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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • I was listening to… CBC front burner podcast I think? And they mentioned that he has shifted his position on immigrants. He was quoted in the past saying any immigrant who graduated post secondary in the US should have a green card attached to the diploma.

    Then some right wing nutjobs were mad about that and we’re targetting his events and harrassing him until he fell in line.

    So yeah. He will change his mind, if he is bullies enough.

    Also I think the group that were harassing his events was Nick Fuentas (spelling?) and now some of the coverage is indicating the shooter might have been a follower of Nick? I’m not sure how confirmed that is so do your own research.

    But if it’s just right wing nutjobs killing slightly less to the right right wing nutjobs… Idk man.


  • Well now you are armed with that info for next time. I too have trouble standing up to misinformation. It’s a problem where I won’t just spout things I haven’t verified and can source, no matter how true I THINK it is. It’s baffling how others can just howl into the nothing about things they heard somewhere and are positive it’s true.

    Last time I was sure of a point during one of those sorts of discussions it was amazing to see the deflation in the room. “What do you mean?”

    I mean you guys are idiots, here’s where you can verify that. I didn’t say that because neither of them seem that far gone, they are the helpful idiots. And suddenly the whining about being a victim of a non existent problem quieted down.

    Rainbow



  • My dad’s and I both occasional partake in a specific ritual that goes as follows:

    1. Crack open an ice cold Coke Zero (also works with coke. And probably other colas).

    Take a few sips while you either pull fresh from the garden or out of the fridge:

    1. Radishes

    Wash them up. You can slice, quarter or leave whole.

    Get snacking.

    Enjoy your fresh, slightly spicy (or really spicy depending!) radishes with your cold bubbly coke.

    1. Wait.

    2. Burp

    3. Transcend this mortal plane, bask in the glory of the radish and coke burps that follow.

    Fin













  • Good on you for making that change, and having empathy for others.

    Idiot has the same entomology as retard though, does it not? As does stupid? They all start as medical diagnoses and then assholes turn them to slurs and then the medical field refines and renames and things start to repeat.

    We had special education class, Special Ed, for kids struggling in certain ways, so if course the shitty kids would call kids “sp-ed” because of course they would.

    I’m not sure when the line gets crossed or if we should have gone back or what, but retard, to me, has a very particular connotation that is useful for describing certain people’s actions. I don’t do it any more because I’d rather live in a peaceful society that fosters respect, but it is one of those things I “don’t get”