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- Gnash3
This won’t mean much to most of you, but CBC saying Buffy is a pretendian is kinda crazy news
https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteracti…
Buffy Sainte-Marie’s claims to Indigenous ancestry are being contradicted by members of the iconic singer-songwriter’s own family and an extensive CBC investigation.
- the vampire slayer has not aged well.pango
- Yeah was reading this too. She looks native and was raised on a reserve by a native family who adopted her from another native family_niko
- So not sure how and why they claim she’s not native and if it even matters if that’s all she’s known and it’s how she was raised._niko
- Saying she was born in went to highscool in USA. Didn’t come to Canada til her teensGnash
- She’s a cool woman. Helped her with her very first website, back when everything was still dial-up modemsGnash
- Sorry just reading the article now, I read her interview earlier where she said how hurt she was about these accusations and then I read up on her life_niko
- —-but if this article is true it’s quite the hoax she’s perpetrated over her lifetime, just wow._niko
- lol her uncle told a local newspaper in 1967 that she was full of shit and had no Indian blood in her...just incredible_niko
- Oh, wow. That's wild.Continuity
- lol She joins a long list of wannabe Indians that are actually Italian like wrestler chief jay strongbow and the crying Indian from tv_niko
- What you also have to question is that to keep up appearances she was always over-dressing up as a native and I wonder how much that influenced other_niko
- ...indigenous people to do the same since she was such an icon when in fact they would have been happy dressing more contemporary like everyone else_niko
- Man, looking back at her performances and images of her when she was younger and with the benefit of hindsight, her eye shape is a a dead giveaway she looks..._niko
- ... italian and lacks the epicanthic fold typically associated with indigenous peoples eyes_niko
- But thanks for sending me down this rabbit hole Gnash, just fascinating, what a story._niko
- I was on her Wikipedia page yesterday and not a mention of anything, today, it’s completely changed to reflect the cbc article._niko
- Her adoptive tribe doesn't care they see her as one of their own and rightly so but she continues to double down, just fess up_niko
- https://twitter.com/…_niko
- This is an incredible story, truly. It's a bit tough to digest, just because it was just accepted fact when I was growing up that was Canada's pre-eminent ...Continuity
- ... First Nations folk singer and, as such, a national treasure. Like niko, though, the more I read and think about it all, the more it unravels. Surreal.Continuity
- Gnash0
Canada Will Legalize Medically Assisted Dying For People Addicted to Drugs
- https://i.etsystatic…hotroddy
- Ahh the death cult is rejoicingHayoth
- Hail Satan!pango
- face_melter0
- LOLpango
- sure, he was a literal Nazi at 19 but how do we know that he didn't spend the next 80 years of his life rescuing puppies?_niko
- how do we know that he didn't spend the last 20 years bullying disabled kids online?
how do we know if he didn't throw loud parties on the weekdays?!?!pango - or cough without covering his mouth! >:(pango
- Gnash6
- https://media.tenor.…pango
- brightside is there isn't a 3 month waiting list to get treatment.!hotroddy
- Jesus that's brutal._niko
- 10,064 in 2021. 3.3% of all deaths in Canada that yearGnash
- assisted suicide or suicide?pango
- MAID assisted deathsGnash
- Like Japanese cafe maid?pango
- So funnyGnash
- I really don’t get the anti-suicide agenda. Because it goes against ‘religion’ or some made up religious dogma? Honest question.hydro74
- This is the kind of healthcare I need!imbecile
- @hydro74 Yes. Suicide is a sin in Christianity. A lot of people don't put religion in quotation marks.jagara
- In Islam and Hinduism as well.jagara
- Not judging your (possible) atheism ;)jagara
- we're all sinned already. might as well descend like a fucking champ!pango
- This is the best option if you’ve got an incurable disease and are suffering. It’s a no brainer._niko
- Plus it’s saves money!
https://i.imgur.com/…Gnash - Win win for allGnash
- Suicide was only made a sin after christian leaders sold the idea of heaven being some amazing place. Then folk living shitty lives started killing themselves..PhanLo
- ... in multiples, so the church realised it's revenue and slave labour workforce stream would dry up quickly, made it a sin.PhanLo
- Canada has previous with the trying to get folk to kill themselves, didn't they try to convince homeless folk to euthanize themselves?PhanLo
- lol. So suicide was applauded before religion?
