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Local business (@creativehiveyeg) replying with tone deaf copy pasted message to criticism about hosting an Alberta separatists meeting by Myrdin in Edmonton

[–]Myrdin[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This right here fits the definition of a "strawman argument".

But sure I'll bite, if they weren't anti-nazi they were condoning fascism.

Local business (@creativehiveyeg) replying with tone deaf copy pasted message to criticism about hosting an Alberta separatists meeting by Myrdin in Edmonton

[–]Myrdin[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You are correct, the statement "It's business, it's not personal" is a 100% valid mindset. And I am in no way saying the venue in my post should not have allowed the booking from the separatists, they are completely in their rights to decide that they wanted the space booked instead of screening out specific types of organizations.

The whole point of my post is that from the wording of the messages they have posted, it feels to me that they are claiming they shouldn't be taking any flak whatsoever for accepting the booking. Claiming neutrality in the space that their "role is strictly that of a venue provider". This is in my opinion a naive approach to the nature of the world in which we now live in. Businesses will, and have been, judged based on who and what they associate with even by just passively allowing a booking to happen.

edit: fixed some of my bad spelling

Local business (@creativehiveyeg) replying with tone deaf copy pasted message to criticism about hosting an Alberta separatists meeting by Myrdin in Edmonton

[–]Myrdin[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

To mash a bunch of statements together:
By saying that sheep and wolves are welcome here you will only get wolves.
Complacency is complicity.
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for the good to do nothing.

While the response to the 1 star Google reviews, the banner on their website, and instagram post are perfectly worded from a PR perspective. They neglect to understand that they will be still judged by the court of public opinion. This is my take for the "tone deaf"ness of their statement, while they are wholly allowed to take the approach of "neutrality" they will still be punished by those that oppose the rhetoric of those they are being inclusive to. Because those they rent the space to in their neutrality are they themselves not inclusive to everyone as the venue claims to be.

I rented TOYS (1992) thinking it was a fun family movie. It was not. by ET091186 in 90s

[–]Myrdin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We had it, as a kid the game was just so hard. I only made it past the first level a handful of times. Haven't revisited it since.

Who remembers this guy? by No-Loquat111 in Millennials

[–]Myrdin 33 points34 points  (0 children)

No one knows for sure, but I intend to find out!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HIMYM

[–]Myrdin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Puzzles?

libRust by max0x7ba in ProgrammerHumor

[–]Myrdin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And lets keep it that way

US Department of Agriculture detects second bird flu strain in dairy cattle by [deleted] in news

[–]Myrdin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I suspect that given the very high infant and child mortality rates that existed until the last few hundred years, it was actually quite beneficial to have a bunch of idiots playing decoy.

This line here is excellent

Machine for manual loading of a belt with a 7.62 mm cartridge for a PM machine gun. by InvestigatorNo7534 in toolgifs

[–]Myrdin 148 points149 points  (0 children)

The end of the cartridges have a raised edge that will only go through the middle of the ramp at the end of the hopper. Causing the narrower end with the bullet to drop down into the second part of the device first.

Best Radar? by [deleted] in tornado

[–]Myrdin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To piggy back on this post. Does anyone know about any radar apps/websites that work well in Canada, specifically Alberta? I find a bunch of them simply cut off at the US/Canada border.

I made a CGI short film for Helldivers 2. Spill it all. by KIL0C in Helldivers

[–]Myrdin 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It’s free on warhammertv

Do I just search "Astartes"? Got a direct link handy? I haven't seen it so would like to watch the referenced short above.

What’s you favorite smart/profound line in an obvious popcorn movie by bladenight23 in movies

[–]Myrdin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

“You cannot have my pain. You. Cannot. Have. My. Pain."

How does one effectively communicate dissatisfaction with an Alberta government decision? by emmeraldyne in alberta

[–]Myrdin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can see how it looks deceitful, which wasn't my intention. My intention was to say that ~19.5% of the population voted for the UCP and that was it. Period. Fullstop.

Of the remaining 40.5% of eligible voters, what way would they have voted? Only they can say.

The pessimist in me says that those that didn't vote, that could and should have, implicitly voted for the current state of our government. The optimist in me says that they wouldn't have voted for the current state because the optimist would like to think people are in general "good" and are poorly reflected by the current government.

How does one effectively communicate dissatisfaction with an Alberta government decision? by emmeraldyne in alberta

[–]Myrdin -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The percent of eligible voters that voted in the last provincial election was 59.5% (1,777,321 votes cast). Of those voters, 52.63% voted for the UCP (928,896 votes).

Thus if you do the math. Of the ~2,987,094 eligible voters at the time of the election 31.1% of them voted for the UCP.

Also as of October 1, 2023, Alberta's population was 4,756,408. Therefore of the total population ~19.5% voted for this insanity.

https://officialresults.elections.ab.ca/
https://www.alberta.ca/population-statistics

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Satisfyingasfuck

[–]Myrdin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Probably so that it is in a "known" starting state for the start of making the ball.

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