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infernal machines posted:Weird question for the AB/BC folks in here, is tobacco advertising legal out there? I don't mean vape products (which sort of fly under the radar here in ON), I mean like cigarettes and other tobacco products? You’re not even allowed to display the cigarettes you have here in BC. Every store has hidden shelving now so you have to know what brand you want and can’t just look behind the counter and go “that one”. I also don’t think I’ve seen an ad in over a decade.
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ChickenDoodle posted:You’re not even allowed to display the cigarettes you have here in BC. Every store has hidden shelving now so you have to know what brand you want and can’t just look behind the counter and go “that one”. I also don’t think I’ve seen an ad in over a decade. In Alberta, again, it depends on the venue being 18+. Tobacconists are still allowed to display product openly, but they are not allowed to have minors in the store.
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Jan 17, 2022 17:59
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The only snow days I remember in Toronto was the one time it dumped like 40 inches of snow over the weekend and the other time there was freezing rain schedule for rush hour.
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Jan 17, 2022 18:07
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ChickenDoodle posted:You’re not even allowed to display the cigarettes you have here in BC. Every store has hidden shelving now so you have to know what brand you want and can’t just look behind the counter and go “that one”. I also don’t think I’ve seen an ad in over a decade. Yeah, that's the same as Ontario, so either this is just AB or it's seriously illegal
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Jan 17, 2022 18:08
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Proper snow days were pretty rare for me, but if buses were canceled (which happened pretty much any time there was enough snow or freezing rain,) it might as well have been a snow day since attendance would be such that teachers couldn't really do constructive things. I remember it being pretty nice since my highschool was only reachable by bus by the majority of the attendance unlike other high schools, so that didn't really ever change for me. As well, bus cancelations were all or nothing, so with a decent amount of rural routes they had to err on the cautious side. Except the occasions they didn't.
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Jan 17, 2022 18:17
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https://twitter.com/vote4robgill/status/1483115782980751362 Normal things!
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Jan 17, 2022 18:35
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LOL what a dumb rear end in a top hat I remember the 1998(?) ice storm in Ontario when school bus cancellations were so common that the radio had a little jingle they would play before announcing them all. To the tune of The Simpsons, "The Cancellaaationsss"
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Jan 17, 2022 18:36
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Jordan7hm posted:What’s interesting is because we’re already set up for remote learning the kids don’t get a snow day, they get a “virtual classroom” day instead. not in Ontario. a lot of teachers are pissed because they were preparing for asynchronous remote learning, then the decision was made to do in person classes this week, so they had to redo all their lesson plans for in person. then last night dougie announces we're going to a remote learning school day today, but that's synchronous classes so they've had to prepare the same lesson three times in different ways, the last time with less than a day's notice.
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Jan 17, 2022 18:40
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ChickenDoodle posted:You’re not even allowed to display the cigarettes you have here in BC. Every store has hidden shelving now so you have to know what brand you want and can’t just look behind the counter and go “that one”. I also don’t think I’ve seen an ad in over a decade. This has been my experience in Alberta as well. I don't know what the actual rule is but the typical place to buy tobacco (grocery store, convenience store) all have them behind a plastic shield so you can't see them.
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Jan 17, 2022 18:42
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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Well, look here: if students miss a single day of learning about the water cycle or some dumb poo poo, how will society survive?
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Jan 17, 2022 18:42
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I remember one year in rural Nova Scotia, we only had 13 school days in March because it snowed so much.Vintersorg posted:Snow days are generally more for rural schools here. If you're in Winnipeg you're going. Although the one snow day we had it was like 6 foot high snow drifts - no lie. Wind and accumulation sucks. That's literally the first snow day I've ever heard of in Winnipeg. I remember we had literal blizzard warnings (maybe some actual blizzards?), but school was still on. Wow.
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Jan 17, 2022 18:56
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Arivia posted:not in Ontario. a lot of teachers are pissed because they were preparing for asynchronous remote learning, then the decision was made to do in person classes this week, so they had to redo all their lesson plans for in person. then last night dougie announces we're going to a remote learning school day today, but that's synchronous classes so they've had to prepare the same lesson three times in different ways, the last time with less than a day's notice. They're not doing virtual classrooms, but my kid is in ontario, and the asynchronous learning he was going to do today anyway (because teachers were prepping for a chunk of their class not to come in) is going forward as planned for everyone. e: I'm a fan of this, if he can log in to view the homework there's no reason for him not to do it no matter what the weather is like outside. He can still go outside and play once the homework is done.
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Jan 17, 2022 19:03
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Jordan7hm posted:They're not doing virtual classrooms, but my kid is in ontario, and the asynchronous learning he was going to do today anyway (because teachers were prepping for a chunk of their class not to come in) is going forward as planned for everyone. ah, that's good. you're in a better position to know than me reading tweets last night, thank you for the correction.
