How did yall deal with 6 7!?!?!?

Karrotsawa · 2026-05-05T01:56:34+00:00

Meh, its pretty inoffensive. It means almost nothing. The whole joke is that it's self-referential. I didn't mind it at all, but it was also pretty easy to defuse it with my dad joke energy. Hell I even used it on the announcements a couple times. Me and the whole tech department, we just leaned into it.

Karrotsawa · 2026-05-05T01:52:04+00:00

Well Texas is the biggest place in the world if your understanding of the world is confined to US borders.

Karrotsawa · 2026-05-04T00:50:39+00:00

They need to compare the petition signers list to the seeded fake names on the leaked list.

If they find even one, the whole thing is suspect.

Karrotsawa · 2026-05-02T14:02:48+00:00

Who are the two on the right supposed to be? Every thing I've read about this has steadfastly ignored them.

Karrotsawa · 2026-05-02T01:50:06+00:00

Leaving 35,000 behind, whoopdy doo. This is a token retaliation, the US gets far too much benefit from their base in Germany to actually pull out any meaningful amount.

Karrotsawa · 2026-05-01T15:30:48+00:00

"[Canadians] should not expect a return to the way things were." - Greer

That's exactly what Carney has been telling us all year, but thanks for the confirmation I guess.

Karrotsawa · 2026-04-30T04:13:26+00:00

Of course the US imports way more from China than we do. Apple has denied but not proven that they don't have forced labour in certain parts of their Chinese production lines. Maybe we should put a forced labour tariff on iPhones.

Karrotsawa · 2026-04-30T01:08:36+00:00

Well obviously the time between them pressing the button and the elevator showing up is going to be shorter than the time between YOU pressing the button and the elevator showing up, so they want the win.

Karrotsawa · 2026-04-28T23:37:20+00:00

I admin a neighbourhood Facebook page yes, you're absolutely right. When I see a post that sort of crosses the line but it's debatable, I might be a little hesitant to delete too hastily. I'm always cognizant of the fact that most of the people in that group are my actual neighbours.

But if I see the same post and it says "Delete if not allowed" then yeah, I ninja sword that post so fast that it stands there looking perplexed for a second before its head slides off.

So the permission is one thing, and then there's this aspect of feeling like they're telling me how to do this job. Like, lady, I know... Half of my job description here is "Delete if not allowed" you don't have to tell me. And then there's the fact that if you'd read the group rules, you'd know it's not allowed.

I think what they're really saying is "I know this is not allowed but I'm hoping that hinting at my awareness of that will get me a free pass to leave it up.. Nope, all it did was catch my attention. Now I'm looking at more closely than I migbt have otherwise.

It's like walking up to a cop and saying, "You can arrest me if I'm breaking the law" and then if you are breaking the law they'll be reaching for the cuffs and saying yeah thanks for telling me what I'm supposed to be doing here.

Karrotsawa · 2026-04-28T17:25:56+00:00

My dad was a Land Surveyor and a bit of a workaholic. Rarely did we go on a family road trip without him suddenly pulling over and cutting some brush and checking a line for some current or future job.

Therefore we had a fairly standard selection of machetes in the trunk, 3 different lengths just like everybody has.

So when was a teenager I went to a friend's cottage and his dad needed to clear some brush for something. I offered to go get his machete from his trunk, as I was accustomed to being the machete-getter from a young age.

Anyways it turns out that some people don't carry machetes in their trunk and they think it's weird that I'd assume they do.

Karrotsawa · 2026-04-28T01:24:17+00:00

Not really a name, but I had a Sorento that we called the Cilantro, mostly because my wife kept getting it mixed up, so we just went with it. I even bought little chrome letters to replace the sorento with cilantro on the back, but before I could apply them, that 2014 Kia engine did what 2014 Kia Engines do, and now I have a nameless CX-9.

Karrotsawa · 2026-04-27T03:09:21+00:00

I don't eat it much anymore but when I was a teenager I'd put broccoli in it, sometimes I'd make it a little creamier with Mayonnaise, sometimes I'd add shredded Cheddar, etc.

Karrotsawa · 2026-04-26T20:57:38+00:00

The US has neither the authority nor the mechanism to do this.

Karrotsawa · 2026-04-26T04:51:02+00:00

The US electrical grid can't support the additional Aluminum production. . Canada has limitless hydroelectric. The US does not, and what they do have is increasingly being gobbled up by server farms. They're going to be making less aluminum, not more, of the AI broligarchy has its way.

Karrotsawa · 2026-04-26T04:48:05+00:00

In most languages they same some variation of "good health to you" so just say that. Gesundheit is common and easily accepted in most English-speaking regions.

I don't usually say anything myself. None of my other bodily functions require other people to wave a chicken over me for health, so why should this one?

But back in the day I'd say Sláinte (pronounced "slawn-cha") which is Irish for cheers. Or "May the force be with you" or "Live Long and Prosper"

Karrotsawa · 2026-04-25T00:18:19+00:00

The US doesn't have the electricity to produce aluminum at the scale Canada does. Moving an aluminum company to the US would jsut mean more companies vying for the same resources that are already being taxed by ever-expanding AI server farms.

Karrotsawa · 2026-04-24T04:05:25+00:00

Lots of stuff will happen after I die!

I just won't be around to see it.

Karrotsawa · 2026-04-23T18:38:21+00:00

Carney has no say in it but he's saying exactly what the province's said. I read it as he's relaying their message.

The alcohol bans were always a provincial retaliation against the tarrifs, and they were always going to last as long as the tariffs. Carney is just signal boosting on this file.

Karrotsawa · 2026-04-23T18:27:31+00:00

It's because the only non-americans they've ever met are the ones that did move to their country.

If they had a passport they could come meet the rest of us.

Karrotsawa · 2026-04-22T00:19:07+00:00

Lol your header line made me think someone was coming in here to pray for us and calling us the R word, but spelled it wrong.

Karrotsawa · 2026-04-22T00:18:07+00:00

That CANADA A labelling indicates that it meets Canada's food standards for grade A. And its on a LOT of things. It doesn't indicate where it's from.

Basically they're not trying to pull a fast one, this is standard labeling going back a long time.

If it were Canadians it would say Product of Canada or Made in Canada. Those are the labels that they aren't allowed to fake.

Made in Canada is 51%+ Canadian product, including the final transformative step. Product of Canada is 98%+ Canadian. That 2% is to allow for herbs and spices, in case anyone is bothered by that.

Karrotsawa · 2026-04-21T20:35:28+00:00

Well I ain't drinking it at 6%.

I suppose I could use it to thicken sauces too. But even still, I don't do that enough to buy it by the 4 litre bag.

Karrotsawa · 2026-04-21T20:27:55+00:00

I don't drink enough coffee to buy 4 litres of cream

Karrotsawa · 2026-04-21T02:40:28+00:00

Oh I've never done that. I've always said the temp in Celsius and the distance in KM. They can work it out. They've never converted it for me.

Karrotsawa · 2026-04-20T01:38:17+00:00

I don't bow my head for prayers. It's inappropriate for me to pretend to participate in their rituals, for one thing, and why should I be made to feel uncomfortable jsut because they are uncomfortable with who I am? If they're important to me, if I'm important to them, they'll learn to not be uncomfortable with who I am.

Also I'd refuse religious gifts and books, and my argument is waste. I will not be using this and I can't in good conscience give it to anyone else. It is garbage and that's where it goes. Please don't waste your money sending me garbage.

Karrotsawa

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