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bell jar posted:Unironically though, where else would you rather live? For me it would probably only be New Zealand
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bell jar posted:Unironically though, where else would you rather live? For me it would probably only be New Zealand Probably only NZ, yeah. I shouldn't complain too much because without like..medicare I would have been painfully super dead several times over now and holy gently caress thank god we aren't the US or UK.
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bell jar posted:Unironically though, where else would you rather live? For me it would probably only be New Zealand Norway is high up on my list, but yeah, most countries have poo poo aspects to them, just gotta pick the ones you can stomach
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bell jar posted:Unironically though, where else would you rather live? For me it would probably only be New Zealand antarctica
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Jan 26, 2021 03:38
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kirbysuperstar posted:Probably only NZ, yeah. I shouldn't complain too much because without like..medicare I would have been painfully super dead several times over now and holy gently caress thank god we aren't the US or UK. My Life story
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Jan 26, 2021 03:55
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freebooter posted:A majority of countries in the Commonwealth are republics. I think there's only like 15 or 16 of us left who are still Commonwealth "realms." Yeah all the states said “happy for the feds to act on our behalf” but Campbell loving Newman stomped his feet and said “Queensland will agree, but separately”
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Jan 26, 2021 03:56
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Haha of course it was him. The proto-Tony
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bell jar posted:Unironically though, where else would you rather live? For me it would probably only be New Zealand All my extended family live in Ireland and I spent a few months there a few years ago with thoughts of moving there or England but the weather is pretty rough if you've grown up in Australia. I'll maybe look into it again in 10 years or so.
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living in berlin would be pretty rad
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What are they on? Because it's powerful poo poo.
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GoldStandardConure posted:antarctica The thing wasn't a documentary. freebooter posted:Haha of course it was him. The proto-Tony Speaking of that gremlin, scraped from the arse. Abbott seeks return to values Tony Abbott will lead a new movement to defend and revive traditional Australian values, as a report warns of a collapse of living standards.
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Homora Gaykemi posted:
Which makes it inherently bad. Like the civil rights movement in the US in the 60s which sought to change the social order which considered African Americans as less human. This is why The Australian continues its Murdoch mandated policy of hating transgender people and black people. - Andrew Bolt™, paedophile apologist at large.
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Eediot Jedi posted:traditional Australian values So Mr. Abbot are you referring to the values of Australia's original inhabitants? Oh, not that traditional huh? So like from around the time of the White Australia policy then?
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EoinCannon posted:All my extended family live in Ireland and I spent a few months there a few years ago with thoughts of moving there or England but the weather is pretty rough if you've grown up in Australia. I'll maybe look into it again in 10 years or so. England is a deeply classist failed state run by neoliberal reactionaries and is a far more institutionally mean-spirited place than Australia. Pretty much every lovely policy the coalition tries to implement here is already well underway in the UK. Ireland I think is cool. In fact it would appear to outrank us on the HDI index now! You have to pay to see a GP though. Eediot Jedi posted:The thing wasn't a documentary. Fantastic stuff from the SBS journo in this piece: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/tony-abbott-bemoans-virus-hysteria-and-health-despotism-as-he-questions-impact-of-covid-19-rules quote:"Thanks to the pandemic, we're now told to form orderly and socially distanced queues - as if we were English." quote:He also hit out at "absurd" rules like compulsory face masks while driving in a car alone which featured in Brisbane's three-day mini-lockdown.
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freebooter posted:Ireland I think is cool. In fact it would appear to outrank us on the HDI index now! You have to pay to see a GP though. Yeah Irish politics and culture is less dire than ours in many ways, notwithstanding some weird Catholic bits and pieces.
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Malcolm Turnbeug posted:tbh I think i would be happy anywhere except new zealand Out of interest, what was your sea shanty take, and how could it have possibly been dumb enough to not reflect worse on the redtext giver than on you. They're sea shanties.
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People get into sea shanties from time to time and it's weird as hell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKYi2NZS0Y0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YprxTtJ604 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHEX9EpIL7o
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They bought the avatar to punish themselves for caring lots about hot 2021 network television and talkback radio meme, sea shanties.
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freebooter posted:Fantastic stuff from the SBS journo in this piece: Lmao Abbott is such a fuckhead, his opinion is the only correct one and obviously if the pandemic had happened on his watch he would've shirt fronted it at the airport.
