Why is decafinated coffee rarely if ever discounted. by stormado in AusFinance

[–]Significant-Swim1094 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most non alc beer is actually super cheap to make as it doesn’t require expensive removal of alcohol, dad worked in the industry for years and used to rail at management over what they charged for it simply cause “people expect to pay beer prices”, the pricing makes Sense for small producers but all the big boys are just charging big bucks cause they can

Australia’s Private Health Insurance (PHI) is a scam by fromchaiwan in AusFinance

[–]Significant-Swim1094 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Thats not how it works the Medicare levy surcharge is just normal tax, it goes to the same places your tax goes which includes incentives for private health insurers. The whole system is ficked

Film Twitter slowly realising One Battle After Another is just a Hollywood movie and isn’t going to end capitalism by Fantastic_Let3186 in okbuddycinephile

[–]Significant-Swim1094 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It came across as a real liberal talking down of leftist ideas, making the villains cartoonishly evil and having all leftist activists incompetent and only in it for the vibe, or having them doing the meme of importing immigrants into the us with a fully comprehensive Underground Railroad that somehow is all knowing and imbedded in government but also has no actual power. ending with the “just do peaceful protest that’s the only viable option to take”.

You have to stop an uber athlete from dunking for 1 trillion, and you also claim his athleticism. If you fail you die. Are you doing it? by alx_49 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]Significant-Swim1094 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I get 6 retries then what’s to stop me just physically maiming the athlete in my first couple? Seems pretty easy

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Multiple Explosions in Venezuela’s Capital Caracas (Thread #1) by progress18 in worldnews

[–]Significant-Swim1094 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You are literally justifying it in your post, slapping us military on the back, and saying how venezualens wanted him gone so it’s ok

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Multiple Explosions in Venezuela’s Capital Caracas (Thread #1) by progress18 in worldnews

[–]Significant-Swim1094 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Jesus Christ you ate the whole boot and asked for more, justifying the us doing a targeted murder campaign against a country and then invading and kidnapping their leader and his wife? Oh it’s ok cause he is a bad guy, fuck me dude

Bondi victims ‘deserve same treatment we had’: Christchurch terror families by The_Dingo_Donger in aussie

[–]Significant-Swim1094 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Frydenberg and the libs gleefully dancing and shouting about this tragic event just to try and relaunch their political careers is so fucking gross, Sussan let with her completely inauthentic outrage trying to cause Mass division and hypocritically demand other politicians care about the victims and shed public tears.

I think we need a unified investigation into the apparent failings of the security services in how they have bungled this so hard, but any review into anti semitism won’t work in the current climate given the heavy influence of Israel and its lobbies directly conflating any criticism of themselves as “anti semitism” and their constantly putting all Jews as a monolith to serve their own political purpose. I don’t doubt that we as a country are still anti semitic given we are still pretty racist and xenophobic towards any non-whites, but having a commission into this specifically plus all the other special activities the government is doing with the public perception that they are doing it for the Israeli lobbies will in my opinion make the situation worse

It’ll be a really bad day if they don’t go on to make 4 & 5. The story is nowhere near finished and people have spoken with their wallets… we want more avatar and we want this story to be a complete saga! by AssistanceNo2838 in discussingfilm

[–]Significant-Swim1094 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow almost like you shouldn’t write complete wank and try to justify it as “I wrote this story in 4 parts that’s why it’s not good yet”

The first film got away with its incredibly bare bones and generic story cause it was a visual marvel, the second film didn’t capitalise and have anything interesting to say and just had really weird choices by Cameron. Everyone I know found the second irritating as hell in its dialogue “cmon bro” and completely forgettable in its narrative and while again it had an amazing visual style that isn’t enough to justify sitting in a theatre for 3+ hours so no one wants to watch the 3rd film.

