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Australia has historically avoided technical recessions better than most advanced, first-world economies. We famously missed the 08 GFC but some people here act like we were in the trenches cause house prices dipped maybe 10% lol. COVID did cause a 7% GDP contraction but government intervention and the 0.1% cash rate caused things to rebound very fast, GDP returning to pre-pandemic levels by early 2021 which surpassed most of our global peers.

I think just we have a very sheltered view of what a recession/financial crisis is. My mum is from Ireland which got hit HARD in the GFC, I've heard horror stories from her and her family. Insane levels of unemployment, wage decreases, increased levies/taxes, owing millions more on the mortgage than what homes were worth as prices plummeted etc. Pretty much everyone was forced to leave the country to continue making a living. This wasn't limited to Ireland obviously, it happened throughout Europe and the US etc.

I'm not saying things need to get as bad here for us to worry about a recession and there have been things worth worrying about like rising commodity prices, house prices, cost of living are all valid concerns. But, I just can't help but think of how good we have it here, especially when hearing what happened in other countries. If shit actually does hit the fan here, we're in for a very rude awakening.

They are apparently overrun but I have no idea with what. I've gone to the police on numerous occassions only for them to either never get anywhere with my enquiry or just blatantly tell me that they can do nothing. The most notable example is when my car got stolen last year, worth about $60k. I had a tracking device on it, got the location data, even went there and took some photos of the place and likely the garage it was being kept it and the whole nine yards. Took it to the police and thought they'd get a warrant or something to get my car back and they were like yeah sorry mate, not much we can do.

WTF?! You're the police! It's your literal job to do something. I ended up taking a risk and just going there at night with a bunch of folks from my kickboxing gym and we broke in to get it back, thankfully avoiding a scrap. I know, some GTA shit but I didn't have a choice. This isn't even just anecdotal on my end, many people I know have had absolutely abysmal experiences with the police. In fact, I've never heard of a situation where the cops were actually helpful.

I guess my question is that if they aren't helping regular people with their problems, what are they so busy doing? I doubt they are just dillydallying but I'm genuinely curious at this point. I'm convinced they are the most useless pricks in the whole country.

The cash rate jumped to 4.60% so if you were already stretched thin, you're being stretched a little thinner now. Just curious as to how many of you are 'struggling' with your repayments. Struggling obviously means different things to different people. To some that's not being afford to afford a Europe vacay, to others it's minimising groceries. There was this rule back in the day how your mortgage repayment should be 30% max of your take home pay and that's obviously a fever dream now.

Let's use the new measure as 50%. Half of your take home pay going towards the mortgage is maybe the reality for many aussies, especially with recent hikes. I'm just guessing here, could be wrong 🤷 60% is generally considered heavy financial stress for families with children.

I guess I'm just out of the loop. I had seen some acoustic covers a long time ago and I knew he was a multi-instrumentalist so that wasn't the shocking part. It was him ripping on the electric guitar that got me like.. WOAH

I did not know he could do that! I saw a couple of his live electric guitar performances over the years and he's really improved massively. Dude was already a musical GOAT when he was just a singer but now he's getting even more goated.

Been doing some research and this one seems to be great for the price. Seeing prices for it between $100-120 AUD and considering that I've seen ones for $200-300 or even higher, this seems like great value. It's got that wide glass with no middle border so vision would be excellent, as good as it gets.

I'm a beginner diver, been snorkeling for years and I've never used a mask that doesn't have a frame so I'm a bit concerned about the sturdiness of it and how it holds up underwater. Especially as you go deeper in the water and pressure presses it against your face (I'm aware you can relieve this by exhaling through your nose). Due to its frameless nature, it can be folded completely flat which makes it super convenient for travelling but again, bit concerned with durability and reliability.

It's a super popular choice amongst divers so it must be a great option. When I get the chance, I'll definitely go to my local dive shop and try it on. If anyone has tried this mask or has it, would love to hear a review :) Thanks!

From what I've heard, PADI is more well-known/prestigious and therefore commands a higher price? I did my open water certification with PADI but my local dive shop also has SDI? I also know there's SSI and the prices for their advanced open water course and other course seem to vary.

Obviously, at first glance it makes sense to just go with whoever is cheaper but, is that fine? Do I get anything more out of paying a premium price for PADI courses over SDI, for instance?

