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Negligent posted:I think that wink was meant to to say "it's okay, no need to terminate the call" rather than what you're reading into it which seems to be something like a knowing snigger between two men? I have done shits less dense than you, and I mostly eat red meat, nuts and codeine.
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Starshark posted:For a start I'm pretty sure there was a mass shooting where eight people were killed, it's just it was a father blowing his family away. Might have that wrong, but I think 'no mass shootings since' is a long bow to draw. There hasn't been a random mass shooting in Australia since Port Arthur (Monash shooting had 2 deaths). You are right that father did kill himself and his family (5 people) with a gun and that was only a year ago. So if you include that, there was an 18 year gap, when before Port Arthur, random mass shootings were happening every couple of years. I have pretty strong feelings about our gun laws and I think the American ones are atrocious. I actually did my honours thesis on differences between Australian and American personalities, as we use their norms for psychometric testing. One of the things I found, which I believe feeds into there gun problems is that Americans are believers whereas Australians are doubters. A person with a gun who 100% believes they are right is a very dangerous person.
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Yeah, the new border force people are way worse than the old ones. There's not only the extra security check (sounds like Anidav had to go through it too) which is literally exactly the same as the first security check except the staff are douchier. The presence of dogs sniffing luggage is way higher, the number of signs warning you not to be a terrorist and other poo poo has at least doubled, no one ever has a smile on their face and the whole general feel of the place is way more what you'd expect going into like America or something. I didn't take any pictures because I was pretty sure I was going to be shot. Gorilla Salad posted:This is why I always send all my stuff by courier, especially computers, drives and thumbsticks. It's faster and cheaper and a million times less of a hassle than dealing with the airports. If you're staying at a hotel, call them first to see if they're okay with holding your bags before you arrive or send them to your work. Serrath posted:Some people are born without the enzyme CYP2D6 which converts codeine into morphine, without which the medication stays functionally inert. Fun fact, recent research has also shown us that <too much> CYP2D6 in the liver can render codeine ineffective because it breaks the medication down too fast to be effective
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Freudian Slip posted:One of the things I found, which I believe feeds into there gun problems is that Americans are believers whereas Australians are doubters. I'm not sure I believe that.
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Oct 2, 2015 07:03
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The second amendment is a cautionary tale about entrenched bills of rights. The one aspect I would want from US politics is the willingness of Congressmen and Senators to cross the floor.
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Hey everybody, hopefully you're all gearing up for a great weekend. Just thought i'd plug a couple of new episodes of my podcast that may be of interest to all those who care about this great land and our future and want the Sheeple to WAKE uP! The Conez and Doh Show: Now on Souncloud and Itunes  https://soundcloud.com/user-456894491 Issues discussed include Adam Goodes and racism in sports, the psychological roots of transgender politics, the first moments of White Australia and it's orgy at Sydney Cove, Corey 'Party Boy' Worthington, Muslims, objectification, Wagner vs the Black Eyed Peas, my new 'Aussie Freedom Party' dream analysis, gaining respect through sexual artistry, the empowering feminism of Thatcher and Rhonda Roussey, drug policy and Kerry Packer's opinion of Malcolm Turnbull. Semper Fi Auspol!
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Doctor Spaceman posted:To tie together a few things, have a read of an article Abbott wrote about his time in the seminary, and why he left (it was because the Church kept trying to help people) Nice find! Once again he made my skin crawl the way he talks about the church as She. He really is a creep, isn't he?
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Amoeba102 posted:I'm not sure I believe that. Generally I think psychometric testing is bunk. But the difference was really large on the "Openess to experience" scale between the two groups. Maybe doubters is a bad way of putting it, but being open to new ideas Vs rigidly accepting your current beliefs/ideas. Disclaimer, this was a while ago, around 2001-2, so maybe we have changed since then?
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HookShot posted:This is interesting, whenever I go to the dentist it always takes 4-5 times the regular amount of whatever the freezing gel they use is before my mouth actually loses feeling. Would that be the same reason? Probably not, most topical gels like that don't enter circulation and don't need to be metabolised in the liver, they get taken up by whatever cells they're applied to and, when taken up by free nerve endings in the mouth, depolarize the cell causing it to be unable to be stimulated and transmit signals. I don't know why you'd need more except to say there's probably some anatomical variation; you might have more nerve endings or the endings present have a lower threshold for depolarizing. 4-5 times is a lot, though; unless your dentist is using a different drug than a sodium channel blocker, they can get pretty dangerous if you absorb enough through a surface area that it enters your circulation including arrhythmias
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Oct 2, 2015 07:10
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My jokes never seem to get rated well.
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Oct 2, 2015 07:13
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Ian Winthorpe III posted:Hey everybody, hopefully you're all gearing up for a great weekend. Just thought i'd plug a couple of new episodes of my podcast that may be of interest to all those who care about this great land and our future and want the Sheeple to WAKE uP! Which one is you, again?
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Oct 2, 2015 07:14
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Amethyst posted:Which one is you, again? Conez, the one with the lispier voice.
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Oct 2, 2015 07:17
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Amoeba102 posted:My jokes never seem to get rated well. I liked your joke.
