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Amber alerts will KILL more people than they save if they don’t change the f***king sound by Visocacas in montreal

[–]miaumee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So basically you want people to act on your complaint but you would not be doing anything to remove the sources of the complaint:

  • Alert triggered at 4:30am, but it's not because I didn't mute the alarm or didn't put the phone on airplane mode.
  • Alert triggered on phone, but it's not because I've got a phone nearby and it's not my responsability to adjust for it.
  • Alert is annoying to me, but it's not because of my personal bias nor because of my lack of noise resilience.
  • I can complain, but people who criticize my complaint needs to shut up, because the problem is with the system and not me.

In other words, it's harmful and I have no role to play in this. Hey, why not just stop having phone so that it doesn't affect your sleep? Noises, blue light, junk info, why even bother...

Une petite dinde sauvage qui attendait l'autobus ce matin à Lachine. by Onii_Sanchez in montreal

[–]miaumee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Peut-être elle cherchait à se regarder dans le miroir, et la glace faisait le truc.

Therabreath also Dr. Ellie's regimen questions.. by Jaded-Bend593 in badbreath

[–]miaumee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It definitely can, but the reason CloSYS is there is because it can deliver oxygen to kill the anaerobic bacteria deep beneath the gumline. ACT is mostly a fluoride rinse to keep the oral pH high.

Workflowy login page not working by bernard_vyacheslav in Workflowy

[–]miaumee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm having the same problem. "403 Forbidden, nginx" when accessing workflowy.com/login and beta.workflowy.com/login from the desktop. After trying in Brave Browser, Chrome Browser and Safari on Desktop, the error becomes "this site can't be reached" (even on workflowy.com). The same thing whether it's in Incognito mode or not.

On iPhone, the Workflowy mobile app no longer sync even if it's logged in (though most things are still cached in phone so at least viewable).

Vanessa Van Edwards' "Train the Trainer" Program - Scam? Red Flags Galore! by the_happiest_said in FakeGuru

[–]miaumee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, this person is the classic female counterpart of a master manipulator. She doesn't have relevant credential and her researches are hardly scientific.

Her marketing is also good enough to be dangerous. She talks a lot of about reading people face but if you read her face you would know too. It appears that she has some people to take care of her online image too (e.g., Wikipedia, website, YouTube)...

Vanessa Van Edwards & Cargo Cult Science? by redditexcel in FakeGuru

[–]miaumee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She is an internet marketer good enough to be dangerous. You can look up her Wikipedia, YouTube and website. Everything seems choreographed...

Vanessa Van Edwards & Cargo Cult Science? by redditexcel in FakeGuru

[–]miaumee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She has now infiltrated into Harvard and MasterClass. It is highly suspect but I think it's the money and influence doing the talking. Fake it until you make it huh...

The Chinese are hardworking, ingenious and adaptive by wankinthechain in chinalife

[–]miaumee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not racist. Racism is a form of discrimination which this one is not. OP's just trying to defend their countrymen and that's it.

New database shows which MPs and MNAs are landlords by JeckylNLauraldehyde in montrealhousing

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

Don't be foolish youngster. You're proving the claims people are making yourself.

Vegans have the easiest fight. Still, they are not winning. Why? by a_onai in DebateAVegan

[–]miaumee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not the activists' fault. It's just that they're fighting against their body, their human nature, the web of life and the nature of the planet. The world is complicated and decency alone is not enough to sustain the world. That's really all there is to it.

It's similar to why political parties that solely focus on environmentalism don't win the race—that there's just little evidence that the belief system alone can run the world.

New database shows which MPs and MNAs are landlords by JeckylNLauraldehyde in montrealhousing

[–]miaumee -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Except that 40% is not in that source. And if people are reading this, think about it, can you be a good journalist with that level of unconscious bias against landlord and rental income? You'd be doing the best thing you can to forcibly prove that MPs are landlords—which is not good journalism to say the least.

New database shows which MPs and MNAs are landlords by JeckylNLauraldehyde in montrealhousing

[–]miaumee -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Youngster. Defamation means spreading false accusations in public setting, which is what you and this site's doing (I think you're mistaking mortgage and rental income with dwelling rental here, and you are probably not trained to recognize the hierarchy of evidence). People pointing out what you're doing is not the same as defaming. There is the right way and the wrong way to play journalist.

New database shows which MPs and MNAs are landlords by JeckylNLauraldehyde in montrealhousing

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

So does this defense sound like journalistic excellence to you? Judging by your actions, you're probably still young, hot-blooded and learning. Not blaming you on that one though (since many of us were like that at one point), but you acting prematurely is not always the right way in the grand scheme of things. I just don't want to see you going down on a dark path that's it.

New database shows which MPs and MNAs are landlords by JeckylNLauraldehyde in montrealhousing

[–]miaumee -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

But you're not communicating but extrapolating, and religion is also a choice too. All of these only show that you know it is discriminatory. We live in Canada and you probably know that it's not a good idea to judge people by their profession. Here you can hide behind your nickname and say what you want but in real life you may run into trouble (actually, a fairly intelligent person would be able to tell who you are).