Since I've done the PADI open water, do I need to stick with them? Do I need to do the SDI open water course before the advanced open water?

Cheers!

I was watching a video of a physicist and he literally said "A singularity basically means, I don't know" which I thought was pretty funny. Is that what it actually means? Obviously we have theories on how a black hole is formed (collapse of a massive star), the event horizon, the accretion disk, formation of a quasar etc. Is the singularity just a fancy word for "I have no idea"?

I'm currently working as an associate and the senior associate in my team recently left. It seems like a pretty common progression right? I joined the graduate program so Grad -> Associate -> Senior Associate. I never went above and beyond in my role, just did what was assigned to me. I had plenty of capacity to take on more things but my attitude was well, I'm getting paid the same whether I work 3-4 hours or 8 hours a day so what's the point? Since I work from home 3-4 days a week (hybrid role), I can go to the gym, do grocery shopping or play games during work hours and get paid for it while meeting all my deadlines.

Therefore, I cruised throughout the last year and a half doing the bare minimum. If I got asked for help, I always helped, worked early or late if needed but I never took the initiative to help the team out, got average feedback right in the middle of the bell curve. When the SA left, I thought it would make sense for me to step into it. After all, I had worked with him on a bunch of things and he had handed over quite a few of his tasks to me.

My boss mentioned that he was going to be looking for a senior associate to fill that space. Afterwards, I messaged him and said hey, I'd like to apply for this position, I already know the role pretty well etc. Then, he said that he's looking for someone who's more ambitious and willing to learn than someone like me. He said from his perspective, I haven't really applied myself (which I'd say is true) and a good candidate would be much more proactive and eager to improve than I am. He said that I haven't been a bad/below average employee by any means but also not someone who's proven that he's ready for the next step.

It was tough hearing that but also it rang true. I don't think he said anything wrong, I just wish I applied myself, went into the office more often, got more integrated within the team and then stepped into this new role. With the way I'm going now, I don't think I'll ever get promoted which makes complete sense. I know doing the bare minimum and cruising is the way of life in this sub and that's fine but you should know that you're probably staying where you are.

That's complete fine if you're happy with that but this whole situation definitely motivated me to try and be a better employee, take on more work/projects, go into the office more often etc. I hope my situation inspires atleast one of you to try and be the best version of yourself at work!

I've been reading quite a few threads about this and the general sentiment seems to be "leave me alone, I don't want to talk to you, we're not friends, I want to do my work and go home". I might get downvoted to high hell here but, I think that's the worst kind of colleague. This might vary from industry to industry but the work involves a lot of collaboration. It's a literal key skill to be able to work in a team and that obviously involves communication. Now true, I suppose you could communicate well with work-related things and nothing else but that doesn't build rapport which I think is essential.

I genuinely feel like if I wasn't friends with my colleagues, I wouldn't even want to go in to work. As in, I wouldn't even want to work. Isn't work so much easier when you get along with the people you work with? Just spending the day with genuine mates? All the banter and taking the piss, getting drinks after work and such. I love that aspect and it makes the day go by so much faster. Not to mention the social skills and getting your face out there would most likely have you promoted over the typical Redditor who never comes into the office and gets to know anyone.

I started watching in the 00's and I loved boxing. There were so many big names, a lot of fights to tune into. Rising stars, dominant champions, the whole deal. I found myself watching a whole plethora of fights throughout the year. Then, I got more and more into MMA and I watch the UFC almost exclusively. I watch big boxing fights so that's maybe one or two fights a year. This year so far it was Shakur vs Lopez and Inoue vs Nakatani. Now, I'm not saying there weren't other spectacular fights - Dubios vs Wardley was good, Benavidez vs Ramirez etc, I just didn't time in live.

I'm not trying to say that boxing doesn't have anything to offer or that they only have boring fights. I just can't put my finger on exactly why it's less appealing and I don't think it's only me. A lot of my friends were big boxing fans (like myself) and most of them don't even tune into any fight, no matter how big. The last one we watched was Canelo vs Crawford and that was nine months ago. Meanwhile, I'm watching every big UFC main card of which there's probably one a month on average and on a fight night, I won't miss the main event.

Did MMA steal boxing fans? That sounds like a weird thing to say but I just the UFC in particular stole a huge fanbase from boxing.

