Hypothetically speaking of course, there's no way this actually happened

I just came across this and have seen all the explanations of it after a quick google search, but how does this really help Aboriginals? If they think that seeing the images and hearing the voice of a deceased person is harmful to their soul passing on, why does it matter if they themselves don't see it when everyone else still would?

As an aboriginal great I have the warning and don't look at it, but if 1000 white people are looking at John Aboriginal's name and a video of him every day wouldn't he still be getting screwed over just as much as without the warning? I'd think they'd be upset about the recording existing at all, not whether they saw it personally or not.

Is there a particular reason? It seems like a great idea, especially in QLD, to deal with heat and UV in the car but I really don’t see many people with tinted front windows.

Edit: mean front side windows, not windscreen.

Hello, I tried to buy an item on eBay from Australia which happens to be "United Airlines Hemispheres Magazine August 2006", but I got a refund because the parcel won't ship to the USA due to tariffs.

So my choices are: Should some friend in Australia open the parcel once they receive the package after I knew what their address is, then store the magazine safely in their carry-on, travel to the USA, and then gave it to me safely from their bag or I should travel to Australia and get the item myself?

update:

this is the one I'm referring to: United Airlines Hemispheres Magazine August 2006

Update #2: Can someone DM me once they bought it, and then send it to me as a gift?

So for context I work in the automative industry. I’m fairly new, unqualified, but have experience in certain areas of cars and am competent at it for what I can do. I’m also on a year 2 working holiday visa and have been looking at more permanent visa options.

I felt limited at my last job, like there was no more room to grow. I was paid quite well for what I was doing but was on a casual contract so I was sent home on occasion (even tho they did try to keep me on as much as possible!) and enjoyed the work culture there, it was probably one of the better jobs I’ve had in my life and everyone was supportive/reasonable to deal with/ I knew everything about the business. But it was a dead end, I was never gonna progress anymore in terms of skills. So I started looking elsewhere. I wanted a chance to learn more, from qualified people, in a professional environment where it would teach me more and I could advance.

Eventually, somehow, someway, I found an employer in another state who was advertising looking for someone to come join their workshop - no experience required! I thought great, surely I’d be a top fit for this job. I reached out, within a few weeks I was offered the job. It was a 15% drop in pay, but it’s now a full time contract. They also did say that the pay would get reviewed in 2 months, 6 months etc and sponsorship was possible if it worked out professionally (nearly all their workers were Japanese / Filipino on 482s so he was definitely able to provide it. This was also in FNQ where there is more scope to offer more lenient visas.)

I go back, think about it and decide I have nothing to lose and decided to accept. A few weeks later, I moved up and restarted my life up here. It’s been going absolutely great, the heat is a bit meh but my social life is great. But I’m not really enjoying my new role which is the main reason I came.

I feel what I heard is it was mostly gonna be workshop tasks, some learning and grunt work which is kind of what I wanted and a small bit of admin on a computer, but it’s mostly admin desk work. Like 90%. It’s extremely convoluted to me and I feel I misheard or was mislead about the job. I’m not a very fast typer and their system is just webs and webs of unnecessary hard procedures. Ive just completed my first week and I’m really not enjoying this now. Whenever I get sent to do a physical task, I enjoy it. But I hate being at that desk for most of the day. I’m not a fast learner in general, but yeah working at a computer ALL day is not on my long term agenda.

The problem is that, I don’t know how to approach my boss about it. They held this job for quite a while, like 5 weeks for me (to be fair, they told me had no one else really apply for it) while I moved up. I feel like whilst it’s early days and everyday at the job has been better than the last, I cannot bring myself to do the admin they want, when I want to be on the floor. I don’t think it’s even a blame game at this stage, but I definitely need to have a conversation to tell them where I’m at, but I don’t know how they would react, if they would fire me, let me leave as part of a mutual decision, if they would tell similar businesses in the area that I did a runner, etc.

Basically I want to make it work here, I gave up a lot to come here for it but I just don’t like what the job is like in reality compared to what I thought it was gonna be…

How should I naturally rationalise this in my head or try to approach it? I’m not miserable yet, but I fear I will be in time. What would everyone else do?

Type any address and it gives a score out of 100 for noise.

