#takingthepiss — Public Fediverse posts

Big Gas is literally taking the piss out of Australia.
80% of our gas gets exported, yet 56% of it attracts ZERO royalties. Multinationals have pocketed $149 billion royalty-free while we pay the price at the pump and in our bills.
The Australia Institute made a killer TV ad to call it out – but they need our help to get it on air.
Every dollar helps make the politically impossible inevitable. Wakey wakey, Australia!
#BigGas #TakingThePiss #GasRoyalties #ClimateAction #Auspol #Gas #Gastax

https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/donate-taking-the-piss

Why do we need to do this dance every fecking year...

The AA: "It's time for your renewal, everything is more expensive now, so we're going to charge you £380"

Me: "That's 5 times what Green Flag are charging."

The AA: "We can reduce it to £200."

Me: "But your website quotes £140."

The AA: "Ok, we'll reduce it to £140."

Me: "But still nowhere near your competitors' prices"

The AA: "No"

#TheAA #TakingThePiss #LoyaltyPenalty

@fixatedpersonsunit NB, the "Banksy" quote is actually adapted from "Death, Phones, Sissors" by Sean Tejaratchi published in Crap Hound in 1999:

https://web.archive.org/web/20120314093434/http://www.readingfrenzy.com/ledger/2012/03/taking_the_piss

https://gawker.com/5892332/viral-banksy-quote-on-advertising-plagiarizes-1999-zine-essay

#Banksy #SamTejaratchi #TakingThePiss #Advertising #CrapHound

Water industry. Effing scandalous we have to keep paying for their greed for the NEXT 100 years. Public ownership NOW

#fatcats #TakingThePiss #ukpolitics

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/sewage-spill-london-water-uk-bills-ofwat-environment-agency-b1081932.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1684398951-1

“Banksy on Advertising” quote that begins “People are taking the piss ...” (2012)

Often cited as "Banksy on Advertising", the passage beginning "People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small..." actually borrows heavily from a 1999 essay, "Death, Phones, Sissors" by Sean Tejaratchi published in the zine Crap Hound.

Gawker noted this in 2012 (https://gawker.com/5892332/viral-banksy-quote-on-advertising-plagiarizes-1999-zine-essay), though the passage still turns up routinely as credited to Banksy alone, as in on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/461383-people-are-taking-the-piss-out-of-you-everyday-they

https://web.archive.org/web/20120314093434/http://www.readingfrenzy.com/ledger/2012/03/taking_the_piss

#Banksy #advertising #TakingThePiss SeanTejaratchi #CrapHound