Generation X👍New Zealand. Star Trek (the good ones) my philosophy. Typo's are my achilles heal 🤦
Aotearoa New Zealand
Joined March 2020
- Tweets6K
- Following172
- Followers80
- Likes7K
k a n e retweeted
“This is what I made on Centrelink.”
Apparently, receiving taxpayer-funded welfare payments is now considered earning an income.
Meanwhile, there are single mothers dragging themselves out of bed every morning, dropping their kids at childcare and working their arses off, only to take home less than someone sitting at home collecting Centrelink.
And we wonder why people are losing faith in the system.
This country is absolutely FUCKED.
#auspol
k a n e retweeted
In the almost 7yrs since just prior to Covid, real wages in NZ have now increased by 0.2% in total. People might label the issue "cost of living" but it is likely to be a reflection of material living stds just not improving.
This is historically highly unusual.... 1/2
k a n e retweeted
UAE sources tell me the off duty pilots who saved FlyDubai flight 1073 by jumping into action and landing a crippled 737Max are from New Zealand and South Africa.
k a n e retweeted
Let's be honest.
A lot of young people have stopped believing they'll ever own their own home.
That's what happens when rents are high, house prices are high, and saving for a deposit feels impossible.
My Labour government is stepping in to help.
With Your First Home, first-time buyers will be able to buy a new-build home with a deposit of just 2.5%.
Because hard work and saving should count for something.
And because the dream of owning your own home shouldn't belong only to those with help from the bank of Mum and Dad.
k a n e retweeted
Your landlord wants more money. The grocery store wants more money. The utility company wants more money. Your insurance wants more money. Your subscription services want more money. But when workers ask for higher pay, suddenly everyone acts like that’s unreasonable. People aren’t asking for more just because they want more. The cost of living keeps going up.
k a n e retweeted
Reminder for all young parents:
You only get:
- 1 Summer with your baby
- 3 with your toddler
- 9 with your child
- 5 with your teenager
This time is precious. Don’t rush it.
k a n e retweeted
Just a reminder to all Today my daughter would be 28 years if not for a lady who took her life at 16 while driving under the influence her 3rd DUI btw. It takes nothing to make a plan before going out please DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE #dontdrinkanddrive
k a n e retweeted
My neighbor finished paying off her house in 2024.
She bought it in 1994 for $78,000. Thirty years of payments at $593 a month.
She's 74 now. Social Security pays her $1,910 a month. That's $22,920 a year.
The place two doors down sold for $615,000 last spring, so the county reassessed hers to match.
Her tax bill this year: $8,100. That's $675 a month.
She paid $593 a month to buy the house.
She pays $675 a month to keep it.
Thirty years of payments ended and the bill went up.
The deed says she owns it. The county bills her like she's renting.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This post is 100% AI generated: pangram.com/history/495c96…
Additionally, the posting account originates in Canada, but mentions their “neighbor” is on Social Security, which is an American welfare system.
k a n e retweeted
I reread this every year.
I cry like a baby every year.
Todd Beamer died a father, husband, and hero.
Todd: Hello… Operator… listen to me. I can’t speak very loud. This is an emergency. I’m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco. Our plane has been hijacked.
Lisa: I understand. Can they see you?
Todd: No. There are three that we know of. They have knives — razor knives, like box cutters. Someone announced from the cockpit there was a bomb. It sounded fake.
Lisa: Your name?Todd: Todd Beamer. United Flight 93.Todd: They killed one passenger in first class. They forced most of us back. Fourteen of us here. Five flight attendants. The guy with the bomb ordered us to sit on the floor.
Lisa: Are you okay?
Todd: We’re going down… wait. No. We’re leveling off. We changed directions. We’re flying east again.
Todd: A guy named Jeremy called his wife. She told him two planes hit the World Trade Center. Lisa, is that true?
Lisa: I have to tell you the truth. It’s very bad. Both towers are gone. A third plane hit the Pentagon. Our country is under attack. I’m afraid your plane may be part of their plan.
Todd: Oh God. Lisa, will you do something for me? Call my wife and my kids. Promise me you’ll call.
Lisa: I promise.
Todd: Our home number is… You have the same name as my wife. Lisa. We’ve been married ten years. She’s pregnant with our third child. Tell her I love her. I’ll always love her. We have two boys — David, he’s 3, and Andrew, he’s 1. Tell them their daddy loves them and he is so proud of them. The baby is due January 12th. I saw an ultrasound. We still don’t know if it’s a girl or a boy.
Lisa: I’ll tell them. I promise, Todd.(Lisa patches in the FBI.)
Agent: Todd, your plane is on a course for Washington. Best guess is the White House or the Capitol.
Todd: I understand. I’ll be back.
Todd: Everyone knows this isn’t a normal hijacking. We have decided we will not be pawns in their plot.
Lisa: What are you going to do?
Todd: Four of us are going to rush the one with the bomb. Then the cockpit. A stewardess is getting boiling water. We’ll take them out.
Todd: Would you pray with me?They pray the Lord’s Prayer. Then: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.
Todd: God help me. Jesus help me.Are you guys ready? Let’s Roll.
