Quilotoa

joined 8 months ago
[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 3 points 17 hours ago

As Canadian as the cultural progeny of a Scandanavian and an American.

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 17 points 17 hours ago

Smartphones made an incredible change. We used to plan trips months or even years in advance. Mailing to foreign embassies for visas, gathering maps, buying travelor's cheques, making reservations by mail, researching by borrowing books from the library - all took a lot of time and effort.

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 hours ago

Tbh, I was a bit of a jerk. I wouldn't have wanted to be around me if I acted "natural."

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Because some people in Canada are suggesting that we eliminate the Canadian Postal Service as it is constantly running large deficits and has been on a slope of losing delivery business for many years now.

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I hated the games. When the commitment wasn't there, I always felt like I was acting a certain way just to make my current girlfriend stay around. When I got married, the games stopped. Also, regular sex, not worrying about STDs, someone who was there to talk to all the time, someone to do things with, and someone to share expenses was a great relief. Don't get me wrong, there were still plenty of rough times, but we'd made a commitment and I knew she'd stick around until we worked things out.

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 59 points 1 day ago (13 children)

You're talking to the wrong people. My life got so much better once I got married.

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yes. We get together with extended family every year. We enjoy each other's company.

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Still, it doesn't take into account the per captia as the population has increased greatly in that time period. It also compares with the lowest decade of homicide by guns in a long time. Per capita, the 1970s were higher.

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Just to be clear, they are not adding algae. They are adding binders produced by algae.

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago (4 children)

For the last decade, Canada has averaged around 268 gun homocides a year. The decade before (the lowest gun homicide decade in recent history) Canada averaged around 178 gun homocides a year. The population has risen from about 35 million in 2015 to 41 million in 2025. While the gun deaths per capita has risen a bit from the previous (low) decade, I would hardly describe it as "bodies piling up."

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you're selling to the stores, you generally pack your produce and truck it to a central depot where they manage the shipping to the stores. If you're selling it at a market, you have to pack your truck, rent the booth, unpack the truck for display, sit there all day(or hire someone to sit there all day), then pack everything up and drive home. It's way more work and time to do a market.

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

I counter your Soweto Gospel Choir with Maytree. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRDn4s5RCN8

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