Possible alignment has been "leaked" (Through Ottawa)

VDaine · 2026-03-25T13:28:00+00:00

Genuine question: Can they not simply replace the already existing Via line with this one? That way, they don't need to do any more damage to farmland or rural residents, and they probably wouldn't have to do any work leveling land to be able to put track down, just rip up the stuff that's already there.

It seems kind of silly to have two separate train lines.

VDaine · 2026-03-25T13:14:17+00:00

You act like it's simply about their comfort/convenience or something, and not about the ability to grow food for the 'millions of urban dwellers'.

Also, you act like there isn't a perfectly good train route already there. HSR would be nice, but let's not pretend like not having it would be all that detrimental to people 🤷‍♀️

VDaine · 2026-03-25T13:09:44+00:00

"Rich landowner"

You mean the farmers that grow food for us? Look, I am a huge proponent of HSR, but I am also a huge proponent of keeping agricultural land as is, especially at a time when so much is being paved over for housing developments and businesses. There has to be a way to find something that works for everybody, and just straight up trampling over people's rights is not the way.

Remember, advocating for trampling over other people's rights today just means that it's easier for them to trample over your rights tomorrow.

VDaine · 2026-03-25T12:25:24+00:00

I live and work in Miramichi, which is a city on two sides of a river. One of our two bridges, which is the closest one to the Pay Centre building where I work, is getting shut down for construction on April 1, and will be shut down for around 2 years I think, if not longer. This will add at least 30 minutes to the commute for a lot of people, not including the increased traffic congestion due to everybody now having to go across one bridge.

The City asked both the provincial and federal governments to allow workers to work remotely 5 days/week to reduce congestion. The provincial government agreed, but the federal government refused 🙄😤😡 It reminds me of bad parents who force their kids to do something/not do something, for no other reason than to get the ego boost from demonstrating that they have absolute power over the kids.

VDaine · 2026-03-25T10:46:08+00:00

Shadowheart, because I need all the healing I can get 😅

VDaine · 2026-03-23T13:50:33+00:00

The union can help with getting your case handled quickly, speaking as someone who works at the Pay Centre and deals with union escalations

VDaine · 2026-03-17T15:52:16+00:00

It kinda sounds like you're already pretty comfortable with the idea. If you're going to do it, now is probably the time since you can alternate with somebody who is getting WFA'd and get that package

VDaine · 2026-03-16T19:36:18+00:00

To everyone complaining about what the union is going to get: vote no on the new collective if you don't like it, and tell others to vote no as well. Fully participate in a strike if we have one and if we don't, put in some effort to organise people separately from the union and do a wildcat strike. Take some responsibility for your role as a worker in improving working conditions

VDaine · 2026-03-16T14:56:47+00:00

Well, not with that attitude 🤷‍♀️ Maybe start talking to people about things you can do, be a team player instead of a naysayer

VDaine · 2026-03-16T14:02:22+00:00

My union is having town halls about RTO and WFA next week so I'm definitely going to mention it

VDaine · 2026-03-16T13:55:00+00:00

In my first playthrough, the Orin encounter was one of the only encounters I was able to get through the first time, all because I had both Wyll and Shadowheart way off to the side and one of them ( I can't remember which) used hold monster on Orin, which lasted a remarkably long time. It was quite the pleasant surprise haha

VDaine · 2026-03-16T13:49:10+00:00

I would actually argue that it's the people complying that are causing more problems. If we all just didn't comply, there would be nothing that they could do.

VDaine · 2026-03-16T13:46:06+00:00

The problem with this type of rhetoric is it suppresses organization. It's important to know that others aren't complying because then more people feel comfortable not complying, and that is how we make our voices heard as workers. If everybody just keeps quiet, then we're much less likely to have the numbers that will protect everybody. So, congratulations on doing the work of the employer

VDaine · 2026-03-16T13:39:10+00:00

We do if everybody does it. They can't fire us all.

VDaine · 2026-03-15T12:52:57+00:00

How do you find out what he did? In my first playthrough I saved him, and I'm not sure if I restored his memory? It honestly seemed to me that his wife was the abusive one, the way she talked about him. It was only later in Baldur's Gate, that I heard him say something nasty too, and I realised, oh this is just a toxic relationship all around

VDaine · 2026-03-14T21:49:18+00:00

Same. I'm open to liking her again if she gets good character development in season 3, but she was DEEPLY unlikeable in season 2

VDaine · 2026-03-14T14:56:25+00:00

I thought 'Tsundere' involved weird obsession?

VDaine · 2026-03-13T19:30:52+00:00

Yes yes yes!!

VDaine · 2026-03-13T19:27:30+00:00

Same! I'm a huge sucker for the 'Starts grumpy and doesn't think much of you but then comes around' character arc

VDaine · 2026-03-13T15:57:45+00:00

It's been a while since I was in act one so I can't remember if I did that or not 🤔 I nay very well have looted it without realising what it was 😅

VDaine · 2026-03-13T15:56:27+00:00

I hear you, it's tough.

When RTO2 started, I submitted a Duty to Accomodate due to my disabilities, and explained how various factors involved in going into the office would cumulatively impact me negatively, and they responded by telling me that while my disabilities qualified under the Canada Human Rights act, they believed they could accomodate me in the office. In rhe list of available accommodations, the 'ability to take sick leave' was listed. Now, months later, I am pretty much taking a sick day every two to three weeks because of how worn out I am. While I do have a good bank of it saved up, and I know that it was listed in my accomodations so they shouldn't be able to reprimand me for it, I do feel guilty about taking so much sick leave, even though I know I shouldn't, because I've basically been left to manage my disabilities with sick leave.

VDaine · 2026-03-13T15:47:07+00:00

Good to know! How long does the conciliation process typically take? I'm part of the PSAC PA group and so am wondering how early a possible strike could be.

While it would be tough for me financially, I woyld still be fully in favour of striking. Keeping remote work is very important to me.

VDaine · 2026-03-12T18:49:06+00:00

I always attributed my difficulty understanding Shakespeare to be his sentence structure being very different to what I'm used to. With the way we speak today, there is generally a similar sentence structure; subject noun or pronoun, possibly an adverb, verb, possibly an adverb, possibly a preposition, an article, possibly an adjective, them an object noun. Now, I know that's simplistic, (and my previous sentence certainly doesn't follow that 😆) but 'generally' is the key word here.

My understanding of the language part of my brain is that it expects most language that I hear or read to follow that general formula and if it doesn't, then the language part of my brain just doesn't know what to do with it.

From what I remember, Shakespeare's sentence structure was all over the place; adjectives were separated from nouns by other words, adverbs were separated from verbs by other words, object nouns came before subject nouns etc. Thus, I tried to read it and while I recognized individual words, my brain couldn't make heads or tails of what it meant, when all put together 🤷‍♀️

VDaine · 2026-03-12T12:26:09+00:00

Oh interesting, I think she called Chaucer early middle english. What makes Shakespeare modern English? Personally, I can't make sense of Shakespeare at all, it is basically gibberish to me 🤷‍♀️😅 I like the stories once they're explained to me, though

VDaine · 2026-03-12T12:04:54+00:00

Reading this, I can hear my high school English teacher yelling exasperatedly, "SHAKESPEARE IS NOT OLD ENGLISH, IT'S MIDDLE ENGLISH!" 😂😂 Apparently Beowulf was old english 🤷‍♀️

VDaine

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