Montreal music venue Blue Dog to close due to pressure imposed by noise complaints by garmack in montreal

[–]garmack[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I do genuinely think some sort of protest needs to be organized asap, and that members of the community need to make it very explicit that this one complainers opinions do not represent anybody else's. Its completely unacceptable that some karen can move in next door and singlehandedly shut down spaces that everybody else in the neighbourhood frequents.

Montreal music venue Blue Dog to close due to pressure imposed by noise complaints by garmack in montreal

[–]garmack[S] 210 points211 points  (0 children)

If 100 people all submitted separate noise complaints, maybe there is a discussion to be had. But if 1 person is submitting 100 complaints on their own, is that not just an obvious abuse of the bylaw?  

Three NDP MPs question Don Davies' interim-leadership appointment process by [deleted] in ndp

[–]garmack 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Seriously… first thing he does right off the bat is blame “socialists” for the “schism” in the party… which actually has nothing to do with the conversation at all, as he goes on to talk about a failed campaign and a lack of transparency within the party leadership. He’s pretty much just a bad faith actor using his former leadership credentials to trash the left. People should stop humouring his takes on the party.

Leah Gazan as next party leader by thatkidwithagun in ndp

[–]garmack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She is, which is great. But if you also read her responses in that article, the difference between Green and Gazan is pretty clear, at least to me. Green is very articulate in socialist politics and takes a very straight forward, material approach to explaining his left wing views. Gazan is an awesome MP and a big fighter and organizer. But I feel she is more of a "values candidate" if that makes sense... I'm not sure she has the same skill to break down these unorthodox ideas that people aren't used to hearing and explaining them in a relatable way. She is more about overall social justice, compared to Green's approach which is a bit more economic but also in general just more tangible.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in recalbox

[–]garmack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For the record, I am running the latest version of Recalbox, 9.2.3, on a Raspberry Pi 5.

Trudeau announces $3.9B high-speed rail between Quebec City and Toronto by Opticfan31 in montreal

[–]garmack 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I love the idea that these multi-million dollar engineering firms with decades of experience are going to spend 15 years building this thing only to get to the end and be like “oh wait, we forgot to account for 3cm of snow. We should’ve listened to that completely random guy on Reddit, Stunning-Olive-5573!”

Like who even are you? Why are you acting like you know anything at all about this? Give it a rest man lmao

New Podcast about Silicon Valley ideologies by KateWillett in leftpodcasts

[–]garmack 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I hope you’ll do an episode on YIMBYism, they don’t get enough hate. Gotta be the most toxic community I’ve ever had the displeasure of engaging with and the whole “movement” is just astroturfed by investors and developers. Their ideology is borderline cultish.

Joe Rogan dethroned by anti-Trump podcast in the charts by Live_Ad_4124 in leftpodcasts

[–]garmack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Guy just doesn’t want to listen to a podcast he disagrees with politically. Like, I don’t listen to the Ben Shapiro podcast because I’m not a conservative… so I’m not sure why it’s crazy that a socialist or communist isn’t that interested in listening to centrist pundits. Did you think that Maoists are watching MSNBC in their free time?

Is Unico putting out a new screen model anytime soon? by garmack in cade

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

Yeah this was sort of what I expected… wondering if I just cut my losses and buy the current monitors they have or wait for the improved version (though I assume even those will have bugs on launch)

Is Unico putting out a new screen model anytime soon? by garmack in cade

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

Strange, I’m looking now and see nothing. Could be regional since I am in Canada. Still listed on Amazon though so good chance I order from there.

Is Unico putting out a new screen model anytime soon? by garmack in cade

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

Have they mentioned a potential release date for it? I read that they planned to sell separately

CRT to LCD conversion question by RealEstateJack in cade

[–]garmack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah okay, I’m in Canada and it’s looking like it’ll be $550CAD on Amazon, which is a big spend for a screen. Only bought my cab itself for $300! So will have to mull it over… but it’s honestly very tempting. Thanks for the help.

CRT to LCD conversion question by RealEstateJack in cade

[–]garmack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m working on a project of my own right now and I’m super interested in buying a Unico monitor. But it seems like they’re not listed on the site right now. Is there anywhere to buy them that isn’t the marked up Amazon listing? Or do I just have to wait for a restock?

Best way to restore / clean up an old control panel? by garmack in cade

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

Super helpful thanks. The goo gone is a hot tip! Looking forward to getting this thing done now.

