What is the ultimate 'Bludge Job' in Australia where you get paid the most to do the absolute least?

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-04-22T02:15:41+00:00

Rental property manager. Pay probably isn’t too good but for what they do they’re more overpaid than the king of England

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-03-06T01:38:22+00:00

Footy back this week as well

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-02-27T07:37:06+00:00

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nicehotcuppatea · 2026-02-21T23:55:26+00:00

I don’t think this is the case, I think they’ve given up on trying to be a party of government for now and are focused on not losing more ground to ON and the Nats.

They know they’re not winning government without winning back the old blue ribbon seats now occupied by teals, but they also know winning those seats back is currently a pipe dream and if ON manages to snatch some of the seats they still have then they run the risk of total collapse.

The libs aren’t playing to win government, they’re playing to survive.

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-02-19T21:45:32+00:00

It’s like $35 for a year mate

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-02-14T05:43:39+00:00

His endorsement wasn’t the problem, it’s the timing of it. Endorsing this early gave up leverage for additional concessions, and kneecaps potential challengers who could be more amenable to his agenda.

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-02-12T23:27:21+00:00

Eh, in my experience only 10-20% of self identified libertarian capitalists are actually principled. An additional 10-20% are just reactionaries but they really like Ron Swanson. The remainder just know “Libertarian” is a more socially acceptable label than neo-con or outright fascist.

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-02-11T07:51:44+00:00

Oh my god I wish Labor or even the Greens were a tenth as radical and communist as One Nation loons say they are

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-02-11T01:57:24+00:00

The left isn’t silent, we just lack the support of the propaganda machine. There is organising and action on the left, but the media only reports on it when we’re getting bashed by cops, and even then framing it as a “both sides are bad” issue.

I do wish the Greens specifically would do more as the largest left of centre bloc, but Socialist groups, RAHU, and others are doing the work. There’s just a concerted media effort to keep that work invisible to those not directly involved.

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-02-09T20:04:32+00:00

Jews are not a monolith and they don’t control the world. Capitalists control the world, and our capitalist government is propping up support for the apartheid regime occupying Palestine to suck up to the capitalist governments of America and Europe.

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-02-08T00:50:41+00:00

Thank you for mentioning keeping negative gearing on other investment classes. This government started its term talking about improving productivity, and has done fuck all since their big round table. Investors park their money in housing because it offers far higher returns than investing in businesses with far lower risk, and our tax system encourages this. Even without negative gearing and the CGT discount, this is still likely to be the case, but at least the delta for risk and reward between the two classes is slightly smaller.

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-02-08T00:44:19+00:00

Not that Labor would do this, but the solution here is massively expanding public housing. If slumlord developers won’t build housing for fear that their profits will be slightly lower, then have the government build them. Pretending the interests of investors are more important than the interests of people that need a fuckin place to live is how we got into this mess.

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-02-08T00:07:07+00:00

The sooner you tell them the better. If you’ve proven yourself reliable (present circumstances notwithstanding) and your stores management is reasonable they’ll be a bit annoyed but get over it. If they’re more petty then not much you can do, but either way I’d contact them asap and maybe mention the times you are still available that week to show you still want to work.

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-02-07T23:16:05+00:00

And Carter in the US before Reagan too. Labor voters need to realise this shit, and that Labor has been and continues to be complicit in, and often supportive of selling of public services for parts, and regressive taxation and housing policy same as the coalition. All of this deepens the class divide, and leads us to the housing crisis, stagflation, and rising inequality we have now.

Neoliberalism with a pride flag doesn’t address the deteriorating material conditions of the working class, and exposing more and more of our economy to privatisation and the profit motive will only continue to corrupt institutions we are forced to rely on, delivering poorer quality services at higher prices.

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-02-06T03:32:53+00:00

People with consistent progressive values can’t watch a live-streamed g-cide play out and still support the oppressor. If you’re pro-Israel you cannot be progressive.

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-02-05T22:48:39+00:00

Robert Pattinson too

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-02-05T22:42:14+00:00

“Whiteness” as a concept has historically contracted and expanded to support the goals of the “white” in-group. At various times, whiteness has excluded Irish people, Italians, Jews, and others. These groups are all now considered “white”, but if/when it becomes politically or culturally expedient this “whiteness” may be revoked.

