OK boomer.

Oh GTFO. You wanna have a conversation like an adult feel free to treat others like equals and be respectful. If you can’t see how you’re acting so fucking smug, there’s no hope for you.

I think at this point it would be best for Americans if they just submit to Canadian supremacy in… checks notes…boring bureaucracy and semi-socialized healthcare.

Uhhh… you ok? It’s a play structure for kids.

And I would work in solar or wind if my province wasn’t actively in the pocket of energy companies and purposefully dissuading renewable projects.

I work in oil and gas and I understand that it’s detrimental to the future of our children and grand children. I don’t hate oil specifically, I hate pollution and industries that purposefully drive humanity to the brink of extinction for profit.

From his Wikipedia:

"Murphy won a Progressive Conservative nomination in 1975. However, he abandoned it due to lack of funds. Instead, Murphy went to work as special assistant to PC leader and Premier Frank Moores.[4]

He then switched parties in the 1980s and served two years as chief researcher for the provincial Liberal caucus before running for provincial office twice, as a Liberal."

Sucks to suck.

“Murphy argued that climate change is “a sub-branch of climate politics”. He criticized former American Vice President Al Gore’s opposition to the Alberta oil sands and in a 2013 column, called the industry “a dazzling and profitable engineering endeavor of which all Canadians should be proud”.”

Rex can absolutely get fucked, what a sellout shitbag.

Exactly this, I think many of us just are not going back. Give it time, their little share price might not feel it but their sales certainly will.

If you only ever pay for things that benefit you, the social contract starts to erode. Not helping those in need tends to reat it’s ugly head one way or another. That’s literally how taxes are supposed to work.

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The setup can be a bit overwhelming but please message me if you get stuck on anything!

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Frugal Usenet is a good cheap and reliable option for Usenet downloading or search out some torrent trackers of your preference. If you go the Usenet route, let me know, I can send you some indexer invites.

I’ve run most of the arr apps on windows but Linux with docker is less upkeep and easier to perform updates.

This argument comes up a lot. MOST people are suburbanites who drive to a grocery store and in a major urban area. They can probably switch to something else with a slightly further drive. Rural folks and urban folks without a car are definitely going to experience a greater challenge on this.

I know I’m actively moving from No Frills to Calgary Coop. More expensive but so far way better quality foods and no more dollars going to Loblaws.

I’m not sure why you got downvoted so much. I live outside Calgary and you’d think sedans or any regular sized car doesn’t even exist here. Then you get the ironic “Fuck Trudeau” folks pulling up to the gas station with their big ass truck and complain about gas prices. No shit you pay a lot, you modified the engine to roll coal when you accelerate. Morons, the lot of them.

Sometimes they can. And maybe that’s something that your overly optimistic perspective needs to realize.

Ironically, folks who broach the topic on politics and religion are typically also having those things as a core part of their personality.

I think typically polite company dictates no religion, no politics no money talk. Been that way forever.

Because when people have a conversation they try to share common experiences. There are ways to say “I disagree” that won’t shut down the conversation. Just saying that leaves the other person no options to continue the conversation because you are shutting down their topic. A few folks here already gave great answers so I won’t repeat the advice.

K I’m so fucking tired of these arguments. It’s so damn black and white that it makes people give up hope and either not vote or spoil their vote. The Alberta NDP participate in capitalism, yes, you are correct, but they also take care of people and the environment. The UCP is a fucking death cult devoted to the capital gods with the active goal of undoing anything beneficial to society.

It’s a physical adjustment to your sleep schedule with or without the fucking clock adjusting itself. I like how anytime any progress is suggested the old fucks thinks it’s something about us that is weak, reality is they were too lazy or too busy sucking corpo / conservative cock to do anything about it themselves.