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Evkob

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It was Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, here's the video on the BBC's website.

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I'm tired and read Nathan Fielder, that would certainly be something.

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"Deep down, I want to be a Cambodian police woman. Is that allowed, or am I being unrealistic?"

John Cleese on trans people

(He's definitely an asshole about more than the EU)

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We all know what people mean by it; they mean "black" but are scared to say it for whatever reason.

I think criticism of the term "African-American" is valid. Most black people in America today have never been to Africa.

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No, my mom taught me we should respect the elderly.

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I have a pretty addictive personality and I thank the stars that I've never enjoyed coke on the handful of occasions I've tried it. It just made me feel overly talkative to the point of being annoying.

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Doug Ford is Premier of Ontario.

His brother, Rob Ford, was mayor of Toronto from 2010 to 2014. He passed away in 2016, and he's the one who admitted to smoking crack whilst mayor.

They're both idiotic conservative assholes and I have no idea how so many people in Ontario support them.

[Deck] A Linux Power User Puts SteamOS To Work ( hackaday.com )

The line between a Linux user and a Linux power user is a bit gray, and a bit wide. Most people who install Linux already have more computer literacy than average, and the platform has long encouraged experimentation and construction in a way macOS and Windows generally aren’t designed for. Traditional Linux distributions ...

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Well, no one ever needs computers either.

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Most non-binary people I know who date lesbians use the terms sapphic and lesbian to describe both themselves and their relationships. Note; "most non-binary people I know" used to identify as lesbian (or bi/pan) women and they still feel an attachment to that community despite not being women.

At the end of the day, though, labels are about what feel right to you. If you feel that sapphic/lesbian accurately describe you or your relationships, go ahead and use them! It doesn't make you any less non-binary.

Personally, I just use "queer" for everything :P

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I think more cops should commit suicide to be honest.

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"Women's sport enjoyers" lol

As if the vast majority of people complaining about trans women in sports aren't the same people who shit over women's leagues for being "inferior"

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Trump is literally a WWE Hall of Famer.

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What do you think happens to male chicks in the egg industry? I'll give you a hint, it involves industrial grinders and pink paste.

Cows produce milk for their young, like all mammals. The "need" to milk them arises from milk production, in which we forcibly impregnate cows and take their young away. You can hardly call something a "need" if it only happens once you purposefully impregnate a cow for its milk and abduct their calves.

And that's disregarding the atrocious conditions in hatcheries and dairy farms.

The egg and dairy industries are the meat industry, and honestly anyone who's vegetarian for "ethical" reasons without immediate plans to become vegan are deluding themselves.

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I was around 20 when I first started browsing trans subreddits "as an ally", and I also made a few jokes to some friends about how "I'm probably non-binary lol".

I was 23 when I finally actually came to terms with my gender and sexual orientation. Those three years were rough :P

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The man owns six (6) yachts.

Carbon-neutral my fucking ass.

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My first partner was adopted from China as a baby, so she looked Chinese but culturally she was 100% Canadian, raised in a very meat & potatoes kind of family.

My mom is a bit of a hippy, so she loved cooking stuff from all different cuisines and we'd regularly use chopsticks at home if eating Asian foods.

We went to a Chinese place together once and the staff were howling with laughter at the white kid using chopsticks opposite the Asian woman with a knife and fork. She learned how to use chopsticks shortly after, haha.

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XTC - Thanks for Christmas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VhonU1aMw4

Bethan - In the Bleak Midwinter: (lullaby; wait for the moody strings)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmMQvU13Wi0

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, featuring Obama - Silent Night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuFURWSZkcI

Pearl Jam - Someday at Christmas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGCnzz9H0Ws

EDIT: Is there also a place for classic folk songs across the FV..?
Me, I've found three absolute corkers, all tackling the song "500 Miles." I find each version remarkably unique and moving in their own ways, but I'd rather unleash them upon the most-appropriate community, if that makes sense...

EDIT2: If you really insist upon a small sample of such, then let's go with Joan Baez:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_K6z3HiRAs

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I'm quite partial to Lil Jon's All I Really Want For Christmas, featuring the Kool-Aid Man.

Yes, the Kool-Aid Man.

