Gen Z consumers say Buy Canadian movement is unaffordable - The Globe and Mail - "according to a recent Ipsos Canada study, the Buy Local movement is largely bolstered by older Canadians. Gen Z consumers, on the other hand, are almost six times more likely to switch to an American service such as a bank or telecommunications company, according to the survey. Carleton University economics professor Frances Woolley noted more than a quarter of youth aged 25-34 are food insecure already. University of Victoria theatre student Samantha Frew said she has heard the calls to buy local. But she still tends to do most of her shopping at Walmart for financial reasons. She also struggles to figure out which companies are wholly Canadian... Newfoundland-based music teacher Claire Bates said the hardest part of buying local has been losing some of her favourite routines. “There’s so much happening in the world, and I just want to drink the coffee that I love,” said Ms. Bates, a Starbucks fan."
Meme - Kashana @kashana.bsky.social: "They're even trying to take our scammer jobs."
Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky...: "'Nigerian prince' scammer was 67-year-old from Louisiana, police say. Michael Neu, of Slidell, Louisiana, is facing 269 counts of wire fraud and one count o..."
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Woman in China puts boyfriend through 3-hour childbirth simulator, causing severe internal injuries - "A woman’s attempt to “test” her boyfriend before marriage by subjecting him to a childbirth simulator went awry when he suffered intestinal necrosis as a result. Intestinal necrosis is a condition where part of the intestine starts to die due to a lack of blood supply. CTWANT reported that the woman took to Xiaohongshu to share how her mother and sister insisted her boyfriend undergo the childbirth simulation before they could get engaged. They believed that men should experience the pain of childbirth to better treat their wives after marriage... her boyfriend had to have part of his small intestine removed due to necrosis. His mother told her that his father and two sisters were furious and insisted that the woman refrain from visiting him in the hospital. She also advised the woman to prepare herself, as she planned to sue both her and her family for what had happened to her son." ref="https://mustsharenews.com/man-lose-weight-lung-collapses/">Man in China does push-ups & skips rope to lose weight as New Year's resolution, lung collapses
Aussie business owner goes viral for installing automatic sprinklers to deter cars from parking in his driveway - "Bruce Kerr, an IT business in Queensland, Australia, has a driveway for his business that's regularly used by shoppers as a free parking spot. Despite adding several signs on the fence bordering his driveway, Kerr sees more and more drivers brazenly parking in his spot. The issue is this: drivers park in front of the gate securing Bruce's car. When the gate is blocked, he can't leave, and neither can his employees. He tried being nice by asking people politely not to park there. He's tried adding more signs, only to watch them ignore it on his motion-activate security system. He's also called the police, but nothing changed... "Block the gate, meet your fate," he said. "If you park there, you get a flood of irrigation in your face... We simply flip a switch, we don't even have to leave our desks." Kerr has all kinds of footage using the sprinkler system to enact petty revenge. He's used it on people who throw trash onto his property, or on those who park in his private lot if the gate is left open. "
Meme - Tastypaws @tastytimes1: "Being a zoo feels less of a deviation from normal attractions and more so just not caring what species someone is. People come in all shapes and sizes So why are you drawing the line at members of your own species? It just feels like human exclusive attraction is the deviation."
🇺🇸Lionel🇺🇸 on X - "From now until the end of memory never forget this. Never forget what Jane Fonda did. Never forget her giving aid and comfort and support to the enemy. This, ladies and gentlemen, is treason. In its purest sense. Bookmark this. Forward this. Never forget this. Ever."
USMC Colonel on X - "When she visited the POWS, one of them slipped her a note to be delivered to the US authorities. She gave the note to the NVA. They damn near killed the POW. They were flabbergasted she would turn on them like that."
