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Category Archives: Australia
What characterizes Australian humor?
Grok: Australian humor is often characterized by several distinct traits: Dry Wit and Sarcasm: Australians are renowned for their dry, sarcastic humor. It’s often understated and relies on the delivery to convey the humor, which might be missed by those … Continue reading
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SMH: Hollywood can’t get enough of this Aussie star. Why is she overlooked at home?
The Sydney Morning Herald, Jan. 22, 2025: A Daily Mail article from the time reported a “nasty race row” erupting among “fans angry a non-Anglo-Saxon family would become show regulars”. “I think they got death threats,” Viswanathan recalls. “The audiences … Continue reading
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News: Australia probes suspected foreign funding of anti-Semitic attacks
Many Australian Orthodox Jews I know prefer to live in America because they encounter less hatred of Jews. Trad Jews I know from Sydney recall receiving threats and vilification almost every day that they walked around wearing a yarmulke. Many … Continue reading
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Australian Men Might Be The World’s Laziest Daters
Jewel Nichols writes: Why are Aussie men so afraid to summon, at the very least, some sort of compliment that isn’t “you’re so fun” or “you’re such a baddie”? They’re just straight up lazy. And it’s this laziness that permeates … Continue reading
Diversity Increases Daily Friction
Gerald Stone was born in the USA but after the Cuban Missile Crisis, he moved his family to Australia where he had a long distinguished career in journalism. He launched Australia’s 60 Minutes program and then ended up back in … Continue reading
Invasion is a structure not an event (8-16-24)
Adam Kirsch writes in the WSJ: The most frequently quoted sentence in the literature of settler colonialism is from the Australian scholar Patrick Wolfe: “Invasion is a structure, not an event.” Wolfe was referring specifically to the British settlement of … Continue reading
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WEHT To Matt Drudge? (8-14-24)
01:00 NYT: Monkeypox and the Gay Community, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/24/briefing/monkeypox-gay-community.html08:00 WEHT to Matt Drudge?12:20 What Tucker Carlson did to get blacklisted by Matt Drudge, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/finding-matt-drudge/id172618135118:00 Why Drudge turned against Trump, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-drudge-turned-on-trump/id1726181351?i=100064736289430:00 Elites vs regular Americans, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7tJPnS8vJE32:00 We don’t live in a media-run … Continue reading
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A Changed Life
A bloke emails me: I am the formerly deeply troubled Anglo-Aussie you interacted with and provided SAGE advice to…months ago on X. You changed my life. This is the best two months of my life. Everything has changed, I have … Continue reading
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Artifice, Australians, Manners & The Buffers Between Ourselves And Reality (12-5-23)
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England Defeat Australia 3-1
I got up at 3 am Wednesday to watch England defeat Australia 3-1 in the semi-finals of the women’s World Cup of soccer. What I found most galling about Australia’s loss was the lack of response to England’s cynical battering … Continue reading
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