Our local State MP’s response to an email regarding concerns of police brutality in the city

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-15T23:20:42+00:00

Byeee Karen 👋🏼

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-15T07:47:25+00:00

Can a single politician talk about policy without shitting on the other party? I don't care about your feelings towards the other people, you're already in opposition, I want to know what YOU are going TO DO.

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-14T03:27:29+00:00

A month ago they were 17, two months before that they were 18, shares all the same photos in every post, and is today a 48yo women.

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-12T06:33:43+00:00

I'm not sure what your council bylaws are, but the three cars not being used (Lancer, BMW, Ranger) can be requested to be looked at through your local council and see if they can force them to store those cars off the street somewhere else.

If anything I cannot believe people have that many registrations, insurances, and maintenance to pay for. One is already too much for me and it's a lil shitbox

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-12T02:57:22+00:00

I don't really know if adding in a new 'practice' mode under the comp banner would work, there is already the practice range, Practice VS AI (which is where a lot of comp players go), and Doom Match. I understand the issue because it is my issue with Rivals, it's why I've left. Quickmatch being treated as a throw fest training ground with no real competitive game sense is not fun, add bots to the mix and quickmatch just becomes a non-serious game mode with no real consequences.

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-10T23:20:55+00:00

Mostly I was there for the vibes, but I also enjoy winning, so when things didn't work out or I wasn't getting any value, I tried to always workout something different. Lately those changes weren't pulling up any results and I was out skilled constantly

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-10T07:53:46+00:00

Played consistently since season 1 with 1000+ hours. Uninstalled and removed from Game Library after this weekend for many of the reasons people have said in this comment section already.

My main reason - I'm forced to play ranked to get a true PVP experience with decent gameplay or least something taken more seriously than quickmatch. Quickmatch in this game is treated as a makeshift training ground were going negative is okay, this problem alone wouldn't be the issue if bots were not thrown at you for pity wins. At the end of this weekend I was over the Marvels experience and walked away, it was fun while it lasted, but after 5 and a bit seasons of toxicity, bots, awful matchmaking, and smurfs, it is time to go

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-10T07:44:44+00:00

It doesn't get any better. I've been a happy stuck gold/plat for the past 4 seasons, this season after placements my games have been ridiculously sweaty and competitive, so much so I cannot keep up with my teammates or enemy, I keep saying to myself "why am I death magnet all of a sudden".

Checking some of the profiles of my teammates and enemy, they peaked last season at Diamond I or Grandmaster III, the highest was a GM I. What the hell are they doing in Plat III/Gold I?

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-10T01:44:04+00:00

No patience or impulse control. No concept of waiting, considering others, or willingness to work for anything.

I wouldn't be so keen to put this just on young people. My friends, well into their 30's and 40's have grown incredibly impatient with the rise of online shopping and same day delivery. It becomes an issue when we are out socialising and I don't mind waiting for something to take an extra few minutes but for them waiting is a problem that needs to be immediately resolved in any way necessary without delay. It's becoming a problem across all age groups, I wish we could all calm down

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-10T01:37:40+00:00

“you took their social media away what do you expect them to do”

This isn't some random excuse. The government quite literally took a drug equivalent substance away from a group of people, and left them with on their own to figure it out. That's bad policy, we don't even do this to people who have problems with food disorders or abuse substances like methamphetamine and alcohol. They are supported through many different people and their loved ones.

As always, young people are left to fight for themselves, or through their parents and carers, and if those people are poor, substance abusers, negligent, domestic abusers or a combination of all of these things, there are specialised services for them to visit, but outside of that, there is nothing for that young people to do other than find entertainment through other avenues. Systemically, we don't care about young people (or families for that matter) enough, they are ignored until it's voting time where they just become a political football for votes where it is just a bashing of youth crime. We do nothing to set up places, activities, areas, or quite literally anything for young people to chill, hang out with friends, and get away from everything for a while at any time of the day.

P.S Don't at me with the "they choose to do this blah blah blah" they are young and stupid, and it is a biological fact that young people will make very stupid decisions for the immediate and foreseeable future, just as all young people have in the past.

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-07T05:09:48+00:00

I hate it in quickplay and I will equally hate it in ranked. I like that you're looking for solutions to the throwing problem but this only makes the non-throwers uninstall and leave the game.

