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[โ€“] goodthanks 6 points 4 days ago

There were so many of them at the farm I worked at that they made them the icon for the farm's produce. Coming to the city and hearing them referred to as bin chickens was weird. It's more a reflection of our intrusion on their environment than anything else.

[โ€“] goodthanks 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I understand where you're coming from, but I can also understand that someone who works full time but still has to use food vouchers to eat would take umbrage at being put in the same class category as you. I'm relatively comfortable, but precarious (and wouldn't last long without my job), but I'm not part of the working poor.

[โ€“] goodthanks 1 points 5 days ago

Most people forget childhood memories. Having photos can trigger memories. Also, if you're a smoker I've found it dulls childhood memory. When I quit and get my sense of smell back it triggers memories. Early life memories are strongly linked to smell.

[โ€“] goodthanks 14 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I don't know the person you're responding to but I have to say that not all software developers earn lots of money like the folks in silicon valley. I earnt less than the median wage in my country for a long time. Also if you're renter in a country with a rental crisis you're be losing most of your wages to that, and getting kicked out every 12 months, losing your savings to moving costs. I'm more stressed than I was working as a manual labourer in 2009.

[โ€“] goodthanks 1 points 1 week ago

Thanks mate. I might do that as this seems like a nice part of the fediverse.

[โ€“] goodthanks 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Is there problems between Aussie zone and Lemmy world instances? I'm out of the loop on that one. I don't use Lemmy heaps. I was looking for friendly social places to avoid awful reddit behaviour, but ended up finding some similar things on Lemmy last year so deleted my account. But now I'm back but engaging less. Perhaps I should have got an Aussie.zone account instead.

[โ€“] goodthanks 1 points 1 week ago

Also around the same time as Music for the Jilted Generation. magic people, voodoo people.

Yeah that's why I have a 5Tb music collection and a seedbox. When I'm in a nursing home 50 years from now watching Simpsons reruns on repeat, I want my 90s movie soundtracks with me.

[โ€“] goodthanks 5 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Puretone - Addicted to Bass.

[โ€“] goodthanks 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Watch as Australia votes in a corrupt copper next year for prime minister. Making the same bullshit promises.

[โ€“] goodthanks 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you had mentioned whiteness theory in your comment then I would have known what you were referring to. Based on your actual comment, my interpretation was not unreasonable.

[โ€“] goodthanks 5 points 3 weeks ago

I was born in 1990, and the only people in my age group that I know who are buying houses are doing so with the help of family wealth. So long social mobility.

 

Whether you like Guy Rundle's work or not (and yes his article on Britney Higgins in 2023 was in very poor form), I think it's fair to consider his response to the comments that resulted in his sacking from Crikey.

Original guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/oct/18/crikey-condemns-columnist-guy-rundles-text-message-to-abc-that-claimed-every-grope-is-now-sexual-assault-ntwnfb

Statement by Private Media CEO: https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/10/23/crikey-no-longer-publishing-guy-rundle/

Response published in Arena: https://arena.org.au/on-guy-rundles-sms/

[โ€“] goodthanks 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

To call it whiteness mentality is missing the fact that racism is a trait that can exist amongst any nationality. It may be predominantly white in Australia, but we have a white colonial history. Other non-white countries have it too.

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