Canada’s environmental ‘realism’ looks more like surrender ( www.theguardian.com )

Last week, the United Kingdom did something all too rare: it chose leadership by backing science and prioritizing public safety. The Labour government announced it would ban new oil and gas licences in the North Sea, strengthen a windfall tax and accelerate phasing out of fossil-fuel subsidies. ...

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Too bad most Canadians are fucking idiots and didn't realize or understand that 80% of households benefitted from the Carbon Tax, receiving more than what they paid in the first place.

We just decided to kick the environment in the groin and take money away from the poorest Canadians. And somehow the oil companies and media oligarchies framed this as a win for the "working and middle classes".

"We Felt Betrayed": Somali-American Who Supported Trump in 2024 Condemns President for Calling Their Community 'Garbage' ( thedailyadda.com )

After arriving in the United States from Somalia back in 2009, Fiqy never expected to be contacted by a major political campaign—yet Trump’s team reached out, asking him to help energize Somali-American voters before the election. ...

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As I read it, their argument is that fascism can only be sustained if a sizable number of people who would suffer under fascism actively support it.

If only the tiny minority of elites that benefits from fascism actually supported it, it wouldn't be near the level of popularity necessary to be sustainable.

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My mom did this in high school when a guy who was stalking her threatened to kill himself.

He's still alive, over thirty years later.

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This used to be a funhouse, but now it's full of evil clowns just a Bass Pro Shop.

As a kid from up north, Crystal Palace was my favourite part of shopping trips to Moncton. When I was a student at UdeM, we frequently bemoaned Crystal Palace's closing. Playing laser tag or mini-golf stoned with classmates would have been amazing.

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If anyone is looking for somewhere to discover or share Canadian music, check out /c/[email protected]!

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Either that or they'll tell you they "barely eat any meat" or that "they buy local whenever possible, which is more ethical right?".

While eating a Big Mac.

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At home I typically alternate between a V60, a French press, and an Aeropress. Since getting more into pourovers, the Aeropress has mostly been used for iced coffees in the summer.

That being said, I'm currently working as a barista full-time so I don't drink any coffee at home. My espresso consumption at work is already entirely unreasonable.

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The update from CS:GO to CS2 made the game unplayable on my aging hardware which is the only thing that got me to stop playing.

I'm in a single-player game phase now, and I have to say it's nice having gaming sessions where I don't get called every slur imaginable. That being said, Counter-Strike scratches a very specific gaming itch for me, I'll definitely come crawling back one day.

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Explain how AI haters or doubters cross over with Veganism at all as a comparison?

They're both taking a moral stance regarding their consumption despite large swathes of society considering these choices to be morally neutral or even good. I've been vegan for almost a decade and dislike AI, and while I don't think being anti-AI is quite as ostracizing as being vegan, the comparison definitely seems reasonable to me. The behaviour of rabid meat eaters and fervent AI supporters are also quite similar.

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My highschool geography/criminology teacher. He'd routinely make us discuss current events in class, and really make us analyse the points we brought up. It really helped guide me into making my own opinions rather than just accepting things at face value.

Shout-out to great teachers. Thanks Mr. Robin!

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It's admittedly been a while since I've played Skyrim (probably over a decade), but can't you just make a save right after the character creation? Or does it not let you save during the escape sequence at the beginning?

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The phone to Bluetooth/cassette adapter to cassette/8-track adapter to 8-track is crazy and I really hope someone is actually rocking that in an old car with an 8-track player.

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https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/035/678/engie.jpg

I remember seeing this while playing the silly Mario Kart map in TF2.

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I'm originally from a pretty rural place, so snow clearing consisted of a plow simply pushing the snow to the side of the road.

That obviously doesn't work in a dense urban area like Montréal. When I lived there, I was amazed at the snow removal process. The plows are accompanied by big trucks in which they throw the snow, which then gets dumped in these huge snow mountains around the city. It's quite an intense process. Also anyone who's lived in the city has heard the dreaded siren at 3am on a snowy night when someone forgot to move their car for the plow.

Here's a great video from a Montréal-based urbanism YouTube channel about the snow removal process, which includes the siren in the first few seconds.

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The testing elements in Portal 2's maps are technically Turing-complete, and people have made very simple "computers" with them. Here's a video from 2012 of someone building logic gates.

