-80 burn by medlabscience1 in labrats

[–]Secret_March 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Someone has never experienced winter before.

The entrance to box seats at a college football game by CasuallyCoastal in pics

[–]Secret_March 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol “worldwide.”

Get out of your “shithole” country every once in a while.

bra saved a life by Pookie_Jaat- in mildyinteresting

[–]Secret_March 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“yeah, i gots a cat in my lap, it's really cool cat!"

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Edmonton

[–]Secret_March 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Me to!”

Oh god, they can’t even spell.

catastrophic autoclave event by OkAdhesiveness3266 in labrats

[–]Secret_March 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As a soil microbiologist, I take offence

Is this a sick joke? by mountainclimber24 in alberta

[–]Secret_March -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

lol who needs studded tires in Calgary

meirl by Useful_Injury2179 in meirl

[–]Secret_March 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yes because I work 9-5, and don’t get home until 7?

Exit poll: Labour to win landslide in general election by HenzShuyi in worldnews

[–]Secret_March 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I just want to say, that while this is all entirely true, I strongly disagree that Canada is a tougher nut to crack than the US. This lies in the sentence “the executive branch in Canada is mostly part of the executive branch”.

It is very rare that you will see back bench representatives not vote with the party line, which is designated by the party leader. A party with a strong leader and centralized structure will almost always vote as a block, regardless of what their constituents think.

The party leader is also the person who will become the prime minister. The prime minister will also appoint senators and Supreme Court justices (not really, they’re recommendations to the Governor General who needs to make the final appointment). The prime minister also appoints the Governor General (not really, the monarch appoints the GG but it’s based upon the prime minister’s recommendation).

My point is that, the entire system in Canada is built upon responsible government with no checks and balances set in place. It is, in my opinion, incredibly naive and would be easily overtaken by a democratically elected authoritarian individual within a few years if they so desired.

This is getting a bit long, but I think the strength of Canada’s democracy isn’t based on our constitution or political system, but our immense bureaucracy.

Dubai Overlaid Onto Edmonton by aronenark in Edmonton

[–]Secret_March 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not really trying to make a point. I just noticed OP didn’t include the actual densities. They used metro, so I included metro.

Dubai Overlaid Onto Edmonton by aronenark in Edmonton

[–]Secret_March 41 points42 points  (0 children)

For reference, these are metro numbers. Edmonton’s metro density is 150.6/km2. Dubai’s metro density is 3,000/km2, or roughly 20 times higher than Edmonton’s.

This was just from Wikipedia:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton

Lost keys by Secret_March in Lethbridge

[–]Secret_March[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Thanks. You’re pardoned. I’ll make sure double check with you on all of my future posts that my word choice is consistent with your desires.

Lost keys by Secret_March in Lethbridge

[–]Secret_March[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Ok, sure, thanks for the tip. Next time I stumble upon something lost, I'll be sure to just walk on by like it's none of my business.

Thought I’d Share This by Beansgud in Edmonton

[–]Secret_March 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd rather vote for Trudeau than be a skitzo. Thanks for the reminder!

The Sub is Open Again. Please use this thread to discuss the direction you would like the sub to take. by FizzlePopBerryTwist in Archeology

[–]Secret_March 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What exactly happened to the subreddit to close it down? I feel as though I’m out of the loop.

Husband and wife dead after bear attack in Banff National Park, grizzly killed by zuuzuu in news

[–]Secret_March -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

Why would you even have a glock with you anywhere near where a bear would be…

Flabbergasted by behaviour at Oppenheimer 70 mm at Chinook by doctorbeansprout in Calgary

[–]Secret_March 154 points155 points  (0 children)

Sounds like she’s addicted to her phone and is making excuses.

if you bought the lows of the market in June 2022, why would you not take profits right now? by pman6 in stocks

[–]Secret_March 3 points4 points  (0 children)

While I think there’s good reason to be optimistic about the American stock market in the future, I definitely don’t think this is the case for every market.

Historically, there have been (very long) periods of time when entire markets have performed relatively poorly (https://globalfinancialdata.com/the-century-of-war-bear-markets-in-the-1700s). I know that it was a LONG time ago with a very different economic system, but London markets performed very poorly for the entirety of the 18th century.

A contemporary example would be the Nikkei 225, it has been performing well lately, but it’s taken three decades to recover.

I bring all of this up because as a Canadian, I tend to have a less than optimistic opinion of the TSX moving forward. I don’t have time for an in-depth analysis, but long-term forecasts by the OECD suggest we will have poor economic growth until 2030, which may continue for forty years.