stupid first world problems you're dealing with

Stephen - all of the stuff you just posted kind of supports delet's position that it would be better for me to do menial labour in Australia. Edit: especially as the site you used shows that average monthly salary in Canada compared to Australia is %26.87 lower.

Double edit:Comparing Sydney to Vancouver - purchasing power in Vancouver is %5.15 lower than in Sydney, even though other major costs of living are cheaper.

If that is the mean average it is a useless definition of average salaries in terms of real world application.

Better to look at persons in low income after tax: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/famil19a-eng.htm

Note the percentage of unattached males living in poverty (of which I am) and also note the means by which the Canadian government determines low-income cutoff rates for economic families, which reduces the percentage of people living in poverty.

Additionally, I live in Vancouver, the most expensive city in Canada, with housing especially being bad, as it is some of the most unaffordable housing in the world. My purchasing power is nowhere near the local average.

I would have loved to have gone to Australia, but they don't have a program anywhere near as good as UBCs for Asian Studies (yes even at ANU), and the Master's Degree I am taking is fairly unique.

Also, you don't get tipped in Australia nearly as much, though on a Monday night I didn't get tipped very much either. Gratuities are nice, tax-free income, at least when you're not a server.

FWP it's sunny and I would much rather go to the beach than go to work...

  On 7/15/2014 at 9:44 PM, chenGOD said:

Stephen - all of the stuff you just posted kind of supports delet's position that it would be better for me to do menial labour in Australia.

If that is the mean average it is a useless definition of average salaries in terms of real world application.

Better to look at persons in low income after tax: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/famil19a-eng.htm

Note the percentage of unattached males living in poverty (of which I am) and also note the means by which the Canadian government determines low-income cutoff rates for economic families, which reduces the percentage of people living in poverty.

 

Additionally, I live in Vancouver, the most expensive city in Canada, with housing especially being bad, as it is some of the most unaffordable housing in the world. My purchasing power is nowhere near the local average.

 

I would have loved to have gone to Australia, but they don't have a program anywhere near as good as UBCs for Asian Studies (yes even at ANU), and the Master's Degree I am taking is fairly unique.

Also, you don't get tipped in Australia nearly as much, though on a Monday night I didn't get tipped very much either. Gratuities are nice, tax-free income, at least when you're not a server.

 

FWP it's sunny and I would much rather go to the beach than go to work...

Sorry if I offended you, wasn't my intention. Master's degrees and PHD's are really tough, the amount of time required by the program makes it difficult to have a career at the same time.

My comment was more towards Delet's income statement than your specific situation. I still think in general Canada is considered a land of great opportunity in terms of the job market.

Australia would be awesome, but Vancouver is beautiful too! I would love to live in Vancouver.

Edit: I'm confused by your comment that the average income is a useless statistic. On its own yes it's useless but when you look at purchasing parity I think it's useful. I'm no statistician though lol.

I believe they are using a mean average, which obviously gives more weight to higher incomes.

This table should clear things up:

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/famil106a-eng.htm

edit: i'm not offended, dinna fash.

  On 7/15/2014 at 10:13 PM, chenGOD said:

I believe they are using a mean average, which obviously gives more weight to higher incomes.

 

This table should clear things up:

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/famil106a-eng.htm

 

 

edit: i'm not offended, dinna fash.

Yep! You're right! I mistakenly thought they would exclude any outliers... standard deviation is quite high by including the top earners.

Data are extracted from administrative files.

The sample includes 100% of individuals who filed an individual tax return (T1)

Can I illegally immigrate to Canada or Australia?

lol yes you probably could.

Or just do it legally!

  On 7/15/2014 at 7:47 PM, manmower said:

I got something in my eye while out jogging earlier and now it feels all scratchy when I blink like something's still in there but I can't find it.

sounds like the foreign object scratched your cornea. don't rub it, let it heal. might take a while. if it lasts longer than a few days, see a doc for help.

I'm starting to feel I need a girlfriend. I need someone to talk to so I can stay away from FB and similar sites to concentrate in productive stuff.

yes, you can talk whilst she's checking facebook. great idea

  On 7/16/2014 at 6:52 AM, delet... said:

yes, you can talk whilst she's checking facebook. great idea

I mean, I must admit I sometimes feel alone, so I check FB to see who is online to talk and shit. But with a gf I would only need to talk to her so I can shut off messenger and therefore do more stuff.

She will find stuff for you to do that isn't your stuff. Still though there are compromises, bon chance on your journey to lovely hug muffins ;-]

My new job is kiiiiiinda boring.

  On 7/16/2014 at 4:41 PM, Squee said:

My new job is kiiiiiinda boring.

make it fun. or use the time to plan your own stuff, seeing as it's probably a breeze. Funny how you were thinking that you din have the skillset and now you're bored already. Is that what you were thinking, i'm a little adrift today.

I found a fledgling bird with a broken leg hopping around my work yesterday, where there is a cat that comes around all the time and kills everything. I didn't see the mom visiting it all day, so I took it home.

Scrounged up some centipedes and grubs last night from underneath rocks and fed her from a pair of tweezers, made her a soft bed in a box with holes and I lined the bottom with towels so she could grip it OK.

This morning I woke up and she was pretty peppy and seemed OK and then an hour later I checked on her and she was dead.

Just a cute little bird, too fair for this world.

RIP

(soon to be a x-post with the bad taxidermy thread :( )

  On 7/16/2014 at 4:41 PM, Squee said:

My new job is kiiiiiinda boring.

Heh. Forgot to mention that. Hopefully it pays well.

And good for you Waschbar! Thanks for doing your best. You eased that poor little soul's journey.

Well done for not letting the cat get at it.

awe... =(

Main reason I would never get a cat: they kill enough little birdies as it is.

The Lego Movie says "Everything Is Awesome", but what about all the people still shooting and blowing up each other over religious and territorial claims throughout the Levant and eastern Ukraine, not to mention disease and famine in west Africa?

Just a rhetorical question.

That bird story is a mini-tragedy.

War sucks, may good triumph

I'm too introvert.

nothing too introvert

my cat supposedly was sucking on a rats dead head/body the other day, what a rascal

  On 7/16/2014 at 6:06 PM, delet... said:

 

  On 7/16/2014 at 4:41 PM, Squee said:

 

My new job is kiiiiiinda boring.

make it fun. or use the time to plan your own stuff, seeing as it's probably a breeze. Funny how you were thinking that you din have the skillset and now you're bored already. Is that what you were thinking, i'm a little adrift today.

Well, since it's a new job I don't feel comfortable zoning out. I feel like I always have to look busy even though there isn't that much to do.

  On 7/16/2014 at 7:49 PM, A/D said:

 

  On 7/16/2014 at 4:41 PM, Squee said:

My new job is kiiiiiinda boring.

Heh. Forgot to mention that. Hopefully it pays well.

Haha!

Oh, and no, it doesn't.

I rescued a bird from a fallen nest, he did OK for a week or so, flying around the house and stuff, but then it died. Birds die for no reason apparently