Like if you really, really wanted to get away from human civilisation for a bit.
Obviously we're surrounded by vast bushlands but most of it is waterboard restricted.
Disclaimer, I'm aware this would be dangerous and so on, I'm just curious
I had sort of forgotten about this one and see it done quite regularly
Sorry for the long-winded title. Just had this experience in a geography subreddit. A user claimed that quote:
"Literally the only reason we entertain the idea of Europe as a continent is due to 18th century race science".
This is incorrect and I explained the actual reasons for it, historically stemming from the ancient Greeks who lived on the Mediterranean and saw 3 broad landmasses surrounding the Mediterranean sea - the southern land (Africa), the eastern land (Asia), and the northern land (Europe).
In their response to me, everything they wrote was instead arguing that Europe is not a continent (which I never disagreed with) instead of addressing the actual argument they originally made (that Europe is only seen as a continent is due to 18th century race science"
It's like they're tying together two separate claims (1. Europe is not a continent and 2. The only reason we entertain the idea of Europe as a continent is due to 18th century race science)
For example:
Person 1. "Solution A will help to alleviate problem B"
Person 2. "Oh yeah? Well problem B will still exist, therefore Solution A is a bad idea!"
When I'm driving in a new place, if I see a lot of the local drivers are avoiding a certain lane, then I'll usually follow the herd and join them in the other lane. 99% of the time, this is the correct decision, and there's a good reason they were mostly avoiding that lane.
Someone told me this is an example of the "bandwagon fallacy" aka "appeal to popularity fallacy". The word "fallacy" has a negative connotation, so how can following something which is a "fallacy" also be good methodology which almost always produces a better result?
Beginner investor, my history looks like this (I was basically testing the waters):
Dec 2025 bought a betashares ETF on CMC Markets platform
Jan 2026 got a distribution for it
Feb 2026 sold everything
Mar 2026 bought a different betashares ETF on Betashares Direct platform
Jul 2026 got a distribution for it
From all the research I've done it says everything is prefilled except for the AMIT adjustment?
What's the penalty if I don't adjust anything myself but something is wrong?
I have been stupidly paying the "lazy tax" for the last 3 years - sticking with my old provider who were basically ripping me off. I never knew how easy it was to change. Just a friendly reminder to check your phone for a better deal!