We're still told that left wingers don't hate their countries
Meme - Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil: "Economists generally agree that, when it comes to taxes:
- Corporate income taxes are among the worst
- Property taxes are among the best"
Left wingers are anti-growth, so they can kill two birds with one stone when demanding taxes on companies be hiked
Payman apologises for saying Iran is a place where women's 'voices are heard' - "Independent senator Fatima Payman says controversial comments she made at an Iranian women's event over the weekend do not represent her own views, adding that she was not aware that the media outlet interviewing her was affiliated with the Iranian regime. In an interview published by Iranian state-owned broadcaster Press TV earlier this week, the former Labor backbencher appeared to say that Iran was an "incredible place" for women, where "their voices are heard"... The comments were condemned by the Australian United Solidarity for Iran, which advocates for the freedom of Iranian women, who described them as a "betrayal", as well as Australian Iranian Community president Siamak Gharheman, who said they were "insulting to Iranian women"."
Thread by @Culture_Crit on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "The Lord of the Rings does not take place on an imaginary planet — it's Earth. Middle-earth is our forgotten past, before recorded history, when Eden (Valinor) was a real place. The truth of Tolkien's world will blow your mind... 🧵
Middle-earth is our Earth long ago, as Tolkien said: "I have (of course) placed the action in a purely imaginary (though not wholly impossible) period of antiquity, in which the shape of the continental masses was different."
He even compared latitudes directly: Hobbiton and Rivendell are about the latitude of Oxford, Minas Tirith the latitude of Florence, and Pelargir the latitude of ancient Troy.
The reason is that Tolkien was writing a mythology for England, which he felt lacking next to Greek or Norse traditions. Middle-earth is Europe, several millennia before written history. But it gets much more interesting than that... In Tolkien's legendarium, Earth (Arda) is flat when first created. But then, at a critical juncture in history, it becomes a spherical globe like our own.
Why? A great flood took place in punishment for the pride of mankind, and it transformed the world. The heart of human civilization, the island city of Numenor, was destroyed... In the process, Valinor (where immortal elves live) was separated from Arda so men could never reach it. These are the Undying Lands that Frodo "sails" to — a special exception made for him as a mortal.
So what does all this mean? Well, Tolkien (a devout Catholic) believed the Garden of Eden was once a real, physical place on Earth — before the Biblical Fall of Man. His Valinor is a representation of Eden...
Notice the close parallels. Two Trees bring life to Tolkien's Valinor. In Genesis, there are two important trees: the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. The Fall of Man in Tolkien's lore happens after Sauron convinced the Númenorean king that men should seize access to Valinor (and immortality) like the elves. Just like the snake's poisonous influence in Eden. The elves are purer, immortal beings (though not sinless) who reside in Valinor — why? They are what Man was supposed to be before the Fall, "freed from those limitations which [Man] feels most to press upon him."
It isn't even just Biblical parallels. Tolkien saw Numenor as a version of the Atlantis myth in Greek tradition — a lost city of the western ocean, destroyed by cataclysm, which lingers on in humanity's collective unconscious. His lore is therefore a mythology that runs parallel with all great deluge myths throughout history. It leads right up to recorded history and the present day — the events of LOTR take place in his 3rd age, and we are living in the 6th or 7th.
Tolkien was devoted to the study and creation of myths because he knew that myths are not lies, but the exact opposite: "Myths convey the essential truths, the primary reality of life itself." Myths are God's mode of communication, and a lens through which humanity can know its true self. For Tolkien, humanity lived *inside* a myth — the one true myth — the culmination of ancient stories finally fulfilled by a real event... Tolkien's lore goes FAR deeper than most realize."
