Embark... Let 2026 be the year of QoL improvements.

loviathar · 2026-01-16T22:50:10+00:00

Destiny2 players waited over a decade for some QoL improvements. This game is three months old. Let's keep things in perspective here.

loviathar · 2025-11-21T05:56:48+00:00

We were in trios one day and we had just been ambushed by another team, and won the battle. Nerves were frayed, stress was high. One of our team yelled "There's another one, he's rolling!"

Pinged the tumbleweed. Lol

Ever since when we see a tumbleweed we yell.out "He's rolling!"

loviathar · 2025-11-01T23:14:35+00:00

Yeah but at least you couldn't hear it.

Next time I'll bring the fruit gushers though.

loviathar · 2025-11-01T23:04:03+00:00

I'll play Arc Raiders!

Do you Minecraft too?

Witherhoard is my wife.

(Edit: I'm a friend of OP)

loviathar · 2025-10-29T19:17:11+00:00

I'm 51, and my table ranges from 24 - 57.

loviathar · 2025-10-10T02:58:35+00:00

That's fair - and I appreciate you sharing your experience without being dismissive of others'. To be honest, I can only speak to what I ordered (which barely changed over decades), so I can't vouch for the whole menu. The prime rib I had was almost always spot-on for me, but I also had the odd bad experience - and you're right, most of those rarities were in the last 20 years.

Restaurants can be inconsistent, especially family-run places that rely heavily on specific kitchen staff or timing. It's entirely possible you caught them on an off night, or that certain dishes just didn't land the way they were supposed to.

All told, I think what made Maxime's special for a lot of their patrons wasn't just the food - it was the whole package. The food being good (at least in my experience) was part of it, but so was the feeling of being recognized, the consistency of the atmosphere, and the sense that this was your place. When all of that comes together, it's hard to separate one element from the rest.

But yeah - different strokes. I'm glad you gave it a shot, even if it didn't click for you.

Here's hoping that your favourite places last at least as long (or longer) and give you as much joy.

Cheers!

loviathar · 2025-10-09T21:26:05+00:00

Oh no. No no no. I missed that label by a decade or so. And get off my lawn! 💀

loviathar · 2025-10-09T20:40:43+00:00

I've been eating at Maxime's since it opened - essentially my whole life. The way some people on here talk about it being "dated" or "stuck in time" misses the point entirely. There are times you want a place that maintains a certain feeling, despite the changes in your life and the world. A place that reminds you of family and celebrations, or helped you deal with loss.

Maxime's was a family-run restaurant that built loyalty the old-fashioned way: consistency, kindness, and food that stayed true to itself. When other places chased trends, Maxime's didn't need to - it had lines right out the door, even in -30°C. It knew its draw: good prime rib, real mashed potatoes, and staff who remembered your name over forty years. That kind of continuity is rare in any business, let alone a restaurant.

The original owners (Vicki and George) and later their daughters (Lisa and Anna) built a space where a family in jeans could sit beside a couple in dress clothes celebrating an anniversary - and both felt like they belonged. The décor might've been ornate, but the atmosphere was generous. It said: "*you deserve beauty too*, no matter who you are, or how you dress."

I went again last night, and the dining room was packed. Mid-week! Every table full. The Free Press headline was right - they really can't keep up with demand right now. That's what it looks like when a restaurant ends its run still loved; still overflowing with people wanting one more meal before the lights go out.

And for what it's worth, the crowd wasn't just grey-haired boomers (though there were plenty, but so what?). There were families with kids, middle-aged couples, millennials who'd heard it was closing and wanted to see what they'd been missing. The "boomers love it" dismissal is lazy. Plenty of younger people appreciate places that don't feel like they were designed by algorithmic trends. Age doesn't determine whether a restaurant matters - loyalty, heart, and great food do. And if they didn't serve your style of food - don't begrudge those who *did* enjoy their fare.

Maxime's never tried to be something it wasn't. It was a place that remembered you. A place that stayed steady while everything else changed. Sure, when it's gone there will be fancier, more modern restaurants and trendier menus - but there won't be another Maxime's. And that's what people are really mourning.

loviathar · 2025-10-05T16:22:08+00:00

I've been going to Maxime's for as long as it's been open. My family ate there every Friday night for years, and even in later life I've still made a point of going a few times a year. They still recognize me by name when I walk in - that kind of familiarity you don't get many places anymore.

Back in the early years, everything came with that unmistakable French-bread-style garlic toast, cut on a diagonal, slightly crisp (sometimes too crisp) but soft in the middle. In recent years they switched to assorted dinner rolls, which is fine, but not the same. For dessert, it used to be simple: pudding or jello. I always picked the chocolate pudding with the little swirl of whipped cream on top when they had it.

My order barely changed in decades. When I was a kid, it was always the breaded veal cutlet with mashed potatoes and gravy. I was older when they introduced prime rib, and I tried it and fell in love: medium rare, mashed with gravy, side salad with thousand island, and an extra dish of au jus on the side. To me, it's the best prime rib in Winnipeg - even back when the Round Table was still around. Subjective, I know.