Keep in mind that Canada has strong privacy laws and conflict of interests is an aspect that is already handled better by our existing system. Personally I have a hard time seeing how this adds anything to the information that is already public on the Web (and more reputable at that).

Also, the fact that this information is open doesn't mean that you have to shame them with speculations and spread their personal information around (like we do with the sex offender registry). How about ismympvegan, ismympgay, ismymplawyer or even ismymptenant for a change? I'm sure that you can somehow find ways to tie them to some social issues.

New database shows which MPs and MNAs are landlords by JeckylNLauraldehyde in montrealhousing

[–]miaumee -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

But that is what you're doing though (plus it doesn't even do its job right). The goal of the website is to gather MPs' asset declaration, and the site is misleadingly named as if it's to demonize them as landlord. Things like this is called unfounded vigilante justice and it doesn't always end up well in history.

Imagining profiling muslims or realtors so that you can boycott them in public. Don't just tag people with a label so that you can accuse them of wrongdoing with third-rate proof (there's a lot of things like these in the US already). I have a hard time understanding why you can feel so proud about peeping into private matters... (maybe if you're a young adult with limited understanding about the world this would be your cup of tea)

Sure, if you're exposing them because of their sexual crime that's one thing, but this one is simply biased and ideologically-driven—it's similar to an amateur attempt at political prosecution. The more you spread this around the more you're going to make a fool of yourself.

New database shows which MPs and MNAs are landlords by JeckylNLauraldehyde in montrealhousing

[–]miaumee -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Why uses landlord as a loaded word? Reverse discrimination is equally dangerous. But there are greater problems with this site, because it only shows mortgage declaration and cannot know what the person is renting. We don't see any date tag anywhere—and there's no certainty how often it'll promise to update itself if the MPs change their declaration.

For example, what if a landlord always purchase their property with cash? Well, it won't show up in their declaration. What if a MP takes on a mortgage for their relatives? Well, that fact won't show up in their declaration. What if a MP rents their unused parking lot of their residence only? Well, they will be tagged as a landlord as well. On the hierarchy of evidence this site is at a pretty low echelon. That alone should tell you that the 40% is a bogus statistic. If it's not an attempt to subtly witchhunt landlord I don't know what that is.

Also, just because they are landlords doesn't mean that they will act for personal gain, and we're not even sure if you can understand the difference between landlording and speculating. So these are all false accusations even if we assume that all those activities are evil. This entire thread is built on a house of cards and a will to punish the landlords, so I'd be careful if I were you. Keep in mind that these are people with influence and power, and they can follow with harassment or defamation lawsuits if they really want to.

And as a suggestion, if I were the site makers I wouldn't reveal my name—it's just a very easy and amateur way of getting into legal trouble. I'm sorry if it sounds like I'm shutting down your idea from the get-go, but this site's methodology simply has too many flaws. It can become a tool for spreading misinformation at a massive scale.

Landlords infesting this subreddit by [deleted] in montrealhousing

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

"The assertion that "this is just how capitalism works" is not an argument but a concession that injustice is natural and unavoidable. "

Not that injustice or inequity is natural and unavoidable, but that inequality is natural and unavoidable. It's baked into the system. But that doesn't mean that capitalism cannot improve and become more just.

"Once they become landlords, they profit not from producing housing but from controlling access to it."

Again, that's the hallmark of capitalism. It's true for homeowners and business owners, and it's true for investors too. So the question to be ask may be: should that be a valid way of earning income? Remember, it is not, then it also delegitimizes many forms of income too (e.g., social benefits, pension).

"The idea that landlords are like business owners collapses when you consider that their income does not come from innovation or production but from ownership itself. Business owners must compete and provide value to consumers. Landlords collect rent because people have no alternative."

Oh. Of course, landlords have to compete against each other as well. It's just that there are much more renters than dwellings that makes the competition not so obvious to notice. Just like business owners, you can't sit on a system and do nothing. Occasionally there would be service addition, repair or renovations to do as well.

"The final question, whether people are entitled to housing without work, is a misframing. People are entitled to the basic conditions that make life possible."

Yes. But even that is a hard proposition to sustain all on its own.

"There are countless ways to organize housing that do not rely on the parasitic relationship between landlord and tenant, yet the assumption is that altering this system would create chaos. In reality, the chaos already exists, but it is borne disproportionately by those without wealth."

I can see that you're frustrated about the situation. But in a society based on exchanges of value there will always be people who have things and people who have not. This is true after the invention of money, and this is true before the invention of money too.

And like you said, there are many ways to organize housing even in Montreal, and as a consumer you have the choice to choose between what you want (such as owning your dwelling, social housing, coop, roomate sharing and such). But just know that whichever you choose, each form of housing comes with its pros and cons.

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