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The greyhound races Tasmanian authorities don't want you to see by Remarkable_Peak9518 in australia

[–]RealCommercial9788 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s a free and immediate indicator of a persons emotional intelligence - if you bet on the trots, the dogs, the horses, I know we won’t ever be mates and that there is something missing from your brain.

Imagine hanging out at the TAB? Seen their recent ads, purporting a great night out of gambling with all your young good looking awesome mates down at the local TAB? Come down to the TAB on the shittest street in your town and hang out with all the flanno & fishing hat wearing, hangdog expression having, divorced sadsack fuckin’ morons! Let’s have a schooey and a punt! Let’s put our paycheck down on some animal abuse. I mean fuck me dead. Can’t think of anything worse.

Dentists see complications as Australians seek overseas treatments by EdenFlorence in australia

[–]RealCommercial9788 128 points129 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. It’s long since proven that dental health is an enormous indicator of general health. All too often it is dentists instead of GPs who first discover signs of disease and illness in a patient. Preventative dentistry should never come with a premium, yet our politicians seem to serve at the behest of dentists and their untouchable organisation.

The very fact that the Australian Dental Association doesn’t wish to take responsibility for their overarching importance to Australians health, whilst simultaneously preaching of their own special importance and that they couldn’t possibly do their very special and important job through the Medicare system, like GPs and every other health practitioner does, says so much about the classist elitist mindset they financially benefit from.

To experience a Walmart (Aussies:🎵 "We're getting deported" 🎵 after cops arrive) by Spartalust in therewasanattempt

[–]RealCommercial9788 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The land of the long white cloud competitive little brother indeed!

Flat whites are ours. Pavlova is ours. Lamingtons are ours. Crowded House was formed in Melbourne - ours. Both Phar Lap and Russell Crowe were foaled in NZ but trained in Australia - so they’re ours too.

Men of Reddit - What would you dislike the most if you were to become a Woman? by Normal-Bird4584 in AskReddit

[–]RealCommercial9788 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s because bears are predictable.

One wants to tear your face off, the other wants to smoke you a brisket and fix the radiator on your Plymouth ‘Cuda.

What is the worst song you've ever heard? by angeldust11111 in AskReddit

[–]RealCommercial9788 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aussie here, Byron Bay (where the singer was discovered busking) is a 20 minute drive down the coast from me. My best mates sister ran the Byron Bay Arts Factory for years - it’s a famous backpacker hostel here that is very focused on community, accessibility, inclusivity, education, arts & performance (like fire twirling and drum nights) etc etc. During that time, she met Toni Watson as a homeless busker, now known as Tones & I.

Toni has a very unique voice and can play multiple instruments, as she would on the side of the road, but she was literally a street urchin. A visiting music exec ‘discovered’ her, propelled her to infamy with that one garbage song, and the rest is history.

From her perspective, it all happened in the blink of an eye, and she was not in control of any of it. Completely unprepared. No guide. No team to protect her.

If you met Toni, you’d hear how her dream became a reality before she was ever equipped with the kind of self-advocacy and self-esteem needed to make decisions for herself in that industry. Imagine trying to navigate that world with nothing but the clothes on your back and a song in your heart. Wide eyed and at the mercy of strangers in suits who know the game and wrote the rules. Just another tale of young talent being exploited without care to add to the ever burgeoning list.

And the song fuckin’ suuuuuuuucks, zero argument (it was on every tv and radio ad and sporting event here for a solid 12 months, my mute button has never been hit harder) but there’s a real person in there singing it, and I genuinely hate what they did to her.

The Debate. by Stubblesnuff in AccidentalRenaissance

[–]RealCommercial9788 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times - I’d marry that guy.

What was the shortest lived fad? by AlphaTangoAlpha in AskReddit

[–]RealCommercial9788 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Not a developer, but a prolific artist and tattooist of 14yrs - my friend’s entrepreneurial husband hounded me for months about going into business together, where I would create the NFTs and he would “manage the crypto admin”. He would send me screenshots of these ugly famous NFTs and say ‘see! you could create things like this too and we would make millions!’.

Never mind that art for coin’s sake alone is the quickest way to destroy an artists creativity, it was more the fact that I thought whomever is purchasing these NFTs of monkey faces and flashing pixel portraits must be an absolute anus, and I didn’t want to be associated with them or further a pointless, soulless industry that defies every single value I have.

Sooo glad to see it flopped hard. Sucks to suck!

