Ilandar
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- Comment on Wild kangaroo harvests are labelled ‘needlessly cruel’ by US lawmakers – but backed by Australian conservationists 1 day ago:
I’m not sure what’s more amusing out of the American hypocrisy or all these football boot manufacturers pretending they are ethical for returning to cow leather.
- Comment on I'm not sure what's worse, driving on the road to work assuming that you're surrounded by idiots, or knowing about it. 3 days ago:
SAPOL introduced something similar last year, specifically to target people who use their phones while driving. They issued 64,454 letters in the first three months lol
- Comment on Australians will soon need their age checked to log into online search tools – here’s why 3 days ago:
Most people a) have a Google and/or Microsoft account b) use Google or Bing to search the web and c) don’t clear their cookies at the end of a session. So by default, most would be signed into their search engine (though perhaps without even knowing).
Some search engines like Kagi also require their users to login (because it is a paid service).
- Comment on Woolworths payment change as popular system [Scan&Go] gets axed: 'Devastated' 5 days ago:
Yeah it was reasonable with a larger shop, though it was an absolute pain having to wait for someone to check and scan 4 items (happened numerous times to me, including during peak hours where there was no staff member instantly available so we had to stand around waiting). My biggest problem was just that it wasn’t compatible with gift cards. As soon as I switched to those, I Scan&Go became about spending more to save a small amount of time and that wasn’t worth it to me. It was the equivalent of paying an $8 - $12 fee to use Scan&Go on a big shop.
- Comment on Woolworths payment change as popular system [Scan&Go] gets axed: 'Devastated' 5 days ago:
Also, semi-related, the Everyday Rewards membership no longer grants a monthly 10% discount at BIG W.
- Comment on Woolworths payment change as popular system [Scan&Go] gets axed: 'Devastated' 5 days ago:
Same in Adelaide, almost all self checkouts now.
- Comment on Woolworths payment change as popular system [Scan&Go] gets axed: 'Devastated' 5 days ago:
Aldi has almost fully converted to self checkout, in Adelaide. Not sure what it’s like in other cities but maybe worth checking again if you haven’t been for a while.
- Comment on Woolworths payment change as popular system [Scan&Go] gets axed: 'Devastated' 5 days ago:
No one ever used this in my area. I never saw anyone at the gate, and on the few occasions I used it myself it always said “1 shopper in store” (me). I haven’t used Scan&Go for quite some time because I have been paying with discounted gift cards for several years now to save as much as I can.
However, Scan&Go did have one genuinely good use case that cannot be replicated with the trolleys and that was allowing you to grab your one or two items during peak hour (maybe a drink or snacks) and skip all the queues in store. It was super fast, but having to rely on the trolleys will slow that down and make it far more cumbersome.
- Comment on Australian influencers warned after several accounts inadvertently promote illegal offshore bookmakers 6 days ago:
Why warned? Throw the book at them (pun intended)!
- Comment on I worked at an escort agency. This is how it changed my attitude to sex 1 week ago:
Because it shattered something I’d long believed: that only certain people get to be sexual. That desire is reserved for the abled, the attractive, the young. That illness cancels it out.
Seems like a very strange belief to have held in the first place (with respect to prostitution), even with her medical condition. It’s quite obvious that if you open up sex and intimacy to anyone who can pay for it, there will be zero restrictions on the type of clientele. That’s the entire point of the service.
- Comment on Cockie nibbling on a cashew 1 week ago:
Looks more like it’s talking to the pet
cashewbunny rabbit. - Comment on It is what it is 1 week ago:
I spell it all the time even using no fingers at all!
- Comment on Tranquillity 1 week ago:
It’s a lovely spot, thanks for sharing!
- Comment on I disappeared off TV screens seeking a different life. Here's what I found 1 week ago:
I think the fact that you’re actually capable of introspection and working out why you feel these things means you’ll be alright. Particularly that point about the communal benefits of organised religion - few atheists are willing to acknowledge that and so they never identify it as something missing and don’t replace it with a non-religious alternative.
- Comment on Tranquillity 1 week ago:
Where is this?
- Comment on Australia risks losing ‘war on nicotine’ in same way as war on drugs as illegal tobacco sales explode 1 week ago:
I suspect the high tax no longer has much of a harm reduction/uptake suppression utility, and that the Aus government secretly knows this, but they are hopelessly addicted to the revenue so will enact overbearing new laws to protect the income stream.
Well that depends…at what point is the revenue stream under threat because of the significant price disparity? My understanding is that it has dropped significantly, which one would imagine is a cause for concern if revenue is a key consideration.
- Comment on Australia risks losing ‘war on nicotine’ in same way as war on drugs as illegal tobacco sales explode 1 week ago:
I would love a politician to try explain why they were so committed to killing vaping
I imagine at least one of the arguments would be that vaping was marketed in a way that appealed to younger children and teenagers.
- Comment on Apple to Australians: You’re Too Stupid to Choose Your Own Apps 2 weeks ago:
Apple is probably right but it’s not a valid excuse to lock down the entire system.
- Comment on Australia's sunscreen showdown — and why SPF might be misunderstood 2 weeks ago:
I wouldn’t be surprised if Choice fucked this test up The wide range of results from the Cancer Council products was very strange.
- Comment on Australian denied entry to US after being grilled about Israel-Gaza views 2 weeks ago:
to visit friends
- Comment on Australia condemns LA Police for rubber bullets after quietly arming our own 2 weeks ago:
Only because he forfeited it.
- Comment on Australia condemns LA Police for rubber bullets after quietly arming our own 2 weeks ago:
No.
- Comment on Could this be the death of Australia's nightmarish welfare system? 3 weeks ago:
What I recall being ridiculous was the wait on Centrelink applications. (It’s been a number of years since being off Centrelink so don’t haven’t paid attention recently)
Waiting 3 months was an option for me, but Christ, I can’t imagine how shit that must be who need immediate stability.
It is much faster now. The wait times are down, but the actual claim process has also been streamlined. They’ve been instructed to wave more stuff through to keep the system moving and perform less checks on information that is likely to be correct anyway. For example, where you might have needed to provide bank statements previously to prove your updated account figures were accurate, now they just take your word that the information you’ve provided is correct.
- Comment on Been a good couple of years 3 weeks ago:
I can’t keep up with all the various instance wars/feuds but they are amusing nonetheless.
- Comment on Been a good couple of years 3 weeks ago:
and accusations of everyone being a communist / not communist / slightly communist / whatever else seems to get thrown around on Lemmy.
So true lol
- Comment on The communist Albanese government is introducing a new superannuation tax 3 weeks ago:
Maobanese.
- Comment on Luv Me Chips, 'ate Seagulls... 3 weeks ago:
He got assaulted
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- Comment on Luv Me Chips, 'ate Seagulls... 3 weeks ago:
They’re also a “menace” because many people actively feed them. It’s the same as ducks following people around expecting bread.
- Comment on Could this be the death of Australia's nightmarish welfare system? 3 weeks ago:
The online self-management and points system is waaaaaay better than the forced meetings and obligations with private providers and Labor did streamline the claims system a lot too. So maybe there is potential for further improvement, though I don’t want to get my hopes up. Like a lot of other areas, my trust in Labor to actually take some political risks to conduct serious reform is very low.
- Comment on Conceived in secrecy and born in haste, Aukus (submarine deal) is on its last legs. 3 weeks ago:
Even prior to that Pillar 1 seemed like a horrific deal for Australia. The serious question marks over whether the submarines would ever actually be delivered, let alone on time, existed all through the Biden administration too.