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DaysBefore posted:Ducks ftw 
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Apr 9, 2024 21:05
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Fried Watermelon posted:How pathetic to claim benefits that you paid into I mean he does admit he's an idiot in the song for not taking the benefits and instead making himself miserable working to death for some ignorant idea of freedom. More or less miserable than the Corb Lund cavalry two-parter that uses the same melodic progression?
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Apr 9, 2024 22:03
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Arc Hammer posted:I mean he does admit he's an idiot in the song for not taking the benefits and instead making himself miserable working to death for some ignorant idea of freedom. Its not the first time he's expressed an unwillingness to "accept handouts" as a matter of working class pride. The last song on Fogarty's Cove is a spoken word bit about a mine or factory closing up for good, and buddy bemoans his fate with the others at the bar, then goes home where his wife fiercely decries the idea of taking their package, depending instead on what they have saved, in order to move to Ontario for work. Its a dumb idea (IMO) but there it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcvGgEckS6Q
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Apr 9, 2024 22:10
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Yeah he had and captured a very real attitude - not that pogey was great even in the days before Mulroney and Cretien destroyed it, nor was it a true longterm solution. It's also what his parents did iirc, move to Oshawa or wherever for factory jobs (dae remember factories??) which technically makes him an Ontario transplant lol I would describe a lot of Rogers' songs as a mix of romantic and realistic views of the Maritimes. See Make and Break Harbour or Fishermans Wharf too. There were old days, maybe they were better in some ways, but even when theybwere at their best they were pretty mediocre
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Apr 9, 2024 22:25
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Going on pogey is a rite of passage. That old attitude is slowly dying out east, but is strong in the west. People in Waterloo acted like I admitted to drunk driving when I said I'd been on EI. Also free my rear end, I've paid into it nearly every 2 weeks since I was 14.
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Apr 9, 2024 22:38
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Well perhaps it doesn't ring true as much these days 40 years on from Rogers. poo poo's getting progressively worse and that working man's pride counts for less and less in a country that would rather offer medical services to kill yourself than give you proper assistance or a living wage.
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Apr 9, 2024 22:40
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DaysBefore posted:Yeah he had and captured a very real attitude - not that pogey was great even in the days before Mulroney and Cretien destroyed it, nor was it a true longterm solution. It's also what his parents did iirc, move to Oshawa or wherever for factory jobs (dae remember factories??) which technically makes him an Ontario transplant lol Yeah, gently caress everyone from out west moving to the maritimes for cheaper cost of living, but also we did really need an influx of money and people who aren't on death's door. I saw the writing on the wall when the potato plant in my old PEI farming village of 700 closed, it employed 300 people. The community died overnight and I got out. As much as I'd like to go back to houses being 50k, that was because people were destitute. My best friend growing up was beyond poor. His mom never worked, and his dad was lucky to find part time work in the summer, I think the most he made one year was like 20k, supporting a family of 6. He also refused to go on benefits, which my friend will never forgive him for. I don't want to go back to those days even if it means cheaper rent.
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Apr 9, 2024 22:45
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The median age in New Brunswick was, last I checked, around 49. Meanwhile the average life expectancy is dropping not because old people are living shorter lives but young people are dying. This is quite a society we've built.
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Apr 9, 2024 22:48
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Within less than a decade a very significant percentage of NS doctors (like 20% iirc) will be retired lol and nobody has a plan for that lol, it's gonna rule. I also haven't had a family doctor in 12 years
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DaysBefore posted:Within less than a decade a very significant percentage of NS doctors (like 20% iirc) will be retired lol and nobody has a plan for that lol, it's gonna rule. I also haven't had a family doctor in 12 years Come to PEI and experience the future first hand! We don't even have a walk in where I am, and the hospital closes the ER periodically (sometimes weekends, usually holidays). The cons destroyed the healthcare system here in an incredible way. Multi day ER waits are becoming normal. Someone recently waited 36 hours to be seen, I think they had a broken leg, I forget. edit: just checked, the current wait time for an urgent ER emergancy is 9-10 hours, with a disclaimer that wait times could be significantly longer due to staffing. There are currently 30 people there in need of care. Virtual Russian has issued a correction as of 23:00 on Apr 9, 2024 |
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Virtual Russian posted:Come to PEI and experience the future first hand! We don't even have a walk in where I am, and the hospital closes the ER periodically (sometimes weekends, usually holidays). The cons destroyed the healthcare system here in an incredible way. Same thing happening here in Alberta. There was just an announcement yesterday about how they were only doing triage at the emergency room in Beaverlodge due to a lack of emerg doctors there. Virtual Russian posted:Going on pogey is a rite of passage. That old attitude is slowly dying out east, but is strong in the west. People in Waterloo acted like I admitted to drunk driving when I said I'd been on EI.
