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I buy a new coat every few years. I'm still wearing something I got in 2018 or 2019.

@Yeah No Not being "officially diagnosed" wouldn't have been abnormal for Sheldon's generation either. Funny how Sheldon would "defer to wisdom" as you said rather than be deeply offended that you're correct. Or be triggered to get angry. Because I've been the latter. Except I don't get violent. I think some of it, for me, comes from immigrant (grand)parents always telling me that I'm "wrong" in some way, shape or form. And yes, it's mostly my grandmother. And my dad thinks I'm offensive when I said (much later in life, after she had passed) that she kind of freaked me out. It went beyond being afraid of her lecturing me for buying tampons instead of pads. My mom never knew about the tampon situation. Fake news/facts and offensive things my Poh Poh said included "Canadian (read: White) girls are bad because they have boyfriends and don't study! Be a good Chinese girl and don't date until university!" and "Bermuda has the highest HIV+/AIDS rate in the world" and "don't go swimming or you'll get AIDS!" (this was back in the 80s when HIV was a death sentence).

The whole Elon weirdness reminds me of when Tom Cruise was on Oprah and jumped on the couch declaring his love for Katie Holmes. Of course, Elon is way more extreme and weird.

Holy, eggs are $9 where you are? The online grocery store I order from weekly lists eggs between $6.75-9.99, depending on the brand and whether they're conventional or organic. Keep in mind that these are Canadian prices that has its own delivery service. I'm seeing the same range on larger chains on Instacart. And Instacart prices are generally inflated over in-store. The lowest price I have seen in grocery stores so far is $4 ish for a dozen. The current exchange rate: $1 US = $1.43 Canadian.

And if you're female, you weren't flagged at all. What's weird is that I was fairly disruptive when I was very young but was only sent to the behaviour issues classroom to cool off. No one ever flagged me and I think they blamed it on my epilepsy instead. Weird, huh?

@annzeepark914 Aveeno has A LOT of products for people with eczema! Peeve: It's only January 21 and I'm already having trouble booking a weekend getaway for my family. EVERYTHING for EVERY WEEKEND this summer is booked up. I'm considering late June since private schools get out earlier than public.

Some countries do it better than others. We're not great in North America but places like South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore are way worse. Top that up with unaffordable housing. I think one of my cousins only moved out in her late 30s because of money (okay, it's partially cultural, but she basically isn't ever going to marry).

Wealthy Asian countries are HORRIBLE when it comes to work life balance. That's one of the reasons why the birthrate is so low in those countries.

You guys are in for a long four years unless mid-terms go full on blue. And the whole world better be ready for another economic crash.

I was a baby during the original Marathon of Hope, but annual runs aren’t held at the same time across the country. I’d say the 2010 Winter Olympics was definitely when Canada was totally united. At least I felt it.

Mom, is that you? ETA; my mom worked in IT in the 70s and into the 90s. She was one of five girls in a class of 100 kids (as in grade) at a boys’ school that took girls in the sixth form years in HK in the 60s. Met my dad there. They didn’t date then because good teenagers in 1960s HK didn’t date.

We don't have a President. We have a Prime Minister (well, we sort of do right now, considering Trudeau's recent announcement). We are a Constitutional Monarchy and part of the British Commonwealth. Sure, we have paid parental leave, but due to sexist culture, women are more likely to take MOST of the leave opposed to a more equal split with their male partners, should they have one. And yes, women are more likely to leave their careers because childcare can get extremely expensive, especially in Toronto (not all care centres participate in subsidized childcare. And many more in Toronto do not). Women expecting to "obey" men? Yeah, sure we do. We have crazy religious people here too. As for Blacks and incarceration, check this out from the Government of Canada regarding Blacks and the justice system.

I'm pretty sure we have our own issues. South Asians are having THEIR moment in terms of discrimination right now, and yes, Black kids are, like in the US, more likely to be academically behind (unless you're Nigerian). Our schools tend to have better funding, but kids in lower income families are still less likely to succeed. Gender balance wise, TBH, the only pluses we have right now are paid parental leave and the guaranteed right for women to control their own bodies. Career-wise, it's just as bad for women. Expectations for boys and toxic masculinity also just as bad.

Seems like everyone has a different definition of what "woke" is. Mine is more negative. It's "your views don't matter" or "your views are making you sound like a self-centred b***h" as this has been my experience in (early) DE&I committees. Maybe things have improved, but I really doubt by much. When people talk about equity in these groups, not ONCE did I hear anything about language challenges and sometimes that making it difficult for them to understand differences in the country they have emigrated to/that one needs to look at the big picture and start things EARLY and that they need PATIENCE for things to become more equal. Don't think there are enough women in STEM fields? Maybe start encouraging girls in elementary school and see how things are in 20 years. And while you're there, encourage boys to look into "softer" fields (which I find they're doing LESS of). I went to a girls only school where the vast majority of science teachers were women. I toured a boys only school when we were looking for "bigger" schools for my son and the junior schools were still overwhelmingly taught by women. I've brought that up in DE&I committees, only to be dismissed. I still see moms (mostly) in parenting groups getting worried about male preschool teachers. This is what I mean. And I will continue to be vocal about this regardless of how I'm shamed (mostly online because people feel it's easier to write than to talk).

But it’s also important for kids to learn responsibility.