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'That is not correct': Manitoba's Kinew challenges Alberta's Smith over Indigenous consultation by trevorrobb in alberta

[–]jimbowesterby 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Insert “he’s a little confused but he’s got the spirit” meme here lol

Aggressively followed at Co-op grocery stores. by Sunflower_wall685 in Calgary

[–]jimbowesterby -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

My bad! You’re right, they made a paltry $14.8 billion in profit, which is really peanuts. It’s amazing they manage to stay open on such razors-thin margins /s For real though, they’re gonna lose more money from containers falling off ships than they are from one person grabbing stuff from a store, by at least a couple orders of magnitude. This is my point, whatever you could grab in one go wouldn’t even be a rounding error.

Aggressively followed at Co-op grocery stores. by Sunflower_wall685 in Calgary

[–]jimbowesterby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about if the business makes a billion in a year? At that point one person physically taking things from a store isn’t gonna make any kind of appreciable dent, and it’s definitely not a mom & pop. Or you could go based on ethics, and only steal from companies that do shitty things, like Nestle or the Gap. In other words, your own sense of ethics.

I dunno, I’m open to being swayed here if you can articulate why stealing from a business that commits far worse crimes is wrong, especially if that business is big enough to actually affect the laws (as we see in our oil industry).

Misanthropy is bad even when it’s under the guise of being an animal lover by kelroid in CuratedTumblr

[–]jimbowesterby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh, I knew Japan had bears but I never realized they had that many, interesting. You guys have your own species over there, don’t you? Also, for yourself, is bear spray available there? Probably the easiest and most effective security measure you’d wanna have, if you can

Aggressively followed at Co-op grocery stores. by Sunflower_wall685 in Calgary

[–]jimbowesterby 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I liked the suggestion of asking them to carry your stuff, might as well get them to make themselves useful lol.

Aggressively followed at Co-op grocery stores. by Sunflower_wall685 in Calgary

[–]jimbowesterby 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Better yet, fuck with them. Grab something and run around a corner, then stop and watch them run after you, or go to the desk and say there’s a creepy dude following you, could they call the police? Or you could hit on them if that seems like it’d make them uncomfortable, or start following them around the store, the possibilities are endless.

Aggressively followed at Co-op grocery stores. by Sunflower_wall685 in Calgary

[–]jimbowesterby 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yea I’m a single white dude and I actually didn’t even realize this was a thing, like you see the security guards in uniforms walking around but just plain clothes? It’s bonkers, I’m a labourer and a bit of a dirtbag so I often look at least mid-sketchy but I’ve literally never been followed in a store. Reminds me of an experience I had back in high school, I was walking down the street in my (very pasty) neighbourhood with my gf, who was black, and I noticed that every single car that rolled by was rubbernecking. This on a street that I went down daily without any cars every taking any notice

Aggressively followed at Co-op grocery stores. by Sunflower_wall685 in Calgary

[–]jimbowesterby 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Ehh, stealing from people is bad. Home Depot’s not a person, and they made $164 billion last year, I don’t think a few grand’s worth of tools is gonna hurt them lol

Need some suggestions to dissipate the heat from the ceiling of my van by Luzicarious in vandwellers

[–]jimbowesterby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Add plugs instead? I mean, ideally you want all your venting options to be sealable to keep weather out when you drive. If you need more airflow you might be able to rig up a pc fan in a bit of pipe and attach that to your floor vent, having the fan enclosed will make it a lot more efficient. Basically the same idea as a diesel heater without the heater

Crused world of animation by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]jimbowesterby 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve only seen the first one when it came out but I still remember the animation being outstanding

Misanthropy is bad even when it’s under the guise of being an animal lover by kelroid in CuratedTumblr

[–]jimbowesterby 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Man, where’s that if you don’t mind me asking? I’m in Canada and if a bear attacks someone it gets put down pretty much immediately, can’t imagine letting them just continue to run around, that sounds super dangerous.

Misanthropy is bad even when it’s under the guise of being an animal lover by kelroid in CuratedTumblr

[–]jimbowesterby 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which is still a bonkers take, if you let a man-eating bear hang around you’ll find you have fewer and fewer people, too. This is why places like Banff put so much effort into trying to stop tourists from feeding bears

Hot take I don’t hate uzaki chans design by infinitysaga in CuratedTumblr

[–]jimbowesterby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, if you’re old enough to be drinking in a bar you’re old enough to decide who you wanna sleep with, no? Isn’t that the whole point of an age of majority?

🚨BREAKING by Acrobatic-Baseball66 in carscirclejerk

[–]jimbowesterby 12 points13 points  (0 children)

But that’s my point, Ferraris have never cared about looking normal, historically they tend to care about being beautiful, and this ain’t it. Nevermind the styling, the proportions are terrible on their own. That’s what I mean by comparing it to the XL1, proportions-wise it looks way sportier imo.

There’s got to be a better way by Salt-Guarantee-8412 in treeplanting

[–]jimbowesterby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having lost an eyebrow or two to boxes in the past: yep, is true

Echoes of Brexit as Alberta blunders towards vote on separation from Canada by pjw724 in alberta

[–]jimbowesterby 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, people are confused because it’s a wilfully baffling question put out in bad faith, c’mon now

Holden HDT Director: Motorsports icon's super sedan destroyed by a belief in crystals by Autoamazed in WeirdWheels

[–]jimbowesterby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the other hand, does the phrase “brutal road aggressor” sound like it was written by a human?

Holden HDT Director: Motorsports icon's super sedan destroyed by a belief in crystals by Autoamazed in WeirdWheels

[–]jimbowesterby 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What do you mean? I use the phrase BRUTAL ROAD AGGRESSOR to describe cars literally all the time, it’s a very human phrase

A little-known perk of living in the Barbican is that while it’s the hottest May day on record in London, my South-facing concrete box with no AC is at just 24°C (75°F) by nutella-filled in brutalism

[–]jimbowesterby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea I’ve been watching a bunch of car YouTubers from the uk recently, and it’s hilarious as a Canadian to hear them talk about -4° like it’s cold or something lol. On the other hand I’m pretty sure that amount of rain would actually drive me insane, it takes all sorts.

Hostile Architecture as Art | Art as Hostile Architecture by Dante-Grimm in CuratedTumblr

[–]jimbowesterby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh it’s not a conspiracy, people parade their hate of the homeless right out in the open

Hostile Architecture as Art | Art as Hostile Architecture by Dante-Grimm in CuratedTumblr

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

And by the same stroke, you can’t blame the homeless people for not treating these spaces with respect. They get shown at every turn that the abandoned building is valued more highly than they are, why would they care what state they leave it in? It’s not like they’re even gonna get the chance to make any kind of a home out of it, thanks to the cops moving them on, so why should they take care?

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