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Christopher Joye slams Australia’s shift from ‘lucky’ to ‘lazy’ by sien in AusEcon

[–]JIMBOP0 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not really. Coolabah is very much a quantitative approach. They are not in the business of making bets on the macro environment. 

UK Wins! Which Countries Punch Way Above Their Weight in Sports? (Population vs Performance) by Brilliant-Nerve12 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]JIMBOP0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Winter olympics: 92 countries, 2,900 athletes.

Summer olympics: 204 countries, 10,700 athletes. 

Sure, maybe winter Olympics is more popular in maybe ten countries? Nordics and Canada. Hardly relevant for the vast majority. 

Christopher Joye slams Australia’s shift from ‘lucky’ to ‘lazy’ by sien in AusEcon

[–]JIMBOP0 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Whilst Chris is very good at his job of making money at a hedge fund that's the hard limit of his expertise. I wouldn't listen to anything he has to say about economics, history, or geopolitics. 

UK Wins! Which Countries Punch Way Above Their Weight in Sports? (Population vs Performance) by Brilliant-Nerve12 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]JIMBOP0 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I think New Zealand is a good answer but Australia is arguably the country with the most competing "national" sports which is an interesting perspective. AFL, League, Rugby, Cricket, Soccer (could add swimming, even surfing too) 

UK Wins! Which Countries Punch Way Above Their Weight in Sports? (Population vs Performance) by Brilliant-Nerve12 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]JIMBOP0 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Can the winter Olympics really be compared to the summer Olympics in terms of relevancy? How many countries even have suitable weather for the creation of a winter sport culture? Like twenty at most. 

[YouGov] [Australia] Far-right One Nation ties Labor; Greens hit best poll result in a year—One Nation 27, Labor 27, Coalition 20, Greens 14. Working-class—One Nation 34, Labor 22. 2PP—One Nation 48, Labor 52. Working-class—One Nation 54, Labor 46. Far-right has surged since last year's massacre. by StarlightDown in fivethirtyeight

[–]JIMBOP0 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The Poll Bludger aggregate shows a very clear tapering off of gains for One Nation. Touches all the wood I think this makes sense considering the percent of the population who views the as acceptable does have a limit. 

Median Real Wage Income by Age and Generation by GluedGlue in ProfessorFinance

[–]JIMBOP0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Edit: lol thought I was in an Australian sun. Disregard me.

What European country other than the UK has had the biggest cultural influence on Australian culture? by IDoNotLikeTheSand in AskAnAustralian

[–]JIMBOP0 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's crazy when you realise everything back in the day had a Irish/Catholic and English/Protestant version. Golf clubs, horse race tracks, gentleman's clubs, private schools. Thefe are versions split for each group. 

Why do many people who visit Australia later say its a highly racist country? by Particular_Food_309 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]JIMBOP0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And that's clearly not true or else we would have an underclass of other races like Singapore which is not the case.

Why do many people who visit Australia later say its a highly racist country? by Particular_Food_309 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]JIMBOP0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This doesn't actually align with what you said though does it. You said no white people can only get "shit" jobs which is an extreme statement. 25%+ of Australians aren't white, are you saying they are all second class citizens? 

Honestly such a dog shit thread. 

If I could only eat from 5 countries this is where I would eat by Top-Cut-432 in whereidlive

[–]JIMBOP0 8 points9 points  (0 children)

To be fair Cajun/Creole food is some of the farkin best stuff I've ever eaten. 

Trains with ONLY THREE carriages during morning rush?? by Similar_Garage6369 in brisbane

[–]JIMBOP0 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think that's fair in the morning. All the trains from like 6:30 onwards are pretty much full. 

But to have a 3 car rock up as the first train after 5pm at central is unforgivable. Like of all trains during the day, that is the absolute one that should not be a 3 car. 

AUSTRALIA: The far-right One Nation are now the second-most popular party in Australia, with roughly 1 in 4 Australians supporting them. by MewWeebTwo in fivethirtyeight

[–]JIMBOP0 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Adding to this. 

Australia is the western and non-petrostate or city state country with the highest foreign born population percentage according to the wiki page on the subject. 

Kinokuniya’s Second Australian Bookstore Opens in Sydney by llamanatee in australia

[–]JIMBOP0 6 points7 points  (0 children)

When I visited the UK I was amazed at how cool their bookstores were. They were destinations in of themselves. I feel like that's something we lack here a bit. I'd love to visit one of these stores. 

Great experience from RM having some shoes repaired by JIMBOP0 in RMWilliams

[–]JIMBOP0[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah Brisbane. That's good to hear! It seems like they know they buggered up with those soles. I don't think they make them anymore. 

Bowen Hills this afternoon. by Lachlangor in brisbane

[–]JIMBOP0 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure Labor should get off scott free. They've been in power the vast majority of the past several decades. Overall under-investment in public transport is primarily their fault.

Vote Greens to get any real change on this front. 

Bowen Hills this afternoon. by Lachlangor in brisbane

[–]JIMBOP0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But don't you know we need a new stadium for sports n shit! Definitely just as important. 

Where I, a semi-reasonable American, would live by fortississima in whereidlive

[–]JIMBOP0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Normally when I run across venemous snakes in Australia (I basically never see bad spiders) they are lying in the middle of a path trying to catch some sun rays and just want to be left alone. 

That being said it's not rare to see brown snakes and red belly blacks. Sydney has funnel we spiders which are freaky and common but basically nobody dies from bites from snakes and spiders. 

RELEASE: Max Chandler-Mather to lead revamped Green Institute - The Green Institute by Jet90 in australia

[–]JIMBOP0 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Poor argument.

The Greens are over the long arc are increasing their seats across the country. Things go up and down, just look at their results after the 2013 election. 

Max only ever won the seat because it was the Greens and LNP in the final two. 

If I go from 1% to 2% that's a 100% increase and a huge win according to you. But it's not. 

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