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pokeyman posted:still got one in halifax! I’ve been meaning to visit Halifax one of these days.
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It's been six years since we sailed away and I just made Halifax yesterday.
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pokeyman posted:still got one in halifax! Yeah but it's all the way out in Bayers Lake, and that place sucks. The Coles at the mall in Dartmouth is alright though
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DaysBefore posted:Yeah but it's all the way out in Bayers Lake, and that place sucks. The Coles at the mall in Dartmouth is alright though how dare you besmirch bayers lake aka "little calgary"
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vyelkin posted:if you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot pinned to the front of your jacket - forever
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pokeyman posted:still got one in halifax! there's numerous chapters across the prairies too
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The big Chapters we had in downtown Montreal id’s a Victoria’s Secret now. You can see it at the start of John Wick 2.
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vyelkin posted:if you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot pinned to the front of your jacket - forever
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We still have one Chapters in metro BC but it seems functionally identical to an Indigo so idk
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Virtual Russian posted:I don't think this needs to be said, but our grocery stores are deeply in bed with our politicians. One only needs to examine the way the gov't bent over backwards to let them gently caress over employees during the pandemic. Honestly that poo poo really did a number on me. Being told you're a hero and essential to the country's survival while being denied hours, basic safety, and CERB, all while being horrendously abused by the public at large really broke my brain. I'm a far angrier person, to a point I'm uncomfortable with, I had to stop drinking even. I went broke while working during the pandemic, had to move in with my mom, and had to abandon most of my possessions in the desperate move. All so Sobeys could make a couple extra percentages. Are you unionized? I think the Metro staff got a pretty good deal after their recent strike. I know getting back that "temporary hazard pay" was a big point of contention.
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MonsieurChoc posted:The big Chapters we had in downtown Montreal id’s a Victoria’s Secret now. Just had a sad because you reminded me that Club Super Sexe burned to the ground (never went, just was a real landmark for my time in Montreal) ZShakespeare posted:It's been six years since we sailed away and I just made Halifax yesterday. But I wish I was in Sherbrooke now (seriously, gently caress Alberta)
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MonsieurChoc posted:gently caress you, tabarnak. je soutiens le Québec car en pensant d’un “nation québécoise” ils … “care about public opinion” the car bridge to Quebec City getting cancelled is the only time I’ve heard of a idiot developer project getting shut down
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pokeyman posted:how dare you besmirch bayers lake aka "little calgary" based on the name isn’t mic Mac mall more little Calgary?
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Precambrian Video Games posted:
Isn't this literally from a Propagandhi song lol
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ZShakespeare posted:It's been six years since we sailed away and I just made Halifax yesterday. God drat them all.
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https://youtu.be/3xva-cdBi8E?si=f_br6AurUrGiAExM yes it is and the album has a great Kent Monkman cover, his new book is good too.
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RealityWarCriminal posted:coming up on the one year anniversary drat I forgot about this, did he ever clarify what protests are for then? bvj191jgl7bBsqF5m posted:Isn't this literally from a Propagandhi song lol Oh, is there a video? A compilation of all of the stupid NHL military poo poo would be convenient.
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Precambrian Video Games posted:drat I forgot about this, did he ever clarify what protests are for then? civic engagement. not the kind that does anything, but maybe it's good for half a high-school credit.
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Bilirubin posted:Just had a sad because you reminded me that Club Super Sexe burned to the ground (never went, just was a real landmark for my time in Montreal) in freshman year of uni we were on our way there but my friend pre-drank too much and vomited all over the sidewalk so we took him back home. missed opportunity, oh well
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Precambrian Video Games posted:drat I forgot about this, did he ever clarify what protests are for then? Adjacent: https://youtu.be/lwAI4rntFrE?si=PyPvNQ6zANX1T1Ph
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Tighclops posted:My union gave me a neat little enamel pin that says I'm a covid hero though I got a 5$ Tim's card because every shipping company all played shutdown chicken all refusing to do it first even as case totals led to days where my dock of 68 was down to 15 people, but yeehaw number went up.
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StealthArcher posted:I got a 5$ Tim's card because every shipping company all played shutdown chicken all refusing to do it first even as case totals led to days where my dock of 68 was down to 15 people, but yeehaw number went up. the local coke bottling plant donated an entire pallet of the coke brand energy drink to our depot and they weren't even a client, you got robbed
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Tighclops posted:My union gave me a neat little enamel pin that says I'm a covid hero though I wish I got a medal, the liquidators got a medal and a pension. PhilippAchtel posted:Are you unionized? I think the Metro staff got a pretty good deal after their recent strike. I know getting back that "temporary hazard pay" was a big point of contention. We were not, and I've long since left that job. I had put serious time into Sobeys years ago, I had only gone back to the company in like 2018 or 19 because I was a TA at Uni, plus was working at a museum, and neither jobs were reliable and I needed a back-up that if one of those didn't renew. Big loving mistake, had I not been at Sobeys I would have just been on CERB like everyone else. I still remember someone yelling at me that they were "sick of paying for my discount" when we didn't even have a discount, and Sobeys was gaming our hours to deny us the majority of the "hero pay". No one gave a poo poo about us, no one held grocery stores accountable, and the grocery stores learned a big lesson there and we are all paying for it.
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Virtual Russian posted:I still remember someone yelling at me that they were "sick of paying for my discount" when we didn't even have a discount, and Sobeys was gaming our hours to deny us the majority of the "hero pay". No one gave a poo poo about us, no one held grocery stores accountable, and the grocery stores learned a big lesson there and we are all paying for it. A supervisor yelled that at you or a customer? I was a frontline worker through the pandemic as well, but we have a reasonably strong union and work in the public sector so we had a much better experience. I know that's not true of everyone in my union though, so it's not like unionization is a cure all. I know nurses and health care staff had a particularly hard go of it.
