NigelFrobisher
@NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
- Comment on Liberals promise new hybrid trains for Melbourne's west 4 days ago:
It’s the Liberals, so I assume the hybrid bit is diesel/coal.
- Comment on Grim signs the globe is about to run short of food 1 week ago:
They’ll keep Western nations fed for now at the expense of developing nations, which have already been forced into cash crops by GATT. See the Irish potato famine for the capitalist playbook on crop failure.
- Comment on Bondi library removes book How to Sell a Genocide from shelves after complaint 3 weeks ago:
You’d think someone who survived a terror attack might have a bit more compassion for others whose lives are threatened.
- Comment on Bondi library removes book How to Sell a Genocide from shelves after complaint 3 weeks ago:
The AI companies have already moved onto book burning.
- Comment on Pauline Hanson still doesn't like Mardi Gras, says sexuality should be 'behind closed doors' 3 weeks ago:
Sure grandma, let’s get you to bed.
- Comment on Pauline Hanson still doesn't like Mardi Gras, says sexuality should be 'behind closed doors' 3 weeks ago:
I dunno. Her sugar mummy sure buys her a lot of toys.
- Comment on One of Australia's most senior Catholic figures convicted of sexual abuse crimes 3 weeks ago:
Why is there a picture of Colin Farrell in his Penguin makeup?
- Comment on Death toll from Venezuela's June earthquakes tops 6,000 4 weeks ago:
Lucky for them they’re a US vassal state now so they can also not receive any aid.
- Comment on Hey Lemmy. I hate Facebook. But I miss Marketplace. So I built Garage as a means to reclaim Melb's 2nd hand marketplace from Meta (cause fuck Zuck). It's pretty new but check it out below 5 weeks ago:
Yes! As long as it’s in Melbourne.
- Comment on Home prices fall across Australia as housing downturn takes hold 5 weeks ago:
It’s weird how much they phrase housing becoming more affordable as a bad thing.
- Comment on Live: Jacinta Allan to resign as Victorian premier, paving way for Ben Carroll 5 weeks ago:
Ben Carroll looks like they used AI to remove a beard in every photo and video.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧶 Monday 27 July 2026 1 month ago:
The booze bus sounds much more fun than it is.
- Comment on Hanson says domestic violence comments taken 'out of context' as criticism mounts 1 month ago:
She should love the press - they spread her hate for her because they’re more interested in engagement than information.
- Comment on AusAlert emergency warning test: What you need to know and how to prepare 1 month ago:
Absolute zip from my phone.
- Comment on Hanson tells UK conservative conference audience to 'not apologise for being white' 1 month ago:
That’s not what makes them arseholes though.
- Comment on Unlike Count Binface, joke parties can’t run in Australian elections — and that’s serious 1 month ago:
It’s very important for democracy that all candidates have oligarch money behind them.
- Comment on Breaking: Actor Sam Neill dies aged 78 1 month ago:
Best boy. He lived the skux life.
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- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦘 Monday 6 July 2026 2 months ago:
I thought it was very British of me going out to the bins in my jim jams, but of course I saw a dog walker out there in a padded winter jacket and still in shorts. I think wearing shorts no matter the weather may be of the keystone Australian cultural markers.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦘 Monday 6 July 2026 2 months ago:
Love the devils so much.
- Comment on PM 'unequivocally' apologises for 'shag, marry, date' podcast comments 2 months ago:
It is funny the things PMs will do to try to appear human though.
- Comment on Unseal your rage 2 months ago:
Neil, no!
- Comment on Housing price downturn accelerates as 'perfect storm' hits market 2 months ago:
It’d be nice to stop renting when my PR comes through!
- Comment on Pauline gets desperate and starts posting endorsement by foreign celebs 2 months ago:
The famous pumping the brakes and staying exactly where you are strategy of change.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
She didn’t consult her - she reports for orders.
- Comment on You rock up to Super Cheap to deck out your silver 2009 Toyota Yaris. Which aisle endcap you going with? 2 months ago:
Peak dashboard design imo. I also toggled the digital speedo from mph to kph the one time I took it onto mainland Europe.
- Comment on You rock up to Super Cheap to deck out your silver 2009 Toyota Yaris. Which aisle endcap you going with? 2 months ago:
I miss my Yaris, even though it only had a CD player. It survived taking out a deer somehow and is probably still going somewhere.
- Comment on Labor MPs have been handed new talking points – revealing a growing concern about One Nation 2 months ago:
Labor also learning that the populists eat your school dinners you’re supposed to be a socialist party but you only ever do anything for your wealthy donors.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧶 Tuesday 9 June 2026 2 months ago:
Just started using an electric blanket and now waking in the night completely packed in by cats, maybe even more so than usual.
- Comment on Melbourne trains finally arrive in the Myki-less era with tap-and-go payments, almost a decade after Sydney 2 months ago:
You can see trams as just a big bus though. London has had this for ages and the rates are pretty simply based on whether you change zone.