This article reads like a train wreck, and despite using the word “blackmail” like 20 times, does not go into details about what that actually means.

They don’t know that unless they go through it, which will take more than a day

Weirdly inflammatory comment, but okay.

Great write up, this highlights how powerful the way we use language can be, and why it’s important to consider the words and vocabulary we choose.

The way we use language affects the way we think, it reframes topics and normalizes ideas.

Patriarchal expressions are what we call “loaded”, similar to how calling an immigrant “alien” strips them of their humanity, or using the terms “blacklist” and “whitelist” reinforces “white good, black bad”.

Loaded language can be used accidentally, or strategically to convey a particular emotion, and language can equally be unloaded, such as in the case of “letting go” instead of “firing”, or “passed away” instead of “died”, it distances the concept from the underlying emotion.

How convenient.

Especially on the plateau

It would actually be 0 or more “r” characters.

You’re looking for Br.*dget

I feel like this picture was tailor made for me.

New CAH pack just dropped

It’s not that weird, we call it projection.

Same, I avoid eye contact, walk fast and make a wide circle to go to the parts counter lmao

I’m so sorry for your loss, just remember that you were their whole life, and that you did your best.

I hate how much CT has stepped up their credit card sales tactics, I feel like their sales desk has creeped closer and closer to the entrance over the past few months.

I really hate it because getting assaulted with a sales pitch triggers an anxiety attack for me. Maxi is also guilty of this (PC Financial), but they put them at the exit so you can’t leave.

But I do have to admit what they have to sell is good, Canadian and decently priced. I end up there a lot regardless for car parts and tools.

Less is more!

Quebec’s secularism laws can be explained by looking at its history with religion, and how much religion has destroyed its society in the past.

Government secularism is a way for Quebec to ensure clerical interference in government never happens again.

Whether it should also affect individuals, and where the line between individuals and government is drawn, is a very hot topic even within Quebec.

Technically, mobile payment is more secure than cash and cards in terms of theft risk as you need to authenticate before using it.

The only exception is a chip & pin card with NFC and magstripe disabled and no card number or CVV printed on it.

You can’t do much with modern phones once reported stolen, most of them become bricks.

Indeed! I almost picked up a Quebec tartan scarf the other day, but instead went with an official RCMP tartan scarf.

Edit: actually I’m fairly certain it was this one or a variant thereof that I saw in the store: https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails?ref=3872

Il y a eu une panne Bell aujourd’hui, je crois bien que EBox utilise le réseau de Bell.

It’s French for “I understood”

OP is very big