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VanSandman posted:Slowly escalate their anti-Obama conspiracy theories until they are ready to become domestic terrorists, then report them to the FBI. They are so there. Making report now, just for funsies. Also, one believes that Ancient Aliens is a documentary.
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Probably shouldn't make reports to the FBI for funsies. They are notorious for not having a sense of humor.
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VanSandman posted:Probably shouldn't make reports to the FBI for funsies. They are notorious for not having a sense of humor. Naah. They're cool, man. Also, I am not actually making a report. They've moved on to a Hillary Clinton vs. Ted Cruz dem off. I can leave in 15.
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poopkitty posted:Listening to my co workers talk about politics is awful. I would rather get my teeth cleaned by the mean dragon lady hygenist. My co workers are all retired military guys between 45 and 55. leave pamphlets around about how global warming is a thing that's going to kill us all and how trickle down theory is bullshit
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i enjoy talking to people about illegal immigration, because my grandfather was an illegal immigrant and i like dropping this information at exactly the most awkward moment when i was younger i used to try reasoning with them by saying "uh are you aware that the vast majority of australia's illegal immigrants are wealthy english-speaking white retirees from britain, canada and the u.s.a. who don't bother ever getting documentation and are just as much of a drain on our system as boat people from sri lanka, if not more?" but for some reason they never seemed to care about that particular problem
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Pththya-lyi posted:I got a copper IUD instead of taking the pill. My periods are heavier and more painful, but it's non-hormonal so it doesn't gently caress with my moods. Plus I don't have to remember to take a pill at the same time each day, which is extra good because I'm very absentminded. I would recommend it to most anybody. Read about the copper IUD here. Same here. The pill actually helped my moods, but it gave me horrible migraines so now I have the IUD and I love it. 
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Avshalom posted:i enjoy talking to people about illegal immigration, because my grandfather was an illegal immigrant and i like dropping this information at exactly the most awkward moment This is possible? I looked into emigrating after retirement (with my own income and health insurance) and all signs said no. But how do you just show up and not leave? I had no idea Australia had an immigration problem. Learnin' things. (And I apologize if that made me seem ignorant.)
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Jan 15, 2014 10:36
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oh hey an earthquake just happened I like that california just has the earth shaking and not hurricanes or poo poo like that
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Portals posted:oh hey an earthquake just happened Also wildfires.
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poopkitty posted:This is possible? I looked into emigrating after retirement (with my own income and health insurance) and all signs said no. But how do you just show up and not leave? I had no idea Australia had an immigration problem. Learnin' things. (And I apologize if that made me seem ignorant.)  ) and the issue gets blown completely out of proportion by the type of person who hates refugees. right now there's a right-wing demagogue in power so illegal immigration seems like a major threat, but in the scheme of things it's a very minor problem, so you definitely don't seem ignorant for not knowing about it!as for showing up and just not leaving, i'm not actually sure how they get away with it. it seems like there'd be problems with getting healthcare and accommodation and so on, unless they find some way to pay cash-in-hand for everything. honestly i think everybody should come here if they can, it's a pretty cool country when it's not on fire and/or underwater
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i mean we're not perfect but we have cattledogs
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Avshalom posted:Australia is awesome and boat people are sad and also so is war I have been there 4 times now and loved every moment in Australia. And I have worked with several Aussies and loved them, too. I'm kind of torn between Australia and Britain, really. And Texas, because that's where I KNOW I can live.
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Avshalom posted:i enjoy talking to people about illegal immigration, because my grandfather was an illegal immigrant and i like dropping this information at exactly the most awkward moment   
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Today at work I grabbed a random piece of non safety sealed lipstick to see if it was ok and it wasn't. Some jerkbagosaurus had wound it out and then put the cap back on so it all got mashed up against the end of the cap. My fury knows no bounds. Also add Rimmel to the list of things you shouldn't buy.
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Zeth posted:Some jerkbagosaurus had wound it out and then put the cap back on so it all got mashed up against the end of the cap.. this has happened to my personal stash on occasion, but it's usually the work of a small child so i can't respond with murder
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Portals posted:oh hey an earthquake just happened you must not be far from me cuz I felt it too. I was sorta like hey yay been a while since I've felt my entire world shaking
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Avshalom posted:let me know if you decide to emigrate illegally, you can live in my cupboard and share my diet of dried lentils and paprika until you find a landlord who'll accept rent payments under the table As long as you live on the outside and not the middle, because except for the fact that Coober Pedy sounds funny and Liz Phair sang about Alice Springs, I'd like to stick to the coast. I haven't been to the southeast yet, just WA, NT and QLD.
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Zeth posted:Today at work I grabbed a random piece of non safety sealed lipstick to see if it was ok and it wasn't. Some jerkbagosaurus had wound it out and then put the cap back on so it all got mashed up against the end of the cap. My fury knows no bounds. Also add Rimmel to the list of things you shouldn't buy. Bummer. I was thinking about it. My options here are so limited. And Sephora forgot to send the ONE thing I really needed like now in my package and they're going to send it but I feel bad for ratting out the packer.
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poopkitty posted:As long as you live on the outside and not the middle, because except for the fact that Coober Pedy sounds funny and Liz Phair sang about Alice Springs, I'd like to stick to the coast. I haven't been to the southeast yet, just WA, NT and QLD.
