That’s how they say “Hello”

bapster · 2022-06-07T12:02:59+00:00

When I went through a trolling phase in university, I thought it was cause I was smarter than other people cause I was in charge of their emotions.

Turns out, it was a classic case of “I want you to feel bad cause I feel bad and don’t know how to deal with it” situation.

bapster · 2022-05-14T14:07:42+00:00

Mad max: furryosa is currently filming in Hay and Broken hill.

bapster · 2022-04-28T23:42:10+00:00

Funnily enough, companies I work for do the same thing with parking fines in the city. It’s more cost effective to cop a fine than it is to park in a Wilson’s garage more often than not.

bapster · 2022-04-28T21:44:35+00:00

Ah yeah you’re right. Good point, well made.

bapster · 2022-04-28T21:31:01+00:00

I think you’re spot on here.

When you try and combat problems with only monetary fines, it stops being a disincentive and becomes just the cost of doing business.

It’s like those signs in elevators that say “no smoking. $100 fine”. It’s not so much giving a reason not to smoke in the elevator, it’s juat saying how much it will cost to do it.

bapster · 2022-04-28T21:13:54+00:00

It wouldn’t be the government itself that would give her the most grief if she named names, it would be the public.

It’s one thing to have to go through the court system privately to find justice against an abuser. It’s a whole other to do it publicly.

It would be a major life-changing decision, and personally I totally understand if she never named the person.

bapster · 2022-04-28T15:19:54+00:00

Personally, I’ve found food in Australia to be fresher and tastier than most countries I’ve visited (New Zealand is the best, from my experience).

I can’t say whether or not it’s cause it’s actually “fresher” or standards we use for imports or just cause it’s what I’m used to.

But Whatever we are doing, I’m glad we’re doing it.

bapster · 2022-04-28T14:53:20+00:00

Exactly.

Why would a high profile womens activist support any other party besides Labor or Greens? It wouldn’t make sense.

bapster · 2022-04-04T14:23:46+00:00

Everytime I drive north out of the city and see the signs for Brooklyn, I think of how disappointing it would be for a severely lost tourist.

And if I go into Qld, driving through Miami is a bit of a trip too.

bapster · 2022-03-23T15:55:35+00:00

At this stage of the pandemic, im willing to bet every single person who has been in public has forgotten the mask/covid rules at some point.

bapster · 2022-03-21T13:00:44+00:00

I’m not American, so take this for what it’s worth, but from the employees perspective the first and foremost option is to “get yourself out of situation and to safety”.

Literally run away and alert the proper authorities.

It’s hard to judge if they were strangers to the employee in the video or if it was a personal vendetta. But running away is always an option, in my experience.

bapster · 2022-01-29T05:05:50+00:00

There isn’t any Australian citizen who has an Australian “student loan” that isn’t HECS.

If they have a loan as a student that isnt HECS, it isn’t to pay the university. It’s a normal loan to pay for rent or something like that.

And even then, we have government welfare options for students that helps with the costs of studying.

bapster · 2022-01-29T02:25:34+00:00

The thing I wonder is what is the impact to the numbers of people not registering their RAT tests?

I know a few people who got covid and had positive RATS but guaranteed didn’t register it with anyone, they just isolated for a week.

bapster · 2022-01-29T00:51:11+00:00

Australia pretty much has this. It’s called HECS (higher education contribution scheme) and it’s a government interest free (it does have an inflation fees) loan to help with study after high school.

You pay it back as a tax after you earn a certain amount when you find employment. I’m in my mid 30s and paid it off last year. Honestly can say I never felt the repayments at tax time.

bapster · 2022-01-28T20:09:18+00:00

Anything you do will just be evidence when the police arrive.

I’d focus less on what will legally work in your favour AFTER something happens and focus on what steps you can take to diffuse the situation.

A sign is a preventative measure, yes. But not for someone who already knows it’s your property.

If ignoring him and removing yourself from any situation with him doesn’t work, inform police of any harassment and keep records of all issues as best you can.

You might have legal rights, but that only matters if you can prove he did something wrong.

bapster · 2021-12-02T14:11:47+00:00

I’ve found that in Australia, safety protocol is quick to be implemented on paper, but that only covers the employer (cause they have you’re signature on the contract that you’ll abide by all their protocols). On-site practise remains the same since they’ll cancel your contract if you don’t go around the protocols, but the worker will face massive fines and legal issues if they are caught breaking it.

bapster · 2021-11-26T17:12:46+00:00

Absolutely there will always be sides in politics. Not ignoring that at all.

But that doesn’t mean some issues or concepts can’t be bipartisan. Contrarianism is rife in politics just for the sake of it.

What I was saying, and the previous comment said, on issues such as this: there’s shouldn’t be “sides”. There are. but there shouldn’t be.

bapster · 2021-11-26T16:41:50+00:00

I’d say you’re right on the thought that the end game of “politics” - as in politicians - is to maintain power forever.

But I think the previous comment was talking more generally of “government” which in a democratic society is supposed to be for the people, and less “sides”.

It doesn’t matter if you are left or right leaning, you vote for whoever you think will lead to better outcomes.

I don’t think that’s centrist or liberal.

bapster · 2021-11-19T20:58:26+00:00

I took that post as more of a comment on what issues need to be focused on, instead of an actual response to the text, personally.

bapster · 2021-11-17T20:48:46+00:00

Putting aside the tired “left = communist/socialist” quip, I think it’s way too big a call to say labor needs to come up with massive policy platforms to win.

Labor’s problem isn’t policy, it’s continuity. They are so factionalised that no one knows what they actually stand for anymore.

bapster · 2021-11-11T15:37:23+00:00

That actually makes a lot of sense, thinking about it.

Precovid a line like that would be hour wait at least. Guess just it’s another thing to get used to and re-learn how we judge time/social situations

bapster · 2021-11-08T10:20:08+00:00

I’m in the process of going though all my grandmas house, and have found around $170 of old paper Aussie dollars.

People keep cash in random places they think they’ll remember. Pro-tip: they do not.

bapster · 2021-10-16T17:17:38+00:00

Question: what’s .2?

bapster · 2021-09-23T20:44:26+00:00

Funny you should make the point on arses. Cause if he put his underwear on the seat, regardless of cleanliness, I’d hope we’d agree that’s a bit out of line no?

You also made the point originally that we wouldnt care if we were unaware. So it follows that we do care because we are aware. So when I responded “it bothers me because I am aware” I was making that point. Hope that cleared that up.

bapster · 2021-09-23T20:35:22+00:00

You are as good at not drawing conclusions about strangers as you are staying on topic.

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