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Jan 17, 2022 19:08
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Arivia posted:ah, that's good. you're in a better position to know than me reading tweets last night, thank you for the correction. That's the plan from the ottawa carleton public board at least. Different boards are different, etc. Also schools can be a bit unique as well. Every school in this board that we've attended has been pretty good, but this one in particular is really strong with communication. We were asked on Friday to let the school know if our children would be attending this week or not, so that their teachers could prep remote work for them. My expectation for this week is that even if the schools were open, transportation would be pretty dicey. There are significant shortages of bus drivers. It was easier for us to just plan for a week learning from home vs trying to figure out if we were sending him at 7am once they made the transport call. Also I don't really want him catching covid, soooooo
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Jan 17, 2022 19:13
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For OCDSB, not every school was asynchronous today. Some schools with a higher percentage of students with exceptionalities decided to do synchronous learning.
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Jan 17, 2022 19:22
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As some have already said, different boards are doing different things. My board said everyone gets the day off, no online, no in person, nothing, go enjoy that snow. Good. The Toronto District School Board was the one that did the flippy-flopping last minute synchronous/asynchronous stuff, and while I love to poo poo on Doug and the Cons, this one was on the TDSB. They made that decision... er, decisions. The usual thing in my board for bus cancellations is to have the schools open, staff are asked to come in 'if they can safely do so'. Which leads to sitting in a classroom with five kids (high school). An actual closure is rare, but in this case made sense... there was no way anyone was getting to school this morning.
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Jan 17, 2022 20:05
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infernal machines posted:I would be so pissed if I were a kid. No you wouldn't, kids love school!
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Jan 17, 2022 20:12
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mom and dad fight a lot posted:I remember one year in rural Nova Scotia, we only had 13 school days in March because it snowed so much. How did you survive?
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Jan 17, 2022 20:40
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ZShakespeare posted:How did you survive? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FEW5mh7iAI
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Jan 17, 2022 20:49
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ZShakespeare posted:How did you survive? I was in grade 5, so obviously I got dangerously depressed, and it's created childhood trauma that has never really healed. Every time I see snow I break out in uncontrollable sobs and get flashbacks, terrified that I won't get to see my friends or go to my job.
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Jan 17, 2022 21:05
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mom and dad fight a lot posted:I was in grade 5, so obviously I got dangerously depressed, and it's created childhood trauma that has never really healed. Every time I see snow I break out in uncontrollable sobs and get flashbacks, terrified that I won't get to see my friends or go to my job. You know, the way some people talk about schools makes me think they've repressed a lot of memories of their childhood.
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Jan 17, 2022 21:17
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PT6A posted:You know, the way some people talk about schools makes me think they've repressed a lot of memories of their childhood. I definitely have. I don't think I was happy in school from grades 4-9 and it was only when I transferred to a hippy dippy alternative school in grade 10 that I realized just how drat miserable I was. I honestly don't think I would have finished high school otherwise. e: i remember one teacher I had in grade 11 explaining that teaching was so hard because you have to show up everyday and sell something to a room full of people who don't want to even be there. Another Bill fucked around with this message at 21:24 on Jan 17, 2022 |
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Jan 17, 2022 21:21
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Another Bill posted:I definitely have. I don't think I was happy in school from grades 4-9 and it was only when I transferred to a hippy dippy alternative school in grade 10 that I realized just how drat miserable I was. I honestly don't think I would have finished high school otherwise. And the people who want to buy it are basically bored as gently caress 2/3s of the time, because of all the additional time it takes the teacher to sell their wares to the unwilling, so they hate it too!
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Jan 17, 2022 21:30
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PT6A posted:And the people who want to buy it are basically bored as gently caress 2/3s of the time, because of all the additional time it takes the teacher to sell their wares to the unwilling, so they hate it too! Yeah pretty much. Schooling should be separated more based on interest, engagement and ability instead of just age which means nothing.
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Jan 17, 2022 22:18
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leftist heap posted:Starting to think PT6A doesn't know anything at all about kids lmao
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Jan 18, 2022 00:29
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B33rChiller posted:He knows how it felt for him as a kid, and some of what he's saying resonates with me too, regarding experiences at school. While some are able to synthesize tgoughts by incorporating their own childhoods with experience looking after children as an adult, others may be only applying their own first hand knowledge of what it feels like as a child. I don't think the perspective of how it might feel as a kid is invalid, nor do I think that any perspective can encompass the whole picture. Thanks. I mean, what gets me about the whole thing is: I was really good at school, and I was intrinsically motivated to do well because I enjoyed it, and I still hated school overall! The crushing boredom is something I can still remember, the feeling that most of the assignments were just completely loving pointless most of the time, it's just the worst. It's like one of those Scandinavian prisons: it's not actively cruel, it's just lovely to be there and you can't leave. To quote Gogol Bordello: I would never, ever, ever want to be young again! The true irony is you have to be there in school when it's pointless and lovely, but you don't have to be there in uni, when things are interesting and actually require your attention because they're not programmed for the lowest common denominator! I think I skipped more class in high school than all through university.
