See, there’s people here saying never for something nonviolent. That’s kinda silly, non-violent crimes can be just as bad. They’re just less visually compelling.

“Expect” seems a bit dramatic, since it’s not like they gun down someone on every call. Be prepared for the possibility, maybe.

Ethics comes above personal relationships always. That being said, small-scale tax fraud doesn’t really seem pressing; there’s plenty of flexibility about what to ethically do about that.

I’d have to duckduckgo where you even report that, because I don’t think it’s the normal police.

Every family and relationship is different, I guess. I feel like active extortion would make the dinners a bit weird for me.

Identity is a strong motivator. Unfortunately, way stronger than any abstract social good.

The dishes in mind were actually butter tarts, Nanaimo bars and poutine. Cheese curds are hard to come by in the US (so they make a much worse version with cheddar or whatever), and Bird’s custard powder for the filling of the bars is a British commonwealth thing. Butter tarts just aren’t exciting enough I guess.

I have no idea how prevalent horsemeat is anywhere. The white people in my area are loudly butthurt it exists at all.

Yes, a bit like that (it’s not the groundskeeper Willie meme, other Lemmings). I wonder if Austrians feel the same way about Germany?

And I should say, Quebec does not suffer from this exact issue as far as I know.

“The judge seems willing to order structural changes in Google’s ad exchange practices, which may affect Google’s bottom line somewhat, but don’t seem to necessarily threaten its core value proposition as an advertising middleman,” he added.

In an ongoing series of antitrust lawsuits, the US government argues Google and its parent company Alphabet should be broken up - which could include selling off parts of the company such as the Chrome browser.

The US case will now move to a second “remedies” phase, which could also lead to Alphabet being broken up, said John Kwoka, a professor of economics at Northeastern University.

Unless Trump rescues them, I guess.

Even if you’ve just visited, you’re like “wait, that looks really familiar” sometimes.

It’s 'cause they get a tax break, or so I’ve heard.

And films mostly in Canada at this point.

Honestly we forget about Canada, in a way. Having the US so close geographically and culturally has made it hard to see anything else. I can think of three distinctly Canadian dishes, and two of them have only stayed Canadian because they involve ingredients Americans can’t get.

The Anglo-Canadian identity is pretty much just “we’re not American” and having an inferiority complex. It’s been weirdly natural for people to switch to thinking of America as the enemy.

while I know about all the shitty pizzas the US made up in a century.

Yep, none of that was us. For sure. /s

Honestly, it’s more like they invent a narcissistic alternative reality where everyone either loves them or hates them out of envy. Which is worse.

Not saying out inferiority complex is great either, though.

“Speak softly, hide behind America’s stick and hope they never notice us”

With all 4.5 children inhaling the lead paint fumes wafting off of it, or something like that. Ahh, the old days.

Yes. They shouldn’t even have to purity test like in the second sentence.

I don’t know the details of that, but I’m skeptical. Nothing about the housing system has worked great lately.

Pfft, look at this person giving an actual answer. Jokes, opinions and political rants only. /s

The metal ones were quite often mass produced by casting, like in claw-foot bathtubs. Probably in imitation of older artisanal pieces, which were already antiques in, say, 1910.

Putting out another regular reminder that there’s multiple incompatible definitions of capitalism.

I think Pierre has something a bit more Putinesque in mind. I can’t even say it would a libertarian free-for-all, because he’s big on strict rules to protect his favoured industries and people.

If you don’t want capitalism, depending on definition, you have to go for a fringe party.

Yeah. That wasn’t a normative statement, just a descriptive one. We should be the customer, we just economically aren’t. I bet you and me buy the same kind of stuff.

The points I was arguing against in OP are that everything is built worse than it used to be, and that it’s because some group can just decide so unilaterally for personal gain. Some stuff is worse, some stuff is better, but it’s true that regulations haven’t kept pace with technology this century.