Whirlybird
@Whirlybird@aussie.zone
- Comment on Welcome to Country booed by neo-Nazis at Melbourne Dawn Service 2 weeks ago:
Criticizing the welcome to country does not make someone a neo-Nazi. Obviously not!
Seems at least one admin of this instance disagrees lol. Just had moderator status taken off me for completely unrelated subs and threatened with a ban - which is coming whenever he sees my reply - because apparently thinking that doing a “welcome to country” at an ANZAC ceremony is disrespectful to the ANZACS is a verified and official Neo-Nazi belief, even if it’s shared by millions of non-neo-Nazis, and as such is worthy of stripping moderator status and threatening a ban lol.
Disgraceful. I bet he is absolutely on board with Albo now wanting to charge anyone who boos at a welcome to country with a hate crime and send them to jail for 5 years.
I never, not once, not even remotely suggested that there was no “real neo-nazi there”. I’m not an idiot, I know there are racist fucking dipshits here. I never said there wasn’t. I said that you can’t label everyone that booed or that thought the WtC was disrespectful as a neo-Nazi, which should not be a controversial comment.
It is apparently though. Any view that a neo-Nazi has is off limits, even if they share the same view as everyone else. Thinking Albanese has been a terrible PM is probably a neo-Nazi view that’s worthy of having mod status removed and threatened to be banned.
Lemmy really is speed running to 2020s reddit lol. Mod the ever loving fuck out of anyone that doesn’t toe the echo chamber line, label everything you don’t agree with as “misinformation”, and just ban everyone anonymously so it doesn’t show in the mod log who did it and use the intentionally vague “trolling, bad faith, misinformation” BS reason lol.
Thought this instances was at least a bit less ideologically captured and as an Aussie one I thought it wouldn’t be censor central, but seems like certain mods have just woken from their slumber of never commenting in years and now turning on the censorship. Seriously, check out their post/comment history.
- Comment on Peter Dutton deserves lifetime membership of the ALP for his support during this election 2 weeks ago:
You’re not wrong on that last point actually haha. Seems like 20 years since a PM didn’t get knifed in the back and actually completed a term!
- Comment on Welcome to Country booed by neo-Nazis at Melbourne Dawn Service 2 weeks ago:
That the view is also held by “neo Nazis” does not mean it is a neo-Nazi view. If neo-Nazis believe the earth is round does that make anyone that thinks the earth is round a neo-Nazi? No.
I have no tolerance for Nazis. Not ever belief that a Nazi holds is an offensive belief, as I just showed. Saying that a welcome to country at the Anzac ceremony is disrespectful to the ANZACs who fought and died for this country is NOT a Nazi belief. That’s absolutely ridiculous.
Revoking my mod permission over this is beyond an abuse of power. Ban away.
- Comment on Welcome to Country booed by neo-Nazis at Melbourne Dawn Service 2 weeks ago:
A heckler was. He wasn’t the only one, and he definitely isn’t the only one who found it incredibly disrespectful and insulting. One person doing X being a Y does not make everyone doing X a Y.
- Comment on Welcome to Country booed by neo-Nazis at Melbourne Dawn Service 2 weeks ago:
Why do we need to acknowledge the “traditional owners” at every football match or work training seminar exactly? The company I work at spends an insane amount of money paying for AoC/WtC dozens of times per week. It’s beyond ridiculous.
There is no need to ever be welcomed or acknowledge it more than once. It’s turned into a massive financial grift.
And no matter what you say, constantly having to be “welcomed“ to the place that we were born, our parents were born, and their parents were born, absolutely is being treated as if we don’t belong here and need their permission.
Again - what need is there for me to be “welcomed” to the city I was born and grew up in even once a month? Why do I have to regularly acknowledge that people lived here before me? I’m not where I am because of anything they did.
- Comment on Labor and Coalition housing policies a 'dumpster fire', expert says 2 weeks ago:
Ah yes, the classic talking points of….checks notes…. saying the conservative partys policies are bad.
The deductible interest idea is actually a good idea, not just for first home buyers but for all mortgages. It massively helps ease cost of living pressure that is brought on by interest rates on housing. Many countries already do this btw.
Home ownership doesn’t attract obscene tax benefits.
- Comment on Labor and Coalition housing policies a 'dumpster fire', expert says 2 weeks ago:
Land tax doesn’t address those things. Land tax is a constant tax on something you already own. That should never have even been allowed, let alone have anyone advocating for it to be expanded.
