TTIM: Things That Irk Me

[Jovan]

22 minutes ago, cadete said:

What annoys me is why is Discrimination against some groups in society so bad and not so with others?

I read everyday on Social Media the same PPL who are so outraged when others are not completely PC in regards towards certain groups in society freely mislabel other members of society with so much ease.

A good example is Tony Abbott and other Coalition MP's being labeled as Fascists'... this being a group of PPL who form a Political Party whose foundations lie in supporting the foundations of Liberal Democracy in that of the Rule of Law and Regular Elections.

They also are against The Death Penalty, and even though they may want to weaken such institutions they also still support strongly the principles of Centrelink and Medicare. Fascists? Give us a fucken break these blokes are as Socialist as your beloved Bernie Sanders ya duds. 

 

I was thinking more it would be a wonderful world if you could cheer a missed penalty and throw in a "sucked in bitch your shit" without worrying.

[thisphantomfortress]

58 minutes ago, cadete said:

What annoys me is why is Discrimination against some groups in society so bad and not so with others?

I read everyday on Social Media the same PPL who are so outraged when others are not completely PC in regards towards certain groups in society freely mislabel other members of society with so much ease.

A good example is Tony Abbott and other Coalition MP's being labeled as Fascists'... this being a group of PPL who form a Political Party whose foundations lie in supporting the foundations of Liberal Democracy in that of the Rule of Law and Regular Elections.

They also are against The Death Penalty, and even though they may want to weaken such institutions they also still support strongly the principles of Centrelink and Medicare. Fascists? Give us a fucken break these blokes are as Socialist as your beloved Bernie Sanders ya duds. 

 

America is so right wing that what Bernie believes in here, is bread and butter stuff which always makes me laugh at our extreme left ( @Fingman) circle jerk over him. He'd be ALP at best here and certainly not a radical 

[cadete]

Another thing you are allowed to bag out and remain PC these days is a Private Education... even more so a MP who received a Private Education.

It is like they think that bloody twelve year old's (Or in many cases Children even younger) chose the High School they are going to attend. 

[thisphantomfortress]

21 minutes ago, cadete said:

Another thing you are allowed to bag out and remain PC these days is a Private Education... even more so a MP who received a Private Education.

It is like they think that bloody twelve year old's (Or in many cases Children even younger) chose the High School they are going to attend. 

It's funny how the outrage usually comes from people you know damn wel went throug private schools and/or send their kids to private schools

[NewConvert]

43 minutes ago, thisphantomfortress said:

It's funny how the outrage usually comes from people you know damn wel went throug private schools and/or send their kids to private schools

Never went to private school, don't send kids to private school.

[cadete]

40 minutes ago, thisphantomfortress said:

It's funny how the outrage usually comes from people you know damn wel went throug private schools and/or send their kids to private schools

Or PPL who go out there way to live in a particular State Education Zone where the Local High School is one of the best in the State... 

3 minutes ago, NewConvert said:

Never went to private school, don't send kids to private school.

Congrats for supporting the State Education system just like anyone who does send their kid to a private school.

[HeartFc]

Heres another point on the lefts hypocrisy of EddieGate:

Funny how that wife beating junky Duncan Storrar was hailed an Australian hero by the ABC/left media but his past meant nothing? In fact those who uncovered his shady past were labelled the bad guys.

Fast forward to this week and Eddie is promoting domestic violence with a joke... Duncan actually physically beat the fuck out of his wife and threaten to kill her, people STILL donated to the smelly cunt...  oh and where was that gender hustler Rosie Battie? No where to be fucking seen. 

[Shahanga]

5 hours ago, thisphantomfortress said:

America is so right wing that what Bernie believes in here, is bread and butter stuff which always makes me laugh at our extreme left ( @Fingman) circle jerk over him. He'd be ALP at best here and certainly not a radical 

A mate of mine went and did post grad studies in the US. Now we had vaguely similar political views and outlook on life.

His friends over there labelled him "a lefty".

[jw1739]

TTIM: Melbourne's traffic. My local suburban streets are beginning to choke up. Some of the wider ones are reduced from four lanes to two, and the narrower ones to just a single lane 24 hours a day now with parked cars on both sides. Also seeing more traffic signals installed, both at intersections and for pedestrians. I reckon we'll have serious gridlock issues in a few years' time if we don't take some fairly drastic actions. School drop-off and pick-up times are a nightmare down my way.

[KSK_47]

10 hours ago, jw1739 said:

School drop-off and pick-up times are a nightmare down my way.

