Cracks_InTheWalls

I was very sad, and very self-isolating for a long while. This even translated to online interactions - always lurked and never posted, because really what did I have to say that anyone gave a shit about?

Started to feel a little less sad, and talk with people online a bit. The walls didn't necessarily tumble, but they started to crack.

So here I am, speaking though Cracks_InTheWalls. Now, people still don't give a shit about that, but in turn I don't about that, which IMO is a significant improvement from where I was.

There's enough worry about Canadian sovereignty and enough people who aren't maple MAGA idiots/grifters but don't immediately ignore what Trump says that, if they don't think about precedent that much, this could swing.

I don't really know or care what Trump's intent was, even while I have some guesses, but I do know it's being used as a talking point in the Conservative propaganda machine. "Lol, you think Carney's going to defend our interests, but Trump just endorsed him. Hope you like being the 51st state. If carney wins, Canada loses. WEF, Ghislaine photo, Axe the Tax, etc." The gambit is that all of this convinces more undecideds to vote Conservative than Conservative voters to vote Liberal (or NDP, or Green, or Bloq, but you get my point).

You and I, and I hope enough others, see through this particular tactic. But coupled with points like "Carney said he'd get rid of the carbon tax and GST on homes - those were PPs ideas", there's enough going on that I could see people getting swung. No one is truly immune to propaganda, and the machine do be churning.

Final edit (note to self: try all things before posting): the url works with or without dei in it. Do wonder about an existing link, somewhere, to try. Beyond that, post is false in my testing.

/paraderaining

Former Post Millenial writer - shocker.

Just a note for anyone here: the CAF reserves involves an average one night and one weekend commitment per month, not including your BMQ/SQ and trade-specific training. Getting the time off for training might be tricky, but most reservists work full-time civilian jobs or are students.

As someone else pointed out, this is what the CAF is, but IME this specifically describes reservist roles to a tee, which are intended for domestic scenarios (though if for whatever reason you wanted to, you do have the option of applying for deployments).

Completely understand folks who are ideologically opposed to military service, or who (quite reasonably) are concerned about some aspects of CAF culture to date. But this may be of interest to some of you, and if so you should look into it. Have a feeling, based on Lemmy demographics, some of you might find what the Royal Canadian Engineers does interesting.

I have a soft spot for Crystal, in terms of the official series.

If we include rom hacks, Crystal Clear is great, and I'm really enjoying Pokemon Emerald Rogue these days.

OR-LEANS is the only version I've ever heard in the wild.

Thanks for the Tall Boyz recommendation, I'll be checking that out.

...sigh...I miss Picnicface... need more Canadian sketch comedy in my life in general.

Actually, I'd be fascinated to watch what a serious drive to have Canada become an EU member would do for a lot of discussions in/about Quebec.

While I definitely see the potential (hell, necessity) for increased cooperation, I'm not confident full member status is on the table though. But we live in weird times.

If you're not daily driving Arch, btw, did you even join Lemmy?

I know you're not daily driving Arch because you didn't mention it.

(Jokes, obvs. Congrats on the self-discovery!)

The Youtube ads are wild - did you know Jagmeet Singh was arrested? I didn't, and apparently neither does any reputable news source I can find.