• just_kitten@aussie.zone
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    1 month ago

    Landed. So glad for my friends tip to use the VERY first ticket machines as you disembark - no queues at all, skipped past the nightmare later on. Now if only the bags would come soon on this bruised old conveyor and I could get through the damn customs queue. Sigh, what an experience to come home to, but I accept why no Australian airports can ever match Changi…

    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      Yea they’re arseholes.

      Everytime i’ve come back from OS I’m always shocked how rude they are compared to wherever I’m coming back from.

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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        1 month ago

        Yeah… Next time I’m just not going to bother declaring low risk items that they never ever check anyway in my experience over 15 years (unopened tea and highly processed biscuits).

  • Pilk@aussie.zone
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    1 month ago

    So, what do the voters of Dickson want? Aquatic centre? High speed rail? Street party with bottomless bar? Give them whatever they want. They’ve done a service to this country.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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    1 month ago

    As of 2 days ago I’m now an uncle. Bro and SIL had a bubs.

    Will be interesting to see how the dynamic plays out from here.

    Ol’ boy bankrolled and organised the whole thing (IVF + the rest) as he was in an adjacent field. Ol’ boy and girl went in to see her and bubs yesterday and SIL didn’t let them see it lol.

    It’s her bubs and she has every right to dictate what happens but having the p’s mention that 5 (!) times within the space of an hour I’m finding it odd. I don’t know what the etiquette is really. There are no issues b/w them and her or bro so I’m not sure what to make of it.

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      Were they invited? Or did they just show up? I’d have decked someone if they just showed up. It was a mega stressful time for us. Everyone got FaceTime, it’s not like they were shut out. But everyone was asked to give us time before meeting Tinyest.

        • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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          1 month ago

          That’s tough yeah. Easy for misunderstandings to blow out in those first few months. Honestly the first 6 months is hell.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      This is so sad. It should be a time of bringing family closer together with love and joy and she’s just handing out confusion and sadness.

      With a mum like that bro and baby needs all the friends they can get. Right now be a good sib. Say nothing about what is happening but do listen.

      and hugs

    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      1 month ago

      This lady sounds like a manipulative control freak, and will use her baby as a tool to control your brother and your parents further, if not drive a bigger wedge between them.

      Beware.

    • Eagle@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      There’s a trend atm among new mums exerting their control over things like visitors. On one hand, I sort of understand protecting your space as a new mum, been there, done that and felt all the feels that go with it. But some are taking it to the extreme and don’t realise that they are alienating their support networks and then complain that nobody has supported them.

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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    1 month ago

    I am stoked to see Dutton lose his seat, but I can’t help but see this as a massive loss for australia. An effective opposition is critical for democracy. And it appears like the greens have been totally wiped out too.

    Am also fairly frustrated by the analysis so far. Coulda seen this coming: bloke with the personality of a rock and policies from the mirror universe fails to win voter confidence. Who coulda seen that coming? Oh wait, anyone with half a brain!

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      Imo it’s not a loss for Australia when the only opposition is batshit insane and dangerous. They needed a harsh slap on the face. They need to be told in no uncertain terms that this Trump-lite bullshit is NOT welcome, it is not to be entertained even in a “but muh both sides!” debate. The Libs entirely deserve this bollocking.

      I do really hope they can become an effective opposition again (and the greens too). But it’ll require some big changes. If the libs do another moronic pivot even further right like they did after the last election and the loss at state level in Vic, then seriously, that’s not even remotely Labor or the Australian public’s fault. I’d love to see the libs die and some alternative parties come up instead.

      • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone
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        1 month ago

        Oh they needed to be squashed like this. But while they sort themselves out or we wait for a new party to emerge (and it’s unlikely that one will that’s big enough to be taken seriously), there’s nobody to properly hold the government to account. That’s not good for Australia.

    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I agree. An effective opposition is incredibly important, lest the governing party come to believe they have carte blanche to do whatever the fuck they want, assuming the public is completely beholden to them.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      don’t worry, the herald sun and sky radio/tv are still massive cunts and will tear apart and lie about everything Labor does

    • Briongloid@aussie.zoneM
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      1 month ago

      It’s a massive gain for Australia. When they lost their moderate seats to the Teals, the party room became disproportionately alt-right despite existing in a voting system that demands moderates.

      The cooker influence told them that Trumpism was the way forward and to win government again, when that only worked by disenfranchising voters. When everyone votes, a political culture that thrives on the extreme works the opposite.

