I have a few handy little tips today. Tips these days have taken on the term: 'life hacks'. I don't know whether what I am about to impart will qualify as a life hack, but I do believe there is some wisdom; so buckle up, bitches, and hearken ye well:
1. There is no need to overshare on Facebook. A picture depicting a man comforting his sick son in the shower was reported, on the basis of breaching nudity regulations. I have no issue with the photograph. Indeed it is beautiful and tender. What I fail to see is the need to share the fucking thing on social media in the first place. Look, I'm a bit of a prolific Facebooker, but I see no need to photograph and share every minutiae of my life. It's lovely for a dad to sit in the shower and comfort his sick child, but keep it private. I have cuddled and comforted my sick children, so has Mr Bingells. But truly, some people would fire one off into the toilet bowl, take a picture, and Instagram it ('Today's bowel movement. Can you see the corn?')! I'm not about to take pictures and selfies of my children when they are ill, particularly if one barfs all over me.
2. If you're going to wear a contentious outfit to a costume party, don't put it on social media. I was at a client's home this morning, and saw something on breakfast television - some footballers (I think) are in trouble for donning blackface for a private party. The theme was Rap, so - and if you have an overly political correct issue with this, too bad - it makes sense to make the skin look darker because many successful rap artists are persons of colour. You could go dressed as Vanilla Ice for propriety's sake, but would you want to? People must be seriously thick to post these pictures on the Internet. Has everyone forgotten all the stink whenever somebody 'blacks up' as part of a costume? Harry Connick Jnr spoiled everything, didn't he? Daryl Somers offered him an apology on behalf of the show; I think I would have told him to change his tampon and look past his own nose to see that we don't have the same history of using blackface as a method of rendering people buffoon-like out here (not that we have a spectacular history with good race relations). I remember the Jackson Jive doing that performance at the medical students' revue - a guy with whom I was friends took me along. I sat in the audience laughing like a drain at what I perceived to be an incredibly funny piss-take of the Jacksons, and not the entire denigration of a race and culture. I do understand why blackface is considered offensive and respect that, but I have a great respect for the rights of people to dress as offensively as they like in the privacy of their own home if there is a costume party on. Or even a kinky sex costume party, if that's their thing in THEIR OWN HOME.
3. This final tip is directed to the representatives of the conference of senior Catholic bishops who have warned Bill Shorten and Malcolm Turnbull to not underestimate the power of traditional marriage. Oh goodness, where to begin? Guys: Firstly, Australia is not a theocracy; and secondly, you're a bunch of celibate superstitious men wearing dresses! Surely it would be more prudent to butt the fuck out of trying to influence the Government, particularly as your organisation is tax exempt. The Catholic Church has disgracefully covered up the sexual abuse of children entrusted to the care of its clergy, yet sees fit to dictate how other adults can live, and influence the government. Surely I'm not the only one who sees what's wrong with this?
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