It should not cost $28k in fees to then buy a fully compliant off the shelf tiny home. It has absolutely nothing to do with maintaining living standards. Sounds like you’ve drunk the government kool-aid.
- Comment on Labor and Coalition housing policies a 'dumpster fire', expert says 2 weeks ago:
The best solutions are to stop foreign ownership completely, massively cut immigration temporarily (importing a million people a year when we have a housing supply crisis is literally pouring fuel on the fire), limit how many properties someone can own, remove negative gearing, and slash lots of red tape and costs associated with building multiple homes on peoples land.
- Comment on Labor and Coalition housing policies a 'dumpster fire', expert says 2 weeks ago:
Annual land tax should not be a thing. You bought it, it’s yours. Paying a “land tax” forever means you’re just renting the land with extra steps.
As you touched on, they need to completely rewrite the book on tiny homes etc. I want to build a granny flat/tiny home on my property to move my parents in to and sell their house. To do so, my council charges something stupid like $28k in non refundable application fees. I could pay $28k to apply to build a granny flat and they deny it and keep all that money. That is absurd. I’m trying to get a property sold and re-house my parents onto my land, and the council is telling me to get fucked, basically.
- Comment on Labor and Coalition housing policies a 'dumpster fire', expert says 2 weeks ago:
Of the 2, the LNPs tax deductible interest is the much better plan. It definitely could help, but it does nothing to make housing for affordable.
The ALP plan also does nothing to make houses affordable.
Both parties are trying to maintain the housing markets perpetually increasing prices because if the bubble were to burst it would be catastrophic. It’s getting to catastrophic levels if it doesn’t burst though, but wealthy politicians who own multiple homes and are set for life don’t care about this type of catastrophe, only the former one.
- Comment on Welcome to Country booed by neo-Nazis at Melbourne Dawn Service 2 weeks ago:
It’s just not necessary in my and many other people’s opinion, especially to do every day or at every single event. It is especially not necessary at an ANZAC ceremony that is about remembering the ultimate sacrifice that those men and women made fighting for this country - our country.
Doing it every day at things like daycare is a whole other issue. While you say it teaches respect, it can be argued that it is furthering racial divide, instilling into people who’s families have lived here for hundreds of years that it’s not their country and that they need to ask for permission to be here.
- Comment on Welcome to Country booed by neo-Nazis at Melbourne Dawn Service 2 weeks ago:
It’s definitely not misinformation, and Wikipedia is not a source. Try again, this time with an actual argument instead of essentially “nuh uh”.
- Comment on Coalition’s claim that fuel efficiency standard would raise prices based on car no longer on sale 2 weeks ago:
Typical media hit job ignoring the point being made.
That model being discontinued doesn’t change or even dispute the fact that the updated fuel efficiency standard would raise car prices. What’s worse, and why more and more people are ignoring the mainstream media, is that they don’t even try to address the actual point.
- Comment on Peter Dutton deserves lifetime membership of the ALP for his support during this election 2 weeks ago:
Dutton is quite possibly the very worst candidate that the LNP could have chosen. This election was essentially un-losable for the LNP. A slam dunk without having to lift a finger. They could just have answered every question with “do you want another 3 years of this ALP government?” and it people would vote for them.
Instead they’ve completely botched almost every single thing about it to the point where the ALP and the greens are likely going to strengthen their positions despite being one of the worst governments in recent history.
- Comment on Welcome to Country booed by neo-Nazis at Melbourne Dawn Service 2 weeks ago:
The biggest issue with this is that people that think like this tend to throw accusations like “neo-Nazi” out like lollies, at everyone that they disagree with about on certain things that are in no way “nazi-esque”.
Disliking the “welcome to country” does not make you a neo-Nazi. It is a divisive thing. It’s not some centuries old tradition, it was invented by Ernie Dingo in like the 90s. Many, many people think it’s completely pointless and irrelevant, and they’re entitled to that opinion just like you’re entitled to your opinion that it makes them racist. It doesn’t mean you’re automatically right and they’re wrong though.
In this specific situation - welcome to country at an ANZAC day ceremony - it is extremely debatable about its use. The ANZACs, 99% of who were white non-indigenous people, died defending this country. “Welcoming” their relatives to the very country is rightly seen as incredibly disrespectful by many. Without those ANZACs giving their life to defend this country that is being claimed is not theirs, the aboriginals might have been eradicated off the face of the earth.
