rainynight65 Now • 50%
More like in favour of non-shitty Bluetooth earbuds. I've never had this kind of issue with mine.
rainynight65 Now • 87%
My German father, who lived and worked in Budapest for a long time, pronounced it wrong. I rarely have cause to use the name but when I do, I try to do it justice.
rainynight65 Now • 100%
I know this as 'eat your frogs'.
rainynight65 Now • 100%
I am generally unwilling to pay extra for features I don't need and didn't ask for.
rainynight65 Now • 100%
The idiocy is that the same people who normally advocate for freedom of speech and freedom of consequences, who oppose what they call 'cancel culture', and who think that you should be able to say anything you want, who don't believe that words have impact - they're the exact same people who are getting all hot under the collar over this, and are more than happy for this particular speech to have consequences.
You can't have it any which way. I don't condone what Kyle Gas's said, but it's interesting if not disturbing to see who's the loudest in advocating for severe consequences.
Read up a bit about Ralph Babet and you'll see what a massive hypocrite the guy is.
rainynight65 Now • 83%
It wasn't too long ago that right wingers were marching the streets in the state of Victoria, calling for the then-Premier to be hanged. One woman who later got elected to the Victorian parliament said she wouldn't rest until she saw him hanging from the end of a rope.
Guess who didn't oppose those calls for violence? The same people who got their knickers in a twist over this one, that's right.
rainynight65 Now • 100%
They're not getting deported. The senator who made that demand is on the fringe, doesn't belong to any major party or group, and speaks for nobody but himself. He couldn't have dialled up the histrionics any more if he'd actually tried.
rainynight65 Now • 100%
He also claimed that he went into politics as a 'sacrifice' for his country - the pay wasn't enough for 'all the suffering' he'd have to 'endure' in parliament and all the work he'd be forced to do. He said he'd be much happier running his real estate business
rainynight65 Now • 100%
46, been into hard rock and metal since I turned 15. I have explored most genres and styles, liked some more than others.
rainynight65 Now • 100%
Why would you need to charge it all the way up? Just plug in the PSU, switch it on, look for your file, turn it off.
rainynight65 Now • 100%
Why does Torx Plus have six teeth but tamper-resistant Torx Plus has five? Whereas 'what the fuck is this' basically looks like it should be tamper-resistant Torx Plus?
rainynight65 Now • 100%
That pistol appears to be cocked and not locked (safety off). I seriously hope there's no round chambered.
rainynight65 Now • 100%
Scalpers are a problem that transcend Ticketmaster. Heck, they transcend the world of event tickets. Scalpers are a pain in so many areas. Fuck them.
rainynight65 Now • 100%
Ich habe zwar einen Account auf feddit.org, aber meine App und Web-Frontend sind immer noch auf feddit.de eingeloggt. Und meine Kommentarhistorie mag ich auch nicht unbedingt verlieren.
rainynight65 Now • 100%
"I always thought there couldn't possibly be a God, with all the evil in the world. But perhaps... all this evil exists because there is a God. Perhaps, yes, perhaps this God just isn't a particularly nice guy. It's possible that God isn't a DJ, but an arsehole."
"He's probably both. A DJ who exclusively plays Rammstein at a kid's birthday party."
"You know the saying that God created Man in His image? Well, look around. If you assume that God is an arsehole, it suddenly makes a lot of sense."
Freely translated from The Kangaroo Chronicles by Marc-Uwe Kling
rainynight65 Now • 100%
Q: What do you call people who believe in the existence of Satan?
A: Christians.
rainynight65 Now • 100%
The standalone Gwent version started sucking the moment all the competitive gamers got their hands on it. Then it was all about optimising the game to death, all the decks got streamlined. I came back to the game after a longer break and it was almost completely different, and my favourite faction had been so drastically altered that I couldn't get back into it.
rainynight65 Now • 100%
So how come people trust Donald Trump? How is it that he can get away with lying whenever he opens his mouth, how is it that people buy it when he pretends he's the underdog and not part of the establishment? How is it his followers, who are so ready to believe that the government lies to them all the time, don't call anything of what he says into question?
If we go by what you say then we're basically fucked. Government and authorities can never regain trust because thanks to people like Trump, thanks to parties like the Republicans, who have spent decades undermining that trust, thanks to the mass media who are highly complicit, we live in a post-truth world, and it's enough that a government wasn't 100% truthful that one time, we can never trust them again.
rainynight65 Now • 100%
No, I really can't understand the mindset. Especially not in the face of the constant undermining of trust by certain elements of society, including when they're in government. We didn't just arrive here for no reason. The same people who have eroded the trustworthiness of government and authority (on purpose, see Reagan) over decades are the ones who now exploit the results of their actions, for their own gain.