TOYOJIRO ramen shop placed bounty on heads of customers who left bad review - "The owner of TOYOJIRO, a highly-rated Jiro-style ramen restaurant in Kyoto, Japan, took to Instagram to declare war — threatening the duo, who slapped his eatery with an awful one-star review. He also posted their photo along with a cash reward to whomever could identify them... “I saw your post, and you seem a bit weird. We try not to treat people like you as customers, so it’s fine,” the owner said in the post, which has since been removed. “But you should probably avoid eating out. Someday, someone like you will get screwed. I don’t care — just come directly, and I’ll deal with you.” The restaurant also posted on its Instagram Story, offering a reward of 100,000 yen ($662) per customer to anyone who could track them down, saying the search would continue until the two revisited the establishment and wrote a positive review. “The only thing he can do is come back, eat again, and write a good review with a photo. I told him I won’t forgive him otherwise—not even for the safety of his family. If he does that, he’ll be killed right away. This kid is so scared,” the owner penned."
Meme - White man with Asian woman: "I love Japan the women are so feminine and submissive"
White man seeing Black man with White woman: "Da joos are trying to demoralize me"
Zohran Kwame Mamdani on X - "When we made one bus line free in each borough, assaults on bus operators dropped by 39.8% in a single year on those routes. That’s just one of the reasons transit workers support our plan to make the program permanent, citywide."
Alex "Tropical" Forrest 🚉🌴 on X - "We found similar results during fare-free operation here, too. Assaults on drivers due to fare disputes dropped to zero. You know what didn't drop? Assaults on drivers for trying to enforce *any other policy.*"
Brad Hargreaves on X - "I don't want to sit on a bus next to the kind of person who would assault the driver over $2.90 and I don't believe that's a particularly controversial take"
Left wing logic: let criminals do whatever they want on public transport, while forcing everyone else to use it
Meme - pagliacci the hated 🌝 @Slatzism: "leave it to Muslim men to find the most creative ways to admit they have the same amount of self control as a literal insect and can’t be trusted around women as a result"
Allah Islam Quran @AllahGreatQuran: "A best Example ever💯" *sweet wrapper protecting sweet from insects* *woman in full-face veil*
Melissa Chen on X - "You’re telling me we have the capability to devote a strike team to track down and perform sting operations on your neighbor who possesses child pornography. But a detailed list of everyone who indulged themselves on pedophile island where minors were recruited and trafficked and raped exists and we just… we just can’t seem to do anything about it? And right now despite having loyalists in leading positions in the Trump admin, the cache is being tampered with and played like a ping pong ball between agencies and now some influencers have gotten a hold of actual binders (not full of women) containing evidence of one of the most consequential scandals in American history? Are you enjoying being blue-balled yet?"
On the Epstein list
Steve Stewart-Williams on X - "Are humans still evolving? A new study looks at natural selection in modern Americans. It finds that genes associated with educational attainment are being selected against, while genes associated with depression, asthma, and earlier first birth are being favored."
Natural Selection Across Three Generations of Americans | Behavior Genetics
Reddit once again proves to be 100% representative of the population…. : r/CanadianConservative - "Wait, what do you mean the ONDP didn’t win all the seats??????!!!! This must mean they cheated 😡😡😡🤬 But seriously, the tears over on r/Ontario is glorious."
"The hilarious thing is how, on subreddits like r/Ontario, the pro Liberal and NDP agenda was like 95% of the posts and comments, YET, now the same people claim the voting is due to Conservatives being "echo chamber "."
"They think they lost because of "voter suppression" and "low turnout" when the reason the turnout is so low is because the NDP is a joke (I voted for them so I get to say it), and the Liberals are led by Female Ford. I wish I hadn't even cared about provincial politics, because what a waste of money to donate to a political party that shifts economically left after an election announcement!"
Reddit once again proves to be 100% representative of the population…. : r/CanadianConservative - "They're crying "voter suppression" because there's snow on the ground."
Reddit once again proves to be 100% representative of the population…. : r/CanadianConservative - "Sad. I looked at all the subreddits of other provinces and territories and icons are pictures of their province/territory flag and the banners are usually showcasing beautiful nature scenery from their area. It's like the people on r/Ontario think LGBTQ+ Ontarians represent all of Canada with their rainbow maple leaf icon. Ontario so much more than that..."
