renhogan

joined 1 week ago
 

I recently moved here from the west coast for /job opportunity reasons, I already regret it.

What do you do for fun in this City? It seems so cold, boring, and theres just seemingly too many people. It's like living in a bit city downtown with no benefits of being in a big city. Half the time is spent at intersections or in the car.

Anyone have any recommendations that are actually fun? Any hidden gems?

[–] renhogan@lemmy.ca 12 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (3 children)

Because they are lazy and have cups in their car left over from either earlier in the day or previous days, and since theres no garbage there they toss them out.

The argument some people have here, "they used to have garbages, but have removed them, so litter away! " seeminlgy justifying this behvaiour in an odd pro-litter protest is crazy.

Almost every other fast-food restaurant with take out windows has 0 garbage bins, but you don't see their trash at the order kiosk.

[–] renhogan@lemmy.ca 3 points 14 hours ago

Most drive thru's for every other fast food business don't have garbages. You don't see trash around their order windows.

[–] renhogan@lemmy.ca 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

the coffee is terrible

I hear that a lot. I’m pretty into coffee myself; buy different beans, roast my own beans etc., and honestly their dark roast (when it’s fresh), is actually decent

I get people have issues with the brand overall, but the coffee itself isn’t nearly as bad as people make it out to be.

Everything else you said I agree with.

[–] renhogan@lemmy.ca 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

I’m not defending companies removing bins, they should absolutely take responsibility for waste they generate. But that doesn’t justify littering. Both things can be true: companies should do better, and individuals should still take responsibility for their own garbage.

[–] renhogan@lemmy.ca 3 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

You can throw your cups out at the house when you arrive home directly into your blue bins.

Disgusting culture / people who do this.

[–] renhogan@lemmy.ca 10 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

If you every have the opportunity to visit Japan you’ll notice they don’t have garbage bins anywhere and there’s trash nowhere to be found.

I think it’s a cultural/societal problem. Not a lack of trash bin problem.

 

Only in Mississauga I find this disgusting behaviour.

Why are people just openly littering. It never used to be like this. What happened ?

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

They aren't in the Top20 for World unaffordability.

[–] renhogan@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You must not drive on this street very much if that's your opinion on EMP. Vehicle operators don't seem to understand the speed of the street is 70 km/hr. It’s a 3-lane wide road that everyone seems to go 50-60km/hr on when the speed limit is posted to 70. It comes down to an awareness issue, which is evident as many drivers in this City don't seem to have any.

 
 

Why does NO ONE drive the 70km/hr posted speed limit. What's with the average speed of 50-60 km/hr on this road. It drives me INSANE.

[–] renhogan@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The War on Drugs absolutely caused serious harm and disproportionately impacted minority communities. That’s widely documented. But acknowledging that doesn’t make it equivalent to governments intentionally killing civilians. Harmful policy and discriminatory enforcement are not the same thing as deliberate mass slaughter. Conflating those two things is exactly the kind of false equivalence that derails serious discussion.

Are you actually arguing that the War on Drugs is equivalent to governments intentionally slaughtering their own civilians?

Because acknowledging that the policy caused harm and was discriminatory doesn’t make it the same category of wrongdoing as deliberate mass killing.

[–] renhogan@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Harmful policy and deliberate mass killing are not the same thing.

The War on Drugs has caused real damage, but comparing incarceration and social harm to governments intentionally slaughtering civilians is exactly the kind of false equivalence that makes serious discussions impossible.

[–] renhogan@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You need to understand both of these things are bad. they aren't mutually exclusive.

[–] renhogan@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You have to see the bigger picture in this context though, this is unprecedented. Iran obtaining and securing enriched Uranium and having Nuclear capable missiles will be a threat to the World.

This is bigger than sticking to a morale compass. This is why Humanity is the true plague of this Planet and why there will never be Peace on Earth.

I don't want more people to die, as many others don't. But to just sit back and let Iran become untouchable and thinking everything will continue to be OK is naive.

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