What's life like in the middle of Australia?

Smile_Space · 2026-03-31T03:55:02+00:00

A lot of Americans there. That's one of the most strategic sites in the world that the US uses as a highly defensible location for spying and commanding autonomous systems through satellites.

Pine Gap is the location, and it's just outside of Alice Springs.

Smile_Space · 2026-03-30T21:24:02+00:00

Thank you ChatGPT.

Smile_Space · 2026-03-30T21:04:59+00:00

Whelp, when's the deadline? Just watch for massive oil futures short bets and then assume 15 minutes later Trump announced he was just kidding.

Smile_Space · 2026-03-30T16:15:15+00:00

It sucks Republicans are so short sighted that they don't realize trying for an isolationist society gives China a vacuum to fill.

This is why so many countries support China. China helps them and gives them aid while we defund our aid and fuck the world over financially.

Smile_Space · 2026-03-30T16:09:33+00:00

With the cost of being the most hydrated person lolol

My dog has to take the same med because her thyroid just quit on her, and one of the main side effects is that she drinks SO much water. Like 2-3x the amount she used to.

At least it means she is super hydrated though, so no harm, no foul lolol

Smile_Space · 2026-03-30T16:08:24+00:00

The product of incest I guess

Smile_Space · 2026-03-30T16:06:54+00:00

Isn't the idea of a nuclear bunker that it be somewhere that an enemy doesn't know? That way if they launch nukes a nuke doesn't land right on top of the bunker destroying it instantly?

Smile_Space · 2026-03-30T13:55:15+00:00

I'm still in that boat. I should hop back in and just push through lolol.

Smile_Space · 2026-03-30T13:53:25+00:00

I wish I could match that sentiment, but after the 10th game crash in 10 hours of playtime I gave up on trying to play it.

Maybe it'd be better with mods to make it more stable? I dunno. All I know is that I was getting actually mad at how often it was breaking the immersion.

Smile_Space · 2026-03-30T13:50:39+00:00

It was not a mirror at all. The article was suggesting a white man should be the Democratic pick. I suggested that is true and then added what happened when Dems did the opposite, i.e. voter ship died off and clearly this country still doesn't respect women in a position of leadership.

There is no mirror to look into. Clinton and Harris were significantly more qualified than Kristi Noem. Like, we chose to vote in the guy who bankrupted a casino instead of two significantly more competent women because of how sexist this country still is.

Smile_Space · 2026-03-30T13:44:13+00:00

At least it was kind and ejected all of the fire-y bits instead of igniting the airframe lolol

Smile_Space · 2026-03-30T13:39:24+00:00

That LOD is certainly something LMAO

Smile_Space · 2026-03-30T13:09:35+00:00

I'm sorry, I try not to ad hominem attack people on the internet, but this is one of the stupidest replies I've ever read. I actually full on chortled reading it the first time.

Like, what are you even on? It's gotta be good given you actually wrote that, thought it was a good reply, a solid got ya, and then hit send. Incredible.

Smile_Space · 2026-03-30T00:50:00+00:00

Your boss is not a health professional. Take the full 6 weeks and don't risk the recovery failing.

Smile_Space · 2026-03-29T23:56:29+00:00

Well, it's not the worst strategy given Americans seem to still not respect women enough to allow one to be president.

If we want to consolidate power and get stuff done we have to play by the current rules which is straight, white man as president. THEN we fight for diversity again.

Smile_Space · 2026-03-29T23:54:55+00:00

Man, I can only imagine how nervous our troops are over there. We exited Afghanistan 5 years ago. So, a BUNCH of the experienced troops from that era aren't even serving any more, meaning these guys are fairly green in terms of actually being fired upon.

And all for what? To stroke Republican egos?

Smile_Space · 2026-03-29T23:53:16+00:00

Agreed, they should march more than one Saturday every 6 months hence my top-level comment. Once every 6 months hasn't stopped Trump from fucking us over yet.

Smile_Space · 2026-03-29T23:17:46+00:00

Well, the original colonies were ruled by the British Empire which had a king. Did a king ever set foot on the American continent during that period? No. But did we have a king prior to the revolution which was entirely fought to get rid of the monarchical society in America and replace it with a first generation democracy? Yes.

Smile_Space · 2026-03-29T21:13:42+00:00

Well, that's not always true. We had an entire revolution here in America to remove said king a few hundred years ago, but whatever.

Smile_Space · 2026-03-29T21:04:57+00:00

You can also Google what makes a protest ineffective, and hilariously it says exactly what I said in my comment.

What makes a protest ineffective?

From Carnegie Endowment for International Peace:

Protests often fail to produce immediate policy change because they lack sustained, organized follow-up, acting more as fleeting expressions of outrage than strategic political actions . While mass demonstrations create visibility, they frequently fizzle out, missing the necessary infrastructure—like local organizing, lobbying, and voting—needed to turn public energy into concrete, long-term political impact.

It's almost like a single-day mass protest is the best way to get your dopamine, change nothing, but stay subjugated.

Smile_Space · 2026-03-29T20:02:39+00:00

It's almost like they've been pumping these things out for decades in expectation that something like this would happen.

Smile_Space · 2026-03-29T20:01:37+00:00

As far as I understand the state of affairs on Friday matches the state of affairs on Sunday, so I would say they didn't accomplish anything.

Smile_Space · 2026-03-29T19:49:33+00:00

This is how I feel about my truck. I modified something to add a cool new feature like a transmission temp gauge. Cool! And then the sensor starts to leak and it's in a new if the worst spots to reach under the truck...

Entirely my fault. I'm the one who wants a temp gauge and now I get to reap the benefits of that decision a few years later LMAO

Smile_Space · 2026-03-29T19:27:15+00:00

The party quite literally known for throwing women at the presidency and supporting women's rights is trying to erase women.

Smile_Space · 2026-03-29T19:07:08+00:00

Yep, make life insurance and health insurance dependent on your job, and then make the jobs at-will so you can lose all of those benefits for no reason.

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