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It's hosed up that we're talking about this non-event instead of the law that was being voted on or any of the other actual important poo poo going on, jesus christ. This is why it took me weeks to catch u with the thread. Because I'm depressed about my country (and my province but we don't really talk about how lovely Quebec is around here).
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# ? May 22, 2016 18:12 |
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Brandon Proust posted:My facebook feed is split evenly between young bitter NDP supporters using this to take potshots at Trudeau, and old bitter Bloc supporters using this to take potshots at Trudeau. What's the age range on NDPs? Almost all of mine are 35-45 and saying, "welp, cancelling that membership." They're all British Columbians, though... and the Libs have not exactly been awesome over here. And by Libs I mostly mean Christy Clark who seems to be a cartoon villain who escaped from TV and is wearing a human flesh mask.
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# ? May 22, 2016 19:02 |
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Franks Happy Place posted:I will join a Vancouver goon meet, on the condition that CI do a dab with me in the spirit of chillaxing a bit. I would also be down to meet some of you damaged individuals for some beers in real life. Maybe just a puff for me and no dabs though, that stuff's yuuuge.
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# ? May 22, 2016 19:04 |
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PT6A posted:They should hire an autist to figure out these rules for them and also any train schedule they may need. probably the weirdest job application ive ever seen
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# ? May 22, 2016 19:08 |
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The problem with the NDP position in Elbowgate is that on the most basic and animalistic level it makes them look sound weak and, regardless of what they might pretend, most of the public instinctively despises weakness. "I was battered by the Prime Minister" will just make people invent reasons to hate you. Outside of tumblr and a few sociology departments very few people are going to be more inclined to support a party that casts itself as a victim (and in my opinion Brousseau is a victim here, albeit in a fairly minor incident,) because our natural instinct as humans is to look for reasons that victims must have caused their own misfortune. I know it's in poor taste for me to speculate on how a woman who got hit by a man could have played it better, but this is Something Awful so I'll do it anyway. Regardless of how she felt inside it likely would have been a much savvier play for Brousseau to make light of the incident, maybe make a joke about how she's a fighter and she can take it, and then perhaps a quip about Trudeau having anger issues or being petulant. The average person may think they sympathize with the weak but when they actually express their support it's almost always for the strong.
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# ? May 22, 2016 19:22 |
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Helsing posted:I know it's in poor taste for me to speculate on how a woman who got hit by a man could have played it better, but this is Something Awful so I'll do it anyway. Regardless of how she felt inside it likely would have been a much savvier play for Brousseau to make light of the incident, maybe make a joke about how she's a fighter and she can take it, and then perhaps a quip about Trudeau having anger issues or being petulant. The average person may think they sympathize with the weak but when they actually express their support it's almost always for the strong. Fuckin' bingo. Easy win, totally wasted.
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# ? May 22, 2016 19:32 |
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After suffering decades of micro aggressions from the patriarchy, #reb just couldn't take it any more
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# ? May 22, 2016 19:35 |
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Helsing posted:The problem with the NDP position in Elbowgate is that on the most basic and animalistic level it makes them look sound weak and, regardless of what they might pretend, most of the public instinctively despises weakness. "I was battered by the Prime Minister" will just make people invent reasons to hate you. Outside of tumblr and a few sociology departments very few people are going to be more inclined to support a party that casts itself as a victim (and in my opinion Brousseau is a victim here, albeit in a fairly minor incident,) because our natural instinct as humans is to look for reasons that victims must have caused their own misfortune. The Butcher posted:Fuckin' bingo. I too agree with this post. Unfortunately it looked like Angry Tom Mulcair, master political strategist, told her in the heat of the moment to let him handle it. And handle it he did
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# ? May 22, 2016 20:46 |
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I love this new set of coins specifically because I know how butthurt CI will get over it
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# ? May 22, 2016 20:53 |
It took people saying that Trudeau hits women for Don Cherry to respect him lol
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# ? May 22, 2016 20:56 |
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P-Value Hack posted:I love this new set of coins specifically because I know how butthurt CI will get over it Canada Post has a new line of Star Trek anniversary stamps. I had almost forgotten how Canada sometimes likes to claim an American TV series as part of its cultural heritage because it starred William Shatner
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# ? May 22, 2016 20:59 |
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Pixelante posted:What's the age range on NDPs? Almost all of mine are 35-45 and saying, "welp, cancelling that membership." They're all British Columbians, though... and the Libs have not exactly been awesome over here. And by Libs I mostly mean Christy Clark who seems to be a cartoon villain who escaped from TV and is wearing a human flesh mask. Mostly 25-35.
