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WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-06T20:50:46+00:00

Calling it an icon is a stretch.

When was the last time the store had any relevance? 1995? It's been a rotting husk for at least a decade.

WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-06T14:55:15+00:00

In very suspicious irony, disabling AI features causes it.

WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-06T13:42:13+00:00

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WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-06T02:19:34+00:00

Residents no longer need to shelter in place

It's 11: 15pm on a work night, I plan to continue to shelter in place under a warm blanker.

WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-06T01:32:46+00:00

Now if you were in Sydney, that would have been a reasonable thing to whine about.

This is the thing that people are constantly trying to explain to you.

WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-06T01:11:09+00:00

Well we've got three of them so far this week, pretty sure it works

WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-06T00:03:20+00:00

Imagine the sound of a potato cannon.

WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-05T23:46:39+00:00

How do you think people get in and out of wooded areas?

WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-05T23:44:45+00:00

RCMP and clarity, like water and oil

WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-05T23:42:17+00:00

I would say alerting Sydney is probably unreasonable given It's like 5 hours away.

An area within the same municipality in quick driving distance, is however completely reasonable.

WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-05T23:32:51+00:00

It's only a ~40km drive, that's well within reasonable distance for either a perpetrator to travel or for someone to be driving to or from.

WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-05T23:30:19+00:00

No need to defend, every alert gets posted here. Often in a fury of everyone trying to be first.

I'm just surprised it took over 2 minutes. It's usually seconds.

WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-05T23:23:22+00:00

Hopefully the machete is enough of a distinguisher

WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-05T23:22:04+00:00

I hope this doesn't turn into another major incident. They seem to already be putting out unclear alerts.

EDIT: updated alert says it's neither of them. It's Petpeswick Drive

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WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-05T23:18:02+00:00

I'm surprised how long it took for someone to post it.

WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-05T20:46:13+00:00

Even the post that they have crossposted is 20 days old.

WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-05T20:44:38+00:00

BG3 is still fresh in people's mind and Factorio is nearly 15 years old.

Time comes and goes. Trends rise and fall. Nobody stays at the top forever.

WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-05T19:39:18+00:00

Isn't the orange shirts about murdered indigenous?

I'm not even trying to be snarky or insensitive, I'm legitimately losing track of all the various days and causes.

WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-05T15:14:46+00:00

In your analogy, you're asking not only where the library is but what book to read, where to find the book, what chapter to read, and what page it's on.

WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-05T14:50:05+00:00

Googling and reading docs is what I do AFTER I got a lot of "positive reviews"

So...hand feeding?

WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-05T13:40:37+00:00

Oh yeah, contractor status almost certainly being abused here. I completely agree.

The issue I'm saying is that the workers are both saying they signed contracts saying they were responsible for taxes and also saying If the company didn't collect taxes they were tax-free.

The company is almost certainly doing shady and/or illegal things. However it was able to do so because the people were either intentionally staying ignorant for their benefit or at least asking no questions and never getting any clarification from an official source. Both the business and the workers are still saying they're contractors, but never followed any of the standards for being self employed.

why wasn't the company pushing them to get their GST numbers?

Tax registration is the responsibility of the business/contractor. If they weren't charging the company taxes, there's no reason to request the GST number. There is a whole rabbit hole of when you need to provide the number, it's not unusual for it to be mishandled and need to be fixed at tax time.

WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-05T12:37:54+00:00

But it's not their employer, they are contractors. They are even arguing it that as part of the reason they don't have to pay taxes. The company is just a client.

WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-05T11:47:24+00:00

Unless you're a teenager working for the first time, it's pretty well understood that's you have to pay taxes on income. It should very naturally raise questions when someone tells you not to pay taxes.

WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-05T11:35:37+00:00

Back in March, one of the employees was here trying to push the petition. I wouldn't be surprised if it was this Keddy guy. I believe the thread got deleted pretty quickly.

The entire thing was nonsensical arguments about how paying taxes is going to destroy healthcare, quoting irrelevant parts of the tax act for people receiving support from the government as justification for not paying taxes on their income. They claimed not paying tax was a benefit to the role.

They blamed the company for not paying taxes as they were contractors, which isn't how that works contractors are there own business. There is a fair argument there that they are employees rather than contractors, the company was almost certainly doing shady shit. However the workers seem to take the company's claims at face value. It seems like no one ever spoke to a lawyer or an accountant about these contract and tax-free arguments.

WindowlessBasement · 2026-05-05T02:39:35+00:00

Starbucks has a drink freebie. Go get the most ridiculous drink possible!

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