And yes, being poor was on the list for some maid fansGnash - It’s a long process and in extreme cases, they do everything they can to ensure that you are of sound mind and that the family has no influence in the decision_niko
- I recently went through this with my dad, very difficult for all of us but in the end it was his wish. He was fighting cancer for 9 months and got worse and wor_niko
- In the end he couldn’t talk, was breathing out of a hole in his neck, eating with a tube straight to his stomach, couldn’t walk, nurses had to change him,_niko
- And was in a lot of pain. He couldn’t wait for it to happen fast enough, he wanted out immediately but they made him wait 2weeks to go through the proper proced_niko
- Procedures. It was no life and anyone that tried to talk him out of it, he’d scribble on a pad “trade places with me then”_niko
- He fought lung and throat cancer for 9 months, had it beat but it came back, and he was in no shape to keep fighting, too weak for chemo and radiation_niko
- Similar with my dad niko, he just decided in the hospital he was sick of struggling and could have lived for a bit longer on oxygen. But came off it and got aPhanLo
- massive dose of morphine and essential suffocated. It's a horrifying thing to witness a parent go through that. :-(
Better for them though.PhanLo - @Gnash I think the suicide thing was that they wanted to go to heaven, because the life they were living was so shit. But the church made it a sin, so theyPhanLo
- could keep exploiting them. dead folk can't contribute to church fundsPhanLo
- suicide as an option for terminally ill people doesn't sound too bad. as long as they have weighted all other option and of sound mind.pango
- botched unassisted suicide is also a very painful.pango
- Jeez Phan, sorry to hear, yeah not pleasant at all which is why the alternative is much better in those situations..._niko
- Theology is not fact. It’s a belief system, nothing more. His followers would do well to remember this.imbecile
- The hate for assisted suicide goes against capitalism (American hospitals). Would assume the Hospital Lobby fought this because they lose money.hydro74
- Interesting debate.. also 'religion' has to be in quotes because is covers all. Atheist ideology isn't religion, so doesn't fall under the 'quotes'. *hugshydro74
- _niko0
Now if they can only start pressing charges against dudes for pretending to be women lol
- do women get government benefit? cuz that's what's really at issue.pango
- for real asking. anybody?pango
- ^ When men go to a women’s jail, they benefitGnash
- ya i suppose. but that requires one to go to jail and most people would avoid that. was thinking something along the side of tax break and stuffs.pango
- something that's more guaranteed. although definitely more than average of men has more physical strength than average women. but not guaranteed.pango
- You said it, cisterGnash
- yeepango
- They get the advantage of leaving a sinking ship first, also get free into clubs. And uhm free drinks?_niko
- But I do think they get more government benefits as women https://www150.statc…_niko
- Well if enough men pretend to be women, I'm pretty sure people are going to stop giving out free club and free drinks.pango
- Overall, it’s seems men are better at being womenGnash
- Yup we women better than womenpango
- Don’t get your point here Niko. This is about people faking being native to get native benefits.hydro74
- Glinner has joined the chat.face_melter
- You can get into study programs which have gender quotas, you change your gender back afterwards, of course. Like changing phone carriersdrgs
- it's that easy to change?
