This is just the beginning.

You think it’s just about ID?

Politicians in both the UK and Australia have spoken about banning VPNs, because VPNs have been used to avoid age verification in those countries.

Chris Bowen, that is his name, Chris Bowen. Remember him when you look at the night sky.

Lobbyists shocked and embarassed it’s so low.

Campaign to bribe donate to politicians to increase it to $30,000 a second.

I hope she names her cat Kittie Purry too.

Sure $3M would be a nice ‘problem’.

But I’m more concerned about poor suckers like me and maybe you.

Your key assumption is that the asset value never goes down. And you are ignoring the impact of inflation.

We are looking at long terms here, and when and where things happen matters.

So, in the case of a ‘comfortable’ $800K (lol i wish). Well, if the market tanks, that could easily be 400K. Not so comfortable now? And the $50K a year you were taking out, maybe you have to halve that to make it last. Oh, and whatever you were drawing out? $50K in 10 years time, assuming 4% inflation, is only worth 2/3 of whatever you take out today. And if you start budgetting for increased health care and aged care as you grow older, well…

Even this has a large dose of ‘assumes the status quo’ in it

I get and support the gist of this.

In terms of dollar values, I worry about 2 things:

• the official CPI figures don’t track to the actual cost of living, eg mortgages aren’t included
• the issue of money/government debt is uncontrolled

Maybe if it was set as the equivalent of $3M in gold as at 12 March 2026 I’d be OK…

PS:800k might be the comfortable today, but there have been multiple times the share market etc has halved, or even lost 90% of it’s value. Unless you have 2x to 10x 800k, and have a living portion in liquid assets, you are not immune.

As an alternate POV, if somebody had $5M in super today, would we be OK with no extra tax if the markets crashed 50% and that meant their super was only worth $2.5M now? And the $3M fatcat who only held shares in his dodgy cousin’s company that tanked, some NFTs, and cryptocurrency was now worth $100k?

Ooh, baby!

Do you like it when I slip into my VPN?

Guys, guys! Relax!

Australia’s brilliant leaders aren’t stupid* !

Of course, when they finally get told that these magical things called VPNs can bypass the requirements, they’ll just ban VPNs!

^{*majority not included}

Well $3M sounds like a lot now, but I hope they index it, because the way inflation and money printing is going, that will be worth about $3.50 in a decade or two, so everyone will be caught by it.

“The game is finished. You are of no use to us any longer, peasants. Begone!”

One thing I’ve run into re online gardening is the northern vs southern hemisphere thing. Eg, US & UK are just coming into spring, while we’re just going into autumn.

So, when an article says “Prune in September/October”, make sure you check and know where the source is from. It may be completely 180 degrees/6 months wrong.

I get so pissed off about this. Here am I doing my best, with the puny things under my control, and all those who have power and responsibility who could actually achieve something, do NOTHING.

And when the shit hits the fan, we know what the narrative will be and the history books will write:

• “Who could have known?”
• “Nobody could have known!”
• “If we knew about it, we would have done something!”
• “We tried everything we could!”

Well, I’m trying to convince myself that 😒

Undies are getting low lol

These are all great!

Though obviously not mine, I just wanted to share this:

What a wonderful world

Not sure which sound I prefer:

• Loser A
• Loser B

or maybe something like

Game over, man

Great. Just as I’m getting older.

They better have income/asset tests on it or I’ll be out on the streets.

And if they fuck around with my meager super which was effectively taken out of my wages when I earned it, and then take more away before I can get my hands on it, I will be so pissed off.

Can’t wait tor Wednesday, where we are meant to get a proper sunny day at last!

what to say to somebody who hates ai?

“Acknowledge their concerns and express understanding of their feelings, as many people have valid worries about AI’s impact on society. You can also share that AI has potential benefits and that discussing its responsible use can be more productive than outright rejection.”

Yeah that doesn’t sound like it’s gonna work…

Albo is playing with fire. Cost of living, housing, inflation, interest rates all mean nothing compared to this.

Messing with voters’ porn is a guaranteed way to lose an erection, umm I mean election.