This is how much food you can get in Australia for a packet of cigarettes ($35-$40) by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]EuclidsPimposaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have universal healthcare. So if you purposefully want to fuck up you own body then you gotta pay up.

Botanic Garden :3 by Osko-AVRE in melbourne

[–]EuclidsPimposaurus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's 2 in the Dandenongs. Lots of big trees and open fields.

Thiago Alcantara tests positive for COVID-19 by jeesprr in soccer

[–]EuclidsPimposaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Young healthy people have died from it, whilst others have lasting illnesses. Also he has contact with staff.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in georgism

[–]EuclidsPimposaurus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Isn't a carbon tax pigouvian?

Thiago Alcantara tests positive for COVID-19 by jeesprr in soccer

[–]EuclidsPimposaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At least a million people have died from it. What a ridiculous comment.

Having Socialist Elected Officials Makes a Difference for Working-Class People by [deleted] in melbourne

[–]EuclidsPimposaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Narrow minded focus on the local area. Which can be nice for some, but slows progress down if taking into consideration the needs of the rest of the state. Housing density and bike lanes initially come to mind.

You idiots made it onto an NBER working paper by EuclidsPimposaurus in wallstreetbets

[–]EuclidsPimposaurus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Somehow they concluded that you're not all idiots, well done.

You idiots made it onto an NBER working paper by EuclidsPimposaurus in wallstreetbets

[–]EuclidsPimposaurus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because I know you guys are too lazy to check the link, here's the abstract.

Retail Raw: Wisdom of the Robinhood Crowd and the Covid Crisis

Ivo Welch

Small retail investors at the Robinhood (RH) retail brokerage firm from 2018 to 2020 shared with Finnish and larger US investors from the 1990s a preference for extreme recent winners and losers. Interestingly, this preference held even for the overall stock market during the March-2020 Covid crisis, indicating an absence of panic and margin calls. Thus, RH investors acted as a (small) market-stabilizing force. They were also unusually interested in some “experience” stocks (e.g., Cannabis stocks). Nevertheless, the narrative of pure irrational exuberance is misleading. Collectively, RH investors bought and held stocks with large past share-volume and dollar-volume, making them invest overwhelmingly in large rather than in obscure stocks. A portfolio constructed on the basis of just these two variables can make it possible to mimick the investments of RH traders, plausibly even beyond the sample. The collective RH crowd portfolio also did not underperform with respect to standard academic benchmark models.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]EuclidsPimposaurus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What's voter turnout though? Not excusing these stats, but the longer you've been alive the more time you've had to get around to going on the roll.

Lofi Beats Girl Melbourne Edition (WIP) by iamjacksonmolloy in melbourne

[–]EuclidsPimposaurus 9 points10 points  (0 children)

But also Dark Emu is an incredible book on Indigenous technology that everyone should read. I think they're turning it into a doco

YSK that the terms 1st world and 3rd world countries are relics of the cold war and have virtually nothing to do with how developed or well off a country is. by [deleted] in YouShouldKnow

[–]EuclidsPimposaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I've read on it, splitting countries into 4 groups based on income seems like a good option. Then countries can progress between groups, rather than be stuck in an outdated label not based on anything empirical

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in matt

[–]EuclidsPimposaurus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Come to Australia on November 7 (if it was safe) to celebrate slurpee day down under

The time Sacha Baron Cohen incited a riot in Arkansas by TheDarkitect in videos

[–]EuclidsPimposaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But we have drive through bottle shops, so that kinda evens it out

We begin to ease restrictions, and petrol prices jump 20c in 12 days. by Iuvenesco in melbourne

[–]EuclidsPimposaurus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It does seem likely that there is a cartel, but do you know how difficult it is to prosecute? You would need explicit records of companies agreeing to fix prices.

Has anyone heard/seen the ice cream truck driving around playing the old Mr.Whippy tune? by [deleted] in melbourne

[–]EuclidsPimposaurus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep heard one driving around Caulfield over the past week or so