threeduck

@threeduck@aussie.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Satire] Politicians ready to condemn one wombat child being taken, yet to mention extreme rate that Aboriginal children are taken⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Boy I wish this ire could be directed at the animal farming industry, who also take the babies from the mother (but this time to kill and eat the babies), whilst also keeping the mother perpetually pregnant to rinse and repeat the process.

  All the while contributing 15-20% of the entire planets greenhouse gas emissions.

  Boy I sure do wish.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is smarter than a genius⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think he had a good grasp on consumer desires. Which seems to be really tough for the majority of people, perhaps business people in particular.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grand Theft Auto FiveM Players Quit In Disgust As New Sources Corroborate The Rumors⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “it corroborates the rumours”.

  WHAT RUMOURS?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon cheats through college⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you guys just generating insanely difficult code? I feel like 90% of all my code generation with o1 works first time? And if it doesn’t, I just let GPT know and it fixes it right then and there?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australian economist argues China is conning the world on net zero⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  India and China look to wealthy western nations that cluck their tongues: “only WE can destroy the planet to take our citizens out of poverty”.

  When in reality, we should be giving a massive portion of our budget to help them grow in a carbon neutral way.

  I’d happily pay an extra 20% in my annual tax to help fund rising nations grow in a healthy manner.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hundreds of Beavers UK & Ireland Tour 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Had no idea what this was before watching it, became my favourite movie of the year, what a treat of a film.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You'll never see it coming⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You know how when you get put under for anaesthesia, and you don’t notice the time you were gone? It’s like a cut in the tape of life.

  What if death is like that, and BAM your consciousness re-emerges billions of years in the future the moment you die.

  But your consciousness is alone. And in pitch black nothingness. Forever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I got into the wrong career lol⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope my daughter gets to look up to women established in STEM fields.

  Seems like a busted world where there’s more money in sex work than academia.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL that Will Wright, while making The Sims, was inspired by Quake⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also I understand his house burnt down in the late 20th century, and the joy of rebuilding/furnishing was another motivation for the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨at this point it just feels vindictive⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  *Except you, you stay

  FTFY

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh thank you! I had a great time, I didn’t expect as many people to come through and play it. I had set up carnival music to entice players, but never got a chance to use it as there was always a line, which was neat. Which game at PAX was your favourite?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australia detects the first case of the highly transmissible COVID-19 strain dubbed XEC⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I caught covid at PAX last weekend, but I couldn’t figure out how to report it. Even if the populace has stopped caring about covid, you’d think the government would still be putting in some effort.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australia detects the first case of the highly transmissible COVID-19 strain dubbed XEC⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s the purpose of having the three monkeys that basically all say the same thing?

  Like, from a rhetoric standpoint?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Victoria sees record fall in rental stock as investors leave the state⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Renters have to pay for their own water. I’ve lived in rentals for 15 years, and never saw a landlord do “upgrades” on my house. Didn’t stop them from upping the prices every opportunity they could. I’ll give you rates and repairs, although if landlords hadn’t scalped all the properties I’m sure people could afford to shop around to buy a better built property.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Victoria sees record fall in rental stock as investors leave the state⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But who’s fault is that? That’s right, the investors/landlords who scalped all the houses, making supply scarce and causing prices to increase.

  Owning more than two (and I’d argue more than one) properties should be illegal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hope I won't regret this: Does anyone here live in a van?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My brother has lived in one for about 3 years now, built it himself from a Ford Transit. He does exceptionally well with ladies and a van has had no impetus on that.

  He tried living in Sydney but it was apparently horrific, what with the aggressive parking laws and terrible road layouts. He’s vowed never to return.

  I’d argue his diet isn’t great, as he doesn’t have much room to make varied colourful meals, but he doesn’t seem to order takeout so maybe it’s not that bad.

  He’s incredibly social and performs in theatre’s throughout Melbourne, van life didn’t seem to hamper that. Everyone seems to want to hang out in his cosy RGB wood panelled surprisingly clean funk wagon. He’s 27 and saving a boat load of cash.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨yogurt⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thants

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Activists throw soup on Van Gogh painting again⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Good on em. The more Just Stop Oil is in the news, the better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microplastics Seem to Be in Every Kind of Animal… Except One⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Saved you a click (or embarrassment of not knowing what one looks like from the thumbnail)

  It’s the tardigrade.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Supportive dad⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Good point, corrected.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Supportive dad⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s not in his jeans is probably in his genes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Not too complex’: health experts criticise Labor for ditching LGBTQI+ census questions⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I dunno, I’m kinda of two minds. On one hand, it’s definitely good to know the breadth of the LGBT+ community, for further policy decisions and what have you - ALL info is good info.

  On the other hand, what business does the government have knowing what I do in the privacy of my bedroom? Aside from the legal aspects of sexuality which I believe are fairly equal now (marriage laws, adoption laws etc), why do they wanna know who I’m blasting nuts into?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ooh I’ll be showing off my booth! I got a spot in the indie section for my Musical comedy RPG Game Over, but as a solo dev it’s a bit nerve racking. If you come find me and mention Lemmy I’ll give you whatever merch I have. If I don’t have merch I might have to give you the computer or something, just to keep my word.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe this is better for everyone⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Vegan diets are popular in third world countries because they’re considerably cheaper. Meat is cheap in western countries because it’s very often subsidized by governments. Meat consumption by wealth proves eating animals is a luxury.

  Also veganism mantras always have “as far as is practicable”. I bought a Samsung phone because Fairphones don’t work here in Australia.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon sets the mood⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Who is it?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Me and a friend of mine were having a discussion on the holocaust and got banned for mentioning the N word. This is not the first time in games. How come they censor it?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  OP is referring to the word “Nazi” when referring to “the N word”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Me and a friend of mine were having a discussion on the holocaust and got banned for mentioning the N word. This is not the first time in games. How come they censor it?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  SquigglyEmpire is trying to say that “the N word” typically refers to a derogatory word for black people, not for Nazi.

  Video games would probably ban you for saying Nazi because it’s a nasty thing to call someone or be called. It probably isn’t relevant to the game and it’s a topic they’d probably prefer not to have discussed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does voting for Biden change anything if I live in a deep red area of my state? (Ohio)⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Here in Australia, our voting system means you can’t waste a vote. If whoever I vote for doesn’t win, my vote gets shifted to the next on my list.

  Every year I vote for the Animal Justice Party, Environment Australia, Progressive Unity etc. They never win, but my vote is still registered as having gone to them. Eventually my vote shifts along and either lands on the greens who win my electorate, or labour. But they’ll still see that the Animal Justice Party DID get a lot of votes, and maybe the Greens or Labour will focus more on animal based policy.

  If 49% of your American electorate votes blue, maybe your right wing winner will try to appeal to that sizeable demographic by not being so horribly right wing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When creating a story, how many black characters can I create without them calling the story woke?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you suggesting this question might be stupid

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Children is bugs⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In Maori, Maua means “we”, or “both of us”. It’s also shorthand for “we share similar beliefs”.

  Could have gone that route.