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New comment by throaway1989 in "How can traditional British TV survive the US streaming giants"

throaway1989 — Sat, 17 May 2025 13:07:37 +0000

It's the same with Canadian television. Pre-2000 its full of interesting, educational programming, post-2000 its a wasteland (not including Pre-Netflix Trailer Park Boys).

New comment by throaway1989 in "Time to quit your pointless job, become morally ambitious and change the world"

throaway1989 — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 15:28:35 +0000

How? I asked Copilot if it could code my game ideas (which would sell millions, obviously) and it said it could, but it was lying.

New comment by throaway1989 in "Time to quit your pointless job, become morally ambitious and change the world"

throaway1989 — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 15:16:03 +0000

All you need to do is have 5k worth of stuff you can sell every month?

New comment by throaway1989 in "Careless People"

throaway1989 — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 12:42:15 +0000

Maybe you just hate to lose, which drives you to relentlessly pursue "success?"

New comment by throaway1989 in "Pope Francis has died"

throaway1989 — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:44:58 +0000

The issue ive heard with non-Latin mass is that it has lessened the feeling of global community among Catholics as they now do not all speak the same language (Latin).

New comment by throaway1989 in "First baby born in UK to woman with transplanted womb"

throaway1989 — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 17:28:16 +0000

Most of the ick factors are because of our empathy, which triggers upon seeing another human being in "icky" states of being and makes us imagine what it would feel like to be in such a state.

New comment by throaway1989 in "Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March"

throaway1989 — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 14:44:15 +0000

But you don't know that. Maybe op has done multiple cross country trips across America. Maybe they've only been to NYC and Disneyworld. You could have asked them, but you didn't!

New comment by throaway1989 in "Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March"

throaway1989 — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 14:39:33 +0000

Expensive and risky because of the political climate

New comment by throaway1989 in "Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March"

throaway1989 — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 14:37:56 +0000

Right, so you are assuming in bad faith, instead of just asking their point and refuting it!

New comment by throaway1989 in "Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March"

throaway1989 — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:58:09 +0000

Three elections (at least) where both candidates are historically bad.

New comment by throaway1989 in "Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March"

throaway1989 — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:56:32 +0000

Your comment is very reddit-esque.

"do you think the US is a monoculture?" implying that the commenter does think that, and that that thought is ignorant and absurd. Instead of asking what they are referring to so you can discuss the point they're making.

What fear mongering politics? The commenter is obviously talking about the reported cases of people being detained, deported, and harassed for their political views.

New comment by throaway1989 in "Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March"

throaway1989 — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:53:11 +0000

As a Canadian, it's not even that. Im not holding someone responsible for what their political opposites do. It's just not safe or smart to be close to America right now. And it may never be again. And that's fine. This is not the beginning of resentment towards America. It has been there for a very long time, because America has been the global hegemon and has been ruthless in keeping its position.

New comment by throaway1989 in "Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March"

throaway1989 — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:49:41 +0000

Why don't you just ask what they are referring to instead of bringing out the snarky gotcha comments...

New comment by throaway1989 in "Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March"

throaway1989 — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:48:44 +0000

They should make you sad. The leader of your country said we suck and that we would be better off being a part of the USA (and that he would MAKE us be a part of the USA)! It doesn't matter how many of you didn't vote for him when hes the one making the decisions.

New comment by throaway1989 in "Baldness? UCLA's New Molecule Could Revolutionize Hair Growth"

throaway1989 — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 17:10:38 +0000

https://www.dermatologytimes.com/view/increased-risk-of-suic...

New comment by throaway1989 in "The slow collapse of critical thinking in OSINT due to AI"

throaway1989 — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 17:08:10 +0000

Most people rise or sink to the level that they're held to. If everyone is getting lazier or worse at thinking slowly and deliberately, most of the rest will see that as the standard they need to match.

New comment by throaway1989 in "Baldness? UCLA's New Molecule Could Revolutionize Hair Growth"

throaway1989 — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 04:32:15 +0000

ya your snark is underwhelming. the comment was about increasing rates of baldness in young men, not whatever point you are trying to make.

New comment by throaway1989 in "Over 4M Gen Zers are jobless–experts blame worthless degrees and broken promises"

throaway1989 — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:30:41 +0000

New comment by throaway1989 in "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Is a Stone-Cold Masterpiece"

throaway1989 — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:05:20 +0000

If Gizmodo said its great, you know its not.

New comment by throaway1989 in "Go European: Discover European products and services"

throaway1989 — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:42:26 +0000

Sure they have. And if Reddit charged for use then they would see Canadians leaving en-masse.