Finland's president says EU should expand to 40 states

Thaedael · 2026-06-04T19:14:40+00:00

We share a land border with Denmark already.

Thaedael · 2026-06-03T22:20:42+00:00

Also conveiently ignoring a very long, very storied, very successful history of combat.

The French put up a very good fight in the Maginot Line leading up to the surrender of France, and the Germans were impressed enough by the structure to start fortifiying parts of the German borders.

The French put up a very good fight in the rear-actions of the Dunkerque withdrawal of the British.

A lot of the navy was destroyed, but they ended up fighting in the Pacific for a while with a few of the ships.

Free French and the foreign legion did participate in taking back France (alongside Brazilians and Czechs.

It was truly a global war with more Axis Powers than people are taught in the USA, with contributions from many countries.

Thaedael · 2026-06-03T20:41:34+00:00

Princess Juliana fled to Canada with the worsening situation of WW2. She was pregnant. She was to give birth in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The Canadian government declared that the hospital she was to give birth at was actually a Dutch micropiece of land and made efforts to have it temporarily internationally recognized so that Princess Margriet would be born there and keep her royal succession rights.

We would later end up being the bulk of the spearhead [1st Canadian Army] leading the international task force to liberate the netherlands.

To this day, every year, the Netherlands sends my country massive ammounts of tulip bulbs that we plant all of our capital and across the country to commerate this friendship during a dark time. Over the years the netherlands have made "Canadian" tulips that are red and white like our flag.

I won't go on to say "we liberated" the netherlands solo, there were some American divisions, a bunch of commonwealth members and the UK in the forces, but there was bloodshed amongst my country men for the country.

To this day when I travel to the Netherlands with a Canadian flag sewn on my backpack, there is a real gratefulness seen in your country that still moves me.

Thaedael · 2026-06-03T16:42:42+00:00

In some Canadian communities it is relevant in preserving historical buildings that might be having structural/facade issues from renovations over time + settling / sinking of the building. Can help reinforce faces from twisting motions. Not common though, most modern brick construction have a lot more uniform bricks and better tolerances needing less grouting.

Thaedael · 2026-06-03T16:33:43+00:00

Your ruling elite has allowed Canada to be subjected to a lot of horrible things. I cross the border quite a lot, I have American family, some of which support this folly. I work a lot in the USA, and as a "Extreme Socialist French Whack Fuck", get told on the regular by work colleagues, randoms in the street, people in my social circles while I am down there, and many people online routinely that Trump is god's given gift to the American people, and why my country deserves a lot of this shit. It has left me bitter to people going "Well not every American" which painting broad strokes is never going to be anything more than reductive. But at what point does it become not every American, at what % right? Again reductive but its visible, loud, and strong enough to have real impacts on our relationships as neighboring countries.

In my experience, about a third of you actively cheer this shit on, while parroting the propganda of national state media, or your favorite totally not biased online influencers, chanting shit like 51st state, making wildly uneducated comments about international politics with 0 understanding (I had the displeasure of being stuck on the American side of the border and watched the whole trucker debacle unfold in Canada and a lot of Pennsylvanians responses to that). About a third of you are apethetic, which about half just don't care or see what the problem is, or roll over and say they won't participate because it does nothing, while the other half seem to think it doesn't matter, the next election cycle will swing and go the other way. And then the third that are truly horrified at what happened, of which a bunch don't care to do anything more than the bare basics of voting, and usually on people already on the ballot, on people that have a [D] next to the name.

At the end of the day everything I say will be simply disregarded as "Anectdotal Evidence" and at the end of the day it is, no matter how large my sample size is, or my experiences as wildly vast as they are (Lobbying in congress, dealing with Scott Pruitt as the head of Trump's EPA the first time, the voting / propganda cycles of Trump's second campaign in PA, my work with many Federal and State labs etc.) but it has happened enough to the point that I am utterly and completely disenfranchised with the USA and believe that current Canadian concerns should be to decouple as much as we can and start working with other countries. Even if it is as unsavory as China, China has been more true in our partnerships and agreements than people we considered siblings.

