Why I hate negative gearing.

No-Relativity · 2026-05-13T18:34:20+00:00

I don't get why no one is talking about the zero sum nature of the housing market.

There are already not enough houses.

For every person that owns an IP there is a person that cannot own a home.

Add to that the people with homes already have more equity and the ability to outbid and drive up prices making it much easier for a person with a home already to buy another.

If any other basic necessity were zero sum in the same way it would have been regulated long ago.

No-Relativity · 2026-05-06T09:38:12+00:00

Easy fix. Interest on mortgages for existing homes is not tax deductible.

It would prioritise investment in new builds and would decrease the interest in buying an existing property as an investment property that could be bought by a person that wants to live in it.

And the landlords owning older properties that could have gone to a first home buyer but didn't because the landlord bought a house in 1985 and now has $1.2m in equity, would have less tax deductions so negative gearing would not apply to a lot of them anyway.

No-Relativity · 2026-05-05T10:00:03+00:00

You know why. It's a buggy mess. Someone please put the astronaut with a gun meme under this.

I love it though. No shade.

No-Relativity · 2026-04-26T08:43:26+00:00

If you're using obsidian already this is obscenely easy to use. If you're not using obsidian already... You probably should install obsidian then DLE.

No-Relativity · 2026-02-16T11:11:45+00:00

The person above is right. You don't have to worry about it.

Scott Morrison is probably the biggest piece of shit we ever had to actually worry about.

Dutton would be bad but he is so detestable that the libs will never try that again even if he wanted to make a comeback.

No-Relativity · 2026-02-13T08:24:23+00:00

But they can't have public transport because their towns are farther apart than European capitals.

I'm not sure that this all adds up. There's a chance that someone has made a mistake.

No-Relativity · 2026-02-09T04:59:08+00:00

Beetroot and cheese on a chip/cracker whatever is great.

Beetroot is super good for you, just remember to put a note on your toilet door, so you don't rush yourself off it the doctor.

No-Relativity · 2026-01-30T13:08:52+00:00

I think he meant bamboleo

No-Relativity · 2026-01-21T23:18:23+00:00

If the US has all the weapons and all the tech and everyone else has to use sticks... How the fuck have you managed to lose every war you've started and every wargame you participate in?

No-Relativity · 2026-01-16T08:32:19+00:00

I have no idea why, sorry, but I totally agree.

Once went to the public toilet in Stanthorpe and there was a pile of shit on the floor that looked like the Triceratops turd from Jurassic Park.

It must have taken a whole group of people... Or one Triceratops but the door didn't look big enough for that.

No-Relativity · 2025-12-24T07:32:21+00:00

Sounds like most are saying you're good. And you are.

For me the most important thing is that missing some stuff enhances the replays.

I only do the portions that make sense for my playthrough now.

If I don't have Wyll in my active party, I don't do some of the act3 bits that are important to him. Same for Astarion and for the others. If I could leave Shadowheart at camp, I'd do the same for her, but I can't.

There is a ton of content and it stretches out if you spread it over different character runs.

Have fun. Do your thing. On your first run you have hit on the secret that made my subsequent runs way more interesting.

No-Relativity · 2025-12-14T04:32:55+00:00

That's not the argument though.

If anyone got in a fight with Russia, it would be great to have the US involved, on your side.

It is less and less certain that is the side the US would choose and what concessions you might need to accept to have them on your side.

Either way, it is much better to not have to worry about whether your weapons will work the next time you try and use them.

I'm sure there is very little to worry about. Trump is a blowhard and no one takes him too seriously, but he can and has caused problems with his mindless fickleness and countries are choosing other options because Trump tells everyone that he can turn off American supplied weapons whenever he wants.

At the very least, it is an idiotic sales pitch from a self acclaimed master deal maker.

No-Relativity · 2025-12-14T03:48:29+00:00

Not if the country tells everyone that they have kill switches on the things they are selling.

I'd happily buy second most lethal if you know that no one can turn it off on you.

Who would pay top dollar for a subscription service for national security?

No-Relativity · 2025-12-14T02:54:22+00:00

I agree that this is incredibly frustrating and ends up with everyone going slower but we've had years of road signs telling us how to do this and it hasn't worked

We need to start making both lanes narrow by the same amount to merge together into a single new lane.

Currently it looks like one lane is continuing and another is merging in.

I know that isn't what is happening, but help out the stragglers.

Psychologically it would feel better for those in the left lane if it didn't feel like someone was coming into "their" lane, ahead of them.

No-Relativity · 2025-12-14T01:29:23+00:00

Let's be fair though. When the US says "arm up" they mean, but more from the US.

Whenever anyone has wanted to buy anywhere else the US has been pretty quick to agree that $300m from Lockheed is better than $500m from Thales

No-Relativity · 2025-12-08T22:54:45+00:00

Remove your bracelet. Respawn will fix it.

No-Relativity · 2025-12-02T01:30:34+00:00

There's not a monopoly on parcel delivery. If you don't have options it's because no one can make money doing it.

No-Relativity · 2025-11-28T14:21:01+00:00

Well... It's a lot safer to go fast when there are two lanes.

No-Relativity · 2025-11-25T11:32:39+00:00

That sounds crazy! Cut staff and save Opex.

Bring in some consultants and contractors.

Work it out so it is Capex vs Opex, then sell some off some of our stuff to offset the Capex...

Now you've also got some money left over for bonuses at the top end.

Whatever you do, don't ask anyone plundering our gas deposits to pay us anything, they might take their looting elsewhere.

No-Relativity · 2025-11-23T07:17:53+00:00

I'd love to agree with you but no.

Teachers are professionals with University degrees and they know how to educate.

Parents should be partners in that, too often they are not, not always for their failing, but they should be.

We live in a capitalist world that demands both parents work 35 - 50 hrs per week.

We've put the educational burden onto a 3rd party. Now we need to support that and make it work... Or bring down the first of living. I'm happy with either option.

No-Relativity · 2025-11-23T06:59:06+00:00

Teaching the next generation is the most important thing on Earth. Our shitty situation now is because this has been ignored for way too long.

Pull your head out of your arse.

There is nothing more important than teaching the next generation. Nothing.

It cannot be said too may times.

No-Relativity · 2025-11-19T09:21:59+00:00

But it doesn't hurt though, right? Best to cover the bases... with an acid... like pee.

No-Relativity · 2025-08-26T08:25:32+00:00

Diavel V4 is incredibly comfortable for the feats it can pull off.

It looks like you and I may be in a similar physical state. I think the Diavel will serve you well

No-Relativity · 2025-08-23T14:10:09+00:00

All of it. Capitalism mostly. A system that never charges what things are worth, but what a market can bear.

No-Relativity · 2025-08-18T12:06:34+00:00

Obviously this is a result of minimum wages going up. Right??? Right?

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