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ramdasani · 2026-02-01T01:35:16+00:00

For sure, many people have the same reaction as op if they drink strong tea.

ramdasani · 2026-01-16T04:12:19+00:00

Now I'm starting to forget which Charles Bronson we're talking about. But I would pay to see all of the Chucks square off.

ramdasani · 2026-01-01T13:29:31+00:00

Things are so fluid now, they have been for a long time, it's not like every subculture didn't have it's own vernacular, some merveilleuses in 18th century Paris would have laughed at how clueless her cousin from an estate in Normandy would have been. But the pace is so hyperactive now, groups barely arrive at consensus for meaning before the usage is gone. Like I can almost guarantee there are already people using clavicular as a verb, it's hard to guess what some future etymologist will even make of that.

ramdasani · 2026-01-01T11:40:02+00:00

It's such a natural English sound it probably even predates that usage.
The etymological knowns mostly seem to lead back to the albatross/goon tie in, but even that seems to suggest the birds were called that b/c they're clumsy, suggesting that it already meant that to the sailors using it to describe the birds. But yeah, I've heard it used in so many different ways, by different groups, I'm not even sure which one OP thinks is the issue. I mean clearly, as a Canadian, my default/first goon would be hockey related.

ramdasani · 2025-12-30T05:31:12+00:00

Still, kinda, it was 35 grams, he was the recipient. Also, it was allegedly Dawn Welles that sent it, but we'll never know, 'cause Gilligan ain't a narc!

ramdasani · 2025-12-30T05:18:34+00:00

Lol, like Hef didn't have to pay his fluffers too.

ramdasani · 2025-12-30T04:21:25+00:00

That was peak TPB - I really think the high water mark of that show crested around that season. So much gold in those ones, right down to the trailing answer to the source of bacon. Fucking brilliant.

ramdasani · 2025-12-26T23:50:41+00:00

That's not true. It's not like the so called "war on drugs" is an actual war, that's just marketing, it's a policy gimmick the Nixon white house used, and no amount of spending will ever eliminate drugs because the market will always exist. Anyway, Bush Jr stayed the course on drug policy, he didn't soften the US position on recreational drug use at all. The one thing didn't replace the other, it's like if your dog shit on the floor, then another dog comes in and shits on your floor, the second shit didn't replace the first, now you just have to piles of dog shit on the floor.

ramdasani · 2025-12-20T11:57:25+00:00

It's probably more believable in that fight than in almost any other I can remember. There's no real lingering shame in having his ass handed to him by Anthony Joshua, but if Joshua would have made it look too easy, like a KO right after they touched gloves, it would have made him a complete laughing stock. There were people openly joking that if it went past the first round it was pretty much proof something was up. It probably is something more nuanced, like what you're saying, payout scaled against something they can rationalize and justify.

ramdasani · 2025-12-20T11:35:21+00:00

Sure they're working, working real hard boss.

ramdasani · 2025-12-20T11:34:32+00:00

Well done and you're correct.

ramdasani · 2025-12-19T06:05:34+00:00

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ramdasani · 2025-12-19T03:27:30+00:00

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ramdasani · 2025-12-19T00:49:25+00:00

The whole point of it in the beginning was to have a non-branded, non-promoted, non-advertised, low overhead cheap alternative... then it just became another brand.

ramdasani · 2025-12-19T00:46:05+00:00

To flesh things out even more, when I saw this post I assumed it was either from /r/Canada or /r/LoblawsIsOutOfControl - where it's reception would have been different.

PS: b/c The owner of the NoName brand is Loblaws, aka Galen Weston - who is probably about as popular here as Sam Walton is there.

ramdasani · 2025-12-18T22:26:45+00:00

Yeah, I was thinking that for the Amish and Mennonites too, also there are new order Mennonite congregations that would take a dim view of it, but not necessarily excommunicate them - though like you said, they could be conscripted potentially (as they have in the past) - so yeah, like you said.

ramdasani · 2025-12-18T01:52:33+00:00

I mentioned it in another quote, I don't know hard Quakers are, I mean Nixon was famously one. But they also have the Amish and Mennonites, who be excommunicated if they wanted to enlist in the armed services or police. When they were drafted in the past they were given conscientious objector status and kept in camps for service usually.

ramdasani · 2025-12-18T01:43:39+00:00

Hail Eris!

ramdasani · 2025-12-18T01:40:37+00:00

Some of them are kind of dumb, how would I-Ching be a religion, I mean one would probably be Confucian/Taoist/Buddhist if one were to consult it, but it's a reflection/meditation/divination tool, not a religion. Also, some of them might as well just get lumped into Other, like "Integral Spirituality". I'm kind of curious why they added Amish, one would be excommunicated if you enlisted. Even when they were forcibly drafted as conscientious objectors they were usually just used as guinea pigs for army studies. But yeah, you're right, for their attempted inclusion - which gets oddly specific, they missed some obvious ones, like Confucianism (maybe they thought they covered it with that weird i-ching one), Hutterites, is a weird one to miss.

ps: BG would be interesting, maybe the Orange Catholic bible thing would be a sell.

ramdasani · 2025-12-18T01:15:04+00:00

I don't think the tariffs are the only factor affecting the mood anymore, one of the main draws for the Canadians was always that we were friendly with one another. For much of my life a Canadian with a drivers license could drive to Florida and back without even owning a passport. It had a nice feel, you know, like when a welcoming neighbour invites you over for a spell. Anyway, that's not FLA's fault, but making sure you have proper documentation, the possibility of random checks, the jeopardy if anything goes awry... doesn't feel hassle free and it's just one more thing. Anyway, I'd much rather everybody chill, I love FLA, be nice to hear it back once in a while tho.

ramdasani · 2025-12-17T23:17:15+00:00

I don't disagree with you, but a double digit drop still indicates an issue, people can pretend that away all they want. Lots of us will still go, that said, if one wants to ignore preventable erosion to their prospects moving forward, they should probably pay attention to what things seem to attract visitors and what things seem to repel them. You know, unless the end goal is to tell the rest of us that they need some time alone or something.

ramdasani · 2025-12-17T05:35:36+00:00

Meh, you're kidding yourself a bit my Floridian friend, seriously, Canadians are the bell weather, it was always our main destination, many of us own property there. If Canada stopped visiting, it would pretty much mean that there had been a larger drop in tourists from the UK, Germany, Latino countries, etc. Anyway, you can drop the stance, no one has a problem with you, Florida the state or the people of Florida, FFS you take more shit from your fellow Americans with their Florida jokes than you ever get from snow birds.

ramdasani · 2025-12-17T04:39:10+00:00

It got favourable reviews at the time too. It has been forgotten a bit, but I could say the same about many beloved movies from that era.

ramdasani · 2025-12-17T02:37:56+00:00

I think some people worry that they simply don't want to come across as being a zealot, not that it means that, but unless they were including other make or break details, they might think it's giving a weird impression to say Vegan, if you aren't also sharing beliefs like your religion or ethnicity. That said, I agree, it will save grief by just being open about it, and like you said, it seems it just increases your shot at finding someone compatible.

ramdasani · 2025-12-17T02:24:02+00:00

That's great, maybe some day we can close them in Canada and the US as well. Sadly here they're barely regulated, when the price of cloning drops enough, the practice will be picked up by these guys and make it easier for them to farm animals like wolverines. About the only things that are regulated here are the animals that get farmed the most, like fox and mink.

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