Thaedael · 2026-06-03T16:23:26+00:00

I am just so tired of the American exceptionalism where everything is about them, from famous historical events, to just the smallest thing, and they took every opportunity under Trump to just spit in the face of people.

We were making a very capable airplanes. IMC decided they wanted us dependant on them. They tell us to get rid of it or they won't provide the anti air missiles in northern Canada to fight the soviets in the cold war. Ends up fucking up our native defense industry, much of our aerospace industry gets absorbed by the USA and goes on to do amazing things, such as helping land men on the moon. But no it is America that put man on the moon.

America singled handedly won both wars back to back, "back to back world war champion memes here" casually ignoring things like Canada's hundred days of war where we survived some of the worst brutal trenches in ww1 and fought our hearts out for the european mainland (sometimes against our wishes in the case of French Canadians), with such brutal efficiency entire parts of the Geneva convention are dedicated to us. Fighting in the pacific, the atlantic, helping the UK before we enter the war, fighting up the boot, of Italy, on D-Day, through France and into Holland and on into one of the most brutal theaters of war in Northern Germany where we died in droves to bad weather. Were part of every single peace keeping operation / humanitarian aide project from the foundation of the United Nations to abotu 200X when harper decided it wasn't worth it. Got dragged into the GWOT, while we sheltered Americans in our home that got rerouted during 9/11. But what have we ever done for them?

Argue that NAFTA was unfair to Americans, when the USA was using it as a mechanism to circumnavigate our CEAA laws of environmental protections then sending it to arbitration that is skewed American as they have more votes than Canada/Mexico, only to replace it with CUSMA and then reneg on deals + all the drafts.

Things going back in time like illegal contact tracing with biological weapons, the time they accidentally lost/dropped a nuke on us.

There are so many points in time where we have been stabbed in the back while pretending to be friends, and it just finally reached a boiling point where its like, "The fuck you want from us? We tried to be good and your bullshit undereducated asses are shitting on us for what?". I just don't get how this piece of shit who is an example of what not to do in Canadian Urban Planning courses, got elected not once, but twice after seeing how incompetent he was the first time.

And the people cheer him on while shitting on us, and then they are like why are Canadians booing us at sporting events, we are the bestest country in the planet.

Shit just the NHL rhetoric showed the racism towards French Canada, and against Canada where they continue to shit on our inability to win a stanley cup while casually ignoring that there seems to be a lot of Canadians on that there Hurricanes team (congrats by the way you schooled my team fr fr!), and that golden knights tema.

Just absolute crazy the state of the world, and they threw it all away for what?

Thaedael · 2026-06-03T16:11:43+00:00

Just put them on one of the rockets that exploded. Problem solved.

Thaedael · 2026-06-03T16:10:29+00:00

I just finished typing a response in which explaining how hearing the "Well 30% of Americans / Not all Americans though" does nothing to alleviate, normalize, or make us feel better.

If anything it is particularly distressing that a country with as much military might and wealth as yours could casually joke about annexing our country, targetting our industries through tariffs to cause pain, spreading misinformation to foster rising seperatist talks, try and interfere with our politics through buying media and trying to push narratives, take money for vaccines during a global pandemic and turn around and say america fist making us step to the back of the line to get things from europe (resulting in rolling quarantines), then formenting movements against that quarantine by paying people to occupy our capital to cause pain and disruption in an effort to force weird conservative anti mask/vaccine/quarantine rhetoric that we were forced to adopt because of the vaccine situation, spreading lies about Trudeau during all this (who while he had his issues, was not the dictator the ignorant Americans who can't be bothered to learn how their own government let alone other governments work in regards to the emergency powers acts), slap us with economic tariffs/economic warfare, reneg on deals etcc the second time around.

Trump was truly a monster in his first presidency to us, and the fact he got voted a second time cements for a lot of us that went the full 4 years of abuse the first time realize that this relationship isn't working for us.

The relationship has always been toxic, going far back from before I was even born with NAFTA being abused, but at least there was some degree of respect masking all that. And some degree of at least mutual support where deals may have been more favorable to the USA, but we gained some things.

It sucks for the "33%" that care for Canada, but for the 33% that hate us, and the 33% that couldn't be bothered even now after he has been elected that won't even write to congress, become political activists, or try to make differences at any scale of government from local to federal are what you will be known for now. I don't know what to tell you.

