For the next three months, they remained in contact, before she said the groom invited her to a "white party" in Sydney in December, the court heard. She said after arriving at the venue she was "shocked" to learn the man had "organised a wedding".

The bride said she became uncomfortable and wanted to leave, but the groom told her "it was a simple prank".

"He told me that he's organising a prank wedding for his social media. To be precise, Instagram, because he wants to boost his content and wants to start monetising his Instagram page."

In court, footage of the ceremony was played, showing the couple exchanging vows and rings.

While the bride appeared to "enthusiastically" participate in the ceremony, she told the court it was "all an act".

"We had to act to make it look real," she said.

She said she only discovered the "sham" wedding was legal after he asked her to add his name to her application for permanent residency. She said the groom told her he was not a permanent resident and he had "organised the marriage to help him".

But the groom – who has 17,000 followers on Instagram but denied he was a social media influencer – disputed her version of events.

He testified that immediately after they met, he had told her he was bisexual, and that she was "cool with it" and moved into his home.

>bby I'm a bisexual illegal immigrant but I am NOT an influencer

"Precisely why she would participate in a civil marriage and not in a church marriage ceremony went unexplored. It made no sense to me that she would."

Stupid boomer judge, she did it for the 'gram!

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I have. We were both single so no issues there either. But she was also really drunk and kept sexually assaulting me. Tried to stick her fingers INTO me more than once, grabbed my genitals etc, just generally a lot of unwanted touching in a social situation in a bar with a large group of us.She was very attractive, it was no strings attached, but getting repeatedly sexually assaulted is quite the turn off, even from attractive people. (83)

Just come out the closet buddy. This is a slam dunk for 99.9% of men. (-58)

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She told me that "this is the hand I masterbate with" and wouldn't let go after we shook hands to greet each other. (137)

That's a green flag dude what the frick? (-18)

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She was airheaded, unstable, and egotistical. (212)

Everyone with the valid ones and I got my petty onesgirl looked old in certain lightings one of my friends said "ewww" when someone joked we would make a cute couple, then a bit later actually wanted to be more than friends but that "ewww" always stayed in my mind so I couldn't see her that way anymore girl was really bad with money, taking trips over using the money for important stuffI took a girl to a comedy club (she was black I am not) and the comedian said some funny race jokes our way and she felt offended so I was put offa friend did a bit much pda while dating other guys, so I couldn't shake it off once she was singlea friend talked a bit too much about her sexual history, so I couldn't shake it off once she was singlea girl defended her friend talking during a movie a girl went along with her friend's stupid ideas too often without questioning them (-16)

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We were not compatible, had very little if anything in common, and she stalked me.Others I was not attracted to at all, and they had zero boundaries. The one woman is incredibly self centered, almost narcissistic, goes into massive debt, love and s*x bombs, treats her family horribly, hangs out with hard drug addicts who she should have ended the friendship with decades ago, and just makes very bad life choices like getting pregnant on purpose to illegal immigrants who are using her and their kid for a visa or to try to get citizenship and are deadbeat dads neglecting their kids.Another woman had zero goals or ambitions, dropped out of a university, dropped out of a local community college, smoked and used drugs, could have inherited a highly successful business and ran it but refused, has zero self confidence, got with an abusive ex and then got with a sugar daddy who she drained (pun intended) baby trapped and married this abusive man and feels trapped and they are broke.I also re... (1)

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One I rejected was, had an instant red flag. We hung out one night but the next day I was sick. I was sick for the next week. We were talking and texting the entire time. Everything seemed normal. Just out of the blue she texted and said if I didn't come over now, I don't care about her. I instantly blocked her without a reply. I was still sick. Another one I rejected had ex, 'trying to commit suicide.' She went over there. She was telling me about it the entire time it was happening and I told her it was not a good idea and that she needed to call the police. If he was willing to hurt himself, there's no telling what he might do to her, I said. She still went, she found herself locked in the bathroom calling me up to get her. I did, but that was the last night I seen her. (1)

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Pre COVID I used to have women sneak up on me and play with my hair to flirt with me and that's an instant rejection.  It's a crappy person who touches a stranger's afro. (124)

