#Lounge but Australian

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frozen lantern
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@vivid verge knows more than me so we’ll try spawn him

static ruin
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Yeah done a quick Google search, found something about f35's flying yesterday for training from Williamtown so seems to add up

frozen lantern
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Probably nothing to be alarmed about

static ruin
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Not alarmed, mostly curious

vivid verge
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yes

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the hawks will sometimes have transponders on

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But the F35s never have them on unless they are squawking 7700 or 7600, which indicates an emergency

vivid verge
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that’s the general schedule

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Yes F35s frequent Evan’s head

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Today they were doing aerial refuelling though off the coast

static ruin
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Ah, I'll keep an eye out tomorrow

vivid verge
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The fighters don’t have their transponder on but the tankers sometimes do

static ruin
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Quickly remembering why I prefer sunrise over sunset, so many people around

deep cape
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i mean, different problems instead

static ruin
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It does solve my complaint though

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Pretty sure we have our turn of that tomorrow

frozen lantern
kindred rivet
burnt hearth
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65000 messages

kindred rivet
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And a severe coffee addiction

deep cape
burnt hearth
kindred rivet
frozen lantern
deep cape
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@steep idol just booked flights to darwin in july for mates weddign

static ruin
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Loving the cold temps, just not the cloud it's brought along

static ruin
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Light is a bit better this morning

coral crescent
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MOVING DAY

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WE'RE SO UP

static ruin
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Finally out of there

frozen lantern
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The big day has finally arrived

sudden karma
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see you soon brother

coral crescent
coral crescent
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@sudden karma

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Made it to the airport physically and through photos 😭

sudden karma
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just wait for the airport traffic bro

frozen lantern
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Oh it’s bad

late parcel
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Valentine’s Day dinner ft the Snap On skull cups lol

kindred rivet
late parcel
ebon mango
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i love that parks in victoria are within walking distance, took these at a pond

drifting copper
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So Sony alpha 7v .

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On release is 30% off good?

sour current
drifting copper
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Tldr jb hifi staff got offer from Sony for whoever signs up before 22nd, may be eligible for 30% off on release of that camera

drifting copper
sour current
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its an excellent deal if true

drifting copper
# sour current i need to get a job at jbhifi

LinuxQuag I mean if I don’t end up getting it, and we can just share the code and that works without any legal tidbit like it has to be under my name and such, did u want the thing instead. Not sure if it works across states tho

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Hmmm cause like. I’m planning to invest into Nikon more so…

drifting copper
sour current
sour current
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fucking victorians think they run this shit smh

drifting copper
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But if I think realistically. I can get like a Nikon red instead or really good Nikon lens

drifting copper
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But also if it’s like a no legal stuff need to be shared

sour current
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i see

drifting copper
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Like u just need code and that’s it

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It’s a bit tricky with discount sharing at jb hifi stared

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Btw like for cameras. I checked

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Erm

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It’s okay

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Like

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I checked dji stuff

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Discount is pretty sizable

sudden karma
static ruin
coral crescent
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We're so up

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@sudden karma eating gyg again made me ascend icl

static ruin
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Crap, we continue to be outnumbered

sudden karma
coral crescent
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1k calories lowk throwing me though

thin abyss
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Victorians are the best

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I LOVE MY STATE

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I WILL FOGHT FOR MY STATE

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I WILL FIGHT FOR MY STATE

sour current
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Like yeah melbourne is bigger but do they have more photographers somehow 😭

static ruin
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We had more from Sydney, just vanished

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Does somewhat make sense though, Melbourne is more of an art/cultural city than Sydney

sour current
static ruin
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They're still on PL, just never active

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I've also been there to witness in person some of them gasing at camera store in Sydney

static ruin
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A few now

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Or heck when I picked up my 180-600, one happened to be at georges at the time lol. But yeah sad they're inactive, just the nature of things, people get busy, priorities change

frozen lantern
sour current
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i had a feeling it would be georges lol

static ruin
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Georges would probably be the most used store for those of us in Sydney, they're just usually good

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I'll still price things elsewhere, they just often end up cheaper

coral crescent
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2 years back now wasnt it?

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yeah real shit about the priorities thing

deep cape
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welcome to victoria oliv!!!!

coral crescent
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Such a nice place

thin abyss
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(we still have a lota stores that specialise in film etc)

sour current
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sydney still better btw

thin abyss
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sydney usedd to have aroundd the same levels as mel

sour current
thin abyss
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but theyve all moved

thin abyss
sour current
thin abyss
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2 that own a hassleblad x2d

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so

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yea

sour current
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do you live near a retirees home perchancev

thin abyss
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i live in the cityish

sour current
thin abyss
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still a filthy rich area tho

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any melbourne local should beable to figure it out

sour current
static ruin
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Not going to get a house cheap ofc, but some apartments in there are pretty damn cheap

sour current
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lets play a fun game, how much is this cbd apartment worth?

static ruin
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$1.2 mil?

