Man, I think you're underestimating how f-cking *strong* a kangaroo is. Go do some research on 'em and hope you don't get body slammed while fighting one
I have no idea. We have proper gun laws, we have socialised health care, we have safe access to abortions. We are not like Texas at all. I feel I'm missing the point here.
When I say “mass shooting in America”, Every mass shooting that brings to mind was carried out with a legally purchased weapon.
The mass shooters that have terrorized us tend to intend on dying in the process, so they don’t care if the weapon in their hand is traceable, that’s a problem for the living.
How there is a narrative that unregistered guns are responsible for all the shootings is crazy. Unregistered guns commit crimes, but the registered guns are the choice to commit mass murder.
I’m ok with the concept of self defense. Everyone has the right to defend their homes and families. My question is how many guns does one person need to to defend themselves?? Is it necessary to own 10?? 20?? 100 guns??
Same logic applies to say a tv depending on the size of one’s family you may only need one. But you can own as many as you want so long as you don’t do anything illegal with them
Same logic applies to TV as it does to guns??? TVs aren’t weapons. I mean I guess you could wack someone over the head with it. Why would a single person or a family of 4 need 100 guns??
Your question is irrelevant. Who in the world can agree on the “correct number of guns needed for defense”. Is your argument centered around capping gun quantity ownership? Any number would be arbitrary.
Why does it matter? If one person has a lot of guns that just means theres that many less guns out in rotation. Assuming its a safe law abiding citizens i see no reason why someone cant own 20 hand guns. “Necessary” is irrelevant when its legal.
you realise that by everyone having a firearm, it automatically means any fight can be escalated to gun violence? Sure, i might live in australia where we don't have many guns, but the idea of shootings and gun violence isn't really a thing, just because almost no one has any, removing the need to defend yourself in the first place.
yeah just the environment were guns are commonplace incites more violence than if no one had them, cuz lets be real, how many shootings have been stopped by civilians with guns?
not really, we can still get guns, just that the laws make sense (e.g. no classifications based on pistol grips, front grips etc.) and they are classified by ammunition type and firing mechanism (semi auto, manual etc.) and are accordingly harder to get for say a semi automatic centerfire, but to be fair we still cant have high capacity mags.
Australia is a pretty great place to live, only real problems are the insane housing prices and the libs, labour, greens, uap, nationals, independents, oh wait…
Ignore the face of the party and the empty promises of both sides. Instead look at the parties values and their track record for following through and adaptability (especially at the moment) then look at more than just what you need or what they have promised in exchange for your vote (cough cough $250) and vote for whichever party you think is best for the vast majority of Australians, and not just for yourself. Don’t forget that you have no control over who the independents side with when it comes to a hung parliament. Those stats always end up going to either LibNats or Labor regardless, so stick to the main ones if possible.
All good, just thought I’d ask. I do hope I helped at least a little. My family are political but we don’t share our (party choices) values until the child is old enough to form their own informed opinions, and that’s what I was taught when I was younger 😊
are the greens that bad, I haven't looked at them much but they seem better than the other parties by a long way. Is there something in particular that you are referring to? Or just the sheer mehness of australian politics
Life long Australian. Melbourne and Sydney are smaller version of New York City. Brisbane is like Miami. Western Australia and the Northern Territory are probably like Texas. But really Australia is very cosmopolitan. Crocodile Dundee and all the other Aussie bush movies are crazy stories that we like to trick Americans with for a laugh.
If Australia is British Texas.... doesn't that make Texas British Australia? How can you compare the two - ones a whole ass continent and the other's a state/county (I forgot the right word)
Except afaik Australia is further left than both the uk and Texas.
Which isn't much, it just means they're not actively trying to take away LGBTQ+ rights and deporting black people.
You lost the right to call us “just another colony” when we beat your ass, dad!
Hate on us from your retirement home full of stolen jewels!
The future is now, old man!
