Categoría:australia

17-Year-Old Yells at Dad For Investing $5K of His Savings Without His Knowledge, Yielding Only $50 in Interest

Publicado el por Categorías:australia, betrayal, family, interest, investment, parenting, saving money, teenagers

He shouldn’t have done that without asking his son first. When you’re a teenager, you don’t really need to be investing your money. During that phase of life, you should be more focused on having the money that you need to accomplish more short-term goals. You might want to save up to buy yourself a …
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Parents refuse to buy glasses for their 16-year-old daughter because they think eating certain foods will heal her eyes: ‘My dad said I just need to get off my phone to heal my eyes.’

Publicado el por Categorías:australia, bad parenting, daughter, eye doctor, food, glasses, school, screen time, teenagers, weight

In what world does eating carrots actually heal somebody’s bad eyesight?  Some people resist getting glasses because «technically, their eyesight isn’t that bad.» I’ve never understood this as someone who used to see everything blurry, but now gets to enjoy the world’s clarity through two beautiful contact lenses. I remember when I first got glasses …
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17-year-old refuses to accept the car her parents gifted her because they expected her to drive her 12 and 14-year-old siblings around: ‘They told me I’m being ungrateful.’

Publicado el por Categorías:australia, car, college, driving, parenting, presents, public transportation, siblings, students, teenagers

They want a chauffeur for their younger kids. People tell you a lot of things when you become a parent. They tell you that you’re never going to get a full night of sleep for as long as you live. They graciously inform you that your first child is a piece of cake compared to …
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30 Memes for Australians Who Can’t Pick a Favorite Tim Tam Flavor

Publicado el por Categorías:aussie, australia, australia memes, australian, Australians, countries, country, funny, funny memes, Memes, oceania, outback, relatable, relatable memes, silly, spiders, sydney, Tim Tam

Though I’ve never been, I think of Australia as a sunny, fun-loving country full of jocks who aren’t afraid of huge spiders. Every Australian I’ve ever met is a good time. They have to be spirited and lighthearted, they’re facing off against a whole manner of nightmarish creatures every day on their way to work.  I once saw a photo of a Huntsman spider, and it scared …
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‘The Alhambra in Granada’: Real-Life Travelers Share What Tourist Attractions Are Actually Worth the Hype

Publicado el por Categorías:around the world, Asia, australia, bucket list, europe, get up and go, international space station, national parks, new zealand, nomad, the best, tourist attractions, Travel, travel blogs, travel list, travel writer, traveling, vacationing, wanderer, where to go next, worldwide

Here is your new bucket list. 

‘I told him that I could not drop him off’: Bus driver schools rude passenger with deserved malicious compliance

Publicado el por Categorías:australia, bus, malicious compliance, public transport, Reddit, reddit thread

Public transport is an essential service for literally billions of people, but not everybody feels like they have to act with gratitude about this. We only have to experience the school bus or the subway to see some sights that probably shouldn’t be seen by anyone.  In particular, bus drivers can have it hard when …
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‘Just use water instead’: American Slams UK Old El Paso for Selling ‘Extra Mild’ Fajita Kits, Continues the Transatlantic Food Wars

Publicado el por Categorías:american, australia, British, debate, eating, funny twitter, Mexican, mexican food, spices, spicy food, Twitter, twitter discourse, Twitter Thread, usa

Here at Memebase, we are well aware that there are too many people who go on the internet and do terrible things. Unspeakable horrors happen on social media every day, but one of the most insufferable has to be when British people and Americans start arguing about food.  While it might not be most wildly …
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Living Legend Gets Paid $40K Annually To Attend University, Earns Five Degrees After Being a Student For 20 Years

Publicado el por Categorías:australia, Australians, college, college life, college student, college students, education, educational, funny stories, funny story, learning, marriage, Reddit, scholarship, school, university

If you could have any life without restrictions, what would that life look like? Some of you might want to be rich and famous or to travel the world without having to spend a dime. For me, I would love to be one of those people who spend all of their time reading and learning. …
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