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It’s an American Obsession. It’s Based on a Total Lie. We Have to Stop Before It’s Too Late.
  • Being co-owner does mean you own it. It is a form of owning that is perfectly acceptable to me. I would gladly own a condo if I could afford it. I don't need to own the land my property is on to consider myself a homeowner.

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    It’s an American Obsession. It’s Based on a Total Lie. We Have to Stop Before It’s Too Late.
  • I was gonna respond to them but honestly, I couldn't even begin to think of where. That comment was so wrong on so many levels.

    Just the simple fact that someone would unironically say that you can't own a condo is just wild to me, let alone the rest.

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    'It has chosen meee.'
  • Lemonade white claw is great on a 90% humidity 32 celcius day in a frozen glass and I will die on that hill, at least.

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    Dodge this!
  • People often say "we should send one normal person to show how hard what they're doing actually is"

    This is what happens when we do

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    Gamers Above 30, What Older Games Would You Still Recommend to Younger Gamers?
  • If I'm going to recommend old games, it'll be mostly games from the age of Intel Pentium 3, before all this newfangled multi core stuff they're up to these days. Anything that comes after that is someone else's to go to bat to. Heck I was playing Doom for a few years at a cousin's house before we had our family computer in 98

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    Gamers Above 30, What Older Games Would You Still Recommend to Younger Gamers?
  • This is what I played as a teenager that still hold up in my eye.

    X-wing alliance

    Age of Mythology

    Strongholds Crusaders

    Rise of Nations

    Midtown madness

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters

    Diablo

    Starcraft and Broodwar

    Super Street fighter II turbo

    Super Mario World

    Kirby All star

    Heroes of might and magic 3

    Age of Wonders

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    Gamers Above 30, What Older Games Would You Still Recommend to Younger Gamers?
  • I hear some of the online modes are awesome but the story was a bust. I was looking forward to a good old Homeworld story but I heard enough to know not to buy it.

    It's also one of those games that end up as discord competitive games, like a lot of fighting games. You kinda need to play against people who are really into RTS if you're gonna play it online a few months after release.

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    (Major event happens) "I should post immediately without first checking if there are already 30 other posts about this"
  • Some of those were hilarious, like the one who didn't know there were shots, so he just said he collapsed then was escorted off the stage, or the "I wish he would Van Gogh away" one

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    Single Issue Voters will save the world!
  • Don't worry, single issue voters are very rare. They're being loud right now on Lemmy, but I honestly don't see them anywhere else. I'm pretty sure at least a third are paid actors too, but I can't prove that.

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  • Our dear local asshole, Geneviève Guilbault, minister of transportation, has announced that the provincial government would reduce its investment in Montreal's public transit, forcing the metro to close at 23:00 and reducing the frequency of night time busses.

    With all the progress that Montreal has had in the last 10 years, it is appaling to me that the provincial government would try to nip it in the bud. We are SO CLOSE to being such a great place! The Plan Vélo is going well, with only one hiccup in one borough. We have the REM, the REV, the metro has a pretty recent batch of new vehicles, we have a robust monthly card system that took years to get moving as well as it is now.

    We were doing well, but the party in power lost one seat in an election recently. They are now in "appeal to our voter base" mode. Our government does not get many seats in Montreal. They are further to the right wing than the typical Montréalais, especially around the city center. They show their hand by building new lanes on regional roads that don't need it, and reducing mass transport service in a city that does need it.

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    I have potentially devastating news.

    The provincial government of Québec announced in April that the "third link", a tunnel to cross the river between Québec City and it's suburbs, would either be car-free, or it would not be built. At the time, a lot of people across the province celebrated. Some car brains were unhappy, but that's fine. They're never happy anyway, whatever is done. Studies showed that current traffic did not require a new automobile bridge, and that it would invite traffic that the city couldn't handle.

    Yesterday, there were provincial elections in that region, and the party in power lost a seat. They immediately started playing defense and said "maybe we should consult the local population on whether we should make it automotive after all".

    We all know where this is going. They'll make that dumbass bridge for cars. The prime Minister can't walk back on his word a third time and still win his elections in 3 years.

    I may not live in the region, but I truly believe these people should have access to rapid transit to Quebec. My taxes shouldn't go towards building an automobile bridge to our beautiful city of Québec. I believe strongly that an automotive bridge would create enough induced demand to gridlock Québec City. This is so wrong and I'm sitting here, powerless.

    I don't know what I can do. I don't even live there. It just makes me sad that we can make the REM in Montreal, but then put doubt in the Third link in Québec. We can't have nice things.

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