Slowly, auto makers are moving back towards having actual buttons on things. Screens aren't likely to go anywhere, but the age of "everything's just a touch panel" is slowly coming to an end.
The marshmallow experiment is one of those that self-help gurus and LinkedIn 'influencers' love to peddle as being meaningful, in no small part because it tells people who had lucky upbringings that they are inherently better than others, and not just a product of their environment. But when it's actually examined critically, it falls apart.
Let Canadian companies to fight each other and leave territorial guards out of it.
Yeah, I don't know. Gutting various industries in small provinces for the sake of companies in the big ones doesn't sound very neighbourly. Getting fucked over by Ontario, BC, or Alberta actually an upgrade in any real practical terms.
Well, the trade barriers aren't imposed by the federal government, so he can't just whip out his dick and make them disappear. Most trade barriers are really mismatched provincial regulations that make it difficult for businesses to establish standardized products or services from coast to coast, a patchwork network of provincial professional organizations, and a provincially enacted trade restrictions.
So, the federal government can only work as a mediator to make things happen.
Since he won the Liberal leadership, though, an interprovincial pact between Ontario, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia has been negotiated, with Manitoba signalling interest in signing on, and Nova Scotia and PEI have rolled out legislation to harmonize some of their regulations and standards. And I'm sure other deals have been struck, as well.
Yeah, but Albertans hear Quebec mentioned in the news once every six months and think they're totally alone and ignored while everyone else is getting constant attention. Meanwhile, their internal map of Canada is Alberta ("the west") and Ontario ("the east"), and if they speak of anywhere else in the country, it's with total and complete revulsion and spite.
As the indigenous peoples of the prairies have already pointed out, by treaty, the provinces don't own the lands they're governing. The people can leave.
You know what I love? When people spend time with me because they feel trapped by social awkwardness. It's definitely a good use of my time. Totally makes me feel good about myself, too.
I used to work with someone who loved his podcast. She tried to explain the appeal: "He can go from making dick and fart jokes to discussing astrophysics." This person did not know I had degrees in astrophysics. All I could say was, if his dick and fart jokes are as bad as his astrophysics, then he's got absolutely nothing.
Yeah, but "risk" is just an empty buzz word that means "ownership deserves all the money". The line has to go up. If it doesn't go up, someone else has to pay for it!
Harper ruled for like 8 years. Trudeau bought them a fucking pipeline. The federal government has treated them with kids gloves for decades now, and they think they're getting the short end of the stick?
Fuck. Let Alberta go. Well, the Albertans, at least. The land ain't yours. Get your whiny, selfish, entitled, "exceptional" asses off of it.
I think it's dangerous to imagine people follow these folks, or let them run rampant over society, because they aspire to be like them. That makes it so much harder to really understand why people support them, or even just refuse to tell them "no", and makes it impossible to do anything about it.
People believe that life is a meritocracy. Even when they themselves can look around at the people near them and see that those in positions of power don't deserve it, they still view society as a whole as "fair". Yes, they personally have may have gotten screwed over, but, in general, the people who float to the top got there because they were smarter and more capable. Therefore, we should sit back and just let them cook.
They need some kind of trigger to see the billionaires not as people who have earned their place, but who have stolen it.
I like the part where my fellow leftists don't know WTF a central bank is, and fall into using long-standing Nazi dogwhistles for fun.
Definitely makes me think there's a real chance for the left to ever do anything meaningful, and not just sit around jerking off all day while getting high off of our own farts.
Cool story. Guess you imagine yourself as being unaffected by things. Maybe you can fuck yourself with your privileged perch, then.