joelfromaus
@joelfromaus@aussie.zone
- Comment on ‘The whole family is destroyed’: Australia’s inheritance disputes aren’t just increasing – they’re becoming messier 22 hours ago:
I have one sibling and as far as she’s concerned the world owes her. “Owes her what?” You may ask? Everything. I’m not looking forward to the inheritance dispute that’s inevitable when my parents pass.
- Comment on 'It was agony': Grandparents injured in Sydney anti-Herzog protest 1 week ago:
I can’t remember who said it, because ABC radio had a bit of a revolving door of right-wing/Jewish representatives on this morning. When asked about police brutality against protesters the response was along the lines of “police took action against violent protestors” (and I’m super paraphrasing here because I can’t remember the wording) “and calling for the death of all Jews”.
I’m sure not everyone was peaceful but the 2 videos I’ve seen so far were essentially people protesting by just standing around and then having the shit kicked out of them by police. Hell of a stretch to reach the previous statement with the same person blanketing all injured protesters as “radicals” and “violent left” etc.
Feels like more and more of the narrative twisting that has become an ever increasing problem worldwide these days.
- Comment on Not delivering any Aukus nuclear submarines to Australia explored as option in US congressional report 1 week ago:
Shame we didn’t go with someone reliable, like France.
- Comment on Report: Feels Like We Should Be Making A Bigger Deal About Someone Throwing A Homemade Explosive Device Full Of Ball Bearings At Aboriginal People On January 26th 2 weeks ago:
Damn it, you’re right! Edited my comment.
- Comment on Report: Feels Like We Should Be Making A Bigger Deal About Someone Throwing A Homemade Explosive Device Full Of Ball Bearings At Aboriginal People On January 26th 2 weeks ago:
The day after it happened I was speaking to my parents (conservative, right wing) and the Channel 10 news kept repeating the flag burning footage from Australia Day paired with Sarah Hanson and co. saying it should be illegal.
Of course my parents kept repeating what they were saying on TV, fawning over SH’s views and how she should be leading the country. Meanwhile, an attempted bombing happened. Not a fucking peep. Not even on the little bit of ABC radio that I listen to.
Incredible that these “save our country” types are more interested in the rights of a piece of cloth than people’s rights or safety.
- Comment on Scott Morrison accused of ‘deeply ill-informed’ attack on religious freedom after Islam speech 2 weeks ago:
Checks net worth. No.
- Comment on Australia Post rival shuts operations without warning 4 weeks ago:
Remember how mad the Libs wanted everyone to be when AusPost C-suite got luxury watches as gifts? They wanted to burn the whole of AusPost to the ground over it and yet (from memory) AusPost is actually quite profitable and those executives are relatively low-paid for their positions.
I guess my point is; even though C-suite usually suck, AusPost even manages to do that right. It’s a very well run public service. And the Libs still want to destroy it.
- Comment on ‘A nation of rich cowards’: Australia needs its dreamers but the arts are underfunded, undervalued and despised 5 weeks ago:
And I think there’s a lovely portrait of her out there somewhere.
- Comment on Man charged after allegedly firebombing rabbi’s car with Hanukah decorations in Melbourne driveway 5 weeks ago:
“I’m innocent of this arson,” he said over the video link during his court appearance.
The fact that he narrowed it down to this arson is pretty funny to me. Does sound like less of a targeted attack and more of general rampage since he committed a number of crimes aside from this.
- Comment on Breaking: NSW Police responding to reports of shooter at Bondi Beach 2 months ago:
One of the perpetrators had 6 registered firearms. A frankly ridiculous amount for one person to have. Further proof that access to deadly weapons is… oh, I don’t know, maybe just possibly a bad thing that should be tightly regulated.
- Comment on Nerd update 2025 2 months ago:
Donated. Appreciate the great work!
- Comment on Outage Sunday Oct 26 3 months ago:
Cheers for all your work with the server!
- Comment on REMINDER: Check your NBN speeds after the weekend upgrade 5 months ago:
Something I’ve been wondering, since the area I’m in isn’t due for FTTP until at least next year, does FTTN see the connection go unshaped to whatever the line can handle? Or does it just stay at the old speeds.
I’m specifically thinking of uploads. Long story short; I went from 100/40 to 100/20 and while it’s not a big issue it has affected some of my home server stuff. If it went to 100/100 or something I’d be happy as a clam but I’m betting it’s the case where it’ll stay as 100/20.
