Oh man that gives me flashbacks. Especially getting ready for winter coming up. Might have to go dust that off and play.

Exactly, is just straight up for fun. I'd argue they're safer too. You pay way more attention in a stick shift, looking ahead timing shifts with traffic flow, leaving space and coasting to red lights, and the extra speed control on steep windy mountain roads is amazing especially in the winter.

Was lucky to get a 2021 Crosstrek in a manual, which I guess Subaru doesn't do in Canada anymore, so it'll likely be the last ICE car I have. If I'm joining the zombie horde of alternating mashing gas or brake depending what's happening 10m in front of me I better at least get some torque out of it.

Absolutely go do it! Riding a bike is one of the simplest joys in life once you get the hang of it. I live ripping around doing all my errands on it. I have a reasonably nice vehicle but really I only drive in the worst of the winter, or to get out of town to do some activity. In the summer that activity is usually mountain biking, go figure!

That's a good point actually. If meat and animal products weren't ridiculously subsidized and the price at the cashier reflected the true cost then there would be an overnight surge in veganism. Nobody would have the political will to completely tank massive well lobbied industries though, regardless of any long term benefit.

They changed the comic to point out veganism being a meaningful change compared to meatless Monday. While I agree it doesn't fit the context or intent of the comics original message, they aren't wrong. Like it or not at some point we all need to acknowledge that animal agriculture is one of the worst things we do to this planet. All they did was point that out and suggest that hey, maybe we should not do that.

The only attack is your reply. They didn't call you out as a self important, smug carnivore who huffs pig farts. It sounds more like you're being defensive at the notion that something you do has a negative impact, and it's easier to go "vegans preachy radical ideology, hurr durrr mah bacon!" than it is to confront the inconvenience that there are very real and surprisingly easy things you can do to bring about actual change in the world.

Thin sliced tofu, fried crispy in a skillet, tablespoon of both maple syrup and soy sauce, and a few drops of liquid smoke. I call it tofakeun. Seriously, try it.

A bit vague but there's a handful of areas that more or less meet that description around Canada.

Snowboarder. It's just my favourite thing to do going on 15 years now. It's influenced where I chose to live, the friends I've made, sparked a passion for outdoors that lead to also being a backpacker, climber, mountain biker, and realize my whole thing is really just having fun flowing through nature.

Photographer. All that time in nature puts me in pretty places so I wanted to take landscapes. That's still my favourite genre, but I also go for random photo walks, am my social groups go to wedding photographer, document my own kid and family, collect and shoot old school film cameras, develop my own film even. I'm that random weird friend always walking around with a camera.

Got my grandpa's Minolta XE7 in the bag on my way to visit my daughter for the holidays. Not my oldest camera, but he's not around anymore so there's some nice sentiment capturing family moments with his camera. Security hand checked the film, no questions asked, so that's nice. Couple rolls of HP5 to push for inside, and some Gold 200 if we get some sunny weather.

Photography, mostly landscapes. Something satisfying about capturing the essence of a beautiful view and being able to share it with others who couldn't be there to savour the moment. Sometimes a fancy digital camera, sometimes old timey film cameras my grandpa got me into. I'm also into backpacking, climbing, splitboarding, and otherwise just spending time in the mountains so there's no shortage of views to capture.

I always find climbing and running to be such complimentary activities. Strength and cardio both covered between the two of them, and at their core all you really need is a pair of shoes for each.

Kitchen table is 1880ish? My mom got it from one of her first palliative patients who got it from their parents and had nobody else to leave it with when they passed. Use it daily and have it paired with some modern steel chairs ... it's a little eclectic around here.

I've got some straight razors as well. Pretty sure some of the Swedish ones go back to 1700s.

Lower Manitoba 😂 so that makes Saskatchewan into Northest Dakota and the Okanagan is Upper California?