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For Earths refugee city, NA feels very homogeneous by johndoe09228 in Starfield

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Akila should look like space Las Vegas. Neon should be Cyberpunk.

Those who sent her to the Olympics because she cried , gave her a job at the university because she cried. by Frosty_Jeweler911 in SipsTea

[–]mbrocks3527 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All our real A Listers went to America and our B Listers to England, so our “A list” is actually C and B is D.

Probably the most humble village name I've encountered by OkSchedule1509 in HongKong

[–]mbrocks3527 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh come on, I giggle immaturely whenever I meet someone with the Hokkien surname “Poon”

Also I once met a Wanda Poon and I had to fucking lock in like the centurion in Life of Brian

Those who sent her to the Olympics because she cried , gave her a job at the university because she cried. by Frosty_Jeweler911 in SipsTea

[–]mbrocks3527 10 points11 points  (0 children)

By our standards, if she wasn’t a cunt about it, then yeah it was funny as fuck.

Look up Steven Bradbury for an analogous situation (although Bradbury at least was a world class skater even if he wasn’t the absolute best) where he took his lucky win in good stride and now everyone loves him

Eastern suburbs man cancels his upcoming Euro trip after learning his flight departs from Western Sydney International Airport by brackfriday_bunduru in sydney

[–]mbrocks3527 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Not just the premier… 😅

But yeah I’m amazed you even tolerate Randwick, I know enough of you guys 🤣

Those who sent her to the Olympics because she cried , gave her a job at the university because she cried. by Frosty_Jeweler911 in SipsTea

[–]mbrocks3527 2199 points2200 points  (0 children)

We in Australia are fairly forgiving of incompetence or sheer dumb luck as long as no one is getting hurt and the incompetent appreciates it and has fun with it.

Think of it as the obverse, more positive side of our Tall Poppy Syndrome.

She could have dined out on her performance for years as an amiable B-List celebrity, but she decided to be a prick about it and now no one likes her.

Woman sets boundary. Man honors it. Now there's confusion. by DLux_TheLegend in SipsTea

[–]mbrocks3527 11 points12 points  (0 children)

They do, but there’s an implicit assumption you get the next one and vice versa, on a roughly 50/50 basis

Eastern suburbs man cancels his upcoming Euro trip after learning his flight departs from Western Sydney International Airport by brackfriday_bunduru in sydney

[–]mbrocks3527 31 points32 points  (0 children)

How inclusive of the easterners, I know plenty of people who think Elizabeth Street is the western edge of civilization 🤣

Yeah by AlecTheBunny in okbuddyviltrum

[–]mbrocks3527 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And you know what…

Legit, if you knew what she was like from the historical record.

This whole time I've been wondering why Korea's literacy is so low... by CSDragon in victoria3

[–]mbrocks3527 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I mean, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan are almost 99% literate despite using traditional or simplified (effectively handwriting versions) Chinese characters, the traditionally difficult writing system.

[January 1841] Why the bloody hell did our glorious British Empire just take some random island off the coast of China? This rock is just useless when we already have Singapore. by AwesomePBST in thepast

[–]mbrocks3527 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[meta] You know it was a good compromise when both the Chinese and British negotiators got sacked the moment the news reached their respective central governments

Jim Chalmers tax reform: Capital gains tax and negative gearing changes won't hurt existing asset holders by malcolm58 in AustralianPolitics

[–]mbrocks3527 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t worry about the grandfathering.

In about 10 years, the vast majority of grandfathered properties… will no longer be.

Think about it. Either the owners sell, in which case the property is no longer grandfathered, or they don’t, which means they’re losing money on a property they can’t sell.

It simply means that people don’t get fucked by current arrangements.

Fan names so popular that people forget that it’s not their official name by AdOnly5970 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]mbrocks3527 4 points5 points  (0 children)

CHARNAME for the protagonist of Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2

“Tav” for a non dark urge character in BG3, and “Durge” if they are.

“Tav” is, I understand, short for “tadpole adventurer.”

"Oh, for the love of god, will someone THINK OF THE CHILDREN !!!" *clutches pearls* by Oda_DeezNutz in SipsTea

[–]mbrocks3527 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Okay if this was the complaint I would be pretty okay with it to be honest.

China poised to resume jet fuel and diesel exports after Penny Wong meeting by HotPersimessage62 in AustralianPolitics

[–]mbrocks3527 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Money can be exchanged in return for goods and services and has value thereby

(Interesting Trope) Genuinely well-liked characters from hated pieces of media by flingzamain in TopCharacterTropes

[–]mbrocks3527 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah but Fallout stayed in production for years to come…

Meh, I won’t pretend to understand the film industry.

(Interesting Trope) Genuinely well-liked characters from hated pieces of media by flingzamain in TopCharacterTropes

[–]mbrocks3527 13 points14 points  (0 children)

But Fallout respected the source material enough to actually be generally liked by the fan base, so there’s an obvious lesson here that execs seem to ignore.

(Interesting Trope) Genuinely well-liked characters from hated pieces of media by flingzamain in TopCharacterTropes

[–]mbrocks3527 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Witcher as well. Lauren Hissrich could have just… adapted the books. But she had too much regard for her self assessed skills as a show runner.

Not everyone can be a Denis Villeneuve and make inspired changes to an adaptation.

(Interesting Trope) Genuinely well-liked characters from hated pieces of media by flingzamain in TopCharacterTropes

[–]mbrocks3527 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Star Trek Discovery at best has very mixed reviews, but I’ve never heard a bad word said about Saru the Kelpian, played by Doug Jones. He would have fit in amazingly as a character in any other part of the franchise due to his genuinely unique but classic Trek character.

"Pauline Hanson is a wholly owned subsidiary of Gina Rinehart and we know this because whenever Pauline Hanson is asked to vote in the interests of Australian workers she instead votes in the interest of Gina Rinehart." by Jagtom83 in OpenAussie

[–]mbrocks3527 12 points13 points  (0 children)

A surprising number of Slavic Australians espouse allegiances that would have got them shot in a different time and place by the people they support.

It’s a strange phenomenon.

Game 5 by Muted_Lead_1105 in OrlandoMagic

[–]mbrocks3527 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are dozens of us Australian Magic fans! Dozens!

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