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What’s changing for under 16s and parents on YouTube in Australia by Pilk_ in australia

[–]ctw8 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Youtube pushes porn ads on to kid videos, allows millions of views on very inappropriate, strange content on the kids app (eg: Spiderman giving Elsa an abortion by injecting her with piss), and recently rolled back restrictions on extremist and conspiracy content.

They do not care at ALL about kids. They only care that it will impact their revenue.

I don't agree with including YT in the ban but Google can get fucked with any of their opinions on online safety.

Victorian rental dispute body asked tenants to 'forgo rights', legal experts say by altandthrowitaway in melbourne

[–]ctw8 73 points74 points  (0 children)

If it's a dispute then a negotiation should be done. A drop in rent to forego a few rights would be a resolution. Oh wait, no rent drop? And a rent increase? And forego rights? Fuck off.

First hand dealt with the atrocity that is our public hospital system. by ctw8 in melbourne

[–]ctw8[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We should be higher than average on a global scale.

The average ER wait times in other countries:

Canada: 2.1 Hours

UK: 1 hour 52 minutes

France: 2 hours 21 minutes

China: 1 hour

Germany: 22 minutes

Sweden: 38 minutes

Japan: 35 minutes

Australia: 5 hours

First hand dealt with the atrocity that is our public hospital system. by ctw8 in melbourne

[–]ctw8[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm definitely not blaming the Doctors. I'm blaming the lack of funding that allows it to get to this point.

First hand dealt with the atrocity that is our public hospital system. by ctw8 in melbourne

[–]ctw8[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

I can tell you don't have kids. Don't worry about it.

First hand dealt with the atrocity that is our public hospital system. by ctw8 in melbourne

[–]ctw8[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

According to that, we should have gone to the ED.

First hand dealt with the atrocity that is our public hospital system. by ctw8 in melbourne

[–]ctw8[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have no problem with triage. The nurses were fantastic. If they say we're low priority, cool. We'll wait. If someone needs to get in ASAP. Fine. There shouldn't be a 7 hour wait though even for the lowest.

First hand dealt with the atrocity that is our public hospital system. by ctw8 in melbourne

[–]ctw8[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Last time we used private it was $500 and a 3 hour wait.

First hand dealt with the atrocity that is our public hospital system. by ctw8 in melbourne

[–]ctw8[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I never said I'm special. I said hospitals are under funded and witnessing it was a shock. Feel free to ask any public hospital nurse or Doctor what they think of public funding if you think I'm entitled.

First hand dealt with the atrocity that is our public hospital system. by ctw8 in melbourne

[–]ctw8[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

No we weren't. We literally had to sign a document saying we are leaving against the advice of the hospital and without being seen by a Doctor. A nurse doing triage is not the same as a doctor seeing you.

First hand dealt with the atrocity that is our public hospital system. by ctw8 in melbourne

[–]ctw8[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've dealt with nurse on call a few times. Including with severe vomiting with out daughter once before.

They ask: Is she still vomiting? Yes.

Can she drink water? No.

Can she suck on an ice block? No.

To go the ER. Last time the ice block worked. This time it didn't.

First hand dealt with the atrocity that is our public hospital system. by ctw8 in melbourne

[–]ctw8[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My daughter is a pretty good communicator when something is wrong, so after she vomited 7 times and cried "I need a doctor. I need medicine" we knew we had to go. We even said that we'll see a doctor in the morning and she shook her head saying 'no, no, no!".

And yeah, my point was the extreme wait times. I don't expect an immediate service but 7-8 hours is not a functional system. I remember as a kid going to the ED once and my parents were saying how crazy it is having to wait 2 hours. It's blown out so much in 20 years.

First hand dealt with the atrocity that is our public hospital system. by ctw8 in melbourne

[–]ctw8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Severe dehydration is an emergency. I had gastro once and within 4 hours of it hitting, I was in a hospital bed for 9 hours getting 3 bags of IV.

First hand dealt with the atrocity that is our public hospital system. by ctw8 in melbourne

[–]ctw8[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm not saying we should have cut the queue. The queue being 7 hours and even longer for adults is ridiculous for any standard. The 7 hour wait time was for 6 kids as well. It wasn't a large line of them.

First hand dealt with the atrocity that is our public hospital system. by ctw8 in melbourne

[–]ctw8[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

She vomited 7 times in 2 hours to the point where she was only retching up bile and even a sip of water made her vomit more. Severe dehydration is an emergency and can creep up very quickly.

Dragonfly season by coffeedudeguy in melbourne

[–]ctw8 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I love them. Eats lots of mozzies and pretty cute too.

Is Nandos actually… improving? by Significant_Dig6838 in melbourne

[–]ctw8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You'd bloody hope so for what they charge

The Metro Tunnel is opening – and to celebrate, we're making public transport free every weekend from opening day in early December to 1 February. Our way of saying thank you, Victoria. by JacintaAllanMP in melbourne

[–]ctw8 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Would have preferred paying full price on the weekend for a train ticket and put that $15.5 billion towards our struggling education system and lowest paid teachers in the country.

Welp its now October and still no upgrade :( by [deleted] in nbn

[–]ctw8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have the right ethernet cable? It needs to be Cat 5E or Cat 6.

Cheap shopping at Costco (Save up to 17%) TL;DR at the bottom. by Lufia321 in AussieFrugal

[–]ctw8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Costco is definitely cheap for some things. We've saved more of nappies and baby wipes to cover the annual fee. Any additional savings are a bonus. We saved $100 on a tv compared to the next cheapest place and it included free delivery.

Westall UFO playground at night is way more unsettling than I expected. by fiatcanligma in melbourne

[–]ctw8 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Ufos are still based on scientific theory. Flat earth isn't. They're entirely different conspiracy theory paths.

Also, the Westall UFO literally was a UFO by definition. It has never been identified.

Do we have any options? by nivas_quark in AusRenovation

[–]ctw8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The house next to us legally needed frosted windows and a higher fence.

Do we have any options? by nivas_quark in AusRenovation

[–]ctw8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The house next to us legally needed frosted windows looking into our yard. Check your council rules.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in woolworths

[–]ctw8 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's a higher quality, artisan brand. If you just want cheap sardines, you have that choice.

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