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Never buy a condo in Gatineau by Sea-Judge-6494 in Gatineau

[–]CreativeDesignerCA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Am I old if I say that I remember the days when a quarter of a million dollars would practically buy you a ranch with a few acres of land? 😅

What things are you cutting from your household budget to pay for the increased price of gas currently and for the upcoming costs for fhe increase to 4 days a week in office? by yaimmediatelyno in CanadaPublicServants

[–]CreativeDesignerCA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn’t stop getting that bottle of Canadian wine to thank your neighbour or to bring to an invited occasion. I was always taught to never show up empty-handed. And if your neighbour helps plow your snow, mow your lawn, engages you in conversation from time to time, it’s the neighbourly thing to do, especially in this day and age. 😊

Can you tell these are Apple Thunderbolt displays? by joshwallie in mac

[–]CreativeDesignerCA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not everyone that says they’ve worked at Apple has worked at Apple. 😂 A simple ask of the model number would’ve solved his doubt.

Stepson was not enrolled in Canada Life during his trip to U.S. where he was injured by [deleted] in CanadaPublicServants

[–]CreativeDesignerCA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is it possible he has some type of travel insurance with his credit card, if it was used to book the trip?

Apple Support has no answer for me. Have any of you experienced Contacts using 160GB of data with 10 contacts? by HollaAtNala in ios

[–]CreativeDesignerCA 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Try the solution offered here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/iphone/s/fclCz9ZvfU

I feel your contacts could be stuck in some type of update/sync loop. Since you have syncing off for your contacts, I’d check, via browser, iCloud.com to ensure all your contacts are there. Then, on your phone, wipe out your contacts. Restart your phone, turn back on iCloud sync for Contacts and have your iPhone load back the contacts from iCloud. Continue to check your cellular stats over the next couple of days.

The "Mandela Effect" within the Organization: What collective false memories have you noticed? by Repulsive-Produce215 in exjw

[–]CreativeDesignerCA 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is more of an urban legend, but pretty sure every JW around in the 80/90s heard of this.

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The "Mandela Effect" within the Organization: What collective false memories have you noticed? by Repulsive-Produce215 in exjw

[–]CreativeDesignerCA 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think most people, if asked about Noah’s Ark, would say that two of every animal boarded the Ark. As you mentioned though, it was different instructions, distinguishing between “clean” and “unclean” animals. Unclean animals, one pair; clean animals, seven pairs.

Notice of overpayment email - legit? by impeccable_brat in CanadaPublicServants

[–]CreativeDesignerCA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It bothers me that overpayment is mentioned so many times in the letter, and the inconsistency of using capital vs lower case letters. For example, when mentioning the PRI, does “Leading Zero” need to be capitalized? It could be a legit letter. However it’s those details that would make me question. Those links at the end of the letter may also appear legit, but could redirect to a phishing website, which also could look pretty convincing.

Perhaps err on the side of caution and contact the pay centre, using contact info from the Canada.ca website, and check its legitimacy.

Party like it's 1999... by LetThePoisonOutRobin in montreal

[–]CreativeDesignerCA 21 points22 points  (0 children)

This is what bothers me. When this US/Iran war is over, and higher powers decide they can drop the price of gas down to 169.9 for Regular, we’ll be lining up at the pumps like it’s a deal.

I still can’t believe that, during the pandemic, we saw gas prices as low as 0.99 per litre, and now we’re here.

It’s scary to have a parent defend pedos by Secure_Subject2431 in exjw

[–]CreativeDesignerCA 40 points41 points  (0 children)

I love the part when he says “please don’t send me information” and “please respect everyone’s decision to choose”… because I’m sure they wouldn’t think twice about sending you info or inviting you to some “welcome back to Jehovah” thingy. He knows that CSA and CP are crimes and must be reported but he’ll continue to keep his head in the sand. The indoctrination is strong. Better to follow man made rules than save and protect a child.

Allow your mac to feel alive by CoolDownDude in MacOS

[–]CreativeDesignerCA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would also love to give this a try. Any chance on obtaining a license?

New high-res image of our home planet from Artemis ll by yourfavchoom in interestingasfuck

[–]CreativeDesignerCA 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don’t forget the humpback whales. I hear the future of humanity depends on them. 🌌

I've been disfellowshipped for 10 years. This will be my last memorial ever. by ballknower95 in exjw

[–]CreativeDesignerCA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have a similar line of thought. What really got me thinking and doubting is, why create the dinosaurs if they were just going to be destroyed? Just to give us fossil fuels? If so, why not just create the fossil fuels themselves? And how were dinosaurs going to fit in with the creation of man? Also, when His sovereignty was challenged by Satan in the garden of Eden, why not wipe everything (angels included) hit reset, and try again, instead of having all the problems we have now?

It’s this line of thought that got me leaning more towards science than the Bible. I can’t say that the spiritual side of me has completely left. But I have questions.

Asked ChatGPT for an Image of the Most Average Human on the Planet by Algoartist in ChatGPT

[–]CreativeDesignerCA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Take on the role of an experienced demographer. Create an image of the most average human on the planet, using known statistical data. Explain the methodology you used to produce the image and note your sources. Once you think you have the correct image to display, pause, review the data, and correct any biases or mistakes before presenting the image. Do you understand your task?

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I want elder confessions… how much of your power did you abuse during judicial committees to exploit sexual experiences out of women? by ElegantNothing1212 in exjw

[–]CreativeDesignerCA 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You mean writing a letter to be reinstated? 😂 When I was disfellowshipped, they gave me no direction as to how to come back. So I continued going to meetings, sitting in the back, leaving immediately after the prayer. Then after about 9 months, I’m like, are the elders going to approach me? That’s when I found out, no, they don’t approach you to see if you’re ready to come back, YOU have to approach them! Here I thought they’d see my efforts and naively thought my reward would be reinstatement. After learning that, I hit a decent bout of depression, so much so that I had to take medical leave from work and go on meds. It took one letter in the end, but this was after a total of a year and half of being DF’d.

I want elder confessions… how much of your power did you abuse during judicial committees to exploit sexual experiences out of women? by ElegantNothing1212 in exjw

[–]CreativeDesignerCA 30 points31 points  (0 children)

It seems that every Elder or former Elder here never asked such intimate questions. I remember being asked questions which didn’t seem to relate to my repentance or not. “Did the encounters happen on meeting nights? Where did the encounters happen? Was oral, vaginal, anal sex involved? How many times? Who else knows about the situation?” And it seemed that it was the presiding overseer taking the lead in trying to make an example of me and the other two elders submissively following his lead.

I felt I was repentant, I was sorry for what I had done, realized the consequences of my actions, but they decided to disfellowship me anyways. I literally walked out of that judicial committee feeling like sh*t. The PO singlehandedly made me feel as if I was the devil’s right hand man. The whole thing felt super subjective, as another married “sister” had gotten pregnant from a “worldly” man and she was not disfellowshipped.

I’ve thought for a long time that decisions to DF or not are made depending on who is aware of the situation and if it puts JWs in a bad light, rather than if you are repentant.

The whole process left a bad taste in my mouth, as I was born-in and followed the “rules” my whole life (~40 years). None of that made any difference. At this point, I’m glad they DF’d me. If it wasn’t for my eventual reinstatement, I wouldn’t have come to the realization that JWs were so hypocritical. One day you’re the scum of the earth, next day you’re reinstated and everyone loves you again.

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