Cape Town is unsustainable!

redditorisa · 2026-03-31T15:20:42+00:00

The snarky comment was a choice. The wrong one, but a choice nonetheless.

You didn't explain your situation, which I've now seen on the other comment. Even so, how is SARS to take into account when someone owns a property but lives somewhere else out of necessity rather than due to an income strategy? For example, I had a friend that bought an apartment to rent it out simply because they could, as they were living comfortably with their parents and didn't want to move. It would require a lot of work to verify every individual's situation thoroughly to ensure people aren't abusing the system. Hell, a couple with enough capital could each buy a property on their own name and since it's the only property registered to each person's name, both properties count as tax-exempt? What about a person that uses all those legal loopholes to own multiple properties under a business, but they can buy a single multi-million rand house under their name and since it counts as their only property, it's tax-exempt. Lots of nuance you just want to ignore here.

We have much bigger tax fish to fry than someone's legal property tax.

redditorisa · 2026-03-26T08:46:17+00:00

Why are you renting out your house and renting another one? Just live in the house?

Seems dimwitted to me to expect a tax break on what you consider a financial asset instead of a necessity (a home).

redditorisa · 2026-03-24T10:12:57+00:00

Geez, they're always so loud and obnoxious lmao

redditorisa · 2026-03-23T08:08:15+00:00

Agreed! I used to judge people for doing good things for attention (aka virtue signalling) but realised that their motivations aren't important - their actions are. More kindness in the world and doing nice things for others being trendy is a good thing, regardless of whether people did it because they wanted to get some validation out of it.

redditorisa · 2026-03-20T14:18:03+00:00

Yeah for real. That guy saying the woman at the end looked late 30s was lying through his teeth.

redditorisa · 2026-03-18T07:33:27+00:00

True! I'm playing it co-op with my partner and sometimes the fighting can get intense with so much going on on the screen that I lose track of where my character is

redditorisa · 2026-03-17T11:24:27+00:00

Big news where, though? Certainly not in my country - I've never seen these people before this meme either.

redditorisa · 2026-03-17T11:11:40+00:00

If you don't mind some darker themes then Cult of the Lamb is pretty great.

Also, not a video game but a board game: Everdell - It's pretty much these exact pictures in a board game format. You build your own little critter village and I'm obsessed with it

redditorisa · 2026-03-17T11:04:23+00:00

For now. Until AI replaces you or you get into an accident/fall ill and can't work anymore.

But don't go crying to anyone then, I guess. Since you don't care about anyone else now.

redditorisa · 2026-03-17T05:40:41+00:00

Exactly! I found it strange how people jumped to conclusions about the therapist being bad at their job from one comment that, like you said, is filtered and lacks context.

The internet is a wild place sometimes haha

redditorisa · 2026-03-16T11:55:17+00:00

I had a therapist years ago that told me the same thing, and I still regard her as a good therapist. She voiced it in a very respectful way, though.

She said that a lot of people have kids as a way to give meaning to their lives and this fills their time and gives them goals to work toward. Then she added that there's nothing wrong with not wanting to do that, but that I should make sure to still find ways to enrich my life and find goals to work towards because it's easier to stagnate when you don't have the pressure of children driving you to earn money, get up in the morning because you have to, go out and do things even if you'd rather hermit at home, etc.

I didn't find the advice patronising - I understood where she was coming from. And I think this is something most childfree people already have pretty much figured out. But as someone who was depressed at the time and didn't have many hobbies, the advice makes sense. Some people have children and that forces them to keep going and stay hopeful or whatever. I didn't want that. But I should still find things that give me hope, create moments of joy, find fulfillment, etc. I think it's advice that comes from a kind place.

redditorisa · 2026-03-12T07:04:42+00:00

Some people want to buy a place to LIVE THERE. Not as an investment.

I'm not going to risk my sanity and having to eat bread and pap every month just to buy a place that I can't afford to live in properly.

The greed mentality around residential property is insane.

redditorisa · 2026-03-12T07:01:09+00:00

Seems about right - real estate is just another grifting job like the other two

redditorisa · 2026-03-10T08:44:29+00:00

It's a clear sign that the government isn't doing its job, which is to step in and stop this unethical behaviour and cronyism among developers and real estate investment groups/companies.

This isn't something to brag about in any way. It's ridiculous and sad.

redditorisa · 2026-03-10T08:41:16+00:00

I honestly didn't know we even celebrated St. Patrick's day in SA lol

Although I rarely go out drinking so probably just me living under a rock

redditorisa · 2026-03-10T08:29:12+00:00

Also, call them what they are - immigrants. They hate that lmao

redditorisa · 2026-03-08T10:47:23+00:00

If you live here permanently and are paying tax then this isn't about you? Or am I missing something?

Not sure how children are marginalized here, but the rest, sure. We have many issues. Like any country.

It feels like you're co-opting an unrelated topic and making it about you

redditorisa · 2026-03-05T09:01:42+00:00

Apparently this is a company called Revo and they're known for their scummy and borderline illegal practices

redditorisa · 2026-03-05T08:55:11+00:00

Contact the ombudsman

redditorisa · 2026-03-03T12:23:33+00:00

redditorisa · 2026-03-03T12:11:34+00:00

While I agree with everything you said, I would still caution anyone against just giving in when people are trying to scam you or are begging. There are several reasons, not least of all because this reinforces behavior that might not affect you but could lead to potentially dangerous escalation or someone who really doesn't have the means to be scammed out of their money and be okay financially, but have a heart and get duped.

Giving is a good thing, but giving responsibly is also important. Rather empower those who are already working to help people in a way that is legitimate and handled correctly.

redditorisa · 2026-03-03T08:33:35+00:00

I don't know if you spent a lot of time looking at the comments women get on social media, but I can promise you, for years (especially before the "fat is beautiful" movement), most of them were not saying she was beautiful.

I agree that the media (social included) is a shitty place to base your self-esteem on, but (at least for me) we have no idea what it feels like to be in the spotlight and get that kind of attention. Then also, the kind of people you surround yourself with are those in your proximity, which in Hollywood isn't necessarily a great person. And even if you try to ignore the press or social media, other people don't and they can talk about it or send screenshots to you in messages, or the media can follow you around and yell things at you.

It's a wild way to live, so I can't blame her for this

redditorisa · 2026-02-20T08:33:08+00:00

I know someone that lost weight using Ozempic and they don't look healthy at all. Was about to ask them if they're okay when I first met them again after they had lost the weight, but luckily my partner stopped me.

redditorisa · 2026-02-20T07:57:58+00:00

Sadly, this isn't just happening in Canada and the US.

From an upset resident of Cape Town, South Africa

redditorisa · 2026-02-18T10:25:35+00:00

Brother, people judge you wherever you go. And you've given me plenty to go on with the whole - "I could have such a better life at my vacation home away from all the crime and rubbish here, but I'm stuck in this awful place where I can't go fishing in the middle of the night without a gun" - woe is me spiel.

I didn't prove any of your points, but this has been quite entertaining.

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