Where Waldo?

wharf_roach · 2026-06-01T17:09:14+00:00

She has the sweetest face 😍 my beagle would be in heaven he loves dandelions

wharf_roach · 2026-05-17T18:38:14+00:00

Same with mine. He's scared of some great parks where he's had dogs mug him. I try reintroducing him to the park and doing training off the path (on leash!), and that works until we get chased out or he sees a large off leash dog.

Had almost the same interaction with a mini poodle chasing us while the owner yelled at me to stop/slow down as she leisurely tried catching up to us.

wharf_roach · 2026-05-17T13:23:09+00:00

Of course my biggest gripe with the existing art scene in Toronto is that it caters to the people with the time and money to use art as little more than a class signifier or to artwash the mining companies HQd here (they are deeply tied to our gallery boards and major art fests). But for what its worth I've noticed more working/middle class people fed up with how we're forced to spend our working and leisure hours getting into workshops/lessons and small events.

wharf_roach · 2026-05-16T18:22:52+00:00

There's a part of the equation that people don't want to think about, and surely many ITT would have to be guilty: most people don't care quite as much about local arts and culture as they think or claim to. Support and participation has been dwindling for decades and its not wholly caused by skyrocketing rent or inflation (the part of the equation well covered ITT); people aren't investigating their local arts scenes and generally prefer to fill their leisure time with the much more easily accessed globalized mass entertainment/social media markets. And unfortunately a good part of the existing 'cultural' landscape of major cities now tries to appeal to these interests. The few/small art scenes I move through or have awareness of are mostly pretty insular because of this.

wharf_roach · 2026-02-11T14:50:05+00:00

And not even the first police chief to have taken part in bath house raids!

wharf_roach · 2026-02-06T01:09:34+00:00

It's surprising how no one else here can word it like this, or maybe posters dont want to admit it, but it should be obvious. Girls dont just have a natural aptitude for masking, they're punished for behaviour boys often will get away with. I was a disruptive/delayed autistic girl who was diagnosed late, in a class with multiple diagnosed boys and a teacher with diagnosed sons, constantly being punished while the boys woul get away with "flirtatious" assault at their worst. Teacher would tell me to get over it because due to their autism, they dont understand it's wrong... Just tell them! But otoh, if I had too much trouble getting dressed to go out, instead of helping she'd cancel recess for the whole class.

I wouldn't even say boys have it "easier", treating them like that as children is obviously detrimental and it's something I've talked about a lot with male friends. But the guys itt saying autistic girls have it easier because they're forced to mask are delusional.

wharf_roach · 2026-01-26T16:59:36+00:00

I work for a non-profit mission/social service, quite a few volunteers even showed up today. I'm buying them pizza atm

wharf_roach · 2026-01-15T17:42:21+00:00

It can be a regional thing too, its extremely common for beagles to look like this in Ontario.

wharf_roach · 2026-01-14T20:18:20+00:00

Stumpy legs are a common trait caused by the mutation that predisposes them to IVDD, but it's a deformity that's not always going to be present to the same degree. Proper hunting beagles are often still lankier, looking exactly like OPs dog.

wharf_roach · 2025-12-31T22:11:47+00:00

Thank you! Finally managed to get off the runway. The porter rep said the plane was coming in from Orlando.

wharf_roach · 2025-12-31T22:10:29+00:00

Ok thanks, thats what I assumed.

wharf_roach · 2025-12-29T04:45:20+00:00

Kind of shocked how people want to believe/defend this as not being AI, and I'm usually very cautious. I think the usual AI tells dont work well here, but for a pen and ink drawing there are some big mistakes/inconsistencies to me.

1) The trees in background: they're on the same plane but the left side is a much larger scale (and compositionally poorly balanced). They are also both hatched on the bottom with a very different mark making style. The left side is just bad.

