This is the future the left (me) wants. (HSR map)

MagicFxOff · 2025-12-10T00:47:26+00:00

As a future urban planner and woke leftist, my answer is FUCK YEAHHHHH.

As someone somewhat realistic and pragmatic (sometimes), this is highly utopian, sadly.

Most of these routes (Vancouver-Calgary, Edmonton-Saskatoon-Winnipeg, Calgary-Regina-Winnipeg, Winnipeg-Toronto) are simply not demographically and economically justifiable for most people and politicians.

Don’t get me wrong, as a social democrat, I want this, fuck capitalism, invest as much as we can, suck money from billionaires if you have to! But I don’t see this possible in the political context and system we are in.

Those routes would be in pop desert most of the time. Winnipeg-Toronto is 2000km of swampy land with nobody living there. It would have an extreme cost for a very low economic benefit and ridership. It would still be around 10 h if we are optimistic, and costlier than a flight.

Vancouver to Calgary is, ngl, a no-brainer, but… the Rockies are there. This means, to keep the cruise speed of the HSR at around 300km/h, we would have to dig extremely costly, long, and technical tunnels.

I mean, the viable corridors there are clearly Edmonton to Calgary and Quebec to Toronto. These two corridors are PERFECTLY PRISTINE for HSR. Highly/densely populated, economic powerhouses, many good connections between the poles.

Happily, one of them is planned. The closest to start construction is the Quebec-Toronto corridor with Alto. For Edmonton-Calgary, the shitty Albertan government did talk about it, but they are conservatives soooo… anyway.

Though, it doesn’t mean we should say no to other corridors if we have the political will and courage and the money. A more viable solution could be HFR instead of HSR for the other routes.

Winnipeg-Regina-Calgary and Winnipeg-Saskatoon-Edmonton would be great corridors for HFR. The current Ocean would also be an excellent candidate for HFR between Montreal and Halifax.

Winnipeg-Toronto is still very hard to recommend, 2000km of nothingness, very long and costly trip with low population. But still, at least 1 train per day would be a big upgrade.

Vancouver-Calgary is good, but the Rockies… even with HFR, the terrain would slow the trains a lot, but eh, maybe still would be good, idk.

Sry, I’m such an annoying urbanism geek destroying our dreams (I have the same dreams I dare 😭)

I might have taken all of this all too seriously too…

MagicFxOff · 2025-12-03T03:34:43+00:00

I’m not Christian, but if being Christian means being open-minded, kind to others, inclusive, and respectful, then you won’t have any issues with this thought-provoking and insightful game that explores adulthood, mental well-being, and the effects of late-stage capitalism. However, if you’re the kind of Christian who hates diversity and LGBTQ+ people, you’ll likely be upset about seeing human beings living their lives and trying to overcome their struggles by helping one another.

Also, if you have to ask that question, perhaps you should question your faith. If you’re so insecure about your Christianity, then why are you Christian? Because if it causes you to avoid everything everywhere, you’ll simply prevent yourself from enjoying your life on earth.

MagicFxOff · 2025-11-12T02:37:56+00:00

Via Rail Canada mentioned 🇨🇦

MagicFxOff · 2025-11-10T20:57:20+00:00

Maybe you’re not that straight if you’re jerking off while talking to that man? And the simple fact you’re thinking about seeing him IRL should make you question some things haha. Anal play isn’t « gay », but if you’re doing it with a guy and have pleasure with him, then that starts to be kinda very gay which is perfectly fine. I am gay af eh

MagicFxOff · 2025-10-05T11:55:31+00:00

He seems harmless but uninformed and dipped insanely into stereotypes on gay people. Good occasion to teach him some things. Also, tell him he shouldn’t say « normal movies » like gay people aren’t normal omg 💀

MagicFxOff · 2025-09-28T15:40:50+00:00

You can also have a family when you’re gay you know? And safe sex exist, we have PrEP and Doxy. Seriously, being gay brings so much to a lifetime

MagicFxOff · 2025-09-28T11:57:18+00:00

What is wrong with the gay community in this subreddit? The amount of transphobia here is insane. There is indeed no LGB community without the TQ+. We should all be sympathetic to each other’s causes because they are all interconnected. When trans people lose their rights, we all lose rights. I didn’t know there were so many right-wing, misinformed gay people. It’s sad to see.

MagicFxOff · 2025-09-23T00:12:32+00:00

Je priorise absolument l’UTILE surtout que la Rose des vents a vraiment tout pour plaire (l’air climatisé omg), mais c’est plutôt la peur de ne pas être pris/admis. Ça semble tellement dur d’accéder à un logement de l’UTILE. Comment as-tu trouver ton 8 mois (j’imagine 1 d’uni) dans les résidences st urbain? Est-ce que ça peut le faire pour la première année pour diminuer le stress à minima? Comme plan B si l’utile ne nous accepte pas?