      American politicians need to go overboard to compete for attention just to get people to turn up and vote based on anger and fear, the people in the middle of the spectrum get disenfranchised more as both two-party single vote options stretch further from them to garner good or bad attention. This results in no vote, which is nowhere near as bad as a vote transferring to the opposition.

      In a mandatory/preference country, hyperbole and extremism costs you the vote and because they have to vote still, your lost vote goes to the opposition and is a net change of -2 votes. 1 less vote + 1 opposition gained vote.

      Peter Dutton was the leader amongst the right wing faction of the party when they had the moderate Liberal members, when Turnbull lost the leadership it was due to an internal power struggle from the right wing of the party room. At the time Morrison won because he was perceived to be both a moderate and somewhat conservative, when the room included the former Teal seat moderates they kept the leadership from going more fringe with Dutton.

      Without the moderate members that lost to the Teals, the right wing of the Liberal Party had the majority of the party room and they put their leader in charge despite what happened in American being counter and unrepeatable to our much better voting system.

      Now that the Liberal party has gotten a proper swift kick up the bum for letting themselves shift too far from center, with the leader changed in the process, if they have any sense they will realise how much they got wrong or they’ll never win another election.

      They have no choice now but to level and rebuilt their party, or the Commonwealth will become like Victoria and WA, having no second party option while the rusted on Liberal voters cost everyone the opportunity of a new second party emerging.

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    1 month ago

    This is why I hate other guitarists, from the “guitarpedals” reddit. Context is the dude is using a digital effects unit (like the one I grabbed a little while ago) instead of analog guitar pedals:

    “How does thing sound so good and make me feel so dirty at the same time? I imagine it’s the same feeling you get hiring a $2k per hour escort.”

    I hate these people so, so fucking much. It’s cringe as fuck. Fuck right off.

    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      Always love the analog vs. digital arguments.

      Same goes for hardware synths whether they’re VA’s etc. and vstis/fx.

      My opinion: who cares, if it sounds good and you’re happy that’s the end of the discussion lol.

        • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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          1 month ago

          i can’t stand people who gate keep artistic endeavors

          we’re supposed to elevate and inspire each other 🐱🌞

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    1 month ago

    My poor credit card is completely maxed out, and once it is paid off tomorrow I have more stuff to go on it. It rarely gets to the limit, but a single month with a dental implant, bond payment and a month’s rent in advance on top of the normal spending certainly adds up!

    Having my van means I will be able to pick up the queen size bed frame and bedside tables I’ve decided on, so I’ll take that and whatever other odds and ends I can fit in so I can drop off at the new place when I pick up the keys on Friday. Then I have lots of measurements to take so I can plan some furniture layouts and buy a few more things. I wasn’t really planning on buying as much stuff as I am, but I’ve realised a lot of the stuff I have is getting pretty old, and a lot of it was also “temporary” cheap stuff that has hung around too long and isn’t really worth moving. Things like the cheap Kmart desk I’ve been using as a dressing table, which was broken and re-glued during my last move and probably won’t survive another!

      • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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        1 month ago

        The implant itself was $3k, that does not include the crown. The initial consultation was partly covered by medicare, so was not too much, and the x-rays and bone graft I had have all been bulk billed. I think the crown should be about $2k or a bit more.

          • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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            1 month ago

            Mine has been very drawn out, but I had to have the tooth surgically removed first. There is also around 2.5 months wait for each appointment which makes things take longer. I think the minimum you would have after getting a referral is an initial appointment, the actual implant, final checkup with the surgeon, then getting the crown with your dentist, which would be around 6-9 months. I added in the tooth extraction, a bone graft, and a missed appointment due to Covid so it’s taken about twice as long as it would have for a straightforward implant. I’ll look at doing another tooth next year once this has healed and I my health insurance limits reset.

            It’s a little bit painful but not too bad. Having stitches in your mouth is also annoying. I’ve taken the day off after the graft and implant so I can mope around and be sooky, ,but it’s not really necessary. The only really awful bit was the actual tooth extraction, which I took a few days off for. Then I followed up with the infected finger and Covid, so all the sickness and injury have blended together, I recommend you don’t do that.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      agree that credit cards are a bane

      i can’t help wondering how many people live beyond their means

      i don’t deny it bothers me a little, and really, it’s just a little, that because I “look” poor and don’t spend people think i’m poor ( and thus pathetic and beneath them ) No, I’m just being sensible.

      It’s great that you are doing home things. 🙂