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- Comment on Australia has had record flu cases this year – and that’s before winter arrives. What’s going on? 4 days ago:
I don’t think it’s ever compulsory and some workplaces, it’s not easy to step out for a longer lunch. Teachers, for example.
But, if you’re in the habit of stepping out, it would be a shame to miss out. I think the problem is most people don’t do it.
- Comment on Australia has had record flu cases this year – and that’s before winter arrives. What’s going on? 4 days ago:
Some workplaces, they get someone to come in, so you don’t even need to leave work to get it done.
- Comment on Australia has had record flu cases this year – and that’s before winter arrives. What’s going on? 4 days ago:
Yes, kids need to go to GP and I was getting done at the same time. That’s why they are now vaccinated and not me as it will be easier for me to get it going forwards.
- Comment on Australia has had record flu cases this year – and that’s before winter arrives. What’s going on? 4 days ago:
I’ve had to go three times to my GP to get it for me and my kids. I’m still unvaccinated and they are vaccinated. Supply issues, fridge breakdown, poor communication. It should be easier.
- Comment on The gender pay gap is at average 15% in North America. When shopping though, items that are marketed for Men or Women specifically seem to be on average priced the same. 1 week ago:
Lol, yes, as a gay man with 2 kids, I’m unable to appreciate the struggles men might have in raising children.
You seem to think we all can make choices without consequences. If women choose not to raise children and instead return to work rather than their husband, they are judged for it. If men do so,.it is seen as normal and expected.
Couple make choices but part of our choices are framed by how society is set up to allow those choices. Would more women choose to take more time with their children if they knew their career and finances would be unaffected? Would men too?
Would more children have the love and care they need if we allowed people to make the choice based on how they think the kids are best raised, rather than from financial pressure?
The crux of the matter is, how society is set up affects these choices, materially and in peer pressure to conform. As it is currently, that means women take more of the childcare burden and face financial consequences for it. Outside of childcarez they face discrimination on the basis that they MAY have children in the future. Assertive women are seen as bitchy. Assertive men are seen as go-getters. Professional women are less likely to find and marry a partner, even if they wish to, as men find it emasculating… professional men find it easier to find a partner as they are seen as accomplished. Then we have the issue of how much each role is paid and roles offering flexibility to allow child care being paid less.
Basically, the cards are stacked against them but they can choose to fight at every step. Due to the fight at every step, few advance to the upper echelons and the average woman is paid less at all levels. Sometimes for the same work, sometimes as they are overlooked for promotion to higher paying roles. Either sucks.
- Comment on The gender pay gap is at average 15% in North America. When shopping though, items that are marketed for Men or Women specifically seem to be on average priced the same. 1 week ago:
I don’t know if you’re purposely missing the point. Some of the world’s wealthiest people are billionaire women. That doesn’t mean sexism doesn’t exist. Lots of women having high paid jobs doesn’t mean there aren’t more women than men being paid for the same work, or for similar amounts of effort.
You talk about me wing one sided while thinking women doing fully time child care would have time to study to advance their career? Lol, no.
Children take a large amount of time and resources to raise. The way society is set up, women are expected and obliged to sacrifice time, men are expected to provide resources. In the mens case, this means pressure to advance, through promotion or a higher paid role. For women the pressure is to cut down on work and responsibilities at work to the detriment of their long term career.
You talk about men having to sacrifice a preferred career ro take a better paid one. How do you think it goes for the woman’s preferred career while full time caring for kids? The end result is both parties would lose their preferred careers but in the man’s case he ends up wealthier.
- Comment on The gender pay gap is at average 15% in North America. When shopping though, items that are marketed for Men or Women specifically seem to be on average priced the same. 1 week ago:
Men are shouldered with the financial struggle? Do you mean in a couple with a relationship? So, from your hypothesis, both parents have pressure placed in them by having children. In men’s case it’s to their financial benefit and for women it’s to their financial detriment. Does that not make society sexist in your view? This kind of sexism is what is called structural inequality. It leads to lower wages for women. However, as much as that is an issue, there is also an issue of women getting paid less for the same work. That also happens but can be harder to measure
Yes, everyone on the system can choose to partake differently but they are swimming against the tide tondo so.
- Comment on The gender pay gap is at average 15% in North America. When shopping though, items that are marketed for Men or Women specifically seem to be on average priced the same. 1 week ago:
I’ve also seen women with no children with both low and high salaries. The point is not what is possible to happen, but what tends to happen. Women get childcare imposed on them at the cost of their careers and income.
Then there is also the problem that jobs traditionally taken by women are paid less than men. So, again, a man working as a nurse or in childcare is paid less also, but the level of education and work required for these roles is not commensurate with the pay for similar roles for men, like in trades.
- Comment on The gender pay gap is at average 15% in North America. When shopping though, items that are marketed for Men or Women specifically seem to be on average priced the same. 1 week ago:
Part of the gender pay gap is because women have to leave their careers to raise children. Either because of societal expectations or the father is not present. Same pay for same work is all well and good when you have only one to think about.
Add the loss of income at that time, to the loss of experience and chance to advance. Then add discrimination and sexism.
