I’m an American living in Canada. Black Friday happens here and it’s really weird to me. In the USA, it happens the day after Thanksgiving, which always falls on a Thursday. So Black Friday makes sense because many people have Friday off (or take it off) and so they have a day to shop for the upcoming holiday season.

In Canada, Thanksgiving does not happen on the same day as in the USA. It happens on a Monday in October. But Black Friday still happens the day after American thanksgiving, which is basically just a random Friday in November for Canadians.

The only thing I will mention is that I don’t know of any Canadian who lines up outside stores for them to open so they can snatch a crappy deal on a TV. I’m sure it happens, but I think most Canadians just need to go to work.

While I believe that everyone experiences changing themselves to better fit a societal expectation to some level, I think posts like this are trying to highlight the fact that queer people change their entire being to be able to fit in to a world that expects them to be completely different to who they truly are. This post could be about any sort of minority trauma, not just queer people, but I would guess that the author is queer and writing from experience. I could easily see this being written by a neurodivergent person about their experience with growing up too.

I don’t think Silksong is a AAA game. It’s a $20 game made by an indie developer with a relatively small team. It just happened to have a lot of hype because it’s the predecessor to the insanely popular Hollow Knight.

Agreed. I’ve never seen foxes like that downtown. But a friend of mine says they’ve seen foxes down by the Global Affairs building, so it’s very likely.

I think that is it. The Rideau Canal locks in Ottawa.

Or this car was just turned on and the photo was taken during the car starting up where all the lights come on at the same time.

Ontario’s health card doesn’t even display a sex marker on it, though it is part of the information associated with the card. I really don’t understand why other forms of ID need it. It isn’t relevant toward identifying you or your ability to operate a vehicle. So why does it exist? Like you said: no reason at all!

Yeah, that’s kind of my point. 3 of 4 stores in Ottawa aren’t profitable is probably an indicator that Toys R Us (at least in Ottawa) isn’t doing that well.

Merivale is the one that will probably close soon. A few months ago, they sold the property and put the “store closing” signs up, but took them down when the sale fell through. I assume it will close again when they sell the property again.

The only one that I believe hasn’t closed or tried to close is the St. Laurent one. Even the one in Gatineau apparently had closing signs, but I don’t know if they actually closed or not yet.

2 of the 4 stores in Ottawa just closed and a 3rd one is going to soon. I don’t think Toys R Us is doing that well.

Them asking you for your grades specifically and not just “how’s school going?” sounds like a control issue on your parents part. If you’re in college, then you are an adult with your own life to worry about and you will deal with the consequences of your own actions. You are out of the house and your parents aren’t your caretakers anymore. While I would recommend keeping your grades up for your own sake, it’s really none of your parents’ business what your specific grades are. Even asking in a funny way can still be controlling, and might be their way of masking that they are being controlling. I’d say lying isn’t ethically wrong in a situation like this. If you are passing your classes, they won’t know. But you may get caught if you’re failing your classes and don’t graduate on time or get dropped from your program.

Not a junk shop, but if you’re looking for electronic components, Accessotronik (aka Gervais Electronics) has quite a bit of individual components.

I also wish I knew of a junk shop in Ottawa. We had a huge one when I lived in Phoenix and it was great wandering around there and finding stuff.

If it’s just a little bit off, you can use a heat gun to heat the PVC until it is a little bit bendable. Then you can gently bend it into shape so it connects to the spot you need it to. Just make sure to heat the pipe evenly from all sides and don’t kink the pipe when you bend it.

Where the movie becomes fiction is when the president realizes that Joe is the smartest person alive, he puts Joe in his government. The president was looking out for his people in the movie, even if he didn’t really know what he was doing.

I mean, the guy on the right was left on read.

This isn’t considered verification in the UK from what I can tell. Companies are now implementing AI face scans, ID checks and credit card verification to comply with the UK law. I’m not a lawyer or even British, but it wouldn’t make sense to me that companies would spend money to turn away their UK customers otherwise.

It’s like that in Montreal too. You aren’t allowed to turn right on red on the entire island. Driving sucks there without having to focus on the entire intersection at once, so it’s kind of nice to just have to wait your turn.

If this makes it safer for pedestrians and bicyclists, I’m all for it. It might even make driving downtown easier if the cars behind you aren’t expecting you to turn right on a red light. Turning on a green light means you really only have to focus mostly on the crosswalk.

Looks like it might be 9 full slices of bread. Maybe he didn’t want to miss the exact spot.

With respect, I think you are confusing technical simplicity with ease. Technically, it is very simple to lose weight. Just eat fewer calories than you consume. But there is a huge psychological, financial and often biological component to it as well. When some people lose weight, it doesn’t cause them to feel like shit, or cause them cravings they can’t ignore, or cause them to have diabetic issues. People with thyroid conditions may be extremely lethargic and have trouble exercising. People who are lower income may have a difficult time buying healthy food for their family (actually one of the biggest predictors of being overweight).

As an example, when I was a teenager, I smoked with my friends casually. I didn’t find that tobacco did much for me though, so when I no longer hung around those friends, it was easy for me to not smoke. However, I have seen how difficult it is for others around me to quit smoking. It is technically simple to stop smoking. Just don’t smoke anymore. But it isn’t easy for a lot of people.

So it may be “easy” for some healthy, active, middle class to upper class person with no health conditions or psychological issues that would prevent them from dieting to lose weight, but that doesn’t make it easy for everyone. It’s technically simple to do, but saying that makes it easy is very dismissive of the struggles people go through when dieting.