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I'm grateful for taxes, they literally keep me alive (yes, I got that many chronic diseases/conditions and I'm not sure I could afford all the treatments without Finnish "free" healthcare)

Paying taxes keeps our society in check, because otherwise the unemployed would have to resort to crime for survival.. and they'd be breaking into my house, steal my stuff, kidnap me etc. I think some form of "state welfare" is a great equalizer and helps combat crime a lot more than right wingers would like to think.. but thats all I got to say about that

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Circling the politics and religion drain here dudes...


 
   
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 tauist wrote:
I'm grateful for taxes, they literally keep me alive (yes, I got that many chronic diseases/conditions and I'm not sure I could afford all the treatments without Finnish "free" healthcare)

Paying taxes keeps our society in check, because otherwise the unemployed would have to resort to crime for survival.. and they'd be breaking into my house, steal my stuff, kidnap me etc. I think some form of "state welfare" is a great equalizer and helps combat crime a lot more than right wingers would like to think.. but thats all I got to say about that

Well, fair point there mate, but… I don’t like them, therefore I should not have to pay them. Simple ‘as.

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Back on topic please.



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Cyel wrote:
 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
What has the government done for us?

In the UK? Largely kept law and order, provided me with an education and healthcare, taken my bins away, kept roads in reasonable condition. Many many many things. Mostly small things which are only small because they’re managed on a large enough scale that they become small.


And aqueducts. Don't forget aqueducts.


No, no. Ducks have seeming always been aquatic.

Ahem.

But yeah. Mid-life. It’s a weird one. I’m now 44.

Yet, I don’t feel it, at all. Oh I’m aware of the generation gap and don’t go chasing young women, or hanging out in the nightclubs pretending I’m still young. I know I’m now more or less middle aged. But I still feel young. I still like to muck around. I do immature things and enjoy immature humour. But, when it actually matters, I act maturely.

Example? I’ve spent 12 years with my current employer. And that’s gone by in the blink of an eye. A quarter of my life, and a lot of water under the bridge, and one employer. But it doesn’t feel like that much time has passed.

My friends are of similar age (indeed, I’m the baby, barring Dave), and of broadly similar outlook. We still go to gigs. We still get excited when a film we want to see is coming out. We still meet up to do crafting sessions, making each other silly little presents.

In short? Despite all having varying responsibilities, we’ve not entirely sacrificed the joys of childhood Just To Be Mature. We work responsibly, and we party responsibly.

Just because you’re an adult. Just because you have adult responsibilities (mortgage, rent, taxes, childrens, bills etc). Doesn’t mean you have to be boring.

Do what you want, within the law, and importantly, within your financial means (which can included responsible, budgeted borrowing for Nice Things). It’s a big world. There’s a lot to be done, and a lot to see. We’re already on inherently limited time, so why hold back anymore than is absolutely necessary.

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My brain must be broken, but when I saw the title of the thread I thought it was going to be about Tau Crisis Suits.


Maybe you can buy one of those tau suits off the internet and dress up, and call yourself Commander Hindsight. I'm not sure if that's the solution to your midlife crisis, but it would make life a little more entertaining.

(My midlife crisis involves building a crazy army that featured in a few chapters of a single Aaron Dembski-Bowden novel.)

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But nothing is more human than buying stuff you could not afford 20 years ago today at 20 times the price it originally had
   
 
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