This! It also doesnt help that mums drive giant 4 wheels drives and are completely unaware of how much space they take up

[Deviant]

1 hour ago, KSK_47 said:

This! It also doesnt help that mums drive giant 4 wheels drives and are completely unaware of how much space they take up

And how much space they actually have to maneuver the vehicle. Pulling out from a crossover taking two lanes to turn because they don't want the rear wheel to ride the kerb. WTF is this logic? (or lack there of). 1. It's an SUV. 2. It's an SUV. and 3. It's a fucking SUV!! The wheels and tyres are as big as my car, it can easily ride 15 kerbs. If you were really worried of a little bump then you should have kept your legs closed.  

[Tesla]

7 hours ago, KSK_47 said:

This! It also doesnt help that mums drive giant 4 wheels drives and are completely unaware of how much space they take up

Is it just me, or does common sense dictate that schools shouldn't be built on main roads?

You end up with shitty 40kmh zones, fucked up traffic at school time, and you'd think it's not as safe for the kids. 

Seems to make more sense that they'd be built on side streets. But still new schools get built on main roads. 

Obviously they'll still be traffic and most likely a smaller 40 zone but at least you wouldn't have the picking up and dropping off going on on the main road. 

[cadete]

43 minutes ago, Tesla said:

Is it just me, or does common sense dictate that schools shouldn't be built on main roads?

You end up with shitty 40kmh zones, fucked up traffic at school time, and you'd think it's not as safe for the kids. 

Seems to make more sense that they'd be built on side streets. But still new schools get built on main roads. 

Obviously they'll still be traffic and most likely a smaller 40 zone but at least you wouldn't have the picking up and dropping off going on on the main road. 

How "New" are these "New Schools" that you are talking about?

[KSK_47]

33 minutes ago, Tesla said:

Is it just me, or does common sense dictate that schools shouldn't be built on main roads?

You end up with shitty 40kmh zones, fucked up traffic at school time, and you'd think it's not as safe for the kids. 

Seems to make more sense that they'd be built on side streets. But still new schools get built on main roads. 

Obviously they'll still be traffic and most likely a smaller 40 zone but at least you wouldn't have the picking up and dropping off going on on the main road. 

I dont mind schools on main roads, but i hate that you have to slow down to 40 on a 6 lane road because of it. It makes sense to have a 40 limit in a small suburban street, but if a kid is going to jump out into highway traffic without warning they probably deserve to be cleaned up

[cadete]

1 minute ago, KSK_47 said:

I dont mind schools on main roads, but i hate that you have to slow down to 40 on a 6 lane road because of it. It makes sense to have a 40 limit in a small suburban street, but if a kid is going to jump out into highway traffic without warning they probably deserve to be cleaned up

Where I live 80% of the roads are either 40 or 50 anyway and then cut down to one lane because of the apparent need for a stupid bike lin.

The most annoying bit is how when I want to make a turn at intersection on my Scooter that I have to check my blind spot for some Plodding Along Cyclist and then wait for them to pass.

[jw1739]

18 minutes ago, cadete said:

Where I live 80% of the roads are either 40 or 50 anyway and then cut down to one lane because of the apparent need for a stupid bike lin.

The most annoying bit is how when I want to make a turn at intersection on my Scooter that I have to check my blind spot for some Plodding Along Cyclist and then wait for them to pass.

Ah yes, the bike lane that everyone parks in? Or the ones where I have never yet seen a cyclist? Or you could live where I do where the council has built a special bike path...but all the wannabe Lance Armstrongs ignore it and use Beach Road anyway...

[KSK_47]

1 hour ago, jw1739 said:

 where the council has built a special bike path...but all the wannabe Lance Armstrongs ignore it and use Beach Road anyway...

Oh and you cant ride in single file to the side of the road either. You have to ride in the middle of the road so you can talk to your friends and hold us all up.

[Tesla]

3 hours ago, cadete said:

How "New" are these "New Schools" that you are talking about?

Well I suppose they're not really that new, probably close to 10 years, and when you factor in construction and planning then the decision would have been made some time ago.

Are you saying that they do try and avoid building schools on main roads now?

 

3 hours ago, KSK_47 said:

I dont mind schools on main roads, but i hate that you have to slow down to 40 on a 6 lane road because of it. It makes sense to have a 40 limit in a small suburban street, but if a kid is going to jump out into highway traffic without warning they probably deserve to be cleaned up

I think there are some 60kmh school zones on major roads, I don't really pay attention tbh and just go as fast as the car in front allows.

One I'm thinking of that may be 60 is towards the end of Ballarat Rd, I think it's a 60kmh zone (it may be 40 on one side and 60 on other), which is a 3-lane 80km/h major arterial road usually and until 5 or so years ago was part of the official/main route between Melbourne and Ballarat (so a pretty ridiculous place to put a school zone)

Got to love the period of time when the predominant thinking was to build pedestrian bridges across major roads with schools on them. Yeah they're ugly, and would be such a hassle to go over you might as well just risk crossing the road, but at least it means no school zone  

 

EDIT: Found it on Vicroads site, turns out I didn't imagine 60km/h school zones.

