garbagebagel @ garbagebagel @lemmy.world

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Life in the PNW for someone with asthma:
Winter - flu season! Hope you don't like breathing
Spring - allergy season! Hope you don't like breathing
Summer - fire season! Hope you don't like breathing
Fall - here are your two weeks of being able to breathe, enjoy!

I'm Canadian. I don't mind accepting American refugees as long as we also learn to accept refugees from other countries and value them all equally, but our current government isn't doing that.

Why would you assume that every single (non American) immigrant that comes here would want to change the way Canada is run? Considering the vast majority come here because they like the way it's run. This is such a wild take.

Besides, the politics of this country were built on genocide and do not reflect the values of the land's original caretakers that were here for tens of thousands of years. But I guess those first immigrants were correct in changing the way things are run here and so we should be upholding their values and their values only??

Cheese curds and gravy

I think the OP was originally about fried preparation of potatoes. Wedges at least in North America are usually fried, I think the only non-fried ones I've seen are in the UK.

Also if we're talking about the best preparation of potatoes in general, it's mashed and there's no argument there.

Yeah it really depends on what you consider success. For a lot of people, money & power isn't necessarily the marker for success, and finding meaning and joy in life is more important. And I know that sounds like capitalist "money doesn't buy you happiness" bs, but striving towards money and power consistently is the most capitalist thing you can do.

I think people who are able to attain a good amount of money to survive and still maintain their morals and find joy, that's success.

Give it a year until their big bullshit bill kicks in and a whole lot more faces about to be eaten.

Newer SVU episodes also acknowledge the issues and often essentially have the message that they (the very specific SVU team) are the only non-terrible NYPD team even within their own universe. I can't speak to the other law and orders as I haven't seen them.

It is copaganda but they're trying their best. SVU in particular seems pretty self aware that it's pretty much fantasy at this point.

I waste my time on a website I found years ago on r/beermoney that pays pennies for installing and playing shitty games. Most of them are the garbage match 3 or dominoes or whatever. I figured out most of them still pay out even with my ad blocker on so I just dissociate with that instead of doom scrolling sometimes.

It's not the greatest thing ever and I know it's bad for privacy and capitalism and for many other reasons, but I've made like $600 on it in the last 3 years so that's been cool.

I can't offer much help that others haven't said already with regards to your partner. tbh I'm in a very similar situation where my partner plays games/drinks to cope and I sometimes feel my needs are not met. I am working at acknowledging that and respectfully asking for what I need.

However:

please be respectful, i don't need a rant on how much i suck as a bf, i'm really trying to figure out what to do to help.

Please, please don't blame yourself or think you're a bad bf for asking for help. I don't know how you are in the relationship but the fact that you're worried and want to get help shows that you're invested and care about your partner. There is nothing wrong with that and I'm sure (unless you're abusive or something) that you are a totally awesome bf and your partner is just going through some shit. Do not take his shit personally. His choices are his alone and do not reflect on you as a person or as a boyfriend. I'm sure you are wonderful!

How many people have to die of negligence before it becomes an extermination camp? Or does the term extermination camp necessitate active acts of murder?

Lol have you met Ireland

I disagree with the way that the actress is responding - ie. Bewilderment as to why they would even find it to be an issue in the first place (thinking in a historical context, it obviously could be problematic).

However, it seems the actress was coming at it from a respectful point of view in the first place, had done her research, and did not intend to do any of the problematic things associated (eg. Blackface or an "accent"), so the library probably shouldn't have had an issue with it.

Though I disagree with the library's decision, I still stand with them that they can cancel whatever they want if they don't want it shown at their establishment. You can't force establishments to hold things.

I don't think about fucking my family that's gross

On it.

I wouldn't want to give any money to her but I also wouldn't be opposed to purchasing HP books from a thrift store that donates funds to charity and then burning them just for the sake of removing just a little bit of her legacy from the world.

I don't know what face scan as I haven't flown into the states in a very long time.

In Canada we have a machine at customs that takes your picture when you come into the country. This isn't optional. I take the opportunity to make the absolute most ridiculous face I can every time and it brings me copious amount of joy. It then prints out a little slip that I give to the customs person at the gate who is usually chatting and doesn't even look at it. I imagine those slips go somewhere, though I couldn't really care less where.

Ok but wearing shoes is a social construct. People didn't wear shoes for thousands of years before shoes came along and they were just fine and full of blisters.

Yeah I mean the hatred for immigrants is certainly growing worldwide

Bill c5 and bill c2 seem to be a lot more overreaching than what the liberal government was putting out before, plus they at least had the NDP to safeguard a bit. I certainly feel like they're moving in a bolder (worse) direction.