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• eureka@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  afaik, ‘cooker’ has risen as a slang term for the wackier conspiracy theorists:

  From Wiktionary:

  5. (slang, Australia) A person who makes or uses illicit drugs, especially methamphetamine or cannabis.

  7. (slang, derogatory, Australia) A person who is cooked in the head; a crazy person.
  8. (slang, derogatory, Australia) A conspiracy theorist, especially one who is involved in politics.

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  • guillem@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh okay, I think I have in mind some politicians that fit into the description. Thanks!

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Cooker definition

  So yeah. There can be independent parties with uh… fringe beliefs that you may not align with. So it’s good to do research on each party or candidate

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  • TassieTosser@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Indies? I define “cooker” as the LNP and everyone to the right of them.

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sorry I don’t explain it well. It’s usually been the fringe parties that were most obvious but you do have a point

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  • guillem@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I cannot vote but as a recent arrival I’m in the process of getting the picture.

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• vividspecter@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  eureka explained it well, but my slighter broader definition is:

  • Anti-vaxxer and other single-issue conspiracy parties
  • Religious right parties
  • Nazis

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