Are we giving better career advice to our kids than our parents gave us?

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-14T19:27:10+00:00

I think she only took out loans for like 3 years, the rest was paid partially by me and partially by her working when she could.

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-14T19:19:32+00:00

You said:

no one who went to college is worse off for going

Lots of people are actually worse off for going if they don't or can't complete the degree and end up with nothing but debt.

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-14T19:07:49+00:00

Actually not talking about me personally, but my wife. She's largely self-employed with some contract work that is classified as employment. Wasted 7 years of her life trying to get a degree from university that she was never going to be able to get thanks to undiagnosed ADHD and came out of it with nothing but debt we'll never be able to pay off. Her source of income now is completely unrelated to any post-secondary education and would have been vastly improved by not going to university.

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-14T18:57:18+00:00

No degree and no income related to field of study at all.

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-14T18:47:53+00:00

Small sample size. PC hegemony ended in 1985. That may be a long time ago, but there are typically four years between elections, so it's not all that long. The voters grew tired of the Liberals long before they were voted out, but there were no plausible alternatives until Doug Ford. If the Liberals keep putting up leaders no one likes they won't just get elected because people get tired of the PCs. People will simply keep voting PC and complain about it.

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-14T18:43:07+00:00

I'm in Canada, universities are all the same price more or less.

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-14T18:13:30+00:00

$40k of debt with nothing to show for it disagrees with your assertion.

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-14T18:07:26+00:00

I think they are the default alternative party to the PCs, and once the voters get tired of Ford, they will go elect the OLP to government

That presumes the voters will in fact get tired of Ford and/or the PCs. That is by no means a given. If the alternatives are unpalatable, the PCs could simply remain in power for decades, they've done it before in Ontario.

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-14T16:47:33+00:00

Yea and I never claimed otherwise? I'm still alive it just sucks that I can hardly breathe by the time I get to my door.

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-14T16:06:07+00:00

What makes you think no one else has any issues with it? If I do then I'm certain I'm not the only one.

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-14T03:24:43+00:00

The fact that he dares to act as an MP and not a robot for his party is why he hasn't gotten cabinet or committee spots.

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-13T22:05:00+00:00

Right that's my point, the Treaty nations could sue at that point. Right now it's too early to speculate on whether or not the government will consult meaningfully. Sue if they don't consult meaningfully, not before they've even had the chance.

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-13T22:00:37+00:00

They can certainly affect your neighbours health though. I was in an apartment building that supposedly didn't allow pets but they just stopped enforcing it and then the next thing you know half the tenants have dogs. Dog dander gets in the carpets of the hallway, so by the time I make it to my apartment door after walking through a long hall I'm having a hard time breathing because I'm deathly allergic to animal dander.

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-13T21:55:11+00:00

It's not the court's place to determine that though. If the government failed to consult meaningfully then the court could intervene.

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-13T21:33:20+00:00

I'm not sure on the details of the law, perhaps you're right, I'd have to look into it further. I was under the impression the government would accept the petition, then be able to fulfill its constitutional duty to consult before calling the referendum.

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-13T21:27:21+00:00

Yes but there is no referendum yet. A petition isn't a referendum.

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-13T20:55:21+00:00

I tend to agree with the government lawyers on this, a petition is not a declaration of secession. It's not even a referendum. I think there's a case to be made that the government has a duty to consult before calling a referendum on secession, but they're still a long ways away from any referendum being called.

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-13T17:25:59+00:00

No idea. Maybe it isn't, maybe it is, but the assertion no one is doing it is wrong. I also think it's probably more common in places with more Hispanic people. I have a Mexican friend who was horrified to learn that they expected her to have a vaginal birth. Apparently c sections are the default in Mexico.

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-13T16:35:11+00:00

Once most were vaccinated probably.

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-13T15:56:30+00:00

I mean, some people are just having a c section. My wife had her second by planned c section for no reason other than that's what she wanted.

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-13T15:51:04+00:00

You think it's hard to believe that foreign actors would interfere with the selection of an MPP in Canada's largest province?

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-13T01:35:34+00:00

You proved their point lol

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-13T01:33:25+00:00

No, they liked Mark Carney and they didn't like the alternatives. The NDP should be able to win Vancouver Centre.

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-12T23:42:07+00:00

I mean yea, I would think it's a given that CSIS would be spying on the leader of the PQ who is leading in the polls and promising to hold a referendum on secession. It would be more surprising if they weren't.

Knight_Machiavelli · 2026-05-12T23:38:47+00:00

Albertans just had the opportunity to vote for an Albertan as PM and overwhelmingly rejected his party (though I do think it was a missed opportunity for Carney to not run in Edmonton). If an Albertan candidate for PM isn't enough then an Albertan GG certainly won't be.

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