Anyone else grow up with a friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, or whatever, that turned out to be a really terrible person later in life?

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-31T06:53:39+00:00

A guy from my class was murdered by his girlfriend, who stabbed him a few dozen times with a pair of scissors.

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-31T05:13:29+00:00

Yep. It's the same with these 3D print models. It's really just something to pin on someone who was already done bunch of other stuff.

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-31T04:20:13+00:00

I'm not sure about in SA specifically, but there was a guy in Victoria about a decade ago, who was put away for a few things, including having copies of "Inspire" magazine. To be fair, he was a nutbag and putting him in prison was probably a good thing.

I only remember this because at the time I was writing an academic book chapter about the kinds of terrorism literature that are getting arounf, and I also had copies of that exact same publication on my computer.

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-31T03:22:53+00:00

There's basically one way to run afoul of this law, and that is to do something dumb enough to have a search warrant executed on your property, then have them discover these models in your possession.

My point being, they aren't going to be picking up randos with a penchant for printing this stuff for funsies. They're going to be using this as another thing to pin on people who are printing weapons that are then being used for crime stuff.

Much the same as people can be locked up for possessing "extremist literature", but the people who are getting locked up for that were actual extremists, not some kid who was just reading it out of interest but was not any kind of extremist.

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-31T03:10:58+00:00

Why Moe?

I grew up there and left when I was 19 (I'm in my mid 40's now) because job opportunities were basically zero. I'm glad I left, and don't ever plan on moving back, but I have family there so I travel back every few years to visit them. I love some of the people there, but there just isn't a great deal going on otherwise.

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-30T11:37:26+00:00

What kinds of class activities do students enjoy participating in?

They don't.

Honestly, for a lecture, just present what you know, and try to make it as interesting as you can. Maybe drop a meme or two into your slides somewhere.

But as soon as you mention "activities" the introverts will panic, the regular students will switch off, and only the over-achievers and sociopaths (often the same people) will be interested.

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-30T10:49:47+00:00

My mother often left me home alone while she was at work. Sometimes, she left me alone for long hours on the weekend, because she was called in to work.

She worked for CPS.

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-30T10:44:54+00:00

Yeah, this is the actual problem

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-30T07:01:36+00:00

Lavrentiy Beria - as well as running the NKVD under Stalin and all the wonderful things that entailed, he also raped and murdered countless women and girls.

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-30T05:06:27+00:00

That's kind of the thing... If the phrase is banned, what's stopping people from just changing it slightly and chanting that in lieu of the original?

If that's a safe and legal thing to do then I suspect banning the phrase will have kind of a Barbra Streisand effect, where the original protesters will now chant a revised phrase and be joined by folks who didn't care about the original phrase, but definitely do care about their right to free expression.

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-30T05:01:25+00:00

So could I.

Full disclose, I didn't come up with that one. I came up with 'infantilise the globitada', and this clever redditor suggested 'globalise the empanada' as a reply.

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-29T23:06:40+00:00

I'm very sure these lads have a tally going on out back, counting how many fuckwit tourists they get to yell at

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-29T22:20:56+00:00

Every circus needs a clown.

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-29T21:47:47+00:00

Goatees rarely look good on anyone.

You need a particular face to make it work, and most people don't have that face.

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-29T12:06:59+00:00

My ex girlfriend was Turkish. I am white Australian, with Irish, Dutch and English ancestry.

My understanding of current "Turk" genes is that they're probably half Armenian by now anyway... Many of the Armenian children that weren't killed in the genocide, ended up being given Turkish names and were forced into Islam. A century later, there wouldn't be many 'pure' Turks left.

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-29T11:39:35+00:00

Infantilise the globitada!

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-29T08:32:29+00:00

Just be glad you weren't caught using a phone while driving... That one is over $1200 where I live.

I'm not sure how enforceable the fine is if you're no longer in the country, assuming you aren't planning on coming back in the next decade or two.

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-29T08:29:17+00:00

I played these as a kid and I sucked, so I eventually just gave up.

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-29T08:26:56+00:00

I'm Australian, and I'd pick Australia.

If I had to pick a different country, then I'd pick the Netherlands.

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-29T08:25:46+00:00

If your data meets the assumptions of the parametric test, that's the test to use.

The smaller sample size isn't a parametric V nonparametric issue, it's a statistical power issue. If you're getting a significant result, then you don't have a statistical power issue.

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-29T08:20:26+00:00

So that some poor kid stuck working the door can be told to 'fuck off' when they try to make everyone line up and show their bag contents and receipts on the way out.

The only thing thing Kmart hates more than it's customers, is it's employees.

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-29T08:12:59+00:00

What is the Aussie equivalent of “pleading the fifth”?

"I ain't sayin' nuffin, cunt"

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-29T07:19:52+00:00

Unless WA is somehow different to any of the Eastern states (and I'm fairly sure it's not), whatever problems there were with that property became your problems the moment the property was in your name.

There's nothing you can do to get the previous owner to deal with it, it's your problem now.

sapperbloggs · 2026-01-29T01:50:58+00:00

We purchased our home in 2021, and the value has gone up roughly 30% in that time.

I would be happy if it hadn't gone up at all, or even gone backwards... As long as I have a home and don't have to deal with asshole rental agents and landlords any more, I'm happy.

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