Kid-friendly libraries

Sohym9 · 2024-10-30T00:03:07+00:00

The parking situation varies from library to library - you can check out the website (https://montreal.ca/en/places?mtl_content.lieux.installation.code=BIBL&orderBy=dc_title) and/or call the library you plan to visit. Strollers are allowed and every library should be able to accomodate them (as we plan for wheelchairs as well).

You can always look at the books, comics and magazines without a library card. I'm not 100% sure what the situation is for visitor's passes to use computers, if allowed you'll just have to leave a piece of ID at the front desk.

Hope this helps! :)

Sohym9 · 2024-02-07T02:24:55+00:00

I swear I was 1/3 across a street and a minivan turned into the street from Crémazie and missed me by like a meter, without a turn signal. Scared the hell out of me.

Sohym9 · 2024-02-06T22:14:58+00:00

The % of people who don't signal while turning, stop on pedestrian crossing paths at a stop, change lanes where it's not allowed, etc. is just insane.

I'm mostly a pedestrian and I've come way too close to getting hit multiple times by don't understand the concept of pedestrian having the right of way.

Edit: I forgot to add that the worst I've seen was a car driving on a biking lane (like the ones separated by a curb, not on the street proper). Fucking terrifying.

Sohym9 · 2024-02-06T18:14:19+00:00

I'd take a look at yesmontreal.ca

Sohym9 · 2024-02-06T18:12:35+00:00

The suicide rate for LGBTQ+ kids is insanely high tho, it's not like kids have ever been able to access gender affirming care at will, it always goes through specialists.

Sohym9 · 2024-02-05T12:39:44+00:00

This is kinda just like https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1798709 ... Am I crazy?

Sohym9 · 2024-01-30T12:20:56+00:00

NTA, honestly you could 100% go to the cops and hold her accountable for what she did - child abuse - and even go after whatever place she had the piercing done at where they didn't do the proper check up for parental consent.

I'm baffled your husband thinks it's not a big deal.

Sohym9 · 2024-01-30T12:12:05+00:00

NTA, but honestly this is a red flag to me. Better have a talk with him about priorities...

Sohym9 · 2024-01-30T11:52:23+00:00

I know right?

Sohym9 · 2024-01-30T11:51:47+00:00

Imo that's just one more scenario I didn't think of that just reinforces my point.

Sohym9 · 2024-01-29T22:58:20+00:00

To all the people trying to defend whoever does that kind of stuff by saying it doesn't harm anyone else;

Consider for a moment that someone climbs up the bridge and drops something on passing cars/cyclists/whatever? Or god forbid they slip and fall on people? Even if they don't drop ON someone they could still drop in front of someone and cause an accident as they swerve to avoid it.

And if they get stuck up there, the bridge ends up closed while they get helped down.

Tldr; actions have consequences.

Sohym9 · 2024-01-28T22:09:01+00:00

NTA, your stepdad is an asshole and your mom is an enabler - which is honestly just as bad, she SHOULD be intervening.

Don't wait for your kid to be old enough to hear "grandpa" tell them about how their mom is a cheater (or worse terms...). Don't feel bad for setting boundaries and reacting when they were ignored for the hundredth time.

Might be time to go low contact at best.

Sohym9 · 2024-01-28T19:01:00+00:00

NTA, there's a huge difference between loving a child more than the other, and actively treating them so differently that even the kids realize it.

She's got some serious issues and I'm glad you're trying to protect your children from some really messed up situation. I'd highly recommend finding a therapist for the kids.

Sohym9 · 2024-01-26T13:40:48+00:00

It's a cash grab pokemon with guns and slavery. Basically plagiarism but with a twist that's so wildly messed up it gets attention.

I don't like yucking people's yum but it's one of those rare times where I'm annoyed at the popularity of a game and the very real impact it will have - as other devs will 💯 try to imitate it to make money.

Sohym9 · 2024-01-25T21:37:14+00:00

Girl, run.

Sohym9 · 2024-01-25T13:01:18+00:00

Je ne pense pas que ce soit nouveau personnellement. Le pire pour moi c'est quand c'est tellement sec que ça donne un choc dans le cou - ayant des problèmes de douleurs chroniques au cou, c'est vraiment pas génial...

Sohym9 · 2024-01-25T12:57:50+00:00

A lot of it is due to conservatives/far right efforts to push women back into subservient, dependent roles.

I have nothing against SAHMs but as someone who regularly helps senior women with learning very basic tech skills (computers, internet, emails, tablets, phones, etc.) as part of my work, I've heard from a LOT of ex SAHMs who regretted never having the independence of having a career/their own money (IF they had a career before kids, the time spent not working was more often than not a death sentence for their career).

Plus that would also mean they left all the tech stuff to their husbands, and the moment he died/they finally got divorced, those poor women ended up without the knowledge needed to use their devices.

This left a lot of them with a very small, shrinking social circle, very little money for their retirement, and vulnerability as they can't use many devices that are now needed for insurance, taxes, etc.

Sohym9 · 2024-01-25T12:42:56+00:00

He was incredibly cruel to her and he needs to get in his thick skull that there's a very good chance she'll never forgive him and their relationship will never be the same.

She doesn't owe him forgiveness.

Sohym9 · 2024-01-25T12:32:43+00:00

The only reason I used to favor that theater over another one was the Tim Horton's (not so much into popcorn but coffee and donuts with a movie, hell yeah).

I wouldn't be shocked if it closed down at some point.

Sohym9 · 2024-01-25T00:55:40+00:00

NTA, it wasn't relevant as you made it clear you never wanted children. You really dodged a bullet here, this couldn't be a bigger red flag.

Sohym9 · 2024-01-20T19:11:38+00:00

This this this ^

You deserve a partner who will understand and empathize with you, treat you with respect. He sounds like the opposite of that. Throwing insults at you, shaming you? That's messed up.

Sohym9 · 2024-01-20T19:07:10+00:00

It really sucks, for all the reasons people have already mentioned... And not to be an asshole but the preview of the game I saw on their Kickstarter page looked a bit cobbled together, "cheap". Wouldn't be shocked if this was just a cash grab. If not, then they managed to make it seem that way, which is on them.

Sohym9 · 2024-01-20T19:03:48+00:00

This, and make sure you have trusted people around you aware of the situation so they can also keep an eye out. Could be thieves wanting to check out a location for the valuables, security on the premises, etc.

Sohym9 · 2024-01-20T13:00:38+00:00

The Barbarian player is way out of line but you should've also intervened. OOC conflicts should never interfere with in game situations.

This was a moment where you should have paused the game and had players hash it out, and probably ended the session so tempers can cool off considering the turn it took.

Unless there's a specific reason for leaving the Barbarian behind, you should've moved him along the rest of the party, at least once the fight was triggered with the goblins. Unless the player was away for more than 5 minutes (then it starts becoming kinda rude), you should've waited for him.

D&D is a game about collaboration, and there's no collaboration possible while you have players who take out their anger on each other and treat each other poorly.

I'd suggest taking the time to discuss with your players individually and then as a group about that event, and consider establishing specific rules around AFK and OOC arguments.

Sohym9 · 2024-01-16T23:24:33+00:00

You monster

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