[-] goodthanks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I agree the yes campaign was a poor one. Also, there were 2 opposing messages being put forward simultaneously:

  1. The voice is a big leap forward and will improve the lives of indigenous people.

  2. The voice is just an advisory body with no real power.

I voted yes, but didn't think the voice was an impressive proposal. I just thought the outcome of a no vote would be worse. The fact that so many people didn't understand what was proposed is partly a media issue, and partly a government incompetence issue. But it also raises the question of why so many people will feel passionately about a position they haven't even fucking bothered to research. We can't have democracy unless citizens put in a bit of fucking effort to understand the society they live in, which includes political proposals.

[-] goodthanks@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

Then why didn't you do some research to inform your position? I don't understand people who form political opinions without backing them up with research. A lot of people in Australia are borderline illiterate, and are at the mercy of the media. But the educated ones should at least exercise their privilege and read before making decisions. My dad is a lawyer, but wouldn't even read the uluru statement from the heart. Voted no based on spite, which is shameful. Couldn't even justify his own position intelligently.

[-] goodthanks@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Looks like a rude boy with long limb by limbs.

[-] goodthanks@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

I don't have anything against OF or sex work, but I've always though that negative judgements against clients suggest a negative judgement against the service provider. If the act of providing the service is OK then surely the act of receiving the service is also morally sound? Unless the service provider has a morally ambivalent attitude to their own work? I say this as someone who had a long term partner doing sex work. Contempt for clients seems unfair and possibly hypocritical. Just people trying to satisfy a biological and emotional need.

[-] goodthanks@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Do the dishes bit by bit. Rinse and stack, then wash a few when you make a coffee. Makes it less of task for me at least.

[-] goodthanks@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Because he crept into their houses at night and wrecked up the place.

[-] goodthanks@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Those balls ain't right.

[-] goodthanks@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I remember going to a doof in gippsland in 2010 (noise poison) and cops were searching cars on the way in (unusual for the party size) because another doof at the same site 2 weeks prior had a violent incident that was blamed on GHB. It had a bad reputation amongst people I knew at doofs.

[-] goodthanks@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

The media used to refer to it as grievous bodily harm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-ZFEhBPS9E

[-] goodthanks@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Do a barrel roll!

[-] goodthanks@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago

I don't think you can generalise white collar jobs that way. I've done both, and writing software all day takes way more out of me than when I did manual labour. But some white collar jobs don't require much effort at all. I wish it was easier to balance using your brain and your body for work.

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