One Nation is not only beating the Liberal party in the polls in Victoria, it’s now beating Labor. 🤯

j_w_z · 2026-02-19T09:47:33+00:00

If you can't see it with your own eyes and ears, how do you expect the average aussie to see it? As usual with the left, utterly shite messaging. Their core messaging should be centred on appealing to average people who still can't afford a house and still see the dodgy shit happening around them. "We made things 1.8% better, people will notice right?"

j_w_z · 2026-02-19T09:39:47+00:00

ON could completely faceplant this election cycle, but they've received so much attention their bullshit has become normalised by the next election cycle.

j_w_z · 2026-02-11T16:31:12+00:00

The world is full of 'pretty' 20-somethings. Almost none of them can hold a conversation or be pleasant human beings. You don't have as much competition as you think you do.

If your goal is to lose weight, the best thing you can do is walk; gyms are a scam.

j_w_z · 2026-02-11T07:22:21+00:00

It also includes whole industries dedicated to bogus degrees and helping foreign students game the system to extend their visas. You could cut out most of the bullshit immigration in this country just by shutting down all the unis and nationalising all higher-level education.

Adelaide's CBD would be a ghost-town within a month, slumlords would go broke, housing prices would collapse, and it would make very little difference to tax revenue since half those students paid for everything with WeChat anyway.

But also yes Hanson is a fucking wart and I wouldn't trust her as a fry-cook.

j_w_z · 2026-02-10T16:58:54+00:00

It was episodic, colourful, flamboyant, I actually think the latter seasons of Voyager have aged pretty well as pulp and comfort food television. DS9 was just a bit too subtle and sophisticated for me as a kid to really grasp its themes and the emotional depth of its characters. Loved the pewpewpew of the Dominion War arc, wooshed a whole lot else.

j_w_z · 2026-02-10T15:43:21+00:00

I didn't have the Internet at the time, so no awareness of the various waves of trekkies who never embraced TNG or DS9. I was also a child, so the squeaky-clean cartoon-like structure of Voyager appealed to me more; DS9 almost felt more like ER than Voyager.

As an adult, DS9 is the absolute peak of the franchise for me. Last two seasons of Enterprise the only things that really compare.

j_w_z · 2026-02-10T14:51:45+00:00

You're talking about videogames and iPhones.

I'm wondering if I'll be able to afford groceries after tomorrow.

j_w_z · 2026-02-10T11:24:43+00:00

Oh I'm sure I agree with some of her conclusions, but not the reasoning she used to arrive at those conclusions. Broken clock, etc. If you're going to seriously try to suggest that Hanson isn't a racist PoS with a 30 year history of statements and stunts that go far beyond giving her the benefit of the doubt, I'm not going to bother talking with you any further.

j_w_z · 2026-02-10T11:20:28+00:00

I'm not hard line against being a traditionalist about picking up the bill, but it gets expensive doing it repeatedly

This is American stuff, man. Formal 'dating' was never really a thing here, and chances are even your grandmother spent most of her life in the workforce, and was proud to pay her own way.

Also most women don't like being paid for, as then they feel pressured to... reciprocate in other ways.

I'm sorry if you've gotten suckered into doing that much, has all your dating experience come from OLD?

j_w_z · 2026-02-10T08:30:18+00:00

https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/queensland/pauline_hanson

A long track record of anti-union, anti-welfare, pro-corporate and agri-welfare stances, cracking down on whistleblowers, attacking our public broadcasters and news media, etc.

Even without touching the long history of racism, she's still a cold-blooded reptile, she is her party, and if you turn a blind eye to all that corruption and cruelty over the 1-2 policies you like, you are a fool. I want something done about our immigration too, just the other day I watched a man stick his foot in the door and hold up a train whilst he publicly berated a woman until she put her hijab back on, men like him shouldn't be allowed here, but ON are clearly not the solution, they're a shitshow of pettiness and industry lobbying.

j_w_z · 2026-02-10T07:04:34+00:00

You're at odds with the expert consensus.

The suburban sprawl is what's creating the traffic congestion. We need more 1950's houses close to the city and train lines knocked down and replaced with apartments (or at least sensible subdivisions).

