This interpretation is solid. I've lived in various regions over about a 2000km span of the east coast, and noticed usage varies a bit depending on where you are.
(Kind of jarring when you find yourself talking cross purposes with someone of the same nationality and almost identical accent - like when I moved to Qld and discovered some people up there have a very different interpretation of the word "toey" from what we do down south... ๐ )
No one needs the internet outside of work.
As someone with a disability (and no car), the internet has played a massive role in allowing me to live independently, which in turn has a profoundly positive impact on my mental health. There are a wide variety of circumstances in which the internet has enhanced life experience - let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Yeah, I think "dinged" and "bingle" are pretty interchangeable. And a hospital trip from a prang is probably more for whiplash or a sprain - not broken bones in traction or being admitted to ICU... You can definitely have an injury-free prang, though, I agree.
Feel like a bingle is more like when you reverse into a pole or scratch the bumper, or maybe rear end/reverse into another vehicle at <10km/h. Prangs require panel beating and maybe a trip to the hospital.
Ahhh, yeah, that's a bit cooked. The freedom warriors bit isn't surprising, though. You'd expect them to be in favour of "the freedom to be as irresponsible as you like".
Wait, are you saying BAC while driving must be 0.00 in some parts of the States, or am I misunderstanding? It's 0.05 in most (all?) parts of Australia (except if you're in a restricted licence category). It's not encouraged, but it's legal.
Figured you guys would have more permissive laws than we do.
There's some truth to that (wonder what percentage of fatalities are hook turn related...?), though most of my "if you can survive" experiences have been with drivers overtaking on the shoulder, overtaking in the right hand turn queue and then making a dangerous turn, losing control of their speeding vehicle in the Burnley Tunnel or on the West Gate Bridge, or deciding that stopping for red lights and/or pedestrians (crossing legally) is optional.
Obviously anecdotal, with a sample size of just one, but these are experiences I've had as a driver, passenger, pedestrian, or onlooker from a shop/restaurant/inside a tram. Didn't happen anywhere near as frequently when I lived in Sydney or Brisbane.
How the heck are Victorians down the bottom? Is it just the sheer size of our population keeping that number in check...?
A friend of mine (EU national married to an Australian, living in Australia) has given up on trying to ship products from her small online business to the EU. The red tape is apparently a massive headache, and that's coming from someone who's familiar with both sides of the equation.
Who, Jeff? He made a whole video a while back about how he doesn't rely on YouTube, and is also on Floatplane. However, he acknowledges that a lot of viewers can't afford a subscription service, and YT has a massive reach, so he still uploads there, too.
Did I speedrun a midlife crisis in my 20s? ๐ค Never did pickleball, but that's pretty synonymous with retirees over 60 in my corner of the world.
All good! There's probably far more people in your boat than mine; it was a pretty natural conclusion to draw ๐