redwattlebird

Australian here from Victoria. Going to the GP will cost me around $80 up front and I get around $50 back from Medicare later. This is for about a 30 minute consultation with a doctor. The wait time is rarely longer than 15 minutes but it really depends on the practice. I've waited 2+hours for a GP that was fully covered by Medicare.

And most of us Aussies voted no to recognise the indigenous voice in our constitution. It just never ends.

Oh please. Genocide denial? Of course there's a genocide going on in Palestine that's being driven by Israel and their allies. That's not the debate here.

Get off your high horse. Your political system is absolute rubbish and you've cornered yourselves onto picking status quo and a lunatic. And unfortunately, your elected president pretty much determines a lot of what the Western sphere does.

I wish the US didn't have anywhere near the amount of influence it has but it was lucky that they were largely untouched in WW2 which provided a developmental advantage.

You might sleep better for not having taken part in your democracy or whatever, but the fact that the rest of us now have to deal with the international fall out is so, so frustrating.

Nope. Not at all. I don't think any of it is good at all.

However, it doesn't matter because the US has the biggest military in the world and maintained some semblance of global order. Now that the US has essentially flipped sides, it's caused all sorts of instability with the global economy.

I'm being selfish here because your orange idiot and the sheer greed of your richest people has caused issues in our economy. It honestly would've been better under Harris.

Yeah... Single issue voters like this is what brought this orange demon upon us (again). Israel is really influential; they are going to genocide no matter what with the help of all their allies. By voting (or not voting) on this one issue, you risk huge economic stability and more war, as we've seen.

The entire world knows your political system is rubbish but, whether we like it or not, USA is the world police. And when the world police no longer polices we get emboldened actions like bombing Iran for no good reason.

Interesting.

Is it just that younger people experience more social anxiety or that it's now frowned upon to be hit on? I used to be hit on a lot between the ages of 19 and 25; it felt gross sometimes but it was the norm. There seems to be more anxiety these days to meet people face to face. I wonder if social media has anything to do with it.

How do young people meet new people these days? I met my husband while at work. Became official via Facebook status.

This is my friend. Had a Steam Deck and couldn't figure out Steam OS so they installed Windows on it instead. He's very tech literate but somehow can't grasp Linux. On the other hand, I've transitioned fine to Linux Mint.

Damn. Human trafficking on a grand scale out in the open. Good luck to all Americans. Fight the good fight.

El Salvador will only take in men though, right? If that's the case, what'll happen to the women and children?

And where, pray tell, would he deport US citizens to?

Fear & Hunger 1 & 2 for me among others. Stellar Blade not on sale though... I get it but... It's so expensive...