Nath
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- Comment on [Satire] James McGrath urges public to wait for outcome of Harold Holt’s disappearance before jumping to conclusions about Liberal leadership 6 hours ago:
Gotta be fair to this chap. That ABC presenter was drilling him for who would be the next leader, while the poor dude was still in shock that his party lost the election with him sitting there live in front of the whole nation. He’s not come to terms with the loss, let alone his leader’s ousting.
And they’re trying to get the poor dude to speculate on leadership. Poor bloke didn’t even know who among his party was even surviving the wipe-out.
Not too fair though: He also called himself “a Regan republican; a Bush Republican” the same night.Not sure who the other Liberal dude they had on that night was, but he was spitting some hard facts. I liked him.
- Comment on MP berates informal voters after dud ballot spike in NSW seat 6 hours ago:
🎶 Why can’t you seeee~eeeee~
You belong to meeee~eeeee~ 🎶 - Comment on Greens' Adam Bandt in danger as seat of Melbourne remains on knife's edge 1 day ago:
“In Danger” means “Seat in doubt”. Nobody knows, it’s all speculation.
Antony Green even this afternoon still thinks Adam is in there with a shot. Although he’s gone from “I think he’ll retain it” even as recently as yesterday to “Too close to call” this afternoon.It’s been a fascinating seat to watch though. This is all because Melbourne’s electoral lines were redrawn in October: Image
They took away Fitzroy North and Clifton Hill and gave him South Yarra and part of Prahan instead. This has done fairly predictable things to his votes.
- Comment on Labor's Josh Wilson wins Fremantle after nail-biting race with independent 1 day ago:
The same thing happened at the state election in Freo in March. 15+% swing away from Labor. Freo is no longer a safe seat at either level for the ALP.
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- Comment on Discussion Thread Tuesday 29 🛸 April 2025 1 week ago:
Ooh! Thanks for reminding me. The school was calling for sausage volunteers on Saturday and I forgot to reply.
- Comment on Discussion Thread Tuesday 29 🛸 April 2025 1 week ago:
To make matters worse: blokes are totally oblivious to it all. I wouldn’t notice or care what makeup you had on (or didn’t) so long as you are happy.
- Comment on Discussion Thread Friday 25 🫖 April 2025 1 week ago:
Same here. That’s how I managed to completely miss that she was now in her 70’s until she was literally in front of me.
- Comment on Discussion Thread Friday 25 🫖 April 2025 1 week ago:
Ran into Pauline Hanson this morning. She’s aged, which I suppose stands to reason. I just hadn’t considered that she’s 70, now. She’s clearly dying her hair bright red these days. I hope she does that for herself and not from some unspoken need to fit a certain look for women in politics. Men are allowed to age and go grey. Parliament is not Hollywood.
- Comment on Discussion Thread Wednesday 23 🎩 April 2025 2 weeks ago:
Yep. With the generous help from the admin at lemmy.ca sharing his code, I implemented a few layers of defense that blocked the bulk of the DMs. It got to the point where the spam would just be an image (because of our spam filters). That was harder to block and I’m still not sure I managed it, but the images have stopped.
- Comment on Discussion Thread Wednesday 23 🎩 April 2025 2 weeks ago:
It’s been a good week now since I have had to deal with any people receiving DM spam. I don’t want to jinx it, but we may have weathered that particular storm.
- Comment on ‘I would defy ICC, welcome Benjamin Netanyahu to Australia’, says Peter Dutton 2 weeks ago:
Does he hear himself? I thought this bloke used to be a cop?
Imagine hearing “I have grave concerns about the conduct of the magistrate’s court. I would welcome a fugitive I’ve never met to my home and not turn him over to the authorities”.
I’d sound like a criminal. Because at that point I would be. Australia is a signatory to the ICC. We are bound by its rulings.
Peter Dutton’s misgivings are irrelevant. Either the world can take Australia at its word when it comes to treaties or it can’t. It would not go well for us as a nation if we told the world that we no longer honour our treaties when our (possible) PM doesn’t feel like it.
- Comment on 'Read the room': WA Greens reschedule Anzac Day dance party fundraiser 3 weeks ago:
On reddit’s military forum, there are stories there of some ANZAC day memorial services themselves were excluding modern veterans, claiming the day isn’t about them.
As the son of a Vietnam vet, and grandson of an OG Anzac, I say that’s the stupidest take I’ve ever heard. And I’ve heard people say Anzac day is dumb for glorifying war.
Imagine if WWII vets were excluded because they were never a part of the original Anzac campaign? It’s unfathomable. There has never been an exclusion of any veterans in the Anzac movement. Even post Vietnam when returning vets were unpopular, they were a part of Anzac marches.
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- Comment on Nintendo confirms $90 price for full Breath of the Wild experience on Switch 2 3 weeks ago:
I agree with your first statement, but disagree with the rest. I am not their target market. I enjoy playing their games, but primarily because I am spending time with the kids as I do. Not many of their games are targeted to my demographic.
I disagree that they focus only on digital. Every single Nintendo game comes out on a physical chip. And sales on digital copies are rare and minor (30% off maybe). It is often cheaper to get a physical copy on sale cheaper than digital. And you can then sell it / buy it second-hand. I’ve read that with Switch 2, even the digital codes can be transferred to a new owner. Nintendo for all their faults have never forced you to lock in a digital library you can never resell.
