Personally, I’m not feeling that same vibe. I think the solidarity against the US is a very good thing, but the sheer amount of ways Canada is just “America Light” is very depressing. Its to the point that our flag has been so sullied by absolutely shit tier movements in the last 5 years that I can’t stand to see it anymore.

Every time I see a private flag pole, bumper stickers or anything kind of patriotic merch my knee jerk reaction is “I bet this dude’s a fuckwad.” I know that I’m painting with a huge and shitty brush but I just can’t even fight against it anymore. I know it’s wrong. I just don’t care, and that makes me sad.

I live comfortably here, but given even a minutely convenient reason to emigrate I think I’d take it.

Canada is a car infested, anti-human shit hole just like America. To paraphrase Steve Harris of Iron Maiden a bit “We oil the jaws of the war capitalist machine and feed it with our babies immigrants.”

Anything that Steven Wilson has made. Dude’s a living legend.

I only do baisc maintenance and setups for my friends now.

I’ve heard of beta blockers, but I’ve never looked into it. I’m kind of hesitant when it comes to dealing with any kind of side effects.

I worked at probably the best luthiery in North America. Got let go because I couldn’t keep up. I have tremors which makes fine dextrous work very difficult. At the time I was also going through a brutal break-up too.

Really bad time for me. Also working at this place was like playing a couple good games of beer league hockey and immediately getting drafted into an NHL team. I feel like if I took another shot at it, it would go much better second time around. But it just wasn’t meant to be at the time. No matter what, it was always going to be a massive uphill climb, but I was super dedicated to doing it and doing it well. It’s unfortunate it came to such an abrupt end, but I understand why it had to happen.

I totally understand where you’re coming from but I also understand why people like the curated experience. When I went to Mexico for the first time, I went to a resort because in that moment all I cared about was not having to care about anything, if you know what I mean.

There’s a time and a place for both styles of travel.

I’ve been on Linux for a year and a half now with zero downtime.

That’s a pretty insane threshold. I say that as a die hard underground metal fan.

That doesn’t negate the value of having them participate in the conversation though.

Why do you have a bunch of dog walkers added to your feed? Just remove them and be more conscious of who you are adding in the future.

I can’t say I share your experience at all on Strava. I find it to be minimal with the ads. They’re not intrusive at all IMO.