JohnnyCanuck @ JohnnyCanuck @lemmy.ca

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Already did, see above.

I want you to explain how you came the conclusion that I said this harassment was ok when I unequivocally and clearly said it wasn’t.

I already told you. You said the act of being a public figure means you are inviting harassment. If you don't understand how this normalizes harassment, I don't think there's much else to say.

Do you read comments before you respond?

Allow me to quote myself where I a) showed that I read your comment, and b) anticipated your response:

And don't fucking tell me you're not saying it's okay, but public figures should "expect it". No. Full stop. Fuck that. By saying they should expect it you're fucking normalizing it and saying it's okay.

You can't say public figures should expect harassment and are inviting it and then say people who harass them are not absolved. You are absolving them by saying it's expected and invited.

The act of streaming means you’re using a megaphone. You’re deliberately and intentionally inviting the public.

"Using a megaphone" implies he was trying to push an agenda. Being a public figure/entertainer is not well described by the phrase "using a megaphone."

He's deliberately and intentionally inviting the public, yes... to be fucking entertained while he streams a video game. He's not trying to teach them anything, or convince them of anything, or push an agenda.

He had people come into his stream and start talking racist shit and he shut it down. In no way does he have to put up with it just because he is a public figure.

I mean at the end of the day if you don’t want people to come at you with their shit takes you shouldn’t put your stuff out for the public to see. That is also a choice.

Do you even fucking hear yourself? Saying that being a public figure means you're deliberately asking for harassment and abuse is fucking insane! What the fuck is wrong with you or anyone else who thinks it's okay to hurl abuse at someone just because they're a fucking public figure. And don't fucking tell me you're not saying it's okay, but public figures should "expect it". No. Full stop. Fuck that. By saying they should expect it you're fucking normalizing it and saying it's okay. That's a choice you're making, and it's frankly disgusting.

I was going to say this is good for Canada, but part of the draw to bring engineers here is the path to the H1B. If there is no H1B end-game, maybe they won't bring them to Canada either.

That said, we have some sizeable offices already established here, so maybe there is still incentive.

We need to make this @cheese_greater@lemmy.world's top comment of all time.

Bullet-sponge games be like: Fu-fu-fu-fu-fuck-fu-fu-shit-shi-shi-shi-fu-fu-fu-fuuuuuuuuuuuu-fu-fu-fu-shi-shi-shit-shi-shi-shi-shi-shi-shi-shi-shi-shit-shi-shi-shi-shi-shi-shi-shi-shi-shiiiit-fuck-fuck-ow-fuck!

Yes the fossil fuel industry loved to point this one out. "Hahaha! We're so dirty even your clean tech can't be clean!"

Growing up I always learned (I think) the "insert missing text" symbol was shaped like the one in the pic, like a caret symbol.

The odd thing is I also remember the caret and inserted word being at the top like in OP's image, but style guides I can find now show the caret at the bottom and the inserted text at the top.

https://www.csuchico.edu/style-guide/guidelines/copy-editing-marks.shtml#%3A%7E%3Atext=A+caret+shows+where+an%2Coften+written+in+the+margin.

https://books.byui.edu/fhgen_110_textbook_/chapter_16_deciphering_elements_of_handwritten_records#%3A%7E%3Atext=are+shown+here%3A-%2CInserted+Words%2Cadded+on+the+line+ above (search for caret)

https://grammarist.com/editing/proofreading-editing-marks-symbols/

Wikipedia seems to indicate using a downward facing caret, or a caret with an extra upward arm https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caret_(proofreading)

TIL!

All that to say the formatting of OP's pic, no matter the direction of the arrow/caret, makes it hard to read. A little "don't dead open inside" or something.

Edit to add: This one shows it the way I remember it https://dmlfnsgrade9isawesome.weebly.com/editing1.html

Never 51 💪🍁

30 minutes? You need to know when to give up buddy. It's especially fucking rude on an airplane where there are lots of people and limited bathrooms. And security concerns...

That said, when you open the door and you see the dude is actually sitting on the can with his pants down - and not up to something nefarious - maybe you don't drag him out?