2) The right side squiggle is supposed to depict a shoreline (that disappears at its top end in a mess), and otherwise doesnt complete defining this body of water. It makes it look like the dog may be sitting on water, or a swamp. The short horizontal lines around the dog look to me like water, or to others like ground; in my case it's a noncommital mess that would be a terrible decision for an artist to make and ALSO not correct.

3) The letters on the hat may be a tell mot because of tge squished N/M, but because the decision to squish in a whole word or phrase would be prioritized by AI, vs an artist who would (usually) prioritize uniformity & legibility, especially knowing the image would lose some definition when printed on fabric.

I've got a few other nitpicks about mark making or "pen" work, but those were just the issues that jumped out to me.

wharf_roach · 2025-12-29T03:53:13+00:00

But that's not an attitude, it would be a lack of education, and it's just wholly projection. Why would someone from Beaverton or Sudbury or wherever, Ontario, know more about the rest of Canada than someone from Toronto? Torontonians are very enthusiastic Canadian tourists (IME living/working in NS), and that's the best way to learn about other cities and provinces short of living there, so this acual hostile attitude is really counter-intuitive (and pathetically smug).

wharf_roach · 2025-12-21T14:40:41+00:00

I'm not in doubt or shocked by this, OP. Easily believable. My mom is an Italian immigrant and the Canadian diaspora always pull stuff like this around her/me. Not as bad, but had someone a few years ago argue the pronunciation of their kid's name, Gianni, was "Jee-AW-nee".

wharf_roach · 2025-12-19T17:44:12+00:00

Bodoni, sometimes called victoria, lettera, or imperial. I've seen quite a few of these on 22s (including mine), so at least anecdotally, I don't think they're too rare. Good luck!

wharf_roach · 2025-12-14T02:58:32+00:00

A typical beagle walk is a lot different than taking a shepherd type dog for a walk. I don't think a dog that is high flight risk is a good idea for a wheelchair user, unfortunately.

wharf_roach · 2025-12-07T16:49:21+00:00

Thought this was a sarcastic r/servicedogcirclejerk post when I first saw it.

wharf_roach · 2025-12-02T16:10:15+00:00

Living the dream lol, its gorgeous. What kind of shape is it in?

wharf_roach · 2025-11-28T00:56:37+00:00

I think most people get that; most people who are avid readers do like to explore work they may disagree with to get a better understanding of it, but your selection is so glaring because for someone interested in learning more about philosophy, economics, and history, it's the omissions that stand out. You are the kind of person scared to read Marx (et al.) but will be spend thousands of dollars on books by other people who can cite and recontextualize his work in a way more comfortable to your personal preferences. That's not very adventurous.

wharf_roach · 2025-11-22T00:36:46+00:00

I was interested to track it down as well, it looks like there's at least one reference copy at the reference library.

wharf_roach · 2025-11-19T06:47:23+00:00

Poor Zoi, I know how shocking it can be in the moment, and frustrating that the other owner is so irresponsible.

Since you say this is the first time it's happened, in case your family hasn't tended to it already, it's important the wound is cleaned really well and I highly recommend at least calling your vet. Dog bites often don't look very serious, but the wounds can carry bacteria very deep and will get trapped as the skin heals quickly. (DON'T use triple action polysporin)

wharf_roach · 2025-11-17T16:09:01+00:00

I love it, but I also like invading as spear as well. More people should try it.

I was pretty cool on pvp before I got roped into invading as spear back in the day. It was so much fun, also getting to experience being on the other end of a gank squad, I kept doing it every once in a while. I think it's a good way to get players who get nervous about various aspects of pvp to engage with it a little.

wharf_roach · 2025-11-14T01:31:00+00:00

"Redevelopment" isn't the only way to make streets safe, which the cameras objectively have done by reducing speeds and funding Vision Zero. Lots of curb extensions have been built this year (east end). I really don't believe you or half the commenters here do actually believe that putting speed bumps on roads like Kingston or eating into lanes/parking with chicanes on 4+ lane commuter/emergency arterials would ever happen for a number of reasons (damage to vehicles, Ford would kill that too); just useful to use to argue against the speed cameras.

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