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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (5 children)

"You were a racist site!"

The absolute lack of subtlety on this meme, my god. The point blank spelling out of the authors opinion, the complete absence of a joke, and that exclamation mark. My word.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I thought the theory that it affected childhood brains was based on the damage it cause to frontal lobe development? And the notion that it was up to age 21 was based on that erroneous "The frontal cortex is developed at 25 years old" study, that actually just stopped looking at patients older than 25?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh thank you! I had a great time, I didn't expect as many people to come through and play it. I had set up carnival music to entice players, but never got a chance to use it as there was always a line, which was neat. Which game at PAX was your favourite?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

If some criminal indictments came out against trump for being a pedophile, the right wing will go NUTS. "It's a witch hunt!".

If Clinton gets indicted for his pedophilia, lefties go "yeah good, about time".

You see the difference right? One's a cult, the other is normal?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I know that conservatives like to go "if you go after trump for being a pedophile, then what about Clinton?"

And EVERY SINGLE LEFTY goes "okay".

Like, what a bizarre world where one side of the isle ignores pedophilia if it's their idol doing it, and the other has a blanket "no pedophile" policy.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Opposite monkey paw situation, as cows are no longer farmed due to the poison risk, global emissions are massively reduced. And the huge amounts of land dedicated to feeding cows is returned to forestry, further reducing emissions.

The poisonous cows solve climate change long before the vegans can.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Gross vibes on this one

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I bought an electric motorbike to use instead of a car, my right wing dad bummed me out when he said australia is 70% powered by fossil fuels.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I caught covid at PAX last weekend, but I couldn't figure out how to report it. Even if the populace has stopped caring about covid, you'd think the government would still be putting in some effort.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's the purpose of having the three monkeys that basically all say the same thing?

Like, from a rhetoric standpoint?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Renters have to pay for their own water. I've lived in rentals for 15 years, and never saw a landlord do "upgrades" on my house. Didn't stop them from upping the prices every opportunity they could. I'll give you rates and repairs, although if landlords hadn't scalped all the properties I'm sure people could afford to shop around to buy a better built property.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

But who's fault is that? That's right, the investors/landlords who scalped all the houses, making supply scarce and causing prices to increase.

Owning more than two (and I'd argue more than one) properties should be illegal.

 

I pre-ordered a pair of Jennen shoes (elevator shoes, so I can be a big boy) from their online site (they no longer have the shopfront on Johnstone street) and got asked for a tip at the end. For basically changing a stock allocation assignment. I had a whinge on their contact forms, and they replied "the tip function is optional".

2 years later I emailed again, saying "I haven't bought a replacement pair of shoes, all because of the audacity to ask for a tip. I get that it's optional, but so is a cashier going 'hey give me that twenty from your wallet', and when the customer goes 'wtf??' the cashier replies 'oh lol it's optional'. You may have thought 'you know, a tip screen could give us free money! What's the harm?', and I guess this follow up email is proof of that harm. Don't bring tipping culture here please!"

I get this reply a day later, and can confirm the tip function is now gone. Loverly! Whinging may be one thing, but persistent whinging made the difference.

 
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