[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm no nameologist but I think it means they were a sailor who rode nukes around Oregon, like that one cowboy riding a nuke in that cold war documentary I watched.

Edit: here's a screenshot from the documentary

I'm not saying immigration is good or bad, just that it's a symptom not a cause of an underlying issue.

Also, how many uber drivers have you met that are doctors, lawyers, engineers, etc waiting for their certification to be validated before they can work? It's anecdotal but I've met a lot of immigrants with professional degrees driving for uber because they can't work for months to years because they need to get recertified/authorized.

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 37 points 2 days ago

Shouldn't we address why population growth is so stagnant in our population to require constant immigration to boost our population? Why are so many people having fewer and fewer children? Could it be that housing, food, everything is skyrocketing in price and yet wages haven't increased in decades?

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

What about her friend, Sandy Cheeks?

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 days ago

If only she'd used the notwithstanding clause to fuck off to somewhere else.

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago

I think you're missing the forest for the trees there, mate. You're correct that there are other people out there that are worse off, but if we take from one group that is struggling and help another group that's struggling you're just shifting who is worse off. If you were to take money from the people who have more than they can ever use (ie billionaires, and the corporations that got them so rich) and help everyone else out, everyone is still benefiting.

Plus, it looks at the core reasons why so many are struggling. Having housing as an investment, food price fixing, telecoms taking tax dollars to upgrade infrastructure and pocketing it, governments privatizing crown corporations to the detriment of the public and to get their rich friends richer, etc. These are what are causing the issues for most middle and lower class Canadians, and it all stems back to corporate greed (and the billionaires that own them).

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago

Ehh, there is a far difference between a millionaire or billionaire and someone making sub $100 000 a year. 100k a year won't get you a house in any of the bigger cities in Canada. A billionaire has more money than they can spend.

But yes, there definitely in a wealth inequality between nations, but it's the billionaire's and corporations that are causing that, not generally middle class people.

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 days ago

What if we take the billionaire's money and give it to the people?

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

Step 1: don't go on the ocean.

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Due to market factors outside our control, prices will be increasing next billng cycle. Thanks for being loyal ~~peons~~ customers at shittyTelecom.

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

Carthago delenda est!

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

You okay Poland? Those are some depressing kids stories.

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Looking for the most privacy respecting baby monitor available. Doesn't have to be overly complicated, just the ability to watch a video feed from an app on my phone. It's a must have from the wife, so trying to find the best option and accepting some losses in privacy is likely necessary.

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A cute video I saw from the perspective of a cat living its best life.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

So I've realized that in conversations I'll use traditional terms for men as general terms for all genders, both singularly and for groups. I always mean it well, but I've been thinking that it's not as inclusive to women/trans people.

For example I would say:

"What's up guys?" "How's it going man?" "Good job, my dude!” etc.

Replacing these terms with person, people, etc sounds awkward. Y'all works but sounds very southern US (nowhere near where I am located) so it sounds out of place.

So what are some better options?

Edit: thanks for all the answers peoples, I appreciate the honest ones and some of the funny ones.

The simplest approach is to just drop the usage of guys, man, etc. Folks for groups and mate for singular appeal to me when I do want to add one in between friends.

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I'm looking for a simple alternative to Splitwise to self host. Currently my partner and I use it to keep track of monthly expenses to ensure there is roughly even spending between us. Doesn't have to be complex, in fact the simpler the better as my partner prefers simple, ready to use tech. It would only need to be accessed locally as we update expenses once or twice a month, and would prefer FOSS to have control over our data.

I thought of having a Spreadsheet that is synced using syncthing between my computer and her phone. This seems simple on my end, but I worry that it would be more complicated for my partner as they primarily would use this on their iphone. Currently on splitwise you can add expenses with only a couple button presses.

Thanks in advance.

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I'm looking for a simple alternative to Splitwise to self host. Currently my partner and I use it to keep track of monthly expenses to ensure there is roughly even spending between us. Doesn't have to be complex, in fact the simpler the better as my partner prefers simple, ready to use tech. It would only need to be accessed locally as we update expenses once or twice a month, and would prefer FOSS to have control over our data.

I thought of having a Spreadsheet that is synced using syncthing between my computer and her phone. This seems simple on my end, but I worry that it would be more complicated for my partner as they primarily would use this on their iphone. Currently on splitwise you can add expenses with only a couple button presses.

Thanks in advance.

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I'm looking for an app to help learn the basics of language similar to Duolingo. Something to become conversational to get started.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml

As the title says, is there a good mobile alternative for excel on fdroid? I found libreoffice but it hasn't worked so far with any spreadsheet I've tried opening.

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