orangutanoz t1_iuafwag wrote on October 29, 2022 at 8:35 PM

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It seems like every year someone gets bit by a Redback while on the toilet around here so it does happen.

stuffedmutt t1_iuam0i7 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 9:18 PM

Fuckin' Australia. The land where everything can kill you. Even the octopuses there have venom!

orangutanoz t1_iuaojts wrote on October 29, 2022 at 9:37 PM

Yeah but noticeably absent gun violence and homelessness.

JonasNinetyNine t1_iuay330 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 10:50 PM

Umm, doesn't Australia actually have more homelessness than the US?

orangutanoz t1_iub4nqp wrote on October 29, 2022 at 11:43 PM

It’s different than the US. You don’t see huge homeless encampments. Well at least not around Melbourne anyway. There are however similar rates of what are considered homeless as In people with no fixed address. Having lived in the Bay Area and here I can tell you that our vulnerable people are far better looked after.

JonasNinetyNine t1_iuczhtc wrote on October 30, 2022 at 11:57 AM

I mean yeah, you can't do much worse than the US. I was surprised about the numbers as well