"Are gay people people? y/n": The Australian Marriage Equality Voluntary Postal Survey Thread

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b-b-b-b-but no campaign's fee fees

many xxposts to estela

missed foodstuffs:
burger rings
chicken twisties
plain old pork sausages
chips & gravy
sausage rolls
souvlaki/greek food*
indian*

* i can get them here but they’re not as good nor as ubiquitous

i also really miss salad rolls - sandwiches here have ridic amounts of meat & beetroot is not a common filling ;_;

also this is kinda embarrassing but god i miss cabana
... and strasbourg + tomato sauce sandwiches

LAMB

i miss lamb. it’s SO expensive here

sorry for sidetrack

back to ballot talk

beyond deflating hearing the barrage of calls to sbs mandarin radio claiming same-sex attraction is “sick” and “abnormal”

i’m in no way a “fuck off we’re full” type, but seriously why the fuck did you move here

xp to vg: i am impressed that your list is not a compendium of sugar forms like my australian list would be, like my nz list is

i was trying to cloak my sugar cravings by listing savory items

sugar:
jelly babies
snakes alive
fruit tingles
freckles
etc etc

i also really miss those small-town homemade baked goodies sold at sunday markets, like yo-yos made by a little old lady etc

for that reason i am making my family jelly slice for Thansgiving dessert this year (may or may not be served glad-wrapped on a styrofoam tray lol)

rank a packet of Assorted Creams veg

kingston
monte carlo
orange
shortbread
chocolate

in order of best to decent

all gr8 obv

<3 i’ve been having a fling with arnott’s venetian biscuits but monte carlos are my true love

also jelly slice glad-wrapped in a polystyrene tray is a huge winner

VG what is this “chocolate”, hast thou forsaken the DELTA CREAM?

I FORGOT WOT THEY WERE CALLED

monte carlos with that weird stretchy cream mmmm so good

Like raspberry tile adhesive

what’s the one like that one but with the chocolate filling

kensingtons?

oh you mentioned, kingstons

klassik

yknow what i miss too

chocolate mfing royals

indonesia had cheese flavoured tim tams a few years ago

cheese flavoured

cheese

the proof that i am not making that up is that you could not make that up

barf

Ween have a lot to answer for imo

bahahahahahahaha yes

my friend brought me a ton of flavored ones

pina colada tasted like a scented candle, it was horrifying

i really liked the white choc ones tho, which surprised me

i am dead against the salted caramel infiltration of tim tams, it’s the noxious weed of dessert ingredients

i love regular caramel though

salted caramel ice cream is very good. hope that it doesn't become the new pumpkin spice, however

it’s not by accident that “salted caramel” is an anagram of “serrated tussock” xp

lol

the problem i find with most salted caramel things (especially the supermarket-brand bandwagonners) is that they're not nearly salty enough

also many xps: hi autumn almanac, we're neighbours! (although partner & i are considering moving back northside or even over to trendy yarrville sometime next year)

we are the 82.0%ers

which suburb?

(we’re deep in st k)

I've started reading this, its very good:

https://www.quarterlyessay.com.au/essay/2017/09/moral-panic-101

(startled that QE is such an expensive tome to buy, but I needed a good lunch read!)

people who think marriage is, as Mojo Nixon said, a way to screw yourself up REAL good are also "people"

Sure, but in your country at least you can make that choice one way or t'other.

xps ben law’s qe should be required reading. i’ve not finished it but even the first part explains exactly what safe schools is and isn’t.

Truth. I wish I could make my dad read it. He probably wouldnt.

xps: South Melbourne, not far from the market. a lovely area if a little bougie.

i miss south melb market and the plant nursery on the tramline. I mean Brunswick is nice but I still feel like a southside gal sometimes.

also Ben's QE is one of the best things I've read this year. The hysteria and misinformation out there in relation to Safe Schools absolutely infuriates me and I'm glad a relatively high profile writer took the time to meticulously correct the record.

mono were you someone else previously on 'ere or are you a new mongrel ILXor?

Relatively new breed I think (can't remember when I joined - maybe 2012?)