damn we should all be womenpango - Hydro to tell you the truth I didn’t read past the headline, I read about this story months ago when they were first outed and caused a stir, didn’t realize it_niko
- ...had to do with benefits otherwise I wouldn’t have made my snarky comment._niko
- But if men can benefit in other ways like competing as women in sports for money or prizes maybe they should be charged for fraud as well_niko
- There are virtually zero benefits for female to male transgenders, when I think about itdrgs
- Making tribal misrepresentation into a trans conversation? Talk about irrelevant.imbecile
- But I guess the point then becomes that as long as there is no benefit, direct or otherwise then it’s ok? We could all walk around in blackface and it’s ok?_niko
- ...as long as it’s respectful and you’re not cashing in in any way. Same with 50 year old men that think they’re toddlers and wear diapers, it’s should be ok_niko
- To hang out in kiddie pools and play in ball pits and other fun things 6 year olds do as long as he doesn’t try to claim child benefit cheques..._niko
- personally none of it effects me, I can't care less what people do in their personal lives, for me it's just all part if the absurdity of life but I guess..._niko
- I just don't get why we vilify one group or groups and praise others when at the end of the day they're all the same thing._niko
- All-girl gamer league
https://twitter.com/…Gnash - yes niko. black face is ok. I encourage you to do it.
drgs. you can only join army in some countries? god damn mulan taking men's job!pango - yeah all is see is girl-face in that gamer vid gnash posted, sorry pango, it's just as ridiculous._niko
- nb1
Holy fuckin housing bubble
- it's been a bubble for the past decade_niko
- really driven by Vancouver and Toronto, which has tons of new people coming in. and no place to put them. so I don't think it'll burst_niko
- No room for new homes in Toronto really because of the greenbelt and Vancouver is just sea and mountains so land is at a premium. plus Chinese and Iranian $$_niko
- but the bank of Canada put a pause on rate hikes and lenders use all kinds of tricks to still keep mortgages reasonable like super long terms._niko
- 20% of borrowers are paying a mortgage that doesn’t even cover the interest!!! I understand variable rates & recent rate changes. But this is still insanity.nb
- https://www.theglobe…nb
- Also, when the banks got called on it, their response wasn’t “this is fine”. Instead they refuse comment or “we’re under no obligation to disclose this”nb
- So let’s assume this 20% is all just the variable rate mortgages in the country. Another 60-70% are due to refinance within 4 or 5 years.nb
- Let’s hope all the Canadian homeowners have a ton of extra cash on hand. Oh wait, they don’t.nb
- The $1T question: of those 20%, how many are choosing to pay the maximum lump sum payment each year?nb
- Unless they want to refinance for a longer period or can afford a huge monthly increase, they’ll be forced to sell or walk away from the mortgagenb
- utopian8
- total beauty budprophetone
- our Prime Minister Justin Horton Lafleur_niko
- i_monk6
- You’re not their now are you i_monk? Still in Toronto?ideaist
- Thank fuck no, but I was there about a month ago.i_monk
- their!?imbecile
- He was thurr..sea_sea
- I’m in Calgary now it’s cold asf. Do not recommend.BH26
- I was working outside in that shiteryx
- https://i.imgur.com/…imbecile
- Get rid of that freezer...sandpipe
- utopian1
- cutting interviews out of context to support one's narrativepango
- 1 demographic they need to have more in the interviews are the people going through that shit.pango
- It not at all one of the wealthiest cities in North America. It has inflated real estate but very little moneynb
- “40 people are responsible for 6300 incidents” amazing statnb
- Not an amazing doc but he does talk to former addicts near the end. Makes a good pointnb
- Few. Disproportionately more of those inconveniently annoyed by it.pango
- Yes the housing market is stupidly inflated. People here don't make more or same amount of money compare to other city with similar market.pango
- I agree with the point that safe supply isn’t truly compassionate and is never going to solve the problem. Most addicts don’t want be addicts, we can do better.nb
- Most people I know who support safe supply would also freak out if affordable housing was built near their house.nb
- It’s not really compassion. It’s more “keep them drugged and contained to that street so that my house doesn’t go down in price.” Sad but true.nb
- safe supply is only a band-aid. shit not gonna change if other shit dont change. and yes it is hypocritical not wanting affordable housing near them.pango
- i for one welcome affordable housing near me and make my house price go down. fucking tax is stupid high cuz stupid inflated market.pango
- if affordable housing makes the neighbourhood housing market to go down we should have more everywhere to make housing market to calm the fuck down.pango
- if safe supply doesn't exist, they are still going to get drugs. and more likely to die from it. also drug dealers makes money from it.pango
- alternative to "keep them drugged up" is to let them die i guess.pango