Moving to Austrailia, is there anything i should know?

[Wardnath]

If you're a gamer, you're not gonna get any that would have been rated 18+ because of Michael Atkinson's fascist censorship schemes (unless they managed to rectify that shit now).

That's because they're all rated MA15+.

^_^

Also, I heard that Michael Atkinson has not stepped down and has in fact become the Prime Minister of Australia.

owait.

 

[KaZZaP]

Start watching UFC. The PPV's are a lot cheaper there then in the US.

 

[RadiusXd]

Dont listen to half these people

1. The wildlife will not attack you unless provoked
2. Don't talk about "Back in 'merica" people will hate you for it
3. Don't tip anyone
4. If you dont know your cars you will die
5. Melbourne is not pronouce melBORN its melbn
6. Avoid anyone/anything that has the southern cross on it, you will get stabbed
7. We arent as much of a nanny state as anyone makes out
8. You get LOTS of games over here (only a dozen or so have been "banned"
9. If people start giving you shit for being an american, dont take it to heart we are just screwing with ya, insult us back.
10. Metric is EASY to learn and it makes perfect sense, unlike Imperial
11. Vegemite is brilliant. (Also, we call if Peanut Butter and Jam not PB&J)
12. The Mana Bar is in BRISBANE in a different state so unless you're 18 and want to go to a different state, bas luck
13. Bogans are a bigger threat than the animals

Basically, common sense/not being a jackass will keep you safe.

Half you people really need to stop stereotyping...that is unless you want us to start stereotyping your country in which case, go ahead, just dont cry when we do it.

It's my country, I'll steriotype it how i please.
Besides, it is a friggin nanny state, I mean, this is the least densely populated developed country in the world, you would think we would have plenty of room to drive fast without hitting a child (THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!). But no, for some reason we have to drive slower then i can walk most areas, Do our young have no preservation instincts at all? It's simple, big car coming, move out of the way. If we can avoid all the poisinous little creepy crawly's going about, why not a Friggin Great big loud car!? if people don't have the common sense to keep out of the path of ton's of metal, are they really going to survive out in the real world anyway? is it worth the extreme inconvienience of everyone to slighty prolong the inevitable early death of these half-wit evolutionary liabilitys?
i mean, these must be the kids that go with the guy to get candy from his van even after being taught about stranger danger.

EDIT: and how will knowing my cars help me live exactly, I've been doing ok on minimal knowlege of the subject.
Jeeze, and OTHER people are stereotyping.

If you can walk faster than 50 kilometres per hour, I applaud you. USA's speed limits are lower than ours on average anyway.

I for one think the speed limit in most cases is justified.

its a lot lower then 50 in some places, and usa has at least 10 times the population for not much more area, and its a Lot more urbanized there.

 

[rokkolpo]

GIANT SPIDERS GRWAAAARCG!

or so i've heard.

 

[RadiusXd]

If you're a gamer, you're not gonna get any that would have been rated 18+ because of Michael Atkinson's fascist censorship schemes (unless they managed to rectify that shit now).

That's because they're all rated MA15+.

^_^

Also, I heard that Michael Atkinson has not stepped down and has in fact become the Prime Minister of Australia.

owait.

NOW THAT, would truly suck.

 

[RadiusXd]

Melbourne is okay ... I prefer Sydney. A little more down to Earth and more migrants. If you can afford it see if you can relocate to Sydney whilst your mum is working in Melbourne. That being said the primary thing you have to worry about is economics.

Pick the right time to change your savings into AUD. Despite Australia's currency belonging to the 'Big Five' traded money of the world (AUD, USD, Euro, Pound, Yen) it has the largest swings and is very dynamic. Depending on the amount you wish to change into hard cash you could lose thousands if you wait for a major interest rate hike to drive the dollar higher prior to exchange.

As for animals and ecology Australia isn't as dangerous as people mae it out to be. Particularly on the Eastern coastline where 90% of the Australian populace (ohf which house the densely populated cities of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane amongst other population clusters) hug for dear life due to it being the most hospitable terrain and environment for civil development.

You won't find animals jumping through your windows or waking up with snakes in your bed unless you go camping out in the countryside. That being said try to check your bed every now and again for spiders.

exuse me, melbourne kicks sydneys ass up and down the east cost!

Whatever ... Sydney is cooler. Go back to falsifying salary earnings you Victorian

Unless we somehow came full circle back to the renassance, Opera isn't cool.
besides, sydneys a boring place.