sour current
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1.4

static ruin
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Yeah Melbourne you can get some decent ones for half a mil right in the cbd

static ruin
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Yes

sour current
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Never looked at melb house prices in my life somehow

static ruin
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2br may push that a bit

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Houses are still pricey, you won't get those cheaper without moving a bit further out, but overall still the most affordable in Aus now

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Places like Darwin cheaper, but Melbourne has more income opportunity so generally better shape

sour current
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a million dollars in sydney gets you a bungalow in a shithole so melb is leaps and bounds

static ruin
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Can get solid free standing houses for $600-700k within an hour

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But yeah as much as I'll throw shade at Victoria at times, housing is something they've done really well on. Building amount per capita is decent, but they've also implemented a lot of legislation that favours residents over investors

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Investors moan and groan, but it's been great for people actually living there

thin abyss
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i love victoria

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i am a victorian patriot

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i love my state

sour current
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i hate on melbourne too much to ever willingly be there outside of the f1 race and sandown if you gave me a little convincing

thin abyss
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idk i think the melbourne sydney beef is stupid

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its fun but should never be taken seriously

static ruin
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Living in Sydney it's mandatory to hate on Melbourne, in practice like most places, it's perfectly fine

sour current
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i continue the melbourne slander out of pride

static ruin
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Exactly

thin abyss
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i continue the sydney slander out of priode

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but outside of tht i got no problem with sydney siders

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BUTTTTT

frozen lantern
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Up the maroons

deep cape
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i still think both cities are cool in their own way but its really like weird and interesting how it works out

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like for as creative and cool melbourne is i think sydney has better art galleries and restaurants though overall i kind of agree that melbourne is more artsy and culture oriented

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just that i guess there’s more rich people money who can afford to do playthingy shit like open galleries

coral crescent
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bro

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I feel like a refugee

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Melbourne is so cool

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Wdym my shipping time is like a day

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Alice used to be a week minimum

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😭

eternal moat
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Ahh saw the answer 1.4mil

sour current
eternal moat
sour current
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Barangaroo properties do 2 mill easy

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God knows why barangaroo sucks

eternal moat
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If you're rich enough to afford a place like that many of the inconveniences of a normal pleb don't apply

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That Pitt street apartment would be a crazy good Airbnb investment

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Since it's so central you'd basically get full bookings most months

compact vault
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this is a thing???

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fuck yeah

static ruin
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No, you're just seeing things

compact vault
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awe

opaque lark
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should i exchange program to aus

static ruin
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Yeah was just reading there

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We can put aside our differences with QLD for that

opaque lark
# opaque lark should i exchange program to aus

quite a few universities: Monash, Queensland University of Technology, University of New England at Armidale (AG), University of New South Wales, University of Queensland, University of Sydney, University of Western Australia

sour current
compact vault
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shhhh

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ignore that

static ruin
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Why's that

sour current
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state of origin

static ruin
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Oh right

eternal moat
sudden karma
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The amount of exchange students keeps jumping not sure what's so nice about studying down here it's a shithole half the time

deep cape
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but on the real, what would you think of studying? there are generally very good uni’s, but also specialised unis that are a lot better for certain degrees

deep cape
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monash and melb uni are pretty good for that, i daresay unsw might be the best in the country for that tho

opaque lark
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i will be at a good school for it in the US, not too worried about the level if i do any exchange, moreso want to do it for the life experience

deep cape
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tbh though if you go to a major uni there’s not the elitism here are that there is in like the uk/us i think

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outside of law

opaque lark
coral crescent
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Law it kinda matters what uni you go to

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Melb is so cool though holy

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Completely different vibe to syd

static ruin
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This your first time in Melbourne?

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Thought you would have been multiple times given how much you travel

eternal moat
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Left field choice Canberra if you want something quieter and close to nature

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Close enough to Sydney so you don't have to deal with the cancer that is traffic there

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Dunno if ANU has an exchange program with your uni tho

static ruin
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wdym traffic is bad in Sydney, what's wrong with spending $20 on tolls for the right to sit there in traffic for an hour

sudden karma
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Absolute blessing

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Just wait till oliv gets his license and starts driving places here and sitting behind fucking assholes that got their license out of a weetbix box and genuinely have no clue what a speedlimit is

coral crescent
sudden karma
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Or the fact that our merge laws are different compared to majority of the country

coral crescent
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Melbourne i actuslly dont frequent

static ruin
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Ah fair

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I've still not been, so has be interested to see atleast once

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Not a big concrete jungle person, but I hear it's good

sudden karma
static ruin
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Still planning August trip

coral crescent
sudden karma
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The concrete jungle itself isn't too horrible, but it's not a big trip from the city to get to nice places

sudden karma
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Fucking 120 hours of driving

static ruin
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Implying people actually do the full 120

sudden karma
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No I did a realistic 100 odd and faked the rest

static ruin
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"Well that was a good 5 minute drive, lets round that up to an hour"

coral crescent
sudden karma
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120 hours is a bit overkill

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Id say somewhere in the 75 hour vincity is the sweet spot

static ruin
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It used to be 50

coral crescent
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Im in the concrete jungle rn

