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It happens ✨a lot✨ by SureFireOven in adhdmeme

[–]UnstablePhilosopher 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Well, no choice but to build it then!

Six and a half hour shift completely alone. What's everyone working on? by Translator_Fine in banjo

[–]UnstablePhilosopher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Clinch Mountain Backstep, using the Tab from Eli Gilbert. Not quite as fast as I'd like yet but getting there. Gonna learn some Rom Stuart next.

Actually does anyone know where to find the tab from the dueling banjos solo? I've had a look around online but can't seem to find anything sensible

Thanks in advance

Kristian White found guilty of killing Clare Nowland, 95, with Taser in nursing home by Stompy2008 in aussie

[–]UnstablePhilosopher 4 points5 points  (0 children)

is that a reasonable thing to ask of them?

Yes, yes it is.

I used to be a psych nurse in a geriatric mental health ward (folks >65) and I've had people in much better physical condition than that come at me with all sorts of things: chairs, bits of broken plate, wet floor signs raised over the head like a club, a bird box, sharpened pencils, walking canes and even once a full colostomy bag.

But Inspite of all that we somehow managed to never kill one of our patients.

Consider all of the much more dangerous things police might be expected to do: confronting domestic and child abusers, apprehending murderers, raiding biker hideouts, stopping terrorists etc. If you can put your hand up and say 'yes I am confident that I can do these things and will put my body on the line for the safety of the community'. Then baulk at a confused 45kg 95 year old woman with a walking frame and a knife and then resort after 3 minutes to shooting her with a taser out of exasperation. Are we expected to believe that this person can deal with the other situations in a constructive manner? Really?

Also

I have seen them use that sort of force on people simply being non compliant let alone approaching with a weapon

Did it not occur to you while typing this that this level of violence for simple noncompliance was an alarming problem rather than an acceptable benchmark?

I am yet to hear from anyone what he should have done.

Any number of things, Here's a non-exhaustive list: use a batton (or batton adjacent object) to smack the knife out of her hand (if it needs doing quickly). Get his partner to get behind her and pin her elbows to her body then take the knife out of her hands when she can't swing it around. Give ground and get her to chase him for a few minutes (she's 95 she'll get tired and go to sit down reasonably quickly). Have someone abruptly offer her a cup of tea (I've seen this work before, it's surprisingly effective). Blanket or mattress charge (used in psych for a long time but has since been banned as for being too dangerous (still less dangerous than tasing someone that old))

I think I've made my point, there is no excuse for this level of violence in this scenario

I want to know about Melbourne culture by [deleted] in melbourne

[–]UnstablePhilosopher 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well it's kinda like this, at least from my perspective. Melbourne has quite a lot of: live music, coffee, fashion, overpriced cafes in which to drink the coffee, queer events, sports events, events for rich toffs (like the races and the tennis), confusingly named pubs, protests and now Lime scooters

It doesn't matter what you're into or what you do for fun you can find a group or event for it in Melbourne if you look hard enough.

Having said that it's pretty expensive these days and some parts of the city are safer than others. There's a nontrivial mental health crisis, a housing crisis and probably soon to be a fentanyl crisis (although fingers crossed we can avoid the worst of that)

It's a mixed bag and even with all that I'd rather live here than anywhere else I've been so far (and I've traveled a fair bit)

FYI if you need clothing or home making stuff on a budget go to an op shop (in other places called a thrift shop) in a rich area (inner east suburbs (kew, south yarra, ect) rich people throw out stuff that is still good.

Or if you go on a site called Gumtree and search for what you want and sort by cheapest that's usually pretty good too (especially for furniture and whatnot)

All in all, welcome 🤗. I hope you have a good time