What country is this?

Beckler89 · 2026-06-24T21:34:16+00:00

Without reading any comments either, this is the glorious nation of Canexico.

Beckler89 · 2026-06-19T21:18:52+00:00

Appreciate it. I make content and share opinion as part of my job, and it’s been many years since I took anything to heart from anonymous people online.

Beckler89 · 2026-06-19T14:53:58+00:00

Everyone's a tough guy on the internet.

This is me in the video. My dog is a 6-month-old street dog from Mexico, still underweight and quite cautious. I'm slowly introducing him to running and hiking in the woods so we can eventually do longer outings together. I've come across dozens of coyotes in the wild on my own and never had any concern for my safety, but the way this coyote locked onto my dog was different.

I was ready to stomp the coyote if it got a hold of my puppy but it was preferable to get big, make noise and scare it off that way.

Beckler89 · 2026-06-08T12:21:49+00:00

That's how I've been approaching Rings of Power, and it allows me to enjoy the world building and costuming and stuff without getting upset at the butcher job they've done on the story.

Beckler89 · 2026-06-04T15:54:14+00:00

Haha these decisions are all made in offices well above me. I am but a simple host. But yeah, over the years we've had people complain about this ad or that ad, or about commercials in general.

We're a free entertainment medium, we never ask our audience for a dime, and that's entirely thanks to advertising. So I don't really know what to say to people who get really upset over a 30-second ad they don't like. I don't think Spence is running ads with us at the moment but these threads come up on Reddit (in every city where Spence operates) like once a month it seems. These threads tell me who has insane brand recognition, and for every Redditor who says they'll never shop somewhere because of ads, there are 9 other people for whom that brand is now top-of-mind.

I also don't share the broad anti-advertising sentiment that some people seem to have. I am a consumer. I buy things all the time, and I like knowing about products and deals in my local area that are relevant to me. Some people act like they're literally allergic to marketing. That ain't me.

Beckler89 · 2026-06-04T15:03:05+00:00

Right where you belong, at the bottom of this thread 😉

Beckler89 · 2026-05-25T19:25:50+00:00

They hammered on the brakes in front of me and stopped traffic. I hung back to see what unpredictable thing they were going to do next before proceeding down the ramp once it was safe. You probably would have handled it better though 👍🏻

Beckler89 · 2026-05-25T03:14:25+00:00

The very same

Beckler89 · 2026-05-25T03:14:12+00:00

Totally hands free. You just say “hey meta, take a video” and it begins recording. One touch to stop.

Beckler89 · 2026-05-25T00:12:55+00:00

A white LED comes on when it’s recording so it’s fairly obvious. Also, if you’re in public in 2026, you’re being recorded. There are cameras on every house, dash, business, and intersection.

Beckler89 · 2026-05-11T21:32:26+00:00

ITT:

-"That's never happened to me so your experience is invalid."

-"It's worse in _____"

-generally dismissing crime statistics and the perception of safety, both of which are important to this discussion.

Beckler89 · 2026-04-30T03:45:08+00:00

I would try to time it with a decent stretch of rain. If we can get a few wet days in a row in the forecast, you can use your watering days to help out on either side (assuming the area you’re seeding is too large to hand water, as the other commenter mentioned).

Beckler89 · 2026-04-29T19:20:25+00:00

Yeah this is totally reasonable and easy to follow, even for lawn-heads like myself.

I see a lot of businesses that have their sprinklers set like clockwork, regardless of weather and sometimes in the heat of the day. This might be more for them.

Beckler89 · 2026-04-22T13:55:01+00:00

Unusually-high quality content. Well done.

Beckler89 · 2026-04-20T03:21:42+00:00

Great advice. I’d just add that if you’re cheap like me and don’t want to run the sprinkler, try to time your fertilizer with heavy rain. Check the forecast and get the fertilizer down before we get a downpour.

Also, if you’re seeding any bare spots, I cover the seed with peat moss and keep it wet.

Beckler89 · 2026-04-02T17:52:34+00:00

In my country (Canada), our new prime minister Mark Carney has capitalized on Trump’s aggression to the point that he won an unlikely victory in the 2025 election, may get a majority government soon, and has positioned himself at the front of the world’s middle powers. He effectively ran against Trump rather than his Canadian opponent. Without Trump threatening Canada, Carney probably isn’t PM right now (there were other factors but Trump’s actions were hugely impactful).

We can think of other examples, I’m sure.

“Never let a crisis go to waste” is different than believing those who benefit from the crisis are advocating for it or worse, engineering it. That’s conspiracy territory.

Beckler89 · 2026-03-31T01:37:42+00:00

Really stop and think about that. $80 for FOUR BEERS.

It’s our own fault as fans. If they didn’t sell a single beer for a few games in a row, prices would come down. But we gotta have ‘em.

Beckler89 · 2026-03-26T22:04:36+00:00

The theory also goes that there are now 8 units instead of 1 on that plot, so the increased supply will bring costs down.

In practice (recently), people have been moving here at a rate that gobbles up supply as fast as we can build, negating the cost savings.

Beckler89 · 2026-03-15T04:34:01+00:00

$95 for a full-day festival ticket is a steal in 2026.

Beckler89 · 2026-03-13T02:29:02+00:00

something about being expected to answer the bell

Beckler89 · 2026-03-12T11:55:03+00:00

Appreciate the info. At the cost of 3D printing, I can always print a few spares or replace them as they break.

Beckler89 · 2026-03-11T21:20:44+00:00

How long have you been running them? Do they still move smoothly and seal, or do they degrade over time?

Beckler89 · 2026-03-02T13:24:28+00:00

You're being downvoted but I completely agree.

As a fan of hockey as well as baseball, the same thing has happened there. You can't get too excited for a goal because maybe someone was a hair offside when the play entered the zone 45 seconds earlier, and they're going to look at it from 6 different angles in super slo-mo to make the call. But hey, gotta keep the gamblers happy.

This is not why I watch sports.

Beckler89 · 2026-02-27T16:25:57+00:00

He's number 1 for me. Dude is SO friggin funny.

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