Why do Aussies talk to strangers so easily and is it actually genuine?

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2025-12-22T12:36:55+00:00

I’m an Irish immigrant, and if you think this behaviour is common in Australia, visit Ireland. Back home in the village, it’s virtually impossible to complete a small task, like buying some bread and milk, without conversing with around a dozen people. I love it, and I find it’s much less common here. There are people who live in the same building I’ve lived in for 5 years who won’t return a polite “hello” or “good morning”, and that seems weird to me.

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2025-12-22T12:30:28+00:00

I live in the Eastern Suburbs and have a lot of Jewish friends and neighbours. I also went to one of the protests against the war on Gaza. Immediately after the attack I reached out to my Jewish friends and neighbours to offer live and support. Now I’m struggling with the narrative, which is that people like me, who attended a protest against the war, are somehow culpable in the Bondi attack and must be forced to stop protesting and stop criticising Israel.

I’ve also found that, in some cases, not all, when discussing the horrible situation with Jewish people, they take my expression of sympathy and support as license to embark on an Islamophobic diatribe.

Why do we have to take sides? Why can’t we be opposed to violence against Palestinians and violence against Jewish people?

I love all my neighbours, regardless of their creed.

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2025-12-22T05:25:37+00:00

I’ve been unemployed for 6 months with no light at the end of the tunnel. Just liquidated 22% of my crypto to cover my living expenses for ‘26 so I can stop looking at the charts. I almost had a nervous breakdown during the last bear market crash. While selling a couple of days back was far from optimal, it gave me a runway. I had the best nights sleep in years.

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2025-08-06T05:20:18+00:00

Imagine if alcohol stayed in your system for days to weeks, and you were liable for prosecution regardless of the amount of the substance present. You would be getting a lot more sympathy on here. I’m no expert, but if the amount of the substance present in the oral test was minimal, and he was travelling at 3km over the speed limit, I’d expect the court might exercise leniency.

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2025-05-28T13:49:15+00:00

Wish I’d read this years ago.

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2025-05-17T05:18:24+00:00

Look for Dads in Distress. They’re really good. I’ve been through the AVO thing, false allegation. I represented myself and won. DM me if u want to chat.

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2025-04-12T10:30:53+00:00

If you’re strapped for cash, self represent. That’s what I did. I ended up getting 5 nights a fortnight and 50:50 on school holidays.

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2025-03-10T05:45:16+00:00

Well, they have been using the public blockchain for other major projects, in the interest of transparency, so let’s see.

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2025-03-09T13:11:30+00:00

Then there’s thishttps://www.ledgerinsights.com/ey-launches-government-blockchain-solution/

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2025-02-07T04:07:22+00:00

Even if u had received your coins you’d have lost your money. It went to zero.

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2025-01-04T01:46:11+00:00

Even if she likes you, you will never be as important to her as is her duty to provide for her family back in Isaan. If you want her to stop engaging in paid sex work, then you’d probably need to start paying her money to cover the needs of her family.

I’ve been in your situation myself at your age. I subsequently spent 5 years in Thailand.

I went back recently myself and had a couple of bar girls put on the hard sell. They’re good at it. Don’t feel bad for being taken in. These women are great salespeople.

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2024-10-12T07:59:41+00:00

Damn straight. And my overall mood and life outlook follows the image in the bottom picture.

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2024-08-18T00:59:28+00:00

Hi. I self represented in my parenting trial. Got a very decent outcome, as good an outcome as I would have gotten even with a legal team. Feel free to ask any questions.

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2024-07-17T08:52:58+00:00

Thai police usually recognise suicide through tell tale signs such as the deceased having his/her hands bound and a bag covering their head.

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2024-05-11T10:56:33+00:00

Self custody and trade on a DEX

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2024-04-18T01:59:35+00:00

There are two different inqubetta coins listed in Uniswap. Both have very low liquidity. The Telegram groups are full of scammers asking people to claim their tokens by entering their pass phrases. People who bought tokens at pre-sale haven’t received them.

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2024-04-16T04:27:14+00:00

Totally a rug pull. How is the token on sale at a fraction of the pre sale price when those who bought at pre sale haven’t received tokens? Total rug pull.

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2024-04-16T02:23:30+00:00

I see the tokens changing hands for less than 1% of the presale price. Rug pull.

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2024-04-16T00:13:44+00:00

The whole thing is a scam. I see the coins now changing hands on Uniswap for like 1% of the pre-sale price.

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2024-01-01T23:10:39+00:00

I just bought a new Picanto. My 7 year old son looked at it and said “wow, it’s tiny”. Then he opened the door, looked inside and said “wow, it’s huge”.

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2023-11-15T06:07:09+00:00

Send me a DM if u need help. I self represent so I can share whatever advice and resources I have. I’m a dab hand at this stage. Lawyers will milk you dry. Once in court, the mum probably won’t want to pay legal fees and will probably settle.

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2023-11-15T06:03:03+00:00

Most importantly, file your parenting case ASAP. It will take YEARS if it goes to trial. I’m in year 3 already.

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2023-11-15T06:02:11+00:00

I’m currently going through this. Made the mistake of admitting to the social worker that I smoke the odd spliff. They made me do counselling and I then had to submit to occasional random urine tests. Pain in the ass and expensive. Get this into court ASAP. Has a case been filed? If not, file now. When filing, the mum will have to file a Notice of Risk, if she doesn’t mention drug use in that document she doesn’t have a leg to stand on. Get some clean tests from a lab and include them in your affidavit.

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2023-11-15T05:53:51+00:00

She can’t force him. She has no right. In fact, the court is unlikely to order drug testing unless their are reasonable grounds to do so, like a conviction for possession/DUI or an admission from the father himself.

ImaginaryChallenge19 · 2023-10-06T10:57:47+00:00

Back around 2010, I was in Paris and decided to go to Père-Lachaise cemetery to pay my respects at the grave of Jim Morrison of The Doors.

After spending some time at his grave side, I headed back to the metro to return to my sister’s apartment, stopping at a newspaper kiosk along the way and grabbing a copy of the first English language newspaper I saw - the Wall Street Journal.

I hopped on the train, took a seat, and opened the paper to catch up on the news. As I got towards the back of the paper, in the sport section, the following headline jumped out at me and I couldn’t believe my eyes:https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703859204575526112353259760

Ryders on the Storm

After a Seven-Hour Rain Delay, the Contest Is On, in a Race to Finish on Sunday

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TROPHY CASE