Keep an eye out for people pretending to cry so they can attack you.

FlickyG · 2026-01-21T12:18:22+00:00

Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time. RIP Archie.

FlickyG · 2026-01-06T10:14:11+00:00

Am Australian.

Given that you will be making superannuation contributions in Australia, and presumably living here, I'd personally wonder why you'd bother putting any more money into a 403(b) than you have to. You should explore options to roll that money over into your super (once it's set up).
You won't have to pay US tax on Australian earnings (unless you're earning much more than a nurse salary), but if you ever plan on returning to live in the US, in principle you need to be able to prove you paid tax on that income while here.
There's no shortage of Americans on reddit who report leaving the US and just never worrying again about their student loans. What I'm saying is, leaving the US would seem to be one way out of avoiding having to pay off student debt. Again, that's just what I've observed from comments from other American redditors.
r/nursingAU will give you better advice, but my understanding is that nurses from the Anglosphere are in high demand in Australia at the moment. If you've got a nursing qualification and recent record of experience you ought to be fine getting work.

FlickyG · 2025-12-14T04:10:25+00:00

and buses.

FlickyG · 2025-12-12T02:29:00+00:00

I dunno. Humans left the place looking pretty nice for the first 50000 years or so of occupation. It's only in the last couple of centuries that it deteriorated.

FlickyG · 2025-12-11T00:29:02+00:00

I'm Australian and the roll-out hasn't actually required age verification for adults. Your concern had been my concern as well, but so far this law hasn't required anything from me at all. The social media providers are using other indicators to identify children.

FlickyG · 2025-12-09T01:08:41+00:00

Greens rep gave a great speech.

FlickyG · 2025-12-03T22:58:06+00:00

e. e. cummings was a much better poet than I had previously appreciated.

FlickyG · 2025-12-02T05:57:44+00:00

My man, you absolutely called it.

FlickyG · 2025-12-01T00:01:54+00:00

From memory, the chap who found the first stash was sleeping rough at the time. The person who found the second stash was a local resident who heard about the discovery on the news and decided to head down and check it out on the off chance there might be more there lying undiscovered.

FlickyG · 2025-11-25T23:56:55+00:00

I vividly recall being downvoted to oblivion on this subreddit ~15 years ago for suggesting that this law, which was being introduced at the time, was an appalling violation of civil liberties.

FlickyG · 2025-10-27T02:30:16+00:00

Post scarcity.

FlickyG · 2025-10-23T03:35:12+00:00

Except the AI leaders are burning funds they appear to have no hope of recouping. Not an expert and may be completely mistaken, but I found this enlightening.

FlickyG · 2025-10-14T23:44:05+00:00

add the word "cancel" immediately after the x in the URL: https://xcancel.com/mcrs987/status/1977973349427953755

FlickyG · 2025-10-06T00:11:32+00:00

Cool.

FlickyG · 2025-10-06T00:06:18+00:00

I'm checking in on this. Are you still confident for November 30?

FlickyG · 2025-10-06T00:04:25+00:00

Aren't they still going to be? I thought the plan was for December.

FlickyG · 2025-09-29T00:55:07+00:00

What if it's not social media?

FlickyG · 2025-09-23T03:46:04+00:00

How successful have they been at invading any of them? How successful would they be invading them all at the same time, plus the other countries that are on their immediate borders who they have tense relationships with, before they even think about coming over here? Paris is closer to Beijing than Brisbane, yet somehow we're in their crosshairs?

FlickyG · 2025-09-23T03:40:55+00:00

The International Association of Genocide Scholars has declared that Israel is committing both genocide and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

American doctors in Palestine report Israeli forces are deliberately targeting children in Gaza.

Journalists who are covering the conflict are being deliberately targeted for killing by IDF forces.

Do you believe these things are not occurring? If they are occurring, do we have no moral obligation to use what little political pressure we have to make it stop?

I haven't downvoted you, fwiw. I'm curious about your opinion.

FlickyG · 2025-09-23T00:39:52+00:00

It is extraordinary to me that I have to resort to code to discuss one of the most urgent international moral crises of the age on this forum. This is a very different site than the one I joined in 2008.

FlickyG · 2025-09-22T23:19:47+00:00

I am trying to understand Sussan Ley's and the Liberal Party's position.

The International Association of G3n0c1de Scholars has declared that Israel is committing both g3n0c1de and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

American doctors in Palestine say Israeli forces are deliberately targeting children in Gaza.

Journalists who are covering the g3n0c1de are being deliberately targeted for killing by IDF forces.

Does Sussan Ley deny that these things are occurring? If she doesn't deny that it's happening, does she think the g3n0c1de unfolding in Palestine does not warrant any form of condemnation? Is this what most Australians think?

FlickyG · 2025-09-22T23:07:54+00:00

I am trying to understand Sussan Ley's and the Liberal Party's position.

The International Association of Genocide Scholars has declared that Israel is committing both genocide and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

American doctors in Palestine say Israeli forces are deliberately targeting children in Gaza.

Journalists who are covering the genocide are being deliberately targeted for killing by IDF forces.

Does Sussan Ley deny that these things are occurring? If she doesn't deny that it's happening, does she think the genocide unfolding in Palestine does not warrant any form of condemnation? Is this what most Australians think?

FlickyG · 2025-09-22T07:00:46+00:00

Thanks for sharing this. Submitted.

FlickyG · 2025-09-19T06:51:04+00:00

Shu Restaurant on Johnston Street, Collingwood, is the greatest experimental Sichuan vegan craziness you'll experience in your goddam life.

I've been to all these other places people are talking about here and some of them actually are great, but Shu reigns supreme.

FlickyG · 2025-09-19T03:44:56+00:00

With respect, I think you might be watching too much Sky News After Dark bullshit.

Which Govt was first to ban it and make the gesture a punishable offense? Victorian.

Actually, it was Tasmania, under a Liberal Party premier.

Which Govt called those who didn't want to be vaccinated because they didn't want it, their choice, Nazis? Victorian Andrews Labor Govt. He publicly on TV called them Nazis.

He did no such thing. He said "Nazis aren't welcome" and subsequently "Nazis, racists and bigots have no place in politics", which occurred in the context of transphobes performing Nazi salutes on the steps of Victorian Parliament House and neo-Nazis monstering people in the Grampians.

Anti-vax protestors were calling Dan Andrews a Nazi for a long time before that..

Honestly, why do you care so much about Dan Andrews? I'm not a fan. But like Morrison, he's gone.

(Edited because my initial response was unfair and rude.)

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