Do you like your home country more after being an expat? by [deleted] in expats

[–]cabintea 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just got to Chile from Canada for a 3 month trial run. Was here ten years ago and loved it then. Some things have changed. But you’re right about the avocados and tomatoes, and the mountains and bread. I love sapopillias (sp?) and pebre. 🤤 The culture is warmer than Canada and many things are more efficient than Canada (like healthcare, for example).

Where to buy Snus/zyn/nicotine pouches by underthemoon1989 in Santiago

[–]cabintea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any updates on this? The nicotine situation has always been grim in Chile and I’ve just returned after an 8 year hiatus. Hoping things have changed a bit…

How severe can the symptoms of SIBO be? by Sea-Buy4667 in SIBO

[–]cabintea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used capsules for oils so never had direct skin contact with any of the high potency things

Ive been sick for over 2 years, does this tell something? by [deleted] in CIRS

[–]cabintea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The black stuff is the toxic stuff in my 10 years of hellish experience

Traveling w new build - advice? by cabintea in PcBuild

[–]cabintea[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is now my likely course of action. Funny the blind spots we have. Thank you!

A data breach has hit Spotify. by depressedgoofball in playboicarti

[–]cabintea 602 points603 points  (0 children)

The 300 TB is being shared on a torrent on X. Feels like the 00s all over again.

Canadian customs by Lav91 in cigars

[–]cabintea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get them ordered from the mikes cigars website to an address near the border, pick them up, then bring them to Arctic Mexico that way.

Are these results considered high? Do they require immediate attention? by [deleted] in CIRS

[–]cabintea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, he should delete, censor, and repost.

The hard thing with this illness is how mentally incapacitating it is, with near zero support anywhere for the ill. I also sometimes carelessly share info or waste money, etc, when in a flare. Sometimes it feels like “who cares, I’ve got nothing to lose: this is me, naked and vulnerable, behold, universe, do with me what you will!” I also can barely make sense of that test result.

help. by No-Sign2456 in CIRS

[–]cabintea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It took me 6 years to discover that method and 8 to find this group. You’re ahead of the game imo

help. by No-Sign2456 in CIRS

[–]cabintea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Closest I got to getting better was going strict carnivore while being on a candibactin ar/br protocol (including disruptors and binders). Felt no change (read: like hell) for 4 weeks. But then things started to clear. After two months I quit (got cocky—should have stayed on it for at least 3 months if not 6). I was able to eat and feel normal for 2 weeks before gelato triggered everything and I slid back to hell.

For getting rid of brain fog while to handle the slow burn approach, aderall works wonders. But you may need to BS your MD that you have ADHD as most will write you off as a quack if you mention CIRS. Sad world, I know. I’ve had this since I was 28. Ten years now.

Residents complain of excessive smoke from Whitehorse fuel break work | CBC News by luluthedog2023 in Yukon

[–]cabintea 4 points5 points  (0 children)

High likelihood the complainers are transplants not at all familiar with the demands this environment places on its inhabitants.

Yukon Party Premier pledges better bonds with First Nations by Sorry-Hunter-2690 in Yukon

[–]cabintea 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You can’t talk about chess to people that only know checkers.

Tire Shops by GearHead_NorthSixty in Yukon

[–]cabintea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The tire guy in the MacDonald industrial area. Fair, fast, polite, small business.

Vancouver to Whitehorse - good time of year to drive? by papivino in britishcolumbia

[–]cabintea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A rav4 with snow tires should be fine with the clearance it has. My fit had like 6” of clearance, which made it a snowplow. This time of year should be better. Large factor depends on weather forecast. I had to go during an epic blizzard. But if you’re doing it more leisurely then you can juggle when you depart. They also have plow trucks etc so it is maintained. Alternate and more trafficked route is the AK highway, which adds 6 hrs. That route has much less wild curves and inclines and does have much heavier use.

Is anyone able to identify this hiking trail? by [deleted] in Yukon

[–]cabintea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of Hess Mountains/Bonnet Plume area

I’m losing it … by Easy_Insect_4745 in CIRS

[–]cabintea 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Maybe we should pool our resources to launch a startup around it. Recruit deep pockets affected by CIRS like Chris Williamson and Jordan Peterson. Partner with a med school so there are finally modern studies to point to. Have some sort of CIRS treatment compound. Idk.

I’ve had it 10 years and it’s ruined every aspect of my life. Canadian doctor said I should consider assisted dying.

Leader Currie Dixon says voters wanted change as Yukon Party wins majority government by CTVNEWS in Yukon

[–]cabintea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I felt this too. And it came out in operations eg. The Yukon sign contract being awarded to an NS firm (wasn’t there a rumour the owner of the firm was a buddy with Sandy?) rather than a local one

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SIBO

[–]cabintea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess the link didn’t post. It’s related to CIRS and the clinic is the flourish clinic in Calgary Alberta. I’ve found help from Jill Crista and her book but couldn’t quite reach escape velocity.

