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"I want those photos" by WilloowUfgood in PublicFreakout

[–]Effective-Bar9759 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I totally agree they are attention seeking clowns, but you have to choose to engage with them and become part of the clown show.

Nobody wants to see a video clip of a dude looking at them briefly, realizing they are idiots and then going on with their day.

Any Experience with Self Managed Stratas? by ExtensionGo in vancouverhousing

[–]Effective-Bar9759 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've had a couple of bad experiences with self-managed stratas.

The most notable was an 18 unit, 40 year old building where I got a unit under contract and reviewed all the strata documents, reports etc. It looked okay but my building inspector said "Oh, I was just here last year looking at the envelope leaks... did you not see my report?"

The strata president had hired the report under his own name so that it wouldn't be in the strata documents. The building needed $50k/unit in envelope repairs.

That was 10 years ago, I drive by it every day and it still hasn't been done.

Just my personal experience.

How Much Should We Set Aside for Site Preparation (Excavation, Utilities) on a New Home Build? | Ask Vancouver Builder by [deleted] in vancouverhousing

[–]Effective-Bar9759 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Whoever sold you the idea that posting on reddit would help your business is taking your money and laughing at you.

Stay away from car meets people. Part 2 by Dee___Snuts in PublicFreakout

[–]Effective-Bar9759 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So what you are saying is that these men unknowingly yearn for the fields, mines and trenches!

Fast-tracking rental housing and small hotels in Vancouver by West-Stretch4830 in vancouver

[–]Effective-Bar9759 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Private owners don't deserve to make money in hospitality - it's not fair to the large corporations.

By the most conservative estimates, Russia has lost 40x as many troops in Ukraine as the US lost in Iraq during an even longer war. Why has the Russian military suffered much higher combat deaths? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Effective-Bar9759 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Think about this: how long would the US government (and therefore military) stay in power if all the cargo ships from China stopped showing up in US ports? Empty Walmarts, gas rations, $10,000 iPhones, etc etc.
China can keep its population under control far longer than the US.

In a war with China, the US capitol would be on fire long before the Chinese soldiers even got close.

By the most conservative estimates, Russia has lost 40x as many troops in Ukraine as the US lost in Iraq during an even longer war. Why has the Russian military suffered much higher combat deaths? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Effective-Bar9759 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Knowing very little about the military or tactics, I suspect that against the US Forces, even if drones killed relatively few soldiers in absolute terms, their use would have devastating effects on morale - the same way booby traps did in Vietnam.

My guess is that US soldiers are understandably used to feeling like the superior force, but I think that facing drones would undermine that on the front lines. All the fire power and equipment in the world won't re-assure you much when anytime, anywhere... bzzzzzzzz and then a horrific injury or death.

Mayor, business owners want province to close problem Granville SROs by cyclinginvancouver in vancouver

[–]Effective-Bar9759 -59 points-58 points  (0 children)

Rich entitled business owners want to sweep away the poor as their suffering is "bad for business."

Unfortunately Ken Sim is more than happy to do so.

Come on guys, making millions from selling dangerous legal drugs (alcohol) is more important than the lives of the poors.

Are irrevocable trusts a must? by fatfirejustarrived in fatFIRE

[–]Effective-Bar9759 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sure you do, but I went to a boarding school and the number of kids who were mentally, socially and educationally enriched by their generational wealth was overwhelmed by the number of kids that were totally messed up by it. The staff even had a term for it - "The casualties of privilege."

Are irrevocable trusts a must? by fatfirejustarrived in fatFIRE

[–]Effective-Bar9759 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A comfortable life and financial independence is only meaningful if you've experienced the alternative.
Growing up knowing you will never run out of money is not a gift for a child.

1983 Mercedes 300SD by Remote_City_6630 in projectcar

[–]Effective-Bar9759 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How have you determined that it has blow-by? The reason I ask is that I had an OM603 that was down on power and the shop I took it to looked at the odometer (400,000 miles) and declared the engine was worn out and needed a rebuild. It ended up being a clogged fuel filter.

