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Australian city where a poster observed that in-person conversations with strangers at bars have become a dead art form due to people's inability to handle spontaneous social interactions.

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"Anyway, at that point the singer of the band (picture the most Melburnian millennial type of person that you can) that was playing was going on some spiel about the music industry and stuff"
"Long story short, underwhelming to mixed results. The girls seemed completely caught off guard, and kind of speechless for a brief second, as though being in a bustling Melbourne bar on a Saturday night mightn't lead to these sorts of interactions. Anyway, most conversations were cordial (though it'"
Things I learned from trying to chat up girls in person · u/Grouperfish13 · ↑360 · 2023-06-25
"I was in the 'most locked down city in the world' Melbourne. But I feel like we can all agree that the costs outweighed the benefits."
Can we all agree that we responded to harshly to the pandemic. · u/Current-Pianist-6042 · ↑265 · 2024-01-30
"Fucking delusional how they act like every flaw with Sydney isn't equally applicable to their cold little dump. News flash we are both culturally dead cities that are playgrounds for the international rich with boring CBDs and 90% shitty suburbia. But you know what? We have the harbour, we have the "
Melbourne sucks · u/friedincbr · ↑135 · 2024-05-09
"He's from Melbourne and I am from Tasmania. I downloaded hinge while I was in Melbourne last month."
Guy from hinge flew down to me for our first date · u/ayysha · ↑132 · 2024-01-09
"Same with Melbourne. Similar numbers with every one of our major cities."
50% of Sydney was born overseas. · u/Feudalist · ↑102 · 2025-08-09
"Anyway, a couple years later I see this fucking broad at Laneway festival in Melbourne and start yelling at her 'Oi Lorde you fucking j*w bitch, pay your fucking tick you cunt'."
I smoked meth with the singer Lorde in 2013 · u/5PillarsOfHipHop · ↑93 · 2020-11-10
"Brick shitboxes in the outer suburbs of Melbourne are selling for the equivalent of 1 million USD. Is there a catch or can you generally buy a house for around 500k in a somewhat decent area in the states?"
Blackpilled after looking at American home listings as an Australian. · u/Physical-Midnight509 · ↑89 · 2024-04-21
"I'm from Australia and I was just speaking with a mate from Melbourne and he said when he visited America it was almost unbearable because apparently everywhere he went, people seemed so obsessed with race and talking about things through a race based lens constantly."
Are Americans Obsessed With Race? · u/shannonsuxx · ↑58 · 2021-02-13
"it is 44 degrees in melbourne today. how is this not like the single biggest determining factor for life and culture? only in a society where we live in an offices and homes with air conditioning and do the same bullshit everyday would it be considered unimportant."
hate how weather is seen as frivilous small talk · u/DudNedLudd · ↑55 · 2026-01-27
"For a night of music, jocularity, conviviality and good spirits. In actuality i'm worried no one will come and my dreams will turn to dust :("
Melbourne ppl come cactus room on friday · u/sparklingkrule · ↑50 · 2022-12-07
"Flights grounded in Melbourne, LAX, DFW grounded. Broadcast networks off the air. Banks inaccessible"
Microsoft is apparently crashing worldwide? · u/contentwatcher3 · ↑50 · 2024-07-19
"Also side note, get your fucking Ford F1-50s and Dodge Rams out of Melbourne you pricks."
Something missing from the SUV discourse · u/dabidarllyst · ↑45 · 2023-09-20
"Melbourne people, what's the best way that I (29M) can meet new people and potentially a new girlfriend?"
I'm so incredibly lonely lmao · u/Grouperfish13 · ↑38 · 2024-04-19
"Personally, I am excited for my cinema to reopen whenever it happens, its a tiny, old cinema in Melbourne that offers $6 student tickets, I am planning to go as much as I can. I hate watching movies at home."
"My gf of two years and I broke up the other week and I'm about to move back to Melbourne, where I'm originally from, L."
Things to NOT do after a break up? · u/Grouperfish13 · ↑31 · 2022-10-09
"Back in town for xmas visiting the family and went for a walk into a bar playjng live music. This was in a hipster area in Melbourne's inner north"
Went to an open mic by accident tonight · u/MakIkEenDonerMetKalf · ↑139 · 2022-12-20
"My city, Melbourne, was one of the most locked down in the world and it's hard seeing how the city and its people haven't bounced back. There's a greyness of spirit that's permeated since then what used to be a genuinely vibrant and exciting place."
A wave of suicides since Covid · u/True_Opportunity_363 · ↑138 · 2024-10-28
"My gf of two years and I broke up the other week and I'm about to move back to Melbourne, where I'm originally from, L."
Things to NOT do after a break up? · u/Grouperfish13 · ↑31 · 2022-10-09
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