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Uncle owns a few restaurants here

sudden karma
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I thought you were oliv

coral crescent
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ffs

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Also building a pc

eternal moat
sudden karma
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It's national pancake Day fyi

eternal moat
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People are shit drivers

coral crescent
sudden karma
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go get a pancake

coral crescent
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I went to ikea

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bro

eternal moat
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They get bad habits from their parents

coral crescent
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Ikea is so peak

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The food omd

static ruin
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Look at this guy showing off his ram in this PC economy

sudden karma
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Yeah exactly

coral crescent
eternal moat
coral crescent
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16gb ddr4 😭

static ruin
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Ouch

sudden karma
coral crescent
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Ive got some photo work secured though

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So we ball

sudden karma
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The people transferring licenses from other countries should have to take proper tests aswell

static ruin
sudden karma
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Like stricter ones

coral crescent
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😭

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Our laws are so loose

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You can get a full license at 18

sudden karma
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You'll enjoy the U turn laws down here tho

coral crescent
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buddy im not even on my Ps

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😭

sudden karma
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Getting to U turn everywhere unless signed otherwise is so much nicer then the other way around

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Yeah one day

coral crescent
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this place is sick though

static ruin
sudden karma
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It's definitely more lively then Sydney at night for sure

coral crescent
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wait did I show you what happened at the airport

sudden karma
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The photo yeah

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Hell yeah

coral crescent
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it was so hype man

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😭

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Hopefully I win this year

sour current
coral crescent
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I'll be going to Adelaide 100% if I do

sudden karma
sour current
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nature is a fair point tho

sudden karma
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A bit biased I guess but it makes more sense to me

coral crescent
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Im also copping a zoo membership

static ruin
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It's "boring", but that's not inherintly a bad thing

sour current
sudden karma
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I need to swing by the zoo at some point thanks for reminding me

sour current
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parents used to own a place down there, it was fun going to the snow but something was always not right

sudden karma
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Too quiet

sour current
sudden karma
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Too many politicians

static ruin
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You're close to our Politicans?

sudden karma
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More than one is always bad

static ruin
sour current
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touche PepeLaugh

static ruin
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I hear sometimes it gets so cold they have their hands in their own pockets

eternal moat
sudden karma
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Just live in Sydney

eternal moat
sour current
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Occasionally

sudden karma
eternal moat
opaque lark
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whats canberra

sudden karma
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Our capital

static ruin
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The cost is just absurd, people in Sydney can't afford to buy in Sydney anymore without help from parents, who typically already own multiple property

eternal moat
static ruin
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Without support, you're pretty muched f'd unless you get a very high paying job

eternal moat
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Also we had a nice French/Australian school here

static ruin
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Victoria could be a very realistic move for me someday just because of cost of living

sour current
static ruin
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Take the absurd cost away I'd happily pick Sydney

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It's a great location, plenty of good things around it in all directions

sour current
eternal moat
static ruin
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Unfortunately can't even move up the blue mountains for cheap anymore, it's all million dollar property now

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Until Lithgow

eternal moat
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I know people meme on Canberra buuuut it's not cancerous like Sydney to raise kids

static ruin
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Canberra is fine, not as bad as people claim

eternal moat
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We got looots of people who come back

static ruin
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I think if people go expecting the hustle and bustle of a Major city they're going to be disappointed

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If you go with realistic expecations and the right reasons, it is a different lifestyle, it's great

sour current
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All act drivers drive like madmen because the roads are so clear PepeLaugh

static ruin
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Sydney drivers are pretty shocking

deep cape
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sorry if that’s already been mentioned

sour current
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if by shocking you mean not deserving of a license yes

static ruin
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It is, far cheaper than Sydney though

eternal moat
static ruin
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Or still some areas a bit out that are half decent prices

eternal moat
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Also if you're making 75-80k a year which is basically just above grad wages you can live comfortably in Canberra.

deep cape
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thats pretty decent actually i thought it was way worse

sour current
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Any thoughts on adelaide?

opaque lark
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uni doesnt even have canberra option sadge

eternal moat
static ruin
eternal moat
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If you're single an apartment for yourself and no housos is achievable if you're a grad.

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You do need to actually budget

static ruin
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Or some move a bit out to places like Queanbeyan, it's technically NSW, but houses are a bit more affordable

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Has gone up now, but not too absurd (yet)

eternal moat
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Unless you were an idiot and took a 60 month loan on a BMW 3 series or Ranger

deep cape
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also lowkey wild that melb is the modt affordable capital city for housing atm

sour current
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puther whereabouts are you in nsw?

deep cape
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didn’t have that on my bingo card

static ruin
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West Sydney

sour current
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lived around there growing up

eternal moat
static ruin
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Doesn't happen where I am, honestly not heard much

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Guildford for a more recent one, which checks out. Seems to be the hotspot in those areas between Parramatta and Burwood

coral crescent
sudden karma
coral crescent
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yeah bet

