I live near a school playground in Vancouver. In the summer the kids don’t use it because it’s too hot and sunny. In the winter kids don’t use it because it’s wet.

I feel like a solar panel canopy would be 3 birds with one stone.

Nothing, wrong with assuming someone likes the band who’s shirt they’re wearing.

What’s nasty is assuming that they don’t, (because of how they look) and demanding they prove their fan credentials.

They are allied with him because he weakens America. If America invaded Canada, China and Russia would probably support both sides to make America look bad.

Gatekeeping isn’t inherently misogynistic or conformist, but the motivations in cases like this probably are.

I also don’t think it’s unreasonable to ask people not to publicly associate themselves with a thing if they know nothing at all about that thing.

Nobody owes anyone an explanation of how entitled they are to wear a band’s t-shirt.

I’ve listened to enough iron maiden to know that I like the band, but could only name one song off the top of my head. Do I have your permission to wear their t-shirt?

You’re channeling the same energy as someone that feels entitled to know about a stranger’s genitals if their bone structure seems misaligned with the gender they’re presenting.

It’s so easy to not be an asshole watch this:

Slayer fan:

Iron maiden! Nice! I saw them play at XXXX back in XXXX. It was a wicked show.

Iron maiden fan:

Oh wow, that sounds so fun! I’ve just learned about them, but I’d love to see them in concert someday. The metal community is so welcoming!

Or:

Oh wow. I don’t really listen to them, but they were my cousin’s favorite band, she died recently, so I wear this shirt when I’m missing her.

Or:

Oh wow, I was at that show too!

Or:

my uncle is the drummer and is always giving me these

Or:

Uh huh? I just like the colours of the shirt.

Life is so much better if you don’t make nasty assumptions.

She doesn’t owe him anything.

It’s basically accusing her of cultural appropriation, just for wearing a t-shirt she likes.

The question implies skepticism that she is an authentic fan. It’s a form of gatekeeping, based in misogyny and rigid social conformity.

Even if she doesn’t really know iron maiden’s music, so what? It’s perfectly reasonable to choose your shirts based on styles and colours you like. I wore a Popeye the sailor t-shirt yesterday, I would not be prepared to talk about my favorite episodes.

We would not get state level military support from any ally. China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and Cuba might help us.

The type of build up that would be effective (if it could even be called that) against a US invasion would be sapping roads and bridges like Switzerland, and transforming our army into a resistance/insurgency force. Should we re allocate our spending towards these aims?

It seems a little premature.

Maybe we should actually invest in helping Canadians (and Americans) engage with and value democracy and human rights.

We need to build up in case of a trump win in the US. He may well order US military action against Canada.

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No matter how much equipment we purchased, it wouldn’t be enough.

So how much should we build up? Or did you mean build up international alliances?

I agree that force is the only language fascists understand, But what would preparing Canada for a US invasion look like?

I have yet to see an electric vehicle fire, even on the news.

100% and you know the first time it happens is going to be super covered too because of the potential for “controversy”.

Oh I saw something in the globe yesterday about this. It’s because the corporations themselves pay income tax, which is essentially reducing the capital gain at the source. The numbers don’t seem to add up to me but I think I’d need an accountant to explain it.

Maybe the thought is that they were already taxed on the capital when they earned it?

Not very compelling but it’s the only other reason I can think of.

I wouldn’t say they closed it. They narrowed it.

Height is such a bad thing to filter based on.

My wife’s best friend was complaining about how she goes on lots of dates but there’s never a real connection. She is a little taller than average but insisted she needed a guy at least 6’2" (so he would be at least X" taller than her when she was wearing X" heels).

That’s just a terrible priority if you want a real connection.

Because you want to have to tilt your head up at least 20° (?) to kiss while wearing high heels, you’re willing to eliminate 95% of bachelors? Have you considered the logistics of kissing while you’re not wearing high heels?

But the criterion was like a point of pride for her, like her ego wouldn’t allow her to look for someone less than 6’2". Super weird. Just not a good way to find a partner.

Would it be too optimistic for me hope for him to be sentenced to one day in jail, and 1 year house arrest?

I’m a millenial home owner, that would not really mind seeing a radical adjustment of housing prices. (Because I want my friends to be able to own their homes)

Unfortunately, I think Trudeau’s right.

GenX spent their entire lives trying to catch up with the boomers. Boomers got great careers and big houses in the city, lost a bunch of money in the dotcom bubble, and lost a bunch of money in 2008, but were mostly okay.

GenX got mediocre careers (less manufacturing, more outsourcing by the time they entered the work force) more competition for existing jobs (women now expected to work too). They got houses in the suburbs and had long commutes. While Boomers lost money in dotcom and 2008, GenX lost jobs. The Boomers won’t retire from the cushy management jobs so GenX is stuck in middle management.

Now that Boomers are finally retiring GenX feels it is time to get PAID!

They don’t have the penions that the Boomers got, but their suburban houses are a lot closer to the city than anything that’s being built these days. They’re depending on that value to retire.

These millenial upstarts want to pull the rug out from under them? There would be blood in the streets.

Just my impression though, idk.

eg. An English loyalist blocks George Washington from being president by fraudulently getting him convicted of a felony; is that a reasonable thing we should have codified in the Constitution?

An English loyalist that can prove beyond reasonable doubt, as judged by 12 peers which George Washington can help select…

A felon can be elected, but committing felonies should have consequences, for example it being more difficult to get elected.

I think you’re seriously overestimating the population’s geographical competency.

Everyone should have a basic grasp of the issues and I would argue that being a teacher in any subject elevates that from “should” to “must.”

But a basic understanding of the Israel/ Palestine conflict doesn’t include being able to recognize the borders of Israel/Palestine from a child’s art project.

It does sound like the student is witnessing calls for the elimination of Israel, which is (in my opinion) way too close to calls for genocide to be tolerated in a school. I’m not sure an art teacher can be faulted for not understanding the geography and history of the conflict well enough to recognize that the map is showing a Palestine displacing Israel, and the students that made the map probably don’t understand that depicting Palestine displacing Israel is (I believe) reasonably understood as a call to genocide.

I’m not sure what the school can reasonably do.

I love to be pedantic so I’ll point out that it had to be 3 equal mutually perpendicular golden ratio rectangles