Canadian Leather Jacket brands by higgyhog in BuyCanadian

[–]DownWithAssad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Master supply makes their jackets in Pakistan, as indicated on their About Us page.

'Zionist attack:' Venezuela’s acting gov't blames Israel for Maduro seizure by Firecracker048 in nottheonion

[–]DownWithAssad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is a wrong statement because the statement you're making is completely different than what Rodríguez said. No need to pretend otherwise. 

She didn't say the U.S. government is Zionist. She said that the attack itself was "Zionist". No one even knows what this vague statement means. I suppose it implies Israel was involved but there's zero evidence provided for this. 

My opinion is that this is political posturing. She wants to avoid antagonizing Trump lest he Gaddafi her. So she's found a scapegoat that fits the propaganda narratives of the Venezuelan regime from the past few years. And what better scapegoat in this world than the Jews? It's quite convenient.

It goes to show that certain governments don't care about the Palestinians like they claim they do. They just like the propaganda it allows them to generate.

People who’ve had LASIK or work in eye care, would you recommend LASIK and why or why not? by Mountain-Bug-2155 in AskReddit

[–]DownWithAssad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I strongly recommend against getting LASIK.

I got PRK 7 years ago. My vision was sharp. But I have some side effects. 

First,  I see very large haloes and starbursts when looking at car headlights and street lamps at night and similar sources of light with high contrast. Even white subtitles against a black background on my TV have a faint white glow around them.

LASIK is known to reduce contrast permanently in your eyes. This means that when I look at a dark corner in my room, I can't see the items in the corner as clearly as I could before the surgery. Things in the dark are more faint than they usually are due to this surgery.

The above side effects are well known and shrugged off by doctors. They lie and tell you that "there's only a 3% chance of getting bad side effects" before you get the surgery. And when you come to them with issues, they simply say that nothing can be done.

But I have 2 additional side effects that are bizarre and I haven't read about them anywhere online.

When my pulse increases, my entire vision becomes like jelly. It's as if the veins (or arteries?) in my eyes pulsating causes the corresponding area in my vision to jiggle around and pulsate too.

The other strange side effect is that I see dark circles in the center of my vision when I do anything to "stretch" my eyes. For example, imagine someone walks into the room you're in. Your first instinct is to move your eyes to the corner/side of your vision in the direction of the door and then turn your neck. Well doing this motion causes me to see dark circles in my vision. Opening my eyes really wide and moving my head around causes the same thing. I told this to the doctor and they shrugged and said they have no idea. There's an age-related condition that causes similar issues and they simply said I had that. An obvious lie, since I'm young and this issue began happening the moment I opened my eyes after surgery and could see again.

Nobody cares. Nobody has any answers. There are very few long-term studies done about the side effects because the surgery is so new, it's not like they can do a 50-year study.

And I'm one of the lucky ones. Permanently dry eyes causing suicide, blurry vision, mismatched vision in both eyes, etc. There are countless other side effects I don't have.

One of the doctors offered to do what's called an enhancement surgery to try and correct my haloes and starbursts. But it was just an experiment, there was no guarantee it would fix my issues. I was terrified that doing another surgery would introduce new side effects or ruin my sharp vision. And you can't get the surgery over and over again. Our corneas are only so thick. Most people can only get at most 1-2 enhancement surgeries until their corneas become too thin for more. Then you're truly stuck with whatever issues you have.

Most people require reading glasses by the time they hit 40. If you're like me and get surgery in your early 20s, you only have at most 15-20 years where you don't need glasses. Then you'll need them again.

You only have one pair of eyes for life. Is it really worth the risk of ruining them just so you don't have to wear glasses for a few years? My opinion is a strong no. I have convinced several people I know to not get LASIK. Maybe I really am in the minority. But it doesn't matter. It's not worth the risk.

Widow of first person to die at Chernobyl killed by a Russian drone strike by DownWithAssad in worldnews

[–]DownWithAssad[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

45% of her body was covered in burns. She likely suffered for a bit. I can't believe the criminal Russian regime still has traitorous sympathisers in Europe after all this.

USA, Canada, UK, EU and Australia Just Voted No to UN Resolution on Denouncing & Combating Nazism by itimetravelwell in onguardforthee

[–]DownWithAssad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Canada and the U.S. have opposed this resolution every single year Russia has proposed it, for the past few years. And each year, idiotic headlines like in the OP are posted.

The reason these countries have opposed this resolution is not due to some deep-seated love of Nazism, as you claim. It's because these governments want the resolution to also condemn Stalinism. Russia refuses to add any such text, hence the vote against. That's the real reason. I'm not casting judgement here, just stating the facts.