I'm heading out on a flight tonight and I've booked this trip a few weeks ago. Prior to me even booking the flight, I told my boss and the team that I'll be going for this time period (mid Aug to early Sep), I'll try to work diligently and finish off as many things as I can, etc and got the green light. I mentioned it in person and also sent teams messages just so there's a written trail.

During this morning's team meeting, my boss told me he'd like me to attend an important meeting next week. I said oh, as I said I'm going to be on leave for the next three weeks. He said what? When did you mention this? I said I mentioned it ages ago, I've put leave in the system and everything. Then he was like look guys, we really can't have people just going on leave like this last-minute without the rest of the team being fully informed. When did you last mention this to us? You know this a busy period, we have so many deliverables, the rest of the team knows to be available etc.

What annoyed me was that no-one in the team stood up for me either. Then, in the middle of our meeting, I literally forwarded him the messages on teams that I sent prior both in the GC and privately and told him to read them again. Now, I admit I said this is in an angry tone just cause I was annoyed. I guess I came across like a bit of a dick and got defensive when he suggested I wasn't following protocol when I was. I basically said it's not my fault that you can't remember what I've literally said to you multiple times.

The meeting kinda abruptly ended and now I'm feeling a bit iffy... Should I send an apology message? Try to smooth things over? I'm kinda concerned about my job now.

I'm pretty frugal, I don't really spend money on anything at all. My biggest expense weekly is probably steak since I cook some good ribeyes every week. I was chatting with my mate trying to help him budget. He lives in a sharehouse with pretty minimal living expenses and earns $70k. Someone earning that much paying $300 a week max for a roof over their head should be saving a good amount but he said he was struggling to save and wanted some help.

He was saying yeah I've got too many subscriptions, that's the main problem. We go through his expenses, I put it all on Excel and just as an example his uber eats bill alone was fucking insane. It averaged out to like $300 a week. Now to be fair, that included orders for other people too who transfered him for their portion so the 'real cost' was lower but still, it's a crazy amount to spend on delivered food which doesn't even include groceries or going out to eat. Then include the costs of going out to concerts, buying drinks/other fun things like yeah no wonder you can't save. The weird thing is he didn't realise how much he was spending until I pointed it out to him despite it being an exorbitant amount.

The thing that gets me is how he was worried about his subscriptions... Lmao that probably totalled to maybe $200 a month. A decent cost obviously and probably worth cutting down but it's far from being his most pressing issue. It's one thing if he said "I've got a lot of different expenses, I'm spending too much on uber eats, concert tickets, raves, dining out and I need to cut down". Instead he thought one of his smallest monthly expenses were his biggest... Kinda crazy.

Anybody have any experience with this brand in general? I see it online a lot. The main criticism I've heard about this brand is their pricing but their outlet has some major discounts.

Currently search for a coat and I'm seeing ~40% discounts for ones that were $700-900 now selling for $300-500. The ones I'm seeing aren't 100% though and are a wool blend instead (61% wool, 22% viscose, 17% nylon).

What are the opinions of this sub? Seems like the quality of their pieces is very high at the discounted price point.

I was looking forward to these meeting just to get some 1 on 1 time with him, maybe get to know each other, talk some work stuff too. Mainly what I can do to progress, things I need to learn and tasks I should own to show I'm ready for the next step up etc.

The issue is, he does not seem to have any time. At first when I joined, it was weekly and my boss made it for the first 3 months. Then he made it fortnightly due to his workload and always skipped it last minute. I mentioned it to him in passing and then he made it monthly and still never attended it. I brought it up with him again, he apologised due to how much he's got on his plate and it's still monthly on the calender but he's always got some reason to cancel it.

An unpredicted meeting came up, have some kind of personal duty (picking up kids from school) something needs urgent attention blah blah. Emergencies in accounting are so funny to me lol but that's a different story. He literally never has any time for me - despite having it when I first joined - and I just get the feeling that he can't be fucked.

I don't think he dislikes me or anything, we get along just fine and I get along really well with everyone at work. I've mentioned how we should really have our catchup multiples times and he just apologises and promises to make the next one, never does and it's a cycle. I don't want to keep reminding him because it's just annoying at this point.

Any tips? He's my boss so I don't want to piss him off but also, do your job? If you can't handle the responsibilities of a PL, probably shouldn't be one. No offense.

