West_of_West

They’re waterproof for a reason

“It is I, LeVance!”

… which begs the question. How do Americans pronounce them?

Edit: boo eey

Credit where it is due. My parents are willing to question things. And that is half the battle.

My parents actually went the other way. They were very conservative while I was growing up until my mid twenties, and nowadays they are the complete opposite.

When they were conservative, I generally didn’t bring up politics, but if it came up I didn’t argue. I would just say I thought something was mean spirited and just shrug if they tried to argue. I think I accidentally psychologically fucked with them. I think being mean was against a core value of theirs and me repeating that idea slightly tweaked their thought process.

Eventually I started hearing the “mean spirited” comment from them as a reason they disliked a policy or conservative person. And they now vote for liberal or labour parties.

I really enjoyed Cracked in its internet heyday. It was at times funny and others poignant. Somewhere I would have wanted to publish. Technically it still exists… but it is not the same.

I looked him up. He is already retired from US military. A known democratic, endorsing both Harris and Biden. Nowadays it looks like he’s on a couple research and strategic groups and works for NATO directly.

What the hell were those doors for anyway? And who has a giant open pit. Also why the hell were they in an industrial site?

The Westcoast shoukdnjust break off and do their own thing.

It was all over the BC online forums when the province banned short term rentals outside primary residence.

There were op eds, bad studies, lying companies etc. Here a few from quick internet search

A crappy study trying to gaslight people. This was all over. https://www.biv.com/news/real-estate/airbnbs-dont-cause-residential-rent-increases-conference-board-8273746

Air bnb makes the argument they aren’t responsible https://www.airbnb.ca/e/closerlook

Arguing it lowers costs https://news.ncsu.edu/2024/10/airbnb-and-housing-costs/

But the land lords told us Airbnb doesn’t effect rental prices and actually let’s people afford homes!

That is indeed a shit post

My cockapoo is offended if he isn’t offered first dibs on goober.

But checks and balances!

Dude was too much of a coward to run in Calgary, the only bit of Alberta he has a nominal connection to.

Him winning less than 65% of the vote would be embarrassing. I think the last dude won with something like 85%

Do you not dip nuggets in wine? What are you a child?

The terroir is reminiscent of isolation, earthiness, and finishes with… the dark ring of coffee at the bottom of the mug