I would say NZ is a pretty bang up place to live in general. People are friendly, violent crime is still front page news, we aren't run by any dominant religious group. You can go to the beach all summer even if you live in a city! We are less racist than Australia, which is a plus but also a little sad for Aus. The…

Haha well we do actually still have a big problem with child poverty, but at least we have programmes for school breakfasts and lunches now and at least they can go to hospital for free (GPs are subsidised but not free, so people often just go to ER and wait).

please can you report on this story http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/articl…

In NZ minimum wage is $14.25 which is $11.29 USD. Cost of living is a little higher, but we have free hospitals and subsidised University (~ $5000 a year for good Uni). At the bottom of the heap you pay about 20-25% tax and there are a lot of tax break schemes on top of that to help families. You are still poor on…

the problem is anyone is tied up in a tv show they always manage to get free. I felt like the hacking was authentic and was more a release from all the tension and fear they'd been subjected to while being chased by the cannibals - also whenever someone threatens Ricks children he gets damn nasty.

Exactly. When he was watching in horror as Rick and the rest smashed the cannibal collective into pulp, I just thought 'you know what, buddy, they're getting the job done'. Yes they were unnecessarily brutal, but it needed to be done.

That is actually reasonably realistic in the Upper classes in England. Remember these are people who would send children as young as 4, and commonly age 7, away to boarding school.

What. A. Douchenozzle.

go see the movie "Pride", out at the moment, for an amazing story of a gay rights group supporting the coal miners strike in Wales in 1984 under the Iron Lady. Obvs they are met with homophobia in the small mining town but they win everyone over. Includes scenes of old welsh ladies partying in an underground leather…

I think most western countries have them, by a different name. They probably weren't always called proms in Britain, in Australia they're called 'formals'. And in New Zealand they're called school balls. We have a 'ball season'. Ooooh yeah.

I feel like people dressing in sexy hazmats suits and partying down while people die for the lack of them in West Africa is something that would happen in Panem.

I hear you, but I also think that gallows humour can be hit and miss. I just think this is not really very funny, whereas I think zombie robin Williams is pretty funny and he would have loved it. Maybe it's up to personal taste.

I want to be her friend. She is a child star who's not messed up now. That's gotta take some moxie.

I'm a moderate smoker of rolly tobacco, and I don't mind the smell of smoke while smoking the cigarette, though I don't want it right in my face. But I hate it when you're stuck in a room and everyone's smoking, or smoking in cars with the windows up. I don't notice it on my clothes, though people sometimes mention it…

there's money in registering domains and user names of up n comers. Probably. There is some urban legend about a guy who had like windowsxp.com and they had to buy it off him. Probably true. They had bob.com and they traded it with him plus some cash, because he was called bob..... This is sounding less and less…

what does that mean? Like it's a euphemism for going into rehab or a mental health care place? Anyway I found this photo and I think the difference is the whole time she's been famous she's had stuff done and she's had it all taken out because look at her as a teenager! I actually posted this above but I don't know if…

Can you even still buy singles as a cd? I loved them because they were in my pocket money range at a time when CDs were still $32.95. And you got anywhere up to 4 tracks for your $5.

the most important thing I've learnt from this is that taylor swift herself has to be taylorswift13 on twitter like a 12 year old fan girl (nearly 13 omg!!!), because taylorswift was already taken.

I was half convinced it was a body double, but after seeing her high school picture, I think she looks a lot more like the top pic as a teenager than she does the actress I have a picture of in my head from Bridget Jones and Chicago.

I'm with you 100% but I think she is sipping a cocktail on a small Greek Island, she's fed up with Hollywood and is paying a lady to do her busy work.