TrippaSnippa

@TrippaSnippa@aussie.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Attacks on Australia’s preferential voting system are ludicrous. We can be proud of it | Kevin Bonham⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s fair, I was talking specifically about Melbourne. However, the redistribution doesn’t account for the swing against Bandt. The ABC’s analysis put his first preference vote nominally on ~45% after redistribution, but he only got 39.5% (and I believe their swing figures are adjusted for redistributions, which is why they show Bennelong as a Labor gain from the Liberals even though Labor previously held the seat).

  You’re completely right about Brisbane though (and the same thing nearly happened in Ryan). The swing against the Greens alone wouldn’t have dropped them out of the 2CP, the massive surge for Labor at the expense of the LNP was what did it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Attacks on Australia’s preferential voting system are ludicrous. We can be proud of it | Kevin Bonham⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The precipitous drop in support for the LNP mostly went to help Labor (side note: for weird historical reasons, our party spells its name the American way, despite in every other context in Australia, labour having a u), which helped them finish ahead of the Greens on 3-candidate-preferred, which meant the Greens got eliminated and their votes went to support a Labor victory. In essence, a drop in support for the right-wing candidates resulted in a centrist candidate winning where previously a left-wing candidate had won. That’s an aberrant result that doesn’t really match anyone’s intuition of how elections should work. And it’s one reason a proportional system would be better.

  This isn’t what happened though. Bandt had a 5.2% swing away from him on first preferences which seems to have gone largely to Labor, who had a 5.7% swing towards them. The Liberals actually had a miniscule swing of 0.2% towards them. That swing away from the Greens and towards Labor pushed them ahead of the Libs into the 2 candidate preferred count, where they won on Liberal preferences.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My password is not accepted because it is too long⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It also says “must not be the same as any of the last seven passwords used” so I can only take “no repeats” to mean no repeated characters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the worst spelling you've seen?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ptoughneigh

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Soup⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This is literally what happens to Helldivers in Helldivers 2. As much as I enjoy the game I’d rather not have Super Earth become a reality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Redditor when women⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  There are no men on the internet

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Seamlessly photoshoped⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  “Essentially infinite” is a bit of a stretch. The minimum warranty period is 12 months but it is true that there’s no defined maximum period. The reasonably expected lifespan of a consumer good generally increases with its value. Manufacturers and retailers are free to offer further warranties in addition to the guaranteed warranty period under the consumer law but this does not reduce or replace your rights under the law.

  I will add that change of mind refunds are not covered by Australian consumer law and it is uncommon for retailers to accept them compared to the US. You can usually exchange something for another item of equivalent value or store credit, but you usually can’t buy a phone to try out and return it after 30 days for example.