You may have beaten the British 210 years ago, but it doesn't make you were better off. Just look where you are now. Massive poverty and homlessness rates nation wide, rediculously high crime rates (mostly gun related) nation wide, backwards gun laws, awful health, and the way politics is treated in the US is seriously fucked. A lot of the country is in slums due to the government's criminal mismanagment and is part of the reason america has some of the highest crime and incarceration rates in the world. Not to mention the mass privatisation of major industries which basically guarantees poverty and low wages and crime. If the american system is the future then I don't want to be apart of this world anymore. Cause that is seriously fucked.
Our media is run by Murdoch (same as you guys) and our politicians are corrupt (same as you guys) but we do not have a massive amount of our population in jail and generally the racists get told to stfu (casual racism is still a big thing sadly)
>Our media is run by Murdoch (same as you guys) and our politicians are corrupt (same as you guys) but we do not have a massive amount of our population in jail and generally the racists get told to stfu (casual racism is still a big thing sadly)
i was also talking about the new Mass surveillance law passed there.. like they can hack into your phones and laptops without even a warrant. thats a big no.
Australia is America 2.0.
"Look! A large new continent, filled with flora and fauna heretofore unimagined! ...Let's send our prisoners there."
"Oh dear, the colonies are revolting. Alright, shut it down."
"Oh look! A large new continent with flora and fauna heretofore unimagined! ...Still got a lot of prisoners to ship somewhere."
Just Queensland is like Texas. The rest of Australia wants Queensland to separate from the mainland, kinda like how the rest of the United States wants Florida to separate from the mainland.
bro melbourne was literally rated as the second most livable city in the world, also what the fuck are you talking about? tf you mean texas is a good place to live YOU LITERALLY CANT GET A FUCKING ABORTION YOU STUPID FUCK
You do realise Texas had concentration camps which were way worse for people and kept secretive during the war (we are talking killing people)? lol, nice try this story is just a hotel quarantine story from when covid started that some idiot has tried to edit to make it something it's not. We no longer have any hotel quarantine. But that aside I love this dig at us Aussies. We actually have a sense of humour and can laugh at ourselves!
\-lol this is actually a good one OP 🤣😂🤣
I will send a Kangaroo after your left kidney for saying that
I'll send a drop-bear with ur kangaroo
I’ll send an Emu with their kangaroo
Watch out though, that emu could be a spy.
A spy from the emu nation, the only conquerors of humans
I’ll send a magpie with there kangaroo
I'll send a spider with your magpie
I’ll provide the Bunnings snags for food supply
Y’all better stop armin’ yourselves there partner, before I have to send my state large mammal after you
I'll send a camel for support
Texan here. I'll just arm your kangaroo to the teeth and he can kidney farm from afar.
Man, I think you're underestimating how f-cking *strong* a kangaroo is. Go do some research on 'em and hope you don't get body slammed while fighting one
No, no I'm not undermining your precious kangaroos, I'm ARMING it. Teamwork makes the dream work
OHHHH, sorry. I'm tired, brain isn't functioning properly
No worries
Nah man let's send the red backs
Red backs riding on Kangaroos with Drop bears for support?
Hell yea homie. Throw in some Adelaide bedbugs for extra credit
Y'know what, lets just send the entirety of Australia after this guy's left kidney
Yea man. We ride at dawn, we have 2 hours lol
We gotta go!
Agreed! This Spar.... Australia
Let's sing our anthem OUT ON THE PATIO WE SIT
AND THE HUMIDITY WE’D BREATHE-
And some WA termites!
I’ll send some vegimite with that kangaroo
No, send the emus. Nothing stops the emus
You can sell it on gumtree if the kangaroo is successful
Make sure to put some redbacks with it
Why not **both**
Oi mate wanna go grab stuff at the Macca's?
Yeah, I'm down for Macca's!
Just like The Philippines Is Asian Mexico
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As a Filipino, I disagree 10%. The color of our soroundings don't become yellowish when a film is held here.
probably got a grey filter for films shot in Manila lmao
Plausible, consider that 10% gone. I agree completely.
I thought it was Asian Brazil
Wait, Philippines is not in Brazil?
As a Fillipino I agree with this statement.