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Next week or week after lowk

sudden karma
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I start next week so might give it a bit of time to settle in and stuff

coral crescent
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How's mid march sound

sudden karma
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sounds good to me

coral crescent
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I have your insta right

sudden karma
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I think so yeah

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I mean I follow you on my main so I'd assume sov

lament radish
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Pass me the vb ya fuckin cunt

deep cape
compact vault
woeful belfry
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My day started with Lionel Richie's Dancing on the Ceiling blasting out of a car with its windows down at 6:40am. Tradies are fukkn weird man.

late parcel
compact vault
frozen lantern
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Hopefully this time next year I’ll be a tradie!

red plume
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Super quick phone edit between sessions - out shooting the Belco bowl jam

vivid verge
sour current
vivid verge
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The biggest event of the year for SMP

sour current
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… oh i’ve been so distracted by school

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Its feb 20th alrey

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Already

vivid verge
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Got some nice shots so far

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Excited for the lights to come on

obtuse notch
vivid verge
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Soon

sour current
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just imported 71gb of photos to my laptop it sounds like it’s trying to take off 😭

coral crescent
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Melb is acc so peak man

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Im going on a city shoot

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@sudden karma any places i shd check out

sudden karma
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theres a nice spot on top of hamer hall

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a snapshot but you get the point

coral crescent
sudden karma
frozen lantern
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@vivid verge scored 3 coins, 2 patches, a little token and another undershirt today

coral crescent
static ruin
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You've definitely picked the right city to get those city rain photos you wanted a while back

coral crescent
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Only issue is the sun sets so late

frozen lantern
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New pfp

late parcel
compact vault
late parcel
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Heck yeah

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Going to a workshop tomorrow to talk about a new job 😬 so scared lol

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I’ve never had to write a resume before lol. Managed to get all my jobs through connections

late parcel
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Well I already know one of the mechanics there and I know their biggest client quite well so hopefully that helps

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Just a long drive every day, over an hour

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But my current work is a shit hole lol

compact vault
compact vault
late parcel
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Fuck dealerships lol

compact vault
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yeah nah fuck that lol

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what company did u work for

late parcel
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Toyota

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Our workshop is amazing, tiled so it’s very easy to clean every arvo, just run by fuck wits

compact vault
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ah i was about to say

late parcel
compact vault
late parcel
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That’s what I’m going to be sad to leave 😭

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We scrub and use a floor cleaner daily, have oil and water hoses at all hoists and a 5 more hoists not in frame

static ruin
late parcel
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Our workshop controller is great but the service manager is just in it for bonuses

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And the communication between sales and service is shocking. Stayed back over 4 hours on a Friday afternoon to fit accessories to a car because sales forgot to tell us it was going that Friday

compact vault
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like this job has to take this long

late parcel
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“Oh is that new model hilux with bull bar, scrub bars, tray, towbar, electronic brakes and 12 pin ready? The owner is on the way” - “what hilux?” 😭

late parcel
steep idol
late parcel
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Took my bf to visit my childhood pony with me

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I traded my bike for the pony with my neighbour when I was 10 lol

lament radish
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||If you didn't see this movie are you even a an aussie ya bludger cunt||

opaque lark
sour current
compact vault
deep cape
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it fuckem wet

static ruin
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Nothing but blue sky

static ruin
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Guess it must be a fair bit of rain to get the very dangerous label thrown in

still wadi
deep cape
static ruin
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Getting your mandatory 4 seasons in a day

sudden karma
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really cool sight

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its by far the tallest building in the area and ofc has stuff for this reason but still sick to see

lament radish
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Are you even an Aussie if u didn't watch this

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||YA FUCKIN CUNT||

eternal moat
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coral crescent
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holy melb is so peak

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But the weather thing is so real

deep cape
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let us know if you want recommendations for anything!!!

coral crescent
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The food is wild

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All this for 20 bucks

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Im headed to the zoo today

still wadi
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im craving those noodles rn 😭😭

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being stuck in school doesnt make it any better

coral crescent
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school is so drags

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Uni is the life

sudden karma
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Such lovely weather today

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istfg if the F1 next weekend is horrible weather I'll cry

coral crescent
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Oh shit youre there?

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😭

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Im at town hall station rn

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Getting off at parkville

compact vault
fiery island
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Local bird wants photographer dead.

lament radish
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he looks fed up

deep cape
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teams trying to figure out their car, different strategies etc

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might make for a spicy race instead of the procession we get quite a lot :>

sudden karma
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I'm done at 1230 on Friday tho lol

thin abyss
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our school got floooded

sour current
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tf

steep idol
sudden karma
compact vault
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where is all of this flooding happening

sudden karma
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We had really bad rain yesterday

compact vault
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where

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im in qld and im getting nothing

sudden karma
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Victoria

lament radish
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How can someone do a Photo exhibition in Aussie land

deep cape
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like get your work in a gallery?

sudden karma
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Ask Oliv that's his thing

deep cape
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also if you don’t mind starting small and also young there are a FUCK ton of local galleries

