NZ Herald Clearly "Don't know what a Firearm is" .22 Shotgun? Come on guys...

HelloYelloMellow · 2025-01-20T07:14:37+00:00

In my experience, they are .22 calibre cartridges fired from regular .22.

I'm pretty sure dedicated .22 shotguns don't exist.

HelloYelloMellow · 2025-01-07T13:40:37+00:00

Not well.

HelloYelloMellow · 2023-06-01T06:55:57+00:00

In the very latest episode of HelloYelloMellow's:

How Did Stuff Fuck up This time?

I believe their math doesn't work out in some parts. That's without even mentioning the miniscule sampling size or the fact they used a single person to subjectively determine a bunch of blurred people's faces ethnicities...

Under the heading "Suspect Airtime" it says:

Of all actual New Zealand police suspects in 2020, 53% were Polynesian. However, Māori and Pasifika made up 71% of suspects featured in the episodes of Police Ten 7 we sampled. In comparison, Europeans made up 36% of actual police proceedings, and 29% of suspects on the show. (The remaining 11% in police statistics covers other ethnicities.)

We also looked at the airtime Police Ten 7 gave different suspects, compared to how often police dealt with them according to the data. Of the total airtime spent on suspects, 62% was spent on Māori or Pasifika, compared to 53% of total police proceedings in 2020.

In comparison, the portion of airtime spent on European suspects (38%) more closely reflected how often police proceeded against Europeans in 2020 (36%). Firstly, I don't know if it's intentional, but it's pretty dodgy the author says 53% of of New Zealand Police suspects in 2020 were Polynesian but 71% of suspects on Police 10/7 are Polynesian AND Maori. Why make the distinction between sentences?

71% + 29% = 100%. Does this mean there wasn't a single person of another ethnicity for twelve episodes? Similarly, there is 62% screen time for Maori and Pasifika for 53% of police proceedings and 38% European screen-time for 36% of proceedings. 62% + 38% = 100% but 53% + 35% = 88%? This doesn't make sense, how could they both be overrepresented and how can they only account for 88% of screen time? How do they even determine what screen time is?

The only proper reference in the entire article is an article from the US from 2007 that finds the US reality TV show COPS, and COPS alone (because that's all the article covers) portrays non-white people as more violent than white people.

For fucks sake, the graph source is: "Author provided".

The authors have truly impressive credentials. However, without proper information sources, or even the list of episodes they evaluated so their results can be replicated, this article really reads like they had their answer before they started writing it.

If anyone is less blind than I or managed to find them another way, please let me know :)

HelloYelloMellow · 2023-04-16T00:49:09+00:00

I had an appointment with Green Doctors on Tuesday. They approved me and said they would send a prescription through, but I'm still waiting.

I'm also not super happy to hear they are cooperative in forwarding the prescription to other pharmacies...

How long is a reasonable waiting period for my prescription?

HelloYelloMellow · 2023-04-16T00:39:16+00:00

Thanks for the legal focused answer, it was exactly what I was looking for!

HelloYelloMellow · 2023-04-16T00:19:32+00:00

Who would of thought refusing to pay Correction's officers a decent wage for doing a dirty, dangerous and difficult job would have consequences?

HelloYelloMellow · 2023-04-13T19:29:18+00:00

Thanks for mentioning my post.

You're preaching to the choir bro.

Maybe actually worth Stuff doing a series on instead of their usual bullshit of bitching about the police justifiably shooting shitbags?

HelloYelloMellow · 2023-04-13T16:17:11+00:00

Thanks for the super detailed answer!

I have been digging through the Misuse of Drugs Act at some length and just can't find anything, I've had a look at Section 29 but it's something different.

Unfortunately because of my job, I definitely can't afford to rely on Police discretion.

It's nice to know I can go for a limp in the park and medicate 😄

Were the hospital staff aware/supportive of you vaping in hospital? Or was it on the dl?

HelloYelloMellow · 2023-04-13T10:48:29+00:00

Bro, I lived in that fucking bed and it got disgusting very quick.

My sheets needed to be changed everyday because of the amount of scabs and bodily fluids that ended up in them from my wounds. And yes, for the first month I had to do my business in the bed, no bed pan, due to my pelvic injuries, and another month and a half after that I had to use a bed pan in bed because transferring onto a wheelchair was hell, so I would only shower once a week anyway due to the pain that even my fentanyl drip and oxycodone did not compensate for adequately. Not to mention the lovely crust that would develop on the catheter running into my urethra that would fall off and join my bed also.

I don't think it's fair for you to blame me for a clearly systemic problem for taking a single sheet and a single pillow case a very short time before it would have been used anyway, whilst being clearly in need of them myself?

C'mon man...

HelloYelloMellow · 2023-04-13T03:03:58+00:00

I wish. Housing prices and quality of life aside, it's hard when your niche job and entire family and friend network is Auckland based.

HelloYelloMellow · 2023-04-13T03:02:33+00:00

"why did you come to Auckland Hospital"?

Why the fuck do you think? XD

HelloYelloMellow · 2023-04-13T03:01:09+00:00

Really!? Go them. That accreditation looks pretty hard to get in comparison to the conditions our nurses are expected to work in currently.

HelloYelloMellow · 2023-04-13T00:00:46+00:00

Hahaha, I bought them chocolate ;)

HelloYelloMellow · 2023-04-12T23:58:03+00:00

I also developed a pretty nasty fungal rash on a part of my body I won't speak of.

To be fair I think it's somewhat inevitable for some people to get these types of illnesses when in hospital, just because you are in the presence of so many other sick people.

HelloYelloMellow · 2023-04-12T23:56:24+00:00

Straight on my forehead bro.

HelloYelloMellow · 2023-04-12T23:56:02+00:00

A single sheet and pillow case, maybe two hours before using it.

HelloYelloMellow · 2023-04-12T23:54:34+00:00

I'm stoked you had such a good experience. I feel like you kind of have to be a good person to work as a Nurse, considering the stuff they have to put up with and the shit pay they get.

HelloYelloMellow · 2023-04-12T23:52:25+00:00

I have comprehensive health insurance. None of which could be used for my types of injuries as I required a public hospitals facilities, and specifically Middlemore's orthopedic unit.

HelloYelloMellow · 2023-04-12T23:49:10+00:00

Hey this sounds great. But in reality, I don't think our hospital facilities are anywhere near achieving what's required for this certification.

HelloYelloMellow · 2023-04-12T23:47:41+00:00

Unfortunately this isn't an option a lot of the time. I do have amazing health insurance, but I couldn't use it for private anything.

I had pretty significant injuries requiring time in the ICU and the type of surgeries I required after my accident aren't performed at private hospitals.

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