DavidDoesLemmy
@DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone
- Comment on Tawny frogmouths take patience to appreciate. They will reward you with insights into their remarkable lives | Stephanie Convery 2 weeks ago:
I saw one last night. So cool
- Comment on Australia Post releases footage of posties being hit by cars as it urges drivers to ‘keep an eye out’ 2 weeks ago:
Improving driving standards and increasing punishments won’t fix this. Drivers will always make mistakes. Cars and trucks are unsafe at any speed and need to be separated from more vulnerable road users.
- Comment on Alliyah 'married' their teacher at 13. No-one else knew 5 weeks ago:
The age is part of the problem.
- Comment on Summer is coming. How long do you shower for? 5 weeks ago:
3-5 minutes. Depending on if I’m shampooing my hair.
- Comment on Australians soon facing age checks when viewing adult websites 1 month ago:
6 days ago. Check YouTube media watch.
- Comment on Australians soon facing age checks when viewing adult websites 1 month ago:
There was the section on media watch where the government disallowed the media from showing any critical views on it for a time.
- Comment on Psychiatrists fear medicinal cannabis adverse events are 'tip of the iceberg' 1 month ago:
I am prescribed medical cannabis, but I only use it occasionally when needed. I have no doubt it is over prescribed, but I’m not sure how much of a problem that is. I think many people who want it could get it on the black market if they tried. So having medical cannabis might not create more overall cannabis users.
- Comment on Australian film and TV industry calling on content quotas to revitalise struggling local scene 1 month ago:
Especially the American one when they ask the winner what they’ll spend the winnings on, and they say “my wife’s cancer treatment”. Like get a functioning healthcare system, then but a Lambo damn it!
- Comment on Australian film and TV industry calling on content quotas to revitalise struggling local scene 1 month ago:
Agree, great show!
- Comment on France to sue Australian platform Kick for 'negligence' after livestream death 1 month ago:
Surely the fellow streamers are mostly responsible
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Yeah I think I missed that. This thing dragged on for so long I couldn’t keep up.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Damn, it’s expensive to get (allegedly) raped these days!
- Comment on Australia was once the gold standard for gun safety. Experts say it’s losing control 1 month ago:
How do the animals even hold the guns, let alone aim and fire them? Why do animals need guns at all?
- Comment on Retirees ‘deserve’ super tax breaks, treasurer says, as government considers how to give younger Australians ‘fair go’ 2 months ago:
For the most part, super is insurance for the government. Force people to save some of their earnings for retirement so they don’t need government support in retirement. It’s more politically tenable than raising tax rates 10% and saying that money will fund retirees.
They should have always had limits on the tax concessions though.
- Comment on Many primary school kids will never have a male teacher, and experts say that's a problem 2 months ago:
It depends what the quota is. It could be a minimum percent. It could be a percent of people interviewed for the job.
- Comment on ‘Punitive’ new guidelines limit what ABC staff can say on social media and in private messages, union says 2 months ago:
Social media I can sort of understand, but private messages? F off
- Comment on Productivity summit ends with treasurer signalling tax reforms 2 months ago:
Does it say it won’t be applied to ICE vehicles too?
- Comment on Australians could keep more of their wages if we rebalanced taxes on other forms of income 2 months ago:
This is unfair for people who have already saved/invested. They paid the higher income tax rates initially and they would pay higher tax rates on their retirement nest eggs.
This government can’t even sell the idea that we should talk to indigenous people about indigenous issues. So I have little faith they’ll get through significant tax changes.
- Comment on Australians could keep more of their wages if we rebalanced taxes on other forms of income 2 months ago:
That incentivises people to spend everything they earn.
- Comment on Kate Chaney: By increasing the GST to 15%, we could make the tax system fairer for younger Australians 2 months ago:
This is bad policy for everyone except the high income earners. You can bet that $3300 per year won’t be adjusted for inflation and we’ll just end up paying more tax.
- Comment on Benjamin Netanyahu says Anthony Albanese 'betrayed' Israel 2 months ago:
If Bibi doesn’t like you, you must be doing something right.
- Comment on Stop the free ride: all motorists should pay their way, whatever vehicle they drive 2 months ago:
Thanks
- Comment on Stop the free ride: all motorists should pay their way, whatever vehicle they drive 2 months ago:
I ask this as a non-hoon. I hate reckless driving and have never got a speeding ticket in 25 years of driving.
- Comment on Stop the free ride: all motorists should pay their way, whatever vehicle they drive 2 months ago:
Do you have a source for that? I don’t mean dependent like the government would collapse without it, but that they have included it in their budget expectations and would very much like to keep it.
- Comment on If regulated properly, ebikes could one day replace cars for millions of Australians 2 months ago:
As a daily bike commuter in Melbourne, these concerns exist, but they’re really not as bad as you make them seem. Most days in the year it’s very enjoyable to ride to work.
- Comment on Can crocodiles and canoeists coexist at Australia’s 2032 Olympic Games? 2 months ago:
It might mean a lot of world record times with the extra incentive!
- Comment on Films and video games have age classifications. Should books? 2 months ago:
Books need informative ratings that aren’t enforced. You should be able to tell what sort of book you’re about to read to your kid, before you get to the detailed sex scene.
- Comment on From wild to workable, 23 big ideas for boosting Australia's productivity 2 months ago:
Good on them for trying, but some of these are awful ideas. It’s like every expert just used it as an excuse to publicise their own issue, even if it wasn’t relevant to productivity.
- Comment on Stop the free ride: all motorists should pay their way, whatever vehicle they drive 2 months ago:
It is funny when revenue raising and incentivising behaviour get mixed. Like when governments become dependent on speeding fine revenue.
- Comment on Stop the free ride: all motorists should pay their way, whatever vehicle they drive 2 months ago:
This would incentivise cycling and public transport