I feel like you’ve given this an unusual amount of thought

I used to think so but frankly the infection seems to have spread pretty far up here.

The country already knowingly voted for the fascists, just under the thought that “they’re our kind of fascists”

Yeah. Calling something a sale at a price that’s not actually discounted under the regular price (with some caveats on how long it needs to be at said regular price), then yeah it’s a violation of the act. Basically false advertising.

Bumping up the regular price to cover what you’d have otherwise saved on tax is dickish but not against any regulations AFAIK

Raising prices then advertising a “sale” at the same/higher price IS actually against the law though. Unfortunately we have terrible enforcement of these laws but they do exist:

https://competition-bureau.canada.ca/deceptive-marketing-practices/types-deceptive-marketing-practices/ordinary-selling-price

“What’re you in for?”

“Offing an insurance CEO after his companies decided to cap the amount of anaesthetics they’d cover for operations”

“Duuuuuddde. Would you like my canteen ticket?”

My mental voice for that is Vladislav from Among the Shadows

A lot of people in this sub could be put in “potential killer” territory based on the comments made but that doesn’t mean they are/were

So basically, no good billionaires but maybe good former-billionaires?

Except at some point he would have been between the two - an active billionaire giving away his wealth - and presumably still a good person.

Some are useful. It’s not uncommon for scammers to throw up copies of legitimate sites, but hosting malware etc. Having tried to deal with Google, GoDaddy-et-al I can attest that their fucks given about such things is minimal but one of these companies can get offending sites taken down pretty quick.

The problem is when they don’t do due-diligence (and don’t face reasonable consequences for failing in said diligence) and then shit like this happens

And, sadly, no longer available in Canada for some reason :-(

Fixed fine on a sliding scale for repeat offenders

Ah yes, the “outrage clickbait” that is a known issue and has been the subject of numerous studies by government and reputable institutions both pre and post pandemic.

Guess we should send the border services agency a memo that it’s probably only a hundred people and they should remove it from the things they literally screen for, because some Internet genius is sure it’s nothing to worry about…

That’s also not counting the # of people that try and fail.

Border services can turn back people who are pregnant and close to their end-date

I’m a bit conflicted in this, because Canada has similar issues with this but it’s more “birth tourism” where people from various other countries come here for a limited time - have a child who is entitled to citizenship and all the benefits - and then leave. That child spend decades never setting foot in the country, but still be eligible for a passport, voting rights, and many other such things despite having no significant ties to the country, and neither parent being a citizen

And the roast chickens are still the cheapest in town.

Hydroelectric is great where it is available, but it’s again limited by landscape and other factors in use

Night? Longer periods of cloudy days or storms?

You’re not LOSING anything if it’s capturing already excess energy, which would by its nature be lost if not used at the time of generation

Hmmm, piloting a robot body against other robot bodies in war actually sounds kinda cool. Live-fire paintball without the risk of actual injury