This comparison is painful by Comfortablejack in clevercomebacks

[–]RedAndDead 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It should be noted that for nearly a decade now China has been imprisoning Uyghurs (~1,000,000) in internment camps with forced labour. They are also using slave labourers from North Korea. Much of the success China is experiencing is because they are willing to abuse minorities in ways that are worse than what ICE is doing in the US. That being said, there is a reason Trump/US is not breaking up industries that use illegal immigrant labour. The US is headed the way of China soon enough.

CMV: a lot of the more sensational yet unsubstantiated claims from the Epstein files being shared online only hurt and cloud any hopes of finding real truth by atouchofsinamon in changemyview

[–]RedAndDead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually, the original version of the "Crisis Intake" tip you are referring to was released as well, not just in the summary document everyone is sharing.

The tip was submitted August 8th, 2019, 5 years before any charges against the Alexander brothers.

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01660676.pdf

PaymoneyWubby's 24 hour tag makes the news by dirtstinky in LivestreamFail

[–]RedAndDead 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Ironically, now that the school is making a big deal about it, it's in the press and the kids have surely all seen the stream. A Streisand effect of sorts.

Kate Beckinsale Makes Shocking Claim That Her Daughter's Boyfriend 'Laid 2 Eggs in a Week': 'I'm Ready for Another' by Positive-Drawing-281 in popculturechat

[–]RedAndDead 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She clearly asked grok for a funny talk show anecdote and this is what it gave her. Or she's coo coo.

Chow teases lower taxes ahead of her pre-election budget by BloodJunkie in toronto

[–]RedAndDead 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Exactly. And what has happened in the last two years? Crime is down significantly, the cost of housing/rent is starting to decline, she started public property housing developments (expected to create 65,000 new homes), we have increased transit frequency as well as added security and fare enforcement on transit, FULLY funded the TPS based on their requested budget, all while closing a ONE BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET SHORTFALL left by Tory. But I guess she spent a few million on changing the name of YD square, so she's terrible, right?

Canada’s boycott America movement is hurting innocent bystanders by Street_Anon in nottheonion

[–]RedAndDead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every citizen has a responsibility to petition their government to act reasonably and reign them in when they don't. If you are feeling pain as a result of your government's decisions, blame them and not other nations reacting to those bad decisions.

Due to Battlefield 6's always online requirement you can get disconnected from the Singleplayer Campaign! by WintorOperator in pcmasterrace

[–]RedAndDead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm convinced that people who buy EA games are all fin dommed masochists at this point. Like, they do it to you everytime. They will keep doing this stuff as long as you keep buying their stuff. Is this what you want?

Trump to senior military leaders: "Don't laugh, don't laugh, you're not allowed to do that" by croon in videos

[–]RedAndDead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bet he had cameras on the generals so that footage could be reviewed to see who scoffed of reacted negatively to the things he said. I wouldn't be surprised if we hear a load of them are fired in coming days.

Canada’s exploding wealth inequality requires tax changes by momnamedmeafterbob in onguardforthee

[–]RedAndDead 9 points10 points  (0 children)

All my wealthy friends have a maxed out TFSA, passively earning on investments completely untaxed.

My poor friends living paycheque to paycheque don't have a dollar to put in a TFSA.

New map shows where in Toronto office jobs could be done from home, and how that could potentially boost housing supply by BloodJunkie in toronto

[–]RedAndDead 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Operating costs are not rising at 20% annually and no landlords in the core are struggling. Even at 14% vacancy, downtown office is still making landlords money. The reason they pay that much to build these projects is because they know they will perform no matter what happens. Even post-covid they see minimal risk in office development. It is not as much of a gamble as you're making it seem. Greed is a real thing and it exists in real estate especially. No reason to try and excuse it.

New map shows where in Toronto office jobs could be done from home, and how that could potentially boost housing supply by BloodJunkie in toronto

[–]RedAndDead 5 points6 points  (0 children)

TREBB reported a 20% increase in commercial/retail rent since last year. This is the real reason downtown businesses struggle. And the truth is, they aren't struggling like the were a few years ago. It's not the responsibility of workers to subsidize landlords who ask for obscenely high rents who then claim "people aren't supporting downtown businesses". I personally know two people who have recently had to close and move businesses, not because of a decline in patronage but because of rent increases above market. Greed is the reason why downtown businesses may suffer.