- Comment on News and Politics in /c/australia: "She'll be right", or "not on, mate"? 2 weeks ago:
I think seeing posts that are relevant but don’t interest you as a user are less of a problem than a lack of content at the moment. However, best to start as we would mean to continue.
I’d be more inclined to leave it to users to up and down vote as appropriate and mark as cross posts. Some people who browse all may be unaware of some local communities. Cross posting to relevant communities allows discovery. I would think that not all political posts should be cross posted but major ones could be.
- Comment on Airlines Are Selling Your Data to ICE 2 weeks ago:
Still it’s good to get it on record. Either the court is compromised, or gives good rationale, or ice is in breach. At this point it’s stilll a question.
- Comment on Airlines Are Selling Your Data to ICE 2 weeks ago:
I think it applies to eu citizens worldwide for online purposes. You only need to do business in eu with eu clients (seperate terms) for it to apply.
- Comment on How does Netflix, HBO and other services get their subtitles? Are they now using AI to help translate? 2 weeks ago:
And don’t understand the difference between needing subtitles as hard of hearing or have the volume down, versus this part is in a foreign language.
- Comment on News and Politics in /c/australia: "She'll be right", or "not on, mate"? 2 weeks ago:
I found the auspol community on the old site great. It had a real community feel and had deeper discussion of politics than news in general. There is an argument to be made that all news is political, but really, there is more of a focus on political discussion.
I don’t know if there just isn’t enough people here to support the focus, however, I don’t find the duplication or cross posting and issue. Sometimes different angles come up in different communities.
I would think news communities should be topical but the Australia community would not need to be, being open to nostalgia posts or general discussion.
Is there a specific issue you are trying to fix or is the duplication the issue?
- Comment on Tesla confirms it has given up on its Cybertruck range extender to achieve promised range 2 weeks ago:
Eventually, they are left holding the bag, so if all the small investors have more chance to get out, all the better.
- Comment on EU trade chief says accelerating free trade talks with Asia 2 weeks ago:
They need to tax the USA services with tariffs. And the goods, but the services will allow local services to compete better.
- Comment on Here is a scraper I made for downloading my kids daycare photos from the Storypark app 2 weeks ago:
Vaultwarden should!
- Comment on Here is a scraper I made for downloading my kids daycare photos from the Storypark app 2 weeks ago:
Nice. I thought something like this was a great idea. My kids finished last year. I wonder if I can still log in and use it!
- Comment on Please consider supporting Lemmy development 3 weeks ago:
Isn’t that the point? Is t that how main and kbin started?
- Comment on Please consider supporting Lemmy development 3 weeks ago:
The must have heard I was boycotting and stopped trying. Sad, really, when you let yourself go.
- Comment on Please consider supporting Lemmy development 3 weeks ago:
I think kitkats taste nice but I haven’t had one in years. Whether you think they are shit or notz the point is that they provide some value for some people. On ethical grounds, I don’t buy them.
For many people, this is the same thing. Lemmy provides value to me. However, it is open source with other forks and the devs don’t run my home instance. If Lemmy required advertising or a fee to use, it would have failed. However users are not under an obligation to donate. Generally, I would advocate donating for foss software. However, there is a difference between supporting software and supporting people.
- Comment on Please consider supporting Lemmy development 3 weeks ago:
So does nestlé, I still boycott them as our values don’t align.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Candy bars were 30p in Ireland in 1990s and that equates to about $0.50. I went on a trip to the USA around then and most things, especially junk food, was cheaper.
- Comment on What should I do if someone applied to a job at a company I work at without being able to legally work in my country? 4 weeks ago:
You could tell the candidate your concern and they could say that negotiations have failed to the recruiter, as could you and then you both are pulling out.
- Comment on What should I do if someone applied to a job at a company I work at without being able to legally work in my country? 4 weeks ago:
Yehn just tell the recruiter that they were impressive in interview but seemed not suitable in the role.
- Comment on It's kinda crazy that we willingly give money to companies in advance (say for gift vouchers and pre-orders) 4 weeks ago:
Yes, but kind of defeats the purpose. And let’s them know I didn’t like the other gifts.
- Comment on It's kinda crazy that we willingly give money to companies in advance (say for gift vouchers and pre-orders) 4 weeks ago:
They allow the recipient choice. However, they have a lot of downsides too. I bet gift cards from my in laws all the time. They generally go unused as are often for places I don’t visit, so it’s more like an obligation to go spend time and buy a present from a shop I don’t really like. However, it’s the thought that counts, so I don’t begrudge it, nor do I waste my time.
- Comment on China denies any suggestion it is currently in talks with the US over tariffs 4 weeks ago:
Gosh, did the trump administration lie? Again? Made to look like amateur fools? Again? Get bested by others literally ignoring them? Again?
- Comment on Nintendo Maintains Nintendo Switch 2 Pricing, Retail Pre-Orders to Begin April 24 in U.S. 5 weeks ago:
Yep, the switch was a great idea to bridge console and handheld. Once the technology is out and the steam deck is open, without subscription, without lock down, allowing all past purchases, etc. ; the console is dead.
- Comment on Mark Zuckerberg personally lost the Facebook antitrust case 5 weeks ago:
Yes, all sex he has is transactional. He’s not seducing anyone.