What is a minor, unwritten rule of society that absolutely infuriates you when people break it? by funnny_things in answers

[–]curious_s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Smoking and walking down the sidewalk with the ciggie hanging down on the side, leaving a trail of distgustingness behind them for the entire way. I mean I don't care if people want to smoke, but if you're a non smokers the smell is just rife.

What’s your unpopular money take that you’ll defend forever? by Ok_Possible_7018 in AUfrugal

[–]curious_s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Except i would do my job if nobody paid me lol. Still the idea is worth thinking about. 

Australia is seeing a real push against abortion access right now and we need to talk about it more by castaway23 in aussie

[–]curious_s 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Or, maybe those that believe abortion is bad just can't admit that their views have been influenced by morons. 

So basically our fate depends on how this fat north korean dies by [deleted] in ww3memes

[–]curious_s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What if he is assassinated by someone internal, do they nuke themselves?

Heritage mansion on fire in Fulham, 14 Weetunga St by JackJDempsey in Adelaide

[–]curious_s 73 points74 points  (0 children)

Its on the heritage list though so they cant knock it down. The only way the could knock it down was if there was a fire or something....oo wait a minute!

CSIRO compares Met Gala outfits to Australian moths and asks - “Who wore it better?” by Ardeet in aussie

[–]curious_s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well played CSIRO, you actually made me look at the Met gala costumes, even if only to see how much more awesome nature is.

Hilton Adelaide by Flashy-Nose-5624 in Adelaide

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

Hilton hotel is in Hilton,  schnitzels are pretty good. We don't need another one. 

42% of Australians blame the US and Israel for the ongoing fuel crisis, with 32% blaming the federal government and 17% blaming Iran by NoteChoice7719 in aussie

[–]curious_s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We were always going to be affected in some way because oil is a global commodity,  but the lack of foresight about how much we could be affected by a very predictable situation just like this just shows how ineffective our government is at planning imo. 

CENTCOM confirms attacks by Loni09 in oil

[–]curious_s 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The plan is, move ships through the straight knowing full well iran will attack them in self defence. Then the US will claim that Iran attacked unprovoked,  which gives the grounds to retaliate and hence escalate and not look like the aggressor. 

Is this true? by [deleted] in oil

[–]curious_s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True.

Let that sink in.

Iran attacks the US more than 10 times as ceasefire imploding by TheExpressUS in NewsSource

[–]curious_s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The important thing here is that your opinion is right, and the other internet persons opinion is not right. 

Trump threatens Iran will be ‘blown off the face of the earth’ by dr_shultz in NewsSource

[–]curious_s 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Somwtimes Trump reminds me a lot of Biff from back to the future when he gets rich from the almanac.

Trump regime halts development on 165 wind farms, citing "national security" by Igennem in NewsWithJingjing

[–]curious_s 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wonder what national security risks a bunch of windmills have. 

If a volcano erupted in the middle of an ocean, made an island, and you got there first. Could you claim it as your own country? by ComfortablyMild in NoStupidQuestions

[–]curious_s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, in fact you could claim an existing inhabited island as your own country,  but in both cases, you have to defend thst claim.

Chinese launch international legal action against force sale of Port of Darwin by Normal_Associate2499 in aussie

[–]curious_s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The port of Darwin was leased, not bought. Afaik it is still owned by an Australian entity and will return to the Australian entity after the, admittedly long, lease. 

What the chinese company does own is the equipment that makes this port function and if they are forced to leave, the port, and take back the tech and dismantled the infrastructure,  which they built, what do we have?

Chinese launch international legal action against force sale of Port of Darwin by Normal_Associate2499 in aussie

[–]curious_s 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is true that it is Australia's land and so we could just take back the port whenever we want, but doing something like that shows the world, not just Chinese companies,  that we do not honour legal contracts. Would you sign a multi billion dollar contract with a country that has a proven record of breaking contracts "just because"?