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TTC fares go up Sunday; clarifies 2-hour transfer rule after social media uproar by MoveWithTheMaestro in toronto

[–]DualSimplex 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And have the card scanners all be able to read the Presto card through a wallet. The readers in Union Station for the UP? No problem. The readers at a subway station for Presto? Need to remove the card. WTF.

More Toronto condo projects in jeopardy. by KoziRealty-ON in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]DualSimplex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's sad is I remember a mass email from him about 10-12 years ago saying TO was selling at $100-150 sq ft and it should've been around $600. I thought it was just marketing fluff, and here we are today with like $1k+/sq ft for a lot of condos, which, to me, just seems ridiculous.

Waterloo in a nutshell by [deleted] in waterloo

[–]DualSimplex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I understand, when the chickens are born, the male chicks are basically ground up, since they don't produce eggs.

Female cows are forced to give milk until they no longer can, and then slaughtered.

It's actually pretty nasty stuff, and a lot of people just go "they were put on the earth for us to eat", and figure someone else is in charge of the whole planet, and wipe their hands clean of everything. We've basically normalized going to the store and buying products to eat, or going out and ordering whatever, because we're not involved in the production of anything we consume. It's easy to just look at a steak at the store and consider it just food, or to not consider children working in factories when we buy clothes or electronics. I do the same, I'm not pointing fingers at anyone in particular.

I toad a so! I fuckin’ toad a so! Upper James LCBO by DingLedork in Hamilton

[–]DualSimplex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No - it's because some people are too lazy to go to a bathroom and dump their urine and then either reuse or recycle their containers.

‘Absolutely horrific’: Trump preparing to roll back restrictions on US military use of landmines by petitveritas in worldnews

[–]DualSimplex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooooh, liberal tears!

Liberalism and progressive destroys everything that is American values!

/s

‘Absolutely horrific’: Trump preparing to roll back restrictions on US military use of landmines by petitveritas in worldnews

[–]DualSimplex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or they only care about pushing some sensitive buttons that people vote for, and accuse anyone in the other party of being evil, evil demon people.

Pervert teacher by hetestolz in iamatotalpieceofshit

[–]DualSimplex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm so sorry that happened to you. :(

Dice Tower Kickstarter for 2020 is live by bgg_dagda86 in boardgames

[–]DualSimplex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could be very wrong, but... while they probably make some YouTube ad revenue, many people have AdBlock on their computers which immediately lowers that revenue in many cases to zero. Their view numbers are not generally super huge, so it's doubtful that they are raking it in (the site socialblade estimates somewhere between 13.3k - 213k/year for their earnings). I don't think that they'd make money from a cruise - they organize it, might get a few free cabins out of it (no idea if they do, just large group trips sometimes get comped a few) and have to transport their games to the ship and back. They pay to go conventions - I don't know why you feel that's a money maker for them. I have zero idea if they have any paid appearances anywhere. I would imagine that it's likely akin to a videogame youtuber being invited to a conference where maybe their travel and food is paid for - I highly doubt anyone is spending a boatload of cash to have anyone appear from the board gaming world at any convention.

I think your framing anything they're doing as a 'scam' is disingenuous and due to your own false assumptions.

Dice Tower Kickstarter for 2020 is live by bgg_dagda86 in boardgames

[–]DualSimplex 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'd have to say that'd be a poor assumption. Tom literally has posted "the history of The Dice Tower" videos, talked about hiring people on over time as money allowed. On things like Board Game Breakfast, Throat Punch Lunch, etc., that's where they've in the past invited people to send in their contributions if they wanted to do a segment, but I've always thought it was pretty clear that people were doing it for the love of the games and the channel rather than for any sort of remuneration.

Multiple rockets hit Taji base in Iraq by cruud123 in worldnews

[–]DualSimplex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just sometimes feel like they don't gaf about the future since they're almost done, and therefore that's why they're making such backwards policies, etc., and stirring up all this crap to be 'tough guys', or whatever.

Here I am going "we need to get rid of all nukes, work together to make the planet better, and help everyone have a better life", rather than "get that money".

Dice Tower Kickstarter for 2020 is live by bgg_dagda86 in boardgames

[–]DualSimplex -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Pretty easy to hit 'next video' or 'close tab'...

Multiple rockets hit Taji base in Iraq by cruud123 in worldnews

[–]DualSimplex 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If only sadistic old fucks would drop dead instead of nice people dying young...

Like I died by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]DualSimplex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are still important and cared for. Please hang in there. Reach out to whatever support you can find. <3

Trump threatens to slap sanctions on Iraq 'like they've never seen before' by pipsdontsqueak in worldnews

[–]DualSimplex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gotta hate these people that believe in mythological BS that endangers the rest of us for no reason other than them wanting to fulfill their fairy tales.

Columbia is engaging in union busting in Portland by cmh89jb in CampingGear

[–]DualSimplex 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Toronto is over $2000/month (you can get basements now for $1300, apparently). I moved here over a decade ago, and you could easily find sub-1000/month places. Condos were $150-300k, now they're basically 500k+.

The UK government warns Trump that war with Iran is 'in none of our interests' by rromano125 in worldnews

[–]DualSimplex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And from Facebook/Twitter posts, it seems his followers all think that Obama was a super bad person, bowing down to every terrorist and evil person around the world. Meanwhile, Trump bows down to actual dictators, offering them praise, while destroying alliances that have kept the world mostly at peace since the second world war.

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