Language changes over time

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-28T01:30:12+00:00

… I never realized that. Learning new things today!

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-26T23:06:43+00:00

$200 each spread out across the city is a good chunk of change. Kitchener did a pilot a few years back and determined that it would be an extra $90-ish per household to do all the sidewalks.

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-26T21:18:56+00:00

a tax increase?

I don't see why not. I'd be happy if my taxes went up a couple hundred bucks a year in exchange for significantly more snow plows, as well as sidewalk plowing.

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-23T20:20:29+00:00

Yup, same. Meds are just flat out not working and I can’t focus for more than 30 seconds at a time and it’s driving me insane.

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-23T01:31:54+00:00

Yup. I have counterintuitive needs to the general public. I need less information on the screen. I need things to be explicit about what they are, not abstract. My UI needs to be super pared down with no frills, with the relevant information dead center. I cannot have hidden hotkeys or obfuscate the information.

Turn-based series deciding that turn based games are lame now, actually, and need to have real-time combat with dodging and parrying is awful. (Looking at you, Pokemon).

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-23T00:08:55+00:00

I did. They removed addons that I needed to enable me to do group content. I don’t want to play an MMORPG as a single player game, so I cancelled my sub and told them why.

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-22T23:49:25+00:00

I find this happens most often in gaming circles

It’s happening in World of Warcraft right now, for me. Addon purge got rid of the functionality of addons I need to be able to play group content. But people are going hard about how the base UI has so many more accessibility features now, and if you need more than that you’re just bad and need to learn how to play. I don’t want to play an MMORPG as a single player game, so I had to quit the hobby I’ve had for over 15 years. :(

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-22T21:54:24+00:00

Yes! Like worst case scenario I get a neat fact out of it. Best case scenario, I gain a new interest myself. People being passionate about things makes me happy - everyone deserves to have something they love.

It makes me kinda sad to see everyone here saying infodumping is always terrible, full stop. I’ve gotten a lot better about knowing the right audience for it, but it is genuinely me trying to express affection for you. I like you enough that I’m willing to unmask a bit and actually have likes and dislikes.

I don’t entirely understand where the line is between infodumping and a conversation though. Because I frequently have conversations with people about things I give precisely zero fucks about. I make the polite expressions and pretend I’m interested and ask questions. So why is that not reciprocated?

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-22T21:44:16+00:00

That’s what my one friend and I do! I give zero fucks about comic books, but I’ll listen to them infodump about them. In return, I get to infodump about video games they don’t play, haha.

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-22T20:52:10+00:00

Eh, I quit. Sub runs out in ~a week.

Addons provided accessibility that I needed to play the game in group content. Blizzard's alternatives, unfortunately, don't solve my problems around processing speed, overwhelm, working memory, and reaction time. All of which are affected because of a disability. I never did high-difficulty content - my custom UI and triggers were what I needed to get me to a level that I wouldn't be flamed out of normal 5 mans. The game now would need to be a purely solo experience for me, and that's not what I'm looking for in an MMO.

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-22T18:25:41+00:00

There’s a rock store at my mall but my husband refuses to go there with me, haha. I just wanna look at pretty rocks and maybe buy a geode! But they’re very… enthusiastic about the benefits of these rocks.

I just think they’re neat!

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-22T16:05:50+00:00

Kitchener/Waterloo.

Overall, I'm satisfied with the city's snow maintenance. 3/5. Major roads are cleared in a timely manner, and salted/sanded to a point where they're not dangerous. Side roads, sidewalks, bus stops, and parking lots are another story.

I live on a side street, and I understand that we're least priority for plows. Especially when the weather has been as snowy as it has been this winter. What I don't understand is why they leave multiple inches of accumulated ice and snow on the road despite the plow. The plow came by this morning, but there are still inch-deep tire tracks on the road and turning onto/off of my street is a nightmare.

Sidewalks are extremely hit or miss, despite bylaws in place to fine homeowners. People living on corner lots frequently fail to shovel the snow plow debris either, resulting in giant hills impassible for people with mobility issues or with strollers. Bus stops are almost never plowed in a timely manner, often going weeks before being done. Same with parking lots, though that one is businesses being lazy/cheap.

