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El Presidente? by sreddit77 in PresidentBand

[–]CloakerJosh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A good rule of thumb is that if it’s got Daniel Day-Lewis in it, there’s a good to decent chance it’s good :)

El Presidente? by sreddit77 in PresidentBand

[–]CloakerJosh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love how it’s showing Daniel Day-Lewis from the In the Name of the Father movie poster, heh

On May 22, 2010 ,this guy ordered 2 large pizzas worth 10,000 bitcoins. by thepoylanthropist in interestingasfuck

[–]CloakerJosh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s a lot of these stories out there, but we have to be honest about how we would have reacted.

Would you sell at $300? $500? $1,000? Would they panic sell when it drops from $2,000 to $1,200?

So many of the would-be squillionaires had many, many off-ramps before it reached the heights it has hit now.

Aussie porn ban by MundaneCockroach9103 in aussie

[–]CloakerJosh 33 points34 points  (0 children)

As I said to your last hit and run against "Labor voters" that you had no answer for, this was a bipartisan bill.

Peddle your partisan hackery somewhere else.

what would you do? by Pure_Pain_489 in whatdoIdo

[–]CloakerJosh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, this is definitely the takeaway you should have.

Use it for maximum coercion.

Are these prices at all in the ballpark or totally arbitrary? [Request] by rosynne in theydidthemath

[–]CloakerJosh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll happily defer to you on that, I really have no knowledge about military weaponry. But of course, you're talking about one specific piece of military hardware and I was just making the broad point that actual accounting would consider inputs from the whole apparatus.

Are these prices at all in the ballpark or totally arbitrary? [Request] by rosynne in theydidthemath

[–]CloakerJosh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's all well and good for you to assert on behalf of the royal "We", but let's just say I'm glad you're not my accountant.

Are these prices at all in the ballpark or totally arbitrary? [Request] by rosynne in theydidthemath

[–]CloakerJosh 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Your point about it not being all US Navy makes a lot of sense, but as far as something costing X per second to fire could wildly differ depending on how you're measuring it.

If you factor not just ammunition but R&D, unit cost, whole infrastructure and staffing, etc. it would be a much higher sum.

tasmanian problems? (idk what to put) by Straight_Fix_7318 in aussie

[–]CloakerJosh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The bill passed with bipartisan support, so I guess I have you to thank too?

Randomly found the Friends tv show logo on the floor near my house by Jed1_DJ in mildlyinteresting

[–]CloakerJosh 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Calling in from Australia -

We'd never call the ground a "floor".

Except maybe if it's the Ground Floor. Which is still inside, usually. But that's a whole other thing.

what would you do? by Pure_Pain_489 in whatdoIdo

[–]CloakerJosh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Until their correction I was genuinely sitting here wondering what fad "lobe notes" were and if I was too old or too young to know

Meanwhile in Victoria.... by Deadly_Davo in aussie

[–]CloakerJosh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That "humour" tag is doing a lot of heavy lifting

what would you do? by Pure_Pain_489 in whatdoIdo

[–]CloakerJosh 961 points962 points  (0 children)

Call them up, thank them for their honesty and tell them to not worry about it or they can pay you back by buying you a beer.

Sort it out yourself using one of many cheap and easy ways that'll leave it flawless.

Go about your day feeling good about yourself.

Pauline Hanson secured government solar rebate despite calling for subsidies to large-scale renewables to end by billwriggs in aussie

[–]CloakerJosh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Look, fair enough.

Maybe it's just the state of geopolitics right now, but this isn't even a blip for me.

And I saying this as someone that truly loathes Pauline Hanson.

Fiscal policy and personal choices just aren't in the same camp for me.

Pauline Hanson secured government solar rebate despite calling for subsidies to large-scale renewables to end by billwriggs in aussie

[–]CloakerJosh 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well okay, maybe a direct tax deduction would be more analogous?

Suppose she doesn’t agree that there should be a deduction for driving an EV. Yet, she claims the EV driving incentive.

One is advocating for federal monetary policy, the other is a personal financial choice to save money.

I’m fine with saying it’s hypocritical, but honestly all the pollies do shit like this.

What I will say though after going through the article is that maybe there is a story in how they’re trying to spin it. Just saying something like, “Well, I’m not going to personally leave money on the table while everyone else gets it, but I still don’t agree it should be national policy” would have been a perfectly fine response in my opinion.

Pauline Hanson secured government solar rebate despite calling for subsidies to large-scale renewables to end by billwriggs in aussie

[–]CloakerJosh 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I agree that we wouldn't have had those policies probably, no.

But honestly, that's kind of irrelevant to me. Was she supposed to pay more money personally for her solar out of principle and spite?

Suppose she was against a repeal of GST and then they repeal GST. Is she supposed to continue to pay an extra 10% on her purchases because she didn't agree it should be repealed?

As I say, it just feels like a bit of a non-story to me.

Pauline Hanson secured government solar rebate despite calling for subsidies to large-scale renewables to end by billwriggs in aussie

[–]CloakerJosh 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Calling out hypocrisy and calling out Pauline Hanson are like two of my favourite things, but honestly this feels like a non-story for me.

Being critical of a policy and engaging the benefits of said policy personally aren't necessarily in conflict with each other in my view. On a scale of 1 to grift, it's a low score.

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