One of the first times I was stoned in public was at a high school hockey game. It was the local French school versus the local English school, so a couple of cops were there because there were often fights that broke out. Also there was every single person I knew from high school. I remember trying to explain how offsides work to this girl I ended up dating for two years after graduating.

When I asked her about it years afterwards, she said she still didn’t understand offsides, but she also didn’t realize I was high, so that’s a win I guess.

If anyone wants an example of Québecois swearing, I recommend checking out Lorembarnak. It’s lorem ipsum but tabarnak-ified.

If you’re in need of some inspiration; Tom Scott on YouTube made a video of himself learning how to ride a bike. Seeing someone else learn something can be useful, and there’s a lot of little things in the video one can pick up on to avoid common mistakes.

You can definitely get a good daily-driver for less than that if you buy used and aren’t scared of learning a bit of bike maintenance.

Alternatively, people should look into cycling co-ops. There’s one in my town that refurbishes old bikes and sells them for around $100 (Canadian)

J’étais cycliste bien avant de découvrir la chaîne de NotJustBikes, mais ses vidéos ont entièrement changé ma perspective sur le transport et comment nos villes sont construites. Il utilise vraiment efficacement sa plateforme, selon moi. Il tombe peut-être un peu dans la moquerie parfois envers les car-brains mais l’état de l’infrastructure urbaine est si absurde… Un peu de moquerie pour choquer le système à refléter sur les mesures ridicules que l’ont prend pour accommoder les voitures, ça pourrait ne pas faire de tord.

Detransitioners exist, but they are such a tiny minority of people who receive gender-affirming care. IIRC, more people regret having knee surgery than any surgery associated with a gender transition. Should we ban knee surgery?!

They didn’t list alternative platforms, all of those are alternative frontends or apps for YouTube.

This is giving me !funhole@lemmy.sdf.org vibes

Really cool!

I was surprised by the random inclusion of footage from Hartland, New Brunswick right at the end there (the covered bridge scenes).

As a service worker, I have a fair few regulars who I know will brighten my day when I see them. It really doesn’t take much; a friendly demeanour, a smile, a joke or two, it all goes a long way to make me feel like we’re having a human interaction rather than me being a machine through which you order food & drinks. I’ve been doing this type of work for years but I still get flabbergasted at people who answer “latte to-go” when I ask them how their day is going.

That being said, something that annoys me (not saying you do this, you sound sweet and self-aware) is when people try to chat us up when we’re clearly busy and in a rush. I don’t want to be rude, and I would love to chat if I had time, but when I have a mountain of tickets to get through I’m not going to be a particularly engaging conversation partner :P

EDIT: I just want to add;

Joy is rebellion. Kindness is radical. Optimism is counterculture.

Love this. it’s basically my motto at work. It’s kinda silly, but even something as simple as getting service from a friendly person can make a difference in someone’s day. Last year, I had a couple come in the café I worked at, chatted them up a bit, made them laugh. Come to learn they’re from out of town, and I ask “what brings you to these parts?” only for the lady to break out into tears and tell me they were here for her mother’s funeral. In between her sobs, she said they wanted to go out for breakfast to clear her thoughts from her grieving, and that she truly appreciated the kind and thoughtful service my coworkers and I gave them.

I went into the back and cried a bit after that, but it truly feels nice to make a positive difference in someone’s day. I think about her a lot when I have a rough day at work, it helps keep me focused on trying my best. You never know what someone’s going through.

I’m not an Apple user but I’ve heard good things about the Alfred launcher on MacOS.

I disagree, I think it definitely is a political statement.

However, kicking someone out for “politics” at a sports game, where you need to stand for national anthems and 75% of the time they’ll make you “honour” some random veteran is ironic and pretty disgusting.

I don’t think anyone should be bothered by political clothing at a baseball game unless said politics are actively hateful, which “Canada is not for sale” is quite obviously not.

That’s a lot of nuts!

If I search for comments, I’ll see stuff from whenever, but it works as it should when searching for posts.

It’s from Grown Ups 2.

MTF DOOM

Just remember ALL CAPS when you spell the woman name

I just took an edible and it’s starting to kick in, but I still want to figure this out.

Getting stoned and getting the magic rocks in my homelab to do my bidding is one of my favourite ways to use up my time on this Earth.

looks like their product is intended to feel as close to Microsoft as possible

Maybe that’s why they picked a name really easy to mistake for another office software suite, to mimic Microsoft’s atrocious naming schemes :P

blind brothers and sisters

No gender-neutral language for our non-binary siblings? For shame, comrade.

This comment reminded me, I have met some people who played in a French/German improv league (LIBER). They’re based in Berlin and perform in both French and German. I’m not sure how they incorporate both languages, but I believe it’s just a free-for-all, speak what you want, answer in whatever type situation.