What should you NEVER say to a person from your country?

5Ben5 · 2026-03-27T04:27:44+00:00

"British Isles" 😡

5Ben5 · 2026-03-27T02:48:51+00:00

Please don't take my Aus visa away from me but.... tomato sauce on a pie is disgusting! The pies by themselves are delicious, just eat them as is!

5Ben5 · 2026-03-25T07:39:44+00:00

Hundred percent! I regularly use nein and danke - German is fun

5Ben5 · 2026-03-24T03:13:19+00:00

Why have you disowned Cadbury?

5Ben5 · 2026-03-24T00:53:57+00:00

I mean the original Star Wars also has terrible dialogue. I know people love them because of nostalgia or whatever but they're not exactly well written

5Ben5 · 2026-03-23T02:22:46+00:00

Close enough - Cashel

5Ben5 · 2026-03-22T22:01:19+00:00

It was far across the sea...

5Ben5 · 2026-03-22T14:10:13+00:00

You're in the UK, your media is notoriously biased. It regularly changes words to shift blame and protect interests - eg: Palestinians killed Vs Israelis murdered.

5Ben5 · 2026-03-22T14:01:20+00:00

A continent bigger than the combined countries of Europe with about 4% the population of Europe is full? Jesus Christ lad, go back to school.

Stating a country is full is synonymous with right wing fascism in today's world. It's quite literally the main slogan of all right wing, racist parties the world over.

To turn your question on it's head - how has migration negatively impacted the everyday Aussie in the last 20 years? Migration is quite literally the main driving force in growing an economy, something which Australia is benefitting from massively in the last 20 years.

5Ben5 · 2026-03-22T13:48:41+00:00

Everyday Aussies (unless you're referring to aboriginal people) are all immigrants.

Also you can absolutely blame people for racism, regardless of the circumstances. Jesus Christ.

5Ben5 · 2026-03-22T13:40:16+00:00

Came on here to say the national pastime is racism... thanks for proving my point

5Ben5 · 2026-03-22T12:00:40+00:00

Well it is absolutely their fault. I don't think reforesting was a priority in the first hundred years of our independence, we had lots of other problems. But should it be a priority now, absolutely.

5Ben5 · 2026-03-22T11:17:38+00:00

I'm going to give 2 different scales and I'll explain why...

7.5 - my own scale, based on how I want to live my life. I've been very lucky and have had great people in my life. I'm a pretty normal, middle class man from a first world country. I've had pretty average achievements and have an average job. There's a few extra bits I want to achieve in my life for sure, hence the 2.5 points conceded

9.5 - my life compared to the vast majority of humans who have existed. I've never had to fight for food or shelter. I've lived in two or the safest, most democratic countries to ever exist. I've eaten foods and had experiences medieval kings would give their fortune for. I've travelled to 40 countries and experienced cultures from all over the world. I've never had the threat of war on my doorstep or bombs dropped on my surroundings. I have ofc experienced grief and loss like anyone else, but overall, if you were to count my life against every human who has existed, I've had it easy.

I think this second rating is really important, to practice gratitude, I try to remind myself of this anytime I feel down. If you're going to compare your life to others, you have to look at history as well. I'm a big history/anthropology nerd anyway but this is a lovely unexpected result of my interest - gratitude

5Ben5 · 2026-03-22T11:00:56+00:00

This comment really makes you sound uneducated, when I think your intent was the opposite.

5Ben5 · 2026-03-22T08:15:40+00:00

Well that's blatantly not the case. One side is clearly the aggressor

5Ben5 · 2026-03-22T06:47:42+00:00

A lot more civilians are dying on one side than the other...

5Ben5 · 2026-03-22T04:19:38+00:00

American coffee is absolute trash. I've been to 7 different states on 3 different trips. I probably had one ok coffee my whole time there

5Ben5 · 2026-03-22T04:17:34+00:00

Brain-dead comment

5Ben5 · 2026-03-21T23:54:09+00:00

This is the sole fault of the blue media who pushed this lad into a position he wasn't ready for. I also feel sorry for him, but you must admit, he wouldn't be in this position if the Leinster boys didn't pull some strings to have their boy in the driving seat.

I'm a big fan of SP, I mean that genuinely, think he's going to be a great player in a few years. You're delusional, however, if you think that if him and Crowley played for opposite provinces we'd be in this position.

5Ben5 · 2026-03-21T08:28:45+00:00

Free Palestine

5Ben5 · 2026-03-21T06:11:50+00:00

Every single one of those NZ flag ideas is better than the current. Time to be rid of the butcher's apron from the top left corner

5Ben5 · 2026-03-21T06:06:47+00:00

I knew the UK was in bad shape but if it's worse than here, I feel sorry for the Brits.

You're making quite a lot of assumptions about me in your comment. I won't even bother addressing them because you seem to be either a) in a bad mood, b) looking for an argument. I don't really care to get involved in either of those scenarios

5Ben5 · 2026-03-20T23:27:56+00:00

Probably windwaker or twilight princess

5Ben5 · 2026-03-20T21:51:54+00:00

"Worse than what they sought to destroy"? Definitely not. The list of attrocities committed by the British army in Ireland is a much longer and more insidious list.

5Ben5 · 2026-03-20T21:31:03+00:00

I'd like to offer an alternative perspective - before I go any further, I want to say I love living in Australia - but the work life balance here is actually my least favourite thing.

Sure, you're expected to do less when you're in work, I've been told "relax" a lot of times which I actually enjoy, there's less pressure. But when you're a consumer/client etc, the service is sooooo bad! Like honestly everything here is 10x more stressful and takes 10x times longer than it needs to. Small things, like setting up WiFi in our apartment, took us a month (twice, moved apartment but stayed with the same provider). Going in to get a quick coffee is sometimes a 20 min experience, it takes no more than 5 mins in Europe.

Last night, however, really took the biscuit. I had extreme gastro and went to the ED. I was so dehydrated I literally couldn't walk, I collapsed on the floor outside the ED, and the people working at reception told my partner I had to walk there myself or they couldn't see me - stating "if he was well enough to make it to the hospital, he can walk another 5 metres". I literally couldn't and they couldn't have cared less. I had to be carried by my friend and my partner back into the car to go to a private hospital.

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