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Rockstar Massacre posted:the local coke bottling plant donated an entire pallet of the coke brand energy drink to our depot and they weren't even a client, you got robbed I mean Im not gonna say I'm shocked about it. First one who shut down wouldve taken all the blame and hemorrhaged contracts while every other one got to just say "Well thats the business climate now lmao" and coast free, but lmao nothing could ever be bad enough to trade number for people.
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PhilippAchtel posted:A supervisor yelled that at you or a customer? Customer, I was in KW, people were extremely abusive there. People were assaulted all the time, some 17 year old kid got sent to the ICU he got beaten so badly. Our store manager wouldn't even kick people out for abuse. I think a huge part of the problem was that there was zero accountability, no one cared what happened to us, not even the company. People could scream at us all they wanted as long as they kept buying groceries in staggering amounts. It was so frustrating because so many people just assumed we were being well paid and taken care of, the press just read off the Sobeys press releases, no one ever talked to us. People seemed to think we were making $20+ an hour, when I was getting paid just over minimum. Some lady gave me poo poo for wearing a scarf as a mask in April, said she couldn't believe I wasn't wearing a real mask. I said I couldn't get one, she was shocked the company wasn't providing us PPE. There was such a widespread belief that people on the frontlines were well paid and safe, there still is, people still tell me I must have made a ton of money. I think it is deliberate delusion, like acknowledging what was done to the poor while they got paid to sit on their asses would be a bridge too far.
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Our whole society is built on the myth of the just world. So it goes.Virtual Russian posted:Customer, I was in KW, people were extremely abusive there. People were assaulted all the time, some 17 year old kid got sent to the ICU he got beaten so badly. 
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Virtual Russian posted:I wish I got a medal, the liquidators got a medal and a pension. There were rumours there was going to be a medal for the covid military operation, since it rated danger pay and all, and possibly a civil medal too, but then people forgot, you see.
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Frosted Flake posted:There were rumours there was going to be a medal for the covid military operation, since it rated danger pay and all, and possibly a civil medal too, but then people forgot, you see. I never forgot. I still bang a pot every night at 7.
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Something symbolic would have had some level of real meaning for me. It would have been an acknowledgment of what happened, and that essential workers bore the brunt of it. Instead we are being swept under the rug and everyone just wants to forget covid and move on.PhilippAchtel posted:Our whole society is built on the myth of the just world. So it goes. Of all the places I've lived in Canada the GTA and communities in its shadow has the least chill people. I know there was abuse all over, but I think there is something unique to that part of the country that just has everyone on edge. Also, the guy who beat that kid was arrested, no idea what happened after though. Beyond that though, multiple grocery workers died of covid they caught at work, especially in the early months when we had no PPE. I really think people forget that, people died to bring people their groceries. No one should have to die for the Sobey's to make a profit. It just makes me so angry.
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Indigo vandalized with red paint and posters, citing founder’s support for IDFquote:An Indigo bookstore in downtown Toronto has been vandalized in what appears to be the latest incident to target a Jewish person or business in the city. Hmm maybe antisemitic vandalism of places of worship (which is generally bad and should be stopped) and targeted protests against public material supporters of war crime tourism are not the same thing and shouldn't be conflated like that? Precambrian Video Games has issued a correction as of 16:20 on Nov 12, 2023 |
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Aren't the Indigo couple some of the LPC's biggest donors? There was a dirtbag left pod that had an episode on them, though I forget which one.
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Frosted Flake posted:Aren't the Indigo couple some of the LPC's biggest donors? There was a dirtbag left pod that had an episode on them, though I forget which one. they very publicly switched from the LPC to the Conservatives in 2006 because the Liberals were insufficiently supportive of Israel during the 2006 war in Lebanon dunno if they ever switched back
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Virtual Russian posted:Of all the places I've lived in Canada the GTA and communities in its shadow has the least chill people. I know there was abuse all over, but I think there is something unique to that part of the country that just has everyone on edge. Here's the thing, man. You live in Toronto, especially the last couple of months, you can feel it slipping away. Transit doesn't work properly, and the crazification of the citizens means there are more incidents. I'd say I take two journeys a week that are uninterrupted by delays, repairs, violence, suicides, homeless folks, panhandlers, etc. The homeless encampment at Allan Gardens is so bad, the George Brown Campus I work at has noted it as a potential threat in a campus wide email even as the students can't afford housing and commute for an hour to get downtown. The city has no chill really. Going out is tremendously expensive and getting around is really difficulty. Few of the streetcars are running their full lines, and a lot of them are replacement buses. You can actually feel it getting worse daily. It's a unique experience, but I don't recommend it.
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saints gambit posted:Here's the thing, man. You live in Toronto, especially the last couple of months, you can feel it slipping away. Transit doesn't work properly, and the crazification of the citizens means there are more incidents. I'd say I take two journeys a week that are uninterrupted by delays, repairs, violence, suicides, homeless folks, panhandlers, etc. The homeless encampment at Allan Gardens is so bad, the George Brown Campus I work at has noted it as a potential threat in a campus wide email even as the students can't afford housing and commute for an hour to get downtown. Alienation with no leftist framework to make sense of it
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Frosted Flake posted:There were rumours there was going to be a medal for the covid military operation, since it rated danger pay and all, and possibly a civil medal too, but then people forgot, you see. haha remember when Ford had the idea to send are troops to staff the nursing homes and they were so appalled they basically recommended criminal charges
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