@PeelerSheila @melbaboutown Not to mention the way the outsize returns from property investment once you're rorting the tax breaks and negative gearing means it is sucking investment money out of the productive sectors of the economy, and thus hurting the skills base and our capacity to continue as an advanced economy.
jaystephens
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@mysticgreg Yeah if the whole family are flying, no checked luggage, the difference is worth the misery. If it's just one ticket, real airlines ftw.
@Force_majeure123 @Seagoon_ on noodles I love to drizzle a little sesame oil and lemon juice over then after they've gone into my bowl
@Baku woah that's an interesting backstory thanks. I was thinking like "me=unstable parents, him=military parents" level of detail lol.
I was asking coz I've noticed that I (child of hippies, always movin') have a lot in common with children of military folks (always posted elsewhere, always movin'), and wondered if you'd hit a parallel dynamic.
@maegul @vividspecter
Yeah... I'm a100% YIMBY, but the issue I'm seeing for Straya is our status quo of large property developers calling the planning shots can't lead to any of the good outcomes some parts have Europe have seen (e.g. Vienna) and instead seem to point towards entrenching the growing divide between those who can afford a house and those who can't.
@CEOofmyhouse56 we're so surrounded by screens... I just never saw the point in buying another screen where someone else schedules the programming.
@Duenan @RustyRaven I went thru a "half a shot of decent espresso plus a bit of decaf instant powder so it doesn't taste too weak" phase when tapering
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@StudChud @Seagoon_ Ugh. The racism. It burns. As does the terrible photoshop blur to remove the word "cuntry" from the ABC's photo of the defaced sign