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that love showing art

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i’d estimate in the cluster of like fitzroy brunswick collingwood carlton alone in melbourne there’d be at least two dozen galleries

coral crescent
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i've been in every major gallery excluding melbourne

sudden karma
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get to work

coral crescent
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contests are the only entry point

deep cape
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woah, goated

coral crescent
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I scouted the gallery of victoria yesterday

sudden karma
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It's pretty

coral crescent
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I'll be there in 2 years trust

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except for that huge thumb outside

sudden karma
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Really nice location too

coral crescent
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😭

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yeah the location is great

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really nice vibe

sudden karma
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we love the Victorian Eiffel tower thanks

deep cape
coral crescent
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noted

coral crescent
deep cape
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basically ngv: australia permanent but they do cool shows

coral crescent
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anyway melbourne is so cool

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the zoo was kinda dead though

thin abyss
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wait

coral crescent
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didnt really get anything good

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ALSO

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BRO

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IM ON EVERY BILLBOARD

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IN MELBOURNE

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I didnt evenr ealise

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realise

thin abyss
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oliv did u see any street work by sonny zhang

coral crescent
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I was in melb central

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qv

deep cape
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yoooo

sudden karma
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Yeah I showed it to my partner and she was like damn I pass that every day

coral crescent
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and they're putting my image there

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I was shocked

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alongside all the otehrs

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from last years gallery

sudden karma
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I was in Melbourne central earlier and saw it lol

coral crescent
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giumme a sec

sudden karma
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It's always funny to see it pop up randomly

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I'm blue now

coral crescent
sudden karma
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I could prolly make a folder

coral crescent
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my goat

sudden karma
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I see it on the way to uni sometimes

coral crescent
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cause i've only seen my own image once

thin abyss
coral crescent
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but I know it shows on all the billboards cause it cycles through

thin abyss
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dunno if you would have crossed paths with him

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but ik hes had some of his work in gallaries here

coral crescent
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can you send an ig link?

thin abyss
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sonny.notsony

coral crescent
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I'll sus it out

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gimme a sec

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nope

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this is new to me

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not really my kind of street photo

thin abyss
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all g

coral crescent
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bro

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I think my school forgot to cancel my y12 email

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my adobe creative cloud still works

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😭

lament radish
lament radish
static ruin
steep idol
static ruin
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I know you (presumably) say that in a joking manner, but we've had exactly that here on PL before, with someone asking how to get it back lol

deep cape
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lol the bomb threat to albanese being related to the shen yun / falun gong performances

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that's so strange

static ruin
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Heard about it in passing, should probably read up on what actually happened

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Definitely a strange one, apparently bomb threat also happened in the US a week ago, same thing being targeted at Shen Yun

lament radish
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great work's amigo u deserve to be seen more by ppl

coral crescent
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You also have a very unique and recognisable style

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Its some really cool stuff

lament radish
lament radish
coral crescent
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Cheers gng

kindred rivet
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Melbourne freaked me out dude

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Why was Docklands full of restaurant solicitors and participants of lettuce consumption

kindred rivet
late parcel
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How tf are threes crocodiles at Wallsend

thin abyss
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club

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basically people time eachother on how long it takes for them to consume a whole head of lettuce

mossy flame
coral crescent
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That's a good one

patent pecan
still wadi
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i went to qld once, i complained about the heat, they instantly knew i was from melbourne lol

frozen lantern
frozen lantern
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Nope no way people enjoy participating

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Good for hydration sure but I don’t see how it would be enjoyable to speed eat lettuce

mossy flame
patent pecan
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I don’t know much about freo

deep cape
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the little creatures brewery is cool

mossy flame
deep cape
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have only gone for work so didn't pay 8)

mossy flame
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Best beer you'll ever drink is free beer

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This is the best local cheap beer

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Carton costs not much more than a CUB brand, entirely locally owned and only uses WA grain

sudden karma
mossy flame
# patent pecan I don’t know much about freo

Used to be very hippy and working class until the early 00's, got gentrified, hippies moved to the outskirts - east and south, working class got forced even further out - centre went through a boom and landowners went crazy with prices
Meth epidemic of the 10's nuked the place, so the yuppies stopped paying the exorbitant money to.live there and it became a ghost town

There's been huge state government efforts to revitalise it (they paid $270 million to renovate a privately owned building, left it in the hands of private landowners, and then signed a 30 year 1800 seat lease for a government agency) - corruption left, right, and centre

Because no one really lives there it's become a food desert (only grocery store is an IGA that's subsidised by the state government), and really only exists on the weekends until about 4pm
Try to get a coffee and a cake after 4pm and you're absolutely shit out of luck

South Fremantle and East Fremantle are thriving though because the hippies and some of.the working class have been able to stay there

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Lots of nice historical limestone buildings in central Freo, but now they exist purely for tourism

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The biggest indicator of the state of the area is that fast food companies literally stopped operating because it just wasn't viable due to antisocial behaviour and lack of residents

No McDonald's, no hungry jacks, no chicken treat, no red rooster, no KFC

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Hungry jacks sponsors the Fremantle Dockers football club - and shuttered its only restaurant in Fremantle half a decade ago

