This genuinely got me thinking. ive gone my entire life without really thinking about Australia or Australians. Never felt the need to, tbh. They were never on my radar. And now im watching people spend an entire day mocking a Turkish child for crying over a football match. It's a strange feeling because, from my perspective, Australians have mostly existed as a footnote in a chapter of our history books. So seeing people act like they've achieved some historic triumph because a 10 year old Turkish kid cried after a game is genuinely hilarious. Weve spent the last century barely acknowledging their existence, while they're apparently celebrating a football win by taking victory laps around an elementary school student. I didn't realize the rivalry was this one sided lmao
🇦🇺 2-0 🇹🇷
Winning and losing is part of football. Respect should be too.
Disappointing to see Arda Güler walk away without acknowledging or shaking hands with the Australian players after the final whistle. Moments like that say a lot about character.
Turkey have some outstanding footballers, but sportsmanship matters just as much as talent. The Socceroos earned their victory and deserved that respect.
Take the loss, shake hands, and move on. That’s football. 🤝⚽️
🎥 @iHQGuler
About to watch the World Cup in the pub when a fella said to me ‘I bet you can’t name 3 Qatar players’
I replied - George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton
#worldcup
Nestory Irankunda, a refugee from Tanzania, Africa.
Current status: Deadset hero in the whole of Australia right now. 👏🏼
Awkward day to be a racist, ain’t it.
Go #socceroos
As a parent of a child who slept amazing as a baby and a baby who is the worst sleeper on earth I can tell you now that if you have a baby who does not sleep you are having a completely different parenting experience. My 2nd has literally solidified I will not have anymore kids.
I wasn't going to comment on this but tired of seeing all the self-righteous and cruel replies. Wrong or right, it was clearly a very difficult and painful decision. They were weighing the possibility that the child might experience pain, that his wife might be at risk giving birth, and a potentially extremely difficult road ahead, forever. Yes, sometimes doctors get things wrong. And once you have a child, you love them, you don't want to imagine life without them, even if there are severe issues. You figure out a way to make it work. But not everyone can make the same decision. And for each family that says how happy they are, there are many who struggle, and children who suffer. And it's not up to strangers to decide that path for anyone or spread hate towards people who no doubt are feeling a profound loss.
The number of people who think mothers should be expected to fully care for a newborn without help immediately after a C-section is honestly insane.
A C-section is major abdominal surgery.
A 4–6 inch incision through multiple layers of abdominal wall and tissue…while simultaneously recovering from pregnancy, sleep deprivation, hormonal shifts, bleeding, pain, and trying to feed and care for a newborn.
Are we applying this same logic to literally any other surgery?
Would you expect someone after a hernia repair or abdominal surgery to immediately become the primary caretaker of another human 24/7 with minimal recovery time or support?
And no, C-sections are not always a “choice.”
Sometimes they are medically necessary.
Sometimes they are emergencies.
Sometimes they save lives.
And even if someone did choose pregnancy, that does not suddenly make them undeserving of rest, recovery, pain control, or support afterward.
I’ve seen women talking about going back to work before they’ve even properly healed because they literally cannot afford unpaid leave.
That should disturb all of us.
The way society minimizes postpartum recovery, especially after C-sections, says a lot about how little we value women’s health and caregiving labor.
Isn’t it wild that a woman can undergo major abdominal surgery, a C-section and then be expected to immediately care for a newborn while she’s recovering, in pain, bleeding, and running on broken sleep? Oh, and she’s often the baby’s primary food source too.
And on top of all that? Many women don’t even have paid maternity leave. Meanwhile, people get 6 weeks off for a hernia repair to recover… but when it comes to childbirth, we just expect women to push through and “deal with it.”
When you give birth...Do you feel immediate relief like, you're not pregnant anymore ? Obviously you're probably not gonna feel back to normal but is there any type of relief ?