Today sucks. Have been feeling crappy all day, and feel like I barely had a break over the weekend. Suddenly I understand the hatred of Mondays.

I agree, force of habit for me to dumb it down a bit because a fucktonne of people get really angry when I suggest that this is a deeply racist country, institutionally speaking. Our very laws were written to keep the Indigenous Australians down, the racism is by design.

I hate when media puts terms like racist in quotes like this. By definition, it is racist. But quoting it implies it's an invalid claim.

The treatment of Indigenous Australians in this country is disgusting, and deeply, deeply racist, even if "just" systemically.

EDIT to note the use of "just" was sarcasm, because systemic racism is a real and fucked problem, and it exists at the very core of Australian society, and if you're white and haven't actively studied it, you won't know it exists

All This Shit is Weird:

The Dalek_Thal Story

Indeed - I'm fine in that regard for that reason. My partner on the other hand...alas, I'm not earning enough to cover us both to the extent I may have to

Thanks mate - looks like sick pay guarantee stopped being available as of 31 May. Centrelink doesn't offer anything, will check out Ask Izzy though

I think I have covid - one of my coworkers came in with it, tested positive that evening, and now I'm fluey.

My partner is casual.

What the fuck do we do here? Are we just expected to take the financial hit in a COL crisis?

Just a reminder that during covid, it was possible to eat well and healthily for a week for $75, with some snacks and non-essentials thrown in, too.

How long until we stop taking it up the arse?

Looks like Dragon Age Dread Wolf's release date is going to be announced soon. Such a shame. I'm going to get gastro on it's release date and be knocked out for a week or so.

Also, what do people recommend I do post being charged by a methhead. I've got to work but I'm still in a state of fear

Methhead wandering down Flinders Street charging at people and yelling gibberish. Stay safe out there everyone

My thoughts exactly. Thanks mate, hopefully it goes well

Thanks mate!

Thanks mate

Aww, thanks @Nath!

Ah yes, happy birthday tenant, here's a rent increase. We compared your northern suburbs 1 bedroom apartment to inner eastern suburbs two bedroom apartments and decided we deserve more money.

FUCK Real Estate Agents. I will be disputing this, or at the very least forcing the issue and making them give me air con if they want the increase. I've been in this flat three years and the damn thing is practically unlivable.

Day ruined. Fuck you Real Estate Agent.

Not as yet, nor on NBN, but they can take a while to update their maps

I'm very very glad that this sudden and weird internet outage happened this close to five. Shitty that I'm WFH when it happened though.

Anyone else's network gone down? I'm with exetel in the northern suburbs on a HFC network.

EDIT: Welp, clearly something's wrong, given I called the support number 35 ago. Was supposed to have a haircut this arvo, but guess that's not happening until the weekend

Lesson learned: Persona 3 has teeth. I had hoped based on Persona 4 and 5 it'd be fine, but...nope.

Any recommendations for a game to play to cleanse my palate post whatever the fuck that ending was?

The thing is, businesses have a vested interest against wage growth, as wage growth is directly and totally incompatible with annual record profits - wage growth would eat into that.

Put simply, it's a conflict of interest. If people with conflicts of interest ceased to be allowed to participate in conversations wherein they have that conflict, the world would be a better place.