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  • If by personality you mean individual-level differences in behavior, yes, definitely. (It's old now but it holds up)

    I mean, it'd be odd if there was variation like there is in all organisms but it somehow didn't extend to the brain.

    Even wilder, because of the semi-decentralised way an octopus's central nervous system is set up, it's been suggested each tentacle might have a personality of it's own, on top of the octopus's!

  • My interpretation of what that means is something like "knowledge about how to live well".

    One thing I wish I knew when I was younger is that no matter how smart you are, you're not that smart. Basically, unless you have a positive argument why someone else hasn't thought of a thing, they have.

    A simple corollary to that is that meritocracy doesn't exist, which is also why this fact gets played down in public discourse.

  • Avoiding the famous things...

    Tracking mud into someone's house. The most striking cultural difference is literally just taking your shoes off as a guest.

    Alligators, tropical diseases, hurricanes for the most part.

    Flag-worship. Which is ironic because tomorrow is Canada Day, but really the US is on a whole other level.

    Government deadlock.

    Pennies.

    Embargoing Cuba.

  • Most affordable compared to what? Non-western cities can get crazy cheap. I remember a video of a day out on the town in Lilongwe, Malawi for a single USD.

    I'm in rural Alberta, and you're still going to be hard-pressed to find a sub-1000CAD rental.

  • Lol. We have ~3 grocery stores and everyone knows they collaborate to rip us off. I'd take food off the list.

    It's been a while since I checked, but I think Vancouver was the most expensive city for a while in terms of property values and rent. Nowhere is as cheap as cheap US areas, and southern Ontario is close to Vancouver. It should be getting a bit better, but that's because the government went into disaster mode to fix it.

    The healthcare and water are legit, though.

  • A pretty long track record of high-quality journalism. Same as the BBC.

    Sure, they're owned by Qatar. As of last I checked it serves as more of a status symbol than a propaganda outlet, though, at least in English.

  • I mean, you could call it strategic, or you could call it relying on substances as a crutch to manage your emotions.

    I'm not saying that's always bad, necessarily. There is the school of thought that it's just a tool, like in your edit. But, it's important to remember it can become a habit.