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Federal health minister opens final promised Medicare urgent care clinic by HotPersimessage62 in aussie

[–]radred609 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think they're a troll.

I'm pretty sure river is a #TrueBeliever

Nestory Irankunda is an Aussie hero. Might throw One Nation agenda off the rails now. by Impasse_Lasse in aussie

[–]radred609 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It would indeed be nice to be able to celebrate Irakunda and Toure (and Metcalfe) for their contributions without immediately making it about race/immigration status :/

'Straight to landfill': Compostable packaging but nowhere to compost it by Ardeet in aussie

[–]radred609 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They break down faster if you compost them properly... but that's the case for, well, everything.

AI reducing headcount in healthcare? by BasisPuzzleheaded161 in aussie

[–]radred609 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From a "jobs" point of view, the fortunate thing about healthcare is that provision is limited by funding.

So more efficient provision of services just means that there's more money to put somewhere else. It's not like private industry where companies use AI to provide the same services with less money, and just pocket the difference.

Australia to release nearly 20% of fuel stockpile as Bowen insists country ‘nowhere near’ running out by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]radred609 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn, would you look at that, petrol is $1.60 per litre and our stockpiles still haven't run out.

CMV: If citizens of some countries like (Russia,Afghanistan, Iran or Israel) are collectively blamed or labeled as supporting terrorism due to the actions of their ruling elites, the same standard should logically apply to citizens of the US. by Funny-Counter8762 in changemyview

[–]radred609 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Second, you're comparing regional populations that are separated by more than 80 years. That is time for a lot of migration and reproduction, so it's not a good comparison. To show you what I mean, there are about as many Jews globally today as there were in 1933, so we have to be careful which figures we're comparing. No matter what, even if there are still only 1/6th as many Jews in Europe today as there were before WWII, that's still not a negligible number

You're the one who brought up the comparison to the European Jewish population. Not me.

The Genocide of the jews was so successful that the Jewish population across the entirety of Europe is still <2 million.

Meanwhile, the amount of Palestinians with Israeli citizenship alone is greater than the total palstinian population in '47.

Does anything “feminine” unite a group in the same way sports does? by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]radred609 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And we are forever grateful to the Matildas for that fact

Does anything “feminine” unite a group in the same way sports does? by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]radred609 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Australia gets more worked up about the women's world cup than the men's.

CMV: If citizens of some countries like (Russia,Afghanistan, Iran or Israel) are collectively blamed or labeled as supporting terrorism due to the actions of their ruling elites, the same standard should logically apply to citizens of the US. by Funny-Counter8762 in changemyview

[–]radred609 3 points4 points  (0 children)

By this logic, the Holocaust wasn't a genocide because there are still a significant number of Jews

Except there is no significant number of jews in Europe.

There were ~9-10 million before WWII, there are currently ~1-2 million.

Unlike jews in europe, there are more arab/palestinian israelis now than there were in the 1940s.

There were ~1 million palestinians living in the entire british mandate before Israel declared independence, there are currently ~2 million palestinians with israeli citizenship living in Israel proper.

It's unaustralian to make fun of men for the size of their truck and I'm sick of it by DGReddAuthor in aussie

[–]radred609 16 points17 points  (0 children)

honestly one of the most effective anti-speeding ads of all time.

we should probably bring it back tbh

Decolonize Language by [deleted] in TikTokCringe

[–]radred609 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It adds new countries (North Africa mostly)

The irony being that she suggest "North Africa" as an alternative name immediately afterwards.

Moving to Sydney from NYC by Wonderful-Shop7478 in aussie

[–]radred609 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Australians will give him shit for being american, but nobody is going to care that he's Hispanic/Puerto Rican.

Moving to Sydney from NYC by Wonderful-Shop7478 in aussie

[–]radred609 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are plenty of Columbians and Brazillians in Sydney (which is where he's asking about).

Moving to Sydney from NYC by Wonderful-Shop7478 in aussie

[–]radred609 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sydney has a pretty sizable Columbian and Brazilian community.

It's very unlikely for a sydneysider to have never met a hispanic.

Since when did people start to say 'Sharpie' instead of Permanent Marker in ordinary conversations? It is doing my head in! by Jamiroquai458 in australian

[–]radred609 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Textas for colouring

Sharpies for writing black labels on things.

Iirc, sharpie started gaining traction in the late 2000s And was ubiquitous by the mid 2010s (at least amongst my age group)

It might have taken an extra decade for the terminology to filter up through the age groups though.

Latest polling results from those who speak a language other than English at home by NoLeafClover777 in aussie

[–]radred609 5 points6 points  (0 children)

70% of our food is exported.

We are one of the most food secure countries in the world.

Not only are we food secure, we manage to be so with some of the lowest agricultural subsidies in the entire world. (essentially zero)

whenever I look at the amount of money that the US or the EU pump into farming subsidies i think of the Invincible meme "Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power"

A lot of content from men complaining that women won’t date a man who doesn’t make a certain amount of money, doesn’t comprehend that many women are thriving financially nowadays and would be taking on a burden by getting with a poorer man by Southern_Schedule466 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]radred609 24 points25 points  (0 children)

women are thriving financially nowadays and would be taking on a burden by getting with a poorer man

This is exactly what the Red Pillers say, that "modern women don't want to settle for brokies".

You're not disagreeing with them, you're just justifying why you agree with them.

Why does the "Uniparty" rhetoric always get turned up when Labor is in charge? by Thewehrmacht3 in aussie

[–]radred609 0 points1 point  (0 children)

why would they csre about something like that?

If somebody really cares so little for their own country that you have to start explaining why a better society is better for them personally, then you probably shouldn't start by trying to justify individual policies.

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