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Look I'm not saying nothing good ever happens in the world and everything is terrible, I'm just saying nothing good ever happens in Canadian politics and everything is terrible with regards to the financial situation of the country and we're all hosed economically in the long run.
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Not everybody, just poor and middle class people are hosed. Edit: i mean regular middle class, not Liberal Middle Class. Postess with the Mostest fucked around with this message at 02:52 on Feb 8, 2016 |
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Feb 8, 2016 02:49
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MickeyFinn posted:"Marijuana nihilist" and "weed intelligentsia" are pretty much the best things to come out of this thread. "Craft beer marxists" is up there too. weed intelligentsia would be a pretty good name for a california dispensary.
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ChairMaster posted:Look I'm not saying nothing good ever happens in the world and everything is terrible, I'm just saying nothing good ever happens in Canadian politics and everything is terrible with regards to the financial situation of the country and we're all hosed economically in the long run. You've been constantly negative and miserable about everything to a degree that even CI can't match, and I don't even get the feeling it's somewhat in jest like it is with CI. Quite seriously: I think you may have an issue and you deserve to live a happy life, so at least speak to someone more qualified than a bunch of Internet morons like myself to see if there is treatment or therapy that could help you be a bit less of a stone-cold bummer all the time.
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Feb 8, 2016 02:52
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I'm sort of curious why Canada didn't' develop a more diverse economy given how things like its education system, positive immigration, low corruption in government and close proximity to the USA economy should have helped out. Probably dutch disease, commodities and real estate being the only booming and supported industries skewed the economy in a bad direction.
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Feb 8, 2016 02:56
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Subjunctive posted:Minimum income is necessary now. Well, yeah but it'll probably take something like most trucks being self-driving and major unemployment and unrest to really make that happen politically. I'd love if it happened sooner though. Probably half the people I work with would quit and just play video games though. Ccs fucked around with this message at 03:01 on Feb 8, 2016 |
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Feb 8, 2016 02:58
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Ccs posted:Well, yeah but it'll probably take something like most trucks being self-driving and major unemployment and unrest to really make that happen politically. I'd love if it happened sooner though. Probably half the people I work with would quit and just play video games though. I mean, sure, but they're still driving the economy. They still have to buy things to live. There's always the hope that it will cause a new enlightenment, too. While many humans display an almost godlike tolerance to mind-numbing boredom, when freed from the pressure of survival I think that many would (slowly, over the course of years) show a decreased reliance on pursuits of escapism and start to engage in productive hobbies. Personally, the unthinkable boost in power it would give to the labor movement (by removing employers ability to hold our very existence hostage) is worth a certain portion of humanity living their entire lives as worthless dead weight. More for those who want more, the bare minimum for those who desire no further achievement anyways. 
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Ccs posted:I'd love if it happened sooner though. Probably half the people I work with would quit and just play video games though. Speaking as someone who would likely get taxed to gently caress and back to fund mincome, more power to them. If employers want people to get off the couch and show up, they should need to provide work that is rewarding in some way beyond mere, scraping survival.
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PT6A posted:Dude, you should legit seek help.  Been seeing a ton of Alberta plates driving through town lately so I think the hope of $100/bbl has generally died and is really sinking in with the average transplant worker from Ontario. If they had saved that money instead of squandering it on coke, hookers and pickup trucks in Fort Mac they could be coming back in way better shape into the hilariously depressing Ontario job and housing market. But nope.
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Unlike people seem to believe in this thread, I take mental illness very seriously, and ChairMaster's constant, pathological and unfounded negativity about everything could be evidence that he needs help. His enduring negativity over months or years legitimate concerns me. I'm sorry that you don't care about mental illness. Let's talk, everyone...
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Furnaceface posted:
its incredible how many f-150s with alberta plates i've seen around the GTA in the past couple weeks, easily more than i can recall ever seeing in the previous year+ at least
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Ambrose Burnside posted:its incredible how many f-150s with alberta plates i've seen around the GTA in the past couple weeks, easily more than i can recall ever seeing in the previous year+ at least Please run them into the ditch, if possible.
