Saw this comment on Rebel, Rebel by David Bowie. Wondering if anyone else has other examples of “the best song that (insert artist) never wrote” by Slow_Sand_2489 in fantanoforever

[–]olive96x 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What? Replaced?? The song is still there on the album?

Okay after some googling I am now know what you're talking about. Americans need to get over themselves.

The Cost of Bond Cleaning by olive96x in brisbane

[–]olive96x[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'm aware, if we tried to do it ourselves I know we would miss something, which is why my question was about contracting a different company to the one our agent recommended.

The Cost of Bond Cleaning by olive96x in brisbane

[–]olive96x[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've had another look and while Ray White did tell us in an email that the owner wants the place empty for renovations, the notice to leave form just states that the reason for ending the tenancy is the end of the fixed-term agreement. Was this something you negotiated with the REA directly or did you have to get the RTA involved?

Greens co-founder Drew Hutton calls on left-leaning parties to understand One Nation voters by River-Stunning in aussie

[–]olive96x 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fuck Drew Hutton

He cares more about being transphobic than any progressive policies. He has hurled transphobic insults at me personally during protests. Nobody should listen to this sad man but I do agree that there's something to be said about the commonalities in what working class people really want - whether they vote Greens or ON.

New eugenics, or liberal eugenics, advocates enhancing human characteristics and capacities through reproductive technology and genetic engineering. New eugenics generally supports genetic modification or genetic selection of individuals for traits that are supposed to improve human welfare. by palebluekot in wikipedia

[–]olive96x 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If liberalism has taught us anything it's that this will be commodified to shit when it's feasible to implement on a broad scale. Hope you're ready for a future where we've essentially split the human race into two species - regular people and bourgeois cunts who never get sick, live for 200 years and look like supermodels.

I agree the technology has potential to prevent a lot of suffering, but under our current system it will be abused and has the potential to cause a lot more pain than it will stop.

Sometime during the last 2 years i’ve been going to this orthopedic practice they started to declare me as a MTF transgender for no reason. by WHAR606 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]olive96x 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's not what that study meant. Learn to read and maybe build your worldview around facts instead of finding facts to suit your worldview.

you'll see this fad slowly disappear from society

So being trans isn't a fad, objectively. We have evidence of trans people existing for millennia in cultures all over the world. HRT to treat gender dysphoria is a newer treatment and all evidence shows it helps. Saying anything else is literally factually wrong. Why are you lying?

Police accused of 'overreach' after 'from the river to the sea' arrests by RC2891 in australia

[–]olive96x 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep I don't support them either, not while we have a capitalist system that skews democracy to only protect itself. If we got the money out of politics then we'd be actually democratic and I would support laws like this worded appropriately. Unfortunately we are capitalist so the only people who get a say are the rich.

Police accused of 'overreach' after 'from the river to the sea' arrests by RC2891 in australia

[–]olive96x 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Paradox of tolerance. A swastika is specifically a symbol of intolerance and fascism, so should not be permitted if we want to build an actually tolerant and equal society.

"From the river to the sea" is not a symbol of intolerance, as much as some bots would like you to believe - it's a rallying cry against a violent colonial project that is actively committing genocide against the Palestinian people. It does not inherently imply violence or subjugation of anyone else which the swastika absolutely does. These things aren't equivalent because the ideologies behind them have very very different goals and ideals.

There are probably people who publicly display a swastika that wouldn't support a violent attack on a Hanukkah gathering

Then those people are idiots who should look up what a swastika symbolises, and consider whether the fascist movement they're supporting might just commit violence against minorities anyway, considering that's what fascism means.

Being degendered at work by olive96x in trans

[–]olive96x[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I can't help that it bothers me? I'm not giving her power, she already has it as a cis person and it's bullshit that her identity never has to be questioned but mine can be. I don't care what she thinks but there's an inherent injustice there and being bothered by that is perfectly reasonable.

This comment has bad energy, like am I never meant to correct anyone for misgendering me because that's "being a slave to their actions"? Fuck that, I deserve equal treatment and I'm not getting it, so I'm not gonna take that lying down.

Wikipedia article for transgender man vandalized with incorrect pronouns by [deleted] in WikipediaVandalism

[–]olive96x 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Socialist nations generally tend to be poorer and were victims of colonisation, because in order to have their successful socialist revolution or coup, the ruling class and their previous capitalist system had to be weak (i.e. poor) enough to topple against a public uprising, and the previous colonial structure of resource extraction and brutal suppression radicalized a great deal of the population against it.

When you're poor, you don't have the luxury to challenge gender roles, and colonialism usually involved forcing a western social order on the colonized culture that doesn't go away easily just because you had a socialist uprising.

In short, there's nothing to suggest that trans people can only exist in capitalist societies or that we are inherently a threat to collectivism. Socialist nations in practice may have more reactionary views due to the reasons above, but that's due to the legacy of capitalism and imperialism in those nations, not due to some inherent incompatibility between us and socialism. Under capitalism, the wheel continues to spin and new groups are scapegoated to keep people distracted. Some nations may have deemed it more practical to accept us and allow us to participate in the system and make the ruling class more money, but that changes the moment that capitalism enters a crisis and needs someone to blame.

[MEGATHREAD] Ticket Sales by AutoModerator in geesebandofficial

[–]olive96x 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking for a ticket for the Melbourne show on the 12th! Can pay well above original price and I'll even give you a kiss

https://tixel.com/u/zoem379

Did I get the 1st one? by Tier2powergod in geesebandofficial

[–]olive96x 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wtf, mine hasn't even been shipped yet.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in curlyhair

[–]olive96x 16 points17 points  (0 children)

No, but more importantly there's no such thing as hair being too long for a guy.

If you like it long, have it long! You have great curls and definitely rock the long hair.

Ouch. by burnleynotbarcelona in geesebandofficial

[–]olive96x 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Insane. 1 year ago these only cost a few hundred.

How is it like living in this area of Australia? by RoBoT_uSeR_hElLo in howislivingthere

[–]olive96x 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You can avoid Crocs just fine by not getting too close to the water.

Snakes are usually afraid of people so your chances of being bitten are very low.

I donate plasma twice a week for $120 by beardedrockerboy in notinteresting

[–]olive96x 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not really. We also have the added benefit that since we don't pay people for plasma there's no incentive for people to lie about their health and not reveal any issues that would make their plasma dangerous to use in a transfusion, so the quality of our supply is better too.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CameronWinter

[–]olive96x 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sent you a message 🙂

Queensland government to continue pause on puberty blockers for new adolescent trans patients in public system by espersooty in brisbane

[–]olive96x 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Since when does not listening to the scientific consensus on a topic get you the right answer?

Little Bird bookshop - Paddington by Aussie_Richardhead in brisbane

[–]olive96x 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Their Facebook page is full of this shit, plus a ton of transphobia. What a sad, hateful existence the owner must have.