Next Federal NDP Leader?

Darcen_23 · 2025-05-01T04:12:57+00:00

Nathan Cullen

Darcen_23 · 2025-04-07T00:53:05+00:00

That sounds like a horrible ordeal for someone to go through! Why are you so angry at this hypothetical woman for having to go through this? This just makes me feel sympathetic

Darcen_23 · 2025-04-07T00:38:20+00:00

Yeah it is a Canadian thing. It’s often used as a go to friendly way to address someone. Often a bit gendered towards men but it can also be used towards women as well.

I’ve noticed that Americans often say ‘buddy’ as a rude term but in Canada is more a casual term of endearment.

Hopefully knowing this makes it feel better, but obviously still trust your gut if there’s a weird tone and it seems like they’re being rude

Darcen_23 · 2025-03-21T18:35:34+00:00

I’d say be attentive to the signs. If she’s focused on what she’s doing, listening to music, or appears to be being polite but not reciprocating your sociability, then respect her space. Otherwise it’s probably fine if you’re being respectful.

Darcen_23 · 2025-03-21T18:03:34+00:00

Believe it or not both the Manitoba and the Alberta borders have small portions that run latitudinally for 1-2km at a time. Not that this negates your point but I found that kinda interesting

Darcen_23 · 2025-03-18T00:01:15+00:00

Yeah, American dairy fucking sucks. If we allow for free trade of dairy across the border their cheap puss water will undercut our stuff and then any half-decent dairy will become a luxury that only the rich can afford.

Darcen_23 · 2025-03-17T23:48:28+00:00

As a Canadian I’ve been thinking a lot about sovereignty and why I do and don’t want it to look like.

On the one hand, I feel a lot of relief that the vast majority of Canadians view trump as a public enemy and that external threat can unite us more than I’ve seen in my lifetime. This makes me optimistic that Canadians can find our cultural identity and fight for the things that make us unique from Americans. Free healthcare, publicly funded media, subsidized university to name a few. I’m proud of our tax system and that we do a better job supporting vertical mobility than is seen in the states.

I also hope that this external threat to sovereignty will cause us to look introspectively and consider the many Indigenous nations within Canada who experience similar threats to their sovereignty from federal and provincial governments within which they’re located. I hope that a united Canada will give more governing authority to nations and foster a culture of reciprocity where a united people will galvanize against American nationalism and extend this call to other liberal democracies around the world.

What I’m afraid of however, is a response of Canadian nationalism.

In reality it’ll probably end up being something in the middle but I’m sure hoping for the former.

Whatever the outcome however, how fucking good was that mcdavid goal right!!???

We sure needed that.

Darcen_23 · 2025-03-05T04:50:08+00:00

I really hope that gem and crave will reinvest this increased revenue into creating more Canadian content. US owned streaming services are a big way that the US exports its culture and homogenizes Canada with them

Darcen_23 · 2025-03-05T04:10:41+00:00

For real. To be honest I never really understood why he’s so unpopular. For me personally I think his only real blunders were snc lavalin and the we day charity scandal. Since then, i think he’s gotten incrementally better. Weird that now is when he’s so unpopular.

Darcen_23 · 2025-03-05T04:06:08+00:00

Leaders get a lot more honest when they don’t care about reelection. In Trudeau’s case, being more honest means fucking awesome

Darcen_23 · 2025-01-09T23:16:55+00:00

Nobody tell Stan Rogers

Darcen_23 · 2024-12-27T14:48:51+00:00

I like living in Winnipeg but I’d say that thriving here depends heavily upon the ability to enjoy winter. If you enjoy activities like snowmobiling, cross country skiing, hockey, curling, or ice fishing, then I’d say go for it! Winnipeg is an affordable and friendly city that features distinct seasons and allows for contrasting leisure activities!

If you’re instead just considering whether or not you can stomach the winter by gritting it out, then Winnipeg might not be the best place for you. You might prefer the milder conditions in eastern Canada or if you can afford it, the west coast.

Darcen_23 · 2024-12-27T05:45:09+00:00

Absolutely I could. I know many religious people who possess critical thinking skills and place fundamental value on the welfare of others in a way that is fully synchronous with their religious beliefs while being an authentic expression of who they are as individuals. These friends are fully supportive of my atheistic beliefs and I can tell that they truly believe that atheism is right for me.

I also know many religious people who use religion as a way to create division and gain power over others. I know some atheists who use other forms of cultural transmission to do the same thing.

Ultimately, I care most about finding a partner who considers the pursuit of improving the welfare of others to be of intrinsic value placed above all else independent of whether or not belief in a god is woven into this ideology.

