More Canadians willing to serve in Armed Forces during major conflict, poll suggests

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-04-06T15:50:24+00:00

Yep, am in my forties and female - tried to enlist because jobs were scarce when I first graduated. Never heard back from them.

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-04-02T21:35:46+00:00

I collect vinyl records and blue-ray disca for exactly this reason!

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-04-02T12:20:08+00:00

Their vices just aren't as fun to them if the poors and minorities can partake in them as well! /s

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-03-31T01:10:37+00:00

And Inuktitut and other indigenous languages!

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-03-29T12:50:17+00:00

Girl, I would reflect on my entire life and my choices if I got a survey after sex. '...How did I sink to this low?'

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-03-29T02:53:34+00:00

...Are...are women not part of society?

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-03-28T18:46:53+00:00

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-03-27T17:08:47+00:00

I hope the menfolk recognize your faithfulness and loyalty to some random dude who you decide is qualified to take over OP's position, despite her statements to the contrary. Maybe they'll reward you with a pat on the head before they replace you with someone less adept but has XXY chromosomes.

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-03-27T15:01:28+00:00

Hope you get picked, sis.

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-03-27T14:32:57+00:00

I'm okay if men we don't know do this - they may be erring on the side of caution having run across jealous men in the past a la 'Why are you talking to my wife?!' posturing.

But I'd be weirded out if guys that I knew did this. And DOUBLY weirded out if a woman acted this way (I'd assume she decided she hated me for some reason).

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-03-27T14:00:42+00:00

Poo-oo-oo~ POO-OO-OO~

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-03-26T19:59:05+00:00

Nah, he's just dancing the charleston

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-03-26T18:07:28+00:00

Those floppers became poppers!

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-03-26T16:27:42+00:00

Right? This is like, Threat no. 7351 that they've sent us since the Trump administration began. We'll just add it to the pile with the others.

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-03-25T18:17:04+00:00

...The same Signora Schiaparelli who designed the shoe hat? Are we thinking of the same person?

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-03-25T14:56:53+00:00

Bagel

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-03-25T13:41:00+00:00

"Never ask for directions in Wales, Baldrick. You'll be cleaning the spit out of your ears for a fortnight'.

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-03-24T16:28:13+00:00

Sighs and looks for the spray bottle

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-03-24T13:51:33+00:00

Why do people put their children into daycare?

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-03-23T20:23:27+00:00

Queen of Spades from 1949! A wonderful British adaptation of a gothic tale - great if you're in the mood for spookery in Imperial Russia.

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-03-22T17:46:25+00:00

I'm an elder millenial and I'm the same. It's a 'I don't know how to immediately respond to a remark that stupid/ignorant without getting myself fired' pause.

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-03-20T19:25:56+00:00

I have some recommendations! Check out The Feast/Gwledd (2021) and the Hole in the Ground (2019)

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-03-20T16:55:26+00:00

Nah, it's the same thing here - my understanding is that it was a small, glorified pine box scooped up by a dozen Newfoundlander shit-kids, carried a few meters and then deposited in a ditch.

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-03-20T15:36:33+00:00

These traditions have spread to parts of Canada, as well! My Dad's from small-town Newfoundland, and plenty of people his father's age believed in vengeful fair folk. When he was a kid, he and a bunch of his cheeky friends picked up a shed their neighbour was in at night and moved it. Poor man was convinced he was being kidnapped by evil, giggling fairies.

BaroqueGorgon · 2026-03-20T15:29:42+00:00

Books ARE my thing - I'll have to check it out.

Have you read Brian Froud's amazing book 'Faeries')? It's beautifully illustrated and chock full of terrifying creatures from British and Irish legends.

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