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Apr 9, 2024 23:02
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Tree planting was still going strong in the 00s too! I think half my buddies did it. The rest of us joined the army.
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Virtual Russian posted:Going on pogey is a rite of passage. Whatre you doing wearing steel-toed boots at the beach? Im ready and willing to work!
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Virtual Russian posted:Going on pogey is a rite of passage. That old attitude is slowly dying out east, but is strong in the west. People in Waterloo acted like I admitted to drunk driving when I said I'd been on EI. I tried to go on pogey during covid only to be told that one of the jobs I had been working did not count purely because they didn't bother withholding any money from paychecks to cover it until that point I had figured they were legally obligated to do that but apparently it's just on an "if they feel like it" basis
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bvj191jgl7bBsqF5m posted:and then alberta's finest comedian, captain tractor, can make a truely epic sequel to their song about being a pirate on teh mothafwiggin north saskatchewan river i thought Albertas finest comedian is Nestor Pistor
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bvj191jgl7bBsqF5m posted:and then alberta's finest comedian, captain tractor, can make a truely epic sequel to their song about being a pirate on teh mothafwiggin north saskatchewan river *cups bands over mouth s d screams* Arrogant worms did the song better!
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Apr 10, 2024 12:12
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pogey owns, no no no yes no !
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gently caress Chretien for making pogey only pay 50 percent of previous earnings
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TEMPLE GRANDIN OS posted:pogey owns, no no no yes no ! classic pei ei pi
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TEMPLE GRANDIN OS posted:pogey owns, no no no yes no ! its actually no no no yes yes no, now.
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Virtual Russian posted:Going on pogey is a rite of passage. That old attitude is slowly dying out east, but is strong in the west. People in Waterloo acted like I admitted to drunk driving when I said I'd been on EI. i wonder how many people realize that when you take paternity/maternity leave you go on EI.
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CrcleSqreSanchz posted:Arrogant worms did the song better! Love their Toronto Sucks song
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Come And See posted:Love their Toronto Sucks song if you distilled bac0n and took a big sip it would taste like this song sounds, especially the part about how everywhere but Edmonton sucks. Alberta ftw!!!!!
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is this a loving loss edit lol
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ElehemEare posted:it’s actually no no no yes yes no, now. been a while since I was on the EI beach team
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digitalist posted:I suppose it's appropriate I'm asking in a Canada thread, but... can I get this as a gang tag? Admins finally uploaded the image to the server so you can buy a title change and install it below your av gl goon 
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bvj191jgl7bBsqF5m posted:if you distilled bac0n and took a big sip it would taste like this song sounds, especially the part about how everywhere but Edmonton sucks. Alberta ftw!!!!! Was making a joke about how Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie never get proper credit
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Come And See posted:Was making a joke about how Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie never get proper credit I did improv with one of them and it wasn't pleasant
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Apr 10, 2024 23:17
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i saw this on the walk home and for some reason thought of this thread
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Dreylad posted:i wonder how many people realize that when you take paternity/maternity leave you go on EI. This hosed me up because to get my roe they wanted to pay out all my bank
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Isentropy posted:gently caress Chretien for making pogey only pay 50 percent of previous earnings chretien and martin hosed this country so hard we're still going downhill. but hey, they balanced the budget. mulroney's ghost wishes he could have been that effective
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Apr 10, 2024 23:42
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back in 2022 i lost a job that i'd had for five years. got four months of EI. fuckers.
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infernal machines posted:i saw this on the walk home and for some reason thought of this thread like hell i can't
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stan for cattan
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Come And See posted:Was making a joke about how Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie never get proper credit I caught it don't worry
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Come And See posted:Was making a joke about how Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie never get proper credit I always thought they were the same guys
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Someone leaked Galen's markups. 
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https://twitter.com/rockyviewweekly/status/1778200552238698674?t=KaElUIVNqhVmKmD9brIxcA&s=19 Because of course.
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