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Dan Kaufman

Dan Kaufman

Dan Kaufman teaches writing, editing and media training at Media Survival.

Melbourne drivers are not to be trigled with.

Melburnians are friendlier than Sydneysiders – but on the road they are lunatics

Merging in Melbourne is murder: as soon as you indicate, the car beside will almost always speed up to block you.

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Gif showing how cameras monitor the self-service checkout at supermarkets

Happy new year? Not for me, unless we ban these annoyances

The world is full of problems, but we can make it a little better by outlawing a few nuisances.

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Emojis have become signs of devolution of the English language.

NVM the LOLs, IMHO fully-formed words slay

If you use cutesy words such as nom, laughing emojis and acronyms such as LOL, you are going to hate this column.

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Can’t afford to buy a home? Consider yourself lucky

Some advice to people complaining about the rental market: don’t delude yourself into thinking buying a home will make life easier. It won’t.

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