The person you’re arguing with is called crocodile munted and the flag next to their name is Australian.
There is a slim chance they’re not able to vote in the us elections
I’m not sure if you’ve picked it up so to clearly spell it out: irritating other people for the simple pleasure of watching them becoming more irritated is a national sport in Australia.
Late Gen x and early gen y had an off-line childhood and digital adulthood. I think that explains a fair amount about computer literacy, because a lot of what they were exposed to is the base config so they had to learn their way up.
although I find that there are plenty of both that are absolutely clueless about tech
Another weird thing that changed in that generation was communication style. Sms and email bred their own language and abbreviations…
Other notables - digital wayfinding (online maps and Gps), music purchase and consumption, proliferation of social media, adoption of online persona, all changes that gen x / early y lived through.
Aka inconsiderate people
Wore a maroon coloured hoodie
The dude who asked me this also stared fixedly at the crotch of my board shorts and asked me “where’s your package, man?” upon me exiting climbing out of a (cold) plunge pool
I clearly looked confused, so he says “where’s your piece?”
Dude clearly spent a fair amount of his time cataloguing the outlines of flaccid penises through boardshorts for whatever fucking reason.
I was offended, ish, till I heard the growers vs show-ers thing. Mine retracts while not in use, it’s quite convenient.
Oh one more. Contagion. Made years and years before covid - pretty spot on tho.
Simultaneously made me want to try, and to never ever try, drugs
Once were warriors
If you’re employed, there is a compulsory contribution of 10% of your pay which goes into superannuation (retirement savings)
You can also do voluntary contributions which you get a tax benefit on.
The compounded growth over time and the enforced nature of the savings means that every person who works contributes to their own retirement.
Some companies match voluntary contributions up to a threshold. And you get a tax benefit from it.
Because it’s compulsory, it isn’t really considered part of your remuneration. Companies will talk about total rem but most employees talk about base pay.
Only issue is massive superannuation providers with a huge amount of market clout. But you can be very prescriptive, or you can set up your own super fund.
Boring yes but easier to see, involved in proportionally fewer accidents, surface scratches are harder to see, remains cooler when parked outside, much easier to resell, always available, doesn’t attract attention, and the base white is normally cheaper…
I completely get it for a lease car. It’s a work vehicle, not a passion project.
Superannuation
Minimum 10% compulsory
While I have empathy, the reason we’re in the state of recognising and intervening with neurodiversity is the work that educators, parents and researchers have done over the past sixty years. Pleae recognise this for the progress it represents.
People do the best with what they have and what they know. No it’s not your fault. Neither is it your parents or teachers when they don’t have the knowledge or tools to help them. There is a solid chance that they were as lost, frustrated and confused as you. Or they’re simply shitty people…
In 50 years time there will be another condition that we don’t know about now, for which we are not providing accommodation, which causes kids harm, that your kids will look back on and be absolutely shocked, like why the fuck was this ever tolerated and how could we not know. Obesity? Usage of social media? Assessment?
If memory serves me correctly it’s named for the sound it makes
Kiiiiii wiiiiiiii
Reminds me of that 20th century philosopher, C.G.L. Wallace, who quipped “mo money, mo problems”
Shift work has been a thing forever
Not sure why retail is any different.
Panic attack (I hope)
It’s awful
??? So many holes in the way this data is presented
Different time scales on nearly all the charts
no definition for what is conservative vs what is liberal
Divergence has occurred within the past 10 yesrs
Date range is floating for 18 to 29 year olds
no data for equality
no data for relative power
no data for consequence
The data just…doesn’t support this premise, so probably not.
Never been a multiplayer fan, reading the above its the same story as many other hobbies and recreations tho right?
offer a neverending challenge
…which requires continuous ongoing investment to overcome or even compete
There’s always a better opponent
…who has more time or resource to put into getting better
And I’ve made a lot of good friends through these communities.
…because they attract similar minded people, but there’s also toxic dickheads as well
I feel like the good bits and the bad hits of community are the community
Back in the day, nostalgia was better
Cmon. It’s a straw man argument and the comic is intended to be polaeisiing.
Both sets of issues can coexist, and I strongly suspect that many issues have a common root.