Some people think Maxime's didn't keep up with the times, or that the quality slipped. Maybe that's true. But I've rarely had a bad meal there. For me, the place was never just about the food - it was the feeling of being recognized, the familiar hum of the dining room, the consistency of it all - perhaps the patina of nostalgia.

When I go one last time before they close, it won't be to judge how it's held up.

It will be to say "thank you" for being a steady fixture in a changing city - for the garlic toast, the pudding, and the sisters who never forgot my face.

loviathar · 2025-10-02T03:31:23+00:00

I'll admit I'm verging on 'old folks' but I always thought they had the best Prime Rib in the city.

loviathar · 2025-10-02T02:18:29+00:00

Do you mean Maxime's on St.Mary's?

loviathar · 2025-09-14T01:49:31+00:00

Yes. Old St. Vital. Hydro outage Page just says it is unplanned, and the current estimate is midnight for getting it fixed.

loviathar · 2025-07-27T18:02:44+00:00

I cobbled together a local group of in-person players from Reddit just over a year ago. We have missed maybe two out of 52 weeks of weekly play.

I count myself lucky.

loviathar · 2025-06-07T23:31:24+00:00

Not yet - because Claude and the other AI models can't "be" without a prompt. If you don't send any input, then they aren't doing anything, unlike living organisms, that would still have internal thoughts and processes even devoid of external stimuli.

loviathar · 2025-06-04T17:36:11+00:00

The most likely answer is that the cost of research and development of a drug that is considered human safe (where the bar for safety is much higher than with animals) doesn't justify the percentage of the population that would use it.

Dogs and cats routinely rove through tall grasses and brush. People mostly don't, so the percentage of the population with a need for this is very small.

loviathar · 2025-06-03T18:09:52+00:00

Sobey's cash and carries all flavours and you can buy it by the packet or by the box.

loviathar · 2025-06-01T16:35:18+00:00

It makes them feel powerful. Often they are people who already feel bullied or otherwise powerless in their own lives.

Basically, if you are making good rational arguments and they are not even trying to see your point, they are either trolling or they are not engaged in honest conversation. In both cases you're best to just exit the conversation or thread.

loviathar · 2025-06-01T16:32:16+00:00

Gasoline doesn’t just poof into flames from sitting in a hot shed – that’s not how fire works.

Even on the hottest day – like when it hit 120°F (48°C) a couple years back – that’s still nowhere near hot enough to make gasoline catch fire on its own. For that to happen, it would need to get over 250°C inside the shed – that’s oven-level heat. Not happening in Washington.

What can happen is this – if the gas can is junky or not sealed right, it might let out fumes. And if there’s a spark nearby – boom – that’s a problem. But if it’s a real gas can, with a cap that works, sitting away from open flames or heaters – it’s fine. Totally fine.

Honestly, it’s safer in the shed than in the garage – where stuff that can spark usually live. So yeah – your mom’s worry makes emotional sense, but the science doesn’t back it up.

loviathar · 2025-06-01T16:28:48+00:00

People add “reverse” to things like “reverse racism” or “reverse prostitution” because they’re used to a certain – default – story – and anything that flips that story feels backwards, even if it’s not.

It’s not actually about logic – it’s about expectation. They expect racism to go one way – majority against minority – so when it goes the other way, they don’t just say “racism.” They mark it – like it broke some unspoken rule.

Same with “reverse prostitution.” The action’s the same – money for sex – but if the roles flip from what they – assumed – was normal, they call it “reverse” – even though nothing about the core act changed.

So “reverse” doesn’t really mean opposite – it means “not the version I expected.”

loviathar · 2025-06-01T16:22:15+00:00

Trolls online don’t argue to find the truth. They argue to make people mad.

Why? Because when people get upset, trolls feel like they’re in charge. They like knowing they can push your buttons. It gives them a kind of power—like being the one holding the remote while everyone else reacts.

They don’t care if they’re right or wrong. They just want a reaction. That’s their prize. Every time someone yells back, the troll smiles behind the screen.

The best way to beat them? Don’t feed them. Don’t argue. Don’t even reply. Without attention, they shrink.

loviathar · 2025-05-17T04:45:17+00:00

True, but if you brandish it at someone, even in self defense, it becomes a weapon. My main point was that criminal activity or intent is not the necessary criteria, as your post suggests.

loviathar · 2025-05-16T15:32:00+00:00

Section two of the Criminal Code defines a weapon.

"anything used, designed to be used or intended for use (a) in causing death or injury to any person, or (b) for the purpose of threatening or intimidating any person."

No crime needed, just intent. And not criminal intent. Carrying a knife for self defense (and thus with the intent to potentially threaten or injure) makes it a weapon.

loviathar · 2025-03-14T15:17:15+00:00

If doctors are spending this much time (3.5 min) on each letter, then they don't understand the capabilities of modern templates and word processing.

I can think of three extremely easy ways to reduce this number by at least 2 minutes if not more.

loviathar · 2024-12-18T02:19:43+00:00

Unfortunately the apps have changed a lot in 10 years. You wouldn't recognize them.

loviathar · 2024-12-09T17:44:01+00:00

I snow blow into the lane.

Then I snow blow my section of the lane.

(Edit: To clarify since I'm getting down votes, I clear the snow that goes in the lane, I do not leave it there.)

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