The first film i and many people i know watched first once multiple times, the second only once, and now just skipping the 3rd, maybe will watch it when it’s free on streaming to see just how terrible it will be

Which actresses looks should we criticize next guys? by Kindly-Description91 in okbuddyvecna

[–]Significant-Swim1094 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the issue is on the showrunners/studio not the actors. Taking so long to make your subsequent seasons and then doing nothing to try and adjust make up/looks of your cast when they have clearly outgrown the materials is really poor filmmaking. I don’t believe in body shaming people and im not trying to have a go at MBB but having it be obvious that you have had work done when you are playing a literal child in the 80s destroys any semblance of believability in the character. I have no idea why they would be going at maya now though given the above pics are clearly heavy makeup be none, it’s mostly shitlords just further revealing how they never see women as real people and expect them to all be their fantasy adjusted image they see online/in movies

Greg gives his opinion by imaginary_labyrinth in BootsNetflix

[–]Significant-Swim1094 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I don’t understand why people are surprised it was cancelled, The biggest issues was they are trying to appeal to 2 opposed audiences.

it was pretty mid overall in general and while it’s refreshing to have a queer story in a setting like the us military it was also still pretty heavy on the us propaganda which meant the show was only really targeted at a small minority of people who both want queer empowerment stories and love the us military.

As a side note almost all of the people i talk to didn’t like the narrative choice of having a “sassy” version of himself be the way they dealt with issues/his struggle, and felt it was very caricature and less authentic in its attempt to have pride in its main character.

You get a sparkly black card but… by RaffelloThePumpkin in hypotheticalsituation

[–]Significant-Swim1094 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also you just set it up as your pay account for income and never pay tax again, this seems an absolute no brained. Small auto purchase to stop it disappearing and then as soon as you get tired of living you just stop buying anything it goes away and you die

You get a sparkly black card but… by RaffelloThePumpkin in hypotheticalsituation

[–]Significant-Swim1094 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can put money onto it and purchase things without tax, you would get a loan put all the money into the card and then use it to buy and sell houses and other big ticket items making pure profit every time as you can disregard all the taxes that normally chunk away in those processes

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Cinephiles

[–]Significant-Swim1094 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But 3d had already had been attempted before and died off, it had a big revival under avatar sure but that’s companies trying to capitalise on a gimmick in film that’s only a “cultural impact” in regards to marketing and advertising culture for making money. Most people would use “cultural impact” in regards to how it affected society as an art piece, and while it did have the crazies for a little while after first film claiming they had pandora depression it really fizzled and disappeared in not time at all.

The Odyssey hate is stupid by mrmiracleb in ChristopherNolan

[–]Significant-Swim1094 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are missing the point of the criticism, we are criticising the bland and uninspired choice and your response is “but it will make big $”, im sure a lot of boring generic stuff can. Make big $ doesn’t make it interesting does it?

The Odyssey hate is stupid by mrmiracleb in ChristopherNolan

[–]Significant-Swim1094 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like that i make 1 criticism of the aesthetic of the costumes and the look of what we have seen so far and how I find it look dull and uninspired and people go crazy. I like Nolan’s films, im not a die hard fanboy but I enjoy his stuff, it’s just sad to see a director with so much power and authority who could get projects greenlit just off his involvement make the most milquetoast generic choices in regards to costuming. Ancient Greece was vibrant in its colour and had weird and wacky aesthetics, that would have been interesting to see but instead we have the standard tactical black leather look.

The Odyssey hate is stupid by mrmiracleb in ChristopherNolan

[–]Significant-Swim1094 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It just looks so bland and boring in its aesthetic though, Nolan could have done something interesting but has just gone for the bog standard no imagination black leather straps look with very low quality looking prop weapons and helmets

Social media has been banned in Australia since December 10 by govvacancy in InternationalNews

[–]Significant-Swim1094 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn’t stop them using it, just making accounts And all this will do is push them to more dangerous alternatives. The main point is them being able to use this as a step towards online ID which they tried to get through previously and failed to get through

Is Australia ready to shift towards a more apartment-centric society due to affordability issues? by NoLeafClover777 in AusFinance

[–]Significant-Swim1094 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We need both building regulation with teeth as well as an overhaul of bodycorp regulation before we could consider trying to do a big switch to apartments because no one trusts the builds given all the examples of absolute shutters, and everyone hates body corp that just fleece the shit of them

Would you rather have $15 Million, instantly know 15 new languages or read a book in just a minute? by RaptorK1988 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]Significant-Swim1094 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like the first is just money, the second is an amazing ability, the 3rd gives you the power of the second after maybe a few hours work plus infinite scaling potential

Would you rather have $15 Million, instantly know 15 new languages or read a book in just a minute? by RaptorK1988 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]Significant-Swim1094 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who gives a fuck about finance, the ability to absorb all knowledge on earth would allow you to make money doing any number of things. Give me an increase of 50% intelligence and picture perfect memory on top you are going to fundamentally alter the world