Matthew Lawrence

Australian, dad, programmer, Star Wars, Star Trek, history buff. Learning German, Japanese and Mandarin.

[Matthew Lawrence @lawrencema1985c]

@malleegirl57 Two of my great-uncles are buried in cemeteries along the Thai-Burma railway. Captured during the Singapore/Java battles in 1942 and died of illness along the railway.

[Matthew Lawrence @lawrencema1985c]

@Lilith_Atheist "No honey, it's not someone else. It was a demon"

[Matthew Lawrence @lawrencema1985c]

@_demonika @Angry_Staffer Crazy fact #1: When they tried to bring in fluoride to Grafton in the 60s, someone blew up the water treatment plant. It's a wild story https://t.co/VjO5UfaRri

(Not so) crazy fact #2: Byron Bay doesn't have fluoride and it has the highest rate of teeth problems in the country

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@Angry_Staffer I feel like this is one of those things which would disproportionately affect poor people. I mean, those better off will be able to afford to look after their teeth regardless, whereas (almost) everyone can drink fluoridated tap water.

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@rarefiedreason @Jomboy_ Imagine trying to explain that one to the captain. "Got done by a jaffa, skip"

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@AlecStapp Someone should overlay that with the actual economic metrics: inflation, unemployment etc. Suspect that people's opinions just depend on whether they agree with who's in charge, not the facts on the ground.

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@Jomboy_ NZ smashing India 3-0 in India is the best sporting news all year

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@malleegirl57 People generally aren't able to link actions with consequences

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@Angry_Staffer @HomoConNYC How will tariffs and deportations bring down prices? Genuinely curious.

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@Angry_Staffer Do you think they will actually ban vaccines and fluoride or is that fear mongering?

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@AlexeiDaVinci @Lilith_Atheist As if to prove my point...

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@relaxedhuman @Lilith_Atheist Is that supposed to cheer us up. He's just as bad

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@ODrachewych Is this what it felt like in 1970s when America withdrew military aid to South Vietnam? Then they collapsed in months.

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@NoContextTrek "To hell with our orders"

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@Tendar 2020 took until the weekend if I remember right. Or maybe it just felt that way.

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@malleegirl57 They were very quick to stop me from walking from the supermarket to my car with one of the smaller wheeled baskets instead of a trolley so I could push a pram as well. Wouldn't want one of those baskets to get stolen.

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@NoWay7790 @JordanUhl @Acyn The kind that doesn't want changes.

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@Tendar Looks like they need to withdraw north before the pocket closes.

[IT WAS NEVER GOING TO BE ME @solomonmissouri]

4 years ago... i stayed up for 3 days watching election results... Tomorrow i want this wrapped up by 8:30pm eastern standard time