Not so much a place; as more of a negative state of mind.
It is situated in the northern part of Tasmania, which is an Island on the southern part of Australia. Launceston is a complete shit hole and in light of this you should never go there. Ever. Being there for more than a few minutes generally results in the loss of the will to live.
If you do get banished to this awful place, be sure to avoid the Brisbane Street Mall at any cost. The rest of Brisbane Street to the east of the Mall is okay. You should only go to the west of side of Brisbane Street past the Mall if you want to see a film or buy KFC.
Due to the largely inbred population of Launceston, and indeed, Tasmania, nice places in Launceston are rare. One such exception is George Street, which is generally bogan-free and is filled with some of the more upper-class shops such as The Mac Shop (the closest thing Launceston has to an Apple Store). Another nice place to be is Civic Square, which has some nice grassy bits and fountains and is near a nice big clock.
Geeks often find a home within the Library or EB Games or Play By Wire or the Museum.
If you want to buy a sword to fight off the locals, you would be advised to visit Dark Ages Emporium, as they have a large range of quality swords and other weapons.
Some of Launceston's parks are quite nice, such as Princes Square, which is filled with trees, grass, seats. a fountain/pond with fish, and some lovely homeless people and junkies. Another nice park is City Park, as it has monkeys.
To cap it off Launceston is officially the boredom AND bogan capital of the world.
All in all you would be best advised never to come anywhere near Launceston. Ever.
Launceston is a hole.
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Sometimes known as Venusian Karate.
The (fictional) Martial Art practiced by the third Doctor (portrayed by John Pertwee).
The martial art itself involves pure pwnage that can be applied to any situation. It is likely based around real world Aikido along with some Karate bits thrown in for good measure.
If you've ever watched the third Doctor unleash his martial arts skills and thought "OMFG! That was AWESOME!", the art is called Venusian Aikido.
The third Doctor was a prominent user of Venusian Aikido.
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The main purpose for internet forums.
The study of discussing the meaning/interpretation of words or groups of words within a certain context; usually in order to win some form of argument.
Now come on, let's not get bogged down in semantics.
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An awful genre of music (if you can even call it music), especially popular amongst the emo community, which involves lots of angry metal and lots of screaming.
The only people who listen to screamo are goths, emos, and MySpace users. True story.
I'd sooner die than listen to screamo. Yuk.
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A derogatory term, used to describe evangelical Christain fundamentalists; usually those who express their faith through modern music or other media.
Some bloody happy clappy thinks he can wake me up before 2 in the afternoon on a Saturday to talk me about God!? I'll show him!
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The site for emos by emos.
A digital world in which tossers come together and engage in an illusion of friendship.
Any information you put on MySpace can and will be used by hackers for the purpose of digital footprinting in order to learn as much about you as possible so that they can launch a spear-phishing attack against you.
They say MySpace can do terrible things to a mind; it can wipe away your thoughts and destroy your very identity.
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