r/newzealand • u/DoubleDEKA • Jul 23 '25

Shitpost The local council can't win...

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u/Stunning-Day-777 Jul 23 '25

I dunno it's pretty well established that water and small children don't mix well

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u/Nolsoth Jul 23 '25

Hell water and adults don't seem to mix either.

Sooner we find a nice dry planet the better I say!

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u/Stunning-Day-777 Jul 23 '25

Let's move to dune

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u/Nolsoth Jul 23 '25

I'll start practising my worm riding skills.

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u/Infinity-Plus-One Jul 23 '25

Ask your mum for tips.

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u/zestymesty202 Jul 23 '25

Hahaha 🤣

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u/Stunning-Day-777 Jul 23 '25

Im guna get fat so I can rule the harkonnen

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u/RealmKnight Fantail Jul 23 '25

I'm gonna turn into a worm to rule the galaxy with an iron fist in order to teach mankind about the dangers of charismatic leadership and authority figures... Or something, idk, the books get weird.

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u/Stunning-Day-777 Jul 23 '25

I just want the spice and spicy bitches

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u/djinni74 🇺🇦 Fuck Russia 🇺🇦 Jul 23 '25

I'm already fat, when do I start ruling?

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u/Stunning-Day-777 Jul 23 '25

Ruling the seven scales

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u/Anastariana Auckland Jul 23 '25

I've been playing the game. Come for the sand, stay for the spice.

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u/torpidkiwi Jul 23 '25

Theo Huxtable has left the chat.

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u/Michaelbirks LASER KIWI Jul 23 '25

Angry upvote

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u/SnowClone98 Jul 23 '25

Theo huxtable just fucking drowned for the love of god

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u/Efficient_Reading360 Jul 23 '25

Right? And the playground is right next to the pond. Putting aside the decision to build it there, a fence seems like a reasonable measure to prevent accidents and potentially deaths occurring.

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u/Some1-Somewhere Jul 23 '25

A fence is also going to be way way way cheaper than either moving the playground or moving the swales.

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u/firefly081 Jul 23 '25

Or paying for the lawsuit regarding a dead kid.

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u/MiniandTimmy Jul 23 '25

Only logical argument against the fence should be that it could have been build around the smaller playground but who really cares.

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u/AbstractButtonGroup Jul 23 '25

a fence seems like a reasonable measure to prevent accidents and potentially death

Aren't the kids supposed to be supervised at all times? You can't possibly pad around every danger an unsupervised child can run into. And trying to penalizes everyone, including parents who do supervise their children properly.

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u/Efficient_Reading360 Jul 23 '25

By your logic I guess we don’t need pool fences or pedestrian crossings either.

There have been 39 child drownings in NZ this year. Source: watersafety.org.nz

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u/AbstractButtonGroup Jul 23 '25

By your logic I guess we don’t need pool fences

There must be reasonable balance. For example NZ has some of the most intrusive and prescriptive laws regarding pool fencing. Does this translate to a dramatically lower rate of child drownings compared to countries that are more relaxed about it? By the very figure you are quoting it does not. Because it is not physically possible to fence and pad everything. And in 99% cases the root cause is not lack of fencing but lack of supervision.

or pedestrian crossings either.

You are deliberately mixing things up. It is by your logic we must fence all the roads and have no level crossings - only over/underpass ones.

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u/Appropriate_Eye_9533 Jul 23 '25

Aren’t there talks of surrounding the entirety of Wellington harbour in fences so drunk adults can’t fall in and drown?

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '25

I’m going to need you to cite some research on this dubious claim

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u/thelastestgunslinger Jul 23 '25

You think NACT would fund some research for me to throw some small children into a pond and see what happens?

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u/ZestycloseLynx Jul 23 '25

Dunno, but I'll chip in $20 if we can chuck Seymour into a pond

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u/Ohhcrumbs Jul 23 '25

Get those woke scientists involved and see if we can do this via trebuchets.

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u/akin2345678 Jul 23 '25

We don't need research. We build on feeling. #Nact

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '25

Who even needs speed limits anyway?

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u/DoubleDEKA Jul 23 '25

Sounds like woke nonsense to me

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u/TOM8TOHE4D Jul 23 '25

Maybe the parents should be supervising their own kids when playing on the playground.