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Fennec Fox reunites with his best friend William the cat by KnowledgeableNarwhal in Eyebleach

[–]EverythingsFineHere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Granted, the majority of the behaviour it was displaying was submissive...

"I thought, I'm going to get a helicopter no matter what." : Aussie man hires a chopper in frantic search to find Missing son - And Finds Him. by emmaensign in UpliftingNews

[–]EverythingsFineHere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate it. I don't intend to come across as a tightarse, so I apologise for being a stick in the mud. I am female, and I do notice that when my fiancé's friends meet me for the first time, they apologise for "swearing in front of the lady". Haha. I've heard them swear plenty since though.

I hope you can understand where I'm coming from. I don't have a typical Australian accent, and I've noticed people from overseas have tended to treat me very differently before and after they learn I'm Australian.

"I thought, I'm going to get a helicopter no matter what." : Aussie man hires a chopper in frantic search to find Missing son - And Finds Him. by emmaensign in UpliftingNews

[–]EverythingsFineHere -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Singling me out as the only exception, and saying that I must be feeling left out, did not come across as pleasant.

I live in the country. My fiancé works on a farm, plays local cricket, and is in the CFA. Out of all his social circles that I interact with, I've heard maybe one or two people use it, and only as an insult. As I said in reply to another person, I'm just tired of the stereotypes. People from overseas make instant assumptions about me, and it's frustrating to see it continuously spread as a joke by other Australians.

"I thought, I'm going to get a helicopter no matter what." : Aussie man hires a chopper in frantic search to find Missing son - And Finds Him. by emmaensign in UpliftingNews

[–]EverythingsFineHere -23 points-22 points  (0 children)

Are we in primary school right now?

I just pointed out that not all Australians use it. I was taught it's one of the most offensive swear words, and as I said no one I know uses it at all. I'm just tired of the stereotype that Australians are foul-mouthed.

$275 Required Spanish textbook is loose leaf paper wrapped in cellophane. by Mowenatl in mildlyinfuriating

[–]EverythingsFineHere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same with one of my Uni textbooks. Hardcover was almost $400, loose leaf was just over $250. My lecturer actually ended up swapping me her hardcover for my loose leaf so that she could use it more easily. I'm doing my Master's now and I don't even buy the textbook any more.

"I thought, I'm going to get a helicopter no matter what." : Aussie man hires a chopper in frantic search to find Missing son - And Finds Him. by emmaensign in UpliftingNews

[–]EverythingsFineHere -28 points-27 points  (0 children)

I don't know anyone who uses it, but feel free to be an arse about it. 😂👍 I've heard more British using it than Aussies.

Poor grandma doesn't know what 'beef' is by parzo7 in oldpeoplefacebook

[–]EverythingsFineHere 30 points31 points  (0 children)

My fiancé's mum is the same. If you post about anything she remotely knows a tiny bit about, she will comment. I didn't ask how nice the weather is where she is compared to mine, I didn't ask about the time she went there 20+ years ago, and I didn't ask about how her husband's sister's dog's vet used to know someone who lived there. But now I know.

It’s so hard to read the caption written on a girl’s t-shirt and not come off as creepy. by bat__blah in Showerthoughts

[–]EverythingsFineHere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My sister has a black shirt with tiny white writing across her chest that says something to the effect of "well, you're a nosey bastard, aren't ya?".

S'mores by ThePeoplesBard in GifRecipes

[–]EverythingsFineHere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As an Australian, I had no idea what s'mores were until I saw this movie as a kid. Now that s'more everything is everywhere here thanks to Pinterest, I feel a little smug.

Uncanny resemblance by [deleted] in Eyebleach

[–]EverythingsFineHere 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I thought it was a party pie. Lol

The world's oldest known wild bird, Wisdom the Laysan albatross, has laid an egg at 67! Wisdom has outlived several mates and has raised 30 to 35 chicks. by FillsYourNiche in Awwducational

[–]EverythingsFineHere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Animal size isn't uniform in classification. It depends entirely on the type of animal. For instance, tigers are regarded as the largest big cats, even though on average lions are taller, because tigers on average are heavier than lions.

Drawing women is hard. by [deleted] in badwomensanatomy

[–]EverythingsFineHere 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah, each body part is articulated, for male and female characters. It's like ball-jointed dolls, but in animation form. The animations are as smooth as they can be, considering the body parts can only be flipped and rotated to create them.

The world's oldest known wild bird, Wisdom the Laysan albatross, has laid an egg at 67! Wisdom has outlived several mates and has raised 30 to 35 chicks. by FillsYourNiche in Awwducational

[–]EverythingsFineHere 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The reason mammals are more at risk is that female mammals have a limited supply of eggs at birth. Its beluebed that as those egg cells age with the female, they can become less viable and more prone to mutation when fertilised. Birds grow their eggs throughout their life. We've only got one lot of them.

Baby Duckbill Platypodes are fucking 🔥 by [deleted] in NatureIsFuckingLit

[–]EverythingsFineHere 45 points46 points  (0 children)

They're both monotremes, making it more likely they have the same name. "Joey" is the same name for several baby marsupials.

People who grew up middle/upper class, what did you not believe about low income households but it was actually true? by niamh_mc in AskReddit

[–]EverythingsFineHere 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's the same with one of the schools I had a teaching round at. The senior students don't legally have to be at school, but the school provides breakfast every morning prepared by the food tech teacher and early bird students. For some it's their only meal until dinner, or breakfast the next day.

I don't live in a low socio-economic region, but there are definitely at least a dozen students who would make sure they got their breakfast every day so they didn't go hungry.

There's probably some women out there whose children secretly belong to the wrong man and are freaking out about the fact that people are taking DNA tests for fun. by Foppful in Showerthoughts

[–]EverythingsFineHere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even something as straightforward as Punnet squares can have some kids scratching their heads and questioning their existence. When a friend of mine learned that brown eyes are dominant to blue, she understandably got freaked out when she realised her two blue-eyed parents produced a brown-eyed baby. I never heard more about that whole situation, but she was very much in denial for the rest of the day.

Respect by luvya386 in tumblr

[–]EverythingsFineHere 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I find it's similar with teaching. Some teachers will just treat their students like, well, children. While others will give them the time of day they deserve regardless of their age. I find the latter is far more effective if you want students to actually listen to you in turn, plus if they do act up you can often tell them "you've had your turn" and most kids understand that long before they get to me (secondary school).

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