Kithop @kithop@social.kithop.ca

@Olivia [ 🇨🇦-ness intensifies ]

B-bagged milk?

@kd thanks, I hate it

@pixl ...the guy's name is literally Bowser?!

That's... interesting.

Also interesting:

http://www.the10and3.com/this-is-how-canada-talks/

@kd Took it again and some of the questions were different (must be a pool), and ended up with the same result.

https://www.kithop.ca/2019/02/21/new-york-times-us-dialect-quiz/

Shit, 'kitty-corner' outed me.

Makes sense in 🇨🇦 to be pegged with my Cascadian bretheren, though. ;P

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@rechner Yeah, it's everything. Groceries packaged/labelled for Canada must have both French + English on it, usually in equal sizes.

On imported foodstuffs from elsewhere, they usually print out a new ingredients/nutrition/etc. label and stick it on the box/bottle overtop to satisfy that requirement, since the original is likely English-only or whatever.

I love the implication of 'cereal French'. It's such a Canadianism.

It's probably how most of us Anglophones 'learn' bits of French. Picking up random groceries facing the 'wrong' way and spending a couple seconds scrutinizing the French side to see if we can make sense of it without putting in the effort to spin the damned thing around and read the English one.

Coworker: "Any French expert around to help a Chinese guy who doesn't even know cereal French?"

Me: "Uh, I know like... Elementary school French."

Coworker literally from Montréal with a French-sounding name: "It's asking you [stuff]"

First Coworker: "Thanks!"

Me: *still reading small clusters of three to four words* "Wants... if stuff... you do..."

French-speaking coworker: 🙄

@Jo ...oops.

@Galuade @roguecnidarian Not sure what device(s) you're using, but on Android I ended up switching to a Firefox build because you can install uBlock Origin in it - the exact same as on the desktop - and block all that garbage. Helps a ton with the CPU/battery/load times.

@kd Conveniently left out is that the BC Liberals had a habit of raiding the treasuries of Crown corps like ICBC, leading down the path to this mess in the first place.

@QuakeYote I have an AT2020 too - they're great!

@DamienGranz @FamiliarAlien It's fine - I'm not going to disagree that the system is broken, or that this needs to be a judgement on other people. Just wanted to relate my personal experience trying to claw out of $25K in debt, a couple thousand of which were trying to save a cat who ultimately, unfortunately didn't make it.

That wasn't even something I shouldn't have taken on - pets are family. It just sucks all around

@sixohsix I've been using K9-Mail for a while now, personally.

@heytanuki Always reminds me of something I'd heard or read about 'the different ways people say, "I love you" without actually saying it'

"Did you take your meds?"
"Have you had enough water today?"
"Did you eat yet?"
"When did you get to bed?"
"How was your day?"
etc.

@FamiliarAlien I mean... you can stretch this to be about people, too. I know I can't afford to have kids, both financially and health-wise, so I've already written off ever having any of my own. I have my niece at least.

Sometimes practicing self-care means the unfortunate task of having to turn down requests for help, because you know you'll be stretched too thin to actually do what's needed. Maybe, hopefully, they can get that help elsewhere.

@FamiliarAlien This kind of goes with the 'you need to take care of yourself before you can take care of others' lesson that I've had to learn the hard way over the years.

Same kind of applies with pets. No matter how much I would love to adopt every single animal from the local SPCA, I know I can't handle that for a multitude of reasons, and it sucks.

We've even had issues catsitting two of our friends' while she sorts out her living situation.

@debugninja Yeah, my model 2 Genesis has basically The Worst™ video + audio setup, apparently, when it comes to the possible chips they could've used and whatnot.

I could RGB mod it (the video issue is the composite part only) and put the aftermarket replacement amp in it, I guess, but still - this is the same one I've had from childhood, and otherwise it's still going strong.