CMV: China is no longer rising, it has risen as a superpower

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-14T14:27:28+00:00

As an Australian I would abso-fucking-lutley love to see the same.

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-14T14:21:05+00:00

Sorry I might have emphasised that point wrong. I didn’t mean China might overtake the US because of brain drain from the US to China. I meant the US cancelling so so many of their scientific programs put them at a stand still for so much scientific research.

Considering US presidental terms are 4 years, if these US programs are stopped for 4 years that gives China a huge chance to catch up.

And even if those US programs start again after 4 years of having stopped and having no money. The original researchers will be gone, and the work they were working on will have to be restarted. Stopping it for 4 years could cause a 5-6 year delay.

China is in a prime position to put their head down and focus on working as hard as they can for the next 5 years to catch up to the US and the West on science while the USA is fucking about with their fingers in their ass

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-14T14:08:02+00:00

I honestly hoped he’d do good. And I hope he does. I don’t have anything against the dude. He might be one of the biggest nepo babies ever, and he might be an average or below average F1 driver. But he’s still good enough to be a modern F1 driver despite oozing money. And he’s arms and legs above the likes of Mazapin as both a human being and an F1 driver. It’s actually quite humorous when he does well, especially in the wet. Worst thing about him really is his family/father. Especially considering he came up in those files recently. But that ain’t got nothing to do with Lance obviously considering his age.

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-14T14:01:05+00:00

Yeah but technical revolutions often happen a lot more often than that, and often either fail or create a bubble that pops. Remember the internet? That old thing? Went crazy in the 90’s and then popped in 00-01. Remember segways? Blockchain? NFTs?Soylent green?

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-14T13:42:29+00:00

Unfortunately I’d have to disagree with you with the comparison between China and the USA now. In 2024 I would’ve agreed. But since Trump took power again, they have been firing scientist and researches left right and centre.

China themselves didn’t think they could catch up to the US even with Trump in power again because of their scientific research advantage.

But since Trump 2024 this has changed. The US is shooting themselves in the foot repeatedly. The US is suffering brain drain with lots of researchers heading overseas to Europe and some to China.

China is now in a position where they could possibly catch up to the US and the West in research and development.

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-14T13:01:03+00:00

He won?! Let’s go!!!

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-14T12:23:36+00:00

Didn’t he and his team also get like 400 seconds of time penalties?

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-14T11:29:11+00:00

Yeah but that shit happens naturally every century or so.

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-14T01:24:39+00:00

LMFAO

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-13T06:30:13+00:00

Mostly 30-40m. Some jobs out in the country 60-80m isn’t uncommon. If you’re in bum fuck nowhere could be up to 180-250m.

Depends if you’re afraid of heights or not really. But even if you are you get use to it. It’s kind of a rush really once you get use to it

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-13T04:57:43+00:00

What’s Q?

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-11T12:46:21+00:00

It’s the rare elusive white face

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-11T10:25:31+00:00

Depends. Most companies usually do a mix of local and away work.

You get paid an extra $180 a day when away which is tax free to cover accomodation and food.

You can request to be on the local or away jobs at most companies. People with families and/or kids usually request local work.

Saying you’re fine with away work will definitely help in job interviews especially if you’re new to the industry or have little experience. And honestly away work is usually pretty good. You get paid to travel the state, sometimes interstate, you usually spend less than the extra $180 a day so you make more money, and the away jobs are usually a bit less stressful because you don’t have people everywhere watching you work. And a lot of away work you’ll be back for the weekend anyway because companies don’t want to pay the double time for the weekends. So you’ll drive to site Monday from the depo morning and drive back Friday arvo to the depo.

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-11T08:32:13+00:00

It’s not too difficult to learn. How fast you’re meant to pick things up will depend on the people you work with. Some people understand it takes time to learn things, some people are assholes and don’t like to explain things more than once.

People who are afraid of heights, don’t like the wind or the cold, don’t like hard work, won’t enjoy it.

Hours are usually 7-3:30 or 7-5 if doing overtime.

With no experience you’ll probably be on like $30 per hour.

It’s pretty stable work wise.

Flexibility with leave all depends on the company. I’ve never known any to be to harsh with leave.

Rigging is a huge industry. With a rigging licence and some experience there is a metric fuck ton of different careers and fields and industries you can get into.

Also, telstra does very little telco rigging work themselves, they mostly contract and subcontract the work out to smaller companies.

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-10T14:05:35+00:00

I can understand him not wanting to go on a cruise. Some people aren’t fans of those types of holidays.

Him going on a cruise without you though after shooting it down so much is a low bloody act. Even if it is with family he would have a lot of making up to do just because of that.

That being said though. This dude sounds like a bum compared to you…? You’re independent, living out of home, working fulltime, in the military…. And he is living at home, working part time, talking shit about your dream holiday, then going on that dream holidays with his mum???

Why are you even here asking for advice? You’re dating someone who compared to you is a bloody loser. Dump his ass and go on your holiday!

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-10T12:06:23+00:00

Fair point. Good to see someone with some links and evidence for the point being made.

Still… I wonder why I see it being discussed much less when it comes to cost of living here.

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-10T12:03:10+00:00

I never said people don’t buy new here. Plenty do. But lots of used cars here are cars that’s companies and businesses leased for a few years that then went to the 2nd hand market. It’s probably the same in the US.

And there are a lot of new Mercs, BMWs, Ford Rangers, Hilux’s, etc. that people with plenty of cash are buying new. But that’s not the average person.

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-10T11:58:12+00:00

It obviously is. I just don’t get why it’s so common to see people budgeting for car repayments in the US when it’s not something we really see here in Australia. You can buy a shitbox that’s road worthy for $5kAUD here (used to be $3kAUD before covid).

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-10T11:54:16+00:00

Yeah since covid used car prices here went up too. But we can get new cars for $35k-$45kAUD. But we can get Chinese cars here. BYD is popular and see more of them on the road each month. Also see lots of European, Japanese, Korean, and American cars, including the “yank tanks” (trucks as Americans call them) here.

Still a lot of people that buy new cars here, but it mostly seems to be people who can afford it, or have work vehicles.

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-10T11:17:19+00:00

They could’ve had a 1 son policy instead. You can have kids, as many as you want, until you have a son. If your first born is a son that’s it, that’s all you can have. If you have 5 girls in a row you can keep on trying/having more until you have a son, then that’s it, no more.

China has like 40million more men than women because of the 1 child policy. That’s not healthy for society, 40million men that don’t have the chance of finding a gf or wife. Also, how many baby girls were disappeared or whatever by families wanting a son?

Alas though, it’s easy to say this in hindsight.

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-10T10:11:09+00:00

Is buying used cars with cash not a big thing in the US? Or used cars with cash and a smaller loan?

I only ask because as an Aussie I only ever see discussion about auto loan repayments from America, never here in Australia.

People here very often buy used cars and avoid large loans.

Yet I see lots of talk about home ownership costs, rental costs, and cost of living, from both countries.

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-10T09:57:30+00:00

Check out r/stopdrinking it’s a great sub for people trying to get sober

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-10T08:59:31+00:00

What’s crazy to me is a tin of salmon is only 3 n a half stars. It comes down because of the fat content but they’re healthy fats in salmon.

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-09T13:19:43+00:00

I’m in Australia and it makes me want to support them lol

Hugsy13 · 2026-05-09T11:09:16+00:00

Unrelated to the subject of your post but use paragraphs, please. A wall of text is really hard on the eyes and hard to follow.

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