@JulieAnneGenter@NZGreens How much money would we save if the politicians reduced their salaries to match hard(er) working teachers and nurses?
How many expensive lunches and suits and private jets are really necessary to do a job that mostly involves arguing and paper shuffling?
@irieman_@NewstalkZB@Jojococomarolit I suspect some of them have started throwing those ideas around behind the scenes and are just trying to convince the higher-ups
@ItsEmilyKaty If I met myself as a total stranger I'd probably think 'wow that girl really isn't a people person'
It's true, but it's 90% because of social and sensory overwhelm
@VeronicaGlamis@chrisluxonmp Chris Luxon has one skill: wooing rich business dudes
Now he's finding out that being PM requires him to actually SERVE people and that he can't just delegate everything while people put cash in his pocket
@R3n4lbar I think it's partly to do with having the plural grammar thing drilled into their minds for decades, they usually means more than one person
So it confuses people and they go to the default setting which doesn't require them to think
@Suzyiam@AnneMar44470568 Only if we get regular progress reports on the daisy chains, and proof that he made them instead of outsourcing or delegating ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ
@AutisticCoach_ I actually need everything minimal cos I fond it too overstimulating, but I have one room with shelves and boxes for my favorite things so I can appreciate them in smaller doses
New Zealand was the first country in the world to give woman the vote.
Sometimes when I see how Right Wing males speak about Jacinda Ardern, it makes me realise what a massive task that must have been, and how little some NZ males have grown & matured in the last century or so.
@breatheonmiley Australia doesn't have a jungle, so maybe they're just telling her it's Australia but really it's a remote island so Britney never has to see her again?