My husband had a fro as a young man, and he also hated that shit. He said it was an easy litmus test; if a woman touched his shit without permission, she was obviously a dumb b-word and he had no interest in anything with her.And before anyone says anything about "dumb b-word", if a man were to walk up and touch any part of me without my permission I would immediately consider him to be a stupid butthole, so I think that's a fair comparison, if we're going to insult people of either gender who do dumb shit. (2)

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The White House digital team deserves an award for what they have been pulling off. pic.twitter.com/zdkxMHsGy0

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) January 31, 2025

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Ugh, if only I could catch whoever does this (edit: not pick-up their dog poop) at my place! (237)

Get a doorbell camera. After I shared on our subdivision's FB page that we had one, no more dog poop in our front yard. (346)

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That cat hates you because of something you did, not because it's just a cat. For a cat to specifically target your home- nah bro you're the problem. This isn't petty revenge at all- it's catnapping. Do better at life and maybe cats will like you (-127)

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I have mulch, I sprinkled vinegar, I grew green onions, I tried motion activated sensors, I sprinkled pepper, I put down pointy rocks, I ran the gamut to deter the cat. (1389)

In my world not only are you the AH you are also the lowest lifeforms and a world class POS. (-106)

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Why kill the cat because it's owner's an idiot? I guess we're all just living in your world and need to adapt or perish. (-53)

why risk your cat getting poisoned, hit by a car, sick, infected, infested, killed by other feral cats, killed by a dog, killed by a coyote, killed by a bird of prey, killed by a fox, killed by a raccoon, killed by a human, killed by a prey animal fighting back, or getting lost or trapped? (15)

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People like you are why society is so miserable. He already tried talking to the neighbor who couldn't care any less. Quit making excuses for shitty pet owners who have no regard for their neighbors! (-4)

No, cruel, emotionally unsafe humans as YOURSELF make this world a worse place. How unkind of a human you must be, I feel bad for those around you. You have no empathy.OP, is also a horrible person. He literally sentenced a cat to death. That cat will be put down within a week at a kill shelter. All shelters this time of year are at full capacity. The cat did nothing wrong and now will die terrified after being taken from his home and locked in a 5x5 cage until he's sentenced to death. You are literally saying OP was RIGHT to do this then you have the nerve to insult the person above and call them "miserable" for having empathy. This is a living breathing animal who experiences pain and hurt and loss and was doing cat things, and was raised by a bad cat owner so it's not his fault, yet being sentenced to death for being who he was created to be. (7)

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Where the heck do you live? Basically all outdoor cats I have ever known were at least 15 when they died. Do people shoot them in your neighborhood or something like that? (17)

Your personal anecdotes don't really mean anything. But since you are bringing them up, I live in a city/suburb where people "own" outdoor cats. We do not shoot cats, we don't poison cats, we don't have coyotes patrolling the area. I see a cat plastered on the road literally every single week. I literally only travel the same roads (2 miles) ever. So this one single path has around 30-60 dead cats a year. I had an outdoor cat get killed right in front of my house as a child by a car at night. The cats fight each other, they are killed by cars, diseases, etc. I'm not sure how old the outdoor cats live because usually one day they're just gone, don't really have any bodies to find. The statistics tell the same story, so for every 15 yo outdoor cat you know, I know 50 dead young cats on the street. Horrible sight to see literal kittens dead for no other reason than humanity who let them end up like this. (14)

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Welp I got to the fascism https://t.co/SuPMriFwe0

— evan loves worf (@esjesjesj) January 17, 2025

The value I bring to this platform is unmatched. I'm

hilarious and handsome and have level headed takes. People irl actively seek my attention and input.

Once again, rdrama is showing their bias against excellent users who bring positive change here. Please do better. I do not want to have this conversation AGAIN moving forward.

non-paywalled link

https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1hs3jux/net_neutrality_rules_struck_down_by_appeals_court/

https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1hs202q/us_appeals_court_blocks_biden_administration/

https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1hs20j9/us_appeals_court_blocks_biden_administration/

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An appellate court just struck down President Biden’s partisan plan to expand government control of the Internet through Title II “net neutrality” rules, citing Loper Bright.