There's also VScript which PortalRunner on YouTube used to port an NES emulator and make a web server. Their channel is really good if you like this type of silly hacky fun.

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two guys and their enby buddy

Thank you, I will exclusively refer to the Holy Spirit as "enby buddy" now.

Oh and this is how I imagine they look like:

https://a.silvergames.com/j/b/interactive-buddy.jpg

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Seriously! I get that we're in a severe housing crisis, many people can barely afford rent and the homeless population is ever expanding, but won't anyone think of the cars?

Anyways, if you can't afford an apartment, you can always sleep in your car! You can't drive an apartment, checkmate liberals 😎

Please help me under stand my spouse's gift and their hurt

For my birthday, my spouse got me a nicer newer expensive version of a thing I already have. The one I have is older and dented but works just fine. I use it weekly. I never complain about it. I've never asked for a newer one. The one I have was given to me by my mother in law, whom I adore. It's sentimental. ...

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If this is your reaction to someone describing cute things they've done with their partner, I honestly feel kinda sorry for you.

What minor, everyday inconvenience, if magically removed for everyone on earth, would collectively save humanity years of cumulative frustration?

i'm talking about those little things that just grind your gears. like, why do shoelaces exist when we could have instant foot-enveloping technology? or why is the 'reply all' button always so tempting? i just had to battle a blister pack for like five minutes for ONE tiny pill. there has to be a better way. what's your pick for ...

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For junk mail, it might be worth checking if there's any way to opt-out with the postal service in your jurisdiction.

I know where I live (Canada), you just have to place a notice on your mailbox that reads "No unaddressed advertising".

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Fun fact! The word milk has been used for plant-based liquids and saps since at least the 14th century.

Die away upon your hill, but historical and popular usage disagree with you :P

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No one pronounces "JPEG" with a ph sound, though.

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French is my first language, Parisians were still assholes who switched to English because they didn't like the way I spoke French.

Everyone outside Paris was cool, but I totally get the stereotypes about Parisians. I don't entirely blame them, living in a city that gets that much tourism must suck, but I am still salty at the guy working in a pizza place who served our party entirely in broken English despite us only speaking French to him.

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I do wonder what the Corsican's name is in French given that boneywasawarroirwayayix is very English (language and culture) specific.

His original French name is Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, which is a reference to a song by Tino Rossi (who has Corse ancestry).

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Wasn't Hitler partly inspired by the Jim Crow laws present in the US at the time? Pretty sure Nazis have always espoused "American values".

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Democrats stopped using "gay" as a pejorative like 25 years ago. We all agreed not to anymore.

The amount of homophobic rhetoric I've seen used to describe Trump and Putin is really contradicting this statement.

Democrats love homophobia if they can justify it as "we're saying homophobic things but only to homophobes therefore it's okay! It's tactical homophobia, not actual homophobia!"

(To be clear, fuck both Trump and Putin, they're monsters, but saying shit like "Trump just wants to suck daddy Putin's cock" is homophobic.)

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That's really cool and all, but even if I give myself permission I don't have the savings from a 6-figure salary to survive while doing something like this.

Evkob ,
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Drake John Eric Guitard Metallic

That's quite the name.

Evkob ,
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I've been struggling with alcohol consumption since the pandemic, but it's gotten a lot worse in the past few months.

I started playing Disco Elysium the other day, while trying to distract myself from wanting to drink. It's a game where you play as an alcoholic detective who is experiencing extreme amnesia due to excessive drinking.

Trying to get back into gaming has been one of the things helping me to avoid drinking since I got a Steam Deck a few months ago (you try beating Celeste under the influence, it's hard enough sober). Disco Elysium is the first game, or really media in general, to truly make me rethink my drinking habits. I'm only about 15 hours in and it's already shaping up to be one of my favourite games ever.

Bonus, here's the meme that convinced me to start playing Disco Elysium:

https://files.catbox.moe/jzsti3.webp

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The BSD in OpenBSD stands for Bain, Savon, Douche, which is probably some form of European language.

My best guess is Estonian, and it likely means something like "be clean upon yourself".

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Montréal -40 me rappelera toujours les danses d'école intermédiaire. Ça et "Alors on danse" de Stromae étaient incontournables.