If, in your scenario, group B was on the level, it would be a different story. But they aren't. If A oversold their claim, B would have massively oversold theirs. And that was easy to prove and has been proven. B also just didn't oversell their own claim, they also exaggerated the claim that they refuted to something that, in this form, was never said - standard MO.
There is no trick to this. Being factual and getting people to believe you is much harder than telling an easy but good-sounding lie and getting people to believ you.
rainynight65 Now • 50%
Overselling something that is true is not the same as flat out lying about the efficacy of a random pharmaceutical. Not even in the same neighbourhood.
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"Peter Dutton has called a press conference for 10am, so it is all official – nuclear is go. The Coalition teleconference meeting has wrapped up, and the seven sites have been named and it is as we thought: Collie in Western Australia, Mt Piper and Liddell in New South Wales, Callide and Tarong in Queensland, Northern Energy in South Australia and Loy Yang in Victoria." "There are already issues being identified with the sites – first, the sites would need to be purchased from private operators. There will need to be some pretty major changes to legislation, both state and federally. The Queensland LNP, as recently as yesterday, said it would not lift the nuclear ban for the state, which is a problem given two Queensland reactor sites have been identified by Dutton’s team. Tarong in Queensland is a particular issue as it doesn’t have a secure water source. In 2006, then-premier Peter Beattie had to propose a waste water pipeline as a last ditch measure to save the plant during a drought."
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>Uhlmann said: >I have watched the network since its inception and have always admired its commitment to journalism through straight-shooting broadcasters like Kieran Gilbert and Laura Jayes. >In 2010 I helped establish ABC News 24 and had a brutal reality check on just how hard it is trying to keep pace with Sky. Commitment to journalism my arse. And he's going to be on Credlin's program. Next step: regular panelist on Outsiders. What an absolute buffoon.
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> Australia’s public schools will miss out on $13bn in the next five years if accounting tricks are maintained in upcoming funding agreements, a major report has found. > The National School Resourcing Board’s (NSRB) annual review, tabled in parliament last week, showed government schools lost more than $2bn in 2022 because of a Morrison-era loophole that allows states and territories to claim up to 4% of public school funding on non-school expenditures. > The federal education minister, Jason Clare, has indicated the 4% will not be reviewed until the next round of funding agreements – scheduled for 2030. > Modelling provided to Guardian Australia by the Save our Schools convener, Trevor Cobbold, suggests if Clare’s position remains, public schools will miss out on about $13bn in funding to the end of the decade.
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"Billionaire businessman, Clive Palmer, has warned Labor against legislating electoral spending and donation caps, accusing it of attempting to “silence the diversity of ideas in this country”. The Albanese government is preparing legislation to cap political donations and electoral spending, citing the influence of Palmer’s hundreds of millions of electoral spending, backed by donations from his company Mineralogy to the United Australia Party. Although the reforms are backed by an inquiry into the 2022 election by the joint standing committee on electoral matters (Jscem), Palmer’s intervention into the debate spells trouble for the government, which could face a high court challenge on the basis caps infringe the implied freedom of political communication."
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And related: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/29/joe-hockey-says-it-is-absurd-for-asio-not-to-name-former-politician-accused-of-treason
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>David Littleproud told the ABC he and Mr Joyce had a conversation about the "circumstances" that led to him lying down in the street. >The Nationals MP said Mr Joyce's behaviour wasn't "normal" and that he had embarrassed himself and his family. >Mr Littleproud said there were "greater circumstances" to the incident than the public was aware of, beyond the "mixture of medication and alcohol". >"There's some family circumstances that his family need to deal with, and I encouraged him to take some time to deal with that emotionally," Mr Littleproud said. >"To make sure that his family understood that he was there for them but that we were there for Barnaby. That we were going to create an environment for him to be able to address those issues.
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Good thing he's not looking for sympathy, as I am fresh out. Jesus Christ, what an absolute moron and embarrassment.
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Ist echt die Überraschung des Tages: ein Rechtsextremer sieht andere Rechtsextreme nicht als rechtsextrem. Dass der Typ an den Worten 'freiheitlich-demokratische Grundordnung' nicht sofort erstickt ist, grenzt auch an ein Wunder. Mann mann mann, die Medien hören den Schuss echt nicht mehr. Wenigstens hat es das ZDF fertiggebracht, diese Äusserung nicht komplett unkommentiert stehenzulassen.
