For fucks sake. When I was young, even if I didn’t want to go to a classmates party, my parents dragged me there anyways. Some days aren’t about you. Plus, you get cake. Go to the party!

Sucks for the parents of the kids who didn’t want to go. They missed a teachable moment here.

Why would you let your child be this cruel and turn down this poor child’s party? WHY ARE PEOPLE BAGS OF DICKS!?

My dream house will contain this:

My cat doesn’t interfere overly much with making the bed. Instead, he just sits on the nightstand all, “Yes, tuck that in there, very good. And a blanket for the foot maybe? Yes, the fluffy white one — I’m very fond of it. Ok good. Thank you for preparing my enormous bed for me. If you are good I may allow you to…

Certain cats are trained...err that is prone to avoid being filmed, for completely innocuous and not nefarious purposes.

Totally cool with cat pics. Especially because my kitties are very photogenic. Figaro will just sit there as I put various pairs of whacky Dame Edna glasses on him and chill, and Floyd mugs for the camera. Babies though? I don't need to see twelve baby pics a day. Especially when your kid isn't that cute.

Man, all the Beatles were apparently horndogs while touring (fitting, since they were all only in their early 20s!). What wouldn’t I have done to sleep with George? :)

You disappoint me. I thought you would have shown up earlier.

That hadn't happened yet! It was a simpler time!

Now that’s a word that doesn’t get used often. Harridan. I shall add it to my daily vocabulary.

I just...I just want pubic hair to be in fashion.....

Well Australia IS upside down so there's that.

Good. We should get on that in Canada as well. Like many have said before me, this isn’t taking away welfare. Australia, much like Canada, is more socialist in government funds than the States. There is a woman here who I was reading about on the CBC who stopped vaccinating all seven of her children. They now all have…

I agreed with Howard on gun control. I figure I can cope with agreeing with one coalition policy every ten to fifteen years.

This. Being poor in Australia is still not the same as being poor in the US, despite Abbott and his ilk trying to make it so. There are serious and terrible barriers to health care in some parts of the country (usually rural and regional areas, and Indigenous communities) but if you live in the city and you can afford…

I’m reading the “On no, the Poors” and can see most of the commenters are looking at this from a US myopic funnel. It is not welfare. It is government rebates from our tax system that go to anyone who uses childcare or who has children. You can be on $100,000 a year and still get tax rebates for having children.…

Oh yeah, you reminded me of that time when I was a couple months late in getting my daughter’s 4 year vaccinations done (okay, hopeless and bad, but I totally forgot about it). The first I knew of it was when I got a letter saying my child care rebate and/or benefit would be under review unless I provided evidence of…

As an Australia, I’m all for this - most of the people who do not vaccinate are well off enough that this is not a punishment for the poor/working poor. Everyone has access to vaccinations, this will not mean that poor families cannot afford food for their kids simply because they cannot afford to vaccinate. It’s not…

Just to be clear, the payments that will stop are not normal (needed for survival) welfare payments. They are Childcare rebates and the Family Tax benefit A annual supplement. There are exemptions for strict religious reasons and genuine medical reasons.