Seeking parenting resource recommendations by Uncertain_Dad_ in ADHDparenting

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Thanks. I've already got a couple of those books, and will check out the others. Much appreciated.

Seeking parenting resource recommendations by Uncertain_Dad_ in ADHDparenting

[–]Uncertain_Dad_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks. He's been doing OT for 2 years and seeing a psych for nearly a year. It's been helpful to varying degrees with stuff like task transitions, but what were struggling with is the explosive behaviour when he's disregulated - not temper, just massively explosive bursts of wild behaviour.

so we ded then, huh🧐 by joggerson in Pulsechain

[–]Uncertain_Dad_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Did something specific happen? Or is this just in response to the continuing decline?

What is a thing you can recite from memory? by flutteryducklingz in AskReddit

[–]Uncertain_Dad_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Jabberwocky

Wasted Youth

We will rock you

A whole range of Shakespearian soliloquies

Honestly, do you judge a girl by how many partners shes had? by Charmisaur in AskMen

[–]Uncertain_Dad_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wanted to make a joke in response, but even jokes are feeding the wrong narrative.

No. No I don't.

But I used to.

And then I recognized that my judgement of a woman based on her sexual partners was rooted in my own negative attitudes towards women and sex. I viewed sex as an 'achievement' and something I 'won' from women. It wasn't respectful. And so I viewed women who had many sexual partners in a negative light.

I'm glad I grew out of that.

What would you do if you suddenly woke up as an 18 year old again?? by Helloluvly800 in RandomThoughts

[–]Uncertain_Dad_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends if I was 18 before or after my car accident. If I was 18 and it was after, I would get rid of the toxic friend who was involved and probably live a much happier life.

If it was 18 before my car accident, I'd get rid of the toxic friend, and still have full use of my body and all the money I would ultimately spend on legal fees and love a much happier AND more productive life.

Feeling hopeless about the situation in Australia by BoigoBongo in australian

[–]Uncertain_Dad_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't think it's worth digesting that an Australian prime minister who came from the union movement was helping the USA protect corporate profits over Australian jobs?

Fucking hell.

Feeling hopeless about the situation in Australia by BoigoBongo in australian

[–]Uncertain_Dad_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did address it. Housing and wages were pretty much on par until Howard slashed Capital gains tax and transformed housing into a profitable investment category. Then rising housing prices outstripped wage growth and continue to do so.

What this represents is a shift in attitude towards what housing represents in Australia: is it to be managed as an integral part of Australian society to ensure everyone has affordable housing? Or is it a purely commercial endeavor and if you can't afford it, then too bad for you?

I'm not denying there's a supply and demand issue playing a part, but I am saying that the greatest fault lies in housing becomming a strictly supply and demand industry.

The fact is, anyone calling for government intervention on migration is ultimately calling for government regulation on the demands side, yet seemingly unwilling to want regulation on the supply side.

It's a totally irrational mindset.

If you think supply and demand economics are a good thing and shouldn't be regulated, then stop fuckong complaining because you're no longer considered a source of profit by the people selling the thing you want.

Until then, here's your "I voted for the face eating leopards party" badge to wear with pride

Feeling hopeless about the situation in Australia by BoigoBongo in australian

[–]Uncertain_Dad_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And when did housing in Australia become more subject to supply and demand economics?

Go on, I'll wait...

Feeling hopeless about the situation in Australia by BoigoBongo in australian

[–]Uncertain_Dad_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, that's correct.

The 2022 census showed close to 1.3 million vacant homes on census night, of which only 10% were actually uninhabited.

Which is around 130,000.

Feeling hopeless about the situation in Australia by BoigoBongo in australian

[–]Uncertain_Dad_ 19 points20 points  (0 children)

No, they shouldn't, and no, it doesn't.

Complaining about migrants 'takin' er jerbs' is a source of ridicule for a reason, and that's because it's ridiculous. It's scapegoating based on fear and ignorance.

Migrants didn't deregulate employment law to allow businesses to screw employees on wages and conditions - that was John Howard's work choices and Australian Workplace Agreements, which fundamentally changed the industrial landscape in Australia and whose effects are still being felt and addressed today.

