# Rough as Guts: editorial review, 28 October 2026

The purpose is **joyful responsible abundance**: ethical light satire that helps people gain capability, care, wellbeing and room to enjoy life. A reader should be able to recognise a habit, see a useful alternative and understand why it is worth trying. The person is capable of learning. Their class, background, family or lack of previous instruction is not the joke.

The previous site often made the rough behaviour the most memorable and attractive part. Adding a general statement about competence did not repair a scene that ended with everybody admiring the mess. This review changes the actual scenes, endings, proposed actions and image briefs.

## What was reviewed

- The complete catalogue of Daz's 45 source slides, with closer review of the examples and counterexamples below.
- All nine current page objects, their chapters, gags, product concepts and rural ideas.
- The illustration manifest, featured source selection and generated brief form.
- Relevant primary guidance for the food-hygiene and workplace communication points retained in the new copy.

This is an editorial and source review. It is not a technical approval of the old posters, a field trial, or evidence that the revised material changes behaviour.

## What Daz's stronger drafts offer

| Source slide | Useful communication pattern | What still needs work |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 11, mine-site PPE | Links protective action to a life people want to keep enjoying, including hearing family. | Broad PPE statements, wording defects and confusing details need task-specific correction. It is not a complete control or selection method. |
| 18, chemicals | Makes a familiar shortcut look questionable and directs attention toward information and suitable handling. | Most pictures show the wrong actions; incomplete copy does not supply a reliable replacement method. |
| 24, crush and pinch hazards | Attempts to identify the hazard and give people a role in keeping clear and using controls. | Broken numbering, caption mismatches and simplified lifting/support scenes require technical review. |
| 26, fatigue | Moves from pretending to cope toward rest, relief and caring for a tired colleague. | Fixed durations and broad return-to-work or colleague-handling advice cannot stand in for a reviewed fatigue process. |
| 30, isolation | Attempts a positive sequence with verification instead of relying on reassurance. | Truncated text, gaps and oversimplified verification make it unsuitable as a universal isolation instruction. |
| 38, hot work | Gives preparation and follow-through a role after the dramatic part of the task. | Misaligned panels and a fixed watch duration need the actual permit, procedure and reviewer. |
| 41, access and ladders | Challenges overreaching and unsuitable access with a recognisable visual contradiction. | Correct alternatives are often named rather than pictured; equipment and anchorage details need review. |
| 44, confined spaces | Gives planning, communication and support roles a place alongside the entrant. | Simplified rescue/testing/permit details and an unsourced statistic need specialist correction. |

The pattern to carry forward is recognition, a different response and a valued benefit. The exact technical advice does not become reliable merely because that pattern is useful.

## Source patterns to leave behind

- Slide 6 mixes camp courtesy with retaliation against noise.
- Slide 14 makes avoidance of supervision appear clever through unsafe use of equipment.
- Slide 25 treats a safety representative as someone to deceive.
- Slide 28 gives social rewards to reckless barbecue and drinking behaviour.
- Slide 39 allows hostility and decorative jokes to overwhelm the courtesy point.
- Slide 45 frames children as a nuisance and an adult's avoidance as a response to distress.

These slides remain unchanged in the source archive. They are not models for the revised tone. Source slides 6, 16, 28 and 39 have been removed from featured positions; the archive still contains every original record.