Meme - "I just told my wife "I'm sorry we have to raise children in these dystopian times'. She recalled a quote she read just today: "Never feel sorry for raising dragon slayers in a time where there are actual dragons"."
These people are deluded
Indian man awarded damages over length of commercials before movie screening - "Abhishek M R, a 31-year-old lawyer from the southern city of Bangalore, decided to take action against the PVR INOX chain after he was forced to cancel work calls because the movie overran the scheduled finish time. In a case brought before Bangalore’s District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, he claimed that his time was wasted and that he suffered “mental agony” as a result of the 25 minutes of commercials that preceded a 2023 screening of the film “Sam Bahadur.”... He claimed the delay amounted to “unfair trade practice” and sued PVR INOX for 50,000 rupees ($574) in damages. He applied for another 5,000 rupees ($57) for the “mental agony” and for a further 10,000 rupees ($115) to cover legal costs. The consumer disputes commission found in Abhishek’s favor and ordered the chain to pay him 20,000 ($230) in damages and a further 8,000 ($92) in costs. The company was also ordered to pay another 100,000 rupees ($1,148) to the Consumer Welfare Fund, a government body that aims to protect consumers... Although it did not respond to a request for comment from CNN, the court documents show that the theater chain defended itself by saying it was legally required to show 10 minutes of public service announcements prior to the film. However, most of the footage before the film was found to be advertising commercial products."
Meme - Christian Heiens 🏛 @ChristianHeiens: "Because it IS an American empire. It’s an empire where the imperial core gains absolutely nothing from the subsidization of its ungrateful vassal states. “People in Denmark now see the United States as a bigger threat than North Korea and Iran.” And people in America see Europe as a continent of self-righteousness leeches."
"BREAKING DOWN $1.3T IN NATO DEFENSE SPENDING *2/3 from the USA*"
Rasmus Jarlov @RasmusJarlov: "You obviously have no idea what NATO is and mistake it for an American empire."
Meme - "r/opiates
I bought a pocketpussy to hide my dope in the car
I just ordered a fleshlight and going to keep it in my car. I doubt a cop is going to stick his finger up it to get my dope. Hope this helps someone else. Maybe get the one that looks like an asshole to really freak em out"
Harrison H. Smith ✞ on X - "So let me get this straight… Jeffrey Epstein never got a college degree, but was hired as a teacher by William Barr’s father, then abruptly became a Wall Street banker, making billions off a single client, Lex Wexner, owner of Victoria Secret and co-founder of the Mega Group, a network of Jewish “philanthropists” along with the Bronfmans, another Jewish billionaire family associated with bizarre sex-slavery mind-controlled celebrities, who also gifted him the most expensive house in New York. His girlfriend is the beloved daughter of a notorious Israeli superspy triple-agent publishing magnate whose company controls textbook publishing and was murdered on a yacht named after Ghislaine who is also an accomplished submarine pilot and one of the most prolific Reddit super-users. Together they groomed and abducted underage children and rubbed elbows with high-society elites, politicians, and prominent scientists who they would take to a private island featuring satanic temples of human sacrifice where they would engaged in forced sex acts with underage kidnap victims while being recorded by an enormous array of cameras. They did this so often, his private jet became known as the “Lolita express” and Epstein became close friends with the likes of Bill Gates and Bill Clinton, who is mentioned in his papers more than anyone else, and who once introduced Epstein to one of his future victims as the “king of America.” Meanwhile on his ranch in New Mexico, Epstein conducted experiments in transhumanism and DNA research, telling scientists he wanted to seed the human race with his DNA. All of this was hidden from the public until 2005, when Epstein was charged, but was given a sweetheart deal by future secretary of labor Steve acosta because he was told that Epstein belonged to intelligence, so he was sentenced to spend nights in prison, to be chauffeured to his office daily and serving only a fraction of the sentence. Losing absolutely no social credibility, he continued to consort