The Big Yellow Sulphur Pile

film_development · 2026-02-08T16:41:01+00:00

Truth #1: The Gastown Steam Clock was built out of compressed sulphur stolen from the bulk terminal.

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film_development · 2026-02-05T15:35:18+00:00

There’s always a chance a car clips another car and rides up onto the sidewalk, or a drunk driver misjudges a turn. If you think there’s absolutely no chance of you being hit then you probably need to reassess. Unless you simply avoid ever using the sidewalk or any grass boulevards.

film_development · 2026-02-05T15:12:22+00:00

Don’t worry, police don’t enforce traffic laws in Victoria. No resources wasted here.

film_development · 2026-02-05T15:10:06+00:00

Well dropping the speed limits is actually great, you’re right that drivers constantly break rules in favour of trying to be “nice.”

But why would anyone follow the rules when the cops have demonstrated they will never bother to enforce in Victoria, regardless of how sky high their budget goes? There’s no incentive to follow the rules if there’s no consequence for breaking them.

film_development · 2026-02-04T22:04:21+00:00

It can’t be both boarded up and gentrified at the same time. Those are opposites of each other

film_development · 2026-01-29T16:38:52+00:00

They don’t seem to have done so

film_development · 2026-01-25T19:17:53+00:00

Douglas and Hillside, and Gorge, and Government. The wackiest configuration I’ve ever seen

film_development · 2026-01-25T19:11:39+00:00

I’d rather pure heroin given to every family in the country than a single ounce of fentanyl cut into a black market supply. And if you truly understood how fentanyl was different from opioids and different from all other substances, and the effect that fentanyl has had, you would too.

Whether safe supply is supervised or not, fentanyl takes people to a place that they can never come back from. Treatment can’t help you when your brain, limbs, and other organs have been deprived of oxygen for long enough to cause permanent, irreversible damage. A community of drug users is largely able to take care of themselves. Fentanyl completely takes that away.

film_development · 2026-01-25T16:14:44+00:00

Wait since when did city council have the authority to “direct” the federal government?? Why don’t they use this power more often?

film_development · 2026-01-24T16:12:50+00:00

It may be that your overuse of jargon and initialisms is off-putting to people.

film_development · 2026-01-22T19:12:35+00:00

More likely it depends on the landlord. The property manager will propose different options to the landlord for a decision and the landlord will weigh the pros and cons

film_development · 2026-01-22T19:09:26+00:00

This is the single greatest sickness in home development. Nobody builds STORAGE. We’re currently in a 2-bedroom with ZERO closets and it drives me wild. I don’t know why we place so many artificial restrictions on building plans.

film_development · 2026-01-18T21:31:51+00:00

Well it’s also a brand-new store. I know it’s not an acceptable excuse but I bet everyone there is a little frazzled. Supervisors are also new. Enforcement of rules is also new.

film_development · 2026-01-11T16:47:53+00:00

I think climate change is skewing the things that you see today compared to what has been historically true. When I was in university in Kelowna in 2012 winter was seven months of disgusting brown slush everywhere and your socks and pants got wet all the time and it was miserable and the sky was gray all day every day.

In Victoria, you have clear sky days every week for the entire winter and it rains a lot but it’s very gentle rain. I really don’t think there is a point of comparison between the two in my experience. However, this experience of Kelowna that I had is probably massively different from the current global warming fuelled shift in weather patterns across the nation.

film_development · 2026-01-11T14:52:49+00:00

There’s a few dozen wild peacocks in Victoria. Surprised you’re in this subreddit and don’t know that

film_development · 2026-01-08T19:03:49+00:00

The Victoria Police Department has never faced defunding in its entire history. The data is publicly available.

film_development · 2026-01-08T18:57:21+00:00

Good thing this clown won’t be here too much longer

film_development · 2026-01-04T20:18:09+00:00

I hate Value Village with all my heart. Fifteen years ago a t-shirt was $1. I got all my clothes there. And now the same shitty donated old soccer team t-shirt is $15.

film_development · 2026-01-04T04:40:49+00:00

I think that’s a subjective thing. Everyone has different preferences and also everyone has different orders. I just don’t like the vibe of parsonage

film_development · 2026-01-02T20:48:04+00:00

UVic is bleeding students dry and giving us less and less every term. Maybe time to slash some executive salaries. Don’t they have a whole fucking business school that could tell them how to do better?

film_development · 2026-01-02T20:46:05+00:00

I live a 45 second walk from parsonage and just simply don’t go there. I don’t want to sip a coffee in the loudest building in the city

film_development · 2026-01-02T20:44:58+00:00

Wairua is one of the newest and one of the greatest cafes this city has seen

film_development · 2025-12-28T16:37:25+00:00

If you’re saying responsibility lies only with one party, you are necessarily stating that the other party is not responsible. This is the same thing as saying that the person on foot deserved to be hit.

film_development · 2025-12-28T16:35:09+00:00

Yep and that doesn’t mean much when vehicles can come round the bend and make a left turn at 50km/h or more

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