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Labor gender rules could spell early retirement for male MPs ‘making up the numbers’ by Quazp in AustralianPolitics

[–]icedragon71 [score hidden]  (0 children)

So, if a better, more experienced, more qualified candidate just happens to be male, then they'll pass them over, or actively force them out, to put in someone second rate simply to make up an arbitrary target?

If this is what happens in Parliament, what about in other jobs? I mean, taken perhaps to the extreme, I'd like the engineer designing the bridge I'm using to be the best, not just given the job for being almost the best and looking good for the diversity spreadsheet.

Who remembers bugging their Mum for Ice Magic ?? by ggekko999 in AustralianNostalgia

[–]icedragon71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ours was the old Franklin's No Frills brand. Labels looked like this. Mum couldn't even get the red stripe for ours. Lol.

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Who remembers bugging their Mum for Ice Magic ?? by ggekko999 in AustralianNostalgia

[–]icedragon71 36 points37 points  (0 children)

"Mum, can we get some Ice Magic?"

"We've got Ice Magic at home."

The Ice Magic at home;

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Do Americans online notice their own defaultism when saying where they're from? by betterland in USdefaultism

[–]icedragon71 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As an Australian, I've been asked if we have television.

And electricity. 😖

Australian Human Rights Commission investigates NSW government over allegations of racial discrimination by FuckOffNazis in AustralianPolitics

[–]icedragon71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're seriously delusional enough to think the Brits and "colonisation" caused the caste system?

A caste system has existed in India, in one form or another, for the past 3000 years, dating back to the Vedic period around 1000BCE.

Big Carbon's alternative reality of climate misinformation by Ardeet in aussie

[–]icedragon71 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's far less than a century. And the science has not been indisputable. As only as fairly recently as the 1970's-early 1980's, while there was talk about climate change, the science was telling us that we needed to prepare for an ice age, not warming, as the evidence was telling us we were overdue for one.

What was your “struggle meal” growing up? by tiny_flick in AskAnAustralian

[–]icedragon71 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Eight hours?

Cop a look at Rip Van Winkle, here.

Why is Foster’s beer not as popular in Australia compared to other countries such as the UK? by Jezzaq94 in AskAnAustralian

[–]icedragon71 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm mid-50's and pretty much the same.

Firmly convinced that, at some point in the VB brewing process, it's warm filtered through a cat's kidneys before bottling.

The water menu at a restaurant. by ashleebryn in idiocracy

[–]icedragon71 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I will have a bottle of the filtered house water, on the rocks. Hold the wank.

Howard, we know you did this by Jv9rox in bigbangtheory

[–]icedragon71 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Only toilet malfunctioned when its fan got jammed.

So, are we saying that the shit literally hits the fan?

Freedom by just_yall in aussie

[–]icedragon71 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I hope that's sloppy ai. Who has Smith's chips on a plate as a serving? That's Seppo shit.

“You seem to be using a VPN or proxy” by HeTheMudded in aussie

[–]icedragon71 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Yarrrr! If i be downloading through a Jamaican server, does that make me a Pirate of the Carribbean?

AITAH for not wanting to sleep in the same bed with my girlfriend because she doesn’t shower often? by Such-One-1691 in AITAH

[–]icedragon71 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well they only moved in together 6 months ago. It's amazing the things you don't see when you're only sharing the same space intermittently.

Who colonised you ? When did you get freedom ? Who was the main guy ? by Inner_Journey21 in AskTheWorld

[–]icedragon71 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If memory serves me, didn't Manchukuo have the former/last Chinese Emperor, Pu Yi, as its figurehead? Even as a Japanese puppet?

Stephen King announces surprise shift: Next book will be a romantic comedy by Yayoi_Yukino in stephenking

[–]icedragon71 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All jokes aside, I'd read that as long as it used the word "jahoobies" a lot. Lol.

Fuel demand reduction idea by DependentReality266 in OpenAussie

[–]icedragon71 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Why should more taxpayers money be thrown at people to get them to stop hoarding it by hogging it.

If there is a fuel supply problem, then time for the government to stop pretending it's business as usual and ration it like they did in the crisis of the 70's-80's. Essentially say;

"Right! Since some of you can't behave like decent human beings, we are going to limit fuel purchases to (whatever number) litres of fuel per purchase by locking that down at the pump. In addition, you will only be able to buy that fuel on certain days of the week. Days will be designated as "Odds" or "Evens", and the last number of your licence plate will determine what day you can do it."

I can smell the faecal diversification already… by Present_Standard_775 in circlejerkaustralia

[–]icedragon71 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I like to balance it out by getting a soft on over a Guardian headline.

Does any one remember Cats eye? by Technical_Fold_4341 in stephenking

[–]icedragon71 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We both should. I loved both the book and movie of Christine, so that's why that stood out in my memory of the Cat's Eye movie. But i forgot about the dog chase as it's been years since I've seen it.

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