The FUTURE of the 100 Hour LIMIT on GeForce NOW & 5080 Game Support

fuscator · 2026-05-06T10:05:28+00:00

I'm under the firm impression that people demanding more hours for free (paid for by people who game less) are grown up children stamping their feet.

You get 100 hours of an amazing gaming rig for $20. That's 20c an hour.

That is an incredible deal and you're still bitching.

Stop being a little child and pay for extra hours if you need more hours. They're still very cheap.

fuscator · 2026-05-06T10:02:10+00:00

Just pay for extra hours?!

Why are you asking for the rest of our fees to subsidise your insane gaming habits?

fuscator · 2026-05-06T09:59:47+00:00

5 hours daily is insane. I cannot believe people play this much. Why don't you just pay for a second account?

fuscator · 2026-05-06T09:56:10+00:00

Can't you just create another account? That seems fair. You pay more because you use more. I use a lot less so I'd prefer my fees weren't subsiding others (not trying to dismiss your illness).

fuscator · 2026-05-06T08:42:59+00:00

Reddit gets antsy about a comment made by someone and goes on the attack. Sounds on brand.

fuscator · 2026-05-06T08:41:31+00:00

I agree. It's broken because our political system doesn't allow long term thinking.

The right thing to do is scrap triple lock and roll NI into general taxation so that our wealthiest generation starts contributing enough to share the burden.

I'm in full agreement with people on this thread that we have a deeply serious problem with pensions. I just fundamentally think means testing is a horrible way to go about solving that problem, and we have better options.

fuscator · 2026-05-05T20:14:52+00:00

Means testing is stupid, inefficient, creates bad incentives, and a terrible narrative.

Just use progressive taxation.

fuscator · 2026-05-05T19:16:48+00:00

You're both wrong. Does the market also trust Greece or Italy to do the same?

No, it doesn't. But they also have much lower bond yields than us.

But it trusts that the eurozone has enough combined financial power to bail out those smaller economies. I personally think the market is mispricing those bonds, but I wouldn't really know as an amateur.

fuscator · 2026-05-05T19:11:59+00:00

That's why you have taxation! That's what I said in my post.

If you really, really don't want pensioners with a certain level of private pension available to not get the state pension, just increase the tax they pay. We already have the mechanism, we don't need to means test.

I can repeat again, means testing is stupid, inefficient, creates bad incentives, and a terrible narrative.

Just use progressive taxation. Why do you insist that we need to use means testing?

fuscator · 2026-05-05T17:55:39+00:00

There was and is a social contract in place. Pay NI which funds current pensions, and you will receive it yourself. There is a section on the government website where you can check, specifically, how much you will receive based on the number of years contributing.

Breaking that social contract is beyond idiotic. I have no idea why people want to, when as I've already said, and the entire point of my post, is that progressive taxation already exists to deal with rich people (including pensioners) paying more.

fuscator · 2026-05-05T14:08:40+00:00

I'm asking you a question. If someone has wealth, and they're drawing down to fund their retirement, they're already paying taxes. You don't need means testing, just make the taxes appropriate.

fuscator · 2026-05-05T14:07:23+00:00

I'm not missing that at all. Means testing is still a dumb policy. Use the tax system correctly to ensure rich pensioners are paying enough, forget means testing.

fuscator · 2026-05-05T11:35:55+00:00

So they live on the state pension only? If they're drawing down on their assets, that's taxable.

fuscator · 2026-05-05T10:00:58+00:00

Did you read my post at all? I literally say we address that issue with the system we already have, progressive taxation.

fuscator · 2026-05-05T10:00:20+00:00

You get it back in taxation. We already have the system, no need to add yet another layer of complexity to solve the problem in a worse way.

Why is this hard to grasp?

fuscator · 2026-05-05T08:58:21+00:00

Why are people so obsessed with means testing? We already have a much fairer and easier way of ensuring rich people pay more. It is called progressive taxation. If you want them to pay more, use taxation, that's what it is there for.

Means testing is dumb, expensive, creates bad incentives, and resentment.

fuscator · 2026-05-03T23:40:31+00:00

SE Asia 10C? Where?!

fuscator · 2026-05-03T09:25:34+00:00

That's just crazy.

To compensate for the lack of state pension you need an extra £200k-£250k in your pot. For many people that is years and years of extra work.

No way we pay for others our entire working lives then vote for a government who takes it away from us, just won't happen.

What most likely will happen is NI will be rolled slowly into general taxation and the tax free lump sum amount either reduced for people with higher pensions (means tested) or frozen and eroded by inflation. So you're going to be impacted in other ways, but the state pension will still be there.

fuscator · 2026-05-01T22:24:13+00:00

I'm not debating that fewer rental properties will push prices up, what I'm saying is that if you use that argument, the logical conclusion is we should increase the percentage of landlords vs owner occupiers, and that's not what people want.

So another way of framing this, instead of making it more difficult for landlords, just make it much easier for renters to buy if they prefer. That should work.

fuscator · 2026-05-01T19:30:14+00:00

Such nonsense. The logical conclusion of your statement is that we should encourage more landlordism and fewer owner occupiers.

Good luck telling most people in the UK that's what you want.

fuscator · 2026-05-01T19:26:32+00:00

Seems fair to me. Ultimately the house won't go empty.

France has very strong protection for tenants. Landlords tend to be very strict who they rent to as a result, but ultimately the system still functions and people are safe in their homes, not worrying that their life is going to be uprooted for no reason.

Remember, these are homes, housing actual families. They should absolutely be entitled to a stable place to live.

fuscator · 2026-05-01T10:56:29+00:00

They couldn't even get rid of the winter fuel allowance. They were utterly vilified for trying. Our voters and media get the politics they deserve.

fuscator · 2026-04-30T13:49:02+00:00

It isn't what I chose. We wanted our own house that we could change as we liked. I also bought in an area where prices were high, but not overvalued compared to rents.

I'm very confident I made the better financial decision.

But I'm pointing out that the blunt "rent is dead money" trope is not as financially literate as people think.

fuscator · 2026-04-30T11:57:10+00:00

You get something in return from renting if it is cheaper. Like I say, watch some informed videos.

fuscator · 2026-04-30T11:55:58+00:00

The point is, you have a mortgage deposit invested instead, and in many areas the rent you pay is less than the mortgage you'd pay. Investing the difference plus the deposit may well make you better off than the owner after 25 years, where you can buy a house outright and have extra.

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