2_short_Plancks
2_short_Plancks t1_j6fudsa wrote
Reply to TIL the term “cloud cuckoo land” goes back to the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, who used it for a utopian city of birds in his farce, the Birds by Mr_Westerfield
Huh. My dad has always used this phrase, and I just assumed he'd mangled the original phrase (he has a tendency to do that).
He's in his 70s and from NZ, for the record.
2_short_Plancks t1_j1f2ecm wrote
I'm a dad with a daughter around your age. I'm sorry to say but your dad is a raging asshole. He should understand that as a young adult you are going to make mistakes and to help you, not give you a wildly disproportionate punishment.
If my daughter was in that situation (especially with a guy more than ten years older than her), I'd be wanting to protect her from the fallout, not throw her to the wolves. The fact that you don't have your mother to support you just makes it especially egregious. I'm sorry you are having to deal with this. If you feel like it is unfair - well, it actually is.
2_short_Plancks t1_j6gxpup wrote
Reply to comment by xCreamPye69 in ELI5: Why does the IRS want your illegal income declared on tax returns? by xCreamPye69
My wife used to work for the IRD in NZ (our version of the IRS in the US). They work under tax secrecy laws which supercede almost all other laws. They were literally not allowed to pass information to the police about illegal income, though they can demand information or assistance FROM the police.
Lots of illegal income would be declared, from drug money to money from prostitution (before it was decriminalized). Plenty of people wouldn't care about the cops coming after them, but wouldn't want to deal with IRD chasing them. At least here, IRD agents can enter your property without a warrant (accompanied by police), take all your stuff and have you arrested, in a way the police simply can't.