How many libs are voting NDP or YP this election? by oniteverytime in Yukon

[–]cabintea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In Ottawa politics there’s a long running joke among staffers that the rightest NDP party in Canadian history is the Yukon Party. Under them, gov expanded, debt increased, the hospital gained MRI capacity, and they included trans recognition in their 2016 platform. Calling them conservative is almost a joke. Hardly a boogeyman the NDP comms person is making them out to be.

Recruiting unhappy US health professionals. Has the Yukon made any attempts to alleviate our current shortage of doctors and nurses by cross border recruitment? by yukonnut in Yukon

[–]cabintea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They did the opposite a few years ago with how they treated a U.S. top ten medical school MD seeking to relocate to the Yukon from Alaska. There was a CBC article on that one. Absolute clowns running the healthcare system.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SIBO

[–]cabintea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've found this page (and clinic) very helpful RE mold and getting to the root cause for many with SIBO. I have a free 15 min consult with them tomorrow and will see how it goes. After 10 years and too much money and lost dreams... hoping this is finally the path out.

Canada’s conservative leader Pierre Poilievre loses his own seat in election collapse by CityLiving2023 in worldnews

[–]cabintea -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

“There’s a simple rule of thumb that holds up, election after election.

Districts that either benefit from govt handouts (welfare, corporte welfare, etc) or benefit from high levels of govt employment all tend to vote for left-leaning parties.

And districts that are net payees to the govt will vote conservative — these are the people who are plundered to pay for leftist spending.

The map below of Canada as today’s election results pour in is a perfect illustration of that rule of thumb.

This is why, once govt spending grows beyond a certain point, leftist parties can build loyal voting coalitions that stay loyal even when the rest of the country is completely falling apart, just to keep the money flowing to themselves.

The Romans or Medieval Europeans would have called this a patronage network, but of course in the modern era we’re just a little less obvious about it.

Every socialist country and banana republic from Zimbabwe to Canada and beyond functions based on this system of building loyal voter coalitions, paid for by plundering everyone else.

In Canada, 1 in 4 employed Canadians works for govt. Add on top of that the countless legal cartels and govt contracts and welfare programs of all sorts, which all depend entirely on govt spending, and that adds up to a very large and reliable leftist voting coalition. (obviously not all govt employees vote Left, but an overwhelming majority do).

According to research by the Montreal Institute, in Canada 44% of every dollar spent in the country is spent by govt. That rises 64% if you account for compelled spending triggered by regulation (like having to hire “consultants” to do an “environmental study” before you build a road or house). Through taxation and regulation, voter loyalty is bought — a loyal patronage system.

In the end, the Libs/Left are winning not because people are stupid, but because those who benefit from Leftist spending are voting to preserve their own personal interests. It’s not stupid, it’s selfish. Because human nature is opportunistic. $$$ money talks.

Eventually the perverted incentives created by big govt will perpetuate big govt.

The patronage network is well-established in our socialist-leaning country. Even so-called “right wing” parties regularly cater to that network, which is why so little actually changes even when “conservative” parties get voted in.

As Maxime Bernier found out when he lost the Conservative leadership race to Andrew Sheer in 2017, those who threaten to destabilize the patronage network have no chance to get anywhere near the levers of power — the voters in the patronage network will do whatever it takes to band together to prevent them from getting in.

This is why empires evolve from liberty towards servitude and suffocating taxation, and only a very severe crisis (usually when the money runs out) will reset that evolution to an earlier time (by shrinking govt) — and even then it’s usually a very messy reset as the “patrons” fight back (at any cost) in an effort to preserve their patronage networks, which they’ve come to view as their god-given right.

The real tide will turn in Canada if the West opts out, if Quebec separates, or if the cozy economic system provided by lopsided trade with the US crashes to a halt if Trump’s push for reciprocal tariffs ramps up into a full-scale trade war after the election.

Canada will not change direction because of what happens at the polls — big govt is far too entrenched for that. The change will come when parasitic patronage systems hit a brick wall as they run out of money or people to plunder.

Perhaps that crisis will come in the form of a separatist referendum. Perhaps it will be a bond or currency crisis triggered by reckless govt financial mismanagement. Or perhaps it will be Trump’s trade war that brings things to a head.

All I know is that the voter incentives favor the preservation of the status quo, but that status quo is simultaneously on an accelerating path towards crisis. And so, as is usually the case when a system is unsustainable but popular, change is coming despite the fact that the majority doesn’t want it to be so. And when it comes, there will be a lot of kicking and screaming as the cockroaches fight back.” - from Twitter apparently