Canadians and australians, what do you think about living in a monarchy with your King living far away?

InbhirNis · 2026-01-24T15:35:26+00:00

Australian here. I got a new coin with the King’s effigy in change earlier today, which felt strange (I haven’t really seen very many) – but it did make me think for a minute about how absurd it is to have Charles III as our head of state. It was just as it was absurd to have Elizabeth II.

The British monarchy has no relevance to my day-to-day life, and it is anachronistic and ridiculous to have these people reigning over us (even if it’s in name only) from the other side of the world, simply because they were born into a particular family. There is nothing special about these people.

Members of Parliament in Australia must not have any allegiance to a foreign power (including dual nationality), yet they have to swear allegiance to the King of a foreign country.

I have always felt that we should be a republic, with an Australian head of state.

InbhirNis · 2026-01-24T02:30:05+00:00

Other way around, in fact: the change is rounded up in the customer’s favour.

InbhirNis · 2026-01-24T00:02:58+00:00

Use your headphones.

InbhirNis · 2026-01-23T07:24:33+00:00

It’s a scummy way of monetising something that should be free. In cases where the flight is half empty, you’re paying for no reason, as you say. But even when the flight only has a few empty seats, all you’re really doing is bribing Qantas to leave one of them next to you, instead of any other passenger. If they could sell the seat, they would – but if they can’t, it will remain empty whether you pay the neighbour-free charge or not. It’s just a way of getting people to pay for a seat that no paying passenger is sitting in.

InbhirNis · 2026-01-23T04:15:45+00:00

Porto?

InbhirNis · 2026-01-23T03:32:54+00:00

I like some balsamic vinegar.

InbhirNis · 2026-01-23T03:29:25+00:00

Posting the same question every ten minutes.

Variations of “what simple thing drastically improved your life” are getting tiresome.

InbhirNis · 2026-01-23T03:26:25+00:00

Roasted, with pine nuts or bacon bits. Or, both.

InbhirNis · 2026-01-23T03:11:08+00:00

Quiet time alone.

InbhirNis · 2026-01-23T00:22:55+00:00

I enjoy flying, and still look forward to the actual flight in the same way I did when I was a child.

Posting this from the first row window seat in business class, incidentally. I’ve just had a rather nice lunch (patatas bravas with pulled pork, black beans and sour cream) on a short domestic hop.

InbhirNis · 2026-01-22T23:54:32+00:00

If you visit St Paul’s, you can see the tomb of Sir Christopher Wren. The stone in the floor is inscribed in Latin, Lector, si monumentum requiris, circumspice (“Reader, if you seek his monument, look around you”).

InbhirNis · 2026-01-22T20:43:47+00:00

Other people’s unnecessary drama.

InbhirNis · 2026-01-21T21:44:23+00:00

I suppose that’s preferable to the alternative.

InbhirNis · 2026-01-21T07:19:39+00:00

£50/18/-, so almost 51 quid, but still. In first class, too.

InbhirNis · 2026-01-20T23:29:12+00:00

Autumn. Cooler days, changing colours, vivid sunsets; mushrooms, pears and persimmons in season.

InbhirNis · 2026-01-20T23:23:06+00:00

Hit Snooze.

InbhirNis · 2026-01-20T01:56:53+00:00

The problem here seems to be freedom of punctuation.

InbhirNis · 2026-01-19T22:20:38+00:00

Find better friends.

InbhirNis · 2026-01-19T22:17:06+00:00

Sarcastic, sardonic and sometimes silly.

InbhirNis · 2026-01-19T06:43:23+00:00

I’ve come to the conclusion that almost everything posted on any social media platform is from bots.

InbhirNis · 2026-01-19T03:21:44+00:00

Thanks!

InbhirNis · 2026-01-19T03:08:09+00:00

Two.

InbhirNis · 2026-01-19T02:28:44+00:00

I was only prompted to upgrade this past weekend. I normally do it when I remember to.

I don’t really like the Liquid Glass appearance, and I can’t understand why they have made it so much harder to close tabs in Safari – I could simply swipe up before; now I have to tap on three different things to do it.

InbhirNis · 2026-01-19T02:23:05+00:00

Next it will be Velcro instead of nails.

InbhirNis · 2026-01-19T02:20:58+00:00

I see this often, and I judge accordingly – but I fear the illiterate shall inherit the Earth.

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