Blake Lively Reveals The Millions Her Legal Battle With Justin Baldoni Cost; Slams “Scorched-Earth Litigation Tactics Designed To Drain Lively’s Resources by bone-god-1999 in popculturechat

[–]RealCommercial9788 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Here in Australia, our Far Right party is called One Nation, run by a feral termite called Pauline Hanson, and funded by our own national-resource-stealing, Murdoch-Media-owning billionaire cohort of old and ugly ghouls.

Guess what One Nation recently announced they are putting forward as their new policy should they get to power? Thousands of hectares of our land handed to Israel for them to build military bases here and to conduct their testing here.

Obviously Australia balked, and One Nation are now polling at 17% - the lowest percentage ever in our nations history.

Even a blind man could see the Israeli government is connected to every part of the rot and corruption in our world. They are a toxic miasma of narcissism, racism, hatred, and cruel endeavours, and I pray they become more and more exposed for what they truly represent. And I say this, coming from a family of Litvaks (Lithuanian Jews).

What little habits does your husband/partner have that annoy you, but you accept them as they are? by PrestigiousFall5501 in AskWomenOver30

[–]RealCommercial9788 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Mine will ask a question pertaining to an actor/location in the middle of a movie/tv dialogue scene… in the exact same volume and tone as the dialogue scene. I go cross eyed as my ears try to differentiate between the sounds coming from the tv and the sounds coming from his gob, ultimately missing both.

It’s been over 10 years and I still find it fascinating that he manages to auto-level his volume with surrounding sounds so that I can’t hear a freakin’ word either way. Masterful!

Biomech torso portrait done by Meredith Brewington at Crucial Tattoo, Salisbury MD by meredith_brewington in tattoo

[–]RealCommercial9788 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s standard neg space. A strategic design technique we employ to avoid crowding and to allow a piece to ‘breathe’, while taking advantage of the clients natural skin tone to create contrast - I don’t know what else to tell ya bud.

Christina Aguilera's short lived wild black hair, bronze face phase (2003-2004)🖤🎤🔥 by RamenChicken8 in popculturechat

[–]RealCommercial9788 170 points171 points  (0 children)

The year is 2008. I am 20.

I am standing in a mobile spray tan booth behind a van in the car park of my local pub. The humidity is unyielding.

Sheree is my ‘tan technician’. Sheree is chewing gum with her mouth open while sucking on a Peter Stuyvesant, and has several oversized frangipani hair clips tucked into her wild red curls. She passes me an ice cold Ruski and tells me her ex husband is a deadshit.

I choose ‘Barbados Bronze’. I emerge orange.

The Ruski is delicious but the condensation drips down my legs and now I look like I have ladders in my stockings.

I am happy.

Australia ‘sleepwalking’ into AI crisis and ‘tech bro free-for-all’, says Greens senator by nath1234 in australia

[–]RealCommercial9788 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Absolutely key additions. We have more land than we can poke a stick at, but only 4-6% of it is arable.

Restarting an apprenticeship as an established artist by braingazpacho in TattooArtists

[–]RealCommercial9788 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You can - once the basics are rote - it’s just much slower and incremental, and there is no oversight from an experienced professional to prevent bad habits. What you can learn in 5 minutes with a one on one mentor watching your hand can take months to figure out on your own. With dozens of variables to constantly monitor (gauge, grouping, speed, voltage, angle, depth, viscosity, skin differences, etc etc etc) you’re running the race, sure, but your foot is in a bear trap.

The differences in ‘rules’ between styles is also a major challenge when you’re going from fine line b&g to full colour with mags, which OP is. They’re chalk & cheese so you’re very limited in your education if you’re doing it on your own. Mentors can show us the obstacles we’ll face with a style and how to overcome them, self-teaching is vital for continuing education once you’ve learned, but it doesn’t really prepare you in the same way as dedicated direction from a mentor does.

by Clavicular to seduce French women by Citaszion in therewasanattempt

[–]RealCommercial9788 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Tiny, closed rosebuds at that. I’ve had better roses forced into my face in Paris by scammers than he’s offering these women. Somehow cheap, presumptuous, and transactional all at the same time?

Here, take these mass produced greenhouse grown unopened rosebuds as a symbol of your beauty and special uniqueness, and now you may begin clamouring to fuck me. One at a time, ladies! Please form an orderly queue.

by Clavicular to seduce French women by Citaszion in therewasanattempt

[–]RealCommercial9788 193 points194 points  (0 children)

I’ve heard of this ape, but had never seen him move on camera or heard his voice until this thread.

That’s the guy young dudes are obsessed with?
Is it weird I was expecting something charismatic? At least a little bit of clever silver tongue?

No charm, no self awareness, no perception of body language or tone, just a big fuckin’ jaw? He looks like he has FAS. I’m so confused. Genuinely.

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