Now this hungry jacks held the CROWN JEWEL position in the entire city - dead centre of main street and the walking mall - every road in Fremantle is circled around this one point

This building has been vacant for half a decade - it's just not viable to operate anything in it

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Dead centre, not one tenant in half a decade who's actually deemed the space worth the hassle

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Thank you for coming to my ted talk about urban rot

kindred rivet
mossy flame
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Trust me, Perth and Fremantle is worse

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I've seen Adelaide

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Adelaide's city centre and surrounds has some form of life outside of commuting workers and drug addicts

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That's all Perth and Fremantle is

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Government workers go home for the day and it all dies

steep idol
patent pecan
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Darwin just has big city issues that a small city shouldn’t have

thin abyss
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me like the city

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TIERLIST

melbourne but barely
Sydney
gold coast
Canberra
Alice springs
Adelaide

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istg more shit happens in Alice springs than Adelaide

mossy flame
deep cape
patent pecan
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And your homelessness

mossy flame
patent pecan
late parcel
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Mmmm boss sent me away for a week for work and forgot to book the accommodation:|

patent pecan
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And I’m not saying it’s not an issue in places like here, I’m just saying Darwin’s scale is almost as bad as a big city

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Considering Darwin is smaller than Townsville

mossy flame
# patent pecan Our housing estates are no where near fucked as Darwin’s

There's no good public housing estates in Australia because we lack the political will to make them nice

We used to have government built and sold housing which kept housing cheap - and meant that the government didn't spend billions a year repairing doors and windows for people who have given up on life

Singapore still does it, so despite being a tiny island with a population of a major city, their housing is still affordable

If we are going to keep doing government owned housing estates, we need rigid enforcement of safety and security in them - young families shouldn't be forced to share their environment with the 1% of people who wake up everyday and look for a way to fuck up their lives further

patent pecan
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This wasn’t the point I was making

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But I understand what you’re talking about yes, that’s primarily how Townsville use to do it also

mossy flame
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We currently have a "three strikes" policy in my state - but that's two too many - there's good people in desperate situations who won't smash windows or attack neighbours

patent pecan
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Unfortunately we also have a government that’ll look at price first and see a building of shit ton units for x amount and a subdivision of homes for x (x30) amount

mossy flame
mossy flame
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Situation is never getting fixed

static ruin
deep cape
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I'm not sure if other states have this, but Vic has a pretty cool public housing initiative where they drop frefabs on land owned by vicroads for future road expansions

patent pecan
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Well obviously some deserve it but I don’t need to name names

static ruin
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As far as poor behaviour, gotta spread it out, not build it together

patent pecan
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I’ll live next to a shit cunt for a while for cheaper rent why not

deep cape
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its a kind thing for me to be smoking meth in toorak

static ruin
mossy flame
# static ruin As far as poor behaviour, gotta spread it out, not build it together

That's part of it, we did experience significantly better outcomes when they started demolishing the flat towers here
Vertical slums

But there's no need to continue to meet the needs of someone that refuses to meet you half way
We have a limited budget and a dollar spent on someone trying to better their life will go further than ten on someone content to self destruct

mossy flame
patent pecan
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Lol, I feel like WA has it good!

mossy flame
static ruin
mossy flame
static ruin
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Not sure if they were ever removed, hope they weren't

mossy flame
static ruin
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Yep

still wadi
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just a random thought

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what american state would correspond to each australian state

vivid verge
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NSW California, Victoria NY, WA Texas, Queensland Florida, NT Louisiana, SA Arizona, Tasmania maybe like Wisconsin, the ACT obviously DC

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I reckon that’s decent ish

vivid verge
sour current
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But you’re absolutely right

vivid verge
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I’d say Sydney is very Californian but it mellows out to Kentucky the further west you go

compact vault
frozen lantern
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I agree I think that Queensland is the Florida of Australia.

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I will confirm whether or not Australia is like Texas but British around Christmas after I’ve been to both places

vivid verge
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I’ve been to both places and Australia is much more diverse than Texas

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Austin is a shithole and then the rest of Texas is all and the same

static ruin
frozen lantern
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I stand corrected, I thought it was fully landlocked but I see that it is not

mossy flame
# sour current sydney is very la

I'd say Melbourne is more la, in terms of homeless
Sydney is more San Fran with the unlivable levels of housing prices a d the poo

steep idol
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that ofc, has its own downsides

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lile the fact you live in the NT

sour current
static ruin
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Look at this fancy person being able to afford air in Sydney

sour current
mossy flame
deep cape
# mossy flame I'd say Melbourne is more la, in terms of homeless Sydney is more San Fran with...

on the homeless thing, so i've been running the same route for the last three years, and i feel like the homeless problem has gotten way worse (and it's like right next two council flats), the first two years I've been here didn't see a single homeless person set up shop, and like 12 months ago I saw a couple of homeless people make some space for themselves under two footbridges, but now I run past a dozen in the space of like 2km

static ruin
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It's presumably picked up everywhere because of housing costs, seen the exact same here

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Seen tents show up in places you'd never see them in the past.. they were eventually moved on, but all that's done is take the issue away from public eye without solving it

thin abyss
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@urban quest vsl enrolled me in year 3 and 4 Japanese brah

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THIS IS RIGGED

coral crescent
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Adelaide over asp any day

mossy flame
# deep cape on the homeless thing, so i've been running the same route for the last three ye...

