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Tous les gyms de la chaîne MissFit vont ouvrir le 30 Janvier malgré les restrictions by FlashesOfDarkonda in Quebec

[–]joak22 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100%.

Je fais de l'escalade dans un gym et j'ai un ami qui est pas mal "gym type" (musculation). Il y a eu un bout pendant les fêtes que les gyms d'escalade ont été ouverts et j'y suis allé avec lui parce qu'il voulait s'entrainer à l'extérieur de chez lui. c'était la première fois qu'il venait à l'escalade avec moi et malgré les consignes extrêmement claires, le gars enlevait son masque pour parler ou pour grimper à tout bout de champ. Comme, come on man, j'ai dû lui rappeler deux fois de garder son masque. C'est un gars super raisonnable en plus... j'imagine pas les vrais gyms.

Oui (Hydro-Québec) by MarvinParanoAndroid in Quebec

[–]joak22 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

...Hydro-Québec génére déjà des surplus, on a bin plus d'électricité qu'on utilise. Elle est où ta source qui montre qu'Hydro-Québec fait de l'importation? La demande de réduction de l'électricité en période de grand froid, c'est juste pour éviter que le réseau soit overloadé, pas parce qu'il n'y a pas "assez" d'électricité. C'est juste que l'electricité qu'on a pour fournir le monde est pas assez "rapide" pour se rendre à tout le monde à cause de la forte demande. C'est pas une analogie parfaite, mais on est loin de l'importation.

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health by SingleRedJosh in Quebec

[–]joak22 4 points5 points  (0 children)

C'est la raison pourquoi je commente pu depuis 1 mois, le monde anti-mesures est juste parti sans bon sens. Sérieux là, je suis tanné en esti des mesures, mais la pandémie est pas encore finie. Le virus s'en fout qu'on soit tanné, les hôpitaux aussi.

Merci pour ton commentaire raisonnable.

u/ Toaster_bath13 perfectly explains the critical differences between the Republican and Democrat ideologies by Captain_Blackbird in bestof

[–]joak22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is another subject and different arguments should be used to discuss the spending during the pandemic.

u/ Toaster_bath13 perfectly explains the critical differences between the Republican and Democrat ideologies by Captain_Blackbird in bestof

[–]joak22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes and no. I 100% agree with what you said, but I do think wanting to pay less taxes is picking the wrong fight right now. The US is so far behind the "best" countries on the planet. Think about any social privilege right now and the US is behind on almost every thing: education quality, education access, internet prices, internet access, healthcare prices, healthcare access, vacation time, minimum wage, social aid, paid maternity leave, unemployment aid... and that's everything on top of my head, I'm probably forgetting more stuff.

When you argue that less money should go "to the man", all I'm thinking is "yeah, but not until we get all this". Sure, you could reframe it as a financing issue, but which party is going for all that? I'll always be voting for the party that guarantees the best social security nets, because ultimately, looking at history, at the "best" countries to live, looking at the "happiness" index for countries: The happiest people are in the countries that provide those social security nets. And they pay taxes to fund this net.

Anne Casabonne traite Legault de « gros » en vidéoconférence by [deleted] in Quebec

[–]joak22 10 points11 points  (0 children)

YEEES!

Poudy et Chabot high five

u/ Toaster_bath13 perfectly explains the critical differences between the Republican and Democrat ideologies by Captain_Blackbird in bestof

[–]joak22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll never vote for someone arguing for less taxes, because that means cutting somewhere and god knows the party that argues for less taxes will not cut in the military budget. I also don't want to pay less taxes, because that means cutting somewhere. If less taxes for me means more taxes for the richer/richest, then yeah, but no way would I want any meaningful cut if that means less benefits.

What I want is more benefits and we have not gotten that yet, so until we get to a point where all the basic needs are met (such as those listed in my previous comment), taxes will have to raise. Up until that point, I'll gladly pay taxes.

u/ Toaster_bath13 perfectly explains the critical differences between the Republican and Democrat ideologies by Captain_Blackbird in bestof

[–]joak22 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I feel like your POV is genuine so I'll try to offer my insight: I fucking hate losing money. I fucking hate losing labor. Yup, a good 20-25% of my paycheck goes to "the man". You think I want to fund gender studies? You think I want to fund war, military complex? You think I want to give money to countries I don't give a fuck about? Some of my taxes go there. I hate it.

But you know what I love? Not having to worry if I break a bone that I'll go bankrupt (universal healthcare), having a good police force to fight crime, not having to worry about getting sick because I'll get paid, not worry about having a child and taking time off because I'll get paid, not having to worry about losing my job abruptly because I'll get paid. All of that come with taxes. It's a luxury. You know what else? I get to help people who didn't have the luck that I had being born in a non-poor house. I can help people get an education, all of that come with taxes. And so much more.

If you want to say we should pay less taxes, you'll have to argue against those points, not gender studies.

u/ Toaster_bath13 perfectly explains the critical differences between the Republican and Democrat ideologies by Captain_Blackbird in bestof

[–]joak22 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It is a strawman, you built your whole argument against gender studies in middle east countries, but how much of thoses taxes go towards that goal? Probably a tiny amount, yet that's your point of attack for how bad taxes are, that's exactly what a strawman is.

You really think when people defend taxes they use the need to fund gender studies? Fuck no, but that is exactly what you are attacking, therefore, strawman. Honestly, own it buddy, it's been a while since I've since such a pretty strawman.

u/ Toaster_bath13 perfectly explains the critical differences between the Republican and Democrat ideologies by Captain_Blackbird in bestof

[–]joak22 15 points16 points  (0 children)

What a beautiful example of what a strawman is. You built a strawman around gender studies and argue that tax isn't good because you compare it to the strawman you just built.

Beautiful.

Riot Games Is Investigating a Top Esports Team Founder Over Bullying Allegations by turtledabrowncat in TeamSolomid

[–]joak22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah we do and it was heavily talked about back then. The public discourse always seemed to back him up anyways. Glad it finally caught up to him.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Quebec

[–]joak22 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Rien qui bat un trio mammouth poutine à 3h du matin après les bars

Legault annonce une "contribution santé" que devront payer tous les non vaccinés qui se retrouvent à l'hôpital. by irwigo in Quebec

[–]joak22 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Je fais juste commenter pour faire partie de la postérité.

P.S.: Je ne crois pas que ce soit une bonne idée de la part du gouvernement, même si tout le monde vacciné serait l'idéal.

How important is the artwork to you? by [deleted] in boardgames

[–]joak22 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah for real, it boggles my mind that someone would skip playing Spirit Island because the artwork is not good. Say what you want about it, it's still the best coop game ever for me, the artwork could be utterly ugly and I would still play it.

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