"Australia is home to less than half a percent of the worldโs population but has 20 percent of its pokies" This is so insane. Gambling in Australia has become so normalised and it's not right.
When I moved to Sydney a year ago and exited two weeks of hotel quarantine, I remember going to a pub for a schnitty (chicken schnitzel for non-Aussies) and a schoonie (glass of beer) and being struck by the sight of a room full of slot machines.
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"Wordle is simple, sweet, and true. Our first time, we got 'BANAL' in four tries. It made us forget, for three minutes, that the world is a filthy cesspit filled with rapidly spawning gremlins."
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My next door neighbour appears to have given up for the day and is just blasting The Weeknd at midday. Feels like the appropriate response to this week tbh.
@JB_AU It's so infuriating. I am actually symptomatic and trying to find a testing place that doesn't have over a 3 hour wait is impossible. Just love waiting in line when I am feeling like shit, thanks.
As part of getting our baby into a bedtime routine last year we started playing her a song that signaled bedtime. It's the number one song in my spotify wrapped again and this year it's put me in the top 1% of that artists listenership. Not sure if I recommend this technique.
Look I know that technically the Olympics probably shouldn't be running at all this year but it's such a fucking nice break from the non stop covid coverage that I just want it on 24/7.
Just got yelled at from a car by some dudes as I walked home from the coffee shop at 8am just in case people were wondering how us women put "ourselves in dangerous situations". Thanks, guys. Really just what a woman needs this week.