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Ambrose Burnside posted:its incredible how many f-150s with alberta plates i've seen around the GTA in the past couple weeks, easily more than i can recall ever seeing in the previous year+ at least Normally I would advise against it, but try taking a drive through Barrie some day. Half the vehicles are pickups with not a single sign it is being used for work, the other half are idiots in BMWs/Audis driving around like they are God's gift to mankind. Lots of Alberta plates on both. Arent expensive rear end vehicles like the first thing to go when a bubble bursts? Or is it a healthy mix of houses and vehicles?
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I've been seeing a lot fewer Albertan plates on the island. I guess they can't afford the ferry anymore.
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Vancouver report: In a month I've seen a dozen filthy vehicles with Alberta plates, stacked to the brim with personal possessions. I don't go out much during normal hours, either.
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Furnaceface posted:Arent expensive rear end vehicles like the first thing to go when a bubble bursts? Or is it a healthy mix of houses and vehicles? It's harder for the repo guy to find you when you're a few provinces over. Might as well stop making payments and then drive it 'til someone tracks you down. It's not like you derive any benefit from being honest, assuming you have no money to take.
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PT6A posted:and you deserve to live a happy life, You can't prove that! Ikantski posted:Not everybody, just poor and middle class people are hosed. Well who do you think I mean when I say "we"? I can't imagine reading any fellowship for rich people from anything I post.
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I want to buy a used BMW X1 to replace my Prius when it finally dies, but I can't justify the cost so I hope the market gets flooded with Alberta people who want to get rid of theirs and I get one cheap. Why can't people who wanted awesome truck equity want the cute little SUV that I like?
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Feb 8, 2016 05:00
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Calgary used car market is CRAZY right now.. Could probably make some decent cash buying them and driving to Ontario to resell
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Subjunctive posted:Speaking as someone who would likely get taxed to gently caress and back to fund mincome, more power to them. If employers want people to get off the couch and show up, they should need to provide work that is rewarding in some way beyond mere, scraping survival. Yeah, but it's a bit unfair because video games specifically trigger our rewards system with immediate payoff, whereas work tends to be rewarding on much longer time scale. Many people don't really realize that, or at least not until getting to a certain age after which they can't make a career change.
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HookShot posted:Why can't people who wanted awesome truck equity want the cute little SUV that I like? Because the vast majority of the people in this province are massive pricks who are deeply hosed in the head, and wouldn't know good taste if it came up and jerked them off.
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PT6A posted:Because the vast majority of the people in this province are massive pricks who are deeply hosed in the head, and wouldn't know good taste if it came up and jerked them off. This phenomenon is not localized to one province or country.
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Ccs posted:Yeah, but it's a bit unfair because video games specifically trigger our rewards system with immediate payoff, whereas work tends to be rewarding on much longer time scale. Many people don't really realize that, or at least not until getting to a certain age after which they can't make a career change. Oddly enough mincome would allow a broader range of people to make said career changes later in life. I went back to school at 31 and it was literally only possible because my parents are amazing people that let me move back home rent free while I pursued another venture into education. At least this time I picked a career that is not only relatively new, but expanding rapidly and in something that is never going away (everyone gets sick and old so yay me).
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I'm in my mid 30s and thanks to a series of stupid events out of my control it took until just a few years ago for me to finally land a stable full time gig without the stress of needing to worry about my contract end date or living in a city that doesnt mesh with my lifestyle and now I realize that I can't stand my career and I'm stuck with it unless we get mincome. Yay.
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EvilJoven posted:I'm in my mid 30s and thanks to a series of stupid events out of my control it took until just a few years ago for me to finally land a stable full time gig without the stress of needing to worry about my contract end date or living in a city that doesnt mesh with my lifestyle and now I realize that I can't stand my career and I'm stuck with it unless we get mincome. Yay. What's your lifestyle?
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I'm an unsophisticated hick and I was living in Toronto. Didn't mesh well.
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EvilJoven posted:I'm an unsophisticated hick and I was living in Toronto. Didn't mesh well. buy some Atvs on credit and suck it up, wage slave
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Ya I need to diversify away from just holding truck equity.
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If you are on mincome you are a lazy welfare queen who doesn't deserve to have a respectable and non-humiliating life. Why won't people understand that the HARD WORKERS of ALBERTA deserve the Government funds because we earned it!
