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Cake day: July 4th, 2023

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  • As a suburban footy game, it’s likely pretty separated from school. They also don’t really get too embarrassed at that age.

    I’d be super embarrassed as a parent though. Imagine caring that much over your six year old’s footy game. At that age, they literally hand kids the ball in front of the goal and tell them to have a kick. There’s no score, there’s no stakes. Girls and boys play together and it’s all very cute. Watching the mass of kids running around after the ball is like what 30 cats chasing a laser pointer looks like. All chase and no real idea of what to do if you actually catch it.







  • Does he hear himself? I thought this bloke used to be a cop?

    Imagine hearing “I have grave concerns about the conduct of the magistrate’s court. I would welcome a fugitive I’ve never met to my home and not turn him over to the authorities”.

    I’d sound like a criminal. Because at that point I would be. Australia is a signatory to the ICC. We are bound by its rulings.

    Peter Dutton’s misgivings are irrelevant. Either the world can take Australia at its word when it comes to treaties or it can’t. It would not go well for us as a nation if we told the world that we no longer honour our treaties when our (possible) PM doesn’t feel like it.








  • On reddit’s military forum, there are stories there of some ANZAC day memorial services themselves were excluding modern veterans, claiming the day isn’t about them.

    As the son of a Vietnam vet, and grandson of an OG Anzac, I say that’s the stupidest take I’ve ever heard. And I’ve heard people say Anzac day is dumb for glorifying war.

    Imagine if WWII vets were excluded because they were never a part of the original Anzac campaign? It’s unfathomable. There has never been an exclusion of any veterans in the Anzac movement. Even post Vietnam when returning vets were unpopular, they were a part of Anzac marches (it was controversial at first because it was a very unpopular war).




  • I agree with your first statement, but disagree with the rest. I am not their target market. I enjoy playing their games, but primarily because I am spending time with the kids as I do. Not many of their games are targeted to my demographic.

    I disagree that they focus only on digital. Every single Nintendo game comes out on a physical chip. And sales on digital copies are rare and minor (30% off maybe). It is often cheaper to get a physical copy on sale cheaper than digital. And you can then sell it / buy it second-hand. I’ve read that with Switch 2, even the digital codes can be transferred to a new owner. Nintendo for all their faults have never forced you to lock in a digital library you can never resell.