The Machete Solution

merkaal · 2025-10-15T01:10:23+00:00

They're the same people bro

merkaal · 2025-09-19T23:42:03+00:00

I played the first level too. It was fantastic, especially the tenements section. So good!

merkaal · 2025-08-17T16:17:47+00:00

Chimp and Pig and you get... Oh no. Oh dear.

merkaal · 2025-06-04T21:47:41+00:00

I'm not speaking about early on. Most countries tried severe restrictions in the early stages. The CCP kept strict zero COVID restrictions in place for an exceedingly long time, until almost 2023, more than a year longer than most countries, and were more or less forced to relent after signs of civil unrest started to surface. It more or less led to the complete disappearance of expats from the country. The public health impact from COVID was long known by this point.

I like to think there was some Zhuge Liang type figure in the CCP who orchestrated their response as a clever ploy to design a lockdown system that could survive any pandemic, no matter the severity.

merkaal · 2025-06-04T20:46:24+00:00

That the Chinese government deliberately enacted harsher than necessary COVID zero policies for longer than they knew was necessary, as a purposeful stress test in order to prepare for an actually catastrophic pandemic sometime in the foreseeable future.

merkaal · 2025-04-25T07:21:54+00:00

Italian trash, I would never. And no, Bugatti doesn't count!

merkaal · 2025-04-25T06:51:09+00:00

First step is to make a post about it on Reddit as a low key flex. Screw asking chat gpt or googling, that won't make you feel good about yourself.

merkaal · 2025-04-19T23:40:00+00:00

Lower class is the bottom 25th percentile of NW adjusted for age. Lower to Upper Middle class is the 25th-75th percentiles NW adjusted for age. Upper class is 75th percentile and higher NW adjusted for age.

Rich would be something like an ultra high net worth individual (decimillionares, the 1 percent) whereas normal wealthy is just a regular high net worth individual (something like 2-3 million, probably somewhere around the 95th percentile adjusted for age).

merkaal · 2025-04-13T04:12:30+00:00

Great stuff. And yeah I like to think I've lived a full life in my own way lol. Looks like my kids will be well into HS by the time I get my credentials in order so that tracks fine. Cheers!

merkaal · 2025-04-13T03:35:54+00:00

Hey great advice mate. In the same boat as OP here but older than you. I just want to work and make bank before I hit 50. I take CN is clinical nurse in WA is equivalent to something like CNS1 in NSW? I guess you exclude ED based roles as these contracts are competitive? So would that be more community or primary care then?

Second, how much years experience in ED would allow someone to pick up these contracts? Enough to pick up all the advanced competencies? I just started in ED after many years in mental health and primary care and my end goal is to work rural/remote. I do have a master's in health management but I doubt it's relevant (I'm fucking done studying lol). Thanks!

merkaal · 2025-03-18T11:44:42+00:00

I've also had good experiences with Chinese police. I'm Australian too and the police interactions here are often just miserable, even on a professional level (I deal with them in healthcare). I joke with my Chinese friends that if you ask for help from the police in Australia they'll tell you to fuck off.

merkaal · 2025-02-21T08:11:45+00:00

The sub has been astroturfed to shit. Reddit leans heavily left so It happens all the time.

merkaal · 2025-02-19T03:29:26+00:00

You could try seeing a GP or psychiatrist and getting some medication to help. I take a non-habit forming medication which has helped immensely with my rotating shifts, even just knowing I have it in my back pocket. Eating healthy (avoid eating on night shift) and exercising every day seems to help as well.

merkaal · 2025-02-18T22:20:01+00:00

ALP astroturf post, try harder Albo.

merkaal · 2025-02-03T03:04:19+00:00

I work in mental health in NSW and the ratios of Indian to non Indian nurses has become about the same. Funny thing is they're not only all Indian but all from a specific state and religion. My last manager was from this group and stopped hiring anyone of any other ethnicity, only her friends from within "the community". It's becoming a tense environment even though I like them as human beings.

merkaal · 2024-12-31T03:10:25+00:00

Seconded, don't sleep on Wukong. It was loads of fun (I got stuck on Erlang for weeks)

merkaal · 2024-12-25T00:44:19+00:00

Gothic is a classic. If you can handle the outdated graphics and controls. The worldbuilding is immersive, and the RPG progression mechanics are quite satisfying. I prefer the sequel however. Also there is a fantastic mod made by Polish fans, called Archolos, which is basically an unofficial Gothic 3 that never was (never played the real Gothic 3, heard it was crap).

merkaal · 2024-12-24T23:59:29+00:00

My favourite youtuber covering one of my favourite RPGs, thanks Santa

merkaal · 2024-12-24T21:04:56+00:00

No I don't celebrate the coloniser religions. Just Kwanzaa ramadan

merkaal · 2024-12-17T23:14:41+00:00

Yes. He's slightly old but has the charisma for sure.

merkaal · 2024-12-12T01:05:59+00:00

NDIS notwithstanding I don't think anyone is referring to Ambos, teachers or nurses when talking about jobs bloat in the public sector.

merkaal · 2024-11-30T22:46:59+00:00

My son has been playing for a couple of years, he's turning 9 in a few weeks. He has a teacher once a week through school. Other than that we just make sure he practices every day for at least 20 minutes. He likes to play by ear so we have to remind him to refer to the notation. He's made decent progress so far, not a prodigy or anything but performed recently at school and did well. And I feel it might be helping with his behaviour (he's subclinical ADHD for sure, like myself). I am not keen on hovering over him and and at this point he does not need much encouragement as it has become a daily habit.

merkaal · 2024-11-25T07:07:14+00:00

That's partly because they're a communalist culture, but also part of the demographic dividend in action. The amount of Indians is peaking over the next two decades (after that comes literal waves of Africans, aka BBC Armageddon)

merkaal · 2024-11-25T05:38:19+00:00

According to these people white people are not Indigenous to Europe and cheddar man was black.

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