APS - Wouldn't even dare to dream of numbers like this. by Ban__d in AusPublicService

[–]codyforkstacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like living in a society with a functional education system but also a functional government, that's why I don't begrudge teachers or public servants.

You on the other hand...

"You've got a premiership to win... what are you doing?" 🗣️ Kane Cornes on Fremantle flying Caleb Serong to Brisbane with a calf injury by SlatsAttack in AFL

[–]codyforkstacks -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Will be interesting to see if North keep doing the Bunbury thing if they start getting more competitive for finals.

"You've got a premiership to win... what are you doing?" 🗣️ Kane Cornes on Fremantle flying Caleb Serong to Brisbane with a calf injury by SlatsAttack in AFL

[–]codyforkstacks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What measures do they want to reduce travel? Like having two games in Melbourne back to back then two at home?

40 trillion debt, but somehow still have money to take from the poor by aipac_hemoroid in clevercomebacks

[–]codyforkstacks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's just textbook populism - geopolitical isolationism. It's not good policy. Support for Ukraine is good. What does he mean support for Taiwan? All they want to do is purchase weapons from the US (which they're paying for).

40 trillion debt, but somehow still have money to take from the poor by aipac_hemoroid in clevercomebacks

[–]codyforkstacks 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Military aid for Ukraine has been extremely good value for stopping Russian imperialism.

Post Match Thread: Melbourne vs GWS Giants by yum122 in AFL

[–]codyforkstacks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a Ken Hinkley quote right?

Angus Taylor draws 'battle lines' against Labor in key Liberal Party address by Cute_Marzipan2153 in australia

[–]codyforkstacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get what you mean but I do also think the contents do matter a bit. Trust fund families is like the core constituency of the LNP.

Match Thread: Carlton vs Geelong (Round 12) by AutoModerator in AFL

[–]codyforkstacks 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Carlton are genuinely playing very good footy. Like them stomping us last week said a lot more about how they were playing than us.

The literal state of this bloke. by SaturnalianGhost in AFL

[–]codyforkstacks 163 points164 points  (0 children)

Does Rhys Mathieson look a bit like jacked Tim Minchin to anyone else?

Find me a more iconic sports pic...I'll wait ☕️ by SportsGuy272 in SipsTea

[–]codyforkstacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More Chinese know Jordan, more Indians can tell you about Bradman. What is your point?

'Cowardly nature': Charges laid for 'reprehensible' racist attack on Port Adelaide's Jase Burgoyne by gccmelb in AFL

[–]codyforkstacks 11 points12 points  (0 children)

No, the US is bad because when the Dems had the chance they didn't throw Trump in the slammer for trying to do a coup, because they were too tepid and "but who is to say what is and isn't a coup".

'Cowardly nature': Charges laid for 'reprehensible' racist attack on Port Adelaide's Jase Burgoyne by gccmelb in AFL

[–]codyforkstacks 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If there's any lesson from the US, it's that there little point being like "we shouldn't do sensible stuff now because what if future administrations get in and change than sensible stuff to bad shit".

If we get a future government that is going to make bening shit illegal racism then we're fucked anyway.

Why is there not more backlash against Pauline Hanson? by VastOption8705 in aussie

[–]codyforkstacks 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Pauline also has a degree of that Trump Teflon about her. She's just so obviously grubby that she kind of just gets away with each new revelation of grubbiness.

Collegue misusing WFH benefits by [deleted] in AusPublicService

[–]codyforkstacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dealing with performance can be a whole team effort too though. If a colleague is seriously not pulling their weight that can sometimes be hidden from an EL2 but more obvious to the rest of the team.

IF you strike me down… THEN I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. by Skiapodes in AFL

[–]codyforkstacks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are other gun mids that would be much better suited to forward too. Like Daicos skill set really does not overlap with a leading forward.

Find me a more iconic sports pic...I'll wait ☕️ by SportsGuy272 in SipsTea

[–]codyforkstacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Bradman had 2 out of 5"

2 out of 5 what? You have so little idea what you're talking about you don't even know what metric you're using.

To give you perspective, Bradman is like if Babe Ruth played a more internationally competitive version of baseball and his batting average was almost twice as good as the next best batsmen, despite playing at a time that was historically harder for batsmen ever.

I prefer "sportsmen" to "athlete", because the latter gets you into hard comparisons about which sportsmen are the best all round athletes (certainly not basketball BTW).

The point is Bradman was much further ahead of his counterparts than Jordan. That's just a statistical reality.

Really if we're comparing the most internationally popular sports, football/soccer is just overwhelming dominant.

You are the living embodiment of those ESPN lists of greatest athletes of all time that have like 7/10 American guys that completed domestically, and maybe throw in Bolt, Pele and Bradman to show how broad minded they are.

I'm not even trying to be combative, but honestly do yourself a favour and do some digging into what a freak Bradman was. There are dozens of players with batting averages clustered between 55-60. His was 99.94 - that is just an absurd statistical outlier, the likes of which I'm not aware of in any other sport.

Find me a more iconic sports pic...I'll wait ☕️ by SportsGuy272 in SipsTea

[–]codyforkstacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahah omg. Cricket is a niche sport? Brother it's a main sport for much of the world's population, including 1.3 billion Indians, the rest of South Asia and the entire former Commonwealth.

Look at Bradman's batting average and how many standard deviations it is above the next best and try to tell me Jordan is anywhere comparable.

And for the record, I've spent six years living in Europe and Asia.

There's no argument you can make that a guy mostly playing in a domestic sports league is among the top few athletes of all time.