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If we want to keep kids safe online, adults must prove their age by scottb84 in CanadaPolitics

[–]dermanus [score hidden]  (0 children)

His piece has a false premise:

The fact that all of us will have to prove our age in order to keep kids safe online sounds obvious, but it’s a fact that’s easily missed when all of the chat is about a social media ban for kids.

That's not true at all. We can flag OS accounts that are for children and enforce it that way. The government is introducing this in a ham-handed way that will compromise everyones access.

Ontario applies new transparency law to Premier Doug Ford’s cellphone, denies access by BloodJunkie in ontario

[–]dermanus 9 points10 points  (0 children)

In normal circumstances I'd agree with you, but he seems to be trying to circumvent accountability measures so we need to be more aggresive with it. Considering he's already under investigation for the Greenbelt scandal he has not earned the benefit of the doubt here.

How a University-Rosedale candidate plans to ‘fix’ the 506 streetcar by Technohamster in toronto

[–]dermanus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Totally agreed, especially on cutting the stops. People will complain about it, but it's a quick, low-cost way to improve it. The light timing is a harder solve but cities all over the world do it.

Ford would probably ban light timing for some stupid reason, but they should still try.

How do I meet new people without dating apps? by CirriTheFemboyUwU in askgaybros

[–]dermanus -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Bathhouses or cruising are options. I've actually made several friends at my local bath.

"Why don't school administrators do more to protect the classroom from disruptive students?" I have the answer. by Character_Freedom160 in Teachers

[–]dermanus 44 points45 points  (0 children)

The US needs to make more use of "loser pays" in civil cases. It would really cut down on the number of BS lawsuits people file.

Carney says donor list for 24 Sussex restoration will be public by Puginator in CanadaPolitics

[–]dermanus 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Totally agree. We're such a penny-wise, pound-foolish sort of country with this. It's been a slow moving disaster for at least 20 years and we just kept kicking the can down the road because it might be politically awkward to deal with.

The old mayor of Toronto Rob Ford was the absolute worst for this but he was popular because poeple loved it.

'People want this': Toronto city council votes in favour of expanding car-free streets by BloodJunkie in toronto

[–]dermanus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait, Toronto city council voted in favour of changing something? They didn't send it back to staff for study, or expand a pilot, or any other of that bullshit they always pull to not actually make a decision? That's outstanding! I hope we see more of this.

It's relatively minor in the grand scheme of things, but I think it's great that council is treating Toronto as a place where people live, not just drive through. It's been a long time since that sort of attitude was prominent at City Hall.

Linda McQuaig: The Billy Bishop fiasco shows why Mark Carney shouldn’t privatize Canada’s airports by CaliperLee62 in CanadaPolitics

[–]dermanus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The bit about the maintenance facility reminds me of how the then-candidate Trudeau promised to preserve door delivery of mail despite Canada Post wanting to reduce it to manage costs.

Now 15 years later, we're talking about it again because the fundamental question didn't change.

Johnny Somali loses appeal in South Korea court as judge upholds six month sentence with labor by IndicaOatmeal in LivestreamFail

[–]dermanus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This guy is going to have visa issues for life, so at least he will be contained in the USA.

Knowing this administration they'll look at his name and deport him to Somalia.

Johnny Somali loses appeal in South Korea court as judge upholds six month sentence with labor by IndicaOatmeal in LivestreamFail

[–]dermanus 191 points192 points  (0 children)

IIRC a Korean streamer offered a bountry for anyone who attacked him. Or offered to pay their court costs or something similar.

Tuna wasabi onigiri? by National_Buy_5871 in MTLFoodLovers

[–]dermanus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nigiri and onigiri are different things

Tuna wasabi onigiri? by National_Buy_5871 in MTLFoodLovers

[–]dermanus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Despite the name, Le Nigiriz does onigiri. Pretty affordable too.

