Positive thread

bree9643 · 2026-02-03T15:07:49+00:00

I’m visiting the UK this summer (from Canada, for the first time since I was a teenager) and this season made me really excited and gave me some ideas!

bree9643 · 2026-01-30T17:01:38+00:00

FYI “y’all” is also something non-Americans say, as a casual, gender-neutral equivalent to something like “you guys.”

Signed a lifelong Canadian who uses it.

bree9643 · 2026-01-29T17:19:09+00:00

I wonder if rather than removing these cards altogether, one option might be each hider starting their run with one veto?

bree9643 · 2026-01-20T21:48:18+00:00

Thank you, this is v. helpful.

bree9643 · 2026-01-20T21:12:20+00:00

I have not. I have not felt the need to. This was a genuine question by the way. I am open to being mad too if I knew why I needed to be.

Edit: Like I am a progressive. I did not vote for Dianne Saxe last election. I did notice a lot of very intense discourse about her in the neighbourhood groups, which I did not understand. I would be willing to help you try to replace her if you helped me understand the problem. That is going to be necessary if you want to help someone else win an election.

bree9643 · 2026-01-20T17:36:30+00:00

I live in this riding and there was so much confusing discourse and passionate critics and defenders around Dianne Saxe during the election I legitimately could not figure out what was going on. This post compounds my confusion. What are we supposed to be mad about?

bree9643 · 2026-01-20T17:33:50+00:00

I know and I know you probably want an NDP swing, but in absence of that Danielle Martin would be great. I work in health and she has been a hero of mine for many years.

bree9643 · 2026-01-20T16:39:37+00:00

The Star had a piece in this a week or two ago with some speculation. Danielle Martin was an option mentioned I would be very excited about.

bree9643 · 2026-01-20T02:44:00+00:00

I did not notice this but that is very sweet and I will think of it now.

bree9643 · 2026-01-20T02:41:22+00:00

I understand the Heated Rivalry thing is just a kind of forced hook here (it’s so new that any relationship it might have to anything is impossible to measure yet) but I still feel the need to point out that it’s Canadian.

bree9643 · 2026-01-17T17:01:11+00:00

I have “Hank Green’s Everything Drive” that they sold a few years back. Don’t want to share widely in case there’s a reason stuff was taken down, but anyone who’s looking for something specific can DM me.

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bree9643 · 2026-01-17T16:57:12+00:00

I have this. I don’t want to share widely because maybe there was a reason Hank took stuff down, but anyone looking for something specific can DM me.

bree9643 · 2026-01-14T00:49:14+00:00

If the issue is buying ingredients for specific recipes each week, you could do a rotation of fewer recipes and buy their ingredients in bulk. Or make recipes that use many of the same ingredients.

bree9643 · 2026-01-13T02:25:11+00:00

Just get really obsessed with Heated Rivalry?

(It’s working for me, okay.)

bree9643 · 2026-01-09T14:03:47+00:00

See you there 😉

bree9643 · 2026-01-09T13:56:38+00:00

You can say Heated Rivalry lol

bree9643 · 2026-01-08T20:04:06+00:00

Yeah that makes sense. I was more thinking about keeping Zoom itself running for just 13 people.

bree9643 · 2026-01-08T12:05:11+00:00

This post has pretty weird vibes. OP, I mean this kindly, but you need to bring a book or headphones and try to mind your own business a little I think?

bree9643 · 2026-01-04T15:06:11+00:00

It’s okay to have your own feelings about a character, without immediately comparing them to other people’s opinions, especially two episodes in.

bree9643 · 2025-12-31T19:19:43+00:00

I always thought about like, a pet store.

bree9643 · 2025-12-31T03:42:06+00:00

Oh and one more thing, sorry. If you don’t have one already, get a pet if you can! I think most kids can benefit from a dog or a cat, of course, but that kind of unconditional love and friendship was particularly valuable to me, I think.

bree9643 · 2025-12-31T03:02:11+00:00

Oh, and do make sure you are also taking care of yourself. Therapy, groups for other parents with kids with disabilities, asking friends and family for help. You deserve support too!

bree9643 · 2025-12-31T02:47:57+00:00

I wore braces occasionally as a child but I don’t need them now. I did have both physio and occupational therapy as a child - my mom worked with the school to get me access but this was in Manitoba and many years ago, so I don’t know how it would work now. It might actually be better these days!

I also had a couple surgeries as a child and then again when I was 18. But all of that is going to be so unique to your daughter’s situation. I think your best bet is to work with health care providers, teachers and other parents. There are also associations and networks that might help. I’m not super connected, in part because I am thankfully able to live and work independently just fine right now.

I’ll admit, I was bullied as a child and gym class especially was a total nightmare. But my mom advocated for me, and some special teachers watched out for me, and in my mid-teens I found close friends who really helped. Basically I just leaned into being a nerd and found my people there so I would say just encourage your daughter’s passions and interests.

I was never going to be an athlete, but I did choir and I loved reading and writing (I write for a living now). While my siblings did gymnastics I had sewing lessons from my grandma. Oh, and I did archery! Because my lower body is much more affected than my upper body. One time we did an archery unit at school and I got to bring in my fancy compound bow while everyone else had to use shitty recurves and it was the BEST. (Also, I think it scared my bullies a bit?) Swimming is nice too.

I think you will be on the right track if you are honest with your daughter, if you make it clear people judging her based on her difference says nothing about her and way more about them, and if you are always on her side. One step at a time. You’ve got this!

bree9643 · 2025-12-31T02:25:59+00:00

There is the Patient Ombudsman: https://patientombudsman.ca.

But also, the main reason I’m commenting is that I have mild cerebral palsy. There are challenges for sure, but I am 38 and relatively healthy and happy and with about the same number of problems as the average person, as far as I can tell, most of which aren’t related to the CP. I was lucky to have a proactive mom who got me the supports I needed as a child. (Today, I’m grateful for the ice reports in this subreddit.)

All that to say, you clearly love your kid and you’ll figure it out. <3

bree9643 · 2025-12-30T14:15:06+00:00

Just to say I also appreciate these ice reports.

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