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Old 10-04-2022, 03:32 PM   #2881
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Getting a lump of coal for Christmas shouldn't really scare kids, it's just delayed gratification.

37 years of coal would be mighty fine for a kettle BBQ, you could use so little.
I've always found this funny, because its essentially a marginally pre industrial myth...kids should have been begging for coal!

What would you rather have? Some half-assed toy wooden train or cooked food and warmth?
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I've always found this funny, because its essentially a marginally pre industrial myth...kids should have been begging for coal!

What would you rather have? Some half-assed toy wooden train or cooked food and warmth?
Well, of course, that's because kids are stupid. They can't even tell a fake decapitated head from a real one.
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Old 10-04-2022, 04:25 PM   #2883
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I’ll take Halloween nerds over the guy down my alley who puts up awesome Christmas decorations but the rest of the year he has signs pushing his anti-Trudeau messages: **** Trudeau, trucker convoy, **** Brandon and TRUMP!
Whoa, careful.there. I ruined the Last of Us thread for like a month dragging '#### Trudeau' people into it
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Old 10-04-2022, 04:52 PM   #2884
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So whats the problem?
It’s not really that there’s a problem, outside of me thinking Halloween decorations on October 1st is a tacky thing to do (and I’m well aware they wouldn’t care if I thought that even if I told them). I just don’t understand it.

Just like I don’t understand stickers on cars. Could be a stick family, could be “my other care is a millennium falcon,” could be “#### Trudeau,” as they’re all the same level of dorky to me and I don’t understand why someone would do that. But I don’t particularly care if people do, it’s not like I knock on their window and say “hey, happy you have a wife, two kids, and two dogs, but I don’t need you to tell me about while I waiting for you to order your double double.” No, it’s just something that’s lame to me.

Same with people who get over the top with kid stuff. Or any stuff, really. I think hating everything is nice.
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I hate how hating gets such a bad rap.
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I hate how hating gets such a bad rap.
It’s cool to hate.


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I hate how hating gets such a bad rap.
Right?

“Let people enjoy things.”

No.
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Old 10-04-2022, 07:13 PM   #2888
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What is up with cereal rationing? Boxes have never been skinnier, and the best is a 1” wide box cited as a “family size”. Uh ya, maybe a family of ants.

I get that supply chains / inflation / increased food costs greed are kind of an issue, but at some point you have to actually give food in the box when asking for money. FAO world index has average food costs up about 11% YOY not 2,000% so the rationing is getting a little out of control, General Mills. Feel free to dial back the unadulterated greed just at least one notch. Lastly, there is no way that billions of tiny boxes are as efficient on resources or good for the environment for a food that generally doesn’t expire but sure okay, whatever.

Bunch of bull####, straight up.
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Your problem is buying cereal.
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Damn it I used to eat at least two bowls of cereal a day for most of my life. Quit all cereal and all milk cold turkey to help get healthier. #### doesn’t work at all.

Eat that cereal. Buy two boxes and eat some more. It’s delicious.
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This hilarious listing.

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-apartments-c...YfN3owR1xHxqXo
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Hey! They list it as a 'Very Special Cabin' and you cant deny that!
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Old 10-05-2022, 06:26 AM   #2893
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They are serious aren't they?
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You've gotta really like microwave meals.

Also, I have no doubt they will find a renter.
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It just speaks to the lack of housing options for people in Canmore these days.
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I don't understand these 12 or 13 cent jumps in gasoline prices randomly overnight. Some stations, mostly Shell but some others as well, have raised prices to $1.73 this morning. I miss the good old days when $1.40 to $1.45 was cheap.
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https://www.ky3.com/2022/10/05/hallo...er-complaints/

Relevant to the Halloween discussion.
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Old 10-05-2022, 09:22 AM   #2900
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Can someone explain to me why tickets purchased on the calgary transit app expire? I just installed this thing and figured, "well, I'll load it up with tickets, no worries, I usually buy a couple of books". And then I see the ####ing things expire in a week. Why? What the actual #### is the point of that? There's absolutely no need for them to ever expire - just like the paper ticket books you can buy.

What a scam. I mean it's just going to be like 12 bucks or whatever but that's still incredibly stupid.
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