 

[Woodsey]

They're turning into China...

Uhh, no we're not.

The people, no (I don't even know how that'd work). The government, yes.

How exactly? If you're talking censorship and surveilance I don't see how the rest of the world is any better (or, moreso the rest of the world that can afford to monitor it's populace).

An incredibly outdated attitude to game censorship and their effect on people, internet censorship, and stuff like searching people upon entering the country just in case for explicit content (porn) on their laptops - the reason for which is apparently to combat child porn.

Last time I checked you were supposed to have evidence before you did stuff like that.

They don't check people's laptops for porn. How the fuck'd I get in the country if that's the case?

http://gnews.com/aussie-rules-changed-to-let-customs-search-for-porn-04201024055020/

Well maybe you arrived before such things were introduced?

 

[Arawn.Chernobog]

The Spiders...

They're so big they have their own Health-bars.

 

[Addendum_Forthcoming]

Unless we somehow came full circle back to the renassance, Opera isn't cool.
besides, sydneys a boring place.

Opera will never die #.#

And Sydney/NSW is much cooler than Melbourne/Victoria ... face it. More people, livelier, whilst remaining a strong center of non-european immigration which gives it a stronger appeal for Asian half breeds like me <.<

 

[Wardnath]

The Spiders...

They're so big they have their own Mana-bars.

Fixed.

I, however, have never encountered these legendary behemoths. I must be in the wrong places.

 

[Angerwing]

Dont listen to half these people

1. The wildlife will not attack you unless provoked
2. Don't talk about "Back in 'merica" people will hate you for it
3. Don't tip anyone
4. If you dont know your cars you will die
5. Melbourne is not pronouce melBORN its melbn
6. Avoid anyone/anything that has the southern cross on it, you will get stabbed
7. We arent as much of a nanny state as anyone makes out
8. You get LOTS of games over here (only a dozen or so have been "banned"
9. If people start giving you shit for being an american, dont take it to heart we are just screwing with ya, insult us back.
10. Metric is EASY to learn and it makes perfect sense, unlike Imperial
11. Vegemite is brilliant. (Also, we call if Peanut Butter and Jam not PB&J)
12. The Mana Bar is in BRISBANE in a different state so unless you're 18 and want to go to a different state, bas luck
13. Bogans are a bigger threat than the animals

Basically, common sense/not being a jackass will keep you safe.

Half you people really need to stop stereotyping...that is unless you want us to start stereotyping your country in which case, go ahead, just dont cry when we do it.

It's my country, I'll steriotype it how i please.
Besides, it is a friggin nanny state, I mean, this is the least densely populated developed country in the world, you would think we would have plenty of room to drive fast without hitting a child (THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!). But no, for some reason we have to drive slower then i can walk most areas, Do our young have no preservation instincts at all? It's simple, big car coming, move out of the way. If we can avoid all the poisinous little creepy crawly's going about, why not a Friggin Great big loud car!? if people don't have the common sense to keep out of the path of ton's of metal, are they really going to survive out in the real world anyway? is it worth the extreme inconvienience of everyone to slighty prolong the inevitable early death of these half-wit evolutionary liabilitys?
i mean, these must be the kids that go with the guy to get candy from his van even after being taught about stranger danger.

EDIT: and how will knowing my cars help me live exactly, I've been doing ok on minimal knowlege of the subject.
Jeeze, and OTHER people are stereotyping.

If you can walk faster than 50 kilometres per hour, I applaud you. USA's speed limits are lower than ours on average anyway.

I for one think the speed limit in most cases is justified.

its a lot lower then 50 in some places, and usa has at least 10 times the population for not much more area, and its a Lot more urbanized there.

Sure, if you live out in the middle of nowhere. But IIRC 90% of the population live on the Eastern Seaboard, so you're getting a much denser population than what the statistics show. Where I live it doesn't matter what the population density is. There's enough people for speed limits to make sense. I'm not going into this with you, but speed limits are a bloody good idea, and your only real argument against them is "I'm impatient".

 

[Mukil]

the toilet flushes the other way...

