If you come in asking a question and then tell everyone who disagrees with your expected answer that they’re wrong, you’re acting in bad faith.
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Canada•Residents of #canada, would you be in favour of your province or territory abolishing annual clock changes and moving to a consistent, year round time?
8·7 days agoAlberta here. Fuck yes! The premise of DST is stupid. Changing twice a year is more stupider.
Abolish it forever and move to standard time.
Man, you’re WAY more charitable than I!
In 2016, I offered formal asylum to a few dangerously leftist US friends of mine.
This time 'round (2024) I publicly revoked it. I’m done with the country as a whole. They need to stay there and figure their shit out.
You might want to specify a country here.
We know where you are, but you’re not the centre of the universe.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why are people like my grandpa so against seeing the whole world and learning a different language?
131·13 days agoModern conservatism is based on fear and hatred of the ‘other.’ “Immigrants” (brown people with accents), gays, ‘wrong’ religions (mostly those practiced by brown people with accents), etc.
Your grandfather is scared of them, and hates them for making him scared. It’s rooted in racism and phobias. No justification from him will change it.
As you get older, you will have the option to agree with him, ignore his behaviour for the sake of family harmony, or aggressively reject his beliefs - which will potentially mean rejecting him. Choose wisely, and keep your compassion alive.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How many times a year do you wash your jeans?
384·14 days agoWhere did this ‘never wash your jeans!’ mentality come from?
It feels like jeans - regardless of designer or ‘raw denim’ status - were clothes until about seven years ago, then they became fragile and precious jewels.
News flash: if you’re worried about washing your jeans, you’re inventing problems because you have none of your own.
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Alberta•One Calgary councillor's protest against 'special treatment' for wealthy neighbourhoods
21·14 days agoChabot is a rare beast indeed - a conservative politician that I actually (occasionally) agree with.
Alberta checking in. Jumped from $1.31/L to $1.52 overnight. (That’s about $3.65 and $4.25/gal USD.)
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Avocado. Is it really so untasty or I am doing something wrong?
5·16 days agoDon’t think of them as fruits. It’s more like a very rich, creamy vegetable.
By itself it has a mild nutty flavour. When ripe enough to mash, you make guacamole (tonatoes, onion, salt, and freah lime juice) and it becomes amazing.
But on its own, not groundbreaking.
Good.
Fuck Amazon.
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Boycott US•Facing Backlash, OpenAI Amends Pentagon Deal to Add More Anti-Surveillance VerbiageEnglish
111·20 days agoYeah, good luck pretending you’re not running to Trump with everything you can find.
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Canada•Calgary boy, 8, endured 'torture,' court hears at father's child abuse sentencing hearing
10·20 days agoIn this case, because it was the specific word used by someone in court.
It’s a case where the quotes don’t imply ‘well, that’s just your opinion, man!’
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Canada•‘Yahoos’: Preston Manning Claps Back at Alberta Secession Leader | The Tyee
41·21 days agoOh look, the hard-right christofascist assholes are all coming out of the woodwork to attack the hard-right christofascist SEPARATIST assholes they spawned.
Preston can fuck right off, and keep going.
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Canada•I wonder if Carney understands what endorsement of unilateral action for regime change by the US could mean for Canadian sovereignty going forward.
61·23 days ago“Canada supports the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent its regime from further threatening international peace and security.”
Yeah, it is.
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Canada•Doctor who took prominent stance against pandemic restrictions now charged with multiple sex offences
6·23 days agoThat’s exactly how I read it too!
My son is also taking creatine, and we did a lot of research before I agreed.
Creatine CAN cause significant kidney damage, and before that point, CAN cause kidney stones. The key is to (a) regulate your dose, and (b) drink enough water.
Within reason it’s quite safe, but stay within reason.
AI has been an absolute game-changer for these companies!
Now they can create an artificial supply shortage, bump the prices up, and never deal with the economic side-effects of Moore’s Law again!
Fuckers.
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Calgary•Many Calgarians stood in long lines in last fall's election. See how busy your voting station wasEnglish
21·25 days agoI was in line for well over an hour first thing in the morning. By the time I left, the line was almost doubled.
“20+” minutes is a bad high watermark for this.











“Raw Farm has been associated with over a dozen other outbreaks and many recalls in the last 20 years…”
Holy shit, they’re not even trying to make a safe product!