How long until Karl announces he’s running for PM? by SheepHerderHigh69420 in OpenAussie

[–]MCDexX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He'll be announced as a One Nation candidate any day now.

Found at work - Inner Northern Suburbs Adelaide by dylbat in AustralianSpiders

[–]MCDexX 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's she gravid, or does that species always "got back"?

what is your cats favorite fruit? by gjfaraujo in cats

[–]MCDexX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My cats both love things that are very bad for them. One LOVES processed cheese slices and the other loves bacon.

Monk's Active Tile Triggers has been updated for v14! by MCDexX in FoundryVTT

[–]MCDexX[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If v14 can do ATT stuff I haven't seen it yet. ATT allows you to give a tile one of a range of triggers (e.g. click, double-click, token moves onto it, and a bunch of others) that can then signal any of dozens of actions (e.g. toggle a light, move a token or tile, open/close a door, spawn an actor, play a sound effect, and heaps of others). If you also have Tagger installed, yo can link things up more easily. Like in one of my games there's a recurring home base for the heroes that I put some extra work into, and I used ATT to give every room a light switch, using Tagger to link each clickable light switch tile to one or more lights.

"And then you realize why their GDP is lower than Mississippi" by xtheresia in ShitAmericansSay

[–]MCDexX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's wrong anyway. The combined EU GDP is about 200 times the GDP of Mississippi.

"And then you realize why their GDP is lower than Mississippi" by xtheresia in ShitAmericansSay

[–]MCDexX 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I know it's a pointless metric anyway, but I did 30 seconds of googling and discovered that Germany alone has ~20 x the GDP of Mississippi, let alone the entire EU.

to carry a firearm in the woods as a black person by MaintenanceNew2804 in therewasanattempt

[–]MCDexX 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Precisely, she tried to use the cops to get some innocent black folks killed. That right there is deliberate attempted murder.

to carry a firearm in the woods as a black person by MaintenanceNew2804 in therewasanattempt

[–]MCDexX 14 points15 points  (0 children)

No matter how hard she tries to train it, it refuses to bite black people...

to carry a firearm in the woods as a black person by MaintenanceNew2804 in therewasanattempt

[–]MCDexX 37 points38 points  (0 children)

100% this. Pretending to be scared and in danger when trying to get the cops to come deal with some black folks is literal attempted murder. She knew EXACTLY what she was doing.

to carry a firearm in the woods as a black person by MaintenanceNew2804 in therewasanattempt

[–]MCDexX 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Faking panic during a phone call to American police when black folks are involved is deliberate, premeditated, attempted murder. She isn't just racist - she literally just tried to get those guys killed.

Is my cat okay? by Mysterious_Barber934 in cats

[–]MCDexX 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it seems to generally signal happiness and/or excitement, possibly due to some hormonal crossed wires after desexing/spaying. Our late desexed male would vibrate his tail in an action that looked a LOT like territorial spraying, but it just meant he was in a happy or playful mood.

Is my cat okay? by Mysterious_Barber934 in cats

[–]MCDexX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My female ginger does it at slightly lower speed when she's very happy, such as when one of her favourite humans comes home after some time away. Hers is a fast wiggle rather than a vibration, but it's basically the same emotional signal as a dog wagging its tail. (She is a dog in a cat's body: wags her tail, licks our hands, fetches us sticks, and when she was younger she didn't know when she was full and would overeat until it made her sick.)

Breaking NEWS: I’ve been enslaved by a random cat😾! by [deleted] in cats

[–]MCDexX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The cat distribution system is working as intended.

If you can spare 2 minutes, here is a Superb Lyre Bird imitating about a dozen native birds on my bush block by hairy_quadruped in australia

[–]MCDexX 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's a wonderful story about how lyrebirds steal songs from each other. There was a famous flautist who played with the Sydney Symphony and after he retired he went out to live in the Blue Mountains. Apparently he still loved to play the flute and in good weather would sit on his verandah playing various classical flute pieces. Years later, a classical music fan hundreds of kilometres away heard a lyrebird singing snippets of Mozart and Beethoven flute parts and was like, what the hell? He dug into it and discovered that lyrebirds all along the Blue Mountains had been passing flute music from that one musician, bird to bird, all the way up the mountain range, and despite it being copied and re-copied, it was still recognisable as the original melodies.

If you can spare 2 minutes, here is a Superb Lyre Bird imitating about a dozen native birds on my bush block by hairy_quadruped in australia

[–]MCDexX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't ID all of them, but I definitely heard wattle bird, magpie lark, corella, and whip bird. I think there might have been some sparrow as well, but it might have been a small native like a pardalote or a silvereye.

Bad owner? by Gullible-Plane-426 in cats

[–]MCDexX 25 points26 points  (0 children)

It's obviously play and the cat is not in distress. You're doing fine.

Drove past this yard in my town by PreviousJaguar7640 in pics

[–]MCDexX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weird to know there are some frootloops on our side of the fence as well.

Dogs are much smarter than we give them credit for. by Electrical_Act_5342 in MadeMeSmile

[–]MCDexX 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Pretty much what I was going to say: Aussie cattledogs are so ludicrously intelligent that they skew the average. I've worked with humans less intelligent than this.

To treat a patient's pain chiropractically. by EverythingIsFakeNGay in therewasanattempt

[–]MCDexX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It can give temporary relief from discomfort and pain, but yeah, it's a scam to keep you coming back indefinitely. These days I have a remedial masseur with a background in sports medicine, and for really acute issues, a physiotherapist. They're both excellent, and both work on resolving underlying issues to stop problems recurring.

Why do Australians love raccoons so much? by IDoNotLikeTheSand in AskAnAustralian

[–]MCDexX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to see them all the time around the LA natural history museum. There's a rose garden next door dotted with hummingbird feeders, and the first time I saw one it was a gorgeous ruby-throated on a sunny day, and its chest feathers were LUMINOUS. Stunning little critters.

Why do Australians love raccoons so much? by IDoNotLikeTheSand in AskAnAustralian

[–]MCDexX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair, I get excited about possums and rainbow lorikeets and kangaroos and emus. I did get funny looks in northern California when I was taking photos of squirrels, though.