Hold on now. We’re nearly there.
Doing my best to stay out of this “doctor killed in home invasion” and “Old man pushed into water” stories. Not doing a good job, I admit… but man what is going on here lately?! Be interesting to see how this plays out politically. Andrews would’ve already called a presser, announced another well-meaning-but-ultimately-useless-taskforce. If Libs had half a brain cell to share between them they’d be attacking the Allan government on being soft, and I hate to say it but that’d be a pretty easy picture to paint at the moment.
crime ain’t upticking. Reporting of crime in sensationalised ways is. The fact you went straight to the politics of it is your answer as to why.
It’s also a classic example of the availability heuristic.
Two notable youth crime events happened recently; therefore, youth crime must be increasing. It’s a non sequitur. But it does unfortunately work on the populace – and has since time immemorial.
I’m not saying crime is up. I’m saying high profile things are up. yes it sells news, but then again, a doctor being killed in a home invasion probably should be news.
Why? I don’t want to come across as cold but a doctor is a person. They’re the same as the rest of us.
Also i hate the term ‘home invasion’ it’s designed to incite panic. It was a robbery that turned violent when he caught the little cunts at it and went after them.
It’s not the government though? It’s a judicial issue.
Correct. But government write the laws. They invest or ignore public housing or rehabilitation programs, drug policies. edit: Also need to point out that facts have not baring on a channel 7 “special “investigation””
Do you think the Government should make it illegal to invade people’s homes and kill people? I thought that was already against the law.
I’ll be honest, I don’t know what the solution is. I’ll be the first to say that. I think its a balance of having serious consequences (a dude bashed a woman but was back out on bail!?) and proper rehabilitation and support services. Mental health is a joke in this country. Addiction is worse. It used to take a village to raise kids, now we have a lot of people on their own in tight economic times and we wonder why kids are falling through the cracks.
But I think we elect people to figure out solutions to problems, and instead they’ve declared this one too hard and stuck their head in the sand. I’m not worried about today. I’m worried about where this all goes in 20 years time.
The acts of the judiciary are by design entirely independent of the government. We can’t blame the government for that.
Rehab and support, as well as mental health does come under the government’s remit, however. That said, the support and recognition in these areas has improved immensely since the introduction of the NDIS. IT still isn’t perfect, but it’s the best it has ever been and is still improving.
The cost of living stuff, I’m right ther with you. It’s costing me a fortune just to live in a 3-bedroom townhouse in a reasonable area. I’m paying more to rent here than some jobs on seek are even offering. And I’m hoping to save for a deposit on a mortgage somehow. Which is going to be extra tricky, since I don’t plan to still be in the workforce in 30 years.
But, the truth is: The ludicrous cost of housing benefits far too many Australians for the government to want to tweak that knob too much. If it were suddenly possible to buy a 4 bedroom house in the suburbs for $400k again, the net-worth of a massive chunk of Australians would halve overnight.
I find it depressing. Yeah I know they are young, but there are zero real consequences for their actions, the kids are probably laughing and boasting of their horrific acts thinking they are top shit. It’ll be a slap on the wrist, released on bail and free to go do some more pushing off piers, bashing, robbing, murdering. Our government has decided this is acceptable because it’s not happening in their own back yards, so there’s no plans for rehab programs, penalties, interventions etc. It’s awful.
Melbourne/Australia just seems to be getting more feral.
Edit: Cripes, now I’ve seen about the tent cities and shipping containers being rented out with single beds inside. It’s fucked
Cat pee talk
Melbcat hates the special beads so I got the urine sample by sprinkling a handful of the usual litter pellets into all the freshly washed trays - just enough for her to feel it under her feet, but so little that the pee pooled on the plastic.
I hope they accept it in a small new plastic container and gathered with an old but washed and boiled syringe. Kind of got caught short on supplies here. I’ll ring and ask, see if I can drop it off tomorrow morning.