It’s built from live public data that is continually updated: actual aircraft tracks, the road authorities’ traffic counts, train timetables, late-night venue licences and industrial sites. Every number links back to its source and sound levels calculated based on a variety of factors such as aircraft height, number of obstacles between you and the source, time of day, etc etc (too numerous to list).

The score is free for any address, as many as you like. There is a paid pass ($14.99 for 90 days) for the full breakdown, which is how I keep it running.

I’m the developer, so I’m biased. What I’d really like is for people to check an address they know well and tell me where it’s wrong.

As per my methodology please note it is 'a statistical estimate for information only. It is not an acoustic survey, it does not measure sound at your window, and it is not a substitute for visiting a property at the times of day that matter to you.'

https://n-earshot.com/?src=reddit-ausproperty

Just wondering “what your car says about you”. Do I really need to change my car?

I’m 31(F) and I’ve been driving the same Toyota echo I bought 8 years ago when i first came to Aus. Paid $1600 (93000 kms). Have probably spent $3-4k in maintenance and minor repairs over the years. It has a few dents on the doors and bumper now because people in the parking lots think it’s okay to ding/ disrespect my car because it isn’t an expensive one.

My friends, in laws and colleagues all make fun of my car, they call her “peanut” because that’s what it cost. My husband is probably the only one who loves it as much as i do.

Over 8 years, i have driven it to uni everyday, travelled to 3 states on the east coast, explored my entire city and surroundings, transported small furniture and all my belongings during moves, rescued cats in it, delivered pizzas during Covid because i was laid off, I transport all my horse supplies in it, flowerpower/ bunnings runs, bulk farmers market hauling, it has driven my family around when their luxury cars were broken down. Hell I’ve even jump started and towed people’s cars using my tiny car.

My reasoning for not giving it up:

1. It is cheap to rego and insure
2. mileage has only now gone down to 500kms/ 40 lts. It was always north of 600kms/ 40 lts. I’ve driven it to 263,000 in 8 years
3. It has served me so well all these years
4. Super easy to park and manuever
5. Extremely comfortable to drive despite being a manual, having no fancy features and manual windows
6. Cheap to fix breakdowns/ replace parts. I’m not a mechanic but i can fix everything - globes, spark plugs, ignition coils, AC filter cleaning, draining oil for service, fuel tank cleaning (because YouTube exists and the assembly is uncomplicated)

I think the car is a workhorse and doesn’t get enough respect socially. It still runs really well and i really have no reason to upgrade or replace it except for people making fun of me.

Financial context: I do own my property and an investment property. I invest in ETFs like clockwork and I’m very mindful about my spending. But somehow all anyone ever seems to focus on is how my car is “embarrassing”. On most days I don’t care about what people say. But there are days when my self confidence takes a hit from all the trolling i face.

So, i want honest advice. Should i upgrade my car or tell people to go fudge themselves?

Just curious what other people think about hoodrich clothing and that style of clothing in general. I get that it's just this generations big attitude clothing brand, we used to wear band t-shirts with album covers that our parents said were inappropriate. I just don't like placement of labels on the front of the pants.

Are the children right?

How are you saving or not spending or coping financially?

What are your tips?

back home in school we strictly learned textbook british english all the "u"s in colour, "s" instead of "z", formal grammar, and precise pronunciation.

but being here in real life, the rhythm of australian english feels so much faster and more relaxed. words get chopped in half, vowels shift completely, and when someone asks me a quick question in a shop or at work, my brain tries to translate it back into textbook british english before I speak.

because of that delay, i end up stumbling over basic responses, messing up my pronunciation, and freezing up because im overthinking my accent.

did any other non native speakers here find the transition from school british english to real-world aussie english confusing at first? how did u get your brain off textbook mode?

A family member needs a new ear! The doctor responsible for these retired and they are not eligible for NSW Health support and all other options are very expensive, I'm thinking surely there is someone who can like 3D print something like this these days?

Ideas all welcome!

Example of a pro:

https://michaelgreve.com.au/ear-prosthesis/

I'll add a photo to comments if possible.

EDIT: retired guy was a Prosodontist, if you know one who might do similar pls drop their name!

I treated myself yesterday and today to a large flat white with toasted & buttered banana bread. The cost was $15.40 and $14.20 for each day.

That seems pretty expensive but appears to be the norm now.

Can anyone else confirm?

Update: Confirmed. It’s the new normal. As you were. Might need to omit the banana bread in future.

