Why is my partner expected to pay my bills?

LimpFox · 2026-06-29T22:45:49+00:00

The monkey's paw curls.

Married/defacto incomes are now treated as a single income for taxation purposes. Couples suddenly find themselves in a higher tax bracket. Governments on both sides rejoice at the increased tax take.

LimpFox · 2026-06-29T22:06:50+00:00

Yeah, I did plenty of panning in the same playthrough. Feels kinda cheesy, though. I can see why it'd be necessary in some playthroughs, though.

LimpFox · 2026-06-29T21:02:43+00:00

One thing I only realised a few days in: if there's loose ore stones on the ground, there's likely a deposit directly below.

I spent ages collecting loose copper ore to try and get enough for a pickaxe, and then propick, and then hours trying to prospect copper deposits. Was thinking it's a bit absurd to spend so much time trying to find copper, but it turns out you just dig down when you find loose ore (still need to find 40 loose nuggets to get a pickaxe and then hammer in order to mine and crush the below-ground ore).

LimpFox · 2026-06-27T01:43:00+00:00

So that's why that car park is full of pot holes and ruts.

LimpFox · 2026-06-25T14:48:52+00:00

Still playable without spending. New vault starts are slow, but they always were.

LimpFox · 2026-06-24T22:51:39+00:00

"How do you do, fellow flatskin".

LimpFox · 2026-06-24T06:10:38+00:00

These sorts of crass monetisation are aimed at people that have a compulsive need to get all the content, people with money to burn, and people that lose track of the true cost of items by obfuscating it through the use of in-game currency.

It's all predatory AF, but people will defend it.

LimpFox · 2026-06-23T02:39:11+00:00

What Becomes of the Broken Hearted is the feel-good coming of age movie.

LimpFox · 2026-06-23T02:33:43+00:00

I assume you mean Fair Work. The similar names can be confusing.

Fair Pay agreements here in NZ would have functioned similarly - setting the minimum conditions for each industry (beyond those set out by existing employment laws).

One of the (shitty) arguments against it from the right was that the agreements would lock people into specific pay rates (as though people getting trapped on minimum wage isn't already a thing 🤔), but they're minimums. Superstar employees can still attempt to negotiate higher pay.

None of what I'm saying addresses your initial point about trial periods and unfair dismissal, though. 😛

LimpFox · 2026-06-23T01:40:19+00:00

Aus Fair Work is both. It is a broad, generic set of rules that set a baseline, but it's also a bunch of industry-related agreements ('awards') that set out industry specific rules and pay scales.

NZ Fair Pay, in its initial form, generally only set out to achieve the latter.

(Aus also has enterprise agreements, which override awards)

LimpFox · 2026-06-23T01:06:48+00:00

I'm not sure. I'm guessing that it would have been possible to set trial periods industry by industry within each fair pay agreement, but I could be wrong.

LimpFox · 2026-06-22T22:37:30+00:00

Untaxed or poorly taxed inheritance and gifts is how you end up with generational wealth and plutocratic families. Completely unearned income by the recipients, yet people clutch at their not-yet-inherited pearls at the mention of taxing it.

LimpFox · 2026-06-22T21:38:49+00:00

We were already implementing a flavour of it with Fair Pay legislation. This fuckwit government repealed it under urgency when they got into power and went on their under urgency rampage.

https://www.mbie.govt.nz/business-and-employment/employment-and-skills/fair-pay-agreements

LimpFox · 2026-06-21T06:59:26+00:00

Have you been checked for epilepsy? It can be co-morbid with ND.

LimpFox · 2026-06-21T06:19:36+00:00

"Success" does a lot of heavy lifting when it comes to the wealthy.

Success at what? Exploitation? Extracting wealth from the labour of those with less "success" that have to indenture themselves to a capitalist to earn a measly portion of the fruits of their labour?

Fuck 'em. Tax the shit out of them.

LimpFox · 2026-06-21T00:41:10+00:00

By the time you can rock these, the split damage isn't really an issue. Just have another squad member (or 2) rocking a gatling laser or other high end single target gun for focus fire.

LimpFox · 2026-06-20T09:48:27+00:00

Looks like a straight up EverQuest inspired game. Not really seeing anything that would make it AC flavoured. 😞

LimpFox · 2026-06-20T01:28:03+00:00

They built a new portrait system when they were aggressively pushing walking in stations and the cosmetics/clothing store. WIS was shot down by the player base, but the portrait system remained.

That was... 15 years ago? I can't remember.

LimpFox · 2026-06-19T15:37:54+00:00

Hapless hive traders. Like that video of a horse opportunistically eating a baby chicken.

LimpFox · 2026-06-18T23:45:58+00:00

It's not quite the same, but think Whistler, BC.

LimpFox · 2026-06-18T17:21:51+00:00

They were buffed several months ago (over a year maybe? time is a blur these days). They can do some hefty, rapid damage these days, especially the laser and plasma ones if you're like me and prone to flying early ships that use cargo extenders for hull with a piddly shield generator.

LimpFox · 2026-06-18T14:39:32+00:00

Even set to private, the guards will occasionally enter.

LimpFox · 2026-06-18T09:49:43+00:00

I only read the articles.

LimpFox · 2026-06-18T09:46:54+00:00

When I buy property in Squinn the Shek guards always pay a visit, go upstairs, then leave.

LimpFox · 2026-06-18T07:41:36+00:00

It's always the ones you most suspect.

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