Life has gotten harder, the minimum bar for a stable life is rising fast
Very easy for people to fall out into drug addiction or mental health

About 30-40 years ago state governments did a great thing by closing asylums, and stopped persecuting already affected people
The problem is that they didn't replace them with anything - and the bar to reach involuntary care is so high that most people die or cause harm to significant amount of other people before they reach that level

thin abyss
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Im gong to singlehandedly solve asia

sour current
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Become mr Asia wide

mossy flame
# sour current learn Korean Chinese and Japanese

Don't learn Chinese, doing business with the Chinese will drive you insane
There's this constant aspect of trying to get one over the other person - you can't have a normal business deal - even if you've been having good relationships for years, if someone can get a 5% edge at your expense they will

The same thing happens in other countries as well - particularly India, holy fuck NEVER work with an Indian company - but the problem is that Chinese companies have such a fucking stranglehold on the market, and produce significantly high enough quality/volume to cost that it's realistically impossible to pull away from Chinese suppliers after getting fucked over

sour current
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God knows i know how muchbof a fucking pain they are

late parcel
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Lmfao I’m half Chinese, feel that lol

patent pecan
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IT's going to cost me nearly a grand to play Field Hockey this year

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holy fucking shit

vivid verge
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damn

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my footy is like 1.3k and that covers a couple trips to Melbourne and Brisbane

patent pecan
vivid verge
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😭😭

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scam

thin abyss
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very pretty

mossy flame
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Yeah, I like the concept of the writing being able to convey different meanings through the exact same words by using different particles
Carries across to Japanese as well

But again, holy fuck do not do business with China if you can avoid it

static ruin
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Learning a language doesn't mean you have to do business or work there, can do it purely for fun

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Not sure how we got there

mossy flame
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And I say this as someone who regularly buys shit from china, the second you go from an end consumer to a business customer the screws turb

mossy flame
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It's very very tempting to take language bonuses at work

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But even if you speak it fluently

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Don't

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Do not

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Pretend the only Chinese you know is for ordering noodles

thin abyss
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ik my workplace mandates alot of it's employees to know either Korean or Japanese fluently or conversationally because we work with suppliers who are either Korean or japanese and we work with employees who can't speak English so it's easier for us to communicate in either labgaugr

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but Chinese is still. A great language to learn, it's in high demand in the west and can also be a great cultural thi g

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So depends on the workplace

mossy flame
mossy flame
# thin abyss ik my workplace mandates alot of it's employees to know either Korean or Japanes...

I'd like to learn Korean, but the honorifics system is daunting and that's really necessary in a business environment

Japanese, despite being further away from english has been rather easy to learn to a functional sense
Especially since most language courses focus on Keigo, and the sentence structure is extremely stripped back compared to English

Conversational Japanese is a brick wall by comparison though

thin abyss
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if you're fine with learning korean or Japanese then whats do diff with chinese

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it's basically the same thing since the big 3 originated or had history with china

mossy flame
# thin abyss if you're fine with learning korean or Japanese then whats do diff with chinese

If you end up learning enough to have language competency, Japanese or Korean is going to be a much more pleasant working life

Chinese in the business environment will have you fighting for your life
Korean gets extra points for having the simplest writing system

Chinese and Japanese kinda trade blows cause whilst Japan has multiple there's usually duplicates where necessary
Chinese companies are more forgiving with documentation errors from my experience, and for the most part they don't care about foreign documentation - though getting through an NNN was an endeavour even using specialist contractors

Working with Japanese companies, we had an in house translator and we still had everything verified third party before submission because the type of shit they would just refuse to accept was mental

vast crystal
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oi

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that's all Australian I know sorry

deep cape
mossy flame
steep idol
urban quest
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Iykyk

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@thin abyss

thin abyss
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THE JAPANESE ONE BAND MAN

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think he follows me on my personal insta because he knows my grandpa

urban quest
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Wtf

lament smelt
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anyone at the gp

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yesterday specifically

urban quest
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@thin abyss

sour current
sudden karma
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What's up

lament smelt
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did you see max or kimis crash

sudden karma
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i did see valterri and bortolettos engines fail

thin abyss
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i was doin interviews sob

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didnt get to see no action for the most part

still wadi
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@runic sundial AUSTRALIAN GET YOUR AHH OVER HERE

still wadi
#

yes

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just summoning some australians

steep idol
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was $180 a good deal for this nisi 100mm kit?

sour current
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fark me

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tell me why i’m only now learning that Australia also has one of the largest moths in the workd

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Those mfs freak me tf out

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HELLLL NO

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no insect is meant to be that size

