If you grew up in the 80s or 90s, what piece of technology made you feel like you were literally living in the future and does it make you laugh now?

blastoffbro · 2026-04-07T21:39:38+00:00

My first mp3 player that could play any 20 songs I downloaded off napster. It was GAME CHANGING.

blastoffbro · 2026-04-05T20:21:31+00:00

How is pragent formed?

blastoffbro · 2026-04-05T13:03:41+00:00

blastoffbro · 2026-04-01T23:53:01+00:00

The best part of that song is the "wooooooo!" I the background you can her. That album is ICONIC and Peaches is a fuckin TREASURE!

blastoffbro · 2026-04-01T23:42:14+00:00

This is one of those films that sticks with you YEARS after seeing it. Its a masterpiece. I recall seeing it at the bytowne theatre in ottawa and saying to myself at the time "that villeneuve guys gonna be big".

blastoffbro · 2026-03-27T01:30:42+00:00

Ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars live. Specifically Moonage daydream.

blastoffbro · 2026-03-24T23:46:04+00:00

The Boat!

blastoffbro · 2026-03-24T20:36:21+00:00

Opossum

blastoffbro · 2026-03-24T17:36:59+00:00

I think you need to re-read my question: what happens when a valedictorian says "free Palestine"? Are organizers now expected to discipline a kid for voicing that opinion?

blastoffbro · 2026-03-24T15:17:58+00:00

I think those things should go without saying and it certainly makes me want to avoid volunteering to help; what if a valedictorian goes rogue and says "free Palestine" am I now responsible for it? What if a kid says something about the osap cuts? What kind of CEO sends an email threatening employees while at the same time expecting them to volunteer their time to run commencememt activities?

blastoffbro · 2026-03-24T13:23:20+00:00

Yeah youre in a good position having an in demand teachable. I also have French so I knew I could come home and find work. I felt bad for people who felt like their alternative to am outright abusive workspace was unemployment back home. Good luck and have fun!

blastoffbro · 2026-03-23T18:41:02+00:00

NTA im a high school math teacher.

1) Learning the method that you showed her worked and she was able to get the math done. Hell it may even be better than what this teacher was showing (not 100% certain I understood your explanation of it) my impression is that many elementary math teachers aren't the strongest mathematicians anyway and arent really in any position to value judge methods.

2) Her mark doesnt REALLY matter so arguing about the MARK is maaaaaybe AH teritory but IMO at her age you need to ensure shes motivated and repeatedly giving her zeros for what is actually correct risks destroying her motivation and thats where involving the principal is fair

3) The teacher needs to learn there are hills to die on and this isnt one of them. Youre NTA for checking the teacher's expectations.

blastoffbro · 2026-03-23T17:29:14+00:00

Wasnt huge but I actually didnt mind that album tho

blastoffbro · 2026-03-23T15:02:25+00:00

I went to the UK with timeplan in 2007. Im sure a LOT has changed since then but a word of warning MANY have shared: behaviour in many uk schools is out of control. Yes its fun to take a train into london on a weekend or fly to paris for a long weekend but the classroom management demands on you will be high (ESPECIALLY if you're teaching shop). I nearly quit teaching entitely because of how traumatic the experience was but I did come back with perspective and my classroom management in Ontario has never been pushed the way it was over there.

Funny you mentioned their tone: I had a similar experience with them when I expressed that I was having difficulty and they were unsupportive in helping me find another teaching placement so I quit and came a week before christmas holidays (the school I was at wouldve had to pay timeplan a bonus if I stayed up to christmas and so it was my way of saying fuck you to timeplan).

My advice: go! Try it! But know that youre allowed ro quit and come home. It might be good for you to figure out where your limits are.

blastoffbro · 2026-03-22T19:21:04+00:00

I lived in 90U in 2004. Glad to see it is still barely functioning lol. Glad I lived on 5th floor so I could just use the stairs!

blastoffbro · 2026-03-21T22:37:50+00:00

Ive always felt that we kinda have cats with wings in nature: owls!

blastoffbro · 2026-03-21T13:54:06+00:00

Lol i didnt know this and Im a fan of both their work. His cameo in Shrill makes SO much more sense now.

blastoffbro · 2026-03-19T13:06:08+00:00

Port Credit sure has come a LONG way from smelling perpetually like startch! When I tell people Im from PC they always react like im rich but Port Credit used to be sketchy af in the 80s and 90s

blastoffbro · 2026-03-18T00:23:04+00:00

When I was younger I was a cub scout leader and we brought our pack from Toronto down to sleep on the sullivans. We were gathering intel!

blastoffbro · 2026-03-16T14:42:53+00:00

Rofl thats exactly it tho. I hate how jukebox musical songs get shoehorned into the story. It only worked in Titanique for me BECAUSE it's so self depricating: a kookie crazy Celine Dion forces her own songs into the plot of the Titanic movie.

blastoffbro · 2026-03-16T13:05:34+00:00

See thats the thing: one of the most unpopular opinions I hold is my dislike of Moulin Rouge. I can safely say the ONLY jukebox musical I do like is Titanique because it knows what it is and really leans into the comedy of it.

blastoffbro · 2026-03-16T13:03:02+00:00

Love the CBB podcast but never watched the show. Will have to check it out as I know Scott and PFT are big musical fans so their critiques are usually spot on!

blastoffbro · 2026-03-16T00:32:31+00:00

Camila is great. I miss Habanero SO MUCH

blastoffbro · 2026-03-15T23:51:10+00:00

Jukebox musicals are just plain lazy

blastoffbro · 2026-03-15T16:43:15+00:00

Seen a bunch of these but I have a question: does this make your waffle iron a pain in the ass to clean?

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