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Daily Discussion Thread: ⛔🚫🛑 Friday, 27 December, 2024 (aussie.zone)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Baku@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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Today's weather forecast (Melbourne CBD, 3000): min - 16°C, max - 22°C. 25% chance of at least 1mm of rain

Emoji inspiration: I call this part of the year (the time between Boxing Day and New Year's Day) the "never-never times" because some things are open, others are closed, some people are working, a lot not, so fuck all gets done, and if you need anything besides food or groceries, you're basically SOL

Happy International Day of Epidemic Preparedness!

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[–] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

'History is written by the victors'. I've come to believe that is both true and not true, it really depends.

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 6 points 7 months ago

I think getting the ability to write the history is what makes you the victor, moreso than winning the actual conflict. Which is probably why killing every man, woman and child and then salting the ground was so popular in the bible, you don't want to leave anyone alive to tell a more compelling version.