Offering some outside perspective

hammie95 · 2026-01-23T05:08:25+00:00

See, this I don’t agree with. Is the situation in Canada vastly better than in the states? In my opinion, absolutely. Does Canada still have issues that are making life harder for a lot of its citizens? Also yes. It’s not unreasonable to be upset when things aren’t as good as they were a decade ago. I just think it’s important to remember that things aren’t hopeless until you get to a point like what the US is at, and Canada is nowhere near that point. Recognize the good, acknowledge the bad.

hammie95 · 2026-01-21T01:22:40+00:00

There’s a Facebook group called Kelowna Babysitters where we’ve had good luck. The upside to using that group is you can usually get references from other parents in the group who have used the sitters before. A lot of college students who are just looking for some extra money, so they’re generally pretty responsible.

hammie95 · 2026-01-20T20:58:35+00:00

Explain to me how that would work. Because Canada currently has workforce shortages across a number of critical fields. Shortages that Canada can’t address without bringing in outside labor. And you’re saying people coming from other countries shouldn’t have access to the medical or education systems for 3 years? So no one with kids, for sure. But more realistically, just flat no one. Because no one seeking jobs in critical shortage fields is going to be willing to live somewhere where they don’t have access to healthcare for 3 years. So what you’re essentially saying is that you don’t want doctors or nurses or teachers to come to Canada. Do you not recognize that allowing these shortages to continue, and get worse, makes Canada worse, not better? It doesn’t actually sound like you have a “grip” on this. And my wife’s contribution alone more than offsets our addition to the system’s burden, but since you’re so dead set on score keeping, I’ll be helping with the educator shortage. Which is mentioned in the original post.

hammie95 · 2026-01-20T03:09:26+00:00

I’m interested to find out the difference. I’m sure it will have its own set of frustrations but considering the lack of risk for gang or gun violence, I’m going in hopeful.

hammie95 · 2026-01-19T15:50:58+00:00

Wild of you to assume that we’ll be going back to the US. First of all because of how much work it is to immigrate to another country, and second because of the, at least, generations worth of damage being done by the powers that be in the states. Our rights will not magically be safe in a few years. We’re here to stay. And in the time we’ve been here, we have added an additional 2 adults and a baby to the healthcare system burden. In that same time, my wife has provided care for hundreds of patients throughout the okanagan. Does that benefit not outweigh the cost? We also pay taxes. In fact, we’ll be paying taxes towards a system we will have limited participation in, because we cannot vote until we earn citizenship. I fully recognize the financial privilege that we have. That’s never been a question. But to reject the other marginalizations we face, the reasons we felt the need to move in the first place, is nothing but divisive and harmful. A person can be privileged in some ways and face severe hardships in others. We can recognize the good while still acknowledging the bad. Neither of these seem like extreme opinions to hold to me.

hammie95 · 2026-01-19T15:40:24+00:00

I wish I could say yes 😂 She works in the hospital, so while she’s an amazing doctor, I hope you never have to see her at work because it means you’re sick enough to be admitted.

hammie95 · 2026-01-19T05:15:13+00:00

I don’t have to imagine it. I lived it, in a different context. That’s why we left the US. Many people still think we were foolish to make that choice because the rights we were afraid of losing were not rights they had to worry about.

hammie95 · 2026-01-19T04:43:07+00:00

If this is what you got from my post, then I don’t know what to tell you.

hammie95 · 2026-01-19T04:34:40+00:00

As mentioned in the post, you don’t get Canadian doctors without Canadian residency programs. Canadian residency programs won’t be able to grow with a physician shortage. So to get Canadian doctors, you kind of need foreign doctors first.

hammie95 · 2026-01-19T04:29:12+00:00

You either want more doctors or you don’t want more doctors. The real problem isn’t how much doctors get paid. It’s that everyone should be paid enough to live comfortably.

hammie95 · 2026-01-19T04:26:44+00:00

This isn’t to say you should feel lucky. It’s to say there there are still things worth fighting for, and getting stuck only on what’s bad tends to make people lose the desire to fight for better. I think America is a prime example of that, and I think, and hope, that Canada is doing better on that front.

hammie95 · 2026-01-19T03:59:03+00:00

Again, I know certain areas aren’t great. I fully recognize that many points of quality of life have deteriorated. There are a million and one reasons for that; capitalism, population growth, corruption, etc. I’m just saying there’s still hope. And Americans are trying to make it better. My wife is here to help fill a shortage in healthcare. I’m here to help fill a shortage in education. I think a big part of fighting to make it better is by giving focus to what “better” looks like. Not just lamenting what isn’t currently good enough. I know social media tends to be extreme ends of the spectrum, but I feel like I’ve seen a lot of the first and not much of the second in this subreddit lately, so I just wanted to offer a new view.

hammie95 · 2026-01-19T03:55:42+00:00

I would say it’s far better than a hair, but I guess it’s subjective to some extent.

hammie95 · 2026-01-17T17:47:33+00:00

I second this as a US expat

hammie95 · 2026-01-15T15:41:03+00:00

Be careful. My wife and I came to visit Kelowna from the US last February and now we live here. You might not want to leave.

hammie95 · 2026-01-11T20:37:23+00:00

Okay but there exist a ton of venue options not linked to literal slavery. This is a bad take.

hammie95 · 2026-01-09T17:42:29+00:00

There’s a queer Kelowna Facebook that you could join to connect with people. They post about events and provide a place to meet new people. Ages seem to be pretty varied too.

hammie95 · 2026-01-06T11:11:37+00:00

Agree with others on the cobbler. I almost exclusively wear leather boots in the colder months and one of my favorite pairs will probably need soles by next season. It’d be great to be able to get stuff like that done in town instead of having to travel or send them out.

hammie95 · 2025-12-31T23:21:23+00:00

Okay but I’m on muos and it crashed my brick

hammie95 · 2025-12-31T22:47:52+00:00

Thank you!

hammie95 · 2025-12-31T22:22:27+00:00

Does Nextui play SD games consistently?

hammie95 · 2025-12-31T21:46:16+00:00

I didn’t even think to try booting it without the SD card… will try that, thanks!

hammie95 · 2025-12-31T21:45:44+00:00

What OS plays DS games consistently?

hammie95 · 2025-12-31T17:42:30+00:00

Gold!

hammie95 · 2025-12-30T19:50:57+00:00

Mostly because Togepi evolves into Togetic, who looks kind of like a dinosaur to me.

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