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Oct 2, 2015 07:17
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Freudian Slip posted:There hasn't been a random mass shooting in Australia since Port Arthur (Monash shooting had 2 deaths). Important to note that the Monash shooting only ended early because some other students and a professor tackled the guy. He was more heavily armed than the Virginia Tech shooter. If it wasn't for their bravery we might have easily had another Port Arthur. Personally I find it a bit disingenuous that the US keeps looking at gun reform through the prism of mass shootings. The vast majority of gun deaths in America are not caused by mass shootings - they're caused by domestic violence, gang disputes, regular old fights, etc. People dying in their ones and twos, not by the hand of a spree killer. Obviously those are the events that grab the headlines, but it does feel a bit dumb. You're still going to have mass shootings sometimes no matter how strict the gun laws (i.e. Norway, what Monash could have been) and the real beneficiaries of amended US gun laws would be the thousands of people who would potentially have been murdered by their angry neighbour or shot on a Baltimore street corner in a black neighbourhood, etc. Negligent posted:The one aspect I would want from US politics is the willingness of Congressmen and Senators to cross the floor. This happens quite a lot under the Westminster system in the UK. Not sure why it doesn't in Australia - possibly because we're a far more homogeneous country and "local representation" isn't as big a part of being an MP.
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freebooter posted:This happens quite a lot under the Westminster system in the UK. Not sure why it doesn't in Australia - possibly because we're a far more homogeneous country and "local representation" isn't as big a part of being an MP.
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Oct 2, 2015 07:20
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QUACKTASTIC posted:I liked your joke. Cheers
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Oct 2, 2015 07:21
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QUACKTASTIC posted:I liked your joke. I'm not sure it went the distance.
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Oct 2, 2015 07:23
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Oct 2, 2015 07:48
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Serrath posted:Paracetamol or NSAIDs work on similar pathways (both inhibit the formation of prostaglandins, mediating pain transmission) while codeine binds directly to opioid receptors, inhibiting nerve cells and preventing them from firing effectively. The problem is, opioids affect a number of different cells which can cause all sorts of depressive functions including your respiratory centers. A lot of these negative effects aren't linear dose-dependent, you can take a whole lot of opioids without any ill effect and then taking a tiny bit more will tip you over the line toward respiratory distress. Unfortunately, with pain, people will keep taking more and more medication until their pain goes away but different pain medications have different times to peak effectiveness. You typically reach peak plasma concentrations of paracetamol within 10-60 minutes with a half life of 1-3 hours while an opioid has a half life of 3-4 hours with a variable peak plasma concentration. The logic is that, with a combination medication, the codeine is the most "effective" medication but for most sources of pain, the paracetamol will have an effect fast enough that people can tolerate their pain enough that they won't keep dosing themselves before the medication has had a chance to work its effect. You also get a wider range of pain conditions treated through combination therapy; some pain doesn't respond well to one so the inclusion of a second pain reliever ensures that the pain is managed. It's kinda hosed for those of us who with hypertension issues (for me, primary hypertension first diagnosed at 16). I can't use NSAIDs because I'm already on an AT2 inhibitor/thiazide combo, so once this comes in, my pain relief options are paracetamol and a bullet. There's lots of people in the same boat.
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Americans will never allow similar gun laws we have here. Because they really like playing with their big, manly guns, that make loud noises. Also manliness. And big scopes. And attachments.
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Amoeba102 posted:My jokes never seem to get rated well. Sorry it went right over my head at the time. Well played 
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quote:Anyway, I thought, most were malingering. So I encouraged “self-service” of medicines and suggested that meals would be better fetched by the friends of the sick. Many deeply resented this disdain for college’s caring and communitarian ethos. Tony this is why you no pm
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Oct 2, 2015 08:42
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People with no mates should get sick and starve to death - Tony Abbott
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Tony didn't want to be of any help or comfort to others, so he pursued a career in politics.
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Oct 2, 2015 09:02
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What's going on in Sydney? 2 guys with guns walk into a Police station and say....
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Oct 2, 2015 09:08
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Brown Paper Bag posted:Tony didn't want to be of any help or comfort to others, so he pursued a career in politics. He realised his powers fell in the supply side of evil
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Freudian Slip posted:There hasn't been a random mass shooting in Australia since Port Arthur (Monash shooting had 2 deaths). You are right that father did kill himself and his family (5 people) with a gun and that was only a year ago. So if you include that, there was an 18 year gap, when before Port Arthur, random mass shootings were happening every couple of years. That sounds like a drat interesting thesis. Better than the piece of poo poo I'm working on, anyway (arts, lol).
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Oct 2, 2015 09:26
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look how good australia is at gun control guys. *guys shoot up cops HQ*
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Laserface posted:look how good australia is at gun control guys. in australia only the people who deserve it get shot as opposed to innocent students. a good critique
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Brown Paper Bag posted:Tony didn't want to be of any help or comfort to others, so he pursued a career in politics. I know you meant it as a joke, but yeah, that's basically it. He didn't get into politics to help people, he got into politics to fight his ideological opponents.
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Laserface posted:look how good australia is at gun control guys. If only the police had had guns this could've been averted.
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Laserface posted:look how good australia is at gun control guys. I think the point is that without our level of gun control, things would be a whole lot worse. If any random could spend like $500 for a decent gun here (as opposed to the thousands of dollars it costs now), we'd be hosed.
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Lid posted:If only the police had had guns this could've been averted. Police did have guns and one of the 2 people shot was the gunman by a cop.
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Oct 2, 2015 09:53
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Birb Katter posted:Police did have guns and one of the 2 people shot was the gunman by a cop. Woosh.
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SeekOtherCandidate posted:in australia only the people who deserve it get shot as opposed to innocent students. a good critique You're a oval office. Cops are still people.
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Chiwie posted:You're a oval office. Cops are still people. Not all of them. What about K9 units huh?
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Oct 2, 2015 10:36
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Even David Cameron agrees the only good pig is a dead pig.
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Chiwie posted:You're a oval office. Cops are still people. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-02/parramatta-police-headquarters-site-of-shooting-two-dead/6824320
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Unimpressed posted:Not all of them. What about K9 units huh? Ah, the sideways Airbud play. Bold.
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