The major leap is the devaluing of human work, but instead of coming after material craftsmanship, like shoe making and cabinet making etc., it’s coming after abstract thinking. Copy writers are fucked for example. We will accept the inferior product because we have no choice. And yet we have to fight for a job to exist as those jobs becomes scarcer. I think if David Graeber was still around he would have a bullshit jobs 2.0 book out expanding on this.

Win the expectation to do more work without proper compensation, in my experience.

I’m surprised (or maybe not that much) that there’s no mention of the historical context of the 1936 revolutionary war, which was partly driven by inequality. How much land must fall into the hands of the wealthy few until we see something like that again.

Yes, but millenials have been doing it since we were kids. It’s not that hard, just embrace the joy of naughty computing.

Difficult topic to discuss in a sensitive and respectful manner.

“He’s among a group of psychiatrists who argue the gender-affirming treatment model discounts underlying psychiatric issues in youths who present with gender dysphoria.”

Reasonable statement that deserves some discussion.

“There is NO reliable evidence that trans identification can be differentiated from psychosis,” he wrote on X last year.

And immediately this individual’s credibility is tainted by a hyperbolic and disrespectful statement. I wish the ABC wouldn’t do that.

There are a small number of people who detransition due to misdiagnosis, which should lead to a discussion about lack of access to high quality psychologists when you’re trying to figure out what you need to do to feel OK.

I think sexual insecurity plays a role. The trans hate is repackaged homophobia. Gay panic used to be a legal defence for example https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_panic_defense

Affordable housing is a bullshit term. It should be defined based on income, whether that’s wages or welfare. Secure housing for everyone should be a no brainer in this country.

It was a well meaning but failed ideological experiment that was never revised because it was locked in by the voters when benefited from it. Short term gains, short term thinking.

“Peter Dutton is promising to introduce divestiture powers to our competition laws to break up the monopolies and near-monopolies that dominate the Australian economy.”

Right. The fact this dick head felt it was meaningful to shit out this mental turd without further examination tells you all you need to know about his integrity.

BTW, this is what an Aussie bush doof looks like. Music courtesy of Russian psychedelic boffins Kindzadza and Psykovsky. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCrIPWFXEbU

Thank you for your address Mr or Mrs Ambassador.

Went to an Aussie bush doof as a teenager and had some Americans come smoke bongs with me at my camp site. They were dressed up as ninja turtles. After a while I realised one of them had his plums hanging out his shorts and they were painted green. Americans love taking things too far.

The problem is that mainstream media has less integrity now than it did 30 years ago. The national broadcaster in Australia for example has been infiltrated by right wing people (BTW I don’t want to get rid of ABC, just wish it was better). To cut through the propaganda, people need to acquire the skills to find their own media sources. Unfortunately that also means getting technical ability with computers now. Best thing I can think of is helping less adept people to navigate the space. Otherwise we end up with a much weaker democracy. Listening to C-SPAN callers in 2022-2024 scared the hell out of me and made me think Trump was gonna get voted back in. People stuck in legacy media space are getting brainwashed. I wish it was easier to curate RSS feeds for non-technical friends and family.

So that was you with the red coffee mug then. Hi Phil.

I feel like Tim Heidecker’s parody of rogan says more than this article did https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Iyg9fznvM

When I see people trying to define positive masculinity, they list traits that are actually good traits I look for in female partners, or male friends. This leads me to believe that the complaints about emasculation are confused ones. I know my mostly absent father complained to my mum about emasculation once. Well, step up and be strong and responsible like most single mothers have to do. Too many guys expect to be respected just for being male. Prove it. Be a good person, male or female.

Yeah that’s a fair point. We make generalisations about people from other countries, but they’re not all the same. Later in life I lived in Germany while I was pursuing my engineering career, and felt more affinity with the engineers of similar background to myself than I do for rich people in my own country. Growing up in the 21st century in western countries somewhat blinds you to class awareness because the media and education system doesn’t discuss it but I feel that is starting to change now as online interaction breaks down those legacy barriers.

I don’t what the commenter is referring to specifically, but I encountered it as a young Australian working as a farm labourer. There were a couple of Germans working on the farm who looked down on me for having never travelled to Europe, and not being fluent in a second european language. The difference is that I was working for a living, and didn’t have the money for travel. They were just working there as an experience while travelling overseas. As an older person, I now see that as a class issue, but at the time I got the impression that Europeans were snobby. I suspect they just came from wealthier backgrounds.

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