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Cake day: June 19th, 2023

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  • Most of my family, including my Octogenarian parents, are die-hard NDP voters. We have always recognized the sky-high value of good socialist policies that directly benefit the working class that produce 99% of all economic output, but get only a fraction of that back as wages.

    The problem here is that in this election, the choice comes down to picking a globalist, or becoming the 51st state.

    And I don’t want to become the 51st state. So I am doing my best to ensure that PeePee doesn’t win. Trump’s lapdog is nothing more than a rage-farmer, gleefully pointing out what is wrong and who is to blame, but providing absolutely no effective solutions that actually help the working class. And when push comes to shove, he will roll over and open the gates to a Trump occupation of Canada.

    We would love to still vote NDP, but the stakes are just far too high, so we’re voting for the “less evil” option in the Liberals.
















  • Plus, boomers lived through the most economically vibrant time in history, where a single wage-earner on close to minimum wage could easily earn enough for a house, a SAH spouse, several children, and a car in the garage, while still saving up enough for retirement and going on at least one decent vacation a year.

    How so many of them just pissed everything away is an absolute shock to me. I am a GenX that stumbled a few times out the gate (a nasty Voltron of ADD and Asperger’s), have decent savings, but had none of the same economic opportunities as boomers did. And I am still unable to retire for the foreseeable future.

    NONE OF US should have medical, dental, or vision expenses. All essential dental - and I am taking about three-on-six bridges being deemed essential - should be a part of any dental coverage. If someone cannot take implants (diabetes, near-EoL, etc.), then dentures should be the fallback.


  • she has young kids who need her

    Need her? Yes. Require her? Not so much.

    In many multiple studies across hundreds of thousands of single-parent households, it was discovered that a missing father produced about 98% of so-called “problem teens”, that engaged in crimes, drug use, teenage pregnancies, and many other issues. Many of these children also went on to have significant difficulties remaining in stable adult relationships.

    There was no corresponding issues with missing mothers. Like, literally zero negative aggregate effect was seen across single-parent households that had a father, vs normal two-parent households.

    Those kids will likely be perfectly fine.



  • Back in 2006-2008 my wife and I were in a tight spot, we were hit with NSF fees within seconds of going into the red. And this was at two of the big six, not some teeny-tiny regional credit union that still did a lot of things by hand back then.

    So I don’t know where you worked, but I can ABSOULTELY GUARANTEE that none of the big six were wasting time and money having a salty bag of mostly water actually processing NSF determinations. Maybe you were rolling back fees on review, but not applying them.

    Source: wife actually works at one of the big six, and even when she started working in the 90s, NSF fees were 100% automated.