- Comment on Nintendo confirms $90 price for full Breath of the Wild experience on Switch 2 3 weeks ago:
I bought it second hand. Nintendo got $0 from the sale. In fact, two thirds of our physical games have been purchased second hand.
- Comment on Guardian Australia had a dream run. Has it lost its edge? 3 weeks ago:
I’ll start by saying the sauce is questionable. I don’t think they’re asking an objective question here.
That said, I’ve never really vibed with the Guardian’s writing style. It always feels like I’m reading the opposite of Newscorp’s propaganda - but it is still propaganda. I dislike being nudged to think a certain way, even if I’m being nudged in a direction I’d probably be inclined to go anyway. Actually, especially if it’s in a direction I’d be inclined to go. Did I come up with this position on my own? Or am I being helped along by some publication with an agenda?
Just give me the bare facts and let me form my own opinions, thanks.
I do love that Guardian Australia exists, however. I love that it has thrown a spanner into the Newscorp near-monopoly on journalism in Australia. I want to see it succeed and stay.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎮 Friday 11 April 2025 4 weeks ago:
Image. This bit of shrinkflation amounts to a 20% price rise. For what is already a luxury/occasional purchase.
Err, I’ll take the big one thanks, Aldi. And I probably won’t be buying this treat very often any longer.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 👾 Wednesday 9 April 2025 4 weeks ago:
The dietician has taken ham and salami off my wife’s menu to address cholesterol. It should likely apply to me also, but I’m not organised enough to book things like “check ups” and dieticians. So I bought a large whole chook last weekend and we roasted it. It’s going into sandwiches this week (and will likely be a weekly thing for the foreseeable future) instead of ham/salami. So far, everyone likes the change. It works out far cheaper also: over 2kg of chook is about he prices of 500g of ham/salami.
- Comment on Discussion Thread ⭐ Tuesday 8 April 2025 4 weeks ago:
So I was the pied piper on the weekend and took a troop of kids to see the Minecraft Movie. It was an experience.
The movie itself was pretty typical middle-aged kids’ fare. Fairly awful dialogue and cliched characters. Jason Moama was a surprise, I thought Jack Black was the only famous star in it. I have a feeling that in the right role, Jason would have some wonderful comedy chops. This movie was not it. Stiffler’s Mum was funny, but all I could see was Stiffler’s Mum. I think the two female leads were great and a good foil for the Jack Black/Jason Moama antics. Pity the girls didn’t really have a lot to do in the plot.If I’d been watching it on Blu Ray or streaming, I might have turned it off. As a movie, it’s not great. However, watching it in a cinema on opening weekend in a room full of kids really made it wonderful. They were cheering at obvious fan-service references that I didn’t get. Screaming out at “Chucky Chicken!” and I can’t remember other bits. But you get the idea. The energy in the room was great.
So while I didn’t particularly love the movie, I loved the experience of watching it.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🥸 Monday 7 April 2025 4 weeks ago:
Amaze! Jazz hands!
- Comment on Vote Compass Australia 2025 - Australia Votes 4 weeks ago:
It’s fascinating how some of these questions are phrased.
Should Australia spend more or less on its military?
I have no idea what Australia spends on its military. I don’t know whether it’s too much or insufficient. I wouldn’t feel qualified to answer this question, so I abstained.
But abstaining from this question appears to have affected my compass result. There are a few I abstained from and I think that by doing so, it has put me a lot closer to center than is probably accurate.
I used to think of myself as fairly central. Only “central” has seemed to move over the past 20 years and while I don’t think I’ve changed all that much, I’m considered more left these days than I used to be.
- Comment on The Chaser's Election Bingo 5 weeks ago:
I love the free space. Some things are just a given.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎪 Wednesday 2 April 2025 5 weeks ago:
His deteriorating health was big news when the second Top Gun movie came out and we found out he couldn’t actually speak any more.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎪 Wednesday 2 April 2025 5 weeks ago:
Such an underrated film. Everyone in it is great.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎪 Wednesday 2 April 2025 5 weeks ago:
Val Kilmer died.
We knew it was coming, but all the same this is a sad thing. - Comment on A lobby group representing Google, Meta, Apple, Amazon, Uber, and X has urged the US Government to take aim at Australian laws 5 weeks ago:
No. Read past the headline. While they don’t like it, Google is like the only US company actually complying with the Australian media code.
Getting lumped in with the others because you are a member of the same association is like me getting blamed for the actions of my local member of parliament because he represents me.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦆 Monday 31 March 2025 5 weeks ago:
Take a look at Softmaker Office. It’s not free, but it’s loads cheaper than Microsoft. Home version is $50/year or $5/month. They have a free trial so you can have a play with it and see whether it’ll break your spreadsheet.
I’ve only used it a little (I have MS Office through work stuff), but I found it to be very usable.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦆 Monday 31 March 2025 5 weeks ago:
About Catfishing?
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦆 Monday 31 March 2025 5 weeks ago:
Basic I know, but search for stuff you’re interested in. I get Aviation and Naval history, Some Marvel, whatever is going on at DashCams Australia, British Panel shows/Taskmaster and maybe some Star Wars/Trek stuff mostly.
What you don’t click on matters as much as what you do. Oh, I always mark Shorts as “Not Interested”, even if I would actually be interested. I despise short-form videos and would disable them entirely if I could. I can kill them for 30 days at a time on my iPad.
