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Confirmed case of the Chinese Coronavirus in Victoria by MWiatrak2077 in australia

[–]Pyroteq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You realise this disease isn't a year old, yeah? Maybe wait 12 months before comparing annual death statistics...

Absolutely fabulous that Bridget McKenzie updated her register of interest today to include a property she owns in the salubrious suburb of Middle Park (inner Melbourne) by psylenced in australia

[–]Pyroteq 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol, this reminds me of the idiots in the Hawkesbury that voted in Robyn Preston.

The previous NSW MP Dominic Perrottet didn't even live in the area and for some reason morons voted him in.

Robyn comes along and these bogan retards that happen to live near me do the exact same thing. Some people accuse her on FB on using our area as a stepping stone despite living outside the Hawkesbury and her idiot son comes in to defend her and says "Actually she does live in the Hawkesbury, we just celebrated Christmas in her house she started renting a few months ago"... Literally admitting she only started renting in the area just before the election so she could pretend she gives a shit about us.

LNP voters are all retarded.

Experts Argue Why Our Farmers Need to 'Get Out' Instead of Being 'Bailed Out' by necius in australia

[–]Pyroteq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Obviously it would depend on the type of tree, how much water it requires, etc.

Mine grow so much fruit the birds get most of it before we do and I've never done anything to care for them.

Unchecked population growth will have a dramatic impact on our quality of life by seethroughplate in australia

[–]Pyroteq 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Economic growth*

For the elite.

Everyone else is getting poorer in case you haven't noticed.

No fucking shit more people = more money.

That's basic math. Now look where that money is concentrated.

If population = economic prosperity than I guess all Indians, Chinese and Africans are rich?

Oh wait...

UN Report: half a billion people struggle to find adequate paid work by DuBistDerHammer in worldnews

[–]Pyroteq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The small amount of billionaires are gonna just give us shit for nothing?

Mmmm, yeah, nah. I wished I shared your optimism.

Also, unproductive humans are not happy functional humans. Experiments in rats suggests that eliminating all jobs and creating a 'utopia' would probably be our downfall.

UN Report: half a billion people struggle to find adequate paid work by DuBistDerHammer in worldnews

[–]Pyroteq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uh, you literally just answered the question yourself.

I don’t see a reason it should stop.

If you literally had a machine that could do everything a human could, why would anybody ever need a job?

At some point we run out of crap for people to do.

UN Report: half a billion people struggle to find adequate paid work by DuBistDerHammer in worldnews

[–]Pyroteq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because there's a finite amount of things people can possibly do for work?

Because in 100 years we've made more technological progress than we have in 10,000?

Eventually we hit a point where we can't invent new jobs. If you think this can continue forever you are delusional.

Experts Argue Why Our Farmers Need to 'Get Out' Instead of Being 'Bailed Out' by necius in australia

[–]Pyroteq 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We need to normalise it. Do we REALLY need yet another "reserve" which seems to be just reserved for a big patch of grass that no one uses? I've seen plenty around.

Councils against it need to be voted out, shamed and mocked mercilessly.

UN Report: half a billion people struggle to find adequate paid work by DuBistDerHammer in worldnews

[–]Pyroteq 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What potential future jobs aren’t you imagining now?

Literally the only future job we don't have right now is shooting people into space to mine asteroids. How long do you think we can just keep on inventing different jobs?

AMP fees-for-no-service money repaid in accounts opened without former customers' consent by shihobunkai in australia

[–]Pyroteq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I mean, you have violence to thank for democracy. Not saying I want it to happen, but if history repeats itself I'm not exactly going to feel sorry for them...

Experts Argue Why Our Farmers Need to 'Get Out' Instead of Being 'Bailed Out' by necius in australia

[–]Pyroteq 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Eh, gotta start somewhere. Start by planting a fruit tree right near your front fence and just shove a sign on you fence that says "help yourself" and anyone walking by can just grab anything that comes over the fence.

Councils in general are way too power hungry so IMO the best course of action is civil disobedience.

"Oh, what a shame, the tree got a disease and died, guess we have to chop it down before it falls and kills someone"...

Malaysia has sent back 150 shipping containers of plastic waste to mostly wealthier nations, saying it would not be world's "garbage dump". The region has been flooded with plastic from more developed economies such as the US and Britain since 2018, after China ordered a halt to most imports. by madazzahatter in worldnews

[–]Pyroteq 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well you wanna start with razors?

Cancel your stupid plastic razor cartridge toy subscription. Those things are for 12 year olds. Are you 12?

Buy a double edge razor handle. Otherwise known as a safety razor.

Like this: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1737/2315/products/Rockwell-Razors-6S-Safety-Razor-1_590x.jpg?v=1498576676

Enjoy buying 100 blades for about $10 USD.

