Matt Topic Vote
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Hey mates, what topic should I report on next?!
(The words in brackets are by the topic suggester)
A. Pixar (they almost completely deleted toy story 2 once and they had a few feuds which led to other companies like DreamWorks being made. Also steve jobs was involved and disney)
B. Mabo vs. QLD (3 June marked the end of Reconciliation week and Mabo Day. July will be the beginning of NAIDOC week. Acknowledging the struggle of the First Nations People of Australia could be a beautiful sentiment, especially atm given so much pain and unrest in the world. Plus it's a beautiful story of wrongs being righted and the determination of not just one man but entire people. )
C. Son of Sam Killer (A serial killer who claimed he was told to kill by a dog. That's been referenced in Seinfeld. What's not interesting about it?)
D. Princess Khutulan of Mongolia ended up with many horses and no husband as she'd only marry a man who could beat her in a wrestling match, if they lost they had to give her a horse. Who wouldn't want to know more!
E. The "succulent Chinese meal" man aka Cecil George Edwards, AKA Jack Karlson (It turns out, Mr. Democracy Manifest had a colorful past! Including, but not limited to: wacky escapes, prison grog, playwriting...the list goes on!)
F. Martin Luther King Jr. (Why: A complicated figure who started the civil rights movement!!! )
G. Deep throat/ Debbie does Dallas (the "golden age of pornography")
H. Mansa Musa (The Richest Person in History: Time magazine reporting "There's really no accurate way to put an accurate number on his wealth." He was well known for his Hajj to Mecca where he spent hundreds of pounds of gold. He spent so frivolously/generously that he caused mass inflation in Alexandria. He's fuckin' crazy rich! Fuckin' do a pod on him.)