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Man this is so overblown. If it was moved to the 28th, all these whiners wouldn't even remember in a year or two. As long as I get a holiday in late January, I don't care about the date. These people always say the sky will fall if we change anything (gay marriage, banning smoking in bars, etc) then we do it and nothing bad happens.
I reckon you're right, I didn't hear any complaining this year about the Triple J Top 100 being on a different date.
I think what we need to do is to start our own Australia day celebration on an agreed date. We have to spend the currently official day either doing nothing or raising awareness and yet the racists(or uninformed if you're young/new to the country) get to enjoy it celebrating.
I would love a day where we could all celebrate this beautiful country. We need to start the change we want to see in this world and raising awareness has been an excellent step in this journey.
That's actually a pretty fucking good idea. Why wait for the government to tell us what to do, they can follow our lead.
There was a moment on question everything where someone suggested a two word slogan for the yes vote: 'long weekend'.
You can see Will Anderson's mind explode.
edit: I looked it up - S3E1 27m20s
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I have an argument that gets those racist idiots to agree to moving the day.
Wouldn't it be nicer to have a public holiday when the weather's nicer instead of it being 40 odd degrees? We should move it to a part of the year where it's still good to go out but it's not boiling hot. Perfect getting blind drunk and passing out on the grass in the middle of the day weather.
Yes please. We go from ANZAC day in April to fucking December 25th before we get another public holiday in most of Australia.
I dread that 'public holiday drought' every year.
Move it to early September or something. Skips the worst of winter and breaks up the work year better.
Come to sunny Melbourne and get grand final day and Melbourne cup day
Link to the QR code btw: https://www.clothingthegaps.com.au/pages/not-a-date-to-celebrate
Can you please add this to the post for visibility @Deceptichum@quokk.au?
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