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jm20 posted:Conservative constituents demanding government bailout is peak
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HookShot posted:I want to buy a used BMW X1 to replace my Prius when it finally dies, but I can't justify the cost so I hope the market gets flooded with Alberta people who want to get rid of theirs and I get one cheap. Anybody who actually bought something small and/or practical is much less likely to have to desperation sell their vehicle. An X1 is cheap for a BMW; you might get a better price in absolute terms looking at an X3 or larger.
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The only truck anyone really needs is a Toyota Tacoma (because you can't get the Hilux in Canada). But it's tiny and efficient so everyone will know your manhood is small and withered if you drive one.
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peter banana posted:The only truck anyone really needs is a Toyota Tacoma (because you can't get the Hilux in Canada). But it's tiny and efficient so everyone will know your manhood is small and withered if you drive one. Tacomas are overpriced and still suffer from frame rot.
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Albino Squirrel posted:Haha nobody here buys a little cute car. You need something enormous like an F350 to haul your rear end to the airport for your fly-in job haul your gear to your work site! Yeah, funnily enough the X1 despite being a worse car on paper (I think it's only a 4-cylinder engine compared to the X3's 6, that sort of thing) actually has better acceleration than the X3, and gets way better fuel efficiency. Plus I hate driving big cars to begin with, the X1 is about as big as I ever want to go, and I only want to get it because I do so much winter mountain driving that it's probably a good idea, I've had some sketchy moments the last few years trying to get over Duffy Lake Rd.
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peter banana posted:The only truck anyone really needs is a Toyota Tacoma (because you can't get the Hilux in Canada). But it's tiny and efficient so everyone will know your manhood is small and withered if you drive one. You flatter me. Tacomas are a little more expensive up front but they hold their value really well. Having a car and a truck is ideal in the country. If there's 6" of disgusting snow my wife can still get to work. I can fill it with logs, dirty chainsaws, dead deer or the insane amount of baby accessories we seem to need whenever we stay overnight somewhere. I can pull a heavy trailer full of rotten logs or a boat. I would never get a Tundra or big V-8, but a midsize v-6 pickup is really nice. In housing news, apparently you can just walk away from a mortgage in Alberta. I did not know that. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/jingle-mail-alberta-housing-1.3430867 quote:Jingle mail — the act of walking away from an underwater mortgage by mailing your keys back to the bank — is a peculiarity of the Alberta residential market and an act of desperation. However, a combination of high debt and lost jobs make it an option in a province going through a significant economic reckoning. Postess with the Mostest fucked around with this message at 20:04 on Feb 8, 2016 |
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Ikantski posted:You flatter me. Tacomas are a little more expensive up front but they hold their value really well. Having a car and a truck is ideal in the country. If there's 6" of disgusting snow my wife can still get to work. I can fill it with logs, dirty chainsaws, dead deer or the insane amount of baby accessories we seem to need whenever we stay overnight somewhere. I can pull a heavy trailer full of rotten logs or a boat. I would never get a Tundra or big V-8, but a midsize v-6 pickup is really nice. I thought the phrasing was kinda funny, especially for this thread: quote:Tacoma ($20,765) sold 155,041 units to place 29th on the U.S. sales list in 2014, and consumers will get an astounding value on their truck investment. After 36 months, Tacoma retains an incredible 74.9% of its value, and it will hold onto 60.8% of its value after 60 months of ownership. An astounding 40% less than what you paid for it! What an investment!
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jm20 posted:A Mercedes Benz GL class can tow more Well yeah but 4 Tacomas can probably out-tow a GL and I'd have a grand left over. Is this the comparison you're making? http://carsort.com/compare/Mercedes-Benz-GL-Class-vs-Toyota-Tacoma-Regular-Cab Count Roland posted:An astounding 40% less than what you paid for it! What an investment! Yeah, that doesn't jive in this thread but I'll go with it. If you buy and use a piece of equipment for 5 years, you're going to sell it for less. If that piece of equipment is Tacoma, you'll lose 38.3% selling in 5 years. If that piece of equipment is a Prius, you'll lose 63.2% of what you paid for it. Maybe that's why well educated Albertans laugh at Prii, they know they're getting 67% better resale value on their truck.
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