Looks great! The dovetails look really clean too. I’d probably line the inside with a nice red felt to dampen any noise when placing items, probably jewelry, into the box. And just for a extra bit of pizzazz. A wood burned makers mark or tidy initials somewhere would be a nice touch too, emphasize that “hey, a skilled person made this, this wasn’t shot out of a mass factory”

Stuff like that makes me a little worrisome about my ambitions to one day move to Quebec/Montreal. I despise fearmongering and blind hatred, but you find that everywhere nowadays.

To quote a bit of Gandalf, I hope to be a person who gifts many small acts of kindness and love to keep the darkness at bay. Wherever I find myself. It is one of my biggest motivators to work on my French, so I can connect better with more people of Canada. The jump in pay and jobs exclusive for bilingual folks helps too though!

I’ve got mixed feelings about this. On one hand I mostly like the idea of the Quebec social contract, the whole “democracy, the French language, gender equality, and secularism” bit.

But how would this be fairly enforced? What would make a person gender equality-y enough? Or pro-democratic enough? I think the secularism is the most egregious. I’m secular myself, but I don’t think its morally right to try to take that away from other people, so long as their beliefs don’t hurt others.

It really does read as targeting a particular religous/cultural ethnic group :(

The owner of those two communities deleted his account. They passed moderation of maplemusic to me and one other person, but givergaming got deleted with their account.

I’ve created !canadiangaming@lemmy.ca to refill the void. Out of the two, a canadian gaming community was the one I was hoping to take off the most since I’m more of a gamer person than a music person. I’ve got some plans for fostering a community on there. I’ll post about it in !communitypromo once I’ve got it set up a bit nicer, it is sorta barebones at the moment.

Strange how I didn’t want to mod any communities on here but ended up moderating 3!

Animals eat animals. Humans are animals. We are not removed from nature. We are very much part of the ecosystem and have been since homosapiens as a species and every proto human before us.

Responsible hunting is beneficial for the environment, especially in areas where we irrevocably already fucked the environment by removing all of the predator species such as bears and wolves. The deer would overpopulate and destroy the environment like locusts without something (us or predators) to keep them in check.

Essentially, our hands are already muddied from the environmental atrocities of generations before us. Stopping would make it worse at this point. For example, in my hometown, fishermen are required by law to kill invasive species of fish that came from freighter ships from Asia. They have no natural predator and are therefore exhuasting the resources for the native species and driving them to near extinction. If we simply backed off now, the native species would likely go extinct from starvation and predation. We can’t make it exactly how it was before, but we can make it better.

That being said, I’m all in for meat alternatives and cultured meats. Less farmland for inhumane & inefficient meat farming that can instead be returned to nature, and reintroduce predators into those reclaimed areas so hunting is not required to keep prey populations in check. It would be wonderful to live in a world where eating animals is not necessary, wild or domesticated.

And of course, the ultimate over all caveat: This is all simplifications and environmental rectification is extremely complex and varies from location to location. In some locations, yep, the answer really is just “leave the animals alone”.

My entire region, the CONs sweeped it. Rough! I’m glad federally the Libs won though. I just made a detailed post about it in my regions lemmy community.

I really hope the CONs that just won and keep their seats are able to go up to bat to defend Windsor from the worst effects of the Trump Tariffs. This region stands to be the most afflicted.

Jagmeet is already, gone, I think PP isn’t long for politics going forward. I think this is great, we need fresh blood and I hope CONs realize their strats aren’t gonna cut it.

I don’t want the CONs gone from Canada, I want them to reform into a party worthy of respect – just differing in opinion of how to progress Canada forward.

There are two communities I would really like to see some traffic driven to:

!maplemusic@lemmy.ca - Celebrating Canadian music

!givergaming@lemmy.ca - Celebrating Canadian games, gamedevs and studios

I think these would be an easy add to the Canadian Social / Culture section.

It seems really promising. Even my mother who voted MAGA in America really likes Carney. He is absolutely swaying many conservatives with how comically overqualified he is for the position.

You’ve done nothing to try to convince me that I am incorrect. You’ve not engaged with my original argument with any logical reasoning or facts. You haven’t even tried. All you’ve done is degrade my degrees and try to bully me out of my opinion like a little school child. In fact, I am beginning to suspect I really am speaking to a child – even wishing that you could physically smack me instead when losing an argument.

Nothing I said is revisionism but solid fact. It is simply making new conclusions on new emerging research and historical sources – something that you have no idea about because you’re not a historian. Historians disagree all the time on the same historical events. You’d know this if you ever read more than one book on the same historical topic instead of taking the first one you read as gospel.

I stand by what I originally said. You are not equipped to debate history.

What you’ve said is true, but I still insist that Canada is not an imperial or opportunist country that is looking to gobble up states, even if handed on a silver platter. It’s just not really what we do. You are severely overlooking the fact that it would require a supermajority of support in both the seceding state and Canada as a whole to admit a new province/territory into the confederation. That is simply unlikely.

If the US collapses USSR-style, it would likely just simply balkanize instead of being picked over by its neighbours. It would balkanize either by region, or completely by states. What is probably more likely is probably another civil war, with one side completely winning or a stalemate being met and two or more separate USAs existing. But honestly, there is literally no way to know what will happen to the US going forward.

Gun to my head, had to choose, I’d say that America just continues to be a flawed democracy and returns to its isolationism that it historically always does inbetween major wars, probably suffer a major recession, and then has a civil war.