What’s the speed limit?

In most cases the speed limit (during school speed zone times) is:

• 40km/h (when the original speed limit is less than 80km/h
•  60km/h (when the original speed limit is 80km/h or higher).

Edited June 22, 2016 by Tesla

[hedaik]

3 hours ago, jw1739 said:

 Or you could live where I do where the council has built a special bike path...but all the wannabe Lance Armstrongs ignore it and use Beach Road anyway...

The bike path along Beach Road is full of people walking dogs and casual cyclists, it has to be one of the busiest paths in Melbourne. It should be pretty obvious why a road cyclist chooses to ride on the quiet road next to it. 

Edited June 22, 2016 by hedaik

[Tesla]

Here's another one

TTIM: That for some reason the new thinking on bus stops is to just have them in the left lane of the road so when the bus stops it holds up everyone in the lane, as opposed to having a short cutout to the left of the road for the bus stop  so that the road can keep flowing while the bus is stopped which used to be the predominant thinking until not that long ago.

Doesn't make sense to me, only reason I can think of is that no one gives way to buses when they're trying to merge back in so they removed the need to merge, otherwise I have no idea why this is now done.

Edited June 22, 2016 by Tesla

[mus-28]

TTIM: Just found out about the amazing world of HSP and my local Kebab shop is closed for some unknown reason.

[Tesla]

5 minutes ago, mus-28 said:

TTIM: Just found out about the amazing world of HSP and my local Kebab shop is closed for some unknown reason.

Haram.

Kebab shops close at this time, but kebab vans open at this time. Most vans should be doing them too now cause they sell more than kebabs.

Edited June 22, 2016 by Tesla

[cadete]

1 hour ago, Tesla said:

Well I suppose they're not really that new, probably close to 10 years, and when you factor in construction and planning then the decision would have been made some time ago.

Are you saying that they do try and avoid building schools on main roads now?

 

I think there are some 60kmh school zones on major roads, I don't really pay attention tbh and just go as fast as the car in front allows.

One I'm thinking of that may be 60 is towards the end of Ballarat Rd, I think it's a 60kmh zone (it may be 40 on one side and 60 on other), which is a 3-lane 80km/h major arterial road usually and until 5 or so years ago was part of the official/main route between Melbourne and Ballarat (so a pretty ridiculous place to put a school zone)

Got to love the period of time when the predominant thinking was to build pedestrian bridges across major roads with schools on them. Yeah they're ugly, and would be such a hassle to go over you might as well just risk crossing the road, but at least it means no school zone  

 

EDIT: Found it on Vicroads site, turns out I didn't imagine 60km/h school zones.

What’s the speed limit?

In most cases the speed limit (during school speed zone times) is:

• 40km/h (when the original speed limit is less than 80km/h
•  60km/h (when the original speed limit is 80km/h or higher).

Not main roads no... Ideally they are allocated spots on streets that would sit between a Main Road and a Purely Residential Street.

[thisphantomfortress]

TTIM; people who schedule meetings for 3pm on a Friday.

[cadete]

16 minutes ago, thisphantomfortress said:

TTIM; people who schedule meetings for 3pm on a Friday.

Or 9:30am on Monday Morning... every second week to discuss next to nothing.

[Jimmy]

TTIM: Brexit. Paper loss of thousands of dollars for Jimmy today

[thisphantomfortress]

29 minutes ago, cadete said:

Or 9:30am on Monday Morning... every second week to discuss next to nothing.

At an old job we had a morning scrum at 9:10'every day was the biggest waste of half an hour and the 10-15 min before cause you couldn't get anything done

28 minutes ago, Jimmy said:

TTIM: Brexit. Paper loss of thousands of dollars for Jimmy today

[n i k o]

39 minutes ago, Jimmy said:

TTIM: Brexit. Paper loss of thousands of dollars for Jimmy today

[jw1739]

Just shows that people accumulate wisdom over the years...

[NewConvert]

1 hour ago, thisphantomfortress said:

TTIM; people who schedule meetings for 3pm on a Friday.

Working in Japan my boss liked to schedule meetings at 7pm on Fridays. And these were serious meetings. Hmm, the anger still there.

[GreenSeater]

13 minutes ago, jw1739 said:

Just shows that people accumulate wisdom over the years...

Considering their economy is now being flushed down the toilet, can you please explain why it's a good idea? I genuinely haven't heard one good reason to leave yet

[thisphantomfortress]

9 minutes ago, GreenSeater said:

Considering their economy is now being flushed down the toilet, can you please explain why it's a good idea? I genuinely haven't heard one good reason to leave yet

Besides a racist aunt by marriage and my Grandad who hasn't forgiven the krauts for the Second World War I know nobody who supported it 

[Tesla]

13 minutes ago, GreenSeater said:

Considering their economy is now being flushed down the toilet, can you please explain why it's a good idea? I genuinely haven't heard one good reason to leave yet

Their economy isn't being flushed down the toilets, financial markets are just reacting to the news. You could say the reaction from financial markets is highlighting that in the future their economy will suffer from this decision, which is a reasonable assertion, but I jsut wanted to highlight there is a bit of a disconnect between the reaction of financial markets and the underlying economic situation which hasn't significantly changed presently.

