@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

@canefan said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

Hmmmm wife in heightened sexual state. And the problem is?

Man wins lotto , too much of a wimp to cash in the ticket.

Well, if she’s like my ex girlfriend who had a porn habit, she’s probably watching male on male... so you want to confirm what you’re getting into before getting too excited.

Having said that, it did stimulate her interest in alternative ways of gaining and giving enjoyment, so I’m not complaining. Sadly for her though, I said no to her fantasy request.

@taniwharugby

This will be interesting. I've always been a pretty much make everything legal person, so medical marijuana sounded good to me.

However, a very good friend of mine has become somewhat famous in the fight against legalization in Colorado (not by choice).

He's a pain medicine specialist and has been fighting it in Colorado after seeing how things have turned out (he lives and practices medicine there).

I'll post a talk below he gave to a group fighting it being passed in Illinois. He's dead against it and from talking with him, he explained to me that the intention seems OK, but once you get it available then things take on a life of their own, especially with the drive to make weed more powerful. He said that very very few people should actually require weed (studies have generally shown that it's only really effective for a very limited number of medical conditions). After talking with him, I'm far less convinced that this is a good idea....

Go to the one hour mark if you want the summary.

@rancid-schnitzel said in Grace Millane:

@majorrage said in Grace Millane:

@rancid-schnitzel said in Grace Millane:

I think the definition of threaten is pretty obvious. I also think it's pretty obvious that the NZ tourism industry didn't need the PM's intervention. How far should this be taken btw? Should the PM also apologise on behalf of NZ nationals who commit murder overseas?

If the spotlight should be on anything it should be about hooking up with random people on Tinder. That's always a potential risk regardless of what country you're in.

In principle, I don't disagree with you (for once). However, Im simply stating what the reaction here is that I've seen. Bones, Cato, Crucial etc may disagree with me from what they have seen, I'm just giving one mans perspective - mine.

Ardern has no vested interest in Tinder (as far as I know ... ) so not quite the same.

I didn't mean that Adern should address the Twitter issue, but that it should be more the focus of this story rather than whether NZ is a safe country. Shit, it's not as if tourists are being knocked off by the hundreds.

I think that's the point, and having the Pm address it drives home the image of NZ being, really, despite this horrible act, a good and safe place to visit "I mean, even the PM was on the news about it".

That is essentially a quote from my boss this morning. We are looking to send some students to NZ and this type of (essentially) sales by the PM plays well here in risk-averse Japan.

@pakman

He's the new Bastareaud I guess.

@mikedogz

It’s weird reading on a phone because you can only see Blackadder in the photo. I’m guessing Hopa is on the other side and that that isn’t a fuck up?

@stargazer

In that photo, who is the plonker with the staunch face trying to pop his arms?

I’ll admit to doing that when I was at high school, and I guess these guys aren’t much beyond that, but I hope he gets plenty of twitter or gram about it.

@no-quarter

That probably also speaks volumes about our test team: Totally dependent on Kane to dig us out of this mess.

Some give the Economist a hard time for being a globalization chanting rag, but here is a pretty good piece from one of their editors, writing in quillette:

https://quillette.com/2018/12/04/the-new-patriarchy-how-trans-radicalism-hurts-women-children-and-trans-people-themselves/

It suggests, at least, that not all the reporters and editors of these ‘liberal’ media sources are just gobbling up far-out ideas from gender academia. Of course, I’d be more please if it had been published in the Economist...

@no-quarter

Idiotic isn’t it?

One of my favorite articles this year was discussing the dress code at GM. It was previously super long and detailed, discussing all of the situations and what to wear. The new CEO looked at it and asked why they were spending time on shit that doesn’t add value, and why they were taking away individual autonomy at the time when personal responsibility and capability is becoming more important.

The new policy is apparently two words: Dress Appropriately

This puts the responsibility on each individual to make judgements about their behavior and contribute to the company value according to their role, duties, meeting etc.

I think it’s a great example of the problem we have with being too prescriptive and reducing individuals capability to use their personal judgement.

Edit: Found it.

https://qz.com/work/1242801/gms-dress-code-is-only-two-words/

@jc

Every time I think I should give up on the politics thread, I read a post like this and learn something important. Ta.

I’d like that post twice if I could.