tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post7259849099365109588..comments2023-07-17T23:10:02.228+10:00Comments on Discombobula: Economically UnviableSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-52796631808388614772013-06-16T19:12:56.259+10:002013-06-16T19:12:56.259+10:00Thank you, previous dweller of the subhuman classe...Thank you, previous dweller of the subhuman classes and now exhibiting artist to return to the depths to offer some words of consolation. I don't know where or what the intensive support list is, but I'll see if I can get on that one too.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-36558273848420906252013-06-16T00:04:25.644+10:002013-06-16T00:04:25.644+10:00This might help...
http://supermarketmonkey.blogs...This might help...<br /><br />http://supermarketmonkey.blogspot.com.au/2008/08/dole-bludgers-lexicon.htmlurbanmonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17674871237002604796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-56620183219542436902013-06-14T07:43:57.214+10:002013-06-14T07:43:57.214+10:00Unfortunately, economic inequality is as old as ci...Unfortunately, economic inequality is as old as civilization. There is this primal urge that if you "have" you must "have more", or at least maintain your "have". However, we no longer live (well, most of us) in a hunter-gatherer society, where failure to be selfish results in our demise. No longer is selfishness about mere survival...instead, we live in a world where it's all about the collection of bigger and better things. In order for that to happen, wealth has to shift. And, I can tangibly feel the shifting of my own minimal "have" away from me over the last decade, and into the hands of my health insurance company, my mortgage company, and my utilities. Sigh. Here's to a better world...may we live to see it. Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-34012722620208592372013-06-14T06:10:38.709+10:002013-06-14T06:10:38.709+10:00What frustrates me is that it's needless suffe...What frustrates me is that it's needless suffering that doesn't need to be [-(. It's suffering imposed by a system designed by others to suit them, not us and certainly not the earth. I think that's what makes it all doubly hard, at least for me. <br /><br />I'm sorry that you are stuck in there too. Here's to a different future for us all, Ms Erin cheerSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-69813091932992726342013-06-13T15:36:24.140+10:002013-06-13T15:36:24.140+10:00Right there with you. I've heard a term called...Right there with you. I've heard a term called "decision fatigue" that exists among the "poor but working middle class". Essentially, every day we (myself included) are confronted with decisions about how to spread our money around. "Do I buy food or pay the electric?". Health insurance or mortgage? Taxes or medicine? Those terrible decisions that we have to make when the money doesn't go far enough. And, then, even the little ones...like do I buy 6 bananas or 6 bags of corn chips? How can I make the money go far enough? How can I eat healthy and still eat enough on a small budget? It sucks, and if I knew a way out of this hellhole, I'd tell you. Unfortunately, just being employed isn't enough anymore, because everything is so much more damned expensive. If there is something in the "system" that can make things easier for you, there's no shame in that. We've done it repeatedly these last 3 years.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-25530234013365593722013-06-13T09:57:47.817+10:002013-06-13T09:57:47.817+10:00"who are the rich elite?"
There's &..."who are the rich elite?"<br /><br />There's "old money" and then there's the nouveau riche.<br />Not sure which are worse.<br />Those born into privilege and who only rub shoulders with their uber-rich peers, as they cast scornful glances at the "lower" classes.<br />Or, those who've come into a fortune within their lifetime, spending their money so conspicuously - and so often, gaudily - as they desperately try to climb the social ladder to the elite playgrounds.<br /><br />Then there's the pseudo-rich. Doing everything to give the appearance they are wealthy - but, it's all on credit.<br /><br />None of the above would I like to keep company with. They wouldn't know reality if it bit them with a thousand piranha like teeth on the arse.<br /><br />"My Career Goes Bung", sounds interesting. Will have to look it up. Sadly, the days of going into a real bookstore have dwindled. Maybe a second hand store will have a copy. And, there's always online. But I like the second hand shops.<br /><br />From what I hear, many people are self-publishing. Seems worth a go for sure. You should consider it maybe. You are a very good writer.<br />You know what "they" say about, "nothing ventured..."<br /><br />Always wondered who "they" are. They sure seem to know alot about, well, A LOT :)<br /><br />Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023748614942747415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-63014793778566064302013-06-13T09:05:06.123+10:002013-06-13T09:05:06.123+10:00You are so kind. Comments like yours and Vicki...You are so kind. Comments like yours and Vicki's are priceless, really. I don't feel like I deal with my stuff very well. But I do know that doing something with it and writing about it redeems it. Perhaps it even makes it appear as if I'm dealing with my stuff better than I am, haha!<br /><br />What a wonderful way to look at being a "drain on the system" - I love the pun. It's so true! This system does need to go down the tubes and be reborn. And I do feel like that is happening on an energetic level. If that's so, then soon we will begin seeing it more and more on an outer level - and there are many wonderful people out there doing countercultural things already.<br /><br />Sail on fellow eccentric. And thanks for your philosophical tweets :)Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-65672618297483120532013-06-13T09:02:30.976+10:002013-06-13T09:02:30.976+10:00Hello, fellow conspiracy theories :)
