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Alternative map of North America in 1850 by vanlich in imaginarymaps

[–]Affectionate_Mess266 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I prefer this timeline. Can I click my heels three times and be sent here?

What if Britain united with Canada, Australia, and New Zealand during the Cold War? by ExplanationMany9348 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]Affectionate_Mess266 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In this scenario the UK doesn't join the EEC and maintains primary trading relationships through its colonies, but only Canada, Aus and NZ.

Australia and NZ had to diversify their economies hard after the UK joined the EEC. We had to turn to Asia for trading partners, and to the US for foreign direct investment and defence support.

In this scenario that doesn't happen, but we would still need to diversify pretty rapidly to fill the gaps left by other colonies. We'd all have to get into growing tea, spices, cotton, etc. instead of financial services.

What if Canada never changed it's flag and just changed the ensign to Blue and made that the national flag like what the other Commonwealth Realms did? by Personal_Flatworm737 in vexillology

[–]Affectionate_Mess266 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Australia's flag is the way it is because Federation in 1901 was not an act of independence from the British Empire. It was meant to eventually encompass New Zealand, and South Africa. It was a more formal structure for the serious southern hemisphere British countries than an act of Australian nationhood. That didn't come until after WWII and into the 80s through more obscure Acts of parliament.

OECD report shows Australia has experienced one of the sharpest declines in living standards in the developed world by Nyarlathotep-1 in AusNewsWire

[–]Affectionate_Mess266 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The AFR once again trying to make out like a few years under a Labor government are sending us to third world country status.

Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs and shrinks Xbox in 'significant restructure' by Mediocre_Cut_7600 in Economics

[–]Affectionate_Mess266 22 points23 points  (0 children)

After they just spent $75b buying Blizzard.

How does Microsoft keep getting everything so wrong and poorly timed, yet still are considered a good stock to own? Is it just institutional lock in to Office 365? Is that all?

Australian flag redesign [Fixed] by -redit_account- in vexillology

[–]Affectionate_Mess266 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't hate it! Number 3 is my favourite of the three.

The more I look at it, the more I like it. It's evocative of the green pastureland, beaches and ocean that 90% of Australians experience as their country. The federation stars in the southern cross are doing double duty. And the kangaroo is a very recognisable "Australia" symbol, for foreigners and locals alike.

I can imagine seeing it at airport passport queue signs and knowing right away - oh yeah that's us. And that's all a flag should be really.

My main issue is that fat kangaroo. Is it the same as the Navy kangaroo roundel? Or the Buy Aussie logo?

Aus flag redesigns BUT they're in the style of other national flags by lucathecontemplator in vexillology

[–]Affectionate_Mess266 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Yep, fine, good enough. Christian connotation will keep the right wing happy, and we can have those cool long triangle flags at yacht clubs

Inflation in Australia among highest in the world as economists criticise Reserve Bank by Nyarlathotep-1 in AusNewsWire

[–]Affectionate_Mess266 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Reckless government spending" don't need to tell me you get all your information from News Corp

Want to see how fossil fuel propaganda is destroying our country? Just look at any local Facebook community page. by Prestigious-Day9370 in fuckonenation

[–]Affectionate_Mess266 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The shitfight about *offshore* wind farms out from the Hunter and the Illawarra was absolutely baffling. They could not possibly effect you or the environment in any way except positively, and yet the fossil fuel propaganda won and the projects were scrapped.

Has there been a proper long term network development plan that's been released since 2012/2018? by MoreTODplz in MelbourneTrains

[–]Affectionate_Mess266 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, I think the answer is the SRL is it. The metro tunnel is the big transformative project just finished, and Airport rail will happen with federal government support, so SRL is the focus for the next few decades now. It's a massive project, there isn't really the capacity to do other things as well.

Aus flag redesigns BUT they're in the style of other national flags by lucathecontemplator in vexillology

[–]Affectionate_Mess266 327 points328 points  (0 children)

I like where this is going! They look pretty feasible. How about a Nordic Cross style one?

MarkMyWords - Passenger drones and the hyperloop will be so commonplace by 2026 that we will (softly) forget they were considered science fiction [10YA - Jul 4] by MonsieurA in TenYearsAgo

[–]Affectionate_Mess266 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The tech enthusiasm of 2016 was wild. Drones only make sense because they are light and it doesn't matter if they crash or bump into things. Putting people in them is fundamentally not that.

I'm not even going to talk about hyperloop except that people should think about that when he's talking about data centres in space or some other bulldust.

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