Rob Bos

It used to be a rule that Americans wear Canadian flags, and Canadians wore MEC gear. But MEC sucks now. :(

Totally. I was more commenting on the theory of gold having this magical inherent objective value. Which it doesn’t, it’s a commodity like any other.

Honestly as a value store, land is probably better.

Lots of things are rare. Doesn’t mean I’ll give you my potatoes for em.

At best gold becomes something desirable once there’s enough security for me to value having pretty things.

Value is what you can get for something. If you can’t trade it for something, with anyone, it has zero value.

A dollar has value because you can trade it for a potato. In an apocalypse, you cannot trade gold for a potato if nobody wants it.

Value is a subjective thing.

What value? Can’t eat it, makes shitty tools. It’s shiny, but I’m not going to trade ny potatoes for shiny in a survival situation.

You can starve sitting on a pile of gold.

For gold to be valuable you still need social stability.

United, we stand. Divided, we are conquered. Solidarity gives you numbers.

You would be surprised. Walk around a small town marina sometime. You have the rich assholes but you also have 75 year olds who move their boat once a year, if that, and struggle to pay shore fees and maintenance on a fixed income.

Not much different from a trailer park.

Never had those. Not sure what you mean - are you saying pulled pork burgers or salmon burgers are expensive? They’re not, here. At least at good restaurants, it’s maybe a couple dollars’ difference.

Yeah. Impossible and Beyond burgers both beat shitty fast food meat patties, hands down.

Though I’ll take a nice black bean patty most days over both, or pulled pork, or salmon.

I shall. If the USA continues to threaten Canadian sovereignty, I will refuse to trade with them.

When Trump (may his anus be infested with cancerous hemorrhoids) dies, I will pop open a patriotic bottle of Crown Royal and listen to the wails of his cult with delight.

I wouldn’t say ‘fears’ exactly

I hope we got something good in exchange. Otherwise we’ll just look like victims and it will invite more bullying.

Stuck in Halifax. Fuck Air Canada. But also aaaaaagh frustrating. Pay your goddamn employees.

Selfishly, work to rule is probably better to avoid fines and conflict with the government, plus it means I can probably get my flight happening. A wildcat strike means jail and cops and it might alienate people. But it might be the only way that accomplishes the goal.

They’re talking about a wildcat strike on the subreddit…

Noticed! Haha

Flight is booked for Wednesday and it won’t let us rebook :(

Wildcat strike may still happen…

Russia is almost out of tanks, their economy is a shambles, their oil is barely profitable, and they lose 3 men for every one Ukraine does. They may well lose.

Germany lost ww1 this way, they simply could no longer sustain the conflict economically. Wars of attrition look impossible until they suddenly collapse.

The 72 hour strike notice was three days ago, the actual strike began today and has no built in expiry

Yeah, because they’re out there protesting, which, to circle back, is not useless.