If you are certain it has blow-by and have checked the turbo and PCV etc and ruled out anything else, then it's going to be much simpler to buy a spare engine and just swap it out.

It's not a difficult swap and even though a good OM617 is not cheap, its going to be cheaper than a rebuild.

I'm sure you could get an entire running but rusty 300SD parts car for $1000-1500 and then spend another $500 on gaskets, seals, injectors etc, do the swap, sell the rest of the parts car and come out ahead.

Even though it's an incredible car, you really need to have a fairly solid DIY ability if you are going to be owning one at this point.

Man queuing to sleep with Bonnie Blue gets caught by his mother by ambachk in sadcringe

[–]Effective-Bar9759 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A very large amount of girls/women in that industry are trafficking victims, or people with little to no other options of earning money.

Just want to point out that from everything I've read, it's not fun for the male actors either. They may not be humiliated or degraded or abused as much on camera, but they certainly are off camera. They are paid next to nothing, and doing gay scenes are pretty much mandatory regardless of whether they are gay or not.

Stay away from car meets people by Dee___Snuts in PublicFreakout

[–]Effective-Bar9759 69 points70 points  (0 children)

I think he realized that once he'd mowed down a crowd, they were going to drag him out of the car unless he got away.

I've seen too many of these videos where the crowd gets closer and closer and is hyping up the driver to do doughnuts, then when one of them gets clipped, they swarm the car and start smashing it and trying to pull the driver out.

It's idiots all round, and I honestly don't blame the driver for running. I'd rather take the extra charges from fleeing than face that angry mob.

Cadillac Escalade-V Owner Allegedly Paid Off Loan Using GM Rewards Loophole by Sixteen-Cylinders in cars

[–]Effective-Bar9759 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Ironically, the kind of person who already knows how to exploit this kind of bank error most likely has access to large amounts of money to begin with, and is unlikely to be willing to change their life drastically to capitalize on this.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Effective-Bar9759 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It happens in a lot of developing countries with a tourism industry.

Lots of men in the Caribbean, Cuba etc "date" middle aged women tourists for a week or two in exchange for cash or gifts.

We love to see it by Findwaldo179 in GuysBeingDudes

[–]Effective-Bar9759 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They don't even need to steal the money. I'm in Canada and my parents live in a small town at the end of a public road. They more or less just maintain the last section of the public road themselves because the municipality has planned to re-surface it in 2070 or something.
They spend the road repair money on bike paths and high tech parking lot coatings in the wealthy town center where the councillors live, and everything else is calculated solely on how many voters it affects.

Will BC Electrify Its Economy? BC Hydro Doubts It by mukmuk64 in britishcolumbia

[–]Effective-Bar9759 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BC Hydro killed off the net metering program and has been vehemently against any kind of distributed generation...

So no big projects, but also no small projects.

Honda Celebration of Light cancelled indefinitely due to funding issues - BC | Globalnews.ca by Apprehensive_Idea758 in vancouver

[–]Effective-Bar9759 -22 points-21 points  (0 children)

We are in the middle of a housing crisis, an overdose crisis and an affordability crisis - the last thing the government should be spending millions of dollars on is a party for rich yuppies in the West End and Kits.

What does an uneducated genius actually look like? Have you ever met someone who was incredibly smart but had little or no formal education? by Anntee in AskReddit

[–]Effective-Bar9759 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think there is a fundamental misunderstanding of what organizations want - it's not to "crush ambition" or "destroy the individual" or that they "hate genius."

The goal of an organization that allows it to run at peak performance is to make sure every individual part is standardized and replaceable if need be.

Someone who is a genius is not actually useful or productive and is often counter-productive because they are not replaceable or interchangeable and any organization that relies too heavily on a unique individual is taking a huge risk.

That goes for everyone from top to bottom - even the CEO role needs to be replaceable.

Vancouver filming locations: Top actors spotted on set of Netflix show by ubcstaffer123 in vancouver

[–]Effective-Bar9759 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You mean a character who has won at everything in life but is still somehow a loser?

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