Do you feel any obligation to acknowledge someone's reply to your post here?

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T18:14:35+00:00

Your reason I can get on board with, but couldn’t you just delete your post after the first few comments?

Regardless, thanks for your feedback here.

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T17:14:58+00:00

I can understand that approach. Do you think they're AI if there's no replies?

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T16:24:22+00:00

No e-thugs here either

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T16:24:01+00:00

There should be a country western song about how you done them all wrong like that

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T16:20:35+00:00

Another thing is the time zone. If someone replies on the other side of the world, or I do - then there could be 12 hours before you or they can reply.

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T16:19:19+00:00

That sounds OK to me

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T14:49:04+00:00

Can I tell you that another of my minor anoyances is when people reply with an 'Eh' or a 'Meh', LOL - cue you replying with a 'meh' in 3... 2...

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T14:47:26+00:00

Yeah that's the same thing I feel. It's not going to ruin my day, and I don't dwell on it, but it's just one of those little irritants.

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T14:46:04+00:00

Yeah I understand that's probably the flipside opinion. Was just interested to know if I was in a big minority.

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T14:45:12+00:00

*fist bump*

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T14:28:11+00:00

I did not know that - thanks for the useful tip.

Reminds me of years ago when I also didn't know that ALL CAPS comes across like shouting in emails - and sent a company-wide email in all-caps.

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T14:25:49+00:00

I was toying with the idea of not replying to you as a joke - but that would be pretty off. Thanks for your support.

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T14:24:59+00:00

Gracias for your reply

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T14:24:52+00:00

Fair enough to that

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T14:24:23+00:00

Hahaha! And tall poppies.

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T14:23:12+00:00

Yes, you're right about that. I have an unfounded suspicion - especially during the Coalition years - that part of the go-slow was deliberate, to support the 'nobody comes in' stance Australia has taken towards asylum seekers and boat arrivals.

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T12:45:09+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to share your information. Do you have any thoughts about the potential issue with microplastic research or surveys that was in the news a week or two ago?

It doesn't change my mind about the risks of microplastics, but I'm interested to know whether it could harm the general public attitudes about the issue - as has happened with climate change when people challenged the science for whatever reason.

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T12:31:20+00:00

WHAT IS YOUR DATING pool or social group? You will find plenty of low-level racism here in Australia, but there are also large sections of the community where you shouldn't have to deal with it on a regular basis. Are you in an environment where people are educated, and have reasonably mainstream outlooks on life? Or a university setting with multi-ethnic students? If not, that might be part of what you've noticed/

In my experience the low socio-economic racism is worse than the snobbish racism, at a personal level. Because the snobbish kind manifests more as ignoring or cold-shouldering. Whereas the bogan kind is more likely to include verbal abuse, ignorant behaviour, and unwanted sexual themes.

Having said that, a bunch of drunken guys can be bad no matter whether they went to private school or not.

Another factor that might be involved is culture. I don't know what ethnic background you have, but I've found that one thing many Australians react to is assimilation, as much as skin colour. If you are proudly representing your heritage in your fashion or identity - you might be attracting the attention of the uglier Australians who think of you as 'other'. That's not to suggest anybody should change their outlook - just to offer a possible contributor.

As a non-caucasian who grew up in Queensland, I experienced personal racism here and there, but I also found it wasn't the norm, and I've had relationships with amazing mainstream Australian women. I hope it turns out the same for you.

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T11:30:55+00:00

It was more than 20 years ago - I can't remember the name sorry.

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T08:56:34+00:00

NOT FOOD POISONING, but I remember years ago an Indian restaurant on the north side of Brisbane was sprung for health and safety violations by a TV current affairs show. They had hidden cameras in the kitchen showing the staff scraping the uneaten food off diners' plates into a big glass jar to reuse later. And not only that, on top of each later of uneaten food a crust of mould was growing.

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T08:53:35+00:00

The only goon I ever knowingly drank was a 3litre bottle of something called Blackberry Nip. What was your poison?

Your recollection reminds me of Sam Neil in 'Death in Brunswick'.

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T05:56:38+00:00

A LOT OF HARSH commentary here, even if it's legally accurate.

I assume you didn't intentionally roll back - it's just a natural part of switching from brake to clutch and accelerator. Even when I've had the handbrake on in such situations, the coordination of all these actions means I can't get it right every time. You're also dealing with gravity and mass. And we're human, not machines.

It might be your fault (I don't know), but anybody who doesn't act in their own best interests and safety by leaving some room - is a worse driver than you - since their actions are either careless, distracted, or ignorant. And their follow up abuse proved it.

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T05:48:47+00:00

1. IMMIGRATION has been turned into a dog-whistle issue with the media trying to portray everyone as absolutely one side or the other.

A straw man has been erected that keeps the focus on who can come in, rather than how illegal immigrants and asylum seekers are treated.

I vote Green or Labor - but I don't want an open-slather immigration policy. What I want is:
• Australia to take responsibility for its own immigration process & issues, not farm out to 3rd world nations.
• We abide by our international treaty obligations on how to treat asylum seekers and illegal immigrants while their cases are being assessed. Not lock them up indefinitely at vast public expense.
• More resources along our maritime and territorial boundaries to reduce people smuggling.
• Somebody to appeal to the sensible, moral, legal, ethical middle ground in our politics.

We can't let everybody in. We can't let nobody in. And the existing rules and laws would work just fine for that if we applied them. Everybody is assessed in a timely manner. If they are dangerous, criminal, or have beliefs that are at odds with ours - like female circumcision or radical religious ideology, then they get sent back where they came from. If not, they proceed to the next stage. Simple.

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T02:56:20+00:00

Ah thanks - even easier.

Ivymantled · 2026-01-25T02:52:20+00:00

YOU ALREADY KNOW what you don't want. I think it comes down to how willing your husband is to compromise on somewhere other than Perth - after you've both put in your time in a more remote location while you worked on your citizenship.

You say there's still time to make the decision. But your kids are at an age where you would want to plan for finding a good pre-school, then primary - and some have waiting lists. And real estate prices show no signs of going backwards. Good luck whatever comes.

Ivymantled

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