Saying this is not racist. It’s not “neo-Nazi” views. You claim it is as an excuse to be intolerant towards those people. No matter how you try to sugar coat it, you are being intolerant.
- Comment on Labor will announce home battery rebate in “coming days,” says federal treasurer 3 weeks ago:
The ratio? I assume you’re talking about upvotes/downvotes as if they mean anything other than to point out the political leanings of the people on Lemmy, which we all know is borderline communist at worst (and far, far left at best).
For example saying “Illegal immigrants should be deported” almost anywhere on Lemmy will get you mass downvoted. Saying “Karmelo Anthony is a murderer who should spend the rest of his life in jail” will get you downvoted to oblivion almost anywhere on Lemmy.
It’s not a reflection on me, It’s merely a reflection of the political leanings of the population here. Are you saying that anyone that says things that go against the echo chamber - of which Lemmy is most certainly an echo chamber - is a troll and should leave/be banned?
Since you want to go there, show me what exactly you disagree with in my posts.
Touching on your banning comment - If you look at my moderation history I was banned from 2 communities (on the one instance) I’ve never so much as commented on because the person that was disagreeing with me (who just so happens to be very active on that instance) obviously got me banned for no reason other than he disagrees.
Again - banned from a place I’ve literally never posted, commented, or voted on, because someone couldn’t help but abuse their mod power. Apart from that it’s a bunch of nothing.
I bet you can’t even see the irony in what you’re saying though. Trying to get me “cancelled” and have my moderator status taken off because we’re having a disagreement and I told you to just cool your jets with the attempted gatekeeping and accusations……yet I’m the one who needs to do some “self reflection”?
This has now gone beyond a thread derailment and is borderline harassment and bad faith arguing, so I’m telling you now - this is the end of this personal attacking from you. If you want to continue you are welcome to PM me, but you will not detail this thread anymore with this vendetta of yours.
This isn’t a “threat”, it’s simply telling you that this is not acceptable.
Understand?
- Comment on Labor will announce home battery rebate in “coming days,” says federal treasurer 3 weeks ago:
I have the notification of your deleted comment so I can see what you said, so I’ll address it.
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No, I didn’t delete anything. You can check the mod log.
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There was no “threat inherent” in my post. As a moderator would you prefer I tell you when you’re veering off into breaking the rules, or not and then just ban you when you continued? I simply told you to watch where you’re going with the accusations of trolling - and more importantly the “you don’t belong here” comment. You don’t get to gatekeep here. You have no right telling anyone that they don’t belong here, or accusing them of being a troll. That’s bordering breaking the rules, which I pointed out.
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It’s entirely appropriate mod behaviour, telling people they’re getting close to breaking the rules. Calling people trolls because you disagree with them, and telling them they don’t belong in a public community is not appropriate member behaviour, hence why I told you to watch what you’re doing.
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Accusing me of deleting your comment is, again, borderline unacceptable and starting to push it.
I’m not going to ban you for any of this like you want me to, but if you break the rules flagrantly a moderator will take action, even if it’s not me.
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- Comment on Labor will announce home battery rebate in “coming days,” says federal treasurer 3 weeks ago:
Like to threaten? Lol good one. I told you that accusing me of trolling and saying I don’t belong here is starting to go too far. I didn’t threaten you, I didn’t give you a warning, I didn’t take any mod action. I didn’t take any action when you were name calling or throwing out other snide remarks, because that’s not a mod-worthy problem.
Look at you “threatening” to try and get me cancelled because I told you to calm it down a bit lol. You’re behaving like a child.
- Comment on Labor will announce home battery rebate in “coming days,” says federal treasurer 3 weeks ago:
You posting pro-ev site propaganda sources doesn’t help your cause lol
People don’t want second hand EVs precisely because of the battery warranty issue.
I don’t even need to look at your profile to know that you’re like a Bowen loving “renewables” grifter.
What’s hilarious is like I said way back at the start of this - my next car will be an EV, likely a Tesla. I’ve been a fan of them and following closely since the roadster. You ignore that though because I don’t just blindly ignore all inconvenient truths about them.
