Brother, what the fuck are you talking about?

Hey did you know that “as a conservative” you’re a horrible person? I can’t imagine willingly chaining myself to a party that sells out every public service they can to make a buck, all while trying to outlaw trans and gay people.

Unions can’t do anything for people they don’t represent. Especially when there’s been rampant union busting and propaganda leading to a massive drop in union memberships and solidarity actions.

They’ve been trying, but when people vote against unionization, there’s little they can do.

What the fuck are you talking about? This is about as correct of a statement you could have on this topic.

Maybe your anti-union bullshit needs a reminder that union workers literally died for your rights as a worker. Y’know, like having weekends and child labour laws?

Killer music scene with the Horsehoe Tavern, Cameron House, Velvet Underground, Lees Palace, and tonnes of others. Amazing restaurants of all kinds in the city, largely thanks to the MASSIVE immigrant population here. Amazing architecture, including some of the best examples of Brutalism you’ll find anywhere in the world. The Toronto Islands are unlike anything I’ve seen in any other city. The largest streetcar network in North America that creates a very different streetscape vibe to anything else. Festivals like Taste of the Danforth and other street festivals highlight some amazing culture in the city, on top of TIFF being one of the largest film festivals in the world. And Kensington Market deserves a special shoutout for being unlike any neighbourhood I’ve been to yet.

You can criticize Toronto for not doing enough to support local culture, which I would agree that the Tory and Ford years really did a number on it, but it’s outright wrong to say there is nothing special or distinctive about Toronto.

“Like New York without all the stuff.”

This line is said exclusively by people who walk down Bay Street and think that’s the whole city.

Toronto has tonnes of its own character, and calling it “empty” makes me think you’ve never spent any time in it.

Sure. Why not.

It’s more nuanced than that, but if you’re going to reduce it to make your vague pro-Nazi point, then fuck off, yes throw them all in prison.

@spaduf it’s not real, it’s a spez protest community with no posts or subscribers. Honestly should just be removed.

Again, I don’t care how you’ve voted. If you’re considering voting for the cons with him in charge you’re an idiot. Flat out. Conservatives only ever make things worse, every single time.

It’s hilarious how cons think I automatically like our current PM because I think Skippy is an idiot. I don’t care about anything you have to list, because I’m not talking about Trudeau. If the best defence you have is to attack some other guy, MAN y’all are in worse shape than you realize.

Skippy supported a group that was attempting to overthrow a democratically elected government, and constant pushes bullshit conspiracy theories.

Cool, he’s also a lying scumbag that will do anything to enrich himself, and get himself more power.

Agreed, I’d also like to see some bollards at the corners. With how I’ve seen drivers in this city behave, there’s going to be people driving right over those curbs.

I’m happy with any amount of money going towards clean energy, but this just really loses all meaning when we’re still pumping nearly $5 BILLION into the oil and gas industry every year, just through subsidies. That number goes up to $11B when you add in the funding they are given through less direct sources. Meanwhile those companies constantly turn record profits.

Our country is on fire, and we need to stop pouring fuel on it right goddamn now.

“What about all the workers!”

Use some of that $5B just in subsidies to retrain them in building wind, solar, and nuclear power. Those jobs will be safer for the workers, and don’t rely on a rapidly dwindling resource. We have a chance to be a world leader in this, and I’m sick of us squandering it.

Micro mobility isn’t the problem, it’s the future of sustainable person transportation. The problem is that we’re not updating our infrastructure.

They’re on the sidewalk because they’ll be killed in the car lanes, and those are the only options. We need better bike (and by extension micro mobility) infrastructure. And not just random lanes that don’t go anywhere, we need a whole network. Cars get it, so why shouldn’t a safer, more efficient, and more environmentally friendly solution?

I think Jacob Geller is the best video essayist out there, he posts a nebula exclusive for all of his videos too.

I’m gonna be honest, I saw this coming. Maybe it’s because I’ve had experiences with abusive media companies (though not nearly this severe), but when I saw Madison left with no real explanation, I had a feeling something was up. I still follow one of the women who was on their camera team, and she posted some vague but knowing comments after the news first came out that Madison quit.

Fuck these egotistical tech bros that think they own the world because they got lucky. The worst part is they’ll never understand that they did something wrong.

To who? Because we’re still the only country with it fully legalized for recreational use. I fail to see how that’s embarrassing at all.

We used to have weird rules on alcohol too, and just like those, cannabis rules have been getting better as time has gone on. You can’t expect a world first system to be perfect right out of the gate.

If only we had some kind of organization to protect consumers from harmful corporate practices.

I’m getting so fucking tired of corporations running this country.

When I was still watching I remember he said if LMG ever tried to unionize he would take it as a personal failure. The intention of that statement may mean well, but it’s a really not great view to have and profess. Unions can (and should) maintain a good relationship between the workers and management.

I’m a huge self checkout fan, but I think we need more perspective on how shitty ours is sometimes. Loblaws and all of them are way behind on how it should work. Look at the Netherlands and how it’s often done there, you walk around with a scanner so you can scan as you go and quickly pay at the end.

Or even better, look at how Uniqlo is doing it. It’s all RFID, so you just drop your basket on the checkout, and it scans it all for you basically instantly.

The problem isn’t self checkout, it’s that the grocery stores are using it to purely cut costs and don’t actually care if it’s better for the consumer in any way. But hey, at least it’s easy to “accidentally” not scan something right now.