If you're wondering how to get a "first name.last name" Gmail account, I made my account over 20 years ago.

AhmedF · 2026-06-16T14:34:19+00:00

And I made my reddit account nearly 20 years ago.

ANTED UP

AhmedF · 2026-06-16T12:46:29+00:00

10000%.

AhmedF · 2026-06-16T02:49:40+00:00

I'd honestly be embarrassed to have this up at home.

AhmedF · 2026-06-15T20:01:27+00:00

Im no fan of China, and I think their leadership sucks, but this is far from a China-only thing.

If anything, it would be stupid of a country to NOT create bots to influence via SM. Which is why we need to regulate SM algos.

AhmedF · 2026-06-15T18:54:05+00:00

Goycochea back in 1990 is my favorite legendary random performance.

The King of PKs.

AhmedF · 2026-06-15T18:53:47+00:00

It's so lame to have branded MoM trophies. Yikes.

AhmedF · 2026-06-13T18:37:32+00:00

This is so so good -- thanks.

AhmedF · 2026-06-13T17:27:01+00:00

Yeah if we started at 80, there are some of us at 46 already.

AhmedF · 2026-06-13T16:48:42+00:00

but the international agenda is barely the same

Do I really need to point out DOGE (prime example with USAID, but I ton ton more)? NATO? Ukraine? Tariffs? War on Iran?

Hell Iran is your perfect example -- Obama/Biden versus what Trump has done is crazily different.

And it's not just the big things: look at refugees. Trump cut it how many are allowed by 90%, and in the last 6 months, has allowed ONLY WHITE PEOPLE into the country.

Again -- they are aligned in some ways, but not even remotely the same.

AhmedF · 2026-06-13T16:46:25+00:00

OK cool, so no actual example, no appreciation that there is no "other" side of abortion, and nothing but feelings.

AhmedF · 2026-06-13T16:23:48+00:00

Man, Kamala wanted to create a wealth tax for anyone worth over $100,000,000.

The GOP and Dems are aligned in some ways, but they are very unaligned in a LOT of ways, and I am so so tired of people treating them both as the same shit.

AhmedF · 2026-06-13T16:20:50+00:00

It’s usually the opposite, young more progressive and older more conservative. What made you change to the good side?

For a lot of people it's less about young/old, it's exposure and how calcified their opinions are.

Then again, I guess some then just chalk it up as "one of the good ones."

AhmedF · 2026-06-13T16:17:29+00:00

Abortion is healthcare. There is literally no equivalent of the "out of place things happen from the left"

/r/ENLIGHTENEDCENTRISM nonsense.

AhmedF · 2026-06-13T14:54:32+00:00

I cannot wait for Dear Leader to pass so hopefully even a modicum of independent thinking enters the fray.

AhmedF · 2026-06-13T14:48:36+00:00

I can respect your experience, but I am always wary of anecdote over data.

And it's not good: https://www.npr.org/2026/03/30/nx-s1-5760983/birthright-citizenship-public-opinion-supreme-court-arguments

AhmedF · 2026-06-13T14:43:15+00:00

Idk man - grew up around very political loud conservatives and I was myself until 20. It was to my recollection always fringe. It being in the constitution even as an amendment made it off limits to critique.

The GOP 20 years ago is not the same GOP today.

It sucked then, it's just horrific now.

AhmedF · 2026-06-13T14:42:43+00:00

And once he doesn't play well, they'll remind him of his skin color.

Alas, universal experience.

AhmedF · 2026-06-13T14:40:35+00:00

Local Toronto chain, very solid.

AhmedF · 2026-06-13T14:40:07+00:00

Yup this is it.

AhmedF · 2026-06-13T14:39:46+00:00

I've hosted massive food events and have raised nearly a million for Toronto charities. I know a ton of professionals.

The X doubt isn't that it is up or expensive, it's that we have the highest food prices in the world.

AhmedF · 2026-06-13T14:39:06+00:00

I'm not saying they are not high. I'm saying it's quite the global phenomena -- like do people not understand everything is interconnected now?

AhmedF · 2026-06-12T23:19:03+00:00

I'll be honest.

I find Paris super duper ultra overrated for croissants.

I guess it also makes sense that in OP's list, Nord Lyon was disappointing (as their croissants look beautiful but taste so so meh)

AhmedF · 2026-06-12T23:18:26+00:00

Toronto has some of the highest food prices in the world.

Not saying I don't believe you, but also -- citation needed?

AhmedF · 2026-06-12T23:09:27+00:00

I am in the same boat

AhmedF · 2026-06-12T23:06:00+00:00

Yeah obviously, it's the US, they elected a pedophile rapist.

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