I agree. ...Hello, fellow conspiracy theories :) <br /><br />I agree. It's not what you know but ... which reminds me, on a tangent, I have been reading My Brilliant Career and its sequel, My Career Goes Bung. Both of them are semi-autobiographical to a degree, with the second one being a fictionalised account of what happened to the narrator of the first book after that book was published, and her dealings with Sydney "society" of the early 1900's. And there is so much of that. I mean, who are the rich elite? The ones who were born into it. That's an antiquated sort of a concept but it still holds true in so many areas. And yes, not what you know but who you know. What happens with all of those writers who are locked away being introspective and who don't know a whole lot of people? I guess e-publishing, hehe :)<br /><br />Thanks for your support and comments. It means a lot coming from a fellow arty soul (I really must get back to playing with clay soon myself. A babe in arms but I do feel like it's my medium :)Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-44653666261912965222013-06-12T18:55:11.304+10:002013-06-12T18:55:11.304+10:00What Vicki said, Sue. You are one of my heroes for...What Vicki said, Sue. You are one of my heroes for the way you deal with your stuff. I've been what many would see as a 'drain on the system' most of my life, but then I've come to see, in a curious way, that that's exactly what the system needs - to go down the tubes and be reborn into something resembling true compassion. I will never 'fit in' to a system that ain't fit for nothin', but will find a better way, and maybe inspire others to a similar course. It's the eccentrics who make the best revolutionaries, although it's no easy road, going 'gainst the flow:)Harry Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14341037712756284832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-63278903651946103552013-06-12T12:10:12.532+10:002013-06-12T12:10:12.532+10:00Sue, your post is intelligent, heartfelt, honest, ...Sue, your post is intelligent, heartfelt, honest, brave.<br /><br />Surveys. I believe they are merely an indication. Not a true account. I sometimes think they are put out to give the populous false hope/contentment/ideals. So that the people continue to feel assured that all is well in their country. And, continue to buy/take out bank loans – grow the economy.<br />I think there is more that they’re NOT telling us.<br /><br />The public service system is flawed and self-serving – but only at the upper levels. And the bloody ATO is a toothless tiger.<br />The collective name “public service” is a joke. They do nothing to serve the public with anything other than disdain. Courtesy and consideration be damned.<br />We’re just a name on a piece of paper among thousands of pieces of paper. Or, these days, thousands of names registered on data entry documents.<br /><br />There is no humanity required when dealing with faceless names.<br />They really might as well be robots, these departmental “human resources”.<br />Most of them hate their jobs and maybe even their very own existence.<br />For, perhaps the system has turned on them too. Cracking the virtual whip over their heads and reducing any shred of humanity by forcing them to perform their tasks without question. “If the applicant doesn’t tick all the right boxes, they are denied/disqualified”.<br />A swipe of a pen or click of a button at one end can almost destroy any self worth at the other end.<br /><br />Sorry. My cynicism has increased as I get older. I no longer have the naïveté of my youth.<br /><br />So, why shouldn’t you “complain on your blog”? It’s your blog. Your voice. Your connection to those who can relate and empathise with you.<br />At least, technology has given us that. The world can feel very lonely without it.<br /><br />“The arts” is a difficult field to earn money from, with low government funding and high competition. The financial font is shallow and seems only available to the chosen few. It’s so often not what you know but…<br /><br />Though, if we “creative types” don’t express through our chosen medium, we implode.<br />Setting mine aside for years of repetitive desk work in cold, conservative offices, just to keep the bank happy, exacted its creative toll.<br /><br />I for one don’t feel any smugness over your plight – I wouldn’t dare. I’ve been perilously close to dire circumstances, and at the mercy of others, to even consider it.<br />And, I won’t even get started on the, “but you look so well” comments – I could write a tome on THAT alone, lol!!<br /><br />But, I know many who do have haughty attitudes. What they don’t think of, is that their position can change at any moment. Sudden ill health or a poor financial decision can wipe out overnight their feelings of superiority. They really need to think with more care.<br />But, privilege seems to be an effective barrier.<br /><br />So, write on sista. At least, we are here. And we hear you. x<br />Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023748614942747415noreply@blogger.com