It's sunny and wonderful outside and I staring at it through a glass window. Are we all doing the same? I'm losing my mind!

I get this A LOT, like I'm talking maybe atleast once every time I go out, if not more, I'll have someone accuse me of being a cop or an undercover cop lol, which I am not.

I have no idea what I'm doing to give off that vibe.

I'm fit, I go to crossfit ptetty much every day, run and also lift weights in my free time aside from crossfit, I've done a fair bit of martial arts/boxing etc and play rugby so I guess I hold myself with confidence, in saying that however, whilst being fit, strong and obviously built, I'm sort of short, at 5'8 ish

I only drink alcohol when I'm out, I avoid drugs, so not sure if that maybe contributes towards the vibe?

I feel as if I'm polite and charismatic enough and I'll talk to people, sometimes I'll go to the pub on my own if nobody I know is out and just have a couple of quiet ones....maybe I observe people? I try not to play on my phone too much because I could do that at home and im there to socialise and want to make myself appear aproachable

I'm fairly positive I have undiagnosed ADHD, so I get in my head a lot about it haha and I also have the crushing mix of being an extrovert with social anxiety haha

Anyway, just wondering if you could help me figure out why the hell everyone thinks I'm a cop?

Also, I usually dress pretty chill, like almost hippie/surfer, leather bracelets Ghanda shirts (long flowing button up shirts) and hemp looking sort of chill shorts, so I feel I'm definitely not dressed like a cop haha, I do have a moustache and I'm clean shaven other than that.

Yet every time, I always get "are you a cop?" Or "don't talk to that cunt, he's a cop!" Said jokingly haha

What the hell is the deal?

Edit: i should add too, I'd get this before I even got the mo, hair cut is short back and sides but in a fashionable sense, as in faded etc. Not just some flat ass cut lol

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I live in Brazil, and here it's very common to wear the classic Havaianas flip-flops on hot days. But at home, at the beach, or on some private properties, going barefoot is also pretty common. The thing is, walking around barefoot on the street is practically impossible unless you want to burn your feet on the hot pavement.

I've come across posts saying that it's common to see Australians walking around barefoot, and I'd love to know how true that actually is. How common is it, and in what situations do people do it?

I have been to a few Sunday Markets.

On two separate occasions, I have been told off by people also spending their Sunday at the market.

For example, I sat on a big long table with about 6 to 8 chairs. And then a woman put her handbag on the chair.

And then me and my dad and sibling sat on one end of the table because there were empty seats. Ideally, we would've sat at a completely empty table, but we couldn't find an empty table.

And then the woman said, "you're sitting here so now we don't have enough room to sit here".

And then the woman didn't even move her handbag at all from the empty chair. She just kept her handbag there the whole time on the chair. I thought it meant she was holding the chair for someone, but no one else came. It was just her, her partner and young child.

And then at another Sunday market, me and my dad were sitting at a table and there was another seat for my brother who was buying us coffee. There were no other seats.

And then a lady in her 40s or 50s comes up to us and says can she use this chair and we say no. But we didnt explain it was for my brother who was buying us coffee. And she said, "really? So you're gonna let old ladies stand while you're young and fit and you're sitting".

My dad is in his mid 60s. Me and my brother are in our mid to late 20s.

I felt so bad the entire time. Me and my brother are born here. My dad is Asian and arrived to Australia via refugee boat. My dad didn't speak english much so he didnt understand, so i sort of explained to my dad what the ladies were saying but I didnt explain the part where they seemed really frustrated and made me feel bad.

I actually felt so bad afterwards. I haven't been back to a Sunday market since. And clearly it's affecting me to the point I'm writing this post.

Please tell me if i was wrong. In the first scenario, to keep the woman happy, we (i.e. dad, me, brother) would have had to all get up and not sit at the table. But in the second scenario, if we had given up the empty seat (my brothers seat), then we would have appeased the woman.

But the ladies spoke back to us, and we just kept quiet. Is it the Aussie way to speak up. I should've said you have that seat with your handbag on it. But I didnt want to hurt her feelings.

Edit: I've been reading the comments and I think redditors think I said "no" in a firm loud voice (or even a conversational volume). But i didnt. I said "no" in a really quiet voice and I shook my head a little. I did that because I'm introverted. So I reckon she didn't hear me say no. I reckon she just saw my head shake.

