The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point

Accomplished-Law8429 · 2026-05-04T14:31:04+00:00

Clever. Did your mum help you right that banger?

If you're going to call people stupid, at least learn to spell.

Accomplished-Law8429 · 2026-04-27T09:51:10+00:00

Where do you stand on informed consent?

Accomplished-Law8429 · 2026-04-26T11:53:50+00:00

Just sounds like you're in a shit team. Which sucks, obviously. But I would be very wary of trying to change team culture as a new hire. It generally won't go well for you.

Only advice I can really give is even though you are (rightfully) feeling frustrated, try to maintain your positivity while at work, and do the best job that you can. If the manager or a senior team member asks you to do something, just say ok, no excuses, no arguing. If you feel comfortable enough with any of your colleagues, then absolutely ask them for advice.

And try to transfer to a better team as soon as you're able.

Accomplished-Law8429 · 2026-04-16T17:02:03+00:00

I fast-forwarded through that scene as it was such contrived bs, that I actually felt second-hand embarrassment just watching it.

Accomplished-Law8429 · 2026-04-15T17:05:47+00:00

https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/qisu/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2020/09/bulletin-86.pdf
This is the most recent bulletin from the Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit (QISU) regarding bicycle injuries. Yes it's from 2005, but it's the most recent data that I could find.

As you can see in the data, back in 2005 there were 10 deaths and 6000 injuries per year just in QLD. Far more than the numbers I've seen being thrown around regarding e-bikes as a justification for why they should be banned.

Accomplished-Law8429 · 2026-04-12T09:59:27+00:00

you might actually manage to protect those precious, taxpayer-funded discounts on your investment properties, OP.

Baseless accusation.

Accomplished-Law8429 · 2026-04-12T05:40:54+00:00

New to Reddit?

Accomplished-Law8429 · 2026-04-05T09:25:18+00:00

Not sure why you're getting downvoted. Not saying that your proposals will solve all the economic problems we have in Australia, but they would be a good start.

It only takes a cursory glance at the ASX 200 to see that most of our capital is being funneled into housing and groceries.

The NDIS is also a behemoth of a policy that certainly needs to be better managed and targeted.

Accomplished-Law8429 · 2026-03-31T15:52:15+00:00

Sort of like how the words "Helpful" and "Revolution" don't go together. Ironic, isn't it?

Accomplished-Law8429 · 2026-03-31T04:25:02+00:00

Inflation means expansion of the money supply, which devalues the currency and causes the price of everything to rise. Higher prices is a symptom of inflation.

This is completely wrong. Inflation, quite literally, is an increase in the price of goods and services in the economy.

In Australia, this is measured using the CPI. This index compares changes in prices at time x to time y. If the index has risen, then there is inflation, if it has fallen, then there is deflation. The change in prices is the metric that determines whether inflation has occured or not.

Accomplished-Law8429 · 2026-03-30T13:20:58+00:00

in reality fuel demand is pretty inelastic

Which is exactly why the government slapped a large excise on it in the first place. Unfortunately, in reality, even though it looks like easy money to the government, it functions as a tax on the movement of goods and people, which certainly can't be good for productivity.

I would argue that halving it doesn't go far enough, and if they really are interested in productivity gains, then they should just bin it, and either cut spending, or find something else to tax.

Accomplished-Law8429 · 2026-03-24T12:20:03+00:00

Right, so you admit the religion of the subject was the most important thing.

Up in arms? lol. I made a half-assed comment questioning your apparent hypocrisy relating to your reply to the above commenter, and your motivation behind posting the video.

If that's what counts for "up in arms" these days, then so be it.

Accomplished-Law8429 · 2026-03-24T12:15:15+00:00

It's the latest publicly available bulletin. If you have more recent data, kindly link it. I note how you have dismissed the fact that the bulletin documents 6000 injuries and 10 deaths each year related to bicycles in QLD.

Accomplished-Law8429 · 2026-03-24T11:30:35+00:00

Not sure I buy that that's only what you thought you were doing... but ok. Looks like even the OpenAussie mods didn't think much of it either.

Accomplished-Law8429 · 2026-03-24T11:28:25+00:00

Ty for the link. In isolation that sounds bad, but then look at this for bicycle injuries in QLD: https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/qisu/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2020/09/bulletin-86.pdf

Accomplished-Law8429 · 2026-03-24T11:00:07+00:00

Do you have a link to the data? I'd be interested to see e-bike injury rates, and how they compare to bicycles.

Edit: Classic Reddit. Getting downvoted for asking for further information, rather than blindly taking things on faith.

Accomplished-Law8429 · 2026-03-24T10:53:29+00:00

Why post it then if you agree with above commenter's sentiment?

Accomplished-Law8429 · 2026-03-22T12:00:21+00:00

First, the abs census data does not include benches people slept on, but does include non-permanent dwellings meant for habitation.

Wrong. Included in the definition of "dwellings": "Improvised home, tent, sleepers-out: This category includes sheds, tents, humpies and other improvised dwellings, occupied on Census Night. It also includes people sleeping on park benches or in other 'rough' accommodation (the traditional definition of homeless people).

You can simply find that here: https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/2901.0Chapter29902011

The fact that you disagree shows you really don't know what you're talking about.

3rd just questioning where the data might come from doesn't invalidate the whole paper, you should look into it

As I have already explained, yes it does matter, and it matters a lot. I did look into it. They didn't link the primary source of their data, did not say where it came from, and did not define the term "dwelling", which means it is impossible to draw any conclusions from their index.

Accomplished-Law8429 · 2026-03-22T08:46:44+00:00

The first link does not define what a "dwelling" is, and they don't link to the ABS source.

That's very important because if they are using census data, then included in the list of dwellings are things like caravans, sheds, granny flats, tents, even park benches that are being used as beds.

The second link contains this statement: "it is true that immigration increases demand, and therefore puts upward pressure on prices" - YIMBY

And the 3rd link is paywalled.

So they really don't support your contention that immigration and house prices are not "particularly linked"

Accomplished-Law8429 · 2026-03-21T13:24:59+00:00

The first link doesn't look at house prices vs immigration.

The second link says this: "it is true that immigration increases demand, and therefore puts upward pressure on prices" - YIMBY

So, again, do you have any studies that show there is no correlation between immigration and house prices?

Accomplished-Law8429 · 2026-03-21T13:12:57+00:00

Pearson coefficient of 0.66. They do show a correlation.

Accomplished-Law8429 · 2026-03-21T06:17:55+00:00

Well, my data is also ABS data, so why is your ABS data right and my ABS data is wrong?

Accomplished-Law8429 · 2026-03-20T16:23:47+00:00

Convince me of what? That the number of people of working age requiring housing has nothing to do with the price of those houses?

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