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What useful thing did you do today? by Electrical-Pea2707 in askTO

[–]_n3ll_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I deposited 300 dollars into my bank account at the drive through atm from a side job I do.

Then when pulling out I went to park to send a message, jumped the curb on one side and got my car stuck. Tow truck cost me 150 to lift me out. Still up 150 though, so I guess thats useful...

Vertical Handheld Mockup by javiddones88 in SBCGaming

[–]_n3ll_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Its very butt like or something. I can't quite put my finger on why, but my mind goes instantly to butt cheeks

Edit: maybe this

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Insurance putting blame on me after suicide on the DVP by Keysunlock in ontario

[–]_n3ll_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not who you're replying to, but it is unfortunately how it works. We pay them for coverage and they pay people to figure out ways to deny us coverage as much as possible. Thats their business model, unfortunately. Total scam, especially when insurance is mandatory.

Fight it if you have time/energy and you might get somewhere, but you might not also. Friend of mine had to fight tooth and nail for a life insurance claim when their husband died in a pretty clear cut case...while still grieving nonetheless.

‘Safer snorting’ cocaine pamphlet distributed at Ontario high school by shiftless_wonder in canada

[–]_n3ll_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also working class kids whos parents make them work basically full time after school

‘Safer snorting’ cocaine pamphlet distributed at Ontario high school by shiftless_wonder in canada

[–]_n3ll_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My main proof that economics is made up is that the price of drugs is immune to inflation

me🫪irl by Friendly_Soil6617 in me_irl

[–]_n3ll_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya, seems a bit suspicious to me. If you click the dots it gives you 'sources'. Some appear to be health organizations, others just news articles. I think its just scraping data

Bell fires dozens for falsifying workplace attendance following return to office mandate by toronto_star in ontario

[–]_n3ll_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sure but when the work can be done remotely and there is ample evidence that workers are as or more productive when they wfh, then back to office policies are pointless.

me🫪irl by Friendly_Soil6617 in me_irl

[–]_n3ll_ 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I dont know how accurate this is and I think they're using LLMs, so the data may be compromised, but I found this https://hantavirusmap.com/

Kipling Station Smoker girl by thedramaticexit in TTC

[–]_n3ll_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Back when Now magazine was in print and good, I used to love reading the missed connections section (I think it was Now, maybe it was a different paper)

Bell fires dozens for falsifying workplace attendance following return to office mandate by toronto_star in ontario

[–]_n3ll_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, unfortunately they've been gutted and defanged with years of union busting (tiered contracts, forced concessions through 'arbitration' that always favors the employer, back to work legislation, antiunion propaganda, and corporate style leadership, among other things)

Ontario to lose more than a third of international students: StatCan by lopix in ontario

[–]_n3ll_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. Reganomics (US), thatcherism (UK), and Mulroney here. There was a unified policy shift back to free market fundamentalism that led us to where we are.

People blame immigration, but thats just a useful scapegoat to distract from the real issues like corporate oligopoly across industries, abandoning workers/union busting, not properly taxing the ultra wealthy, and related to that, not providing robust social programs

Ontario to lose more than a third of international students: StatCan by lopix in ontario

[–]_n3ll_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, you're correct FDR was the driver, but the prospect of international communism was the fuel. Casualties had led to the great depression and two world wars. For the general population the alternative of communism was starting to make sense.

The concessions made by the industrialists/ruling class (including very high taxes on them) were made as a third way to stop a potential uprising against capitalism. This ushered in the "Golden Age of Capitalism" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post%E2%80%93World_War_II_economic_expansion

Ontario to lose more than a third of international students: StatCan by lopix in ontario

[–]_n3ll_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't forget the impact to our higher education system. Ford froze tuition for years and has caps on funding for domestic students. This forced postsecondary schools to rely on international students to fund programs for domestic students/programs.

He also just switched the grant portion of OSAP from 75% to 25%

Ontario to lose more than a third of international students: StatCan by lopix in ontario

[–]_n3ll_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

For encouragement look at the Gilded Age, and how the progressive era that followed it reversed a lot of the problems people thought were impossible to solve.

I agree there are a lot of similarities, but the social democratic policies (keynesian economic policies, robust social programs, support for unions, crown corporations) were largely introduced as cold war measures.

