Echinoderm

joined 2 years ago
[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 30 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Since that's Charlie Chaplin doing a mocking parody of Hitler, what do you want to stop? People making fun of Nazis?

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah, the ABC is Australia's publicly-funded broadcaster, so they don't have ads, and no reason to track your entire life to on-sell the data. It's a nice change.

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 29 points 3 weeks ago

I've heard that it's so addictive that people who stop using it will die from withdrawal in a matter of days.

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But the next pope may be far more conservative than Francis, who by Catholic Church standards was unusually liberal.

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 11 points 1 month ago

This made slightly less sense before I remembered that manga is supposed to be read right to left.

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Trust me bro."

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago

It's just a tiny little fella!

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago

I'd forgotten about this series. I've got some catching up to do.

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I doubt they would need to enact truth in political advertising laws for that. Dutton and his colleagues have shown a willingness to flex defamation laws when people say things that make them feel sad. They are also privileged enough to be among the few who have the financial means to pursue those kinds of actions.

My guess is you'd end up with a bunch of strategically expensive defamation actions that are intended to tie up those sort of advertisements until after the election.

Now, if it was something that would stop the Greens or teals from building more support? Watch that fly through Parliament with bipartisan approval.

 

As long as I'm enjoying myself it's not a bad thing, right?

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago

Nope, I have no doubt they happen. I'm disputing that a old comedy film is useful evidence of them.

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Toms Hanks also made a movie 40 years ago about role playing games making you mentally unwell and suicidal. So I'm not sure we should necessarily be citing 1980s Tom Hanks movies for their social commentary value.

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Responding aggressively to a post asking why it appears that American culture has become more aggressive and hateful is not helping as much as you think.

 

Orcas off the coast of Washington State are balancing dead fish on their heads like it's the 1980s, but researchers still aren't sure why they do it.

 
 

Can anyone clarify what this community is for? The only post here suggests it's to replace the auslaw subreddit, which is mostly lawyers shit-talking about the legal profession and a lot of fun. However it's got the same name as the auslegal subreddit, which is a train wreck of non-lawyers asking other non-lawyers legal questions and getting terrible hot takes and badly Googled answers in reply.

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