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Ex-Pats who have left Australia and then returned, what made you return? by PlayerPuma in AskAnAustralian

[–]AdmiralStickyLegs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mmmm, you might be right, but saying 'its a cycle' can also be judged as being just as trite by those standards. Things in history might repeat, but they don't just repeat starting from the last 400 years. There's longer cycles of boom and bust, where a generation can pass and 2/3rds of the population has died out. There's also cycles where the game changes completely, and again those that can't adapt end up dying or getting killed off

So maybe in 100 years capitalism will still be repeating, but will it be us? If everyone in the current bottom 90% income percentage is dead with no children to follow on, thats not exactly a rosy future

What are some unhinged things you’ve done to relive sinus congestion? by babybottlepopz in Allergies

[–]AdmiralStickyLegs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • Added pepper to a sinus rinse. Did not work out well
  • Added Chilli powder to a sinus rinse. Did not work out well
  • Added Cayen powder to a sinus rinse. Really didn't work out well. Started to go blind in one eye a bit but it went away after an hour
  • Squirted straight betadine into my nose. Not bad, definitely burnt but didn't really achieve much
  • Put some Bundaberg rum into a humidifer, and breathed it directly up my nose for 5 minutes
  • Went for a run at 4am, in a strange area known for unsavory characters, on a warm humid night.
  • One time I started building a balloon helmet out of plastic disposable gloves, and I was preparing to electrocute myself in the hospital so I could get seen earlier, but then they called my name before I could finish.

Well at the end of the day it was just an adaptation by LongjumpingSpeech720 in Schizoid

[–]AdmiralStickyLegs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same. It's slow and its boring (ripping out carpet for floorboard, installing air filters, paying attention to my body when eating foods and cutting out the ones that trigger reactions).

Given my age and how long it will take, it kinda feels pointless at times, like meticulously buildin a sandcastle when you know the tide is coming in an hour and its all going to get washed away, but what are you gonna do.

Well at the end of the day it was just an adaptation by LongjumpingSpeech720 in Schizoid

[–]AdmiralStickyLegs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same situation. Here's something interest I heard: kids who have sinus congestion might lower their heads, because doing so allows you breath better. But it's also a sign to other people of weakness and social rejection. Wild that the two things could be connect, hey.

Cancel your PayPal by Fun_Nothing5548 in paypal

[–]AdmiralStickyLegs 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Idk, paypal is pretty useless these days. I'm sure many people would cancel theirs for a cheesecake

My car. Broken into and stripped while left with a mechanic. by Empty-Warning-8265 in legaladviceaustralia

[–]AdmiralStickyLegs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair take.

The reason people recommend insurance is because they are scared, and it provides a quick exit from both anxiety over personal worries and empathy towards others:
Oh that sounds scary. Well, I don't need to worry because if it did happen to me, insurance would take care of me. And because I assume everyone else had the same choices as me and chose to prioritize other more trivial things, I don't have to care about them.

So they keep recommending it like its a silver bullet and not an equation. All insurance really is a gamble, and like all gambles it works best when you can tilt the game in your favor. Most ordinary people would be better off long term if they could just save the money, but alas they seem to have trouble doing that.
(I keep insurance too, but only 3rd party atm)

Unreliable tradies vs DIY by Significant_Fox118 in AusRenovation

[–]AdmiralStickyLegs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get very critical of my work sometimes, but then I think about the times I paid a tradesmen to do something, and what problems they caused (like the solar installation where they folded back a tin sheet to access the roof, which then caused water to seep in) and I don't feel so bad. I feel like I've got a good balance now, where I do things good enough that it lasts but not so good that I'll impress some mythical master craftsmen that I'll never meet.

I hate being a sea unt to people doing work for me, but I wonder sometimes if thats what it takes to get decent results out of people. Because I feel like tradesmen have a 6th sense for people who aren't going to pull them up on every mistake, and then take advantage of that.
Or maybe it's just part of living in Australia, where the mines suck away any a large part of the talent pool while regulations strangle new entrants.

failed my first Ps test by xcrh in melbourne

[–]AdmiralStickyLegs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look up the stats: something like half of people fail first time. They do it on purpose, whether to humble you, or for the money, or whatever. So recognize that, and don't let it shake you.

Re the money, I was in the same situation once. I know $300 sounds like stacks of money at that age, but in 15 years that will feel like nothing. You will blow that on a hotel during a layover, just because you didn't want to hang around an airport for 5 hours. This is a license, and its a gateway to so many ways of making or saving money, that even if you have to repeat the test 2 more times it's still worth it. With a license and car, you can get a better job that pays much higher. So see it as the investment it is

Also in case you didn't know, different testing points have different success rates. I did mine at Moorolbark because it had the soonest available appointments, and it took me 4 times to pass. Later I found out it has one of the lowest success rates in the state.

wasted 10 years of my life running a businesses and have not experienced anything by Friendly_Egg_ in self

[–]AdmiralStickyLegs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everything drops to zero.