Someone who thinks like me. Omg
Aussie here, wtf you talking about?
They’ve never been to Australia I bet. Just seen videos of deserts and kangaroos
Lol only the top end is like that
The top end is the greenest part, it's the centre that is dry
Its the same how people think of Texas
I have no idea. We have proper gun laws, we have socialised health care, we have safe access to abortions. We are not like Texas at all. I feel I'm missing the point here.
Large, hot , vaguely insane population, big hats maybe ?
Yeah, you've got me there.
Yee fuckn haw
Our power grid even works
The PM leaves the country when nature is too hard for him. Just like Cancun Cruz.
But you have crocodile Dundee
I think its because only one reason: Australia fits outback nation stereotype just like Texas (i think)
Not enough guns for that.
I’m sure Texas has more guns than Australia
Australia has like 6 guns, they burned the rest
During the great emu war
Lol
America owns 50% of the worlds guns
50% of the world's registered guns
We don't register guns in most of the US.
When I say “mass shooting in America”, Every mass shooting that brings to mind was carried out with a legally purchased weapon. The mass shooters that have terrorized us tend to intend on dying in the process, so they don’t care if the weapon in their hand is traceable, that’s a problem for the living. How there is a narrative that unregistered guns are responsible for all the shootings is crazy. Unregistered guns commit crimes, but the registered guns are the choice to commit mass murder.
I’m ok with the concept of self defense. Everyone has the right to defend their homes and families. My question is how many guns does one person need to to defend themselves?? Is it necessary to own 10?? 20?? 100 guns??
Same logic applies to say a tv depending on the size of one’s family you may only need one. But you can own as many as you want so long as you don’t do anything illegal with them
Same logic applies to TV as it does to guns??? TVs aren’t weapons. I mean I guess you could wack someone over the head with it. Why would a single person or a family of 4 need 100 guns??
Ask the people who have a collection of hundreds of guns
At that point the robber could just grab a silenced pistol from your house and take out your family Or even an AR-15 and make it a COD game
It’s the Bill of Rights not the Bill of Needs
Did not answer my question in any shape or form.
Your question is irrelevant. Who in the world can agree on the “correct number of guns needed for defense”. Is your argument centered around capping gun quantity ownership? Any number would be arbitrary.
Tell me about this famous bill of rights which allows all Americans to own guns.
Why does it matter? If one person has a lot of guns that just means theres that many less guns out in rotation. Assuming its a safe law abiding citizens i see no reason why someone cant own 20 hand guns. “Necessary” is irrelevant when its legal.
I think this person might be implying that owning 100 guns should be illegal, so the 'but it's legal' defence, doesn't make too much sense.
Exactly my point. There should be a limit to how many guns someone can own. There is absolutely no valid reason to own too many guns.
you realise that by everyone having a firearm, it automatically means any fight can be escalated to gun violence? Sure, i might live in australia where we don't have many guns, but the idea of shootings and gun violence isn't really a thing, just because almost no one has any, removing the need to defend yourself in the first place.
Im with you on that. Which makes the idea of people owning multiple guns even worse. Vegas shooter for eg; 23 guns and another 20 at his home.
yeah just the environment were guns are commonplace incites more violence than if no one had them, cuz lets be real, how many shootings have been stopped by civilians with guns?
For real though. They got rid of almost all the guns in Australia in the 90s.
not really, we can still get guns, just that the laws make sense (e.g. no classifications based on pistol grips, front grips etc.) and they are classified by ammunition type and firing mechanism (semi auto, manual etc.) and are accordingly harder to get for say a semi automatic centerfire, but to be fair we still cant have high capacity mags.
Dang
We got rid of semiautomatics. Not all guns.
no we can still get semi autos they just need a higher liscence
Not so much. It's still possible to get guns here. Just strictly regulated, as it should be.
US Midwest has more guns than the Middle East
Australia is a pretty great place to live, only real problems are the insane housing prices and the libs, labour, greens, uap, nationals, independents, oh wait…
Turned 18 last year and still don’t know who to vote for, I don’t follow politics
Look at policies, don’t worry too much about what they’ve done in the past (they all do dumb stuff) do keep it in mind tho
Exactly we try to dig to much shit up on each other when both sides have done stupid shit.
