joelfromaus

@joelfromaus@aussie.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rainbolt never misses⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s weird, Australian schools didn’t teach them either… does the rest of the world exist, perhaps?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fossil Fuel Interests Ramp Up Their “Solar Makes Electricity More Expensive” Falsehood⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Green energy is somehow both way too expensive and dangerously cheap.

  That can literally be said by the same individuals in adjacent sentences depending on the narrative they’re spinning at the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The 'prenup' talk nearly cost Nick his relationship - but more people are wanting one⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m currently trying to get a divorce and settlement from my ex. She had an extramarital relationship and left me for that person. Fast forward 12 months and I receive a letter from her lawyer with a “generous offer” where I pay my ex $280,000 on top of $60,000 that she already received when we separated. Now, to be clear, that is everything I own. I would have to sell my house, my vehicles and part with almost all of my savings with exception of my superannuation and give her all of that money. Not a bad payout since she barely worked throughout those years and contributed little to the relationship.

  So I built a rebuttal, complete with documentation, and lawyered up. Since then my ex has stopped participating in the conversation which only leaves me the option of taking it to court, which could cost upwards of $70,000. So I might still lose a lot but not as much.

  If you had asked me at the start of our relationship, 10 years ago, whether something like this would happen I’d say there’s no way. The truth is you never know how someone might change over the years and whether they’ll still be the same person you fell in love with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woolworths says it will 'do more' to celebrate Australia Day⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  From memory they reduced the amount of Australia Day paraphernalia because of poor sales, supply and demand. The right started having fits because Woolies was “going woke” even though it’s capitalism doing what it does and the bigots were too busy buying their car window Australian flags off eBay.

  So hypocrites getting mad at an admittedly shitty grocery store because it looks like it was developing a sense of guilt when in reality the same mad mob wasn’t buying enough to justify stocking the Made in China Aussie day disposable shit anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The majority of drowning victims in Australia are men. There are strategies to keep everyone safe⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  *xxxx

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You can't avoid⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Show name?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨sad spinosarus⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  To shreds you say?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Haha SO TRUE!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  HAHA So True!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australia hardware chain breached privacy with facial recognition — commission report⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Drink … snag

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨frfr⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s bussin 💯💯

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨South Australia’s upper house narrowly rejects ‘Trumpian’ bill to wind back abortion care⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  …legislation that would force women seeking an abortion after 27 weeks and six days – an extremely rare occurrence – to be induced, to deliver the child alive.

  Emphasis mine.

  That’s 10 weeks early. I’m far from an expert but that’s extremely premature, right? Like, that baby is going to be in a very precarious place for a significant amount of time, yeah?

  Again, I’m far from an expert but that seems horrible for literally everyone involved, especially the child! Possibly leading to lifelong health and developmental issues.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New car buyers driven to white or grey, with bright colours rarer than ever, data shows⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One reason why I was aiming for a white car for my most recent purchase didn’t even get a mention; heat.

  My family has always primarily owned coloured cars, dark blue and maroon, but I went from owning a black car to a white one and the cabin temp difference on a 30+°C day was staggering with the white car being much more tolerable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Infinity⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s how new Lemmings are born.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starlink tells Brazil it won’t block X until government unfreezes its assets⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Musk wrote that “unless the Brazilian government returns the illegally seized property of X and SpaceX, we will seek reciprocal seizure of government assets too.”

  A totally normal, non-dystopian thing for the billionaire head of a mega-corp normal business to say.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Centipedes Don't Fuck⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Centipedussy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨High ceilings are correlated with a lower exam score⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So if you live in a miners cottage with 9ft ceilings you’re destined to fail? /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Singlehood is on the rise around the world. New evidence suggests many single people are choosing to remain single and living happy lives.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, that pretty much sums up the situation I was in while in a relationship and the situation I’m in now. Sometimes I look back on it through rose-tinted glasses before reminding myself that I’m much less stressed now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Putin arrives in North Korea for first visit in 24 years⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably even brought out the fresh toilet paper for the loo’s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop Killing Games Australian Petition - Open for Signature Until **20 May 2024**⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m doing my part 👍

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨India's Modi government operated 'nest of spies' in Australia before being disrupted by ASIO⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s even funnier when you look at the essay of an article. The bot did the equivalent of forming an opinion from the title.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The "Stop Killing Games" Australian Petition is Live⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Signed! We need reform on how aging games are handled to protect ownership of paid products and the only way publishers will do that is if they’re forced to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nerd Update 20/4/24⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Get out ‘o me swap!”

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do comments from lemmy.world users not appear until 4 days later?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  All of the lemmy.world communities I follow are showing weird imo. All the posts still appear on my feed but with a single upvote and no comments.

  It’s a bit of a shame because a lot of the more active communities I’m subscribed to are lemmy.world ones so it’s not as easy as finding alternatives.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When historians are trying to credit the invention of generative AI, they may have to hunt down that one social media post that started the "use only auto-complete to finish this sentence" trend.⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The original LLM.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨rejuvination⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Drums. Drums in the deep. They are coming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam :: Introducing Steam Families⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t forget Steam Link! It’s one of my favourite features. You’re not even really tethered to any particular device to play your games since so many devices support the app. I play games that are single-player “console” style games in my lounge room for comfort and Steam Link means I can use my very good PC instead of buying into yet another console generation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Calling things "fat" or "heavy" is fattist. We should all say "rotund" instead.⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And last night her and I were getting hot and rotund.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tipping culture npcs⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s only eating out if it’s 69%, otherwise it’s just sparkling oral.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imagine everything humans could accomplish if we were not a commerce based civilization.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No you don’t understand, this 9-to-5 job that’s slowly but surely wearing me down is just a stepping stone to my millions of $$. That’s why I keep voting for tax breaks for the rich; because I’ve just been temporarily down on my luck for 30 years. /s