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# ? May 22, 2016 21:02 |
THC posted:Canada Post has a new line of Star Trek anniversary stamps. I had almost forgotten how Canada sometimes likes to claim an American TV series as part of its cultural heritage because it starred William Shatner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan,_Alberta
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# ? May 22, 2016 21:03 |
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P-Value Hack posted:I love this new set of coins specifically because I know how butthurt CI will get over it It's nice that there's 4 men and a woman in a supporting role.
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# ? May 22, 2016 21:05 |
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P-Value Hack posted:I love this new set of coins specifically because I know how butthurt CI will get over it gently caress that, I'll be butthurt because those are so goddamn bad ugh
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# ? May 22, 2016 21:09 |
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MonsieurChoc posted:It's hosed up that we're talking about this non-event instead of the law that was being voted on or any of the other actual important poo poo going on, jesus christ. Oh, don't say that! I regularly discuss how lovely Quebec is. I agree with Helsing re: elbowgate. Hearing "if that's the best he could do, he's as weak as his policies" would have been way better than "but my safe spaces!!!!". Weakness just isn't attractive, and I honestly don't think it should be viewed through a gendered lens. Regarding gender politics, I think there's a difference between being weak (a bad thing in all cases) and being vulnerable (which is a thing that is considered unmasculine and many men have trouble with it as a result). Showing vulnerability comes from a place of strength and self-assurance. Whining is just lovely.
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# ? May 22, 2016 21:09 |
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I've been there. They'd just finished the convention centre that was gonna bring the world to Vulcan.
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# ? May 22, 2016 21:11 |
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Helsing posted:The problem with the NDP position in Elbowgate is that on the most basic and animalistic level it makes them look sound weak and, regardless of what they might pretend, most of the public instinctively despises weakness. "I was battered by the Prime Minister" will just make people invent reasons to hate you. Outside of tumblr and a few sociology departments very few people are going to be more inclined to support a party that casts itself as a victim (and in my opinion Brousseau is a victim here, albeit in a fairly minor incident,) because our natural instinct as humans is to look for reasons that victims must have caused their own misfortune. Totally agreed. Everyone likes to pretend that they're against aggression, but so long as it's not straight up violence, that's just pretense and people absolutely love to line up behind the bully who radiates strength. If Trudeau punched Mulcair out and walked Brown over Mulcair's unconscious body, there would have been a problem, but no one outside of humanities majors at universities gives a poo poo about a bit of roughness, especially if it can be characterized as getting things done.
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# ? May 22, 2016 21:15 |
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Arivia posted:It's nice that there's 4 men and a woman in a supporting role. There's a woman on the opposite side of each one.
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# ? May 22, 2016 21:27 |
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Has Mulcair explained why some of his party members were blocking the lane like children to begin with?
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# ? May 22, 2016 21:30 |
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Booourns posted:Has Mulcair explained why some of his party members were blocking the lane like children to begin with? Nah, that's victim blaming. Can't have that.