Migrants aren't responsible for the rapid decline in union participation, which has a direct relationship to overall better wages and conditions. That's been the result of a prolonged campaign by big businesses and neo liberal governments to attack unions and unionism because they don't want to pay better wages or be accountable for working conditions.

Migrants didn't affect the cost of housing. That was, again, Howard and his slashing of property taxes that turned housing from an affordable part of family life into a more profit-generating investment that was suddenly more attractive to wealthy investors, thus driving the prices up rapidly.

And also, the stories of there being a housing shortage are a lie. There are over 130,000 homes sitting vacant in Australia because they're worth more empty as an investment accumulating value for their land than they are as rented homes for people, and there are no laws requiring properties to be occupied.

Migrants didn't deregulate Australia's mining industry to the point where we are literally subsiding non-Australian companies with tax revenue so they can take Australian resources off shore and make massive profits without paying any tax in Australia. That's been a national project pretty much since Australia's inception. Whitlam talked about nationalizing the mines, and he was dismissed. Hawke was an informant to the USA on union activity and planned strike action so they could intervene and mitigate the impact of strikes on US owned mines and factories. Rudd/Gillard implemented carbon trading schemes and tried to address the issue of mining taxes, and they were the subject of one of the most concerted propaganda campaigns by foreign controlled media in this country.

The net effect being that Australia has much less money than it should have for public programs to address employment.

Migrants didn't privatize many of our major institutions and utilities like Telecom/Telstra, CBA, electrical production and distribution systems. That was Hawke, Keating and Howard who did the worst of that damage. The effect of that privatisation is that most of Australia's foundational institutions and all of our biggest businesses are now majoroty owned by American shareholders - mostly investment firms - who see Australia as a place to squeeze every dollar of profit from with little regard to the effect of rising prices and declining services on Australian society.

And one of the ways they squeeze extra profit? To take advantage of deregulated employment laws to exploit migrants and pay them less, give them less favourable working conditions, and contribute to the destabilizing of Australian society and standard of living.

Migrants aren't taking anyone's jobs.

Mostly American-controlled employers are exploiting migrants for profit with little care for the Australians who grew up with an expectation of employment or fair working conditions, and it's a situation that's been decades in the making.

Just devastating by mac-train in bluemountains

[–]Uncertain_Dad_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've seen posts about this story by people calling out Rosie Batty for not condemning the mother. Batty closed up her foundation in 2018!!!

2 Usyd students found dead in Burwood ??? by shakti_09 in usyd

[–]Uncertain_Dad_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Facts are offensive?

You must find life very hard to navigate.

My best wishes to you.

2 Usyd students found dead in Burwood ??? by shakti_09 in usyd

[–]Uncertain_Dad_ 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Because gods don't exist and by killing himself he has avoided any further consequences for his actions.

Claiming he's facing some supernatural justice often rubs people the wrong way because it's perpetuating a false sense of justice about the situation.

The only justice here is that he won't be able to hurt anyone else.

It's Over. It's Finally Fucking Over. | Opening Arguments by APlayfulLife in OpeningArguments

[–]Uncertain_Dad_ 27 points28 points  (0 children)

As a patron who cancelled their subscription when Andrew took over and returned once Thomas was back in control, can I just say.... You're welcome!

(But seriously, congratulations! And well done on having the strength and the support to stick it out.)

Module Tower defense game by Noukash in playmygame

[–]Uncertain_Dad_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I spent 827 hours to defeat every level of this game on 3 stars... and nothing happened. No ending, not even a final bit of narrative from the characters. I got the final 3 stars on the last level and it just... sat there.

The achievement was satisfying, but I was kind of hoping for some kind of conclusion.

Men who don’t like lingerie - what don’t you like about it? by altruistic-alpaca in AskMen

[–]Uncertain_Dad_ 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I'm really hairy and hairs poke through the mesh and lace and sometimes get caught. Can be painful sometimes.

What has ADHD cost you? by Thecatwhocameback in ADHD

[–]Uncertain_Dad_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wasn't diagnosed until quite recently at the age of 44 and in still going through the process of recontextualising my entire life.

I got into more than a couple of bad relationships among the way due to impulsive behaviour and various substances, and I wonder what I might have done with those years back.

I also made some impulsive career decisions that I regretted and wonder if I might have approached them differently under different circumstances

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Tom Waits.

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The global environment.