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Here's some fun Invasion Day news. (Although it's not really news) https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/all-indigenous-pm-s-xi-canned-after-scott-morrison-re-election-1249197 You know how touring international cricket sides usually play a game against the PMs XI? Well Cricket Australia wanted to field an all-indigenous XI as the PMs XI. You know, to encourage indigenous participation in the national sport, and showcase the talent that is there. But Scotty the Engadine Pants Shitter said "gently caress off, I don't want no abbo team in my name." So it didn't happen. YAY Australia
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bowmore posted:living in berlin would be pretty rad it is. climate leaves something to be desired but the mediterranean isnt so far away.. im hoping they follow through with this "bring back the continental inter-city trains" thing that budget flights killed so i dont have to choose between skullfucking the planet and shaking vitamin D pills into my mouth every winter like theyre m&ms Sulla Faex fucked around with this message at 11:10 on Jan 26, 2021 |
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good work to albo for coming up with an australia day take that will make absolutely everyone mad
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Eediot Jedi posted:The thing wasn't a documentary. Can someone outline to me what these people constantly prattling on about Australian values actually are? I studied the history courses and I've listened to them for yonks now and I still can't work out what they are. Unless they value hypocrisy and nepotism. But those aren't Australian values. Just putting this out there, if a Police officer arrests a politician for a crime, they should receive a bonus. That feels like a traditional Australian value being upheld. The value of all politicians being bastards and gently caress 'em. None of this wash away Abbott breaking the rules bullshit. They should receive twice the fine.
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Konomex posted:Can someone outline to me what these people constantly prattling on about Australian values actually are? I studied the history courses and I've listened to them for yonks now and I still can't work out what they are. Unless they value hypocrisy and nepotism. But those aren't Australian values. i'm assuming eatin onions, fronting shirts and being white
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alf_pogs posted:i'm assuming eatin onions, fronting shirts and being white It's the last one. If it's ever about "traditional values" it's just the standard white christian poo poo that is the norm because they say it is.
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He clearly said it's sitting in the front seat of the taxi like our ancestors did on the first fleet.
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From what I've read regarding Tony Abbott's younger days, he quit the clergy because at the time they were starting to come around to be conciliatory towards people who had been forced out of the church communities due to divorce and things like that (he wrote a piece on it, I believe). He wanted to be a priest seemingly because they had unquestionable power in a community but suddenly his higher ups are starting to talk about forgiveness and the softer approach. So keep in mind that when Tony Abbott longs for "traditional values" he's not longing for just any good old days, he's longing for some 100 year old nasty church poo poo where some old white dude in a cloak could kick you out of a community for showing your ankles. In my mind he's pursuing this dumb poo poo still because he cannot accept that he was wrong about anything, even when his own party and the people of his seat all told him he was wrong and removed him from his position of authority there.
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as an outsider to white australian culture who grew up in the heartland, this was the ideal: - beer - utes - outdoor barbecues - english-style cuisine, with all that entails - especially bakeries. pies and sausage rolls are a big deal - swearing (men only) - for men: rugby, cricket, and occasionally hockey depending on where you're from. for women: netball - once you're too old for sport, a socially acceptable alternative is blowing as much money as possible on the horses or the pokies - christianity. the churches unofficially run the community, especially the cwa, and nobody fucks with the cwa - christian holidays, especially christmas, which has to be a big multigenerational family gathering even if everyone hates each other - nuclear family, with the women in the kitchen and the men making all the decisions - being in the bush. it doesn't matter what you do there. camping, fishing, dirt-biking are all good options, but so are arson and torturing wild animals - smouldering resentment and fear of the bush, the wild animals, the climate, and all other aspects of the natural environment - white is normal. if you're not physically white, be prepared to defend your choice - emotional repression. killing yourself is preferable to emotionally burdening anybody else in the community, including your own family - the local am radio station is the word of G-d - winning tidy towns is the highest possible human achievement perepelki fucked around with this message at 00:15 on Jan 27, 2021 |