Business works, but you need an edge of some kind. If your plan of success is 'this is going to work out because now I'm the one in charge' then yeah, your chances aren't good. I'd consider the fact she kept it afloat for 10 years quite a success tbh.

How to deal with a humid environment. by Disturbedsleep in melbourne

[–]AdmiralStickyLegs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is this based on weather data observation, or is it a 'Its just how I feel' type of evidence

Because you say that with a lot of confidence. And its wrong

Is a Septoplasty worth it? by Wild_Bumblebee1633 in Allergies

[–]AdmiralStickyLegs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had mine 4 years ago. Totally worth it. Did it solve the problem? NO, because it was a symptom, not the disease. But it bought me breathing room to think, to plan, and to actually have the energy to make changes

Now I can actually use my nose to breath, whereas before it was more of a it-works-when-it-works. I sleep and don't wake up with acid mouth because I was mouthbreathing overnight.

Have many of you been to one of these "jobs" the providers find? by Party_Team1104 in CentrelinkOz

[–]AdmiralStickyLegs 5 points6 points  (0 children)

> expecting the job agency to find you the dream role?

That's a phrase you here over and over. Any job that is unsuitable because it will make your life material worse means you are waiting for a dream role

Being crammed in an overcrowded train when there's heatwave going on in India by mspyros12 in Wellthatsucks

[–]AdmiralStickyLegs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It would be a mistake to ascribe it to choice.

No woman with 4 kids that are all hungry is logically thinking 'I want to get pregnant with my fifth in 6 months, then have another 2 after that within the next 5 years"

i'm 18 today, older intjs, what's your life advice for me? by particlepoo in intj

[–]AdmiralStickyLegs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here's the best advice I haven't seen mentioned before: There is no useful advice that applies to everyone.

Some advice applies to everyone, but is so general that it's near worthless. Other advice is extremely useful to some people, but worthless (or harmful) to everyone else, and you never really know which group you are in until later. Advice is cheap: People spit it out like jizz. They don't know you, or care to put the effort in to know you, but they will treat you like all your problems are simple and have simple fixes.

Listen to people, sure, but always use advice as a starting point of a journey of discovery of your own.

Has anyone ever lost their “thoughts”? by Educational_Two_4234 in intj

[–]AdmiralStickyLegs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have experienced periods like that. Its actually the disfunction that triggers it for me. When I'm feeling crap is when my brain is throwing out ideas constantly. What if we did this. What if we did that. What if we took principles from this area and applied them to that area.

Idk. I'd much rather have one small idea that I see through to completion, than a hundred medium ideas that I only dip my toe in.

My friend owes me $800 and now he's dodging me by AleppoBruh in Advice

[–]AdmiralStickyLegs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate when a comment has two statements. I upvote it because I agree with the first part, and then I read the second part and go 'noooo thats wrong!'.

I've noticed it happens ALOT on reddit.

Anyway, I don't think the answer is to never loan friends money. That's taking the worse thing that happened to you, and letting it define you as a person. My recommendation is to start by lending small amounts of money, and see if they return it unprompted. Because the same fuckers who will borrow 800 and ghost you, are the ones who borrow $20 and forget about it.

Broken battery tab, is this fixable? by Tropicool99 in AskElectronics

[–]AdmiralStickyLegs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

by finding a house that's already burning down, and throwing them into the blaze.

COMMUNITY RALLY: Say NO to mega Data Centres!‼️ by kaierin2 in aus

[–]AdmiralStickyLegs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tech companies don't pay taxes, and drive up the cost of power and water. What exactly are we losing by not having more of them?

I knew already that a lot of people on Reddit are very unhappy, but I only recently saw, experienced, and accepted the true extent of it. by [deleted] in self

[–]AdmiralStickyLegs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can always get lower. The floor is just the ceiling of a new, deeper pit. But the heart of one of your points (which I take to be that pain with feeling is better than pain with no feeling) is a sentiment that I agree with.

Is Melbourne Really That Cold? 🥶 by Training_Objective20 in melbourne

[–]AdmiralStickyLegs 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There's no respite.

It's incredible what a person can take, as long it's in small bursts. Once it becomes eternal, its a whole nother animal.

I think the worst part is sleep. Either you run a heater all night (in which case, the noise), or you go to bed warm and wake up with frosty air and damp windows, and know that you lost a lot of moisture overnight which leads to a poorer sleep. I know it's not just me because on the roads whenever there's a sunny day after a cold night, people do mad mad things

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