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# ? May 22, 2016 21:35 |
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I was looking for documentation on the proud tradition of the CF and stumbled across this http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=5cfb3fa7-5c78-4b06-8c5d-b3660a13e5a6 quote:Torture, murder charges dropped against ex-soldier Matchee our proud and honourable cf ladies and gentlemen
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# ? May 22, 2016 21:36 |
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Booourns posted:Has Mulcair explained why some of his party members were blocking the lane like children to begin with? They were trying to delay the passage of the bill, which the Liberals wanted to rush through with little if any debate. The CPC also wanted to delay it, just for different reasons (they are against the whole concept of assisted dying). The CPC whip was in no hurry to do the thing either, which is why the Prime Minister resorted to bodily dragging him across the floor of the house. Juul-Whip fucked around with this message at 21:47 on May 22, 2016 |
# ? May 22, 2016 21:39 |
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MonsieurChoc posted:Because I'm depressed about my country (and my province but we don't really talk about how lovely Quebec is around here). I like how in Quebec this weeks fluff non-controversy was the minister for democratic reform calling for discouraging teachers to be "killed, masqueraded and thrown away" which ended as soon as she tweeted an apology while "over the border" the Canucks are still dissecting #elbowgate
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# ? May 22, 2016 21:39 |
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http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/it-takes-everything-veteran-went-off-the-grid-after-torturing-teen-in-somalia-left-him-with-ptsdquote:‘It takes everything’: Veteran went ‘off the grid’ after torturing teen in Somalia left him with PTSD Poor guy . All he wanted to do was torture a somali teenager and for his dignified service he gets PTSD and noone cares about him. we need to treat our poor veterans better u guys
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# ? May 22, 2016 21:40 |
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gently caress the Airborne regiment and gently caress those guys Oh no you have PTSD from torturing a kid, gently caress your own face.
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# ? May 22, 2016 21:54 |
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I'm enjoying the fact that a coin with a soldier on it spurred on an angsty multi-shitpost over the CF (with articles from two decades ago no less) by CI. The only thing better would be if HootSuite's CEO or something was a veteran who openly advocated for marijuana legalization
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# ? May 22, 2016 22:30 |
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CLAM DOWN posted:gently caress that, I'll be butthurt because those are so goddamn bad ugh drat, they're real.. I cannot tell the difference between bad satire and reality anymore.
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# ? May 22, 2016 22:35 |
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lmao ok swagger
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# ? May 22, 2016 22:36 |
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Hexigrammus posted:drat, they're real.. Do we actually have multiple sets of Star Trek coins available solely because Shatner is Canadian? Ugh
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# ? May 22, 2016 22:47 |
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Constant Hamprince posted:There's a woman on the opposite side of each one. Ha ha.
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# ? May 22, 2016 22:48 |
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CLAM DOWN posted:Do we actually have multiple sets of Star Trek coins available solely because Shatner is Canadian? Ugh And James Doohan!
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# ? May 22, 2016 22:48 |
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MA-Horus posted:gently caress the Airborne regiment and gently caress those guys Lets not forget that organized white supremacy was rampant in the Airborne and their home base Petawawa.
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# ? May 22, 2016 22:56 |
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PK loving SUBBAN posted:Lets not forget that organized white supremacy was rampant in the Airborne and their home base Petawawa. Why do Canadian place names always sound like retard babble anyway?
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# ? May 22, 2016 23:07 |
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I know people who idolized the airborne regiment, but a bunch of old timers who were in (one was my basic course ncoic) would flat out not talk about it other than saying "poo poo got really hosed up."
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# ? May 22, 2016 23:08 |
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PT6A posted:Why do Canadian place names always sound like retard babble anyway? Wikipedia posted:Petawawa originates from a local Algonquin language word, biidaawewe, meaning "where one hears a noise like this".
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# ? May 22, 2016 23:16 |
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PT6A posted:Why do Canadian place names always sound like retard babble anyway? Albertan history curriculum itt
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# ? May 22, 2016 23:18 |
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Ikantski posted:Albertan history curriculum itt he's from bc but really this is mcgill graduate itt
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# ? May 22, 2016 23:22 |
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"Tsawwassen", "Squamish", "Skidegate", what kind of retard talks like this? *names everything after British royalty*
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# ? May 22, 2016 23:31 |
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Your least-racist aunt still can't say sudoku and you expect filthy genocidal fuckwits to get "Ganaawage" right.
flakeloaf fucked around with this message at 23:59 on May 22, 2016 |
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