It’s annoying that it happened after closing time because being refrigerated might create crystals and maybe make it less good for analysis
Melbcat is lucky to have someone who attends to the details like you 🫂
She’s a very special girl and deserves good care 😻
GO BACK TO BED!
This is getting repetitive now.
Zzzzzzz
I love how you assume that we were in bed in the first place 😁
With bloody pleasure
I’m just up to take some meds 😫
I should not be trusted to train anyone on anything
I’m nearly better, I no longer feel like crying from pain and can sleep a bit better. Have seen so much tv 😀
I watched Painkillers, about oxycontin. The series is just like watching Narcos but with no shoot outs.
They could have used “Tuyo” ( the narcos theme ) as the theme tune for the sackler family
That’s a relief, I hope it continues to subside
improvement is slow and I admit sciatica is a bit scary, especially upper back sciatica
I’ve been meaning to watch that, thanks for the reminder :)
I have successfully completed two tasks today that required phone calls. I am really terrible at those - I’m not sure if it’s because I will take any excuse to delay a phone call or because the times I like to sit down and do organisation type stuff generally fall outside of business hours.
Damn I just finished the last of all 1800 mahjong games in my mahjong games app. Now I have no more mahjong games to play.
anyone have the good word on where to buy a (good quality, nice looking) sofa bed? must be a good sofa AND a good bed, but emphasis on the sofa part. I also want to be able to see & sit on it before I buy it. Price not really an issue.
We bought a Tammy sofa bed (but not from this store, I just did a quick search) because it felt like a nice couch and the bed is very comfortable. The cover isn’t removable, so you can’t throw it in the washing machine, though.
cheers, will check it out
According to auspost there is no driveway and even if we had one it would not be safe to use at any time of the day.
well 1) I’m standing in it right now and 2) I got six pages (now) of logs from aramex, fastway pet circle, tnt, temu, couriers please, budget direct, amazon, soilworx, civic, eco247, DHL and indeed, Auspost yourselves that says you are fulla sheeeeeet
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Omurice!
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Kuay chap and fish balls please
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Tea and leftover pizza please.
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Some dude on the escalator at Spencer Street just farted in my face. Pure, unadulterated methane right on my inhale.
I feel sick 🤢
light it up
I had a lighter, no idea why I didn’t think of that lol N E X T T I M E
I shouldn’t giggle at this image, I’m sure it wasn’t funny for you. But I can be a little juvenile sometimes.
Funny definitely! Not at the time tho, smelled like death
Especially with the price of methane these days, what a waste.
Hot af
Hot, yes. I choked a bit ha
Up at 6am for the “cat trying to puke on carpet sprint to the tiled floor”. Grrr
Urk. That pumping sound they make 🤢
Definitely feeling the mileage today. And that’s without taking one of the clients to Oakleigh for escorted shopping. 😂.
In other news, the cops asked me yesterday if I had a spare key so they didn’t have to call in a locksmith, so I took it down to where the car’s being held and had a chance to look at it - it looks fine from the outside aside from missing number plates. They’ve taken a few things that were inside the car including the bluetooth thingy, but I couldn’t tell if the radio was still there.
Just gotta wait for forensics to go over it, and then the insurance company will get it and go over it, and then all being well I get it back!Consider getting it detailed if insurance doesn’t cover that.
Took today off work to try and shake the last of this cough. Codral Original seems to be kicking its ass which is good. Noticeable improvement since I started taking it yesterday.
Went to the Pancake Parlour for some breakfast for lunch and then saw The Beekeeper at the movies. That movie is dumb as hell but it means to be so that’s ok. I do like that they’re bringing a real issue to more people’s attention and I hope lots of middle age/older people see it and learn from it (the bad guys are phishing scammers and it shows how they do it, in an easy to understand simplified way).
Jason Statham sure does kill and maim a lot of innocent people who are just doing their jobs though… but we look past that because it’s a silly shoot-em-up movie.
Why cold when summer
Melbourne
:(