While the work to unwind the Biden Admin’s regulatory overreach will continue, this is a good win. https://t.co/AWhuZecsnr

— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) January 2, 2025

BREAKING: The 6th Circuit Court just ruled to permanently BLOCK Joe Biden's plan to expand the government's control of the Internet using net neutrality rules.

The judges ruled that the FCC no longer has the power to make up rules out of thin air due to SCOTUS's overturn of the… pic.twitter.com/R5MBPbNF53

— George (@BehizyTweets) January 2, 2025

Today is a great day for American consumers and the rule of law. As I argued in my amicus brief in support of the petitioners, the FCC’s resurrection of so-called net neutrality was a regulatory power grab that violated the plain meaning of the Communications Act.

I applaud…

— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) January 2, 2025

For a decade, I’ve argued that so-called “net neutrality” regulations are unlawful (not to mention pointless). Today, the Sixth Circuit held exactly that. You can read the court’s excellent opinion here: https://t.co/3za2KOk7ou

It’s time for regulators and activists to give up… https://t.co/HzEnKUDpal pic.twitter.com/QbFgLEViUQ

— Ajit Pai (@AjitPai) January 2, 2025

Orange Site:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42578237

BlueSky:

Breaking News: An appeals court struck down federal net neutrality rules, ending a nearly two-decade effort to regulate internet providers like utilities.

— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2025-01-02T20:22:52.930Z

this trumplican ruling killing net neutrality doesn't just kill net neutrality, it delivers the final killing blow to any sort of coherent federal consumer broadband protection (corporate press outlets will skip over that last bit)

— Karl Bode (@karlbode.com) 2025-01-02T20:14:23.082Z

The Sixth Circuit just invalidated FCC's net neutrality rules, arguing that it was inconsistent with the "best reading" of the statute per Loper Bright. The court's dismissal of the FCC's reading of the statute as "not the best" is hilariously abstruse metaphysical BS:

— Dan Walters (@profdanwalters.bsky.social) 2025-01-02T18:21:21.639Z

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit struck down the FCC’s “net neutrality” rules governing internet service providers, in an early policy win for Republicans seeking to reverse Biden-era industry regulation.

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) 2025-01-02T20:18:25.173Z

https://lemmy.world/post/23817963?scrollToComments=true

https://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/493122181

https://boards.4chan.org/g/thread/103735907

The smartest guy at my highschool, a legitimate genius that got into both Oxbridge unis but chose to go to Manchester b/c of their nuclear physics department and got a job offer from CERN halfway through his degree dropped out to play WoW, turned trans and launched a porn blog https://t.co/gxCBRGHv7Y

— Adam Wren (@G0ADM) January 22, 2025

My doctor recommended me wellbutrin/ bupropion after I told her about my depressive symptoms. One side affect is increased libido. As a single female with an healthy s*x drive I don't actually want to increase it! So I was wondering if someone was actually helped by wellbutrin and how it's affected their libido.

!burgers !leafs

Substack post here

https://moonmetropolis.substack.com/p/antioch-the-first-foodist-mass-shooting

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There were some issues with substack embeds before, just click the link r-slurs

🚨#BREAKING: Some 911 call centers in the United States have reportedly been receiving non-emergency calls from teens and children expressing their love for TikTok following its shutdown.

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) January 19, 2025

!jinxthinkers

This one's for @pizzashill

!coons

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It's funny how woke/SJW are posting on all these places thinking that anyone has the wherewithall to actually read any of it. I don't give a crap about DEI, all I care about is who has the best product and the best price for it.What's more interesting though is the psychological mentality for people thinking this is somehow useful. It's not, all I care about is product and price. This is same train of "organic" food which failed because the real issue isn't DEI but economics for normal families. (-44)

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No one mentioned DEI, I just said I didn't want to support MAGA. No one will have the best price shortly.And the best way, and most American way to vote has, and always will be, vote with your wallet. I'm voting with mine. (19)

Just replace DEI with MAGA. Still don't care. The only thing I hate about MAGA is the tarriff/inflation which hits our wallets. Let's stay focused on the real goal here. (-23)

