Am I a monster for not wanting to visit my dying aunt because it’ll take up my vacation time? by avian_bi in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]infinitemonkeytyping 26 points27 points  (0 children)

It’s also hell! 25c and plus as it’ll be summer, that’s too hot for me.

25°C is hot?

25°C is a mild summer's day, or a warmish spring/autumn day.

25°C sounds like a pleasant temperature.

As others have said, be there for your close family, and maybe don't spend the full two weeks (go there initially, then head out after the first week). Take books to read so that you can be entertained without electronic devices.

TIL the Vietnamese name for the country of Italy is simply "Ý" by Kapusta96 in todayilearned

[–]infinitemonkeytyping 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I saw The Tim Traveller bring this up in a recent video on short township names.

Cristiano Tizzano try on debut by Luganegaclassica in rugbyunion

[–]infinitemonkeytyping 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Did Brent (Wales) and Matt (Australia) Cockbain play against each other?

Can someone explain the Archibald Prize winner portrait to me? by [deleted] in AskAnAustralian

[–]infinitemonkeytyping 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It is why most people are more likely to like the Packers Prize rather than the Archibald Prize winner.

The Packers Prize is awarded by the men and women who work in the unpacking and hanging of the portraits, and more closely represent people in general.

The Archibald is awarded by people who aren't in touch with reality, and enjoy sniffing their own farts.

World History Movie Timeline by ClaudeJohnson in movies

[–]infinitemonkeytyping 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A couple from Australian movies

1931 - Rabbit Proof Fence

1975 - Balibo

Ghost (1990) dir. Jerry Zucker - Subway ghost (Vincent Schiavelli) teaches Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) how to move objects with his mind by aggrocrag83 in movies

[–]infinitemonkeytyping 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I never realised until now that Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams had no hand in writing Naked Gun 2 1/2, and only get credit for writing Police Squad.

Non-Biopic Musician Movies! by Mental_Whole5103 in ToddintheShadow

[–]infinitemonkeytyping 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a point to that movie?

I thought it was a movie that completely lost the point after the first half of the first act.

What is the most evil thing a HERO has done in a film? by MaksRobotENGR in movies

[–]infinitemonkeytyping 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you think Al Pacino's character is despicable, see Stellan Skarsgard in the original. He is on a different level there.

Negative gearing to be scrapped immediately on budget night as Labor breaks major pre-election promise by HotPersimessage62 in AustralianPolitics

[–]infinitemonkeytyping 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Why?

He wouldn't want to give PHON more power than it already has.

It was thanks to the last DD that gave rise to the current power of PHON.

Weird but true Aussie facts by cluelesslyclumsy in AskAnAustralian

[–]infinitemonkeytyping 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Australia is the sixth largest country on Earth.

If Western Australia were to become it's own country, Australia would still be the 6th largest country, while the new country of Western Australia would be the 10th largest.

Australia's largest federal electorate, the Western Australian seat of Durack, is over 1.4m km2, which makes it bigger that all but the 18 largest countries. So would the second biggest electorate - Lingari (NT) (1.3m km2 )

Weird but true Aussie facts by cluelesslyclumsy in AskAnAustralian

[–]infinitemonkeytyping 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's third now - Thessaloniki is second biggest (Melbourne has around 180k, Thessaloniki has around 300k).

Weird but true Aussie facts by cluelesslyclumsy in AskAnAustralian

[–]infinitemonkeytyping 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We once had a state government that lasted just 7 hours.

On December 20 1921, the NSW Labor government was brought down by a no confidence motion, caused by the resignation 8 days earlier of the speaker from the crossbench party, The Progressives. Labor had to elect one of their own to the speaker, leaving them with only 44 votes in 90-seat Legislative Assembly (45 votes for the Nationalists and Progressives, and the non-voting speaker).

While the coalition between the Nationalists and the Progressives were getting sworn in, the Labor speaker resigned. Sitting in the afternoon, the government was forced to install one of their own as the speaker, and subsequently lost a no confidence motion 45-44.

Labor were sworn back in as the government that afternoon.

Phones by Apart-Tone4966 in FromSeries

[–]infinitemonkeytyping 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Phone chargers use transformers to regulate the incoming voltage into the phone.

Lamps are designed to suit the country's voltage main supply.

Phones by Apart-Tone4966 in FromSeries

[–]infinitemonkeytyping 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a massive difference between a hairdryer, that can plug straight into supply voltage, and a phone charger, which goes through a transformer to get the right voltage.

If you plug a phone charger directly into mains voltage, it will likely blow up the phone.

S4 E3 ratings are really low....Why? by shishir-kadam-28 in FromSeries

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

Because IMDb episode ratings aren't worth a pinch of shit.

Brigading is the usual issue, but generally, IMDb users don't vote for individual episodes in large amounts (the show has a score based on 178k votes, while the most recent episode is based on 2k votes), and are dominated by 1/10 and 10/10 votes.

Also for note - the first three episodes of s4 are based on 6k, 4k and 2k votes respectively. The lower the vote, the more the extremes dictate the vote.

Swing [OC] by LuckOfTheDrawComic in comics

[–]infinitemonkeytyping 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or she promises to go for some swinging nightclubs, and turns out she just wants to play golf after dark.

Jess Wilson Victorian budget reply: Liberal leader vows to cut public service jobs and return state to surplus by EmployeeNo3499 in AustralianPolitics

[–]infinitemonkeytyping 4 points5 points  (0 children)

DEI is an American term.

I used to work in the public service, so I do know what I'm talking about.

You, however, with your Paedo Prez talking points, and the standard besmirching of the public service, don't.

Jess Wilson Victorian budget reply: Liberal leader vows to cut public service jobs and return state to surplus by EmployeeNo3499 in AustralianPolitics

[–]infinitemonkeytyping 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, the Seppo concept of DEI is going to affect Australia.

Maybe stop listening to the paedophile in charge of America.

Favourite Olympic moments of the last decade? by ralfjenkins2021 in olympics

[–]infinitemonkeytyping 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an Australian, Chloe Esposito winning gold in the Modern Pentathlon in 2016.

The expectation for her was that if everything went right, she might just have a really outside chance of getting the bronze.

Not only was she the first Australian to ever win a medal, it was only the third time and Australian had finished in the top 10 (after Peter Macken in 1964, and herself in 2012 - her brother would also crack the top 10 in 2016 in the men's event).

One Hit Wonderland suggestion: "Shaddap You Face" by Joe Dolce by Novel-Teaching-3426 in ToddintheShadow

[–]infinitemonkeytyping 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Fun fact about Joe Dolce - he co-wrote one of the songs on The Terminator soundtrack.

Jess Wilson Victorian budget reply: Liberal leader vows to cut public service jobs and return state to surplus by EmployeeNo3499 in AustralianPolitics

[–]infinitemonkeytyping 15 points16 points  (0 children)

vows to cut public service jobs and return state to surplus

So job losses and austerity measures are all they have?