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Avshalom posted:we don't have an immigration problem really. we have a lot of refugees arriving illegally from wartorn countries (often by boat, and northern australian waters are dangerous so a lot of them don't make it just fyi it's not illegal to seek asylum by boat. the 'illegal' thing is a complete lie and it shouldn't be given any traction in the media and no one should tolerate people calling refugees 'illegal', much less the government. our government is the one breaking international law
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Fruity Gordo posted:just fyi it's not illegal to seek asylum by boat. the 'illegal' thing is a complete lie and it shouldn't be given any traction in the media and no one should tolerate people calling refugees 'illegal', much less the government. our government is the one breaking international law so our immigration "problem" is even less of a real problem than i thought it was
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Fruity Gordo posted:just fyi it's not illegal to seek asylum by boat. the 'illegal' thing is a complete lie and it shouldn't be given any traction in the media and no one should tolerate people calling refugees 'illegal', much less the government. our government is the one breaking international law my grandfather, on the other hand, came to the us illegally if he had tried to enter legally he would have been denied due to racist / eugenicist quotas on the number of southern Europeans, so good for him
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i'm in sydney too! there are some nice sydgoons in auspol, i went drinking with them a few weeks ago. i'll let you know when the next one is in case you get the burning urge to get hammered with nerds
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poopkitty posted:Bummer. I was thinking about it. My options here are so limited. People should send them angry letters about how we won't buy their lipstick until they start safety sealing it. Boycott unsafe makeup.
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a travelling HEGEL posted:if he had tried to enter legally he would have been denied due to racist / eugenicist quotas on the number of southern Europeans, so good for him  ...wait
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i sometimes give people that whole account when they get started on immigrants if nothing else it shuts them up for a while
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People like your grandfather make me feel like a big, lame, soft loser. My granddad joined the US Army as a Ski Patroller in order to emigrate from Canada.
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Avshalom posted:i did not know any of this, but now i do. thank you. lol yeah it's really hosed up. as far as people over-staying their visas is a problem the vast majority of people who are overstaying are from the uk and ireland. bc we're a signatory to the refugee convention we have an obligation to accept refugee petitions from anyone who lands on australian territory (so this includes christmas island). the way we get around allowing refugees into the community is to smack them in concentration camps indefinitely and pretend that they're being 'processed'. once people's claims are processed something like 98% of people who arrive are found to be 'genuine refugees', whatever that means. also, they keep going on about 'queue-jumpers' but there is no queue. people in refugee camps in the global south (like syrians in camps in lebanon for example, or sudanese people in camps in egypt) aren't in a queue, claims are assessed based on need and, as in most things, if you can bribe someone you're in a better position. so you could be in a camp in lebanon for four years and not be permanently settled before someone who showed up one year ago because their personal circumstances are deemed more dire. it's like humanitarian triage. and as soon as you turn up in a country which is a signatory to the convention (like lebanon, egypt, australia, etc) they have to make an attempt to settle you. the reason why people from sri lanka and afghanistan are trying to get here and don't just stay in laces like indonesia, png or malaysia is because those countries aren't signatories so stateless people have zero rights and no prospects. and in the case of hazara people from afghanistan they're just as likely to be oppressed in pakistan anyway this has been a refugee post from your pal fruitums. australia is poo poo
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Avshalom posted:my grandfather ran away from the russian navy and snuck in to avoid being shut out by the white australia policy. once he'd learnt english he apparently didn't have a problem, because he could pass for white despite being some mysterious romani/jewish melange. then he defied russian stereotypes by becoming a tragic alcoholic and dying of liver failure. wow, did they ever lose world war 2! poopkitty posted:People like your grandfather make me feel like a big, lame, soft loser. then the us government took their little farm and put them in an internment camp during world war 2, and when they got out they started over
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Avshalom posted:my grandfather ran away from the russian navy and snuck in to avoid being shut out by the white australia policy. once he'd learnt english he apparently didn't have a problem, because he could pass for white despite being some mysterious romani/jewish melange. then he defied russian stereotypes by becoming a tragic alcoholic and dying of liver failure. objectively a good grandfather a bunch of my family came over in the 30s from italy bc lol fascists, and then australia being awesome threw them all in internment camps during ww2. because people who fled your wartime enemy are definitely going to be supporting them in wartime.  
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Fruity Gordo posted:a bunch of my family came over in the 30s from italy bc lol fascists, and then australia being awesome threw them all in internment camps during ww2. because people who fled your wartime enemy are definitely going to be supporting them in wartime.
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a travelling HEGEL posted:then the us government took their little farm and put them in an internment camp during world war 2, and when they got out they started over And I know so many folks who are deep in debt and drive SUVs and only drink imported bottled organic water and wonder why every other country feels superior. And bitch constantly when someone posts spoilers on FB. Mr.Kittys granddad dropped out of McGill to fly planes and then got out of the war alive and went back to McGill and graduated summa cum laude. And then he was on the team that invented RAID. He used to have all kinds of bugs in his garage. Like hissing cockroaches and stuff. Cool dude.
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my family history is just an endless parade of people of wildly varying ethnicities, cultures and religions migrating to australia, marrying drunken violent white catholics and getting forcibly assimilated  luckily my great-grandmother actually ended up kicking her rear end in a top hat husband to the curb, and then my grandmother kicked her rear end in a top hat husband to the curb, and now we're finally getting a bit of our identity back.  we do all still drink a lot though
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a travelling HEGEL posted:where were they from? we were from vicoequenze and naples some from lipari and some from trieste. i got all the northern colouring but my mum just looks so woggy
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Fruity Gordo posted:some from lipari... quote:and some from trieste quote:my mum just looks so woggy
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