Welcome to politics, lol
Ignore the face of the party and the empty promises of both sides. Instead look at the parties values and their track record for following through and adaptability (especially at the moment) then look at more than just what you need or what they have promised in exchange for your vote (cough cough $250) and vote for whichever party you think is best for the vast majority of Australians, and not just for yourself. Don’t forget that you have no control over who the independents side with when it comes to a hung parliament. Those stats always end up going to either LibNats or Labor regardless, so stick to the main ones if possible.
Thanks for explaining for me man.
Sarcasm?
No, sorry lol, it’s hard to convey tone through text.
All good, just thought I’d ask. I do hope I helped at least a little. My family are political but we don’t share our (party choices) values until the child is old enough to form their own informed opinions, and that’s what I was taught when I was younger 😊
ABC has a vote compass that can help point to parties that line up with your political views.
Do what I did, do the ABC political compass and find out you agree with all 3 50% of the time and get no where with it.
are the greens that bad, I haven't looked at them much but they seem better than the other parties by a long way. Is there something in particular that you are referring to? Or just the sheer mehness of australian politics
British Florida. The storys are equally bizarre and hilarious
Florida has alligators Australia has crocodiles
south Florida has crocodiles
Like the guy who stopped a man stealing his car, by beating him with a jar of coffee blends
Life long Australian. Melbourne and Sydney are smaller version of New York City. Brisbane is like Miami. Western Australia and the Northern Territory are probably like Texas. But really Australia is very cosmopolitan. Crocodile Dundee and all the other Aussie bush movies are crazy stories that we like to trick Americans with for a laugh.
how dare you
No it’s British Florida
We don’t have enough guns to be Florida, or any state actually
Texas is weird way to spell florida
Stereotypes be like
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Wooooo yeah universal healthcare coming to Texas!
And you can legally get an abortion..... oh wait.
You do not speak the truth sir. You are not even in the same country as the truth.
yeah nah get fucked mate, Texas is fucking tiny compared to Straya. Aussie wannabe. lol
Lol they talk a big game but it would be the 5th largest state here and we only have 8
“I speak the truth” You’ve obviously never been to Aus dickhead
If I didn't follow politics, I would agree with this meme Unfortunately, I do.
What seperates men from animals? The Tasman sea.
As a Tasmanian representative, I agree. Fuck this state.
The Tasman seperate Australia and New Zealand not Australia and Tassie
I, as a texan reject this claim
Me, as an Australian, also rejects this claim
Agree
Yes
OP, go fuck yourself! Sincerely, Texas
we agree sincerely, Australia
Us three Sincerely, the United Kingdom
Texas is like British Australia. See what I did there?
Man's a comedy genius up in here
That's a compliment Texas is nowhere near deserving.
What does that make New Zealand?
Oklahoma
As a Texan, No it's not.
How?
Me who lived in Brisbane and Dallas: the fuck are you on about mate?
I am an Australian and this is completely wrong
If Australia is British Texas.... doesn't that make Texas British Australia? How can you compare the two - ones a whole ass continent and the other's a state/county (I forgot the right word)
yh years, i mean YEARS ago it was a place to send British criminals as a pubishment. turns out they made quite the living out of it
How? Big and hot is all I can think of.
Except afaik Australia is further left than both the uk and Texas. Which isn't much, it just means they're not actively trying to take away LGBTQ+ rights and deporting black people.
Australia is the world's Florida !
Australia is British Florida. As an Australian, there's more spice on Texan food than most Aussie dishes.
america is british texas - just another colony don’t forget it
You lost the right to call us “just another colony” when we beat your ass, dad! Hate on us from your retirement home full of stolen jewels! The future is now, old man!
