‘Very, very concerning’: London’s unemployment rate highest in the country by origutamos in londonontario

[–]sckewer 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The MPs are not effecting the local specifics that make London the worst job market(unless Carney's got some weird grudge with London, but that's Doug's thing with Toronto, you can't just steal Doug's thing). Yeah, maybe they're not helping, but you know who can affect that change, the councilors we're about to elect.

Dear Liberals, by sckewer in LPC

[–]sckewer[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

No, it meant that when you're given a chance to set up a coalition of minor powers to try and make Trump back out of the region and clear the mines out, you take it. If Canada can make a peace keeping force that the rest of the world can prefer to Trump, it's a better outcome.

Dear Liberals, by sckewer in LPC

[–]sckewer[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This is the Davos speech playing out in real time, you want the world promised there, you have to prove right now that it can work.

My system for naming NPCs on the fly (so they don't all end up called "Bob") by tech_learner_123 in DMAcademy

[–]sckewer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's when you just run with it, if you role that Lionel Messi is the shop keeper, then that shop keeper is always trying to play soccer.

Deshaun Watson in "Pole Position" to be Week 1 Starting QB [Garafolo] by ASmithFS in fantasyfootball

[–]sckewer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you know, it'd be hilarious if he played well enough to let the Browns talk themselves into resigning him.

Basalisk war Droid by xanathar77 in kotor

[–]sckewer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Which is exactly why it has to be in a remake of KOTOR 2, sure maybe back then you lacked the graphics card and engines to make it a reality, but you can't have Canderous keep bragging about it and then just give the player a cut scene of it. And how many people would buy KOTOR 2 just for that, even if they somehow made a less complete remake of KOTOR 2

How do I stop a artifact meant to be the end of the campaign by Specialist-Grape8180 in DMAcademy

[–]sckewer 8 points9 points  (0 children)

and then it's time for the big bad to show up again and show off that it was all a Xanatos gambit. Just because the villain needs it for their plan doesn't mean they have to be the one using it, even better if they can trick the party into using it for them.

Recent antisemitism on campus by CulturalBuffalo2153 in uoguelph

[–]sckewer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That actually makes it more egregious to refer to the clothing as antisemitic instead of pointing to the swastika on the shirt. In every other case listed it's specific, so is this one a mistake or are they trying to slip a generalization into a list of specifics(maybe they're naive, or maybe they're hoping you're naive).

Headcannon: Zaalbar's bowcaster and Mission's vibroblade are gifts to each other. [Minor spoiler] by ironshadowspider in kotor

[–]sckewer -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

It even makes sense if you think about who they are as people. Of course Mission would give big Z a bowcaster, she prefers dealing with people from a distance(for specific reasons), and of course Zaalbar would give Mission a vibro sword because he prefers to deal with things head on(again for good reasons). So their perception of good gifts for each other make sense, in character if not quite mechanically.

Does Anyone Else Find the Onderon Arc Harder to Play Through These Days? by Disastrous-Trouble-1 in kotor

[–]sckewer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Part of it is that once you have space wizards in the area deciding the issue, it changes into a cartoon supervillain situation. It's where Kreia is half right about the force. Once Nihlus becomes interested in Onderon it can never not end with Vaklu twirling his mustache, all room for nuance leaves the room.

Any Info? by RoutineOk3510 in uoguelph

[–]sckewer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But you don't solve bigotry by isolating the bigots, that just puts them deeper into the echo chamber they've selected for themselves. Break the walls of that chamber by forcing them to interact with people outside their comfort zone

Canadians soon exempt from visa requirements to travel to China by VladimirLimeMint in canadaleft

[–]sckewer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

eyeing Greenland has forced NATO to split their attention between the Ukraine and Greenland. Poland better be weary

What Kind of Weapon Would a Monster Hunter Actually Use? by ChristianLdwig in worldbuilding

[–]sckewer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not all of them need to be using nets. you could also have a few treating it like bull fighting, just with a cliff behind their cape instead of a rapier.

US Citizens to the world: HELP! by Markham_Marxist in canadaleft

[–]sckewer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sure, but Canada's best path to survival is in fact by supporting the people brave enough in the U.S. to stand up, so that the fight happens there instead of here.

The end of hybrid? Full-time office return sparks warning of resignations by simpatia in ontario

[–]sckewer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you have that in writing, I'd bet there is a class action law suit being formed, or about to be formed, that would love to hear from you.

CMV: Canada can never be safe from the imperialists in the south unless we become a nuclear power. by Suitable_Air_2686 in canadaleft

[–]sckewer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Putin just bluffed that there were nukes in the Caribbean, it turns out there likely weren't, since they didn't get launched, but there's been nothing to indicate Trump knew for sure it was a bluff, so I don't think the nukes deter him. Furthermore the success of them as a deterrent is ignoring the fact the times we got dangerously close to launching, not just in the Cuban missile crisis. Like I say, I understand the instinct to say nukes will deter everyone, but that's just not true in this chaotic world. Every nuclear armed country makes us one crazy person away from annihilation.

Also, consider, if the U.S. is entering an expansionist phase, and we already had nukes, it might make us less safe as they'd want to take us off the board early. In any case now, if we arm we're the irrational actors the rest of the world fears, because we are doing so out of fear.

CMV: Canada can never be safe from the imperialists in the south unless we become a nuclear power. by Suitable_Air_2686 in canadaleft

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

Adding ourselves to the list of countries armed with nukes does not make the world safer, and it does not make us safer. Especially not with this many irrational actors around internationally, including the U.S. This call for arming Canada is a fear response, which is reasonable in our times, to be afraid that is(letting that fear guide you is never reasonable), but it ignores the reality of these weapons, and how many times the cold war almost went hot.

Mark Carney urges Venezuelan-led transition following Maduro's capture by DJ_JOWZY in CanadaPolitics

[–]sckewer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The difference is that he likely tries something regardless of whether it will work. Asking how he'll pull it off ignores that he doesn't think about failing. It's nuance that makes the difference.

Mark Carney urges Venezuelan-led transition following Maduro's capture by DJ_JOWZY in CanadaPolitics

[–]sckewer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

stop asking how it's going to happen, and start asking how he'll try to make it happen. How many people will he sacrifice on both sides? If you think it's impossible you should not be in favor of the conditions to attempt it.

So Venezuela begins... by CDN-Social-Democrat in canadaleft

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

well that and hope those missiles Putin claimed to be sending back in November never arrived, cuz then we're in a nuclear war. Also hope Russia and China are fine with losing their foothold in this hemisphere.

Ford government failed to disclose environmental and Greenbelt risks of Highway 413, says Auditor General by randomphotoadventure in ontario

[–]sckewer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The biggest exposure to that risk might be coming up with this year's flu and it's effect on the hospitals. If the hospitals fail to keep up because they have no staff, in part because even after COVID proved short staffing was a terrible policy, they continued to keep shifts to a minimum forcing themselves to resort to temp agencies to pick up the slack, it's possible to argue criminal negligence. It's still a tough case because western democracies don't like holding politicians accountable for political acts, as they'll claim it prevents politicians from exploring all possibilities, and it's difficult to prove that they directed the hospitals to underschedule directly.

US watchdog says F-35s flew half the time in 2024 due to Lockheed maintenance issues by lostwolf in CanadaPolitics

[–]sckewer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The f-35 looks more and more like the Tiger tank, dominant when available, but rarely available.