- Comment on Labor will announce home battery rebate in “coming days,” says federal treasurer 3 weeks ago:
You haven’t provided receipts, you’ve provided baseless pro-EV guesses and terribly inaccurate guesstimates.
You still can’t accept that buying a second hand EV, especially one out of warranty, is a massive risk.
- Comment on Labor will announce home battery rebate in “coming days,” says federal treasurer 3 weeks ago:
It has not been proven that Tesla and ev batteries last that long on average.
The more renewables that are added to the grid the higher electricity prices go.
- Comment on Apple TV+ Comedy 'Mythic Quest' Canceled 3 weeks ago:
Not surprising given how bad this last season was.
They made most of the characters, especially Dana and Rachel, insufferable. They made Brad even more of a comic book villain but just pathetic, and the whole thing with the new testers and carol just went nowhere and was stupid.
The poppy/Ian/Storm thing was just dumb.
The whole season was a dumpster fire.
- Comment on Apple TV+ Comedy 'Mythic Quest' Canceled 3 weeks ago:
The last season was complete garbage, it’s not surprising it got cancelled. They’d run out of ideas and were just circling the drain. The entire last season could have been one episode and lost nothing.
- Comment on Labor will announce home battery rebate in “coming days,” says federal treasurer 3 weeks ago:
Saying that on average a EV battery will last you 400k miles for one lol.
There’s also the fact that it will need to be charged more and more frequently the older the car gets, as battery capacity reduces.
Then there’s the fact that one is a twin turbo performance car, the other is a family car.
- Comment on Labor will announce home battery rebate in “coming days,” says federal treasurer 3 weeks ago:
A new engine for a 7+ year old out of warranty car that cost as much as a mass market EV is NOT going to cost you $10k.
And yes, there are more parts in conventional cars, but most parts are cheap to repair/replace. There’s no $20k part that WILL need replacing like there is in a EV. There’s no part that will make your car get less mileage every year.
- Comment on Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister’s memorial 3 weeks ago:
They aren’t just rounding up people based on tattoos lol. They’ve said that they’re in communication with their government and are helping to get known gang members/associates that they are requesting.
Also, and I don’t know why this seems to be hard for you guys - just because someone says they’re not a criminal/gang member/gang affiliated DOES NOT MEAN THEY AREN’T. People - especially criminals - lie. They’re not locking people up because of a tattoo lol.
- Comment on Labor will announce home battery rebate in “coming days,” says federal treasurer 3 weeks ago:
What’s bullshit?
- Comment on Labor will announce home battery rebate in “coming days,” says federal treasurer 3 weeks ago:
Again missing the point. My assumption wasn’t that batteries fail at a higher rate than “major components” on an ICE car - it was that if/when the battery fails it’s exponentially more expensive than any component failing on a ICE car.
If you buy a $50k ICE car and the entire engine dies out of warranty (which isn’t what happens generally, just parts of it would), a whole new engine will cost you probably $3k-$4k installed. Battery dies out of warranty on a $50k EV? ~$20k to replace……for a car that’s worth probably $10k by then.
Do you see the difference? One means you literally send the car to the wreckers and have no car, the other means you’re back on the road in the same car a week or 2 later.
- Comment on Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister’s memorial 4 weeks ago:
Definitely feels like something is missing from the story. Where did their 2 phones and drug selling claims come from?
Did he have clearance/permission to have the ashes in his bag? The TSA has rules around transporting ashes:
www.tsa.gov/travel/…/cremated-remains
Not enough info to know what is true and what isn’t really. If he’s telling the truth it’s a shitty and unfair situation for him and something needs to change.
Also most people don’t seem to know but the australian government also gives border security the ability to confiscate your phone/devices and even make backups of them, and arrest you if you refuse to unlock them and hand them over.
- Comment on Labor will announce home battery rebate in “coming days,” says federal treasurer 4 weeks ago:
“Misguided preconceptions” lolololol
Any battery powered device that costs more to replace the battery than it costs to buy a new device is not a smart purchase when it’s close to or outside of its warranty period. The risk is not worth it.
It’s like you don’t even understand the point being made. If a EV battery was good for “the life of the car” (let’s say 350,000km or 20 years) then the warranty would be 350,000km or 20 years, wouldn’t it?
Answer me this - why is the battery warranty 8 years / 100,000km with 70% capacity (or whatever the km limit is, can’t remember off the top of my head)? Why don’t they guarantee it for 15 years? 20 years?