Then we have the cops, need I say more?

Jeez, assholes all around.

Much more detailed article here: https://aviationa2z.com/index.php/2025/03/22/united-pilot-abuse-jewish-passenger-using-lavatory/

Anyone who does will give you the "my brother" nod of approval

That's an army sized number of people who will be sent home to go through hell.

I think the strike-through on the text should have been done better. I actually didn't even notice it, I'm guessing my brain dismissed it as glare or something.

If they really wanted to mention something, they should have just said "(never, ever the 51st state)." But I think it's just not that great an idea to acknowledge the concept at all.

No one is saying all games should suddenly turn VR, no one wants that and no one expects that to happen.

there should be games for people who like VR because some people do like to be active.

So no, "it should be a second-class citizen" is a nonsense take.

Sounds like you have a different definition of second-class citizen.

Not that I need to provide any solution just to have the right to point out...

Sure, unless you want to be taken seriously at all. Saying that a guy who is two days into his job, and starting out as a lame duck to boot, is not doing enough is pretty outlandish. Especially since he wasn't "elected" so to speak. Making any major moves before he goes through an election would likely lose him said upcoming election, and anything he has done in that time will just get undone anyway.

What he did do is send a clear message: we're not interested in giving up our sovereignty and even if trump thinks it's funny or a joke, we don't see it that way. We will not enter any negotiations on trade until trump quits threatening our sovereignty. Period. You say we shouldn't negotiate and trump won't stop. So, Carney is doing exactly what you want in his opening salvo: he's refusing to negotiate. I'm not sure what's wrong with that based on your desires.

The other thing this does is clear up a window for Carney to turn away from the shit show down south and start focusing on what we need to do here in Canada: start looking at new trade partners, bolstering our home economy, and getting through an election so we don't have a lame duck trying to get things done.

Now in terms of everything you want, well, you might want to get educated about some of these things before you act like you've solved the world's problems.

Forbid electricity and oil export. We can use the cheap electricity and cheap plastic, aluminium, steel production to undercut everyone else on price for manufactured goods.

Electricity and oil exports don't work that way. Exporting less isn't going to make it cheaper for us. We will have to reduce production of both because electricity needs to be used as it's generated, and we export our oil to the US so they can refine it to send it back to us. We just don't have the facilities to handle the capacity (for electricity or oil) that the US takes. This is the same problem with aluminum and steel that has the auto industry freaking out. And we can't just build such facilities overnight.

Mop up any unemployment with a massive housing building and infrastructure program.

I would be very surprised if a housing building program wasn't already on the docket, with or without trump's bullshit. Not sure if single-handedly solves unemployment though.

If americans look at us wrong, ration potash exports, especially during planting season.

American farmers are already getting fucked by trump. I don't think he would care if we piled on. He'd just use it as an excuse to justify whatever else he can dream up to fuck with us, and then deflect and blame us for all the fucking of the American farmers.

Also reneg that anti satellite weapon agreement...

Not sure how quickly this kessler doomsday idea can be hashed out. I've never heard of it and it sounds, uh, unhinged. Maybe that's a good way to deal with trump though. He seems to respect insanity.

Make national universal healthcare because provinces have trying to kill and privatize their public healthcare.

Really not sure how you can expect him to be jumping in with changes to the healthcare system this quick. That said, you're right, Carney is probably not the one you're looking for. Nor is the Liberal party in general.

You keep saying he's doing it wrong without saying what you think he (or any leader of Canada) should do. How exactly do you want him to give Trump a bloody nose and what do you think the response from the US would be?

Thanks. I was thinking of doing it, but got pulled away.

You should put your stilted commentary as a comment so we can upvote the article and downvote your ridiculous hot take.

'Winston Smith works in the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth, where his job is to rewrite historical documents so they match the constantly changing current party line. This involves revising newspaper articles and doctoring photographs—mostly to remove "unpersons", people who have fallen afoul of the party.'

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I'm saying the opposite of "less-than".

I'm saying they don't put up with shit just cause of party lines. If you want to keep support in Quebec you have to bend to the will of the voters.