## Audit of the new site content

| Page | Previous failure | Revision |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Home | The irritated gift-giver got a roast; the recipient often got no visible way forward. | A gift invites shared learning. Mug, travel and repair scenes include the person's own action and an enjoyable result. Worked scenes come before repeated editorial explanations. |
| Men | Extended portraits made habits into fixed identities. | Each chapter and gag identifies a different response, a reason to try it and a scene in which the person follows through. Borrowed gear is returned complete; the friendship survives the joke. |
| Women | The dog, clothes and social-chaos scenes could make neglect look like an appealing personality. | Hygiene, boundaries and practical routines appear in the action. Pet items stay away from food preparation; people wash the dishes. The clothes-chair sequence ends with the owner participating and both friends enjoying the cleared space. |
| Young Crew | Respectful body copy sat beside an image ending at a forgotten lunch. | The teen uses a reminder, packs the lunch and leaves calmly. Learning and asking for support are visible; young people are not responsible for repairing their family circumstances. |
| Worksites | Better-action language was contradicted by featured unsafe or retaliatory examples. | Posters show a response, supporting people and work conditions. A storage example includes management addressing the shortage as well as workers keeping the route clear. |
| Systems | A brief could be completed without a replacement behaviour. | The existing useful-point field now requires a proposed better action and why it helps. Scene prompts and generated instructions require the action and benefit to be visible. The two optional comedy controls stay optional. |
| Product pipeline | Formats and mascots could decorate or reward the folly. | All 18 format concepts and seven country concepts include a useful response and human benefit. Reader questions examine that pathway. The club galah learns to help rather than gaining status by avoiding work. |
| Original library | Preserving a draft could look like endorsement when it was featured without interpretation. | Originals remain byte-identical. Featured drafts have specific communication notes and limitations, linked to this review. |
| Site map | Summaries carried the older vague premise. | Summaries now state the purpose of wellbeing, care and useful change. |

## Images and brief generation

Six replacement illustrations use the built-in image generator. The men's, women's and workplace heroes show participation and cooperation. Three comic sequences show a complete tool return, clothes being sorted before friends relax, and a teen checking and packing their own bag.

The [image record](../data/generated-art.json) retains prompts, file hashes, dimensions and the superseded assets. Older generated artwork remains as history; the original PowerPoint images remain unchanged. Visual inspection checked the depicted narrative and basic coherence. It does not establish technical safety approval or audience response.

The form keeps its simple structure. Its existing useful-point field becomes **Better action & why it helps**, and is required. The generated brief asks for a visible replacement behaviour, support where needed and a worthwhile payoff. In a single-panel image the better action should dominate; a sequence should not end at the risky or inconsiderate act.

## Grounding the practical details

Queensland Health explains that unsafe food can look, smell and taste normal, and advises checking use-by dates and storage. The fridge example therefore does not use a sniff as evidence of safety. [Queensland Health: signs of potentially unsafe food](https://www.qld.gov.au/health/staying-healthy/food-pantry/food-safety-for-consumers/food-safety-and-your-health/signs-of-potentially-unsafe-food).

Federation Council's home guidance separates pets and their bowls from kitchen food handling, calls for separate washing of pet items, and handwashing after touching pets. The women's example follows that direction without presenting domestic advice as a commercial-kitchen compliance assessment. [Federation Council: pets and food safety](https://www.federationcouncil.nsw.gov.au/Environment-Waste/Public-Health/Food-Safety-at-Home/Pets-Food-Safety).

WorkSafe Queensland's reporting guidance includes hazards, housekeeping concerns and damaged equipment, worker involvement, and acting on reports. The workplace copy gives the recipient of a concern a responsibility to listen and respond. [WorkSafe Queensland: reporting safety](https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/safety-and-prevention/creating-safe-work/reporting-safety).

Safe Work Australia describes identifying hazards, assessing and controlling risk and reviewing controls. The revised copy keeps work design, equipment and responsible management in view, rather than making worker attitude the whole explanation. [Safe Work Australia: identify, assess and control hazards](https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/safety-topic/managing-health-and-safety/identify-assess-and-control-hazards).

## What to learn from actual use

Ask intended readers what happened, what the person could try, who or what would support that change, and what the ending makes possible. Listen for unintended admiration of the harmful act, shame, confusion or a response that is not feasible in their circumstances.

For site use, the responsible task team must verify the actual depicted work and controls, resolve ambiguity, and involve the workers who will encounter the poster. Record their feedback and revise. Neither an AI-generated joke, an internal review nor a laugh on its own proves improved safety, wellbeing or behaviour.