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More bad news for Elon (hahahahahaha) https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-recall-over-46000-cybertrucks-nhtsa-says-2025-03-20/

Sounds amazing! Why do they do one eye at a time? And is your vision lopsided because only one eye has been done so far? I once accidentally switched my contacts and it was...weird.

I remember a prof talking about it when I was in school. And this was a BOOMER complaining about turning 50!

From the Chit-Chat thread (because I posted this there by mistake): Vancouver Auto Show cancels Tesla! https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7487191 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Vancouver Auto Show cancels Tesla! https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7487191 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 ETA: copying this for The Feels thread. Because I clearly shouldn’t be posting from my phone

@Dimity Nerd Boy isn’t even creative/original!

My husband and I bought ETFs that short Tesla, so it's been doing well :)

It sounds like I'll have to stay overnight at the hospital at my next surgery. I was told earlier that it was a day procedure. I guess that's better for wound observation. It's related to the genetic condition I have, but not near the same area I had my previous procedure back in June.

Maybe he'll be kicked out of the Supreme Court.

Speaking of generations, I think many Millennials don't realize they're middle age or close to it. The oldest Millennials are heading to their mid-40s (oh, and the youngest GenXers are 45-ish. I prefer Xennial, however)! My son is an Alpha, though many people my age have Gen Z kids. And having had children at an older age, I will be 60, turning 61 when my son graduates from university (provided that he doesn't take a gap year).

Your sister is weird! We're doing lamb stew and I am making homemade soda bread using unconventional flours (a mix of spelt, oat and sweet potato. Threw in some flax and psyllium for added fibre) and kefir. Also, I think only Canadians and Americans go all out to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. If you really think about it, it's kind of...cultural appropriation. And this goes for people who're of Irish descent here too. Are Shamrock Shakes available at McDonald's in Ireland?

OMG this is HILARIOUS! https://www.instagram.com/reel/DG6WB6ky88J/?igsh=YnVrNnV5bXF6emQy

At his age, there's probably some dementia going on in there too. And they say that Biden was bordering.....

It's weird. When the pet is a hamster or a dog or cat, yes, the humans DO cry. I owned fish growing up. I didn't seem to...care.....I think having pet fish is just different. Your funeral for them is...well...often in the bathroom.

Whole Foods is the only big grocery store I can walk to so I have no choice. There’s a smaller place closer to me but they don’t have as much selection. This is aside from my twice weekly delivery from Mama Earth, a Toronto area online store with a lot of curated products. They’re very transparent about where things are from, sometimes down to the farm. I suppose this would be like shopping at Costco but not buying US based product.

I just commented on a Threads thread, mentioning that some items CAN'T be both a Canadian brand and Canadian-grown, especially if you're looking at, say, rice. Other than wild rice, we do not cultivate rice domestically. And rice is the primary grain in MANY cultures, cultures that make up who we are as a country. I get that we can make do eating other grains (and I do that myself), but try asking my parents to move from rice to, say, quinoa (yes, quinoa is grown domestically...and it's technically a seed that is eaten like rice) and they'll just look at you weird. There are tons of things I can make do, but I'm a weird Canadian born gal who just likes to butcher ancestral cuisine (for the hey). My rules are still this: Canadian owned/made, Canadian brand but sourced internationally, international, Blue States.

Canada's Chapman's Ice Cream will be using international ingredients rather than US-based suppliers due to tariffs. I typically buy smaller brands, including Calgary's Righteous Gelato as well as more local ones like Belly (they're in Huntsville, ON and are currently closed for the season). I've also purchased from local scoop shops like Nani's Gelato (they have more international, South Asian-influenced flavours), Good Behaviour (some East/Southeast flavours like Hong Kong milk tea and Vietnamese coffee) and my personal favourite, Death in Venice. Their "cheese board" flavour isn't as weird as you might think it is.

Get those VPNs ready then….

