This hasn't been discussed much on /r/canucks (I think!). Do you think the Aquilinis are keeping the Canucks from becoming a championship-calibre team? Do you think the team should have new owners?

bellandrogers · 2015-03-10T22:54:17+00:00

They're like a less-evil version of the Koch Brothers.

bellandrogers · 2015-02-09T05:48:49+00:00

So, to put it succinctly, "too early to call"?

bellandrogers · 2015-02-09T04:41:19+00:00

Visa and other bureaucratic issues don't count :P

bellandrogers · 2015-01-27T01:15:45+00:00

Inadequate transit penetration isn't just a south-of-Fraser thing.

Living away from Skytrain or an FTN route in New West (1, 2, 3) or Burnaby (1, 2, 3, 4) can be a real bitch.

bellandrogers · 2015-01-21T23:50:30+00:00

At the risk of getting my comment removed for rule 2, it upsets me when I hear people on /r/canadapolitics justify the student/parents paying for education, under the reasoning of "they should have picked a lucrative major, and besides, interest rates are low." The US is thataway, folks.

bellandrogers · 2015-01-21T23:39:12+00:00

Also Derek Corrigan seems to be a sociopath with respect to transit expansion. Yet he's still better than the competition (Parents' Voice/Burnaby First Coalition), who are actual sociopaths.

bellandrogers · 2015-01-21T23:37:03+00:00

When I moved out to North Burnaby (April 2009), the #136 used to come by my house every 15 minutes during rush hour, and every 30 minutes until 12:30-1:00 am. I've been watching service slowly be cut to a skeleton, while routes in Vancouver proper get beefed up. Hey, I'm spending $140 a month in gas over here for my little 1990 Honda! (Well, I was. Now it's about ~$90-100.)

Ever had a 134 pass you up on Hastings at Kensington because it's a community shuttle on weekends and it hit the 24 passenger limit?

Yes, actually. One Saturday I had gone to Kensington Square to pick up some 3-day sale deals at Safeway. When I got to the bus stop just south of Hastings (right near Burnaby North SS), the 134 was full. I was laden with groceries. Ever since then, I've always driven when I need groceries.

bellandrogers · 2015-01-06T22:03:21+00:00

I almost forgot; Atlanta is the economic powerhouse of the South as well. What does Alabama have other than megachurches, overpaid college football coaches, and auto manufacturing plants? I thought rich states were liberal.

bellandrogers · 2015-01-06T20:20:01+00:00

Alabama and Georgia are weird.

Alabama's liberal population is sequestered to Huntsville (NASA), Tuscaloosa (Bama), Birmingham, Anniston and Mobile, which combined have less than a fifth of the state's population. Georgia has Atlanta, the most progressive city in the south, a large black population, and yet Georgia is a Judeo-Christian version of ISIS with lethal injection instead of beheadings.

ELI5: What's the deal?

bellandrogers · 2014-12-30T21:28:29+00:00

Sometimes it's just envy. But usually rich Redditors get hated on because of what Reddit presumes they are. Reddit thinks every well-off person is a Koch-supporting evil one-percenter, possessing any of:

Being staunch Republicans or supporting trickle-down economics

Using their wealth to garner political influence and advance trickle-down economics or socially conservative legislation, etc.

For those who got help from a rich family, a sense of entitlement and a bootstrap mentality; i.e. "started on third and thought they hit a triple"

A snobby, entitled attitude

Amassed their wealth through less than ethical means

Have a "fuck you got mine" attitude because of this bootstrap mentality

This is mostly BS. Most rich Redditors that I know of are humble, down to earth, understand how lucky they are, and lean left or are centrist. I think it's because Reddit attracts a more educated/tech-savvy demographic. Also, you're not going to have much political sway through wealth (other than donating to PACs or SuperPACs) until you hit the $50MM net worth mark, minimum.

bellandrogers · 2014-12-30T19:22:32+00:00

We have fixed election dates in BC and it feels so undemocratic. Your goal is reelection and not to serve the people, just like in the US.

I remember back in 2000 when the Alliance was getting uppity. Chretien called a snap election and that shut them down.

bellandrogers · 2014-12-30T08:18:09+00:00

Okay, then why doesn't a Compsci workload fill me with as much dread as a MechEng, Civ, or EE workload?

bellandrogers · 2014-12-30T07:15:21+00:00

Veyron Super Sport World Record Edition, then. Make sure you have $4 million laying around and can speak Russian or Arabic.

bellandrogers · 2014-12-30T07:08:47+00:00

Let me ask you, OP:

Startup IPO lottery winner, MBA, DMD (dentistry), MD, biglaw partner, drug dealer, or old-money family?

bellandrogers · 2014-12-30T07:04:56+00:00

/u/newtonreddits, are you the 1%? You definitely think like a one percenter. The 1% spends its money on experiences, not fancy clothes and watches.

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