Welcome to Groupthink, a blog that has as its mission the merciless satirisation of any politician, public figure, corporation, organisation, concept or miscellaneous other that deserves it. Taking the piss is a team of ten groupthinkers from all over the Australian Internets, each member of the team being a funny bastard who can deliver a message wrapped inside a laugh.
We are not a blog that seeks to provide balanced, unbiased commentary, nor do we have an editorial “line” to which all writers must adhere; each of the Groupthinkers has their own set of opinions, beliefs and biases, and we want — nay, expect – you to disagree with them, and for the writers to disagree with each other. Quite contrary to the ironic title of the site, Groupthink is a place for discussion, debate and critical thought. Oh, and laughs.
With Groupthink we’re having a crack at building a better blog; we think it’s possible to pisstake and laughhave without abusegive and nastybe. We reckon that together with you, the readers, we can build a community that adopts all the best bits of blogs and leaves the worst bits behind. For our part we will strive to offer quality pieces of acerbic, thought-provoking satire, along with a non-abusive and welcoming discussion environment. For your part all you need to do is follow some basic commenting guidelines.
Come, join us.
Scott Bridges and Ant Rogenous
Firsts among equals

#1 by Ray Dixon on 25 October 2009 - 9:24 pm
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Well done and good luck to Groupthink. A most timely response to the ‘Blogs are burning’ theme song released earlier today. Much needed.
#2 by David on 25 October 2009 - 9:42 pm
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Good luck. Looks like it will be lots of fun.
#3 by Ant Rogenous on 25 October 2009 - 9:48 pm
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Thanks, Ray and David. Looking forward to plenty of laughs.
#4 by Andy B on 25 October 2009 - 10:27 pm
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iGrods 3.0 ?
#5 by Scott Bridges on 25 October 2009 - 10:28 pm
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A few of the parts, yes; the rest of the parts, no.
#6 by Andy B on 25 October 2009 - 10:31 pm
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Which part?
The i, the Grods or the 3.0 ?
#7 by Scott Bridges on 25 October 2009 - 10:32 pm
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The decimal point.
#8 by Tobias Ziegler on 25 October 2009 - 10:50 pm
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Nice-looking site, except for the rogues’ gallery of gravatars in these comment threads (which I’m now adding to). Looking forward to some laughs.
#9 by Campbell on 26 October 2009 - 11:30 am
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So how do I get a gig here?
#10 by Private 'Baldrick' Tom on 26 October 2009 - 12:48 pm
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How long until Ant breaks out the fleshlights?
#11 by Jason on 26 October 2009 - 4:11 pm
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If you give Campbell a jersey, I quit.
#12 by Scott Bridges on 26 October 2009 - 4:13 pm
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The day Campbell gets a gig is the day I hand in my membership of Teh Left.
#13 by Zombie Mao on 26 October 2009 - 4:14 pm
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So Grods is dead..Long live Grods!… except slightly more serious, they are all far more mature now. Really.
#14 by Scott Bridges on 26 October 2009 - 4:15 pm
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It’s amazing the growing up you can do in three months.
#15 by Ross Sharp on 26 October 2009 - 4:17 pm
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Mature?
I was conned.
#16 by Scott Bridges on 26 October 2009 - 4:18 pm
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It’s a relative concept. Relative to Grods, anything is mature.
#17 by Nick Caldwell on 26 October 2009 - 4:21 pm
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Woo! CSS3 font-face in use!
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I’ll get me coat.
#18 by Ant Rogenous on 26 October 2009 - 4:22 pm
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I just thought of the word “rigid” and started laughing. Clearly your three months of maturing has been better spent than mine, Scott.
#19 by Campbell on 26 October 2009 - 4:22 pm
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I think the header looks brilliant. I bet it wasn’t Scott who did it.
Seriously though, I dig it. Well done.
#20 by Scott Bridges on 26 October 2009 - 4:23 pm
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Could you put that one into English for me, Nick? I don’t know what it is, and I don’t know if it’s bad or good.
#21 by Nick Caldwell on 26 October 2009 - 4:37 pm
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It’s a good thing: the template you’re using supports a feature of CSS 3 called font-face, which allows web designers to specify fonts loaded on the web server and have the browser load these fonts rather than rely on what users have installed on their local computers.
Most browsers have only recently gained support for this feature; IE has had it for years but only for a smelly horrible font format that no one else uses.
There’s a whole bag of problems around legal licensing of fonts on servers though, but perhaps that’s for another comment in another universe.
#22 by Scott Bridges on 26 October 2009 - 4:38 pm
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Oh, that’s right! I remember now: I knew that, knew it was a good thing, and did it on purpose.
#23 by Scott Bridges on 26 October 2009 - 4:39 pm
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Seriously though, if I can’t work out how to piss off these websnapr previews I’m going to throw Molesworth through the Groupthink office window.
#24 by Jason on 26 October 2009 - 4:42 pm
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“QUOTE”. SCREW YOU GROUPTHINK!!1!