You don't think, though, that heavily criticizing media, all that flawed facts (e.g. RFK Jr.'s views on health...seriously, shouldn't a doctor or nurse be in that position?) that's out there, coming out from him and his people isn't even getting close? At least they haven't reached the point where they're getting young people to criticize their elders just yet. The 3 Antis campaign, for example, were set to end corruption, bureaucracy and "waste." To Orange Guy and his buddies, a lot of what has been set up in the past are seen as corrupt and wasteful (thus closing of the Department of Education, DEI and others). A government created recession (just like the government-created famine during the Cultural Revolution) is a real possiblity thanks to the tariffs too. I suppose anything can be spun into anything... And yeah, people are scared of him. I'm worried that media would be shut down and it might be next to impossible for you guys to get balanced news...unless it's THAT fair and balanced (#sorrynotsorry). I think my great aunt had to go into hiding because she's the child of a journalist whose father OWNED a small paper (plus she was also very educated). The CCP DID NOT like media unless they sided with them. Just like Orange Guy and his People.

I think we're more welcoming in general since we've always had Quebec. They do their own thing and we Anglophones are (somewhat) okay with it. They have their own culture, their own legal system, language, etc...and we let them be them. So over time, we've learned to be more tolerant. You may also argue our so-called "cultural mosaic" view of multiculturalism vs. the US and their assimilation. But coming from a child-of-immigrant perspective, I don't see much of a difference. Italian Americans will always have their thing that is distinct from so-called "mainstream." It's not Italian to people in Italy, but they see themselves as people with Italian heritage (using Italians as an example). Same with ANY immigrant group that came after, say, the 1880s. The immigration patterns may be different (e.g. Hong Kong Chinese in Toronto and Vancouver while the older Toishanese speaking communities remained more prevalent in the US) but people DO keep parts of their ancestral heritages, sometimes generations after their families arrived. Hey, a few generations down the road, you might see an ethnically ambiguous descendant of my family who makes baked chickpea pierogies in a curry sauce and topped with mozzarella and matzoh crumbs. And no one will tell them that it's cultural appropriation because that's what everyone does.

I am ashamed that I forgot about Kim Campbell. I mentioned on social media that I thought Chrystia Freeland had lost her chance at any possible leadership of the Liberal Party and that Melanie Joly is waiting in the wings and heir apparent. And that she could very well be our first woman PM. Well, technically, she could very well be the first to become PM in a general election. One could only hope. 🙂

Peeve: People who gate keep their heritage's cuisine. Like, people who freak out when I cook Chinese style dumplings in the oven with tomato sauce and cheese. It's easier for me than steaming, pan frying (i.e. pot stickers) or boiling. And I like fusion. And being a hummus freak, I've used it to top fried quinoa (yes, quinoa, not rice). I've also used guacamole and pico de gallo. Queso too. It's really tasty. And like Hong Kong cha chaan teng food isn't just low brow fusion (low brow since most are hole in the wall joints).

Neither would a teacher. Heck, I'm pretty sure some of my tech, lawyer and finance friends had help with their downpayment.

But pop culture wise? Not necessarily. For example, my parents only know who Polkaroo is because, well, they watched Polka Dot Door with me when I was little. I really doubt child-free immigrant boomers would. Or my mom's cousin and his family, because they came to Canada in 1990 when the kids were 11 and 15 respectively. I doubt they'd know who Bonhomme is either. Carnaval was a big part of my (very Anglphone, very Ontario) elementary education, but I think that was because the French teachers at my school did a really good job, especially for a school without an immersion program. They actually RENTED a Bonhomme costume and someone on staff wore it. We had to guess who it was. High schools don't really do anything about Carnaval and my 11 year old cousin came for the last two months of Grade 6 (at a JK-6 school).

It used to be that pretending you're Canadian worked, but any Canadian there will question your knowledge (which kind of sucks for many immigrants who didn't grow up immersed in the culture or school system).