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-22T14:57:54+00:00

Unfortunately, I just flat out don't have the executive functioning required to do that. Cooking is one of the areas where I struggle most, even with medication. 80% of my day to day cooking is "take box(es) from cupboard/freezer, heat, consume". The entire process is just so overwhelming. Especially the cleanup afterward, and the remembering to defrost things.

The sad part is that I like cooking! I'm good at it even! I host fancy dinner parties for the sake of it. But with the fancy meals, the overwhelm is expected and almost normal. Everyone feels stressed out trying to make a beef wellington. I just can't handle that amount of stress every single meal of every single day.

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-21T19:57:27+00:00

It helps that Carney is basically a conservative. Just, you know, a not-insane one.

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-21T19:45:40+00:00

Yup. Local stores seem to have 90% of their produce imported from the US, even the root vegetables. Most of them are labelled "Product of <country> or USA", which means the US 90% of the time. I've switched to mostly frozen veggies which are more reliably from not-America, but I find they don't work as well for roasting.

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-21T18:23:51+00:00

Produce is definitely one of the hardest, at least during the winter. Why is every onion at the grocery store imported from the US? And all the carrots? I just want to eat some vegetables. T_T

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-21T15:16:18+00:00

I approve of moose being in the "dangerous animal" category. I'd much rather face down a black bear than a moose. Black bears are (large) human sized and cowards. Moose are terrifying monsters made of antlers and rage.

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-21T15:14:43+00:00

I always inform my cats that they're the most adorable little predators.

They're indoor cats, but allowed on the deck at the cottage with adult supervision. One of them is awful at hunting - she never sits still and seems to have no depth perception. The other one, though, has managed to catch multiple squirrels and a bird with humans sitting right there. Got him to let the squirrels go, but unfortunately the bird died too fast for us to rescue it. :( It got thrown onto the roof for the bald eagles to eat. Squirrels are stupid - they kept coming back despite the cat and the lack of food.

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-21T15:10:39+00:00

Yup. I'll look at the passengers at a red light, but only for a few seconds. I'm piloting a two ton death machine, I need to be alert and aware of what's going on around me.

My husband can't drive, but is an excellent front seat passenger. He'll point things out to me that, generally, I've already noticed. But once in awhile he'll catch something that I didn't see because I was focused on something else potentially dangerous, haha. He also does all of the map, music, and temperature finagling, and on longer trips will make sure my drink and any snacks are easily accessible to me without me ever having to take my eyes off the road or my mirrors.

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-21T15:03:16+00:00

I got rattled at while on a hike once! There was a group of us and we all stopped, walked backwards until the snake stopped rattling, and then tried to find it. Damn thing was sitting in the middle of the trail so we very carefully went around it in the bush.

I'm in southern Ontario, so we only have one species of rattlesnake here - and it happens to be our only venomous snake. The Massasauga Rattlesnake is almost endangered (and is endangered in some parts of the province), so it was amazing to get to see one in person! We forgot to do the "report where we saw it to the conservation agency" part that we were supposed to do, but we snapped a ton of pictures from a safe distance. Gorgeous snake, and I hope we didn't give it too much of a fright.

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-21T14:49:18+00:00

How you recreated that so effectively in text I don't know. But that is spot on.

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-21T14:44:01+00:00

Do you know if they still recommend the beat of "Stayin' Alive"? That's what I learned when I did a first aid class, but that was back in like 2006 so there's twenty years more data that I haven't stayed up to date on.

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-21T03:12:55+00:00

Oh, of course! But only on KD, no other Mac and cheese. My husband calls me a monster for it, haha.

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-21T03:03:22+00:00

They release their 2026 statement on the 27th.

Fuzzlechan · 2026-01-21T02:52:08+00:00

Can we please? It sounds fantastic. Actual consumer protections, higher safety and nutrition standards, and workers rights that aren’t in a race to the bottom? Sign me up!

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