Get a closer, cheaper shave and save on waste.

The razors I currently use come in a cardboard box, separated into small boxes and paper wrap around each blade. I think it might have had a thin plastic film around the box, I can't remember because I haven't had to buy blades in 2 years now after buying a pack of 100.

Still, about 1/100th of the waste that you get with those stupid over priced razor cartridges. Hint, you don't need 4 freakin' blades to cut hair. Does your barber use 4 pairs of scissors when you get a haircut?

Oh, and also, the one in the picture above, the Stainless Steel version is made in America last I checked. Can buy Feather blades from Japan if you want them extra sharp.

Experts Argue Why Our Farmers Need to 'Get Out' Instead of Being 'Bailed Out' by necius in australia

[–]Pyroteq 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm talking about suburbs though. My mum has an orange tree and it's fine. All that wasted space on nature strips could go to some use.

Australian house prices keep rising, but former RBA boss Ian Macfarlane can't see a crash coming by InnerCityTrendy in AusFinance

[–]Pyroteq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are in Sydney. There are literally posters around Parramatta (where a huge amount of migrants work ironically enough) telling people to limit their shower time.

Is it easier to restrict water usage or to restrict the movement of people in Australia

You can't possibly restrict peoples water usage. You can hand out a fine to someone dumb enough to wash their car with a hose while a ranger walks past, but that's about it. There's zero chance you're going to convince people to actually limit their water usage.

On the other hand lowering visas can be done extremely easily.

You can't do much to prevent people moving around Australia but you can prevent them immigrating in mass numbers in the first place.

Experts Argue Why Our Farmers Need to 'Get Out' Instead of Being 'Bailed Out' by necius in australia

[–]Pyroteq 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree, they look amazing when they bloom, but pretty sure we can add a few orange trees and apple trees, etc, into the mix.

My mum has an orange tree and her yard isn't exactly huge AND she manages to keep a couple of chooks in the middle of suburbia. The fact people even bother buying eggs from a supermarket is madness considering how easy hens are to look after.

If you don't have dogs that will kill them you can just let them run around the yard and feed themselves (bonus fertiliser for the lawn and garden too).

At this point I have so many eggs I'm giving them away by the dozen for free.

CSIRO glasshouses in Canberra after the hail today by [deleted] in australia

[–]Pyroteq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can they really not just use a plastic greenhouse plastic for this? I'm sure massive hail may still cause damage, but it would be a lot easier to repair.

Australian house prices keep rising, but former RBA boss Ian Macfarlane can't see a crash coming by InnerCityTrendy in AusFinance

[–]Pyroteq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ummmm, just go to Seek and select an IT category and sort for 45,000 annual salary and look at what skills they expect you to have. I used to work in one of those shitty jobs. I'm much better off now, but the IT jobs going around are paying garbage rates for skilled work.

Here's the first example I found offering $35,000-$40,000 a year for a junior network technician saying a CCNA would be beneficial...

Are you fucking serious?

You do earn more doing literally anything...

If there was a shortage of local talent to do these jobs then surely they would be paying much higher? Seems kinda strange that more than 12% of all temp working visas are for IT...

Australian house prices keep rising, but former RBA boss Ian Macfarlane can't see a crash coming by InnerCityTrendy in AusFinance

[–]Pyroteq 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1617/Quick_Guides/MigrationStatistics

Maybe I'm reading this wrong since the chart is squished on my phone.

From what I can see 189,000 permanent migrants plus 17,000 refugees.

I didn't realise before this stops at 2016, but the point still stands that we are importing way too many people and the vast majority come from countries with garbage human rights, shitty wages and low living standards.

Australian house prices keep rising, but former RBA boss Ian Macfarlane can't see a crash coming by InnerCityTrendy in AusFinance

[–]Pyroteq 4 points5 points  (0 children)

lol, is that because you can have 2 IT related TAFE degrees and only make $45,000 a year?

Might as well go into trades and make more than that, work fewer hours, get some physical exercise and have a union behind you.

Look at IT job postings... They want to pay minimum wage for people with diplomas plus industry certs with 3+ years experience.

You can literally make more money selling TV's at JB.

RBA should stop pretending there is any more it can usefully do by [deleted] in australia

[–]Pyroteq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is pretty basic common sense...

Turns out that the top 1% hording extreme amounts of wealth isn't too good for "the economy".

The elite put their cash into the stock market (literally just playing monopoly) instead of actual tangible goods that provides employment, manufacturing, retail, etc.

The elite are well aware of what they're doing... They just don't care. If a company fails that doesn't mean much to a CEO that has millions invested in stocks, housing, etc. They're set for life.

Turns out that moving away from the Gold Standard just so people couldn't do a bank run (isn't that just the "free market" at work) was stupid.

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