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Let alone one that flies

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They can weigh 30 grams

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that’s small mammal territory man 😭

sudden karma
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bogong moth? theyre chill asf

sour current
urban quest
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I like moths tbh

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they kinda cute

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not stinky

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chill animals

compact vault
sour current
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Wtf

steep idol
sour current
patent pecan
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Their newer stuff just for a 1-9 stop ND kit in 82mm or 67mm is like nearly $400 lol

urban quest
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@sour current got con this weekend

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gotta lockin

steep idol
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but glass is heller expensive

sour current
mossy flame
urban quest
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R U going to animanga

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🤔

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If so would U shoot some of my friends lmao

sour current
sour current
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Gave the tickets to a friend

urban quest
sour current
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100% going to smash

urban quest
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See U at smash

sour current
drifting copper
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I got the thing but apparently has to be done through my Sony account tho

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That’s the t&c

sour current
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sounds like a pita PepeLaugh

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30% sounds very nice though

steep idol
sour current
late parcel
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Quite a bit smaller but soooo prettttyyyy

compact vault
sour current
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It’s a moth

compact vault
sour current
sour current
mossy flame
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Ur a moth

kindred rivet
compact vault
sour current
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thoughts on violet crumble

deep cape
sour current
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People dunk on it unnecessarily

urban quest
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@sour current

sour current
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hyello

urban quest
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I shot from 10-7 nonstop 💀

thin abyss
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nihao gng

sour current
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💀

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Cooked

sour current
urban quest
sour current
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Type shit type shit

thin abyss
urban quest
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Looks blue on vifeo

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But it's not

sour current
urban quest
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Yeah fr

thin abyss
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LOL

thin abyss
urban quest
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Oh yeah lmao

thin abyss
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shut ybau

urban quest
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He borrowed my sony

thin abyss
#

im heatastic

thin abyss
sour current
mossy flame
sour current
steep idol
steep idol
urban quest
sour current
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no wonder you were balls to the walld

deep cape
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@gloomy fjord australian spotted

gloomy fjord
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fah

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howd yk

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XD

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free stuff appreciated guys

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XD

deep cape
gloomy fjord
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lol ik

static ruin
gloomy fjord
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XD

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im totally not a gunzel lol

still wadi
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new australian unlocked!

thin abyss
# gloomy fjord

footscray, Arden (I think) north Melbourne, spenders street and maybe newport

thin abyss
sour current
sour current
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if i see one of those on a trail i am turning the fuck around and heading home

static ruin
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Never actually seen one out in the wild

sour current
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but still

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Pretty cool that they exist

gloomy fjord
mossy flame
sour current
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HE’S NOT MAKING IT TO THE ANTIVENOM IN TIME

mossy flame
mossy flame
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generally - closer something is to water, the worse the danger is

sour current
mossy flame
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literally the worst thing imagineable

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everything else you can recover from

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full body paralysis, full nerve system paralysis, underwater

frozen lantern
thin abyss
compact vault
still wadi
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the bells

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i hear them all the time

deep cape
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i live like 20 meters away from a train station the bells do not stop :<

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mighty convenient though

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v line train horns can also get fucked

still wadi
thin abyss
still wadi
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which one was it

thin abyss
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i dont remember

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i dont play the game anymore

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acutally

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ido

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i just play for the gekimai songs

still wadi
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i see

thin abyss
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all i know is in a chronic yaoi shipper

still wadi
#

understandable

woeful belfry
#

I'm posting this here cos ewez cunts will appreciate it more than the rest of the server.

Battling super low light and totally not the right lens, but I got the little spiky thing!

woeful belfry
sour current
steep idol
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woke up to a cyclone

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fun times ig

static ruin
static ruin
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We had some interesting storms yesterday, I only had it flagged as low end severe.. Car finally took its first hail dent, wasn't even chasing either. hit 5-6cm+ nearby

fiery island
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That would leave a dent in a car bonnet.

mossy flame
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The great hail of 2010

static ruin
static ruin
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Up to 3 dents found and apparently it shredded my door trims, I still seem to have come out relatively unscathed. Others here, just entirely covered in dents, definitely more significant than I first expected

thin abyss
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Anyone know why the moon is soo red

mossy flame
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You have an eye infection

static ruin
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It's low in the sky, you're looking through more atmosphere (and by extension more particles)

steep idol
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hi

deep cape
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@static sparrow found another

static ruin
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The important question is what part of Aus

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Nice, good answer

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Need more of us

patent pecan
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More dad kissers ?

static ruin
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He's in the land of endless humidity

still wadi
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lots of new aussies

vivid verge
static ruin
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It's exactly what it looks like

deep cape
#

what the hell did they get banned already

static ruin
#

Yep

deep cape
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lmao

static ruin
#

Sydney going for round 2 of violence before storm season ends, storm just to the south of Sydney dropping golf ball sized hail

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See if we can go for round 2 up here

coral crescent
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photo exhibition is up in teds in syd for photographer of the year

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if any of you guys wanna go check it out

sour current
static ruin
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Nice

coral crescent
sour current
coral crescent
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same with melb