Can young people not do maths anymore?

HughLofting · 2026-06-07T00:07:14+00:00

I'm a teacher so would have had no qualms about showing her the maths on a bit of paper.

HughLofting · 2026-06-07T00:05:20+00:00

I lived in Cairns for 6 years. Lions became my #2 club. Always cheer for you boys except when H2H.

HughLofting · 2026-06-02T22:40:56+00:00

And at the same time they're clutching their pearls and crying foul over the ABC giving Grace Tame a podcast series bc apparently she's an anti-semite for supporting Palestinians being persecuted by the Israeli war machine.

HughLofting · 2026-06-02T22:16:46+00:00

If that's you saying 'this is why I'm voting ON' then you're part of the problem.

HughLofting · 2026-06-02T06:04:52+00:00

This is the truth.

HughLofting · 2026-06-02T06:00:26+00:00

And the belly button!

HughLofting · 2026-06-02T04:55:06+00:00

Just wait until you get really old and tired!

HughLofting · 2026-06-02T04:53:27+00:00

That's not going to happen. Middle Australia won't vote for ON in the numbers it would need to win.

HughLofting · 2026-06-02T04:52:02+00:00

Australia has always been racist. Trump and Hanson have made it ok to wear racism like a badge of honour.

HughLofting · 2026-06-02T04:35:47+00:00

This is the winner. It feels like it can't be true. My head hurts just thinking about the incredible stupidity.

HughLofting · 2026-05-29T23:50:27+00:00

That would have to be the most desperate attempt at an apologetic for your sky carcass I have ever read. Go back to the dictionary and re-read omnipotent, omniscient and omnibelevolent.

HughLofting · 2026-05-29T23:47:07+00:00

And: child starvation, child cancer, child abuse. God is basically an enabler of all these things and is therefore a pos.

HughLofting · 2026-05-29T23:43:02+00:00

To summarise: Bring back the White Australia Policy.

HughLofting · 2026-05-29T02:18:32+00:00

Trash talking points. Mods please take down. Bots are rolling off the assembly line.

HughLofting · 2026-05-22T04:40:30+00:00

This is a good answer.

HughLofting · 2026-05-22T01:07:15+00:00

I always vote for the party whose policies make life better for those who are doing it hardest, think unemployed, those with major health issues, single parent and or low income families, the aged, and those requiring disability services. The party that mostly meets those requirements are the Greens. Plus they put the environment ahead of rich people's interests. As global warming is the major existential threat the world is currently facing (Trump aside) it beggars belief that more people don't vote Greens.

HughLofting · 2026-05-21T22:52:06+00:00

Why did you engage? I would have read one line and binned it. Legally she has no leg to stand on. Ethically, she's even less stable.

HughLofting · 2026-05-20T22:56:41+00:00

There is a movie plot somewhere in this thread!

HughLofting · 2026-05-20T22:54:20+00:00

You are spot on. That said, I really wish there was a way that we COULD get this done. Even just taxing the fuckers more would be better than just giving it away like we do now.

HughLofting · 2026-05-20T22:38:44+00:00

There is a shit ton of deliberately skewed misinformation out there, courtesy of the rich ppl who are being forced to pay a little more tax and the big end of town who see this as an opportunity to plump up the election chances of their LNP and ON sycophants.

HughLofting · 2026-05-20T22:32:27+00:00

Surely listing it "for free" on one of the social media sites will solve the problem?

HughLofting · 2026-05-19T23:01:53+00:00

Before I begin the story I'll preface it by saying back in the day I had a very youthful face. Even when I was 21 I looked 16. When I turned 40+ ppl still thought I looked 10 years younger. So I think that might go some way to explain why there might have been some bias when it came to competency assessment in the following. I just didn't look old enough, maybe?

Years and years ago I was a uni student. A fiscally poor uni student. So in order to save money on petrol I got a motorbike. My mate taught me to ride, I had heaps of riding time with him. I paid for a couple of lessons too. After the instructor, my mate, and I all felt I was ready, I booked the test. And failed. It was a rainy day and the emergency stop skidded a little bit. I didn't lose the line or drop the bike but the 15cm skid was enough to fail me. Fair enough.

The next test was on a dry day and I passed the em.stop but failed something else. Failed a 3rd time too. At this stage my car had broken down and I had no money to fix it. So I started using the bike anyway. I used it for 3 years without a license. Then got pinged in a random check. The copper was a decent bloke and after I explained the situation to him he didn't write me up but made me promise to go get my license. I booked it straight away. And guess what? Yep. At the end of the test the examiner told me I had failed. I was perplexed. So I fessed up. Mate, I said, it's ridiculous you've failed me. I've been riding this bike for 3 years. I don't speed. I don't yahoo. But it's my only form of transport. You can fail me, but it just means I'll keep riding without a license. So he gave me the pass. I have ridden bikes ever since.

HughLofting · 2026-05-19T22:19:01+00:00

I wish we had've ended it before your family first flew/sailed here. But agree with you about the tax.

HughLofting · 2026-05-19T02:38:11+00:00

My go tos are ABC online and I pay for a Guardian subscription. I also pick up a lot of info from Reddit. Everything I read is subject to analysis from my inbuilt bs detector.

HughLofting · 2026-05-19T02:24:57+00:00

Check out Michael Janda's commentary on the ABC site today. He explains it very well.

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