with billionaires and celebrities, including the Prime Minister of Israel, Stephen Hawkings, and Prince Andrew, building an ever-increasing library of pedophilic and pornographic blackmail of the world elite and using his vast and unexplained fortune to buy his way into areas where vulnerable girls and their families could seduced by the promise of power and wealth. Then he was arrested again in 2019, and while in jail under suicide watch he was still able to somehow break his own neck with a paper bedsheet while all the cameras mysteriously malfunctioned and the prison guards were both asleep, and only after making a phone call to his mother who had been dead for 15 years. Photos of his cadaver leaked and while the ears look a bit different than normal, and also there was a guy that looked just like Epstein caught on his island by a rogue drone operator after the death, which was ruled a suicide. The fbi was photographed seizing truckloads of documents, videos, hard drives, and dvds from both Epstein’s main residences. Since then, the evidence has basically disappeared, with only a small amount of heavily redacted case files released despite repeated demands by various authorities in the federal government for the FBI to hand them over. Oh yeah and Ghislaine Maxwell was on the lamb during a nationwide manhunt, posting pictures of herself reading books about CIA assassinations. She was caught and is in jail. That’s just off the top of my head, how’d I do? What did I leave out?"
John Aziz on X - "Bin Laden: "It was me. I blew up the World Trade Centre in an act of jihad against the decadent West, striking at the heart, Islam shall rise and there shall be a new Caliphate"
Some Israeli tourists in NYC: *takes photos*
Anti-Western leftists: "ZIONISTS DID THIS 🤬🤔""
PAMELA HENSLEY🇺🇸 on X - "SHOCKING: Somali warlord Abdinasir Abshir, a major donor to Rep. Ilhan Omar, just got nabbed by the FBI in Minneapolis. Caught with a stash of AK-47s! He’s locked up with no bail. Time to arrest and deport Ilhan too? What do you think—drop your take below! 👇"
Meme - "When your Girlfriend is kissing another dude after you get back from a deployment, but you can't say shit cause that's her Husband"
Myron Gaines on X - "Jews lived under peace with the Ottoman empire for hundreds of years. Muslims don't have a supremacy complex like the jews do. Its crazy to me how Charlie Kirk is such a hardcore zionist when the Talmud says his lord and savior is burning in hell with human secrement."
Tamer Masudin on X - "Ok buddy, how about I force you to live under my rule and give you the same choices Jews had under the Ottoman Empire:
A. Convert to my religion.
B. Refuse and face death.
C. Pay me a special tax for the privilege of staying alive.
How do you like my peaceful offer?"
Basil the Great on X - "In 2001 Sadiq Khan defended Islamic extremist Louis Farrakhan
In 2002 he defended 3 Brits who were charged with promoting an illegal Islamic group
In 2016 he shared a platform with 5 Islamic extremists. One had direct links to Hamas
How did he ever become Mayor of London?"
Sound taxation? On the use of self-declared value - "In the 16th century, foreign ships passing through the Sound had to pay ad valorem taxes, known as the Sound Dues. To give skippers an incentive to declare the true value of their cargo, the Danish Crown reserved the right to purchase it at the declared value. We show that this rule does not induce truth-telling, but does allow the authorities to effectively implement a given tax rate... In the 16th century, the Kingdom of Denmark controlled both sides of the Sound (Øresund), an important waterway situated between present-day Denmark and Sweden. All foreign ships passing through this strait had to make a stop in Helsingør (known in English as Elsinore, the stage for Shakespeare's Hamlet) and pay taxes to the Danish Crown, which varied between some 1% and 5% of the value of the cargo. These taxes are often referred to as the Sound Dues. Although obviously unfamiliar with the concept of incentive compatibility, the Danish Crown was fully aware that such a tax would give skippers a strong incentive to cheat and declare a value much lower than the true one. It came up with an intriguing solution. The Crown reserved the right to purchase the cargo at the value declared by the skipper. Thus, a Skipper who declared a value that was too low ran the risk of losing his cargo at a price below market value. But a Skipper who declared a value that was too high ran the risk of paying too much in taxes."