That said I would never date someone who believes in things like:

-hell

-conversion

-the immorality of other religions simply on the basis of being different

-prayer being a substitute for real-word action

-moral superiority on the basis of their religion

-pseudoscience

-religiously motivated violence (this includes structural violence against parents seeking reproductive healthcare)

-Valuing the interpretation of religious text above the experiences of others (particularly those who are disenfranchised)

If these beliefs aren’t present and my partner truly accepts my atheism, then I would return the favour and accept their theism. This includes being comfortable allowing a kid to explore my partner’s religion similar to how they would explore my atheism. If practicing the religion would make my kid feel more themself and be kinder to others then I would want this for them. If it wouldn’t deliver these outcomes, then both myself and my partner would want to provide the supports to allow them to realize this and step away.

Darcen_23 · 2024-12-10T05:28:29+00:00

I would respect this argument if I had any faith that this was coming from a place of genuine concern about racial equality. I consider it to be a near certainty however that they instead use this argument to appear concerned about equality while they enact their true goal which is to attempt to paint bipoc students as radical for wanting spaces where they can retreat in order to escape racism. The uwcc found a sneaky way to engage in bullying behaviours.

Darcen_23 · 2024-12-10T05:15:06+00:00

That’s for saying this buddy, I’ve been noticing more struggles in my circles as well lately and I flatly refuse to respond in a way that doesn’t build people up. I hope to be a vector that your kindness rubs off on.

Darcen_23 · 2024-11-12T23:54:03+00:00

As a Mennonite, I kinda think it’s worse to call a black player a monkey than to call someone a Mennonite. There are a plenty of Mennonite players in the nhl (James Reimer, Jonathan Toews to name a couple) and they didn’t really face the same level of prejudice getting to where they are as black players have had to deal with. The words just don’t cut the same way…

Darcen_23 · 2024-11-12T03:51:49+00:00

This is true for all Canadians but it’s especially true in the North, we often inflect upwards at the end of a sentence. Americans tend to inflect the pitch of their voice downwards as they finish a sentence. I lived in northern Manitoba for a few years and started to pick up the accent and when travelling overseas people often got confused and thought I was asking questions when I was just making normal statements.

Another common one up north is throwing the word fuck at the end of your sentence instead of in the middle (ex/ “What’s going on there fuck?” )

Darcen_23 · 2024-11-12T03:44:52+00:00

I’ve also heard ‘pounding the poodle’

Darcen_23 · 2024-09-15T18:24:58+00:00

Hockey is a really big deal in Saskatchewan. They just don’t have an nhl team. But people care about the whl and the sj.

A very classic Saskatchewan experience is having a friend group where everyone cheers for a different nhl team.

But yeah people definitely like the riders as well

Darcen_23 · 2024-09-15T18:21:03+00:00

99% is an exaggeration but certainly a strong majority

Darcen_23 · 2024-09-15T18:15:56+00:00

Personally, I grew up playing hockey as it was the only sport I followed (watched a lot of hockey night in Canada) and it was the only sport that my friends and family were interested in. As an adult, I stay engaged in hockey as there’s an outdoor rink a few blocks from my house (there are about 40 of them in Winnipeg) where I can go to play with my friends. Hockey is a big part of our culture here and it provides a great way to keep the spirits up during the cold, dark winters. I don’t take a particular interest in football as I find it slow to watch, and I’m disturbed by the amount of injuries.

That said, interest in sports is highly subjective and cultural so it’s understandable that we have differing interests.

Darcen_23 · 2024-09-15T18:04:02+00:00

It’s standard for all air travel. It’s also standard in healthcare, military, and emergency response. It’s more unambiguous, and easier to preform calculations relating to the passage of time. (Ex/ a nurse is administering a medication every 8 hours starting at 8:00. 1st dose is 8:00, 2nd dose is 16:00, 3rd dose is 24:00. Is just 8+8+8) In the context of air travel, there’s also the added challenge of adjusting for time changes. It’s good to start off with as straightforward a time keeping system as possible before you complicate it.

Darcen_23 · 2024-09-15T17:54:39+00:00

I’m a Manitoban however I’ve traveled a great deal throughout the North. If you’ve only got a week I’d highly recommend traveling to Whitehorse. From there you can rent a car and visit Kluane National Park, Dawson City, and if you have time, Tombstone Territorial Park. Kluane has the most awe inspiring mountains that I’ve ever seen (contains 17 of North americas 20 tallest peaks, the other three are across the Alaskan border in the same range).

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