35 PM
Regional pizzas should be abolished, along with regions that have any skyscrapers.
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garbon

#58
September 29, 2015, 04:42:39 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on September 29, 2015, 04:06:35 PM
Regional pizzas should be abolished, along with regions that have any skyscrapers.

Oh god, you're adopting a new mania?
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Ideologue

#59
September 29, 2015, 05:38:41 PM
I feel like I've mentioned my animus against cities before. :unsure:
Kinemalogue
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