sigmaklimgrindset @ sigmaklimgrindset @sopuli.xyz

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I wasn't well received when I spoke English (sadly with a North American accent) and I wasn't received any better when I switched to French with a French accent 🙂

This is such a Quebec experience, lol.

Montreal is a lot more Anglo-friendly these days, but there is still friction with the rest of the local communities from the surrounding cities/towns because a lot of the newer people moving to Montreal don't really try to learn French. When I spoke French there (with an Ontario accent) they were surprisingly appreciative of it.

Quebec City I had the same experience as you though. The Belgium comparison is apt.

Thank you for sharing your experience! As a US/CAD dual citizen, I've always been more pulled to my Canadian side, and I love hearing other people speak about their experiences here.

I'm sorry, I thought you were Canadian! Truly, no disrespect intended, apologies if it came across that way. Not many people know about the referendum (either of them) outside of the country, but the France being obsessed with their former colony makes sense lol.

I was just mostly curious as to what the Franco vs Anglo Canadian landscape was before I was born, I have always known the somewhat bilingual landscape we live in now.

No disrespect meant but,

1. How old are you? I was born in Canada right around the 2nd Quebec referendum and I have always heard the politicians at both the Federal and Provincial levels speak in English and French whenever I tune into the news.
2. It's Trudeau*, we've already had one in the 80s...

Yeah, I don't understand how people are confused about this. We KNOW from his last term that the Russians have kompromat on MANY Republicans, or just outright own them. Did everyone forget all the Republican senators flying to Russia together to meet with Putin?

If you view Trump and Co.'s actions from Putin's POV, it makes a lot of sense.

10 day old account with the worst political takes in every Canadian post I see you in. Either you're an agitator, or you somehow passed high school in Canada without a basic understanding of how the government works. Either way, not worth listening to.

Bootlicking the US isn't gonna help Canada long term, especially since arguably that's what's led to this mess in the first place.

Actually found the thread I was reading regarding what the opinion is on the FAA's role. Quite a few angry comments in there about how it's a systemic issue.

NSFW Warning: The post that thread is on is video captured of the moment of collision. Also reddit link.

Absolutely, something some people in the r/aviation megathread were discussing as well. Quite a few of them stated they hated takeoff/landing at DCA specifically because it's probably the busiest airspace in the world, and there is always military crafts in that airspace.

The big friction seems to be that there is a big military base right on the other side of the Potomac that has a lot of VIP air traffic as well as training flights in an overlapping corridor to the commercial flights. I'm not sure how the politics interplay between the military and the DCA authority there, but it can't have been easy to work ATC.

Again, that sub is always very informative. Helps alleviate my fear of flying quite a bit LOL.

Respectfully, for the DCA incident, a military helicopter LITERALLY RAMMED INTO A JET THAT WAS 4 SECONDS FROM LANDING. There was no mechanical error.

The consensus on r/aviation is that it was the helicopter pilot's error, and it was a long time coming with the near-misses that have happened at that airport. Considering a lot of the people on that subreddit are actual pilots/military people/have access to ATC chatter, I'm gonna trust their opinions more.

I don't usually recommend going to reddit, but the r/aviation megathreads after the Jeju Air crash and then these two incidents were very informative. Plus the mods + community work very hard to keep away ignorant comments and conspiracy nuts.

There are a lot of people who don't pay attention to local news, only mainstream. Hell, there were people ON LEMMY saying the ICE raids were all hot air AS THEY WERE HAPPENING because they weren't paying attention.

My GOAT

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Yeah ngl, I don't really care for the more Elvish focus that Inquisition (and now I guess Veilguard) has. The best part of DA was always the mix of all the lores clashing.

The writing's been on the wall for a while hasn't it? Several of my non-Chinese classmates I graduated university with took Mandarin as their 2nd language since elementary school and speak it as well as the mainlanders (according to the Chinese exchange students, anyways).

You should play the original if you can, it really is the best Dragon Age game. Steam has a guide to get it up and running on modern machines.

Also, were you able to follow the story of Veilguard? I haven't played it yet (and honestly I might never) but I got the impression that it was pretty tied to the story of Inquisition.

A general strike isn't just about everyone going on strike, it's also about key sectors of the economy striking at the same time. If cargo airline workers, freight and trucking workers, and postal workers had a strike at the same time, national transportation logistics are suddenly looking pretty dicey aren't they?

You are closer to living in a tent like the people in Gaza than you are to the oligarchs that want to level it for their beachfront properties.

Remember that next time you want to dehumanize the 50 000+ people that are dead.

(And, no, I don't support Hamas)

It was on her private Instagram story, she wasn't even broadcasting it to the general public. You really want everyone to start thought policing? You gonna start snitching out your neighbours for being Jewish too?