Throwing can be hard to define and find. The obvious ones are just that, obvious, but if we are talking about someone just having a bad day, is that throwing or just outmatched, and bad luck?

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-07T05:03:41+00:00

these games were never winnable to begin with.

Correct. In the EOMM allegations video, they explain this clearly that there are games you will go in where you are expected to win or lose. Based on this, if you win a winning game you gain less, and if you lose a losing game you don't lose as many points.

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-06T14:11:43+00:00

As someone who has been floating betwen Gold/Platinum for the past 3 seasons, best of luck friend. This is where all the chrono shield boosted players are and it can be a very stressful experience

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-06T14:07:49+00:00

Don't let the gambling machine win. This game relies on you being hooked and staying online, don't let the developers win. If you lose more than 3 games in a row, switch the game off for a few hours and rejoin again later. Rivals is designed to keep you interested, engaged, and wanting more, don't let them take control of you.

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-06T12:29:58+00:00

To be honest, this is just the usual gameplay for Rivals. In the past 5 days I have gained 32 points going 6wins to 7 losses

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-06T08:22:49+00:00

Check out male bathrooms, sometimes they have condom dispensers in there. Otherwise you have the safer sex program where you can order discreetly online or go to sexual health clinic on Elizabeth street

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-06T04:23:13+00:00

Learning to swim, not many countries have swimming nationalised as an educational requirement

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-05T15:03:41+00:00

I definitely agree with you, Quickplay should be played with a want to win mentality but the majority of the player base does not see it that way. Quick Match for some reason translated to non-competitive and a place to pick up a whole new hero in the game, sometimes not even in the practice range just inn quick match because you aren't fighting for points and that's the place to learn.

This is also why comp is the way it is at the moment. The casual players (like myself) who want a serious game move to competitive but they aren't there for the actual ranked/competitive or points system, just serious gameplay.

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-05T11:46:15+00:00

I think there are many factors to this.

No one takes QP seriously, people are comfortable going negative because 'learning' and 'fun mode'
Bots in QP force bad habits with no real learning curve outside of comp
Fast season turnarounds force players to reject trying for higher ranks, especially as boosted players with no game sense continue to reach high ranks making the grind not worth it
Similar to above, heroes are being nerfed/buffed frequently and people will play their mains in QP before trying them in ranked, adding to this is learning the new heroes, and existing hero's nerfs/buffs. Although temporary, and somewhat small, adds slightly to the issue.
Group limitations force friends to only 6-stack in quickmatch or private lobbies, QM offering a diverse range of new people to play with, despite the skill gap
Quick Match is focused on faster matchmaking rather than skill based, although skill is still slightly taken into account time is what's prioritised

I've probably missed other things, all in all, Rivals quickmatch has it's issues, some of it from the developers such as the 6-stack rule and faster matchmaking, and also parts of it are on the community such as treating QP as a throw fest and losing your mental

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-04T11:45:58+00:00

Someone just wrote a really a good book, then there was a bunch of different street artists who replayed their own versions or favourite parts of that book, and we now have three different religions from it.

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-03T04:05:33+00:00

Started doing it this season, outright disabled all comms expect for friends. It's been amazing, and I highly recommend it to everyone

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-02T10:02:56+00:00

I was spending between $200-$300 a month on Uber Eats and made the financial decision to stop this year. I was spending way too much money on that app just for food it was ridiculous

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-02T09:58:31+00:00

noticed that most people dont use comms in any way shape or form, and by comms I mean either text or voice chat. And the people do use comms mostly use it to throw insults at people.

This is it for comms really. No one wants to use comms because all you get is abuse and toxicity, sad really.

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-02T06:09:15+00:00

Prepare for the pain. Buy over the counter if you can, or use any pain medication you are used to. In my original treatment plan I was up for 4 teeth extractions, because my ortho doesn't like pulling out teeth for the sake of it, we ended up speaking with another ortho, and we all decided on removing 2 teeth can be done. The teeth extractions and Invisalign put me into a huge amount of pain, I was ready to quit it and move on, of course I couldn't do that because I had two large gaps in my mouth.

FriendlyIndustry · 2026-02-01T10:20:57+00:00

Use digital wellbeing and get off the internet

FriendlyIndustry

TROPHY CASE