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more aussie culture: - there are like three poets and five painters that everybody recognises and approves of. all other art is suspect - nobody likes australian cinema - a school fête is a huge occasion that everybody must attend - the single biggest event in the calendar is the annual town show. these shows are run by a clade of migratory people known as "carnies", who spend their lives travelling from town to town towing their dismantled rides in huge caravans. while the adults run the show, the carnie children fight the town children in ritualised combat. no town person has ever met or spoken to a carnie outside of the show setting, and their lives are mysterious - if a famous white person passed through the town at any moment between 1788-1920, their presence will be commemorated forever - anybody who has physically seen the queen, or any english royal, occupies a special place in the social hierarchy - the nearest capital city is viciously despised and spat upon by everyone, as is the nearest town of approximate size - the town mayor is wildly corrupt and lives like a king. this is a good thing - the local golf club plays a role in the community akin to the royal court - men work in mining or building houses for urban treechangers, women in nursing or aged care. the only other jobs are in job search agencies, "helping" the rest of the community look for work in the aforementioned industries - you are "local" if, and only if, you have at least one grandparent buried in the town cemetery perepelki fucked around with this message at 00:59 on Jan 27, 2021 |
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perepelki posted:- nobody likes australian cinema mate
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perepelki posted:- nobody likes australian cinema https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/23/yahoo-serious-evicted-from-sydney-home-after-falling-27000-behind-in-rental-payments
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kirbysuperstar posted:https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/23/yahoo-serious-evicted-from-sydney-home-after-falling-27000-behind-in-rental-payments Even Yahoo Serious can't get off the rental roundabout 
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Cartoon posted:https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jan/27/antisemitism-and-holocaust-denial-on-the-rise-in-australia-josh-frydenberg-warns oh my god
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TheLastRoboKy posted:From what I've read regarding Tony Abbott's younger days, he quit the clergy because at the time they were starting to come around to be conciliatory towards people who had been forced out of the church communities due to divorce and things like that (he wrote a piece on it, I believe). He wanted to be a priest seemingly because they had unquestionable power in a community but suddenly his higher ups are starting to talk about forgiveness and the softer approach. So keep in mind that when Tony Abbott longs for "traditional values" he's not longing for just any good old days, he's longing for some 100 year old nasty church poo poo where some old white dude in a cloak could kick you out of a community for showing your ankles. It was also because of the very concept of Christian charity. He saw the church giving to those he thought were undeserving (i.e. not suffering enough, gay, not white, women) and those not actually in need (clothes for their children? Blankets? Food? Humbug!) and the idea so disgusted him he left to join the Liberal party. But it all definitely fits together in a pattern of him wanting absolute power over others. Especially vulnerable people. Like, oh I don't know, maybe women and Aboriginals? Hmmm, now why does that seem familiar?
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I started responding to this post and had written enough I feel weird about just deleting it when the app reminded me, so here we go: Buttcoin purse posted:I thought it was some country town - Albury or nearby. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-15/women-in-regional-nsw-struggle-for-abortion-access/12643858 covers some of the stuff I remember reading, but it doesn't paint quite as bad a picture as I remember, so maybe I'm remembering wrong, apologies if so. I read your post as a hypothetical, but I could totally see it happening, particularly in a country town. There was a GP near my old house who'd refuse to do any birth control or pregnancy termination consults (she also refused to do anything with workers compensation and car accidents, which seemed weird). Sadly, a lot of the time she was the only doctor who wasn't booked out if you needed to be seen to quasi-urgently, and this was in an outer suburbs area. There were a few times I'd have to book her purely because there was nobody else available. She had a gigantic Jesus on the cross in her room, ugh. Doctors aren't medication/treatment dispensing machines, they are people in their own right and people do occasionally have bonkers ideas about abortion or mental illness or whatever. However, I reckon medicine exists in a space where perhaps individuals should be heavily discouraged if not outright prevented from practicing in areas where their values are so grossly out of step with the general population that they would habitually decline certain kinds of treatment to patients. Cartoon posted:https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jan/27/antisemitism-and-holocaust-denial-on-the-rise-in-australia-josh-frydenberg-warns Holy poo poo.
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It's like the difference between Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison. Tony Abbott is a genuine shithead, who thinks he's doing the right thing, but is a controlling patriarchal rear end in a top hat who won't relinquish any decision making whatsoever to those he sees as lesser. Turnbull is a cynical shithead, who knows what the right thing to do is, but refuses to do it because of political calculus to triangulate himself into power and be self serving. Morrisson is a bootlicking shithead who weasels and blames others at every opportunity and is filled with nothing but marketing language and empty platitudes. He knows nothing, and believes in nothing. Fire all of them into the sun. EDIT: I'm also aware that it's much harder to fire someone into the sun than it is to just launch randomly into space, but you know what, they're worth the effort. Howard can go too. hooman fucked around with this message at 06:32 on Jan 27, 2021 |
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