 

[RadiusXd]

Dont listen to half these people

1. The wildlife will not attack you unless provoked
2. Don't talk about "Back in 'merica" people will hate you for it
3. Don't tip anyone
4. If you dont know your cars you will die
5. Melbourne is not pronouce melBORN its melbn
6. Avoid anyone/anything that has the southern cross on it, you will get stabbed
7. We arent as much of a nanny state as anyone makes out
8. You get LOTS of games over here (only a dozen or so have been "banned"
9. If people start giving you shit for being an american, dont take it to heart we are just screwing with ya, insult us back.
10. Metric is EASY to learn and it makes perfect sense, unlike Imperial
11. Vegemite is brilliant. (Also, we call if Peanut Butter and Jam not PB&J)
12. The Mana Bar is in BRISBANE in a different state so unless you're 18 and want to go to a different state, bas luck
13. Bogans are a bigger threat than the animals

Basically, common sense/not being a jackass will keep you safe.

Half you people really need to stop stereotyping...that is unless you want us to start stereotyping your country in which case, go ahead, just dont cry when we do it.

It's my country, I'll steriotype it how i please.
Besides, it is a friggin nanny state, I mean, this is the least densely populated developed country in the world, you would think we would have plenty of room to drive fast without hitting a child (THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!). But no, for some reason we have to drive slower then i can walk most areas, Do our young have no preservation instincts at all? It's simple, big car coming, move out of the way. If we can avoid all the poisinous little creepy crawly's going about, why not a Friggin Great big loud car!? if people don't have the common sense to keep out of the path of ton's of metal, are they really going to survive out in the real world anyway? is it worth the extreme inconvienience of everyone to slighty prolong the inevitable early death of these half-wit evolutionary liabilitys?
i mean, these must be the kids that go with the guy to get candy from his van even after being taught about stranger danger.

EDIT: and how will knowing my cars help me live exactly, I've been doing ok on minimal knowlege of the subject.
Jeeze, and OTHER people are stereotyping.

If you can walk faster than 50 kilometres per hour, I applaud you. USA's speed limits are lower than ours on average anyway.

I for one think the speed limit in most cases is justified.

its a lot lower then 50 in some places, and usa has at least 10 times the population for not much more area, and its a Lot more urbanized there.

Sure, if you live out in the middle of nowhere. But IIRC 90% of the population live on the Eastern Seaboard, so you're getting a much denser population than what the statistics show. Where I live it doesn't matter what the population density is. There's enough people for speed limits to make sense. I'm not going into this with you, but speed limits are a bloody good idea, and your only real argument against them is "I'm impatient".

There is a very good reason for impatience, and that wan't my only argument.
Seen Idiocracy?

 

[Zersy]

It's hot, there's a lot of poisonous animals and the government hates people who play games.

That's all i can think of at the moment.

Well said mate.

 

[Wardnath]

There is a very good reason for impatience, and that wan't my only argument.
Seen Idiocracy?

Did you seriously just say that?

 

[Woodsey]

They're turning into China...

Uhh, no we're not.

The people, no (I don't even know how that'd work). The government, yes.

How exactly? If you're talking censorship and surveilance I don't see how the rest of the world is any better (or, moreso the rest of the world that can afford to monitor it's populace).

An incredibly outdated attitude to game censorship and their effect on people, internet censorship, and stuff like searching people upon entering the country just in case for explicit content (porn) on their laptops - the reason for which is apparently to combat child porn.

Last time I checked you were supposed to have evidence before you did stuff like that.

They don't check people's laptops for porn. How the fuck'd I get in the country if that's the case?

http://gnews.com/aussie-rules-changed-to-let-customs-search-for-porn-04201024055020/

Well maybe you arrived before such things were introduced?

Oh wait, now I remember, sorry, it was too minuscule to remember. On the incoming passenger card. They ask "do you have porn" basically. All that is needed is a little 'x' in the square labelled 'no'. Now, remind me again, how is it evil to do that? If they went brute force and scanned my laptop without permission, that would be evil big bad government. Being required to answer a question on the incoming passenger card? Simple, easy, not evil.

Did I ever say it was evil?

Fucking hell, the country's getting a few rather question laws/proposals for laws - I was only pointing them out. The China jibe is what is otherwise known as a part-joke, part-examination of said proposals/laws, part-rather blatant exaggeration. The only point was they should neither ask you, nor then feel the need to search your computer for it.

I don't have some vendetta against the country, just the government's moronic attitude to things like that and games.

 

[RadiusXd]

There is a very good reason for impatience, and that wan't my only argument.
Seen Idiocracy?

Did you seriously just say that?

well, what happens when we're all too stupid to avoid cars?

 

[Spiner909]

Stay away from all wildlife. They will gladly kill you.