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Post by Beno on Mar 8, 2020 14:28:04 GMT 10
I like the last question. I think we went straight to heard mentality when a few locations in Sydney went ballistic and started panicking, the rest followed suit unfortunately. As far as im concerned panic buying was always going to happen. THe question is should it be nipped in the bud to avoid all this kerfuffle?
I also learned how seemingly normal people become shitbags quite quickly.
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Post by hd1340 on Mar 8, 2020 14:35:53 GMT 10
The bushfire and corona crisis has caused me to do an honest self assessment of my preparedness for short term events, and provided the opportunity to see how my children and spouse react. I found I was more geared for bugging out than in, relying more on procuring fresh meat by hunting than storing meat at home (apart from approx 60 meals of dehydrated beef and chicken). I now consider this plan to be less than ideal for a home quarantine situation, so have increased the amount of meat I keep at home. I'm planning for a home quarantine significantly longer than the 14 days the gooberment (copyright Norseman) recommend. The mrs has really got on board with prepping because of the corona scare. She actively supports my prepping at the moment. My two adult children are both very capable and have independent minds, and both still think the current crises is a non event. I prep for them so they don't have to. [ My missus doesn't think I'm quite so crazy anymore also |
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Post by SA Hunter on Mar 8, 2020 16:06:12 GMT 10
The bushfire and corona crisis has caused me to do an honest self assessment of my preparedness for short term events, and provided the opportunity to see how my children and spouse react. I found I was more geared for bugging out than in, relying more on procuring fresh meat by hunting than storing meat at home (apart from approx 60 meals of dehydrated beef and chicken). I now consider this plan to be less than ideal for a home quarantine situation, so have increased the amount of meat I keep at home. I'm planning for a home quarantine significantly longer than the 14 days the gooberment (copyright Norseman) recommend. The mrs has really got on board with prepping because of the corona scare. She actively supports my prepping at the moment. My two adult children are both very capable and have independent minds, and both still think the current crises is a non event. I prep for them so they don't have to. [ My missus doesn't think I'm quite crazy anymore also Ditto |
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Post by Peter on Mar 8, 2020 22:25:26 GMT 10
[ My missus doesn't think I'm quite crazy anymore also Ditto Heck, my Mrs knows I'm absolutely bat-crap crazy. But she's by my side nonetheless... |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2020 16:00:53 GMT 10
What I newly learnt from this: there is a major overflowing of hatred against the aged population in our society. I have been lurking in a few mainstream australian social media sites to gauge sentiment and a couple of sentiments I came across:
"It is time to travel. It's cheap, we can kill boomers, free up housing. It is our duty as millennials to do this". Another entire thread was devoted to "the benefits of all the boomers dying and making Australia more progressive". They were even debating exactly how many boomers need to die to "change next election".
There is a very good chance some of these... gentlemen and gentlewomen... will deliberately try to spread covid-19 given a chance. They see it as an opportunity.
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Post by frontsight on Mar 12, 2020 16:36:03 GMT 10
Killing old timers will not make housing more affordable, it just makes their kids richer..... So not a good thing unless you hate your own parents/ grandparents. Sure there will be many that plot their parents' demise, and this is perfect, no ways to prove one's guilt unless they get caught spitting in the oldies cups
I don't want my parents to be hurt and generally it is wrong to wish sickness on anyone, but then my Iranian friends are hopeful that there will be a regime change as many of the older senior officials are now sick....
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Post by milspec on Mar 12, 2020 16:54:36 GMT 10
What I newly learnt from this: there is a major overflowing of hatred against the aged population in our society. I have been lurking in a few mainstream australian social media sites to gauge sentiment and a couple of sentiments I came across: "It is time to travel. It's cheap, we can kill boomers, free up housing. It is our duty as millennials to do this". Another entire thread was devoted to "the benefits of all the boomers dying and making Australia more progressive". They were even debating exactly how many boomers need to die to "change next election". There is a very good chance some of these... gentlemen and gentlewomen... will deliberately try to spread covid-19 given a chance. They see it as an opportunity. Wow, what a pathetic outlook, no compassion or decency. I hope that those who think that way get the karma they deserve. I'm sure with morals like that the society they crave for would be pretty shallow. |
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Post by spinifex on Mar 12, 2020 17:40:18 GMT 10
I've learned that the current Government has no goddamn idea what to spend money on during a health crisis.
You'd think they'd be focusing on hiring more nurses and installing more hospital beds and respiratory assistance equipment. I suspect we're all going to learn about their foolishness the hard way.
Tax breaks for business may not mean much in a total lock-down when no income is being made anyway! Pretty cheap promise to keep that one!
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Post by Beno on Mar 12, 2020 18:11:54 GMT 10
I've learned that the current Government has no goddamn idea what to spend money on during a health crisis. You'd think they'd be focusing on hiring more nurses and installing more hospital beds and respiratory assistance equipment. I suspect we're all going to learn about their foolishness the hard way. Tax breaks for business may not mean much in a total lock-down when no income is being made anyway! Pretty cheap promise to keep that one! It’s a stupid way to blow a surplus. I’d take pink batts over that cash splash any day. |
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Post by bug on Mar 12, 2020 18:27:17 GMT 10
The next time there's a virus/whatever, the shelves will empty even faster as everyone tries to beat the toilet paper people to the punch.
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Post by Beno on Mar 12, 2020 19:18:38 GMT 10
Old people have wealth for a reason, they have worked all their lives for it. Some sniffy little millennials need to be smacked upside the head and have a cup of concrete stuffed down their whiny gullets.
