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I’ve been getting emails with the subject line, “Your expertise is requested,” from LinkedIn for several years now. They definitely know how to pander to their audience!

Oh! Huh. Okay, good to know. Thanks for the tip!

Oh, this is such a shit thread to have this conversation, but nevertheless…

I played Firewatch for a while a couple of years ago and LOVED it. Didn’t finish, not sure what happened but I just never got back to it. I think I’ve forgotten enough of it now that I can go back and start again and have a fresh experience. I’ve recommended this game to a few people and everyone has loved it. Some excellent twists and turns and fun little bits of mystery. Great writing!

Maybe Facebook got so big and their search is so good that people just stopped using Google search for it, but I have a hard time believing that can be responsible for a drop of this magnitude.

I would say you’re probably right. Remember this old gem?

Well if everyone is just buying shit because corporations tell them to and the world is that fucking stupid, then we deserve what’s happening.

The 70% that comes from corporations comes from people. The people who use the products that the corporations provide. So, if Exxon is one of those major polluters, that is based largely on the people who purchase Exxon products and use them.

This 70% number comes from a 2017 study that measured emissions from 1985-2015. So while those corporations are selling the product that pollutes, when we order some stupid shit from Amazon and it has to come from China on a ship to get here, we are responsible for using that product. When we get UberEats delivered, we are responsible. Ordinary people can fight that by not buying stupid shit we don’t need from China and in so many other ways. Yes, the corporations produce those products, but it is US that consumes it and we are ultimately responsible for the emissions. It’s a fun way to try to say “it’s not me, it’s them,” but the fact is, it’s all of us.

The thing is, DDO’s culture isolates it from the Mile End just as much as Vancouver’s culture isolates it from Red Deer’s. I get the sentiment, but it’s a big province, and a big country with all kinds of different ways of going about things. As a Quebecker, I don’t see a situation that’s different from anywhere else in Canada. Save for the language, but that’s just a language. It definitely is nice to have nice things here, though. :)

Well said. I’ll drink a beer in PJM while watching a softball game in the bleachers, or even in the north field in the grass, but it wouldn’t occur to me to go over to the playground and tip one back. Parks are shared spaces for everyone, not just families, and in a place where people gather to be with other people, there seems to be a natural division between the groups. It’s likely that those families will even have a couple of beers or a bottle of wine. I think the person you’re responding to thinks that it’s automatically going to devolve into a frat house hellscape with people doing keg stands. The reality is quite a bit different.

Last time I was there (more than 10 years ago now) it was on 109 and Jasper. Interesting that it’s moved again. Yeah, it was on the same road as Sherlock’s but on the other side of that intersection. It was a really lovely spot. I used to see Jann Arden there a lot. Weird detail to remember.

Amazing! I didn’t spot it straight off. Spent my 20s in the Bistro Praha and at Rigoletto’s. So glad they found a new spot for The Bistro. The fried breaded cheese is the best food I’ve ever eaten. From anywhere. And it’s not even close.

Here is an article that talks about how artists get paid for radio play. Not sure why you’d think they do not. The basics are:

1. Radio acquires a blanket license(s) from its local PRO(s)
2. A song is played on a radio, and the airplay is reported to a PRO
3. The PRO distributes royalties and songwriter gets paid
   The songwriter is paid the royalties due