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Cake day: October 25th, 2023

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  • This whole yearly tax thing seems like so much unnecessary work to me. Here in the UK we have a “pay as you earn” system. Taxes get deducted from your wage automatically every time you get paid and it’s all recorded. No extra steps needed. You only need to do extra reporting if you have significant income from other sources e.g. owning a business and getting dividends.
















  • It’s the random stabbings that these laws are targeting. A lot of wannabe gangster teenagers in cities will carry a knife on them all day “for protection”, and if they happen to get into a fight the knife inevitably gets used. It could also be argued that carrying a knife gives them the confidence to escalate a situation into a fight in the first place, foolishly thinking that they can “win” without considering that the other guy might also have one until it’s too late.

    Of course, that’s not the only thing that’s required, as it’s a cultural problem that needs to be destroyed, but it at least does something.