OT: Current Affairs and Politics

[Gary Gutful]

Witch hunt.

I just hope that every ex Tigers coach suffers the same fate.

 

[T.S Quint]

Your mum is Pou?

At first I thought it may be possible…but then I realised mum doesn’t give a shit about LBAs.

 

[Gronk]

The lady tied up in a romance scam in Japan has been jailed overnight. The court said that she should have seen the red flags.



Of course SkyNews has framed it differently.

 

[Gronk]

^^^^ IIRC there was a merkin a few years ago from Sydney and was scammed out of $400,000. Later he was contacted by the “Nigerian Police” and told that they had recovered his money and apologised for the inconvenience. He did have to travel to somewhere (Manila ?) to pick up his cheque. Long story short, there was no cheque but when he got back to Sydney he was arrested for drug importation. He got off, but spent 18 months in remand before he got there. Nightmare.

EDIT: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ner-import-2-5kg-worth-cocaine-Australia.html

 

[Soren Lorenson]

Not a problem for me. I haven't used cash for close to 15 years, apart from overseas travel. I get the concerns about personal security, but at this point I feel like we are already being observed and the horse has bolted.

How do you hide unnecessary purchases from your missus?

 

[Twizzle]

How do you hide unnecessary purchases from your missus?

I generally learn from mine, she has a good system of hiding shit from me.

 

[T.S Quint]

How do you hide unnecessary purchases from your missus?

She already knows about the 600 golf clubs in his garage.

 

[Soren Lorenson]

She already knows about the 600 golf clubs in his garage.

'just storing them for a mate'

 

[Bandwagon]

Hardly anyone uses cash plus

Based on?

Sure use of cash has lessened over time, but plenty still do use it.

Whats everyone thoughts on the Commbank slugging customers $3 for a cash withdrawal at a bank branch.

It's shit, f**k their eyes. Full disclosure it doesn't affect me one bit, but still, f**k their eyes.

Its another sign that were moving that little closer to a cashless society..

Not quite done with yet.

Federal government to require businesses to accept cash for fuel, groceries

The federal government will require businesses to accept cash as payment for groceries, fuel and other essentials, but will phase out cheques entirely within five years.

www.abc.net.au

I feel like we are already being observed and the horse has bolted.

We are, but whilst cash exists you still have the option of keeping some shit to yourself.

I think that as we become further entrenched with big data and the ability the personalise it, how you spend your money is going to affect you in a myriad of ways, many of them potentially not to your benefit.

 

[Bandwagon]

I should correct myself there because as a retailer, making it more difficult to trade in cash pushes more people onto electronic transactions, these incur a fee, which is paid by the merchant.

It's basically a turnover tax levied by the card providers and the banks, and it stopped getting cheaper a whiles back, and is now slowly increasing

 

[Gronk]

Buckle up America.

 

[JokerEel]

Buckle up America.

Ffs Gronks more lies again from you!

He is Anti Pro Anti Pro Pro Anti? vaccine America is saved!

It's another 4 years of at America

 

[Gronk]

Ffs Gronks more lies again from you!

He is Anti Pro Anti Pro Pro Anti? vaccine America is saved!

It's another 4 years of at America

WTF Are you having a seizure right now ? Call 000.

 

[hineyrulz]

WTF Are you having a seizure right now ? Call 000.

As someone who is epileptic adjacent I find this post highly offensive, do better merkin!!

 

[Incorrect]

As someone who is epileptic adjacent I find this post highly offensive, do better merkin!!

R U OK mate?? Try and ignore the insensitive bullies...

 

[hineyrulz]

R U OK mate?? Try and ignore the insensitive bullies...

I'm ok mate, i might need to find a safe space though. It's so reductive on here these days.

 

[Incorrect]

I'm ok mate, i might need to find a safe space though. It's so reductive on here these days.

Take care brother...

 

[the phantom menace]

As someone who is epileptic adjacent I find this post highly offensive, do better merkin!!

I don't think you can claim masturbation hand spams as epileptic seizures...

 

[hineyrulz]

I don't think you can claim masturbation hand spams as epileptic seizures...

More reductive statements, this place has become so toxic. Bring back all the good posters!!!

 

[the phantom menace]

Just be careful what you choose to do when you find that safe space... it might cause more spasms.