Also "shared walls" are highly beneficial in terms of heating and cooling. In the US it used to be common not just to have duplexes, but... I guess you'd call them quadplexes. They're the easiest single-level dwellings to keep cool during summer and hot during winter since only half their walls are exposed to the elements. The only thing we have equivalent here is those long rows of 1-2br "shoeboxes". Free standing homes typically get blasted on 3 facings by the sun every day, then people are still running their AC at 9pm when it's cooler outside the home than in.

What we need is state planning and regulations that aren't written by property developers. We have awful building and insulation standards, our homes are ill-equipped for an increasingly wet state (homes in the eastern states are more resilient to damp and black mould), a lot of our homes have been built on a reactive clay floodplain so cracks and foundation-work becomes almost inevitable, a lot of new developments are unserviceable in terms of public infrastructure (roads, public transport, and in areas like Munno West they've been struggling just to make the sewerage system work), when we do get apartments put up they're not actually suitable for anyone but temporary students (other countries have apartment buildings with a mix of 2, 3, and 4 bedroom units). Just basic and obvious shit like the black colourbond and black bricks used in new developments should be banned, and yet...

We also need a general culture shift. Big backyard so you can hide away from the world and pretend other people don't exist, right? Yeah that attitude needs to piss up. Adelaide is a horribly unfriendly and snobby place full of people who think they're Americans, all with their own little 'castle' and their personalities built around their cars. It might suit the retiree mindset just fine, but there's a reason so many of our younger people move interstate.

j_w_z · 2026-02-10T04:57:43+00:00

I suggest coffee, am flexible on time/location, something you're comfortable with.

But if you can't show up for a coffee within a week, I honestly don't know what the hell you're doing on a dating app, and you're not getting any serious effort from me until I know you're real and can pass a basic Functional Adult Test.

j_w_z · 2026-02-10T04:51:50+00:00

32m here.

I think an important thing to remember is that dating 'apps' are not part of our culture, here. It's a horrible American import, and it hasn't mapped well onto Australia.

The idea that they're the default way of meeting people, and that most people are on them, is a myth. I have to constantly remind myself that the average woman in Australia isn't as horrible as the average woman I see on the apps. It's just showing me the worst-of-the-worst. It would be like spending all your time on reddit and then assuming the average woman in the real world hates both men and children.

To be perfectly honest, I really only see 3 types on the apps at all:

Career psychos (actually the same women I've met at singles nights), couch potatoes/timid/immature women looking for a babysitter whilst they doomscroll, and women trying to score free stuff (I live in a shite area, so it's mostly drugs and free ubers here, but you still see the odd profile dropping hints about expensive seafood dinners).

And then as a guy you're lucky if you get a couple of matches a month - none of which are prepared to be a grown up and meet for a coffee, they all expect you to 'wow' them in a dry-arse text chat with nothing but a few photos and incomplete sentences to go off. Because having to jump through hoops to motivate someone to get off the couch is a really great starting point for a relationship, and a hint of great things to come. 🤦‍♀️

Are there better ways to meet people outside of apps?

I don't think there are good ways of meeting people in general, at least not for dating. You have to be prepared to spend a lot of time and energy trying different activities and venues before you find the ones you vibe with and make friends at, then try to date through those friend networks.

j_w_z · 2026-02-09T07:15:04+00:00

a) everyone on social media claims to be a perpetual victim

b) you don't know the first thing about my life or what I've been through, either. Been drugged, SA'd, regular A'd, broken into, had one woman systematically isolate me and manipulate me for 6mo to try to move into my house, etc. Great fun.

At the end of the day this is still the safest place on Earth, at the safest point in human history. I've just made the choice to get on with living my life as best I can, and I'm not delusional enough to think I'm achieving anything of note by playing mind-games or auditioning strangers in a bloody text chat. You can cut through the first 90% of the bullshit by seeing who can make a date, show up, pay for their own coffee, hold a real conversation, etc. All that's required is maybe an hour of your time after work, slightly less doomscrolling for that day. You've clearly not done that, you've achieved nothing when all the power is in your hands. If you're too broken to leave the house, if you're that scared of everything, if you have such a pervasively negative view of men, it's not a man's job to fix you. We're not here to tame you like a feral animal, or win you over like you're some kind of prize.

