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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 21h

My favourite new fact - nobody has ever heard a Wales victory over the All Blacks on a transistor radio

Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The same people who say that are exactly the same people who say "we can't let immigrants in because a brown person looked sideways at my great aunt". The Venn diagram is a circle.

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

When Socrates is on his nonsense again so you have to ask ChatΓπτ what he's talking about

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Try out some women's rugby! There's an absolute stormer of a match between the two top in the world for free on YouTube. www.youtube.com/live/qrhPNXJ... The USA team has been doing brilliantly lately too

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LIVE | Red Roses v New Zealand | Allianz Stadium | Twickenham | WXV Global Series

YouTube video by England Rugby

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's the bear way to ration a scarce resource. It's not perfect, no solution is, but there's ways to work around the problems.

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

He was taking hatfuls of benzos to the point where he ran off to Russia to do a "detox", which included going into a coma for a week. Basically he put his brain into a blender.

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Wow, that's actually more than we're paying in Australia at the moment. Also the website I used to convert had "$1.50" as the prefilled US price

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

And you were Prime Minister too!

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

To be fair, he's a genuine expert on losing two billion dollars.

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

They should have reframed it as "We intend to examine why black people have racially inferior brains", then they'd have got the original grant plus a matching grant from about four other Republican organisations

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

What do you mean "or"? Why do you think they started attacking DEI in the first place?

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Weirdly, that's the niche John Cheese from Cracked ended up in

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It's impossible not to like (most of) the Red Roses as individuals, no matter what you think of the team.

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

You can have great sex without being in a relationship

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I don't see any picket signs, maybe it's a work to rule rather than a strike?

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

And you're in a mission to bluster out of your ignorant, dismissive comment.

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"Even if you have a long drive you just recharge" That's not an option for what Australians consider a long drive. You can't carry jerrycans of electricity.

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Sure, building more infrastructure is the solution. But you didn't say that in your comment.

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Because everything is much, much further apart in Australia. That's why your comment is incredibly ignorant.

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I think Australian EV adoption is great. Your comment, on the other hand, was dismissive, false, and ignores the realities of the Australian road network. Do better.

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

They died because they ran out of fuel...

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Tourists have died because they underestimated the distances involved. Eucla, which is basically just a petrol station, shows up on *world maps* because it's so far away from everything else. So no, you don't just "recharge". Even with petrol vehicles.

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It's the same absolutism that makes them think voting against Harris was anything but a very stupid idea. If you don't pass the purity test, you're literally Hitler.

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

He was never going to. Ukraine has figured that out

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This better not be foreshadowing

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

You want something even more horrifying? Think about future historians looking at sources from the 2020s and being unable to distinguish AI generated history from the real thing

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I failed that one first time through

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

As I said before, if you think anyone except Harris or Trump could have won on that day, you are either a fool or a liar. If you didn't vote for Harris in the general election, you supported Trump. It's not a false dichotomy, it's plain reality.

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Absolutely! I couldn't agree more. You should tell that to the twits in this thread who think voting for a socialist party candidate in the general election is the moral decision.

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

You've answered my question by dodging it. I'm not interested in talking to Trump supporters.

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

On the day of the general election, in the US, it is a binary problem. One of Harris or Trump was going to win. If you're talking about running different candidates then sure, work for that. But once the polls opened, it was going to be one of those two. You clearly prefer Trump in that situation.

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

In the priamriea you're right. In the general election, absolutely 100% not.

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Yeah, we all know why you're dodging the question. You prefer Trump but you're too much of a coward to admit it. The odds of anyone other than those two winning the election were zero in any realistic sense.

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

None of the other options had any chance of winning whatsoever. Over here in reality land, the winner was certain to be one of those two. So which of Trump and Harris do you prefer as President?

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It's not a false dichotomy. When polls opened in the general election, one of those two was going to be the winner. Anyone who says otherwise is either a liar or a fool. So, which one would you prefer to have won out of those two?

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

That wasn't the question. Who would you prefer as President out of Trump or Harris?

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Pretty much. It's fun to watch them avoid answering the question at all costs though

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Don't be deliberately ignorant. Counting votes is not a political judgement.

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Optimal Cynic @optimalcynic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

She didn't have a chance to win the general election. Only Harris or Trump could possibly have one. Which of those two do you prefer? I already know the answer is Trump, you're just unwilling to say it out loud.

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