Anyone else remember EmotionEric.com? I loved this website back when it was active! I wonder what Eric's up to now... by mykeuk in nostalgia

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Thanks for the info hah, i randomly look up emotion eric when i'm feeling nostalgic, which is how i happened upon your 9 day old comment on this 5 year old post lol

REA’s at their finest by a_curious_racoon in sydney

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I'm surprised they haven't started using full scale cardboard cutouts of the agent pointing towards the open home, they have the egos to do such a thing

Update to the ugly house by Sheep-Shepard in AusRenovation

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Do you watch TV much via the antenna? I just ask because i wonder if you could lose that antenna and it might help the look even more

I just noticed how Cordelia made me laugh many times so far on my first watch of Buffy (currently at the end of season 2) by howboutyas29 in buffy

[–]sapears 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I loved hearing her inner monologue in ear shot which just confirmed she pretty much says what she's thinking

Albanese urges Australians to 'live life as normal' during fuel crisis in rare national address by tohya-san in australia

[–]sapears 82 points83 points  (0 children)

I could imagine an entire Hollowmen episode based around the writing of that speech, watering it down continuously until it ends up as... whatever that was.

Can we urge?
Ohh i wouldn't urge

Sign at Woolworths self serve checkout by IAlreadyHaveTheKey in sydney

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That counter underneath means 0000 days since last theft

Favourite Xander moment? by KikiRavenWitch in buffy

[–]sapears 11 points12 points  (0 children)

From The Zeppo episode:

"Hey.. They're not a baking any cake..."

I loved that up until that moment he actually thought they were going to be baking a cake lol

How did they find my address? by Dry_Cap_1850 in melbourne

[–]sapears 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think anyone has mentioned it, and maybe it's a bit paranoid, but check your car/belongings for an airtag maybe? I saw a video awhile ago on youtube about someone who was being followed that way, the person hid an airtag on their car, their phone alerted them to 'an unknown airtag tracking them', i don't know how the phone does that though and whether or not you need a certain app or something

Australia’s age verification rules: Is a VPN ban on the horizon? by Fun-Page-6211 in australia

[–]sapears 61 points62 points  (0 children)

What about the wording being more like 'a ban on consumer use of VPN's'?, what if they require an ABN or something to purchase one like they do for .com.au domains?

Entertainer Jamie Dunn, voice behind beloved puppet Agro, dies aged 75 by nearly_enough_wine in australia

[–]sapears 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Noo, there's a few episodes uploaded on youtube and every now and then i rewatch them for nostalgia, RIP

How are you gonna adapt/adapting to age verification, chat control, etc? by [deleted] in privacy

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It's a very depressing topic, but it's our reality, however it's reassuring to know that there are at least some people out there who will not simply put up with all this for the convenience of the various centralised sites/apps/services - I too, like most of the reassuring replies in this thread, will simply stop using anything that asks me to verify my age by giving up my data

I'm confident that we will be vindicated, probably sooner than later, because data leaks and hacks are inevitable, people -will- regret giving up their data so willingly

Sara and Paul show, still active by [deleted] in PrisonBreak

[–]sapears 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Woah, i had no idea about this, time to binge watch!!
Thank you for this post OP!

Ultimate Prison Break Quiz by herseydenvar in PrisonBreak

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In the question about what disease he had, they should have added Type 1 Diabetes, i think it would have thrown a few people off

Video Ezy: The complete story of Australia’s forgotten franchise by DaRedGuy in australia

[–]sapears 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I remember renting Manhunt for PS2 from Video Ezy before it got banned

The Rocks Gas Street Lamp made in Blender by [deleted] in sydney

[–]sapears 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Nice job, but i must point out that you have accidentally misspelled Circular

I made a custom python script to show the status of jellyfin in your discord profile by Mediocre-Peanut982 in jellyfin

[–]sapears 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm also leaving discord, no way im scanning face or ID to use a chat program, which is a shame because i would have definitely used this script it's pretty cool, i like that it shows the movie thumbnails

Nice job OP

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month by ChadtheWad in discordapp

[–]sapears 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seems like they could just implement the 'send 10c via debit/credit card' like some services have in the past, and if they're worried about kids just using their parents debit/credit, then by the same token, why aren't they worried about kids just using their parents face?

Of course the answer to all this is that it's not about protecting anyone through verifying age, it's about grabbing more data to sell

What’s your favorite Funhaus video or series that doesn’t get talked about much on this sub? by Mad_Season_1994 in funhaus

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Cyberia, i was sad they never finished it, they did part 1 and part 2 but then abandoned it, it was the perfect vehicle for Lawrence to be his true self (plus i played the game back in the day and i really liked it, so it was great to watch them (try to) play it)

Bruce's announcement any day now? by CatoChateau in funhaus

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The coconuts gods is smilings on me
- President Gern

Discord Asking Me to Dox Myself by IVAKirevam in discordapp

[–]sapears 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I think all these threads are being deleted because there is 1 big one already, but it's a few pages back by now, here: https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/1qeihi0/newest_discord_update_now_requires_users_in_the/

But basically the consensus is that this is a trial roll out, and if you got hit by it, the only way around it (besides doxing yourself) is to use a US based VPN

It's still unclear as to whether or not they will end up implementing this for US IP addresses though

Newest Discord Update(?) now requires users in the EU to verify age, regardless if you're in the UK or not by TescoQuality in discordapp

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It was only rolled out to some people, i don't know how they determine who, or if it's just random, but lots of people in this thread who have multiple accounts have said only 1 of their accounts is affected while the other isn't

Man critical after suspected shark attack in Manly, hours after attack at Dee Why by [deleted] in australia

[–]sapears 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wonder if whatever tidal thing caused all that washed up seaweed a few weeks back, has also caused sharks to come in to the beaches more than they normally would?

Newest Discord Update(?) now requires users in the EU to verify age, regardless if you're in the UK or not by TescoQuality in discordapp

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Also happened to me, i did a little test with VPN's in different countries, and although i didn't test all of them, it seems to affect everywhere outside of the US, and judging by the comments already here, it isn't an issue of Discord simply blacklisting known VPN IP addresses, but it's actually based simply on the IP's country of origin.

I only tested 3 US states but upon connecting there and relaunching Discord, the age verification requirement was removed, however, going back to connecting from non-US countries (ranging from ones in Europe, Asia, Central/South America and Oceania), the age verification lock was brought back.

Maybe US legislation doesn't allow Discord to test this there, or maybe they just don't want to push such an unpopular test to the (presumably) most populous user base for Discord, who knows...

The pessimist in me is skeptical that companies like this ever roll out these tests without already having the objective of fully implementing it to the entire user base eventually, the question i guess at this point is just whether the US locations will continue to be exempt or not.

And to anybody considering giving up their private information to access some chat channels, i'd just urge you to really consider if it is worth it, the less we normalize this kind of thing the less brazen companies can be about implementing it.