It will be more than 2 years before they leave the EU anyway. It's hard to see the reaction of financial markets being anything but an overreaction which will correct itself in the coming weeks if not sooner.

PS I hope the EPL goes down the toilet cause of this, and Scotland leaves the UK. I want them to get trolled and regret their decision, even though I think the EU is fucking shit.

Edited June 24, 2016 by Tesla

[GreenSeater]

1 minute ago, Tesla said:

Their economy isn't being flushed down the toilets, financial markets are just reacting to the news. You could say the reaction from financial markets is highlighting that in the future their economy will suffer from this decision, which is a reasonable assertion, but I jsut wanted to highlight there is a bit of a disconnect between the reaction of financial markets and the unerlying economic situation which hasn't significantly changed presently.

It will be more than 2 years before they leave the EU anyway.

True. But I do find it interesting that working class areas of Britain that rely on manufacturers that export to Europe for jobs have voted to leave. For example Sunderland were one of the highest pro-leave areas and the majority of jobs in the region are manufacturing for Hitachi and Nissan. Can't see those companies keeping their UK manufacturing plants alive for too long once the UK does leave.

[Tesla]

3 minutes ago, GreenSeater said:

True. But I do find it interesting that working class areas of Britain that rely on manufacturers that export to Europe for jobs have voted to leave. For example Sunderland were one of the highest pro-leave areas and the majority of jobs in the region are manufacturing for Hitachi and Nissan. Can't see those companies keeping their UK manufacturing plants alive for too long once the UK does leave.

Probably cause the Polish are apparently taking their jobs.

While they aren't taking jobs from cunts in London.

FWIW, this is the first step in my prediction that globalisation and free trade will begin to unwind.

 

Edited June 24, 2016 by Tesla

[Tesla]

Forgot to add, UK imports more from EU than it exports.

But it is funny that the cunts who will lose their jobs (eg car manufacturing) voted for brexit but those who will benefit voted against (London is going to ball even harder after this, RIP New York).

As for the EU, when you give veto power to some poverty country that doesnt contribute anything but asks for infinite loans and handouts, you deserve to go under. RIP EU. Hope Russia takes over half of Europe now when EU fails.

Edited June 24, 2016 by Tesla

[jw1739]

The vote wasn't about the economy, and if it was influenced by economic factors it was a rebellion by voters against being told what is best for them by big banks, multi-nationals, the rich and the prosperous. Some say it was the most important event in English history since the Peasants' Revolt. What it was was a vote about Englishness, an expression of English nationalism, and a desire for the return of control of England's destiny to English people.
History will tell them whether they made the right choice.

[NewConvert]

49 minutes ago, Tesla said:

Forgot to add, UK imports more from EU than it exports.

But it is funny that the cunts who will lose their jobs (eg car manufacturing) voted for brexit but those who will benefit voted against (London is going to ball even harder after this, RIP New York).

As for the EU, when you give veto power to some poverty country that doesnt contribute anything but asks for infinite loans and handouts, you deserve to go under. RIP EU. Hope Russia takes over half of Europe now when EU fails.

You are a barrel of laughs this afternoon. Did you bet on it and lose?

[Tesla]

36 minutes ago, NewConvert said:

You are a barrel of laughs this afternoon. Did you bet on it and lose?

No, I don't bet on politics, and if I did I wouldn't vote on the favourite.

The EU just pisses me off, they completely deserve the consequences of the Brexit.

I've had enough of the EU. I've had enough of NATO. I've had enough of US influence over Europe. So seeing Western Europe fracture like this is a TTDIM.

Plus the English have a right to peruse their own English agenda as jw says, rather than propping up bankrupt countries and letting Europe dictate to them their laws and policies.

At the end of the day, a country has exercised it's democratic rights, now the UK and the EU will have to deal with the consequences. Will be interesting to see if Scotland goes for independence now, I think they will. Maybe the English fucked up, and there will be negative consequences, we'll see what happens. One thing is for sure, EU will lose more than the English will.

PS I think this is a good thing for Australia, we'll probably take some of the access the EU has to the UK market.

Edited June 24, 2016 by Tesla

[Jimmy]

1 hour ago, thisphantomfortress said:

Besides a racist aunt by marriage and my Grandad who hasn't forgiven the krauts for the Second World War I know nobody who supported it 

I know two English people who voted to leave and they did it to "keep the Pakis (muslims) out"