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Alternative human evolution. Illustration by French artist Lucien Rudaux, 1930s.

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that’s just an Australian

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Imma bout to kinkshame The Wiggles

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So, on Friday afternoon, we had a “terrorist attack” in central Melbourne.

Yes, it’s a tragedy, two people were stabbed and will recover, of course there will be trauma in their lives. Another was fatally stabbed, an older guy who was the part owner of a famous Melbourne Cafe/Bar, whose colourful life touched many - a good person lost.

The “terrorist” was a disenfranchised, drug-troubled immigrant who had been in Australia since the 1990′s. He was shot by a rookie policeman who appears to have done everything right in the deliverance of the law. His life will also be changed forever. The perpetrator died later in hospital. He may or may not have been a “terrorist”, but he hadn’t been an observer of his religion for decades. Probably he was wooed by idiots on the internet who deceive others into doing their bidding.

As well as stabbing the three people, the “terrorist” also set fire to his car right in the middle of the Melbourne central business district, after opening 3 gas cylinders in the rear tray. The cylinders failed to explode, somehow.

Amongst it all, a homeless man helped the first two police officers on the scene by continually ramming the attacker with a shopping trolley, and putting the trolley in between the police officers and the attacker, who somehow didn’t land the knife on any of the three of them.

Whilst this article above raises all sorts of questions as to why a homeless person has to be a hero to get support, and the failure of our government to properly address the issue of homelessness, I’m still super proud that the people of Melbourne have found their way to change this guy’s life forever. I watched this article get updated through the day as the money count went up.

Edit: up to 50 K now

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We should be more pro-active or we’ll see more of such sad fates of honest people.

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And the utterly ironic thing is I’ve seen repeated tumblr posts of that iconic photo absolutely slagging the shit out of Peter Norman as “lol white guy so uncomfortable” “Why the fuck isn’t he supporting them”, etc etc.

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As an Australian this post surprised me. I knew none of the above.

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I still haven’t watched season 3 of The Good Place, but I’m pretty sure it’s meant to be in Australia?

I’m pretty sure that it’s not filmed there because I keep seeing things like giant Australian flags in the university that Chidi teaches in. I’ve studied in two different universities and worked in two more (in fact, all of the big universities in Melbourne), and I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen a flag in a lecture theatre.

Flags just … aren’t background noise here the way they are in the States. Someone who flies their own flag in Australia is A Particular Kind of Person Making A Statement. Like, I still remember the vague location of That One House In Footscray That Had A Flag that I used to drive past a decade ago. Big flags are outside government buildings, and on display in places like embassies. Hell, I’ve worked in state government and in a federal court, and I think there was a flag on display in the chamber of the High Court. Probably.

Then there’s a gif of Chidi sweeping packets of lollies into his cart from a shelf … except those sort of lollies are always hung up on racks. And I’ve never seen cardboard packets of Skittles here, ever.

And don’t get me started on the Australian Things display that he stands next to in one screen cap. The only time you’d see flags in a supermarket is just before Australia Day, and MAYBE during the Olympics. But to have an Australian Things display that includes Vegemite??? Vegemite would be in the spreads section next to the honey and peanut butter. It’s an everyday consumable. Nobody’s making it a display item.

Why didn’t you guys just film on location in Sydney?? We have film studios, AND a lot of us watch this show on Netflix. ffs.

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Gen z I love you

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See this is how collective action works. They can’t conquer us if we refuse to be divided.

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I hate how they misconstrued this as “an effort to get out of class” instead of the beautiful act of solidarity that it is. Believe it or not a lot of kids actually like school and those kids did this not to get out of class but to protest and show just how ridiculous this is.