What are your unpopular opinions? (Vol. 2)

[Countdown]

Randy Winkman said:

DodgyGeezer said:

oceanview said:

valiant said:

People are too quick to send their oldies away to care homes.

People should be looking after their oldies at home whether that’s in their own home or moving in with mum. Many cultures take the responsibility to care for their elderly within the family circle whereas the British way is to cart them off to a home, forget about them and then complain about the fees and subsequent lack of inheritance.

Yep, totally agree with that.

You make sound so easy - tragically it's not

I agree - it often isn't and I have experience of it. But I still agree with the basic point being made. Across the world, families usually stick together so different generations can help each other out. But not so much in some other places like the UK.

I completely agree with you both that it isnt easy. It almost always requires one or more members of the family to make sacrifices and sometimes it's STILL not possible, which is where the State should jump in. However if the State needs to jump in and the person going into care has assets, these should be used to fund the costs of care rather than the Taxpayer having to fund them because "the kids want their inheritance"

[Stick Legs]

The way I see this is that life expectancy is almost entirely driven by lifestyle factors.

Aside from well understood hereditary conditions the quality and longevity of your time on earth is down to how you live.

As a result the life expectancy for the poor is shorter, in many cases unjustly so.

Given we already accept this state of affairs then surely it's no massive leap of the imagination to simply legalise euthanasia and 'if you can't pay we take you away' to paraphrase a daytime TV program.

All joking aside what cannot happen in a country with:

1) Acknowledged demographic issues.
2) Intergenerational wealth equality issues.
3) A Ponzi scheme welfare state where a growing number of recipients will draw from a smaller and smaller pool of contributors.
4) A country where No.3 is a quasi religion where no discussion of reform will be brooked.

...is to allow the wealth hoarded and accumulated to be ring fenced for the few while the bulk of people, some actually having to care for their own parents who can't afford care homes, are paying the taxes to subsides this.

It must be the only fair thing that your accumulated wealth is used to contribute towards your care. If we don't think this is right then why is income tax graduated on a sliding scale? Why is wealth (especially un-earned wealth) not taxed like income?

I am 46 years old and am making my financial planning on the basis that there will be no state pension, no inheritance and I will not be eligible to draw my private pensions until I am 70.

Why should we, who have had the previous generation pull up the ladder at every opportunity, from house prices to university to tax reliefs on mortgages and defined benefit pensions let them further benefit from my toil.

Edited by Stick Legs on Monday 13th May 11:54

[Super Sonic]

I like when they put 'Behold' at the beginning of a car article. It makes me want to look at the car. When they put 'Re' it makes me think it's just gonna be boring technical details.

[nuyorican]

That Israel May as well crack on and finish the job now they’re 90% into it.

[nicanary]

The UK will have an epidemic of poor eyesight in 10/20 years time because everyone now reads everything on a tiny device. I'm surprised the medical profession haven't remarked on it.

[Blown2CV]

nicanary said:

The UK will have an epidemic of poor eyesight in 10/20 years time because everyone now reads everything on a tiny device. I'm surprised the medical profession haven't remarked on it.

i imagine they will when there is evidence for that idea

[e-honda]

nuyorican said:

That Israel May as well crack on and finish the job now they’re 90% into it.

90% into it? Pretty much every person they kill stands to radicalize 2 more, so to wipe out hamams they've basically got to wipe out everyone.
They've got 95% to go, or they could quit while they're behind.

[Secret lemonade drinker]

e-honda said:

90% into it? Pretty much every person they kill stands to radicalize 2 more, so to wipe out hamams they've basically got to wipe out everyone.
They've got 95% to go, or they could quit while they're behind.

You say it like it’s a bad thing

None of the Arab states want the Palestine’s

[The Moose]

nicanary said:

The UK will have an epidemic of poor eyesight in 10/20 years time because everyone now reads everything on a tiny device. I'm surprised the medical profession haven't remarked on it.

Not the world? I was thinking similar but about back/neck issues from tilting head forward more often.

[e-honda]

Secret lemonade drinker said:

You say it like it’s a bad thing

None of the Arab states want the Palestine’s

The genocide of 2 million people tends to be a bad thing.

[Nethybridge]

Secret lemonade drinker said:

You say it like it’s a bad thing

None of the Arab states want the Palestine’s

Yep, they continue to be stateless nomads, not through the actions of Israel but by
the actions of their leaders.

[nuyorican]

e-honda said:

90% into it? Pretty much every person they kill stands to radicalize 2 more, so to wipe out hamams they've basically got to wipe out everyone.
They've got 95% to go, or they could quit while they're behind.

But the way I see it is that Hamas are an enemy to the Palestinians as well as the Israelis. As people keep pointing out. So surely it’s in the Palestinians interest to have them wiped out now totally, rather than leave a small continent to eventually regroup and start lobbing bombs at Isreal again, and thus have Isreal storm in and level the place again in self defence.

[Jordie Barretts sock]

Blown2CV said:

nicanary said:

The UK will have an epidemic of poor eyesight in 10/20 years time because everyone now reads everything on a tiny device. I'm surprised the medical profession haven't remarked on it.

i imagine they will when there is evidence for that idea

Savage

[Oilchange]

You don't need evidence to have an opinion.

[Jordie Barretts sock]

Oilchange said:

You don't need evidence to have an opinion.

You might struggle with that in NP+E.

[Pit Pony]

Oilchange said:

You don't need evidence to have an opinion.

UK management style.

Ignore the idea of getting data, just DO IT.

[Blown2CV]

Oilchange said:

You don't need evidence to have an opinion.

yea it's called gut feel. However the person having the gut feel is relying upon everyone else trusting their opinion. Often, people/companies don't want to take that risk.

[shakotan]

Super Sonic said:

I like when they put 'Behold' at the beginning of a car article. It makes me want to look at the car. When they put 'Re' it makes me think it's just gonna be boring technical details.

"Here for sale is.." or "Here we have..." at the beginning of For Sale ads really boils my piss.

[Mr Penguin]

Blown2CV said:

yea it's called gut feel. However the person having the gut feel is relying upon everyone else trusting their opinion. Often, people/companies don't want to take that risk.

Being able to look around corners is a very useful skill

[DodgyGeezer]

e-honda said:

Secret lemonade drinker said:

You say it like it’s a bad thing

None of the Arab states want the Palestine’s

The genocide of 2 million people tends to be a bad thing.

If that's what was really happening then yes - however despite the screeching of the usual rentamob suspect that's NOWHERE near happening, if HH and Iran got their way they be more than happy to complete the aims of the psychotic corporal 80 years ago