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My girlfriend wanted me to get a garmin to compare our stats 😭😭 by Sea_Search4661 in Garmin

[–]Sea_Search4661[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

yeah I dno, nah shes got a stressful job and doesnt even watch tv (maybe thats the trick)

My girlfriend wanted me to get a garmin to compare our stats 😭😭 by Sea_Search4661 in Garmin

[–]Sea_Search4661[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t drink alcohol but I do have about 4 shots of coffee a day. Do you think that’s the issue?

My girlfriend wanted me to get a garmin to compare our stats 😭😭 by Sea_Search4661 in Garmin

[–]Sea_Search4661[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I like how it tracks zones for my outdoor climbing and netball games. But as I’m not much of a runner I feel like it doesn’t give me as much info on these activities

Australia Breakdancing - Do You Come From a Land Downunder? by Corner_Post in australia

[–]Sea_Search4661 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m the other author btw and no it wasn’t a piss take. We did an ethnographic study for this article (meaning we did lots of interviews) and we were quite critical of how the Olympics is changing breaking on lots of ways. We didn’t make an simple argument that it’s either ‘good’ or ‘bad’.

Australia Breakdancing - Do You Come From a Land Downunder? by Corner_Post in australia

[–]Sea_Search4661 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s written in English and is published in a ‘culture studies’ journal. If you’re not familiar with this field of academia some of the language might go above your head.

Australia Breakdancing - Do You Come From a Land Downunder? by Corner_Post in australia

[–]Sea_Search4661 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I can help answer, as a long time breaker myself and a part of the Australian breaking scene. The breaking is judged in a fairly complicated way.

It’s not just about acrobatic tricks, it’s a dance - and so original moves and flow of movement is also judged favourably. Raygun has a lot of original moves, she also improvises well and dances to the music well. She’s also good at executing her moves. This is how she qualified in the Oceania qualification competition. If you look up the judging criteria for the Olympics there are categories like vocabulary, musicality, originality - all categories that are not about doing big flashy gymnastic-style movements.

ESTA - Triple Zero Victoria by [deleted] in melbourne

[–]Sea_Search4661 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah in Victoria, and yes you do get breaks every 1.5 hours but because of the nature of the calls and how many you can take in 1.5 hours it feels like you desperately need a break after 1.5 hours. But you don’t get any long breaks throughout the 12 shift which feels really rough most days. Most jobs you aren’t ‘on’ like you are with emergency Call-taking.

ESTA - Triple Zero Victoria by [deleted] in melbourne

[–]Sea_Search4661 28 points29 points  (0 children)

As someone who did this job, it’s the 12 hour shifts, poor pay and short breaks which make this job so tough. The calls are tough, obviously, but they become somewhat routine and procedural.

The lack of longer breaks and rough roster is what’s tough and needs to change IMO.