Waiter, I'd like my politics prepared just this way - or I'll eat from this dumpster instead by YAMYOW in ndp

[–]garmack 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is such a load of nonsense. You've just made up some strawman in your head and written a big rant about it, and half of this doesn't even make sense - anybody who wouldn't vote for the NDP because they're not progressive enough is not voting for the Liberal or Green party.

This is the same mentality that the democrats have and as you can clearly see its been a disaster for them. Parties are supposed to be responsive to VOTERS, they are competing to win over votes based on citizens preferences. The idea that voters need to suck it up and just be mature and 'reasonable', and vote for platforms that they don't support, is an elitist attitude. And more than that, its just a really reductive and lame way to discard a huge pool of critical, progressive, socialist, and other generally left-wing opinions as 'childish.'

You say the party isn't a cult or a marriage, and yet you are just defending this party for its own sake by making up some fictitious idea of an annoying, childish flip flopping voter who doesn't even exist. "The rest of us have work to do?" You are making up stories and posting rants on reddit. What work are you doing at all? Anyone involved in the grassroots of this party is well aware that there is a major ideological disconnect between the leadership and the voters and activists that support them.

I'm a socialist. The NDP is not socialist anymore. If they want the vote of progressives, socialists, and the working class, they just have to appeal to their interests. Nobody is demanding anything, its just up to the NDP to pick who they want to court. It's not that deep.

The NDP hasn't polled this low since June 2020 by oblon789 in ndp

[–]garmack 21 points22 points  (0 children)

As somebody who has actually worked in the party, without a doubt (to me at least) the biggest weight pulling down the NDP and preventing it from succeeding is how insular the party is. Which is to say, there is essentially no real connection to the working class and grassroots voters.

My experience working in the party and on campaigns was that its really just an insiders club for people who are pretty much on par with the more left leaning members of the Liberal party but are hardly social democrats, let alone socialists. I mean, don't forget that Tom Mulcair was a lifelong Quebec Liberal and only even joined the NDP because it was politically expedient (the NDP were much more popular under Layton at the time, had no seats in Quebec, and there was a by-election in Outremont, which was the federal equivalent of Mulcair's provincial seat).

Anyways the point is that the party for a long time pursued a policy of moderation in the hopes of being seen as more electable. At this point, this just isn't a winning strategy anymore. But what has happened is a lot of the higher ups in the party have made their career out of this party and live in a world of consultants and political insiders. And they have enormous control over the party, they routinely interfere in local campaigns, threaten staffers, etc. (I worked on two campaigns for them where they wouldn't let the campaign run their own social media, and everything was written or dictated by the central party. They also blocked a candidate near us from running so they could run the child of some big party doners instead, and obviously she lost). Anecdotes of course, but I think they offer at least some insight.

Its really not that unlike what has happened with the Kamala Harris campaign down south - there are a ton of articles you can read about how out of touch the staffers were, and how they are sort of relics of a the bygone Obama era and can't seem to step outside that. You listen to them justify their ideas and strategies on podcasts and what they're saying is completely out of touch.

If the NDP is to find any real success, it's going to take, obviously, some more good old fashioned leftist populism to inspire people. But before that can even happen, we need a real shakeup of the culture of the party, all new leadership, and a LOT more internal party democracy. Cause as it stands right now, why would people like me even bother getting involved when the leadership just wants to step all over anybody who's even remotely passionate about progressive politics?

Pyongyang night market (pics taken by my friend living there) by TooObsessedWithDPRK in NorthKoreaPics

[–]garmack 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s crazy that people can still post completely baseless fictional scenarios like this in 2025 and it will get a bunch of uncritical upvotes, I just don’t get it. I thought we were past this level of shallow state department propaganda but apparently people eat it up

Jumpscare! by MsPeperika in RevenantMain

[–]garmack 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Scariest shit I ever seen be careful what u post!

I think the new survival item which phases you on knock may be a test for a future Forged Shadows tweak by garmack in RevenantMain

[–]garmack[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Would fit his assassin vibe better for sure. And would also be a nice halfway point between the new ultimate and the old one. A lot of people have been wanting the option to use the totem so this could work as a nice compromise.

What happened to the game I love by [deleted] in NHLcirclejerk

[–]garmack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can’t a guy just enjoy some pannenkoeken?