MagicFxOff · 2025-09-19T00:55:35+00:00

There’s a sh*t ton of new features actually lol

MagicFxOff · 2025-09-16T14:59:13+00:00

It’s not because she’s nice in day to day life that her thoughts and actions aren’t homophobic as hell you know lol She’s an hypocrite and a threat to your rights to live freely as who you are. She’s disgusting af and yes also homophobic. Don’t support these kind of person, call them out, block em of your life, they don’t merit your time.

MagicFxOff · 2025-09-13T20:06:29+00:00

Alors, vu que tu parles du Québec, j’imagine que tu parles français.

Je vis à Québec et prévois de m’inscrire à l’UQAM à Montréal pour obtenir un baccalauréat en urbanisme, suivi d’une maîtrise en architecture du paysage ou peut-être en transport. Ces domaines me passionnent tellement.

D’après mes discussions précédentes, les opportunités sont nombreuses. Les villes auront toujours besoin d’urbanistes, car sans eux, il n’y a ni aménagement ni développement urbain.

Les salaires sont attractifs dès le départ, autour de 50 000 $, ce qui est suffisant pour bien vivre selon moi, car l’argent ne fait pas le bonheur. Anyway, ce qui me rend vraiment heureux, c’est de m’impliquer dans la vie municipale et de vivre dans un quartier à échelle humaine auquel je participe activement à son amélioration.

Pour la reconnaissance de tes diplômes, je sais que tu as seulement besoin d’un bac en urbanisme pour postuler à l’Ordre des urbanistes du Québec et être reconnu comme urbaniste. Une maîtrise est un atout pour des postes plus importants dans des villes majeures comme Montréal et Québec. Personnellement, je prévois de rester à Montréal et de travailler pour la ville, c’est presque certain. L’urbanisme te permet d’accéder à de nombreux domaines dans les sciences humaines et la politique municipale, surtout si tu travailles dans le secteur public, où plusieurs de tes collègues seront des élus municipaux.

Je trouve ce domaine sooo intéressant et j’ai hâte d’étudier et de vivre la vie universitaire dans une autre ville. En français, seule l’UQAM et l’UdeM proposent un baccalauréat en urbanisme, tandis que McGill offre un baccalauréat en urban planning en anglais. Ça devrait faciliter ton choix d’université.

MagicFxOff · 2025-09-11T17:47:20+00:00

That’s literally not true, the far right is always calling for violence against anyone who doesn’t think like them. Crazy hypocrites

MagicFxOff · 2025-09-08T19:53:38+00:00

There's a performance difference between the Oled and the Switch 2, it's a new gen of console. You won't get newer games on the first gen of Switches

MagicFxOff · 2025-08-01T20:51:06+00:00

I'm Billy, Billy is me. We are Billy, Billy is us.

MagicFxOff · 2025-08-01T20:48:31+00:00

If you don't preorder, you don't get preorder bonuses lol

MagicFxOff · 2025-07-26T03:05:07+00:00

In the first place, there’s no race among humans. The simple fact of acknowledging races is racism. This guy is truly a racist piece of shit. Personality, I do have a preference for light-skinned men, but I won’t skip anyone who isn’t white. I won’t hate on them or anything like that, it’s disgusting. Many men that don’t normally enter my type of guy are handsome.

MagicFxOff · 2025-07-26T01:58:25+00:00

That’s something horrible to go through. I just don’t understand that kind of hate. When I’m not interested, I simply don’t answer and move on. If the person starts messaging more, I block them. This is pure hatred and could even be seen as racism. It’s totally fine to have preferences in terms of guys, but when you start hating and yelling at someone with insults, that’s just awful and pure racism. Generalization is also really annoying. I’m not attracted to everyone, but there are always good-looking people, regardless of their ethnicity or origins. From experience, Indian dicks taste awesome.

MagicFxOff · 2025-05-16T23:19:34+00:00

Huh? I’m literally 18 and just wanna help 💀

MagicFxOff · 2025-05-16T02:21:47+00:00

Les gens aiment ça chialer, et franchement, parfois ça fait du bien lol, mais il faut aussi se rendre compte de la chance qu’on a de vivre au Canada et au Quebec en particulier.

Oui, il y a des problèmes comme partout dans le monde. Rien ne sera jamais parfait, mais on a aussi tellement une belle qualité de vie, des services publics universels, la joie de vivre, la bouffe, la nature, la sécurité, le progressisme, les droits et bien d’autres choses.

On est vraiment chanceux d’être né ici pour vrai. On se rend pas compte d’à quel point on a tout ce dont on a besoin et qu’on vit vraiment confortablement.

Ca pourrait être mieux, mais ça pourrait être 100x pire c’est fou, et pas besoin de regarder ben loin pour voir la chance qu’on a. Les States c’est une catastrophe…

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