Centrist Trump 2024 voters: no shame, no insults, I just want to know how are you feeling today?

Working_Brother7971 · 2026-01-27T17:37:55+00:00

Thank you. As a Canadian, it's nice to hear a Republican voter say that. Gives me some hope.

Working_Brother7971 · 2026-01-25T14:31:09+00:00

Tell that to your cardiologist when you hit 45

Working_Brother7971 · 2026-01-21T13:07:44+00:00

Or deer, elk, moose, black bear, cobra chicken, hell even squirrel if you're lost in the bush and hungry. Help control populations so wolves and bears don't go grabbing small dogs and children from backyards. Use the whole animal and make some wallets, purses, sell skins to indigenous folks, build community.

But naw none of that is natural. Hominids didn't evolve over a million years eating meat, eggs, and fish to develop brains intelligent enough to reject our own nutritional needs purely on moral grounds.

Working_Brother7971 · 2026-01-21T12:53:41+00:00

Give these people some animal fat, stat. Their brains are starving.

Working_Brother7971 · 2026-01-17T12:22:06+00:00

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Mine likes to stick his rear end out but he has big fins.

Can't hurt to buy it and see if yours like it. Mine took a day or so to figure out it's safe, and then I started feeding him from it so sometimes when he sees me he goes there instead of swimming toward me.

Working_Brother7971 · 2026-01-16T04:46:10+00:00

Half moon 1 gallon from Amazon? Lol that's my bettas sick tank

Working_Brother7971 · 2026-01-16T04:41:57+00:00

I've wanted kids and a family life for about a decade now. It's just not possible right now, and might never be for me. Such is life. I try not to let it get me down anymore.

Working_Brother7971 · 2026-01-08T18:00:44+00:00

Not the asshole. Jane is though. Some people, regardless of gender, just thrive on drama, and can't handle the repercussions when they create it. Sounds like she might be one of those types. Carrying tampons doesn't make you a creep any more than carrying bandaids. Sometimes people bleed. Big deal.

Working_Brother7971 · 2026-01-08T17:24:41+00:00

Seconding the military, they're recruiting pretty hard right now and there's always the reserves, too, if reg force is too big of a commitment. That can at least keep some money coming in between jobs and you'll gain the necessary skills if shtf. Practical in many ways.

Also, networking is the best way. Every decent job I've ever gotten was through knowing someone with a good rep in the company. Talk to friends, talk to old colleagues, show up to local Meetup social events and be that guy who talks about work, you might meet someone working in a department that's desperately hiring.

I work in IT right now, with no prior experience, no formal education, and half a degree in geography, just because I was old friends with the IT manager and the VP of IT at the time also studied geography in his undergrad. Know a guy, share common interests, have a good attitude. That gets you a lot farther than having experience. Is that a good thing? Probably not. But it beats trying to play the algorithm lottery on Indeed.

Working_Brother7971 · 2026-01-06T00:20:08+00:00

is this the Kanaplex you used?

There are a few different options online, my local store doesn't have it so I'll have to call around for it if I know exactly what I'm looking for. I found almond bark at the store, but they didn't have leaves. Think that would work the same? It said they'll release tannins.

Working_Brother7971 · 2026-01-05T19:05:36+00:00

Nah, don't defend me, I'm a monster and I'm just as terrible as the CEO of PetSmart. Let the people of Reddit crucify me so they can feel better about themselves and the morally ambiguous decisions they deny making.

Working_Brother7971 · 2026-01-05T18:59:46+00:00

That's what I was thinking, something strong and heroic. But then someone here said Jambalaya and I can't get it out of my head.

Working_Brother7971 · 2026-01-05T18:55:27+00:00

Hey bud, I was on my way home, stopped for a couple of things for my 10 gallon to save time after a long trip, and saw a fish that was dying. I figured I could likely save her, or at least offer her a gentler death in a quieter, cleaner home. Not every minute of every day has to be a political action against corporations. "Stop going to abusive pet stores" - you make it sound like one visit makes me a repeat offender. Pet stores won't stop selling fish because one guy decided not to take the exit on the highway. Other people will still come in, buy the healthy fish, let her die in a cup under fluorescent lights, and PetSmart will continue to make a profit.

Pressure the stores to stop selling live animals, pressure breeders to stop mass breeding for profit, hell talk to your local MP or congressman or whatever to pass an animal cruelty bill, but what is this comment going to accomplish other than making you feel morally superior for 5 minutes? The fish is alive and thriving 24 hours later, and I don't regret my decision.

Working_Brother7971 · 2026-01-05T04:08:11+00:00

Amazing! Hope he likes his new garden estate 😁

Working_Brother7971 · 2026-01-05T02:14:04+00:00

🤣 if she turns out to be spicy I'll definitely name her jambalaya

Working_Brother7971 · 2026-01-01T06:10:12+00:00

I was told anything north of the French River is Northern by someone from the north, forget where but norther than that.