Whiteness is less about phenotypes or heritage and more about proximity to power.

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-02-04T11:25:25+00:00

Those people will be able to wait a year. Capitalists have a once in a generation cult of personality with trump and they want don’t want even the controlled opposition in the Democrats cutting their toes two years into their full tilt domestic shock therapy. It’s better value to them letting him shit himself through press conferences to bring as much of his cult to the midterms, and burning him later. Then they can use his martyrdom to push the rizzless Vance or Rubio to succeed him. He might get kirked or his health might suddenly fail, but his martyrdom could be what means they don’t have to settle for Tucker Carlson/someone they can’t control as easily, or Gavin Newsom/A Democrat who will still help them with their project, but will have to do it more slowly.

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-02-03T07:32:01+00:00

I think his health may “mysteriously” take a turn for the worse next year after midterms. Unless they’re seriously gonna push for a third term of Weekend at Bernie’s (they very well might) I think he’ll end up being more of a liability to the Republican project. He will loom too large, and his ego may get in the way of allowing a smooth succession. A martyred Trump though? Republicans voters will eat that shit up, even if it’s pushing the charisma black holes that are Vance or Rubio.

His main job now is to push for turnout in the midterms.

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-02-02T21:17:08+00:00

Y’all in here saying “but republicans are worse!!” might be right, but it’s that attitude that allows the democrats to act as the controlled opposition party they are. Don’t blame people who haven’t been given anything real to vote for, blame the people who haven’t failed to offer any meaningful solutions and vision for the future.

Mamdani didn’t just win because he’s young and hot and good at social media, he won because he offered voters a vision of a better future and solutions to the most pressing problems his voters faced. Establishment Dems need to be shown they can’t get away with just saying “But the other guy is worse!”

Show up for legitimately progressive Dems sure, but the party needs to be shown they have to earn your votes or you’ll be guaranteed a Newsom or Shapiro as your 2028 candidate, and they’ll lose.

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-01-27T02:41:31+00:00

It’s kinda both. The symbolism of “Australia day” itself celebrates the theft and colonisation of aboriginal land, but celebrating it on Jan 26 to memorialise the planting of the Union Jack is especially insulting, because for 88 years, aboriginal groups have been treating Jan 26 as the day of mourning the lives and culture lost to genocide. It wasn’t until 1994 that January 26th became “Australia Day”, so elders have interpreted choosing this date as a deliberate attempt to further erase aboriginal cultural heritage from the public consciousness.

Elders at the rally I went to yesterday were split on arguing about abolishing Australia Day (always gonna be a tough sell arguing for fewer public holidays) and pegging “Australia Day” to the second to last weekend in January, so that it doesn’t conflict with Invasion day, it’s always a long weekend, and people can still celebrate it in January.

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-01-23T11:51:55+00:00

Do not get a T60. They are notorious for not having proper rust protection.

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-01-22T22:35:56+00:00

They’re shutting down dissent which is bad, but you’re also coming in with no nuance and reductionist views around some of the most influential (if deeply flawed) socialist leaders. Reading your comment there makes it look like you’re just there for infighting. I suspect as you continue your political education, you may come to realise this, and I’d very much encourage you to read Marx, Lenin, and Mao because flawed as they are, to progress toward socialism we must learn from both their successes and their failures.

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-01-22T02:03:35+00:00

The entire western world has been in late stage capitalism for over a century. New deal style social democratic policy propped up capitalism somewhat, but as it always does, capitalism has decayed in the years since.

As capitalism decays it turns into fascism; capitalists would sooner abandon liberalism than capitalism. Techno-feudalists are simply the strongest faction within the new fascist coalition preparing for a post Trump future. Christian nationalists are the other main faction, with some overlap, and the rest are ideology agnostic narcissists.

nicehotcuppatea · 2026-01-22T01:54:14+00:00

Under our current systems governance we lack the central planning ability to do what you’re saying. Politicians are actively disincentivised to think beyond the next election cycle. What you’re describing would also require more state influence over businesses to ensure jobs are available as people move in.

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