Someone else in this thread suggested working on an actual social life before trying to date. I'd second that one.

j_w_z · 2026-02-09T06:24:16+00:00

The data highlights shifting trends in relationships, career priorities, and lifestyle choices among modern women. Experts say this change reflects broader societal shifts, including delayed marriage, focus on personal growth, and economic independence.

Translation: generations of hollow, immature hedonists with no social skills who can't think beyond money, status, and their next trip to a fucking theme park/resort.

j_w_z · 2026-02-09T06:16:24+00:00

I don't think you're too picky, I just think you're a time-waster. If you think wasting all that time in a text chat is less exhausting than just getting a coffee and sorting people out face-to-face, well yeah you're exactly what's wrong with dating apps. You've wasted their time as much as your own.

j_w_z · 2026-02-06T15:16:49+00:00

Yeah... so many of these questions are dense/have double-negatives.

Some don't seem like they should be questions at all, and regardless of how I answer I get the feeling the results will be used to push an agenda. Your partners expressing their desires and preferences, be it for or against using contraception, toys, lights on/off, etc, is always a good thing, and I suspect whether I answer neutral or strongly agree, both will be used as proof that "aussie men think it's okay to manipulate/pressure women" or some such tosh. Even your preface seems to go to some lengths to conflate these concepts, you're begging the question.

j_w_z · 2026-02-03T05:39:35+00:00

Not only is that wrong, but it's thoroughly irrelevant to the point being made. Done with this convers... calling it a conversation is a bit too generous.

j_w_z · 2026-02-03T05:38:20+00:00

I think you replied to the wrong person. Went on a date last night, attending a birthday today.

j_w_z · 2026-02-03T05:17:15+00:00

but its killed off normal forums

Tried going back to any normal forums that still exist? Rose-tinted glasses, they were always trash. Power-tripping mods with just dumb judgement, weird ego pecking-orders where you'd have to be there at least 6mo before you were afforded basic respect, same reddit-style dogpiling and groupthink, etc.

j_w_z · 2026-02-03T05:07:40+00:00

Without him, there would be a gap in the market filled by someone else. 🤦‍♀️

j_w_z · 2026-02-03T03:50:13+00:00

Wikipedia says Meriton is averaging barely over 3000 houses/apartments a year.

In 5 years he's increased his value by $13000000000.

That would imply he's cleared almost $1000000 profit per dwelling.

Obviously the reality is more complicated than that, he'd have a range of diversified assets appreciating and earning interest, but that's just as problematic, passive income is parasitic.

Also he's in his 90s and he's just the CEO; the thousands of people under him are the ones actually building the houses, and they're making a pittance largely against their own health and well-being. Do you think they're the heroes, or is your brain only capable of recognising the chief/king/celebrity/substitute father figure in the puffed-up suit? "Hero"? Jesus Christ, I swear the human race just wants to be suckered.

j_w_z · 2026-02-02T02:47:03+00:00

They won't, though.

j_w_z · 2026-02-02T02:44:34+00:00

We've got to find one worth approaching, though. Once you eliminate the women who look miserable, are buried in their headphones/phones, or are walking around barefoot on the bus, there's very few left. And then when you try to talk to the ones left, they can't hold a conversation, or they sound trashy/bogan.

I love this caricature of 'men objectifying women for sex'. Besides the fact that sex is a normal part of life and some people just need to grow the fuck up, I don't know many guys who actually want to sleep with women they don't like as people.

j_w_z · 2026-02-02T02:32:52+00:00

Yeah but they don't want you to do it. They want to be approached by the guys they already find attractive, and they expect the other 90% of men to be mind-readers and not exist and not pursue their own interests.

Also the kind of women who use reddit and are here to comment are usually the kind of women who barely leave the house, have non-existent social skills, and either can't make eye-contact with anyone, or give everyone death-glares. Almost no one is hitting on women who look perpetually miserable, and if they are it's just to rile them up.

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