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Jan 18, 2022 00:43
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Finally learned why BC seems to give even fewer fucks about covid than average! https://twitter.com/daniatomicus/status/1482233293814710276
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Jan 18, 2022 01:46
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Alberta's Health Minister has COVID, and it just came out that Alberta's Justice Minister called the Edmonton chief of police after getting a ticket for using his phone while driving in a school zone in May. Another great day for Alberta. Still 497 days until we can get rid of these chucklefucks. 497 horrifying, frustrating, embarrassing days. pokeyman posted:Finally learned why BC seems to give even fewer fucks about covid than average! That is so completely hosed up. Powershift fucked around with this message at 01:55 on Jan 18, 2022 |
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Jan 18, 2022 01:51
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Powershift posted:Alberta's Health Minister has COVID, and it just came out that Alberta's Justice Minister called the Edmonton chief of police after getting a ticket for using his phone while driving in a school zone in May. LOL at everything thinking that THIS WILL BE THE THING THAT GETS HIM. No one cares, the base are loving stupid assholes using politics as a team sport. Madu could eviscerate a child on national television and nothing would happen.
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Jan 18, 2022 01:55
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pokeyman posted:Finally learned why BC seems to give even fewer fucks about covid than average! Hope it was just a dark throwaway quip and not reality Because, gently caress.
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Jan 18, 2022 02:22
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Yeah Madu is the only Edmonton UCP MLA too, no way he gets the boot for the mere crime of being obviously corrupt and generally awful.
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Jan 18, 2022 02:24
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pokeyman posted:Finally learned why BC seems to give even fewer fucks about covid than average! Well that's one hell of a silver lining. Edit: I missed how those were for COVID-19 patients. gently caress everything.
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Jan 18, 2022 03:16
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Mr. Mercury posted:Hope it was just a dark throwaway quip and not reality I've heard it said that Nova Scotia is a good place to tear your knee because we have a lot of cadavers. Phrased that way it's almost a twisted kind of boosterism
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Jan 18, 2022 03:59
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pokeyman posted:I've heard it said that Nova Scotia is a good place to tear your knee because we have a lot of cadavers. Phrased that way it's almost a twisted kind of boosterism
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Jan 18, 2022 04:08
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B33rChiller posted:Strange way to attract a CFL franchise. lmao that you mention it I'm shocked they haven't trotted it out, they've tried every other World Class booster argument there is.
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Jan 18, 2022 04:24
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Count Roland posted:Yeah pretty much. Schooling should be separated more based on interest, engagement and ability instead of just age which means nothing. The logical result of this would be a bunch of old kids with learning disabilities/poverty/parental neglect/failure to thrive in the school system stuck in like grade 6, how does this fix anything
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Jan 18, 2022 04:50
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After a few years in grade 6 we just hand them a diploma and sent them on their way.
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Jan 18, 2022 04:57
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Eej posted:The logical result of this would be a bunch of old kids with learning disabilities/poverty/parental neglect/failure to thrive in the school system stuck in like grade 6, how does this fix anything And on the other side, a bunch of keeners skipping grades and hanging out with older kids. I've been there. It's a good way to learn how to smoke cigarettes when you're 10, but I can't say it's really beneficial in any sense. I probably could've completed the legally-required BC curriculum by the time I was 13 or so, no problem, but then where does that leave you? My folks called time on that poo poo for obvious reasons (and god knows they weren't wrong to do so) and so I got to be bored for the next 5 years or whatever. Like, my oath, high school was easy as gently caress. The hardest part is motivating yourself to do useless nonsense that's designed to keep you, a teenager, off the street. I graduated, not counting the weird pseudo-credits I got in BC, from Alberta high school with a full extra semester of credits because I wasn't allowed to take more than one spare period per semester. It leads to you being a resentful weirdo like I am to this day, and I do resent it! EDIT: And, you know, since I'm having a rant about this issue: one of my best friends, a guy I would go to the end of the earth for and visa versa, never graduated high school. He only told me this years after I met him; he had decent jobs and a good family, and he is an absolutely wonderful, smart and wise person, and he was ashamed of it. Why? Well, not any particular hardship; he just didn't give a gently caress at that point, and he hated it, so he left. To me, that's terribly sad, that the institution of school could turn someone off so completely that they just say "gently caress it, I guess." So if we speak about mental health and education, the conversation has to go further than "is the pandemic bad?" PT6A fucked around with this message at 05:42 on Jan 18, 2022 |
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Jan 18, 2022 05:26
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https://twitter.com/Tayrayerayeraye/status/1483291507503239172 My friend posted this about a lady that came into his work and my very first thought was that Queen of Canada? lady who was trying to invite Americans to cross the border and overthrow Trudeau or w/e. I wonder if there's any relation. e- He confirmed it absolutely was her. Holy balls We The People, this isn't America. Caedus fucked around with this message at 06:24 on Jan 18, 2022 |
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Mr. Mercury posted:Hope it was just a dark throwaway quip and not reality She is right in that there's a lot more organs than usual. Young patients usually, and now that we've got treatments hep C status doesn't really matter. The old surgeons say it was like this before motorcycle helmet laws...
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