Social Media. How powerful is it? We're about to find out here in Oz

[bust]

In Australia the Meat & Livestock industry over the last 20 years have released a commercial leading in to Australia Day promoting it's annual mission to evoke the unifying ability of Australian Lamb. They nailed it this year 👋

 

[Old Hippie]

I like the ad and I have to agree that Australian lamb is awesome. Here in the old USA, it can be very difficult to get decent lamb that is raised here, not sure why…but the one consistent quality is always the stuff we get from Australia and sometimes New Zealand, Australian being a bit more common/easier to find. Oddly, it is always stamped “Halal.” 

[Coss]

“Halal” we think that saying some words to the sheep or what ever “Halal” is is strange too. But we’ll export it to any one and I wager that you’ll get it cheaper than us locals, certainly it’s cheaper in Emporium in BKK than MIddle Earth.

[bust]

Disgusting behavior  All done with the assistance of Social Media

 

Influencer charged with torture, accused of giving her baby unauthorised medicine

Police arrest woman over alleged torture of child

Warning: This story contains information that some readers may find confronting.

A 34-year-old social media influencer has been accused of torturing her baby daughter and taking photos of her in "immense distress and pain" to elicit donations.

She is also accused of defrauding donors of $60,000 via GoFundMe. 

The Queensland mother was arrested at Logan, south of Brisbane, on Thursday and charged with administering poison with intent to harm, making child exploitation material and fraud. 

She was also charged with preparation to commit crimes with dangerous things. 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-16/woman-charged-torture-alleged-money-online/104824488

[Old Hippie]

9 hours ago, Coss said:

“Halal” we think that saying some words to the sheep or what ever “Halal” is is strange too. But we’ll export it to any one and I wager that you’ll get it cheaper than us locals, certainly it’s cheaper in Emporium in BKK than MIddle Earth.

Halal means it was killed quickly by one cut of a knife…a rack of lamb, 5-6 bones is about $30usd here at Costco. 

[Mekong]

I see that TikTok has been banned in the USA, well I don’t see it personally but I am seeing the fallout.

It’s Godsend for anti-Americans, land of the free you say, forget the fact I can have a bottle of wine with a picnic in the park or am able to cross the road wherever it is safe to do so we can add access TikTok to the list. Having fun on other forums 

[Old Hippie]

Never looked at TikTok…no idea what will happen, so claim it will force the kids back to facebook…who knows and who cares..?

[bust]

Is the number 1 tool apparently for "influencers" aka attention seeking insecure individuals. Watch the suicide figures go through the roof in Gen Z

Until people understand SM is predominantly controlled by algorithms to influence what you see society is in a state of regression.

[Mekong]

1 hour ago, Old Hippie said:

Never looked at TikTok

Neither have I apart from clips on YouTube from the likes of Ozman and others and reading about fools killing themselves eating tide pods or whatever.

It’s the irony that I like, the self proclaimed Land of the Free banning a website which is still freely available in most of the western world .

Americans bang on about freedom and such as if they are the only free country in the world, because, present company excepted, many of them slurp up the propaganda and lies fed to them by their government.