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Discussion Thread ⏰ Thursday 4 December 2025 (aussie.zone)

submitted 11 months ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 7 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

Been reading some of the stories that have surfaced about Greg Lynn and while I'm staying very aware of sensationalism... yikes.

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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 5 points 11 months ago

Yes. Abusive men basically had a free pass back then and things haven’t changed enough

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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 11 months ago

Not great. 😔

and also an indictment on how people respond to dangerous people

Gift of Fear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gift_of_Fear https://archive.org/details/giftoffearsurviv00debe_0

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