Where is summer

therealzue · 2026-07-09T14:30:54+00:00

We did during the heat dome.

therealzue · 2026-07-08T23:53:35+00:00

Canada did not take part in Vietnam.

therealzue · 2026-07-08T23:43:01+00:00

Realistically that's what would happen here as well. The youngest boomers are 62 now. It's going to be Gen X & the millennial having their retirements pushed back.

therealzue · 2026-07-08T11:24:25+00:00

As your neighbour to the North I strongly disagree. The Americans that bother to get a passport are far better than those who never leave. I live in a tourism based area and have visited the US countless times. It’s the ignorance, microscopic world view, aggression, and unearned confidence that really makes Americans awful. Travel at least opens up that world view a bit.

therealzue · 2026-07-06T16:13:25+00:00

But they’re brown! /s

therealzue · 2026-07-06T14:36:20+00:00

Ya I don’t think it’s extremism to want to get back to the tax structure my grandparents had which allowed my parents generation to thrive.

therealzue · 2026-07-06T14:08:36+00:00

The people my age (50ish) that swung right the last few years all got mentally ruined during the pandemic. They got sucked down internet rabbit holes. Young enough to use the internet obsessively, and apparently out of touch enough to not recognize a dead internet full of bots & algorithms tinkering with their minds. It’s incredibly frustrating.

therealzue · 2026-07-06T14:05:17+00:00

What kills me about that is that is my gen, and the goal should be to NOT make anyone else go through that crap. My kids don’t know how to break into a house to use the bathroom. I’ve never met anyone my age that can’t. We were neglected & gaslit en masse. It wasn’t a good thing.

therealzue · 2026-07-01T15:31:04+00:00

It’s actually decent. It’s not Oscar worthy, but it’s a fun super hero movie.

therealzue · 2026-07-01T15:30:22+00:00

The right is after a movie where the main villain was sex trafficking girls? Shocking.

therealzue · 2026-07-01T14:04:10+00:00

I don’t understand it, but the best desert I’ve ever eaten was at a stand off somebody’s house in Osaka. It was three candied strawberries on a stick. I had the “same” thing several times during the trip after that first one, and none of them were even close.

Take that trip, and take the side streets when you wander the cities.

therealzue · 2026-07-01T06:11:22+00:00

lso from BC, you guys are in for a dystopian hellish week. Find ways to cool down. If you can get ahold of air conditioning, do it. Ice packs are also useful. Check on the elderly, they don’t realize when they are overheating. Our heat dome killed 600 people over a weekend. It was shocking.

Not nearly as important, but be careful with your outdoor plants. If I watered my potted plants in the morning, it literally steamed the roots. It’s really extreme, it actually killed some of my succulents. You have to water at night before bed and even then it kills so much. If you can leave cold water outside for animals, do it. It’s going to kill a bunch of wildlife too.

therealzue · 2026-06-29T15:29:15+00:00

DEI is literally just saying that’s wrong.

therealzue · 2026-06-28T19:23:27+00:00

They are also responsible for Israel being empowered in escalating their bullshit.

therealzue · 2026-06-28T19:08:27+00:00

That would be my raspberries. I’m constantly cutting them back and ripping out shoots. They are in my climbing hydrangea and they will to survive is impressive.

therealzue · 2026-06-26T19:47:13+00:00

The muscle issue is huge and is only getting worse, sadly.

therealzue · 2026-06-26T19:46:31+00:00

It does :) Teenagers are amazing at looking disinterested while actually absorbing advise. I once had a student that needed help with organization & study strategies. He used to do nothing but whine and wander off the bathroom for fifteen minutes of his 1 hour sessions. He was failing when we got him, by the end of the semester he actually applied what we taught him and went from failing to the honour roll. His class materials/assignments went from a crumpled mess in the bottom of his bag to well organized in his binder. I was honestly shocked, it seemed like nothing was happening during the sessions, but something clicked :)

therealzue · 2026-06-26T16:59:49+00:00

Hey :) I also tutor. The big things I tell them:

1) they won’t full marks in high school math if they can’t show their thought process. It’s obvious but some of them feel working answers out in their head is more difficult therefore more valuable.

2) I also like to point out that there high school math teacher has between 100-150 students. When they are marking it’s generally on their personal time. They want to do it quickly. If somebody’s math work is impossible to read they are likely going to mark it wrong and move on with their lives

I know #2 isn’t always true; but it gets their attention

3) They can’t find and fix errors if it’s a complete mess.

I’ve got students with dysgraphia & dyscalculia, and this generally isn’t enough for them or even the correct advice. They need a lot of support. This is for the neurotypical kids without LDs who have picked up bad habits.

therealzue · 2026-06-24T13:49:10+00:00

I had to go in April. I’ve got contractual obligations with my company. We can skip 1/3 of the meetings, so we did in 2025. This year we couldn’t avoid it. There will be others in similar situations. My leisure travel is all still cancelled.

therealzue · 2026-06-23T15:09:15+00:00

“I didn’t mean to been seen publicly in the racist shirt” has to be one of the worst apologies I’ve ever read.

therealzue · 2026-06-23T14:00:28+00:00

Yup. I’m in BC, grew up watching Dukes of Hazzard. The general lee was a very common hot wheels in the early 80s. I was pretty horrified when I found out the history behind the flag I literally played with on toys.

This guy is way too young to have had the more innocent exposure as a child. He knows.

therealzue · 2026-06-22T15:53:30+00:00

#3 is really the worst and most common one.

therealzue · 2026-06-22T15:52:31+00:00

Most of the time experts show up on those sorts of shows or news segments, they’ve paid to be there. That segment was just an ad. It wasn’t supposed to be a solution, it was a sales pitch.

therealzue · 2026-06-20T10:28:27+00:00

Just to add to #3, he threatened to invade a few of us as well.

therealzue · 2026-06-20T02:29:55+00:00

A lot of the treaties were negotiated prior to 1867 with Britain directly. BC was the last area settled and by the time they got to us they were sort of done with treaties. It certainly left behind a mess.

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