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Post by frostbite on Mar 12, 2020 20:07:26 GMT 10
Hard to save a house deposit when you buy a latte and smashed avo every morning and pay someone to deliver your fast food dinner every night.
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Post by grumble on Mar 12, 2020 20:19:15 GMT 10
I think that everyone has learnt one thing from this
Those that can't hear the music laughed at those that danced to it
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Post by grumble on Mar 12, 2020 20:47:21 GMT 10
What I newly learnt from this: there is a major overflowing of hatred against the aged population in our society. I have been lurking in a few mainstream australian social media sites to gauge sentiment and a couple of sentiments I came across: "It is time to travel. It's cheap, we can kill boomers, free up housing. It is our duty as millennials to do this". Another entire thread was devoted to "the benefits of all the boomers dying and making Australia more progressive". They were even debating exactly how many boomers need to die to "change next election". There is a very good chance some of these... gentlemen and gentlewomen... will deliberately try to spread covid-19 given a chance. They see it as an opportunity. "the benefits of all the boomers dying and making Australia more progressive" that sends a shiver down my spine The great irony is its not boomers causing the housing affordability issues its all the opportunists that sweep in and buy all the cheap housing creating demand and then renting them out to international student visas workers for crazy prices Tasmania is a good example of that as soon as the masses of international students started coming there to study at the uni the investors came in buying 6 or 7 houses at a time so suburbs like Gagebrook went from $100k for a 3brm house to nearly 300k in 12 months and the place is still a slum just worst now because you have 2 or 3 families of student visa workers living in one house Then the low income earners that had rented the cheap houses got pushed out because rent went from $180 a week to anywhere between $280 to $400 a week Brighton the lovely little town about 10 minutes away from went from affordable for young people to buy and rent to most of the properties being in $400k+ range and rent skyrocketed leaving a lot of young people trapped in the rental cycle unable save for a deposit to buy an home Oh and while this all happened wages didn't move and work become even scarcer due to the influx of student visa workers but yeah its all the boomers fault however ask and real estate agent who as buying all the properties and they will tell you its people in their late 20'early 30's from Sydney or Melbourne that saw the opportunity to get into property investment and saw how they could easily rent a house in Tasmania to students for easy money |
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Post by bug on Mar 13, 2020 7:05:31 GMT 10
Hard to save a house deposit when you buy a latte and smashed avo every morning and pay someone to deliver your fast food dinner every night. Yeah but don't you dare tell them that... It's hard to argue that there's a housing affordability crisis when a loan is now cheaper than rent. You can get around 2.6% loans now. I'm not great at maths, but when interest rates halve and housing prices don't double, that's not an 'affordability crisis'. |
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Post by norseman on Mar 13, 2020 7:41:26 GMT 10
I always swore as a young man I would never succumb to the generational practice of bagging out the next generation as being gutless, useless, worthless, lazy, selfish etc etc............. But I lied!! Millenials as a generation have for the most part been pretty pathetic and even they concede this but quickly blame their parents and greater society for it! Millennials storming ashore on Omaha, Millennials jumping over Arnhem, Millennials holding on to Kokoda, Millennials fighting Hand To Hand at Kapyong (LMFAO) many were 18 and 20 year olds!! The only thing most Millenials are prepared to fight over these days is access to their phone charger!!
The "Boomers" haven't spared them and naturally enough the payback / pushback has been universally brutal! Many Millennials want their parents dead sooner rather than later so they can cash in the inheritance! Millennials also believe the "progressive" New World they are going to create will be Nirvana and the only thing holding them back are the still living breathing "Boomers"! "Boomers" are the "Enemy"!
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Post by ygidorp on Mar 13, 2020 8:42:29 GMT 10
Hard to save a house deposit when you buy a latte and smashed avo every morning and pay someone to deliver your fast food dinner every night. I fall into the millennial age bracket. One of my mates a few years younger than me complained that housing was unaffordable. Except when I was on his salary, I bought an investment property in the outer suburbs. The prices in those suburbs have barely moved so far. "But that's too far out, no one wants to live there." I bought my first car in 2006. A second hand model from 2003. I still drive it. He has a personal loan on his car, and is still clearing the loan from his previous car. "We should have enough pay to enjoy life too." I scrimped and saved and didn't go on an expensive overseas holiday until I was nearly 30. "We should be paid enough to enjoy life and still have enough to live on". I frequently buy generic branded goods for feeding my family. Later I see him talking on social media about how an $80 bottle of whisky is cheap. "Anecdotal evidence shows that housing now is the most expensive than ever." Maybe, but somehow some people find ways to put a roof over their family's heads, and save for the future without having to wait for the government to 'fix' things. |
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Post by Beno on Mar 13, 2020 9:20:08 GMT 10
That’s it, sacrifice comfort early for long term gains. I spent 10 years working in remote areas to get ahead with career and finance, loved it but it was hard at times. I left all my mates on the coast and when i returned they had done nothing, been nowhere and most are just screwups or manage an aisle in Aldi or mow lawns. I told them there were excellent opportunity out west n up north but was told “nah it’s not green enough or nah i’ll miss my friends etc etc” Now i look out at this everyday while drinking my morning coffee. sorry about image i don’t know how to rotate it😂  |
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Post by bug on Mar 13, 2020 11:38:13 GMT 10
Wouldn't worry about the 'whinging millenials'. They have few children. Their way will die out. Those who were raised right will always rise to the top.
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