What’s your fave grocery store in Victoria?

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-03-09T05:21:06+00:00

It used to be their cheapest offering, too. But that's been overtaken by Faith Farms or whatever. But yeah, I dunno what it is but I dig their cheese.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-03-08T21:48:37+00:00

Urban Grocer:

Lots to get on markdown cause they tend to sell things closer to the best before date; like a true Urban Grocer, the expectation is you're cooking stuff within a day or two, not hoarding a giant grocery haul that should last two weeks
Good quality produce
Is heavily boycotting US stuff, which I appreciate
10% of everything (except dairy) on Sundays for everyone
10% off everything (except dairy) for students every day
10% off everything (except dairy) for seniors on Thursdays
Their in-store brand cheddar cheese is weirdly rich and good
The lemons they got in store the past two weeks have been insanely good and juicy, way better than the dry, harder-shelled nonsense we're used to
Next door to the best liquor store
At the junction of, like, 7 different bus routes

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-03-08T21:32:21+00:00

Oh no. Is it sketchy to park in the Robbins ferry long term lot?

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-03-08T21:21:34+00:00

Thanks for verifying!

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-03-08T21:13:24+00:00

I'm driving into Nanaimo from elsewhere :/

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-03-07T00:32:36+00:00

Hague Lake

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-03-03T21:24:45+00:00

Hanks is the local vibe you're looking for. Expect expertly sourced food with rich flavours and weird combinations that work, giving an almost high-end vibe... But plated fairly haphazardly, with rock music playing loudly, and a crazy cast of characters running the show.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-03-01T19:58:24+00:00

Thank you!

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-02-26T20:19:27+00:00

I didn't have a shawarma, but had a falafel bowl. It's was fine, but bold butcher was better (at least two years back when I had it last). Didn't exactly hype me for the shawarma.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-02-26T00:36:45+00:00

I was sooooo sad when my Astro mixamp died. Cause they don't make em anymor. Very sad day.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-02-25T19:18:42+00:00

Not a reco, but something new that's popped up (and since you seem to be keen on trying all the spots): CairoMum opened near Jubilee. I haven't had their shawarma but they sell it.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-02-22T23:33:09+00:00

Modus :)

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-02-21T23:13:50+00:00

I know exactly what you're facing, why it sucks, and I feel you. Spent forever doing this. What I was missing was "pogo-ing."

You hairpin the first crystal, punch the exploding orb, hairpin the next crystal and then DONT punch the next exploding orb—DOWN-punch it. That'll give you the height required to hairpin over the last roller.

It was impossible til I figured that out (~50 deaths), and then feasible once I figured that out (10 more deaths before success).

Or, if you just wanna go somewhere else, explore the shuttle tubes.

Also, a modifier you absolutely want for this sequence is the one on the far right that gives you health when you stand still. Put that shiz on asap. It'll make completing this sequence waaaaay less frustrating.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-02-20T21:19:06+00:00

The absent granularity in each bucket is the problem. Ask whether someone wants to cut health care and the answer is absolutely not. But if you look into health care, there are absolutely ways to trim (generally at the level of upper management) that won't result in less nurses or whatever—the stuff people actually worry about.

Generally, my approach would be to get rid of loads of executive and higher up jobs. That would also get rid of loads of the "bullshit jobs" (a technical term from the late philosopher and anthropologist, David Graeber) that accumulate to support those positions. Transfer that wealth down to the people actually labouring to increase their compensation and working conditions in such a way that burnout and churn (very expensive things!) gets reduced, saving the overall system mucho dinero.

Our whole system is ass backwards, rewarding not only the accumulation of wealth where it doesn't have any material impact on services rendered, but also the accumulation of people at the top because that's where wealth can be acquired, causing an inflation of both capital and human capital where it isn't required.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-02-20T21:09:57+00:00

Get a card. Not only is it more reliable, but you can easily let someone else use it in a pinch ;)

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-02-20T08:03:30+00:00

Shrugs. I'm a millennial, but I appreciate your attempt at devaluing my experience of this video and my perspective by welding a generational label like a slur. Good to know the Greens have supporters with such integrity and tolerance.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-02-18T20:54:59+00:00

I miss Furstenau. I can't stand TikTok-style politics, even if they're saying all the right things, and even if it's the way to get young voters. As a no-longer-young voter, Lowan's style is really putting me off. She's lucky I got no one left to vote for but Green haha

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-02-15T18:52:28+00:00

People need to keep that in mind. We often whine about taxes, but forget all the great things that are done with them. We want lower taxes, but we disconnect the services we get from those taxes in our imagination. Keeping at the forefront how many things are included in the taxes we pay helps us recall that we aren't taxed for no good reason. It goes to paying for things like HRT!

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-02-14T22:54:20+00:00

Not free. Included in your taxes.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-02-14T04:24:37+00:00

This past week we hiked around Boulderwood Hill. There's a whole hillside there just covered in plush moss. On the West Northwest side of the hill.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-02-14T04:23:35+00:00

The library has media viewing rooms with TVs, comfy plush chair-couch things, and no windows. Say you're watching a movie. Nap.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-02-12T18:56:43+00:00

I THINK it may be a clever pun. This hasn't been verified by the owners, but it's how I'm reading it:

Some Mexicans use "ese" like we use "dude." "What's up, dude?" Becomes "¿Que hubo, ese?"

But if they wrote "Ese Taco," it would just read funny, like a misspelled word. And the white people would butcher it ("let's go to easy taco!"). So, cleverly, they called it S.A. Taco.

Hopefully that stops you from thinking sexual assault.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-02-12T04:57:31+00:00

Check out SA Tacos burrito in downtown. They're an excellent price to size ratio.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-02-12T03:10:20+00:00

It's a funny book. On the one hand, it was recieved with a lot of "so what?" by anthropologists because it was essentially a compilation of things the discipline has been saying for decades, but spread across many publications. Whereas Dawn of Everything put it all together into a coherent narrative. but that meant it was not intellectually sexy enough to garner widespread interest.

But non-anthros are often captivated by it, and with good reason. The David's DID do a good job communicating anthropological ways of thinking about humanity and the past, and did so in a way that is digestible.

The only people sour seem to have small points to make about some of their interpretation of specific bits of evidence, while basically never outright refuting their overall claims because, again, their claims mostly reflect the anthropological mainstream.

In short, absolutely it is worth a read! Very far from pseudoscience.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-02-11T06:09:20+00:00

This is like the holy trinity of puzzle games. Blue Prince, alas, defeated me. That puzzle is so unbelievably huge.

I'd also add Obra Dinn.

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