Damn I forgot about the dropbears. Keep your wits about you and you’ll usually be OK, plus we teach kids to stay in pairs if they’re passing through a eucalyptus area.
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Damn I forgot about the dropbears. Keep your wits about you and you’ll usually be OK, plus we teach kids to stay in pairs if they’re passing through a eucalyptus area.
As an Aussie, I can say the trope of “everything wants you dead” is highly overhyped. I’ve seen three venomous snakes in the wild in my life (and I’ve mostly lived in rural areas) and there’s a couple of venomous spiders, but none that will kill you (unless you’re very young, very old, or very sick). Blue-ringed octopuses, crocodiles and sharks exist, but rarely cause human deaths. You know what we don’t have? Bears. Alligators. Cougars. Wolves. Very few carnivores trying to eat humans here, it’s mostly creatures with excellent self-defense mechanisms.
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I’ll remind you that Hamas recruits children.> I’d argue that Israel does Hamas’ recruiting, by murdering their parents.
My fav movie! The perfect blend of sci-fi, action, comedy, and fashion model catwalk.
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Your implication is that our gun culture is getting more like the US, which thankfully isn’t the case. Yes, I was surprised and dismayed by the stats, but as I stated above, less people in Australia own guns now than in '96, which is great news.
Did you read the article, or are just cherrypicking a headline that suits your agenda? The article states that we have more guns in the hands of fewer shooters. Not great, but at least we’re keeping guns out of the wrong hands. Australia licences guns appropriately, so hunters, farmers and hobbyists can still access the firearms that they need to. Your headline isn’t the mic drop you think it is.
Oh, the guns aren’t lethal. IT’S OK EVERYONE, THE GUNS ARE SAFE! SOME FUCKWIT TOLD ME SO ONLINE, WE WERE ALL WRONG!
Bullshit that you keep repeating doesn’t make it true. The legislation our govt passed in the wake of the Port Arthur tragedy makes our country a safer place for everyone.
Like flies on shit, you cunts turn up after every tragedy around the world, trying to convince us to have MORE death in society. You sicken me.
Of course - any sane person would see that.
Brainworms. Fuck your freedum bullshit, we don’t want or need your sick gun culture in Australia.
It won’t be rebuilt with Palestinians in mind. Israelis have a long sordid history of building on the ruins of those they oppressed and displaced.
I came here to make this comment. The Edenists, a genetic fork of humanity, have created sentient machines through biotech. Some of the large space habitats are grown with a layer of neural cells a metre thick - in a cylinder shell that may be 30km long, totalling cubic kilometers of brain matter. Super-intelligent space buildings.
That was fun to read
When I was finished making “squee!” noises, I took my phone around to show each member of my household so they could also make “squee!” noises.
I’m sure it’s a coincidence that the tobacco industry is thrilled with this news.
I came here looking to see if my point had already been made. Thanks!
Their religion has been telling them they’re the “chosen ones” for thousands of years. Entitlement and victimhood are second nature.