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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • It’s wild how different the refueling process is between our countries. Paying at the pump was trialed here about 10 years ago, but next to nobody used it. We just rock up to the servo, pump our fuel, then walk inside to pay. I can’t see it changing anytime soon. Some rural, more crime-ridden areas require pre-pay, as well as a few locations in urban areas between 11pm and 5am, but even then, you still walk inside or up to a window on the actual building to pay.








  • While the general ban on fireworks makes sense in a country as dry as ours, it’s just tiring seeing the rest of the world get to enjoy yet another thing we miss out on here. Airsoft, fireworks, cheaper alcohol, cheaper fuel, economic complexity, product variety, modern internet infrastructure, logical speed limit tolerances, drinking on the beach (legitimately illegal in fucking Australia), the right to not be treated like a goddamn child by the government, no blanket bans/sweeping law reforms based on the actions of one person, nicotine vaping not requiring a doctor’s prescription, over the counter medications that actually work and aren’t just weak and ineffective versions the rest of the world can purchase, and just so much more.

    You just never know when something you enjoy will be banned, restricted, or taxed to death in this country, and I hate it more and more the older I get. Australia is a great country to live in if you’re 77 and retired. Our leaders are wondering why so many young people are leaving for better, more free countries… maybe the fact that we’re the most overregulated nanny state, Murdoch-controlled, American-without-any-of-the-fun-parts wannabe first world nation has something to do with it. If I wasn’t already in my early-30’s, I’d be leaving too.


  • Can’t be more ridiculous than it is here in Australia. Can’t buy or set off fireworks without the relevant permit/license full stop (generally limited to public events and film production), but if you purchase an adapter for your 12 gauge, along with a pack of primers, you can legally fire them from your shotgun on private property… but you’d obviously need a firearms license first.

    I have a shotgun. I have the fireworks, primers, and adapter. I have never had a chance to use them.

    Australia is such a fucking boring country to live in. No wonder we all drink so much.