[–] 2 points 5 months ago

Ehhh... The sharp implement battles have kinda always been there. Knifepoint didn't earn it's nickname for nothing.

And the kids have graduated to using VPN; which I believe has always been the endgame for the govt. How many times have they tried to ban encryption?

"The laws of mathematics is well and good, but we respect the laws of Australia here" - Some knob that somehow managed to become PM

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago

    "Quickly" is right. Soon as they started being mobile, we've not been able to distract them from whatever they're trying to get to.

    "No, you can't have chilli con carne yet. Here's some of your favourite snacks instead"

    *Ignored them all and keeps trying to reach for my food. They turned red and ran away screaming when I relented and gave them what was more chilli than carne.

    Then they did it again the next day with the exact same result. Guess you're never too young to learn about reproducibility of results.

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  • [–] 26 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    It worked about maybe 20% of the time with ours. The majority of the time they would start presenting other options.

    "Or, I play with the ball in the backyard", and started heading towards the door. Or, "you take it", rolled the ball over, and started playing with something else.

    It's cute as, but also an endless source of frustration for us...

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  • [–] 52 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    100 years ago my grandmother ran a whole train station as 'secretary', while the 'station master' came, smoked, read papers, and pretty much just chilled all day - and getting paid many times her salary.

    When they said, "women fought to get paid", they meant, "getting paid commensurate to their work". And in many ways, they are still fighting for it.

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