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Concessions for superannuation cost the federal budget almost $50bn a year while rental deductions, much of them for negative gearing, have jumped by more than half in three years, the annual Treasury summary of tax expenditures shows. The ranking of revenue foregone in 2023-24, released on Wednesday, was headed by many of the usual groups, finding for example that shielding taxpayers’ main residence from capital gains taxes, saved them a combined $47.5bn for the year, up about a third from 2018-19. Topping the list was concessions for super contributions, which cost the budget $28.55bn, up almost 23% from the previous year. Exemptions for earnings from super was ranked fifth largest at $20.05bn, down about 7% on the previous year. Benefits for both types of super exemptions were skewed to higher income earners. In 2020–21, 90% of the contributions benefit went to people with above median income, and 30% went to people in the top tenth of taxable income earners.
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Victoria’s oldest independent bookshop has apologised after its owner called for more picture books with “just white kids on the cover” and claimed that the chain would stop stocking “woke agenda” content that divided people. Susanne Horman, the owner of Robinsons Bookshop chain, posted a series of tweets in December where she called for an “substantial shift” in Australian publishing, arguing the focus should be in line with public opinion, requests for books and “for what is good”. “What’s missing from our bookshelves in store?” Horman wrote in one tweet, before the account was deleted. “Positive male lead characters of any age, any traditional nuclear white family stories, kids picture books with just white kids on the cover, and no wheelchair, rainbow or indigenous art, non indig [sic] aus history.” Another post read: “Books we don’t need: hate against white Australians, socialist agenda, equity over equality, diversity and inclusion (READ AS anti-white exclusion), left wing govt propaganda. Basically the woke agenda that divides people. Not stocking any of these in 2024.” In a Facebook post on Sunday night, Robinsons Bookshop said the comments had been “taken out of context” and “misrepresented the views” of the company.
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The federal Coalition has declared at the Cop28 climate summit that it will back a global pledge to triple nuclear energy if the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, becomes prime minister, but will not support Australia tripling its renewable energy. Speaking on the sidelines of the conference in Dubai, the opposition’s climate change and energy spokesperson, Ted O’Brien, also said a Coalition government would consider supporting Generation III+ large-scale nuclear reactors, and not just the unproven small modular reactors it has strongly touted. The statement at the global summit confirmed the Coalition was on a markedly different path to Labor. The Albanese government last week joined more than 120 countries in backing a pledge to triple renewable energy and double the rate of energy efficiency by 2030, but did not sign up with 22 countries that supported tripling nuclear power by 2050. While only 11% of countries at the talks – mostly nations that already have a domestic nuclear energy industry – backed the nuclear pledge, O’Brien declared “Cop28 will be known as the nuclear Cop” [. .]
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Australians’ tipping habits are not keeping pace with higher menu prices, new research shows, as household costs soar and diners grapple with pandemic-era hospitality charges. A report by Lightspeed Commerce, using payments platform data, found that the average tip amount dropped in August to 8.1% of a total bill. This is the lowest amount in four years recorded by the point-of-sale and software company, and the first time it has dropped below 9% since early 2021.
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Relentless cost-of-living pressure, rising interest rates, uncertainty about the direction of the economy and growing concern about inequality has undermined Australia’s sense of social cohesion, according to authoritative new research. After a polarising voice referendum campaign and amid rising community tensions over the war in the Middle East, the latest Mapping Social Cohesion Report puts the Scanlon-Monash Index of Social Cohesion at its lowest ebb since the survey began 16 years ago. The social cohesion index provides a barometer of social wellbeing, measuring belonging, worth, participation, acceptance and rejection, social inclusion and justice. The measure declined by four points over the past 12 months, hitting the lowest result on record. Since November 2020 – the peak of social cohesion recorded during the Covid-19 pandemic – the index has plummeted 13 points.
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I mean, come on. I know by now that Sky News, a broadcaster that doesn't deserve the 'News' moniker and that will happily platform actual fascists if it serves their agenda, never tires of taking cheap shots at the ABC, with the declared objective to undermine its credibility. I know that Bronwyn Bishop has gone full cryptofascist and is probably starting to get senile. I shouldn't be surprised at shit like this. But for some reason, whenever I think these people can't possibly go any lower, they grab a bigger excavator and keep on digging.
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Punters are switching off the Melbourne Cup, with a majority of Australians reporting they have little or no interest in what was once “the race that stops the nation”. According to the latest Essential poll of 1,049 voters, just 11% reported a “high interest” in the Melbourne Cup, down five points from when the question was asked before the 2022 race. [...] Despite a lack of personal interest, two-thirds (65%) of respondents agreed the Melbourne Cup is a unique part of Australia’s national identity, down seven points. Just 50% of those aged 18 to 34 agreed. About half (48%) said it promotes unhealthy gambling behaviour. More than a third (36%) said it normalises animal cruelty, up two points since 2022. The figures come as an increasing number of brands and sponsors are distancing themselves from the Melbourne Cup and other racing events.