- Comment on Australia to spend $1.1 billion on Anduril undersea drone fleet 5 months ago:
I’m not sure if it holds true in this circumstance but the amount of time it’s the evilest/shadiest shit they take the name from.
“Here’s my weapons company; Evil Terrible Stuff Co. Pty. Ltd. No, we’re not the bad guys! Promise!”
It’d be like the CEO position being Morgoth. Not sus at all…
- Comment on Traffic pollution contributes to more than 1,800 premature deaths per year, study estimates 5 months ago:
Dodgy study aside. I’m a country bumpkin who makes it to the city every few months and I have memories from years ago of waiting next to a bunch of cars stopped at a stop light and thinking about how much it stank. Fast forward to more modern times and it’s not nearly as bad. This is just a guess but my thoughts are between stop-start and EV/HEV cars there are a lot less fumes in general at stopped traffic, which is great.
There’s no real point I’m trying to make, I just think it’s nice.
- Comment on Quiz: can you pick a Victorian from a Queenslander? How our accents change from state to state 5 months ago:
Having my millionth conversation with a Victorian about South Australians calling “power poles” Stobey Poles. That’s because that’s what they are.
- Comment on How did that 22-year-old get on in the date his dad set him up with? 5 months ago:
Gesundheit.
- Comment on Battlefield 6 players are crying out for a 'real' server browser, and it's about time we demanded the basic FPS feature that Call of Duty killed 5 months ago:
Yep. This is the correct answer but that’s not what this thread is about; it’s a nostalgic circle jerk mixed with a sprinkling of “back in my day”.
Don’t get me wrong here, I like the suggestions in this thread but literally one of the suggestions being upvoted is how the game is planned to handle servers (quick join is random and then there will be a list of community servers).
I’m fine with the official servers being random join, as long as I can pick and choose a community server. Which to state again, is apparently planned.
I’m still waiting for reviews on release to make sure they hold true to their marketing though. Can’t trust shit from large studios.
- Comment on Australia Completely Loses The Plot, Plans To Ban Kids From Watching YouTube 6 months ago:
Betting may as well be our national sport.
- Comment on One of the most feared man in Australian politics 6 months ago:
Someone needs to check his birth date to see if it’s Goebbels reincarnation.
- Comment on [Update: Valve Responds] Mastercard Denies Pressuring Steam To Censor 'NSFW' Games 6 months ago:
Unironically, COD getting delisted would probably get mainstream media coverage and legitimate outrage from people who “don’t play video games” but actually do.
- Comment on How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop. 6 months ago:
Sure bud.
- Comment on How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop. 6 months ago:
More like:
Man broken down on the side of the road pissed at people in cars yelling “should have bought a Toyota!” as they drive by.
Does it matter? No. Is it annoying? Yes.
- Comment on Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah 6 months ago:
Yet.
- Comment on ‘Lied to their workers’: CBA’s ‘shameful act’ while sacking staff [Deceptive offshoring of hundreds of tech roles] 6 months ago:
This is what gets me too. CBA has the money, they can employ Australians and pay decent wages! They should be ashamed.
- Comment on Apple sues YouTuber who leaked iOS 26’s new “Liquid Glass” software redesign 6 months ago:
I agree! But, I also think that might be some weirdness with how the system treats lighting on the normal icons compared to ones updated with their new materials in mind.
Almost all of the 3rd party app icons I have are various levels of blurry but the system icons seem fine.
- Comment on Apple sues YouTuber who leaked iOS 26’s new “Liquid Glass” software redesign 6 months ago:
Just to clarify something, because I think the majority of people here only know what iOS 26 looks like from the thumbnail. Below is an actual screenshot of the iOS 26 beta running on my phone.
Just like Android, things are customisable and the icons in the thumbnail are the most egregious version of the new visuals. I find it hard to believe anyone will actually use that styling tbh.
- Comment on Wagga Wagga man charged with displaying Nazi symbols over shopfront poster 7 months ago:
NSW hate crime laws were passed in February this year in response to an increase in hate speech and a string of anti-Semitic incidents in the state.
Arresting parody that upsets Nazis to protect… * checks notes* … the Jewish people.
- Comment on Exclusive: Evidence of cell phone surveillance detected at anti-ICE protest 7 months ago:
insert Family Guy skin tone terrorist meme
- Comment on Christopher Luxon ranked Australia's most trusted world leader in new poll 8 months ago:
Chiming in as one of the apparently many who don’t know who Chunky Peter Dutton is…