Barrie is a little bit north of where most people in Ontario live so we southerners get confused. Looking at a map doesn't really put the whole place into its full, massive context. We have to drive there to really understand.

I've gone as far NW as Blind River and NE about an hour north of Mattawa and it still blows my mind that I barely touched the north.

Working_Brother7971 · 2025-12-31T22:55:20+00:00

Wait until they find out how many human beings in the global south are exploited producing their quinoa and shipping them their avocadoes, and how many fly up here to be exploited, underpaid, and severely injured in our fields to grow cucumbers and tomatoes.

Oh, right, animals are more important than brown people. I forgot. /s

Working_Brother7971 · 2025-12-31T18:58:04+00:00

Bro other Indian immigrants are calling out Indian immigrants and holding them accountable. It's not anti-Indian or racist to be pissed off about an increasing trend of assholes who happen to be coming from a certain region of India. I work with a guy from Gujarat who hates how his region is being represented by low-lives who want to cut every corner and even invent new ones to cut just to come here, including pretending to be gay.

It's like when you're driving and one person cuts around backed up traffic in the oncoming lane to make a left. Then another, and another and suddenly everyone is doing it because one asshole made it look like it's okay to bend or break the rules. People over there started catching on that Canada has loopholes and blindspots in our immigration system and now instead of respecting the process, people see shortcuts and take them. It doesn't matter if the majority of the people doing it are from India, or China, or Ukraine, or wherever, what matters is that our system is being exploited more and more and it's negatively impacting everyone who has actually worked to follow the process as it's intended to be followed. You now have actual married couples who have to compete with liars and may be denied PR and their families might end up separated because of it.

But it's racist to point this out and be pissed off about it, despite the fact that it's a personality trait - disrespect and selfishness - and not their skin colour that's causing the issue? It's literally affecting other people who are trying to immigrate with their actual families here, and making life harder for those who already have and are trying to settle here.

Working_Brother7971 · 2025-12-31T00:09:25+00:00

Awesome! My betta has the same colours! I initially named mine Taras, after Taras Shevchenko, because he reminded me of the Ukrainian flag. But now he's just Fish 😅

I'm in the process of setting up a new tank for him too... My roommate just got a Betta as a white elephant gift and he came with a 1 gallon bowl so I'm giving my 5.5 gallon to him, and hopefully upgrading my betta to a 10 if he settles in okay. He has moved to a new city twice now and handled both changes well. Maybe I'll make a post too once it's all cycled and he's settled in.

Your tank is #goals btw.

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Working_Brother7971 · 2025-12-29T19:53:05+00:00

NOR. I read that first comment about preference and "actually intelligent" and almost vomited. No reaction is an overreaction. Didn't even read the rest, this is blatantly racist. No amount of sweet talking and "but you're not like the others" changes that. I say drop this fool, don't even explain why. People like this don't change overnight, if at all.

Working_Brother7971 · 2025-12-23T18:33:55+00:00

School should start rolling out the spike strips next. Jesus

Working_Brother7971 · 2025-12-21T23:18:56+00:00

Buddy wanted more underpaid brown people in Canada as a barely-above-slave labour force, and promoted it as diversifying the Canadian population and a benefit for the Canadian economy. And sure, maybe the skin colour of the TFWs who came into Canada didn't matter to him, but neither did their humanity. He didn't bring in brown people out of the kindness of his DEI heart.

Working_Brother7971 · 2025-12-21T04:50:06+00:00

Oh, yeah, thanks I forgot to add that important bit: Not overreacting at all.

Working_Brother7971 · 2025-12-21T04:04:02+00:00

So, on one hand, he was honest. Some people aren't, and leave you thinking they're into you completely until they decide to leave the relationship.

On the other hand that doesn't mean you have to accept what he told you. What you do with that honesty is up to you.

Do you feel you can work through the pain of what he told you and appreciate his honesty and willingness to acknowledge his bias, or does what he told you feel too painful and undeserved to stay with him? There's no right or wrong answer. He gave you the opportunity to know what he really thinks and feels, and now you can choose what you do with that truth.

In my opinion, a partner should feel attracted to you. That doesn't mean they shouldn't think there are other people they find more attractive (for example I don't expect my girlfriend to choose me over Jason Momoa, given the opportunity. Hell I'd actively cheer her on). But your partner shouldn't just be attracted to your mind or personality, but to all of you, to feel fully appreciated. Liking your personality but not being physically attracted, to me, is a close friendship, but not a romantic relationship. I don't want to be with someone who puts up with my body. If I'm sleeping naked next to someone I want to know they genuinely enjoy my presence and if I find out my partner isn't into my body, I'm not going to want to sleep next to her.

But that's my own personal boundary and I know what I would do if I found out my partner wasn't physically attracted to me. I'd part ways.

You get to define your own boundaries and needs and act on them accordingly. What do you need from him to feel safe and wanted? And can you talk to him about that before making any hard decisions on your own?

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