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  • garbagebagel@lemmy.worldto2meirl4meirl@lemmy.world2meirl4meirl
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    3 days ago

    WFH has been a life saver honestly. I make sure to get everything that needs to be done for work done, but now if I finish my daily work or on my lunch I can do dishes, prep dinner, start the laundry. this is time that in office would spent “around the water cooler” or just wasting time. I normally get more work done when I’m at home than in the office tbh.





  • Honestly just talking about it honestly and in a non combative way can be a great thing. I don’t find it’s worth it to do this with acquaintances or strangers, but just sharing trustworthy news and sources with people you know. My friends and I share whenever we find good, independent reporters.

    Approaching the subject gently with people who are very against it can also help. My partner’s parents are big Trash supporters (even though we are Canadian) so he opened the conversation with his mom softly by saying things like “well, some of the things he said he’d do are good, but look at all these other things hes actually doing”. I think his stepdad left the room at that point so some people just won’t be receptive, but if you think it’s worth it, just try.

    But number one, just take care of your own wellbeing. It’s not worth it to argue a lot of the time, especially not with strangers, and you’ll just burn yourself out which is exactly what they want. Use your energy on things you feel will actually make a difference instead.








  • I know for someone who is not used to fentanyl, a very very low dose can kill them, but again:

    As harm reduction advocate Zoë Dodd noted, fentanyl is generally sold on the streets in 100-milligram increments.

    “If you’re talking about Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, fentanyl users are using a quarter gram [250 milligrams] or more a day,” according to Guy Felicella, a harm reduction and recovery advocate.

    Unless I’m misunderstanding the article here, they’re talking about people who carry a SHITLOAD of fentanyl for personal use.


  • I felt this way a few years ago when we had the idiot convoy ride across Canada. The flag became a symbol for racist, anti-vax, just general assholes.

    I never was a huge fan of flying the flag anyway, because to me it represents colonialism, but I never used to mind it as much. Now when I see it out of place, I just assume bad, unless it’s one of our more cheerful variations like the indigenous design or the heart one that was used to show support for medical workers.

    I see other people getting down voted for similar sentiments, but visiting the US always made me feel uncomfortable to see ALL the flags. I honestly haven’t been to another country that takes that much pride in their flag. Until the convoy, I don’t think I even ever saw anyone flying Canadian flag in their yard except maybe for Canada Day.

    Idk, what I’m saying is, I feel for you, I understand it’s a symbol of your national identity, but also, maybe take more pride in what actual good Americans do rather than in just some made up symbolism of what they should be.


  • “There are always hand-to-hand transactions, from dealers to drug users to other drug users. It’s a constant exchange in the Downtown Eastside. It’s pretty common for people to pool their money to buy from a dealer and then those drugs get distributed.”

    These hand-to-hand exchanges constitute trafficking, which would — under the proposed policy — subject every habitual fentanyl user to a punishment of life in prison

    The article explains how the users are often also selling, and I disagree that those people (who are “redistributing”) should be in jail, specifically for life.

    The legislation would need to differentiate between redistributors who are users and like big, idk the term, wholesale drug dealers? But under PP’s plan, anyone with 40 mg (according to the article that’s less than half a baby aspirin) would go to jail for life for that.

    It just doesn’t make sense to me to jail drug users, even if they’re just selling amongst themselves, and especially not for life where we have to pay for them in taxes.