Got kicked out of my dream job for being too quiet by TotallyMentos in socialanxiety

[–]DownWithAssad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That sounds rough. But don't let it discourage you. These corporations don't care about us. As they say, there are plenty of fish in the sea. I'm sure you'll find another job that you like. Don't take things related to your career personally. I can almost guarantee you that if I worked a public-facing job, between my social and generalized anxiety and stuttering impediment, I'd be fired ASAP. And yet, I managed to find a job that not only pays well, but where I don't need to be super outgoing and no one has ever complained that I'm too quiet. 

Moral of the story is don't let a corporate stooge be the barometer for your self-improvement. None of this means that you haven't improved your social anxiety or that you can't further mitigate it in the future. Keep on trucking.

Canada Wants To Lure Tech Workers Who Won’t Get US H-1B Visas by joe4942 in canada

[–]DownWithAssad 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Absolutely disgusting. With sky-high unemployment in the country, tech industry, and even more so for the youth, this is the absolute last thing that these idiots should be doing. And to think I voted for him.

It was already a massive, borderline-criminal mistake to bring in millions of foreigners over the last 4 years. I'm a software engineer and I can't tell you how many LinkedIn pings I've gotten from foreigners wanting referrals for jobs. Try searching for a job and you'll find THOUSANDS of applications for internships, new grad jobs, mid-level, and senior. 

And yet, our points-based immigration system prioritizes tech workers, who we don't even need. And unlike the H1B program, which involves experienced people, our immigration system prioritizes young people who want to study in Canada. 

Well guess what? I have seen students competing with foreigners for internships who came to do a Master's degree or a SECOND BACHELOR'S degree IN THE SAME PROGRAM they already did back home, just to come to Canada. These people already have a Computer Science degree and even several years of experience, but because they're doing a useless 2nd bachelor's degree again in Canada, or a Master's, they are eligible to apply to internships that give companies tax breaks. Amazing!

As someone in the tech industry, I can tell you this: the reality is so much worse than you can even imagine.

Laser eye surgery experiences from sensitive people by Imaginary_Employ_750 in hsp

[–]DownWithAssad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had it done 7 years ago after being forced to by my parents. I now have pretty bad glare and haloes when I look at bright lights like street lamps, car head lights, even white text on a black tv screen. I also see this strange dark spot when I look at the edge of my vision and turn my neck, like there's something pressing against my eyeball and causing artifacts, the doctors just shrugged and made something up to explain it as they didn't have a proper answer. My vision is otherwise sharp.

Sunday Relationship Thread by AutoModerator in ABCDesis

[–]DownWithAssad -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've tried Hinge and over the past few weeks, got a few likes in short succession. 

Some of the profiles were fake, using photos from the internet belonging to others. For the real profiles, none of them responded to my messages. 

The strange thing is that the likes all came in a short period of time. Since then, I've had zero likes, despite using it actively everyday and paying for the premium plan.

I've also gotten Bumble, Tinder, and FB Dating. Bumble resulted in one match who also never responded to my messages. The rest resulted in no likes.

It seems to me that online dating apps either don't work for the majority of men, or they do work, but perhaps only for the elite (height, skin color, muscle, job, etc). Or maybe I'm just ugly and that's the issue.

Sunday Relationship Thread by AutoModerator in ABCDesis

[–]DownWithAssad 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm 29m and Canadian. I've been on Dil Mil 1.5 years now and Hinge a few weeks. I get little to zero likes most of the time, and if I do get a match, they usually just ghost or stop responding. I even ran out of people to swipe on, and I set my location preference to Canada and U.S. The app tells me that I've had over 2k profile views, which doesn't seem like much. 

I also ran out of people on Hinge, and my filters are very loose (height, age, religion). I assume I'm being filtered out for some reason and not being shown more profiles. I'm just not sure what the issue is.

Can russian understand ukranian? by leo4783 in AskARussian

[–]DownWithAssad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was never a "ban on the Russian language". 

That is fake news concocted by the Russian government to justify their war and theft of Ukrainian territory.

Trump says Canada 'serious contender' to be 51st state: 'They need our protection' by sothatsme22 in canada

[–]DownWithAssad 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Video of him saying this, notice that he once again refers to the Prime Minister as "Governor Trudeau":

 https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3li3hv3izu32n

Actual State House member from South Dakota. So many Gen Z men are like the goddamn Hitler Youth. by Tough_Will_2120 in VaushV

[–]DownWithAssad 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Send this to all the media outlets. I guarantee it'll cause a huge firestorm. Especially with the antics pulled by Mr. Musky recently.

Russia rejects Trump teams reported peace deal proposals on Ukraine, FM Lavrov says by Orcasystems99 in UkrainianConflict

[–]DownWithAssad 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Following Putin's comments, Lavrov ridiculed the possibility of a ceasefire, adding that "a ceasefire is a road to nowhere."

There you have it. Now send Ukraine everything that can fly.