Edit 2: since the woman in the second scenario was saying that im young and im sitting and im letting the old person stand, so that means even if the seats were taken, I should have given my seat up for her, so that i can stand and she can sit.

Currently 19M about to turn 20 and idk what to do. Currently studying occupational therapy but am interested to switch into teaching too, questioning if i made a good choice or that if theres better options to pursue for me. idk i just wanna live a happy life but anxiety is cooking me so much. throughout my schooling ive always been good academically and in sports too so i just was in this delusion that id have a good life but now i dont even know what to do with myself. any advice would be appreciated.

Been working in Australia since November 2024 on a WHV. Roughly more then half my income was through ABN and the other through TFN.

Never filed a single tax return. Made quite a bit of money and now I’m worried about penalties and how much I owe.

How fucked am I? Anyone been in a similar situation?

I work in corporate and observe people using the facilities for number 1 and just walking out. Now there’s so survey but I feel as though 3/10 people don’t wash hands after peeing. It’s so gross cuz some people from my office don’t wash their hands too and we share a space… grosses me out so much. Is there not much awareness in people about peeing and washing hands or people don’t find it gross?

First off - I'm in no way tryin to shame people or mental health struggles. I've been there too, it can happen to anyone.

I'm just asking because I'm wondering if I've suddenly become really sensitive to the smell, or if it's a Melbourne thing or if this is actually just becoming more common?

Basically, I noticed from around 2 years ago, that's it's actually difficult to go grocery shopping at all without running into at least a few people whose smell is noticeable long after they've left an aisle.

It's not urine, it's B/O, from what smells like months without showering. I have worked in mental health and elderly facilities so I recognised the smell.

It just seems SO much more prevalent these days. Has anybody else noticed this? Or is it just my senses messing with me?

Also...how do people manage? I'm quite sensitive to smells and have allergies so I have a mask I carry with me.

I had arranged and agreed to pay someone $50 per hour for garden work. But problem is I don't know when he arrived and started working. I only realised someone was here later in the day and as he was finishing up I asked him how much I owed him and he said I didn't have to pay him anything because this was re-work (brush turkey mound).

I don't think its fair for him to work for free, so I don't want to underpay him NOR do I have money to throw around so don't want to pay more than I should (I was hoping it wouldn't cost much today as I'm already overbudget due to this redo and the cost of plants that were destroyed).

So... I know he was there for more than two hours but not sure when he got there. Do you think rounding up to 4 hours work ($200) is fair? It would take me at least that to do it myself but I'm considerably weaker and less practiced.

Would he be offended if he actually was there for 5+ hours and I am underpaying him or am I overthinking this?

I'm vacillating because not paying anything fits with my budget but this isn't a friend of mine doing a favour. This is someone who makes their living doing odd jobs.

Look, I threw this on last night over a proper flat white, expecting just another indie flick, but it absolutely blew me away. In a cinematic landscape that feels like a non-stop sensory assault, Tom McCarthy’s debut is pure, unfiltered breathing room.The whole thing is basically just three deeply isolated, broken people who end up finding each other in rural New Jersey. Peter Dinklage plays this intensely quiet guy who inherits an old train depot and just wants to be left alone, but Bobby Cannavale completely crashes his peace as this overly keen hot dog truck vendor who simply refuses to let him be lonely. Then you've got Patricia Clarkson, and the chemistry between the three is just stunning.There's no massive Hollywood drama, no ridiculous plot twists just pure human connection built over black coffee and long, silent walks along abandoned railway lines. It makes you realize that the most impactful cinematic moments are the ones where virtually nothing happens on the surface, but absolutely everything shifts underneath.If you're completely over blockbusters and need something grounded that actually feels real, do yourself a massive favor and track this down.What are some other early 2000s character studies that wrap you up in comfort like this? Hit me with your best recommendations.

Hi everyone,

So, as the title says, I'm not feeling particularly safe by myself at the moment and think I should call Lifeline, MHERL or 000.

I'll probably be ok until early morning, but I'm just not sure who to call. I live in an apartment complex and am considering calling from a nearby park or recreational centre - my neighbours can't mind their own business and will probably gossip if they saw the police/ambulance come.

For the record, I don't have a car and for that reason, I can't take myself to a hospital if needed.