I just turned 40 , have worked at top companies and made a bunch of mistakes - here is what I wish I knew 20 years ago : r/consulting - "I started my career at big-name companies, climbed the corporate ladder, and did well financially. But looking back, I realize how much I could have done better. If I could sit down with my 20-year-old self, I’d say: 1. Forget stock-picking—just buy S&P 500 ETFs and let compounding work its magic. I wasted time and money thinking I could beat the market. I couldn’t. 2. Your salary matters, but how much you keep matters more. Lifestyle creep is real. I know people making millions who are broke. 3. Networking isn’t sleazy—it’s how things actually get done. Build real relationships, help people without expecting anything in return, and opportunities will come. 4. No one cares about your job title. They care about whether you’re a decent person to work with. 5. Your health is worth more than any paycheck. Working out and eating well will give you energy that money can’t buy. 6. Time with your family is priceless. Your kids won’t care how much you worked, but they’ll remember if you were there. 7. Most “urgent” work crises are forgotten in a week. Don’t let them ruin your day. 8. Don’t wait for some magic number to “be happy.” If you can’t enjoy life now, more money won’t change that. What’s the best financial or career advice you’ve ever received?"
"Keanu Reeves fell down 50 flights of steps... Tom Cruise drove a motorbike off a cliff": Rachel Zegler’s PCA Award Win Makes Zero Sense - "The controversy surrounding the 2024 People’s Choice Award has reached a fever pitch with the inclusion of Rachel Zegler’s name among the award winners. Zegler, who secured the Action Movie Star of the Year award, has found herself at the center of a storm of criticism and disappointment from fans and industry observers alike. Many were quick to express their dismay not only at Zegler’s victory but also at the perceived snubbing of Hollywood heavyweights Tom Cruise and Keanu Reeves... In John Wick 4‘s standout moment, John Wick tumbles down multiple flights of stairs, which is a testament to Reeves’ dedication to his craft. Director Chad Stahelski pushed the boundaries of action cinema by choreographing a breathtaking sequence. In that shot Reeves climbed and fell down the 222 steps of Paris’ Sacré-Coeur Basilica, leaving audiences on the edge of their seats. Meanwhile, Cruise delivered yet another adrenaline-fueled performance in Mission Impossible 7. One scene, in particular, left audiences in awe as Cruise’s character rode a motorcycle off a cliff, seamlessly transitioning the fall into a daring base jump. The sheer audacity of the stunt, coupled with Cruise’s unwavering dedication to performing his stunts, elevated Mission Impossible 7 to new heights of cinematic spectacle... Despite delivering breathtaking performances, Keanu Reeves and Tom Cruise found themselves overshadowed by Rachel Zegler at the People’s Choice Awards. Zegler’s victory as the Action Movie Star of the Year was based on her role in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, a film that also clinched the title of Action Movie of the Year."
Man, 22, Killed By His Brothers For Bringing Chicken Home In Bhopal - "Two brothers, under the influence of alcohol, strangled their own brother over a dispute about bringing chicken home in Indira Nagar in Bhopal's Bairagarh area. The crime, which occurred on November 9, took a sinister turn when the mother attempted to conceal the murder weapon - a rope used in the act. The victim, identified as 22-year-old Anshul Yadav, reportedly had an argument with his elder brother Kuldeep and younger brother Aman. According to Bairagarh police station officials, the three brothers were intoxicated when Anshul insisted on buying chicken for a party. Kuldeep and Aman, who were against bringing non-vegetarian food into the house, objected, leading to a heated argument. The dispute escalated, and in a fit of rage, the two brothers strangled Anshul with a rope."
Anti-drug people's logic: we should ban vegetarianism
