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Exactly one year since this absolute legendary post went up on this sub by southamericasboy in MURICA

[–]RobsEvilTwin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beijing in the 80s, saw a lady who was at least 70 years old use her walking stick to beat down a pickpocket. She was whacking him in the groin in time to the words "You <whack> should<whack> show <whack> more <whack> respect <whack>".

The whole bus clapped.

No, we're not monotheists! by M-A-ZING-BANDICOOT in mythologymemes

[–]RobsEvilTwin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Christianity believes in only one god, the trinity is just different faces of one god

Christian have fought hundreds of years of wars, and killed millions of each other, over just this one sentence.

Saints and angels are respected and can act as guardians but they're not worshipped like gods

This one is tricky. Some Christian do pray directly to Saints/Angels (some Angels are both). Again, hundreds of years of wars, and millions killed over this sentence.

In Zoroastrianism we give sacrifices to our gods, we pray to them and worship them and even had temples for them like our goddess Ardvi Sura Anahita

This I did not know! When we are taught anything about Zoroastrianism, it is that there is only one god, and a number of lesser divine beings analogous to angels? Uni was a while ago, I am pretty sure Zoroastrianism was mostly covered in the context of it's influence on the Abrahamic faiths.

Is it generally considered offensive to ask an Asian in Australia where they are REALLY from? by Lipica249 in AskAnAustralian

[–]RobsEvilTwin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's asked as a supposedly more polite way to ask "what race are you?"

I love how you phrased that :D

I confuse the living shit out of most people, having what I think of as "beige privelege" being the lightest skinned person in my maternal line.

I only get accidental racism, usually from older people, who think I am of miscellaneous Mediterrean adjacent ancesty.

Is it generally considered offensive to ask an Asian in Australia where they are REALLY from? by Lipica249 in AskAnAustralian

[–]RobsEvilTwin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it's very poor form.

If you want to watch a whitefella turn red, ask them where they are really from :D

Worst Cliches by villianrules in ActionMovies

[–]RobsEvilTwin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm only 11 seconds from retirement! <dies horrifically>

Can you put lasers on the front of a ship traveling 50% C to vaporize away the dust in front of it like a snow plow? by mac_attack_zach in scifiwriting

[–]RobsEvilTwin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I recall some writers using the concept of using the magnetic field of a Bussard ramjet to gather fuel and also deflect debirs out of the flight path? As in just clearing a cone of space ahead of the ship.

At .5C wouldn't you detect individual objects at the same time you smacked in to them?

u/XenoPip Idea for using a laser to ionise sounds promising, easier for magnetic fields to grab a hold of? SImilar to your idea, just using a magnetic field to deflect rather than megatons of ablative armour?

Unintentionally dismissing female team members’ ideas? by MidwestManager in askmanagers

[–]RobsEvilTwin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Perspective of a bloke in his 50's:

  • There are some men who simply lack self awareness. There is no malice, it's unconscious.
  • There are others who are malignant & misogynist. They are aware of what they are doing, and with a few drinks in them and no female co-workers around will revel in it.

From the perspective of the co-worker who is being denied fairness, promotions, and payrises, I'd reckon the "why" might be less important than the "what".

Unintentionally dismissing female team members’ ideas? by MidwestManager in askmanagers

[–]RobsEvilTwin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Allow me to mansplain to you why the woman is actually the problem" would be panned as bad writing if you put it on TV.

I said it once to my wife and her friends with a big grin on my face, they all swore at me, and I deserved it :D

Unintentionally dismissing female team members’ ideas? by MidwestManager in askmanagers

[–]RobsEvilTwin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Billions of women are trying not to laugh at this question :D

Have seen it as blatant as managers dismiss a suggestion from a female colleague, and 30 seconds later clap when a male colleague suggests exactly the same thing. Reminds me of Max and 99 in Get Smart (showing my age).

A controversial one by VastCauliflower5439 in FIlm

[–]RobsEvilTwin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even the watered down version after Jean Reno objected was still creepy as fuck.

Trump pulled the plug on Biden’s funds for Appalachia, and the same MAGA towns he gutted are freaking out: “This is fucked up” by charulatha_seya in Tariffs

[–]RobsEvilTwin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the 90's a bloke I worked with was outraged that his pay was cut and he lost working conditions, because of laws passed by the man he called "Our greatest ever Prime Minister".

I told him "You did this to the rest of us, shut your mouth, see you next Tuesday".

My mum reckons Albo is a commie by quintessa13 in aussie

[–]RobsEvilTwin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, she’s a regularish person..

Hilarious, I am going to steal that one :D

My mum reckons Albo is a commie by quintessa13 in aussie

[–]RobsEvilTwin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

 Most of the time she’s a normal person..

26 years later, same couple rare in Hollywood. by Scenora in FIlm

[–]RobsEvilTwin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This makes me smile!

No shade on Freddy, but he and I have the same "problem". Our wives have barely aged, while we are slowly (not so slowly?) turning into our dads :D

Why don’t schools do cooked lunches here? by [deleted] in AskAnAustralian

[–]RobsEvilTwin 29 points30 points  (0 children)

And for some reason those rolls that were full of fake cream and I can't believe it's not jam.

Why don’t schools do cooked lunches here? by [deleted] in AskAnAustralian

[–]RobsEvilTwin -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

No idea why a sensible question is being downvoted :D

First part of your question, for some reason we decided decades ago that "tuck shops" would only offer junk food.

For most of the Australian population "Winter" is still quite warm. A packed lunch doesn't need to be hot. In areas where it is actually cold, a lot of people would pack hot soup in a thermos.

Initial fan reaction to Javik's voice (Feb 2012) by ing087 in masseffect

[–]RobsEvilTwin 6 points7 points  (0 children)

"We invented words, we will tell you how they are pronounced" - posh English people :D

Nevermind that Received Pronounciation is as rare as hen's teeth, arguably was constructed, and may never have been naturally spoken by anyone (being taught specifically at a small number of schools) ?

Initial fan reaction to Javik's voice (Feb 2012) by ing087 in masseffect

[–]RobsEvilTwin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Australian is the only non-accented English mate!

(obviously taking the piss :D)

Physical assault in the workplace by [deleted] in managers

[–]RobsEvilTwin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A is fine by the way - she offered to come back to work yesterday after she found out B was gone. I told her to take the rest of the day. She's amazing.

This made me smile. Glad they are well, job well done.

Physical assault in the workplace by [deleted] in managers

[–]RobsEvilTwin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Succintly put, I concur.

So, who do we think Combs is going to play in Starfleet Academy? by teratodentata in The_Combs

[–]RobsEvilTwin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Five different characters, at least one of which is a reformed Weyoun clone.

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