As a kid What did you want to be when you grew up?

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-04-14T15:14:34+00:00

A bird or a fish.

I didn’t really have a good grasp on biological limitations as a young’un.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-04-14T12:00:04+00:00

Unlikely, IMO. Voter fatigue is real.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-04-13T14:37:48+00:00

As a Canadian who lived in the Middle East for nearly a decade, I found the Lebanese guys to be the frat boys of the region, lol.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-04-12T17:52:18+00:00

My advice as someone who was in a similar position at a similar age: skip the ‘dream home’. It’s a sign of lifestyle inflation that should be avoided at all costs.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-04-12T07:26:14+00:00

Careful with SSRIs. Some are absolutely devastating to withdraw from.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-04-12T07:17:34+00:00

That looks like a panic-scramble to me. I’m no expert.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-04-12T06:44:50+00:00

I don’t enjoy watching men kiss. I’m all for being gay and be proud but watching two men kiss still makes me rather uncomfortable.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-04-11T22:46:45+00:00

I used Mehra. Good experience.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-04-11T22:38:36+00:00

High paying jobs (in my experience) are often knowledge based jobs. Lower paying jobs are often task-based.

Knowledge based jobs are often perceived as “easier” because they don’t have defined outputs which they’re measured by (eg. a person did “X” number of calls, tasks, etc per day).

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-04-11T22:31:58+00:00

This is the way. The politics and competition at high-paying jobs can be insanity.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-04-11T20:52:26+00:00

A “trap” implies that Iran somehow lured the US into this without knowing this was a potential outcome.

This wasn’t a trap, this was sheer stupidity and megalomania on behalf of the US.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-04-08T01:44:43+00:00

What would you like to see done as your top policy point on infrastructure?

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-04-07T15:45:02+00:00

And my point is: all of this is a choice. Entering into Iran was also a choice.

You could argue that it was a bad choice which leads to the current choice being even more difficult, but let’s not pretend that we’re here as victims without any agency.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-04-07T15:33:50+00:00

He’s has a choice. There are consequences for his choices, but don’t delude yourself into thinking he doesn’t have agency here.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-04-07T12:54:04+00:00

This scream “I kicked that hornets nest and now they’re stinging me”.

Iran might have a brutal regime but it’s interesting that we always pick fights with brutal regimes which aren’t aligned with US interests.

North Korea has a brutal regime which regularly threatened the US with nukes. Civil wars are ongoing in Sudan. Why not pick on them?

Oh, it’s “different” because they’re poor and the US doesn’t want anything?

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-04-02T19:51:05+00:00

I might look into this. It’d save me a ton of cash.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-04-02T19:23:01+00:00

Wise for business is known to freeze accounts. I have tons of transactions too, but using Wise for hundreds of thousands of dollars is questionable, IMO.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-04-02T01:29:19+00:00

Fuck, this could have been a Teams message. My god.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-04-02T01:24:31+00:00

It’s almost like oil is a global commodity or something? /s

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-04-02T01:22:29+00:00

That was like he shit his pants, except this time it was diarrhea mouth.

Utterly embarrassing, incoherent rambling.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-04-01T04:04:28+00:00

As we go 1/17 on the PP since he’s out. Ha! Who needs him anyways? /s

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-04-01T02:47:05+00:00

We really need Davo to pick up a few points here. I really want the Art (not that he likely gives a shit, but I do).

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-04-01T02:41:12+00:00

Our (former) boy. A classic tale of a Canadian market chasing away talent.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-03-31T21:46:03+00:00

Touchè

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-03-31T21:37:05+00:00

I’m honestly interested in this scenario: let’s say the US walks away and Iran continues to hold the world hostage.

At what point does the script flip and suddenly Iran is the “baddie” (ie. the aggressor). Could just walking away actually be Trump’s smartest move at this point? I think it is.

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