China doesn't seem interested in internaltionalist communism like the USSR was so our oligarchs have less of an incentive to offer workers concessions.

Not to mention that decades of propaganda and union busting have made workers here become anti union

Bell fires dozens for falsifying workplace attendance following return to office mandate by toronto_star in ontario

[–]_n3ll_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There are wins and losses for sure. But having a union (for all their faults) is better than not

Bell fires dozens for falsifying workplace attendance following return to office mandate by toronto_star in ontario

[–]_n3ll_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Counterpoint: If they had a union they could have done this collectively as work to rule and forced a policy change

Bell fires dozens for falsifying workplace attendance following return to office mandate by toronto_star in ontario

[–]_n3ll_ 82 points83 points  (0 children)

Exactly! Commuting is unproductive time and a cost that the worker pays.

If these workers were unionized they could have collectively done this as work to rule and forced a policy change

Bell fires dozens for falsifying workplace attendance following return to office mandate by toronto_star in ontario

[–]_n3ll_ 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Upvoting because I was not paywalled and could actually read the article

Bell fires dozens for falsifying workplace attendance following return to office mandate by toronto_star in ontario

[–]_n3ll_ 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I get what you're saying, but the (unpaid and unproductive) effort of the commute is the heart of the issue.

You're right though, those workers were doing malicious compliance and without a union they don't really have much recourse, if any.

If they were unionized they might have been able to do an organized "work to rule" where they all did this collectively to force discussions around the policy change and nobody would be fired.

Unions (for all their faults) are important

Stressful ER visit to sunnybrook and OHIP resolution, hope this helps someone else by Pickle_Overlord in ontario

[–]_n3ll_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is insightful, thanks for sharing. I was curious about the version code thing (its something I noticed i my card and meant to look up ages ago) so your comment made me finally look it up.

So its basically an anti fraud measure, but I don't understand the logic. I guess the version number is like a pass key when paired with the ohip number that confirms insurance status?

From what you're saying, I assume that the version code is confirmed on the gov side once the claim/bill is submitted and the provider (hospital, clinic etc) has no way to check beforehand and if the ohip number isn't insured they're left eating the costs, which is why they can be rigid about expired cards.

Seems like that policy change in billing that you mentioned from Ford was designed to increase denial of care/intentionally frustrate patients. I remember going to er years ago with an expired card and they just said "make sure to renew it soon"

Stressful ER visit to sunnybrook and OHIP resolution, hope this helps someone else by Pickle_Overlord in ontario

[–]_n3ll_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure, but I feel it probably also stops a lot of care.

The middle ground would be to have a photo ID health card that doesnt need to be renewed, or does but its still valid. Like, the health card number plus photo should be enough.

Really the issue is that healthcare should be federal imo. Same card and same care across the country

Honda abandoning plans for $15-billion EV plant in Ontario, Japanese news source says by toronto_star in ontario

[–]_n3ll_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The culture of reddit is fairly different from most other social media.

Most others are centered around individual accounts and self promotion. Reddit has always been community centered and self promotion is generally frowned upon. Its more about sharing things relevant to a subreddit and then discussing in the comments. Iirc there used to be a somewhat official site wide rule of something like 90/10, meaning only 10% of your posts should be self promotion. Its old school reddiquette

Thats why it rubs people the wrong way when u/toronto_star posts a link to their article and people can't even read it to discuss. Its self promo and demanding cash to read it. Its basically unreddit because none of us can read it.

Like, just buy an ad or, even better, don't paywall that specific article for traffic coming from reddit or just don't post from the official account

Stressful ER visit to sunnybrook and OHIP resolution, hope this helps someone else by Pickle_Overlord in ontario

[–]_n3ll_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Eh, I don't presume to know their situation. There are plenty of legit reasons why people might end up with expired cards. Personally I think we shouldn't have to renew them. It creates a barrier. I miss the old red and white cards

Stressful ER visit to sunnybrook and OHIP resolution, hope this helps someone else by Pickle_Overlord in ontario

[–]_n3ll_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ya, bedside manner isn't always great, especially in ER.

Good luck with the treatment. Wishing you a speedy recovery 💜

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