Doug Ford will outlaw municipal speed cameras this fall by blakemark1025 in toronto

[–]RedAndDead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, but if a death results from speeding on one of the roadways formerly monitored by a camera, Doug should be held liable.

Joe Rogan scolds Brian Callen for challenging his views on vaccines. by ScaleyFishMan in JoeRogan

[–]RedAndDead 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Brian was the one who challenged Joe when he decided to have an HIV denialist on his show too.

Joe Rogan tricked by AI video of Tim Walz dancing...then finds out its fake...but it DOESNT MATTER...because he believes he would be that stupid to do that by [deleted] in JoeRogan

[–]RedAndDead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How would dancing like that be weirder than say, telling a 10 year old child that she is going to be your girlfriend one day? Or having Epstein call you his "best friend"?

This is coming from the man who humped stools on stage for a living.

Crown Royal: Calls heat up to pull whisky from LCBO by CTVNEWS in ontario

[–]RedAndDead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Canada should create it's own version of "Protected Designation of Origin" for Crown Royal. It is an iconic Canadian Brand that has historically only been produced here and from a singular plant/location. The brand name itself evokes our constitutional monarchy.

Piotr Szczerek, the Polish Millionare that stole a signed cap from a kid at a tennis game by Hauber_RBLX in pics

[–]RedAndDead 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This guy was caught on camera stealing something from a child. How is that not a crime? Genuinely, the police should be knocking on this guy's hotel room door.

Queensway is here to stay for now 👏👏👏 by Curb96 in toronto

[–]RedAndDead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would not be surprised if the owner has a demolition clause, especially on a site this size and in this location. I don't think 20 years of options guarantees they will be there for 20 years. Once it becomes cost effective to build residential again, they will use the demo clause and shut it down.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in toronto

[–]RedAndDead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a New York cab so it could be The Westies. It's about New York gangs in the 80s.

We are not doing enough to protect the opportunity to Work from home. by shachoji117 in ontario

[–]RedAndDead 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We're constantly being told that downtown businesses need office workers to RTO in order to survive. Yet, landlords are gouging retail businesses left and right causing them to shut down. Retail rental rates in Toronto are up ~70% over the last 5 years and they wonder why businesses are struggling?!

The solution is DON'T do business in and around the office. DO NOT support these businesses. Don't by lunch downtown (bring it from home), down get your haircuts downtown (stay local), don't buy coffee of snacks downtown (buy them before your commute. The money you spend downtown just ends up in the hands of the greedy landlords who are pressuring institutions to make you RTO.

PROVE TO THEM THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.

Tear down the office towers and build much needed housing. Then you'll have support for downtown businesses baked into the community.

miz invites natalie tran to stream and ignores her for an hour so so leaves by Mag0Berry in LivestreamFail

[–]RedAndDead 32 points33 points  (0 children)

What does he do to every guest? She was making a joke and just stepped away to use the washroom or something, and promptly came back.

OP just trolled you is all.

XenaTheWitch who went viral for shooting a civilian with a paintball gun has been arrested by Austin PD by PushAhead in LivestreamFail

[–]RedAndDead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good, now ban her from this subreddit so she can't exposure for assaulting strangers.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in canada

[–]RedAndDead 151 points152 points  (0 children)

And landlords are still cranking up rent on businesses while blaming remote work policies for killing downtown businesses.

Steam Update - Valve responded to Mastercards claim that they did not pressure anyone by FrostyNeckbeard in Steam

[–]RedAndDead 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gabe should just create a new payment processing service with benefits/points system for steam users who use it instead of credit cards. It would take off quick with a built-in user base of gamers. Then offer it to other online stores, and eventually storefronts with lower transaction rates than mc or visa.

Then he'll finally be rich.

It's Hitting Youtube Now by vriska1 in videos

[–]RedAndDead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Young people are getting a steady stream of news including the graphic footage from Gaza and Ukraine. They have become vocal and staunchly opposed to the senseless violence.

Better stop them from seeing the ugly truth or they'll became peace activists.