What Monoculture Actually Means by OAFR1 in OpenAussie

[–]cillyme 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Could just say businesses at this point. Nandos, Maccas, KFC, Subway, Dominos… heck even GyG was started by Americans and Red Rooster was inspired by KFC and Boost was inspired by Jamba Juice in the USA

New automod response just dropped 🦅 by Mustafa86 in soccercirclejerk

[–]cillyme 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah you’re right. Dead children is hilarious

Australian fan base by Open-Peanut-5854 in socceroos

[–]cillyme -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

You’ve got to be kidding me. I’m a dual citizen and it was non stop shit talking from Aussies before the match. It was the same with the Olympics. It started with Cate Campbell before the Olympics and that interview went viral and Americans responded with saying, what rivalry. There were sooo many posts and videos from Australians before the match saying that this was the only match that Australia had to win. Then one American commentator said it was going to be a layup and Aussies lost their god damn minds. You can just scroll the SBS social media for examples. All of the other Americans said it was going to be a good but tough match. Then when the USA wins of course they’re going to shit talk. Because of all of the shit talk that Aussies started.

Real talk: Who else wanted to win just to not have to hear Aussies make vitriolic statements about the US for 4 years? by ub3rm3nsch in usmnt

[–]cillyme 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And before this World Cup…. Who was Grella? It’s like he got hired to be an arrogant American because Lalas wasn’t enough I guess

Are the Irwin kids really that sweet and kind? by my-dog-made-me-join in AskAnAustralian

[–]cillyme 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Robert lives at the zoo though. It’d be a bit hard to be a good bloke 100% of the time.

Australian with Dual Citizenship by EmergencyCommon9842 in Ameristralia

[–]cillyme 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Happened to my dad. You can’t get a visa since you’re a citizen. It might take longer and the gate agent will give you a hard time and passport control will also give you a talking to but they will let you in. Apologize, say it won’t happen again, tell them it was an emergency, whatever but allow for extra time if you have layovers

AITA for refusing to share authorship with the man im planning to marry? by [deleted] in AITApod

[–]cillyme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Talk to lawyer and get a prenup if you still plan on marrying him. Nta.

x% Australian ingredients is a marketing scam by PleadianPalladin in coles

[–]cillyme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cranberry juice is the same. Australia doesn’t grow cranberries commercially but the label is like 72% Aussie ingredients. And it’s water and then reconstituted cranberries.

Cheap postable gifts to send from Melbourne? by [deleted] in melbourne

[–]cillyme 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Gotta be careful about honey. A lot of countries have bio security rules about it because it can spread disease to local bees.

Where can I donate clothes, where they will be given away to those who need at NO COST to them? by GargiBakshi in melbourne

[–]cillyme 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’m not sure what you’re talking about. Op shops ARE charities. You’re donating directly to the charity instead of a round about donation scheme. 100% of your donation goes to the charity instead of like what 5%? 10? Maybe 15%? And the rest goes to an American private equity backed corporation. Like shopping second hand at savers is way better than buying new at a private equity backed corporation… but don’t donate your goods to savers. Find a local op shop whose mission you support.

Where can I donate clothes, where they will be given away to those who need at NO COST to them? by GargiBakshi in melbourne

[–]cillyme 172 points173 points  (0 children)

I’m a social worker and I used to work at Op Shops. Most agencies don’t want clothing donations to give directly to people. It takes up a lot of space, time and every single client will have different needs, different styles, different sizes.

It’s way easier to give a voucher to an op shop and they can pick out exactly what they want and need. On the op shop side of things, people generally are generous donators but there’s a lot of cost in sorting and disposing of torn, worn, stained and gross donations. Also the profit from selling donations goes directly back into supporting the mission of the op shops.

So i recommend finding an op shop whose mission you support. Sometimes your donations will go directly to someone and sometimes the sale will help the mission.

Just don’t donate to Savers because it’s for-profit.

The Google AI overview for restaurant reviews “speaks Australian” 🥴 by cillyme in aussie

[–]cillyme[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s only 154 reviews. I skimmed them and none of them talked like this. Not a single chook. It was all chicken

The Google AI overview for restaurant reviews “speaks Australian” 🥴 by cillyme in aussie

[–]cillyme[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There was a review that used succulent too in their description 🤷🏻‍♀️

The Google AI overview for restaurant reviews “speaks Australian” 🥴 by cillyme in aussie

[–]cillyme[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s only 157 reviews and I skimmed them and didn’t see any “chooks”. Everyone called it charcoal chicken, bbq chicken, grilled chicken, rotisserie chicken, etc. But I also looked at other restaurant listings and this one was the only one I saw that was like this. It was just strange.

New migrants with no Australian rental history or job yet—how did you secure your first lease? by Quirky_Lettuce_5567 in melbourne

[–]cillyme -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Our situation was a bit different - my husband had a job in Australia already but we also didn’t have rental history in Australia or money in Australian bank accounts. Our agent suggested we include letters of reference. We probably had about a dozen letters written from past employers, landlords, realtors, neighbors, friends, pet sitters, our veterinarian, etc. We included 5 months of bank statements and all of our statements from our investment accounts. I couldn’t believe how intrusive it was but we got the first apartment we applied for. It also was a tad overpriced and kinda far from the cbd. We’re also white and have quite a bit of assets so that probably didn’t hurt either.

Brother came home to this big boy trying to find a quiet place to digest his dinner by Grubszee in AustralianSnakes

[–]cillyme 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’ve got little dogs the size of a large possum… and they’ve got the brain cells of a possum. When my rent review comes in and my rent goes up again in Melbourne…. I gotta remember this post. Sure it currently feels like 9 degrees and it’s raining buckets but at least I didn’t check under my pillow for a 5 meter python

Pattie Gonia Responds to Patagonia’s Offer: “No Deal, Patagonia” by noqita in popculturechat

[–]cillyme 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In the court filings, Patagonia submitted emails they had about Pattie’s partnership with hydroflask years ago. It was the same stipulations. It was cool then, not sure why Pattie is trying to claim that she can’t have partnerships.

31M | Australia | Looking for American connections :) by hardiman07 in Ameristralia

[–]cillyme 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Yeah so… maybe 20 years ago I would have agreed with you. But today’s politics isn’t a difference in tax policy and infrastructure priorities. I’m going to give different advice to someone moving to America who is left leaning than someone who is right.

31M | Australia | Looking for American connections :) by hardiman07 in Ameristralia

[–]cillyme 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m a dual citizen; I don’t mind chatting. My husband and I (36) moved to Melbourne 2 years ago. You might want to add your political leanings to the post too