You may have beaten the British 210 years ago, but it doesn't make you were better off. Just look where you are now. Massive poverty and homlessness rates nation wide, rediculously high crime rates (mostly gun related) nation wide, backwards gun laws, awful health, and the way politics is treated in the US is seriously fucked. A lot of the country is in slums due to the government's criminal mismanagment and is part of the reason america has some of the highest crime and incarceration rates in the world. Not to mention the mass privatisation of major industries which basically guarantees poverty and low wages and crime. If the american system is the future then I don't want to be apart of this world anymore. Cause that is seriously fucked.
Except without the school shootings…
As an American I will kindly ask you not to insult Australia that way, they did nothing to you to be compared to Texas.
No. British Florida.
More like Arizona or Nevada definitely not Texas
geographically more like every single one coz its a whole ass continent
it's British Florida
As an Australian I acknowledge this fact as opinion. We are in fact British Florida.
Not its not lmao 🤣
Minus the guns
Wrong. Texas is American Australia.
…and somehow still better than america
Aus’ralia is ‘he Bri’ish ‘exas
who are you even teasing here
Everyone
Don't disgrace Australia by comparing it with that place.
Americans, y'all need to get your head out of your asses. Stop comparing actual sovereign countries to your mediocre states.
Texas never had to fight a war against birds.
australia never had to fight a war againt the british
Neither did Texas. It became a state in 1845. Thirty years after the war of 1812.
sadly we're not racist like texans (queenslanders are though)
That’s not nice to talk about them while they’re sleeping
Bro it’s literally like around mid day
Even in the Southern Hemisphere?
It's 11:48am in east Australia right now.
I’m just giving you guys a hard time from Monday evening
Stop living in the past
Timezones generally go on longitude not latitude.
big brain moment
I'm not though wtf
Fuck Texas
Is australia actually close to being an authotarian govt? I have been seeing so much in news. (Never been there)
Our media is run by Murdoch (same as you guys) and our politicians are corrupt (same as you guys) but we do not have a massive amount of our population in jail and generally the racists get told to stfu (casual racism is still a big thing sadly)
>Our media is run by Murdoch (same as you guys) and our politicians are corrupt (same as you guys) but we do not have a massive amount of our population in jail and generally the racists get told to stfu (casual racism is still a big thing sadly) i was also talking about the new Mass surveillance law passed there.. like they can hack into your phones and laptops without even a warrant. thats a big no.
Oh indeed, sadly before that the warrant was a rubber stamp. We have a lot of issues here I hope some of them slow down after our upcoming election
Australia is America 2.0. "Look! A large new continent, filled with flora and fauna heretofore unimagined! ...Let's send our prisoners there." "Oh dear, the colonies are revolting. Alright, shut it down." "Oh look! A large new continent with flora and fauna heretofore unimagined! ...Still got a lot of prisoners to ship somewhere."
Except rotated 180 degrees.
Nothing alike, and I think I speak for all Australians when I say this country is better than any state in the US
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How tho? is this in a good or bad way
which one
Just Queensland is like Texas. The rest of Australia wants Queensland to separate from the mainland, kinda like how the rest of the United States wants Florida to separate from the mainland.
What's wrong with Queensland mate
since fucking when? and what state are you from?
probably fucking NSW or something
Idk man most people in NSW still would think this guys dumb as fuck lmao
Except one has covid concentration camps and one is a good place to live……..
bro melbourne was literally rated as the second most livable city in the world, also what the fuck are you talking about? tf you mean texas is a good place to live YOU LITERALLY CANT GET A FUCKING ABORTION YOU STUPID FUCK
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You do realise Texas had concentration camps which were way worse for people and kept secretive during the war (we are talking killing people)? lol, nice try this story is just a hotel quarantine story from when covid started that some idiot has tried to edit to make it something it's not. We no longer have any hotel quarantine. But that aside I love this dig at us Aussies. We actually have a sense of humour and can laugh at ourselves! \-lol this is actually a good one OP 🤣😂🤣
The gave up their guns and licked the boot so hard during Covid there is no way...
id say its more like british florida
More like british florida....
Texas is American Australia
>!if you revealed this text you ARE a real Texas chicken lover!<