𝙻𝚘𝚗𝚐𝙼𝚊𝚌𝚃𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍𝚄𝚙 @ Longmactoppedup @aussie.zone

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I have a second cheap second hand phone for work only purposes.

My employer has their device attestation set to only allow intune / Microsoft products to sign in if you are running stock android. Graphene nogo.

I imagine it becoming a haven for profitable vices like drugs, gambling and prostitutes to make money off tourists.

Yes have noticed more rage bait. Also more and more culture wars in comments. Still not anywhere near as bad as reddit.

Headline question, answer no...

But seriously look at the election results. Fair to say the vast majority are either in favour of mass immigration, or their views on it are not strong enough to make them vote against it.

Mass immigration has had bipartisan support since Howard used it to ass fuck the unions and housing for anyone under 40.

I think a lot of it comes down to housing. 2/3 own real estate and know that the flood of people equals demand equals increasing prices.

They should be completely banned nationwide unless you live on at least a 4 hectare property.

There is something that particularly irks conservative politicians about MDMA (and to some extent LSD) when compared to more problematic drugs such as methamphetamine, heroin and alcohol.

What if they fucked right off and left parenting what kids do on their devices to their parents?

Maybe I'm just getting old, but the idea of "verifying" my real identity to a faceless website or mobile app is abhorrent.

I guess it doesn't help that governments in some countries (UK, Australia that I know of) are encouraging this bullshit with Trojan horse laws claiming to protect children from adult websites / social media.

Can't help but think there is also an element of pot meet kettle here, when users of an app designed to dox and slander people without their knowledge are now the ones getting doxxed themselves.

Why the fuck is the media still calling this a kids social media ban instead of what it really is? A fucking Trojan horse for govt and big tech to further erode digital rights and harvest more personal data.

Same. Our economy relies heavily on China buying our stuff.

Remember when our former prime minister Scott Morrison ran his mouth about China and corona? China retaliated by finding excuses to not import a lot of different products from us. A lot of our industries here suffered.

My current car has ventilated seats. Use them every time I drive in summer.

Finding another car is now more difficult because I can never go back to not having them. Never I tell you!

I read a lot of fiction books in my own time when I was in primary school for the enjoyment of it.

When I got to highschool I hated English so much. Analyse what the author's theme was in this bla bla fuck off! Sucked the joy out of reading. Didn't give me any useful skills for the career path I was heading in to either.

There needs to be an academic English subject for people who just need it to get in to STEM courses.

Took some years after high school to get back in to it, but I do occasionally read fiction when I have time these days.

I've read they are drinking less and taking less recreational drugs and having less sex than previous generations.

I'm so glad that capturing everything with photos / videos and uploading to socials wasn't a thing in the early 2000s when I was going to clubs and electronic music festivals. Reach for the lasers safe as fuck.

Must be soon. Crocs have been in fashion for a while.

They really came out of the wood work when the covid vaccines were released. Friends and acquaintances who were there munching down e's of unknown origin back in early 2000s suddenly had a different stance about putting something "unknown" in them.

Is grape the default anywhere other than the USA? I don't think I've ever seen grape jam (jelly) for sale in Australia.

Growing up the default was always strawberry.

I only eat bread rarely now. But if I was doing this it would be sour dough, Pics peanut butter and Schwartau Extra sour cherry jam.

Even the car I had 20 years ago had cruise control that could be set at 30.

I would really like to see the CBD become a blanket 30 zone. So many people drive like nut cases there.

I also think every set of lights should have cameras on the terrace and Wellington.

The most dangerous part of my 10km bike commute is the last 300m to my office.

In addition to what slazer said, in Australia once you earn over a certain amount you get hit with an extra tax if you don't take out private health. The conservative coalition brought that in a long time ago because their donor mates in private health asked them to ruin our public health care and this was their first step towards that.

I still have private cover as it seems like the least bad option even though it pisses me off. I guess that's the point.