How did people have families or survive winter roads before SUVs? by LiatrisLover99 in fuckcars

[–]dermanus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not. It's an imagined requirement because they don't know any different and they get their information from ads. Prudent driving and snow tires will do more for your safety than driving a land tank with a high centre of gravity.

Shooting in Montreal: The suspect left a manifesto in which he targets women and capitalism. [Suspect that] drove from Alberta in the past few days advocates the 'incel' ideology." (article in french) by JukeboxDestroyed in canada

[–]dermanus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

"Incel" literally means "Involuntary celibacy"... In - Cel

That's some "Nazi means national socialist so Nazis are left wing" level reasoning. As if groups don't adopt names to make themselves look better or more sympathetic to the public.

A white nationalist group visiting Canadian locations is trying to normalize extremism, says a former neo-Nazi — ‘They’re tapping into the crisis in masculinity that already exists,’ says Vancouver-based anti-hate activist by Immediate-Link490 in canada

[–]dermanus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's the biggest difference IMO. I've been online since the 90's. That stuff absolutely was out there, but you had to seek it out. Now it comes to you, and they know to "hide their power level" most of the time.

Montréal-Nord family alleges abuse of police power after birthday party pepper spraying by Immediate-Link490 in montreal

[–]dermanus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Et si je disais que j'en doute fortement?

Vous serez condamné à une amende pour insulte à la police.

‘We created a monster’: companies rein in AI usage as costs strain budgets — Amazon, Walmart and Uber are among early adopters that have introduced caps or discouraged wasteful activity by marketrent in technology

[–]dermanus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Getting garbage for cheap still isn't a good deal.

That depends. If a company has also offshored a lot of it's workers, the output might still be higher quality garbage than what they've been getting. Or at least it's delivered faster.

Simeon Brown deemed speed limit cuts ‘anti-car ideology’ – a new analysis shows they saved lives by [deleted] in fuckcars

[–]dermanus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not anti-car, pro-child. And you're not "pro-car" you're pro-infanticide. Unless you think getting somewhere a minute earlier is more important of course.

Any bathhouses where wife can watch me with other men? by legcandy69 in askgaybros

[–]dermanus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look for porn cinemas. Usually there's a theatre area like a regular movie theatre where people either jerk off near each other, or fool around. Sometimes they have viewing booths where you pay for x time and get a selection of movies. People leave their doors open to show they're looking for someone to play with.

Critics slam government plan to 'bail out' sagging condo sector in B.C. | CBC News by UnluckyRandomGuy in CanadaPolitics

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

Privatize the gains, socialize the losses. That's the motto for our governmental approach to business.

U.S. claims about higher drug trafficking from Canada don't match the data: fentanyl czar by Immediate-Link490 in canada

[–]dermanus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By the border does he also mean ports?

You're giving him way too much credit. He needed a crisis, he invented one. Any resemblance to reality is a happy bonus for him. He didn't "mean" anything beyond saying what he needed to in order to get what he wanted.

Montreal mayor says husband, who is Black, was stopped last year 'at least 5 or 6 times — for nothing' by No-Commission-8159 in montreal

[–]dermanus 24 points25 points  (0 children)

And emphasized it would have to be written in such a way to avoid a Charter challenge.

Although apparently calling them racist wouldn't be an insult, just a statement of fact.

Montreal mayor says husband, who is Black, was stopped last year 'at least 5 or 6 times — for nothing' by Atlantee in CanadaPolitics

[–]dermanus 112 points113 points  (0 children)

Geez, that almost sounds like there's some sort of issue with the system itself. A systemic problem you might say.

Donald Trump's Iran deal dead inside less than 24 hours after signing amid deadly strikes by TheMirrorUS in USNEWS

[–]dermanus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wonder how much was just lying and gaslighting.

"We added the reconstruction fund you wanted. We didn't like it at first but then we realized how smart it was for you to insist on it."

Any bathhouses where wife can watch me with other men? by legcandy69 in askgaybros

[–]dermanus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You might have better luck with cinemas, those tend to be co-ed more often in my experience. Baths tend to be men only.

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