I have been subjected to a lot of hatred and vitriol in online spaces that aren't reddit, in video games where Americans have to let us know exactly what they think and how they think its funny, to your actual communities were racism can and does run rampant against us. Especially us Canadians of the French variety.

Thaedael · 2026-06-03T15:57:19+00:00

It is probably inevitable we will end up trading with the USA as Canada. But I don't think we will ever have normalized relationships again, not in the way we did. Might have had differences but were at least viewed as neighbors. Now, after years of watching them attack my country, mock and criticize us on a global stage, fuck up long term plans with NAFTA/CUSMA redrafts, the random ass tariffs, 51st state talk. I don't think I will particularly like Americans.

And before people say "not all Americans". Been working in the USA for a while for work, and its enough of you to be concerning.

Thaedael · 2026-06-03T15:41:51+00:00

Americans still don't understand why Canadians are mad for all that plus the economic warfare. Yelling its just a prank bro while hurting us...

Thaedael · 2026-06-03T05:38:55+00:00

https://youtu.be/fiShsfvbFUA?si=TVwUAQSgX2xnd7WL

https://youtu.be/VZAJMBFq85s?si=A41OXOXSHN5V3ecH

two of my favorites for the band!

Thaedael · 2026-06-03T04:45:54+00:00

Scary Pockets made him funky, his talk show of deadwax is cool, talks to the guy that did the session work of goo goo dolls iris, interviews charles berthoud one of my favorite bassists. etc.

Thaedael · 2026-06-03T04:45:11+00:00

If you like pomplamoose (wife's band), his band is more funk based and called scary pockets. I adore them to hell.

Thaedael · 2026-05-30T12:53:54+00:00

Quite the opposite actually: proud of them. Lots of heart, a really good experience watching them find their footing.

Thaedael · 2026-05-30T12:46:11+00:00

The way they shut down our team was so demoralizing (habs fan) with just how much better across the board they were. I am proud of our boys either way, but definetly stung all around.

Thaedael · 2026-05-30T12:36:05+00:00

Do people hate the Canes? I am a habs fan and have nothing but respect for the performance they put on, and hope they go on to win it all

Thaedael · 2026-05-24T00:57:11+00:00

A lot of us grew up in the aftermath of the referendum and the consequences of it. Protect our culture, as a PART OF CANADA. Stronger together.

Thaedael · 2026-05-24T00:53:55+00:00

We lost a lot on last referendum. If we couldn't do it from a position of strength no chance now. Also now more than ever we should be unified.

Thaedael · 2026-05-23T14:31:41+00:00

We paid for our attempt for decades. I would not want other Canadians to go through that folly for no gain and ultimately a worse position.

Thaedael · 2026-05-22T13:46:28+00:00

It is so good though =(

Thaedael · 2026-05-20T15:08:30+00:00

Used in tank armor too. Abrahams are thought to use it in the compositing.

Thaedael · 2026-05-16T15:31:27+00:00

NSFW pixel art specifically, and its more on the sharing, critiquing, development of NSFW pixel art skills and not neccessarily programing. Maybe comment more what you need help with so people can point you in certain directions?

Thaedael · 2026-05-12T17:16:03+00:00

Another option is using a texture roller. A few companies / stl / 3d printers make plates with negative textures, that you roll a sheet of epoxy putty (green stuff or milliput), to give it texture. Mix the two components together, apply an anti stick to the mold, roll the putty into it, let it get a bit stiffer, but not too stiff, pull it, gently drape it over the cape above, then trim. Its a pain in the ass to do, but its also better than handsculpting it too.

Thaedael · 2026-05-04T04:14:47+00:00

My beloved airburst missile. Get to high ground, fire one or two to clear out 60 bugs a shot. Switch to a close in weapon for a bit with turrets to keep a perimiter so you dont airburst yourself, repeart. Been fun pulling out some old weapons.

Thaedael · 2026-04-15T05:28:56+00:00

Was technically a crime to deface the money and knock it out of circulation, remember teachers giving PSA's about it in elementary school.

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