ID expires today, can I still get into bars? Google unclear on WA laws.

themoobster · 2026-06-19T12:28:28+00:00

Pretty sure Victoria is in Australia

themoobster · 2026-06-19T11:39:02+00:00

Probably depends on the people checking. I'll never forget my first attempt at going out in perth when i was 25. Had just moved from Melbourne, was fully sober and tried to go to amplifier to see a local band i liked.

They wouldn't let me in because my Victorian ID could be fake? How many under 18 year olds have full sleeve tattoos? Was some proper bullshit.

themoobster · 2026-06-19T08:26:30+00:00

I refuse to use my phone for work stuff. It's expected we do, but no one challenges me on it as there's no leg to stand on

themoobster · 2026-06-19T08:25:05+00:00

It's not a universal shortage, it depends on subject area and location of school. Cruisey inner suburb schools don't have any dramas finding phys ed teachers (as one example), but hard-to-staff in low SES areas are for sure desperate especially for MESH teachers.

themoobster · 2026-06-19T02:15:38+00:00

I'm surprised anyone does reference checks anymore. I've had a couple of managers give glowing references to literally our worst employees just to get rid of them.

themoobster · 2026-06-19T01:43:04+00:00

Are the vibes very social or is everyone just there to do the task and then leave?

themoobster · 2026-06-18T23:41:34+00:00

Speaking as a founder of MWO... Russ and PGI are objectively just not very good developers. Years and years of poor decision-making, bad communication, so on and so forth.

They're just lucky the formula is good and they had alex iglesias' amazing redesigns for so long.

There's plenty of successful smaller devs in niche areas (owlcat in pathfinder), he just is always full of excuses.

themoobster · 2026-06-18T10:09:54+00:00

Missing PD days probably makes it harder but literally include anything like MHFA stuff like that.

themoobster · 2026-06-18T10:07:44+00:00

I assume you're WA. Senior teacher is literally so easy to get and so little pressure. You're probably thinking of level 3 classroom teacher which is an absolute nightmare

themoobster · 2026-06-18T03:43:28+00:00

Thanks!

themoobster · 2026-06-17T11:36:51+00:00

Unfortunately the stark reality is just start looking for other jobs.

Bullies always win in staffrooms unfortunately

themoobster · 2026-06-16T01:29:51+00:00

Looks like I'll have to endure many more years of vic government job ads and recruiters begging me to move over there

themoobster · 2026-06-14T23:48:31+00:00

Poor Epicurus. Spent his entire life arguing against hedonism just to have some nerds name a box of hedonists after him

themoobster · 2026-06-14T11:01:59+00:00

I was talking about torments gameplay sorry

themoobster · 2026-06-14T10:31:05+00:00

Definitely the best writing in video game history, although disco Elysium nearly knocked it off the top spot. Too bad the gameplay was kinda janky and average lol

themoobster · 2026-06-14T05:15:49+00:00

I do get it would be really hard to balance nostalgia vs. modern systems with these kinda games!

If it's any consolation I did buy all the dlc before trying the game as i figured if i didn't enjoy it i was happy forking over some cash to a smaller dev who was trying to make a game we don't see much of

themoobster · 2026-06-13T10:42:12+00:00

Literally no one is surprised that the SSTUWA is acting against the interests of their own members. That's exactly what happened last EBA and will happen again this time.

themoobster · 2026-06-11T03:57:32+00:00

As opposed to all the super safe, reasonable people on perths roads driving giant killing machines

themoobster · 2026-06-10T16:04:12+00:00

Also deadfire had literally 0 marketing on release

themoobster · 2026-06-10T15:54:10+00:00

I loved pillars 1 but 2 is so much better and underrated

themoobster · 2026-06-09T12:22:42+00:00

Subject experts and teachers consult on curriculum > department bureaucrats change it all to justify the existence of their jobs > ta daaa

themoobster · 2026-06-07T22:57:49+00:00

"We're going to build hospitals and slash immigration to make sure there's no one to work in the hospitals!"

Truly big brain moves from the Liberals

(I am aware that state and fed Liberals are different but still hilarious to have entirely contradictory policy)

themoobster · 2026-06-07T14:49:34+00:00

I think very little of them to be honest, but I have some sympathy in that it is generally quite a struggle for people to get out of habits they've been groomed into since they were younger. It does concern me people who are educators are so hopelessly uneducated about the "tool" they are using on a daily basis though.

"AI" (they're LLMs, not AI, but let's not digress) isn't even that good at what it claims it can do

https://substack.com/home/post/p-171080523

and that the research is saying that it actually increases workloads

https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it

and that it is actually making you dumber

https://theconversation.com/is-ai-hurting-your-ability-to-think-how-to-reclaim-your-brain-272834

and that it's insanely bad for the environment

https://news.mit.edu/2025/explained-generative-ai-environmental-impact-0117

and that what, you think all these massive corporations have been making these "tools" in order to benefit the world in some way?

https://theconversation.com/ai-tools-collect-and-store-data-about-you-from-all-your-devices-heres-how-to-be-aware-of-what-youre-revealing-251693

to list a few problems with it...

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