With my current partner and previous ones, sex every day is/was normal. I desire sex every day and my partner does too. I usually have the higher sex drive so if I'm in the mood and my partner isn't, I'll go jerk off or something. Other times, we'll have sex multiple times a day.

The reason I say this is because I've been reading a bunch of threads now where desiring sex every day is seen as crazy or wanting too much. Apparently, you're only supposed to be horny 2-3 times a week. Is it even that rare to want sex every day? I feel like guys have a higher sex drive in general due to testosterone but even many of my female friends think daily sex is healthy and it's what they'd desire in a relationship.

Why does it seem to be such a crazy idea online?

I realise this is very industry/seniority dependent. I'm currently on $110k base in BA/Accounting role and on average work around 3-4 hours a day. I have busier days (month-end) where it's closer to a 8 hour work day but still not. I've got other days (post month-end) where I might have nothing to do the entire day.

I generally finish my day at around 12 or 1, and I schedule my email outputs throughout the day to look productive I guess, it's just become a habit now. I've got teams on my phone so I respond to any messages promptly and I just go what I need to after that. Go to the gym, go out with friends, grocery shopping etc. I don't go too far obviously cause I might have to come back for a call/meeting.

Had a catch-up with my PL and he had nothing but good feedback for me. Are all corporate jobs (atleast in the junior-ish stage) like this? Obviously if you're a HO/director/executive, your day wouldn't look like this. You also wouldn't be on Reddit during work hours or probably at all.

This doesn't compare to my previous jobs (retail, fast food) at all. I'm doing a fraction of work and getting paid way more. Honestly feels like a scam, not complaining though, just curious about the opinions of this sub.

I feel like people don't even wear these anymore, you rarely see them but I've recently fallen in love with wool double-breasted overcoats. The length going down to the knees or lower makes it the perfect option in the chilly season even over a t-shirt imo. My budget is ~$400 and there's a bunch of wool options for the price. Peter Jackson, Scotch and Soda, Charles Tyrwhitt, Reiss etc.

Anyone have any experience with these brands? It's obviously a lot of money and I want to get the best bang for my buck.

Edit: Checked out MJ Bale CBD store, coats were $600+ good material and well built though

I've never been to one of these camping for 4 days concerts before so I'm pretty keen to go. I'm not referring to just BTV but any multi-day camping festival. It's obviously expensive, about $700 AUD or more depending on the package. I was initially okay to go GA but talking to a few people who did it last year, it gets pretty goddamn filthy.

I'm not trying to be elitist or anything lol but I'd like a more elevated experience if the conditions do get bad. I don't mind spending a bit more to make sure I can take a nice shower and have access to a toilet that isn't covered in munt and shit.

Can anyone who's been chime in? Did you go for general or the premium camping experience? Any regrets? Was the steep price a factor? Cheers!

I know everyone has different thresholds of comfortability but I just want to know in general, if this is weird or not.

My girlfriend became good friends with a mate of mine 'Chris'. Chris and I are mates but we are not good friends, we don't message each other privately, don't call. We talk when there's a group event/party once a fortnight maybe. Chris became good friends with my girlfriend because they share similar interests/hobbies which is fine with me, we don't need to have the same close friends. They text each other all the time and probably call a few times a week.

The issue I have is that he doesn't seem to want to talk to me at all. If I message him, I never get a reply back while he seems to remember to text my gf just fine. He seems a bit avoidant of me in person too. He's not dismissive to my face or anything, he'll say hi and we'll chat but he gets along with everyone else in the group to a much better extent than me. I generally don't have any issues getting along with people so this stumped me.

Chris and my gf have been hanging out 1 on 1 a fair bit. I generally don't mind that, I've hung out with female friends 1 on 1 in relationships before and my partner has done the same but it bugs me because he hasn't made an effort to get to know me or even check if I'm comfortable with that. I trust my gf 100% but he even opens her door for her when she gets in his car, he doesn't let her pay for anything, he drives her around wherever she wants to go. She's insisted plenty of times that she'll pay him back or take the bus etc but he insists back.

My gf is very open with me, frequently communicates and tells me everything so this isn't about her, but moreso him. This isn't just 'friendly' behaviour, right? I'm going to chat to both of them soon but I need to know if I'm being reasonable or not.