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Craziness don't go away easily. Kirkland is in the middle of liberal population. You have nothing to worry about. Move on with your life. (-19)

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So are you a capitalist or a constitutionalist.In your world, I am responsible for not only voting my conscience, but am then responsible for the economic stability of people who express ideals that are inimical to my belief systems. Under that logic, I am being punished for valuing things like free speech (if Musk is a special government employee, and he's actively banning political views from X, then this is a violation of my rights), separation of church and state, equal rights, etc.The moral gymnastics you are doing here is amazing. You've said it yourself, you really don't care, as long as people take care of your business by shopping at it. That's unbelievably selfish and completely morally vapid. (0)

are the two mutually exclusive?Didn't say you're responsible for others, but I did point out the harm that you'd cause (it would take a LARGE group of boycotters to have an impact, so when I say "you" I mean the entire r/kirkland subreddit) and the futility of your efforts (ya aint gonna change anybody's mind, but you will most likely entrench them). I can't tell you what to do, but I can let you know how stupid and futile it is.I think you misread. I pointed out the harm a boycott would do to businesses - not only the target's business but affiliated businesses and employees. And while it could include my business, the point I was making is the interconnectivity of all of us in this community. So how much collateral damage do you think is acceptable to punish someone for legally and constitutionally exercising their right to vote?Again, boycott criminals, child male feminists, and real Nazis. But when one group of people tries to punish another group for voting in their own self-interest,... (2)

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If a business posts QANON or MAGA paraphernalia at this point in the game they are advertising that they support an openly fascist regime. Where do you draw the line? (0)

What do you think will happen? If you boycott Spud Fish & Chips* because the owner voted for Trump, which do you think is more likely:a - The owner sits in a dark room with a glass of scotch and re-assess his life and choices. He thinks, "wow, maybe I AM wrong and I shoulda voted for Kamala"b - as sales at Spud Fish and Chips take a 10% hit, he lays off two employees and reduces his orders from local food and supplies vendors. He has no idea why sales have dropped because all the people who disagree with him ARENT engaging with him - they're boycotting. All he knows is what FOX news tells him, and he blames it on Bob Ferguson's climate policies. * I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE OWNER OF SPUD VOTES! I'm just using him/her as an example. Anyway, boycott child male feminists. Boycott real, avowed racists and Nazis. But don't boycott people who are exercising their Constitutional right to have an opinion (no matter how misinformed it may be) and to vote on it. Because that's waaaayyy too close to firi... (2)

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Calm down my dude, I'm just asking for info to be more conscious in my decision making, as most commenters agree lol. (3)

And I'm agreeing!! HATE!! HATE!!! HATE!! Let's do this shit!!! (-3)

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I think the civil servants who fire their fellow employees against the President's orders in order to make a statement should be jailed.

Congress needs to pass a law to punish civil servants for this sort of extreme, life- and program-threatening violation of the public trust. pic.twitter.com/FcdW2IY9uw

— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) February 20, 2025

!blueanon !khive

Im finding that very short-form stuff works better. Unfortunately all I have left is longer stuff.

balancing like 3 books right now. finished a muriel spark in the middle of the night last night while eating salami out of the fridge.

A very questionable appointment by @realDonaldTrump. @sriramk’s pet issue is expanding the H-1B visa program and removing country cap quotas for Green Cards.

Not America First at all. pic.twitter.com/npWllWi62o

— U.S. Tech Workers (@USTechWorkers) December 23, 2024

The Republicans are partly doing this as revenge against the bigtech anti-Trumpers but also because the VC douches that backed Trump want cheap labor.

Do you think the Democrats that work at all the bigtech are going to pivot right on immigration in the coming years after getting replaced?

Looks like it if you look at the coding subreddits.

https://old.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/1hcygo8/jury_finds_discrimination_in_h1b_visa_tech_worker/

say what you will about the satanic things that go on there. It's dry, by the sea, mountainous, deserty, green. Great surf, great snow. Warm climate all the time.

Maybe parts of Spain, Greece? Is it the best nature on earth??

This is extremely unfair :C

He's one of my best friends

I feel so sad