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Just Watched Cloud Atlas (first time)
  • It's my favourite movie but people either seem to love or hate it.

    Started reading the book afterwards but didn't make it through the second half of the post apocalypse future story.

    Usually recommend it to people since very few have seen it

  • What's your fave movie of all time that you love to recommend to people?
  • Probably Cloud Atlas

    It was a commercial failure so it's usually one that people haven't already seen.

    Talented cast and directors passionate about the project.

    It's extremely divisive, most people either love it or think it was a waste of time.

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • Why stand in line to board an airplane?
  • This is the correct answer. If I'm on an overseas holiday I'm usually carrying an extra bag of medication.

    If I wait I run the risk of no storage space near me and it getting stored away from me

  • A guide to Single Payer Healthcare
  • In Australia we get a rebate on tax if we hold private cover. The rebate is generally larger if you hold better cover up to a certain level of income where you can clearly afford both.

    Hospital + extras for myself and wife was about 3k last year.

    For things like regular scripts I'm on some stupid expensive drugs but because of PBS instead of 20,000 per month I pay $35 ish per script until hitting a safety net threshold and it drops to $5 per script.

    After turning 31 if you don't get private cover it costs more for each year you don't get it when you eventually do. It's to encourage people to get it if they can afford it. I'm not a fan but that's how it works at the moment

  • How common is smoking in Australia?
  • The rates have gone down and lots of people have moved to vaping as others have mentioned.

    My take is that while it's prohibited in many areas the enforcement is shocking.

    I attend a hospital outpatient clinic at least 6 visits per year (usually more for scans and stuff). It's prohibited on the hospital campus and has been for ages. Signs everywhere.

    Don't think I've ever been in the last 10 years and not seen someone smoking.

    Similar enforcement in city malls and other areas where it's prohibited. People only care if it's inside

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    Discussion on Concerns over Auto tl;dr bot
  • I like it.

    The summaries it provides fall into one of the categories for me:

    • Ignore because I've already read the article

    • The summary is interesting enough that I'll go read the article

    • Ignore, wouldn't have read the article anyway

    Overall it's more articles read. Maybe a disclaimer or have it respond to votes or comments of good bot/bad not

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