You’re 10-ply bud. The only person showing a gross lack of humility here is you. I’d go into depth on why what you said is stupid and is bad history, but smart words are wasted on deaf ears. I can tell you all the historical facts backed by primary sources all day, but I can’t teach critical thinking. That lack is critical thinking is what got you here. But hey, go ahead and keep on using bigger words to shield against that fragile, threatened, intellect of yours. I’m sure it will make us agree with you more instead of actually citing sources or doing any attempt to explain why you think what you said made any sense. So far you argument is “Field Marshal Zhukov said otherwise once” and your source is “trust me”, and hiding behind the opinions of unnamed peoples who are more accredited than me (therefore default right-er-er than me!!), along with copious, pitiful, abrasive ad hominen attacks (I know big words too!!).

Real talk. I don’t know what you do for a living, but I recommend you stay in your lane and I’ll stay in mine. The electrician shouldn’t tell a plumber how to bend pipes. Whatever brainrot is making you sanctify a long dead Field Marshal of the USSR, one responsible for the extremely brutality on the civilians of East Germany and especially Berlin, you should do some serious introspection as to why. You glorifying this man shows you are severely detached from reality, let alone equipped to debate history.

Oh, and I’m under no pretense to be polite or humble when talking about history here. This isn’t a history conference, its an anonymous forum. I can be as crass or rude as I want here. Frankly, I should’ve just told you to pound sand instead of writing all this out. Do me a favour, and trust me when I say that what you said and think is stupid as hell. Your homework is to use the boundless expanse of the educational internet to figure out why. I say this with sass yet genuine concern; educate yourself better. Your mind deserves better.

If the Cons were smart, they’re have kept him on a leash as an attack dog while making someone much more respectable be the party leader. Let PP do his vicious mockery act and outrage farming to soak up all the bad press, and let a normal-looking con take the seat.

Right now, PP is like a little yapping dog that got ahold of its own leash and doesn’t know what to do with it.

Most Canadians would love the idea of states joining us

Nope. Not true.

They wouldn’t even refuse solidly red states, I think

I would. They would view us as an occupying power, and would be right to think so. Think of Quebec, but instead of being French they’re just racist. I don’t want that in my Canada.

It would make Canada stronger, and a better life for the states

It would be a clusterfuck. Not Canada’s problem to make life better for Americans. Ever heard the saying, people get the government they deserve? Majority of them are assholes or unable to help themselves. If they want to enjoy a better life the Canadian way, they can work on immigrating here. Canada is not an expansionist country. Plenty Happy as is, geopolitically speaking.

Economic power together is enhanced

We’ve been doing this already, as two separate sovereign nations. Assholes turned it against us. You know, you read the news.

Canada even as 10 states instead of 1, doesn’t work because US debt is too high, and US simply has too harsh of a society meant for oligarchy.

Not sure what you’re going on about with the US debt. But that alone is a reason for us to not join together. Who the hell would want to inherent that problem? Canadians would be taxed like crazy to help pay that off. If by too harsh of a society, you mean ruthless individualism at the expense of the overall social fabric, which has a nasty effect of creating oligarchs? Correct.

Healthcare would be a major issue.

It would be, but in this scenario is would ironically be the least problematic thing.

These opinions are presented to you by a dual citizen Canadian currently living in the Southeast of America. No normal people here want to invade Canada, and no Canadian wants to be a “savior” of poor abused American states. I’m down to let more people immigrate and become PR or citizens, but not a blanket annexation of entire states. If Americans have a issue with their current federal government, they can take some bricks and throw them through select politicians windows while doing mass strikes like the rest of the civilized world does to keep their democracy clean. The French revolution wasn’t bloodless, nor was the American Revolutionary War. Tyrants don’t go away on their own.

You know nothing about Canadians nor what the average American thinks and it shows.

Didn’t realize that a Field Marshal of the Soviet Union is the be all end all of opinions about WW2 and the participation of the US in it. Next you’ll be asking me to follow Douglas MacArthur’s opinions on the Korean War!

Get real. The US showed up in WW1 in 1917, long after the Central powers were exhausted. In WW2, the US showed up in 1941. On the pacific front, the Japanese had been fighting China since 1933. In Europe, the Germans had been fighting since 1939. In both wars, the homefront was entirely untouched unlike the rest of the world, setting up the US with a massive head economic head start in the post-war period.

But hey, go on, lecture to the person with two history degrees from a US university on why your dead Soviet Field Marshal’s opinion is more correct about the US’s participation in the war than me.

Erm… it’s Pearl Milling Company syrup now 🤓☝

Inb4 theres an executive order changing the name back to Aunt Jemima’s again lol

I love me some Letterkenny. While it is a comedy, it really does an excellent job at highlighting what being Canadian means. I really need to watch the spin off, Shoresy.

If you’re interested in more media that helps you understand what being Canadian is all about, I’d recommend listening to some of the most iconic Canadians musicians of all time: Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, The Tragically Hip, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, and The Band. You’ve almost certainly heard their songs before, but listen to some of their less popular music.

Here’s some specific songs that I am fond of, and feel highlight Common Canadian Sensibilities:

• King Harvest (Has Surely Come) by The Band
• Dance me to the End of Love by Leonard Cohen
• In View by The Tragically Hip
• Bobcaygeon by The Tragically Hip
• Signs by Five Man Electrical Band
• Carefree Highway by Gordon Lightfoot
• If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot
• Illegal by Corbeau
• Universal Soldier by Buffy Sainte-Marie
• Til I Am Myself Again by Blue Rodeo
• (You’re A) Strange Animal by Gowan
• The Rest of My Life by Sloan
• Money City Maniacs by Sloan
• The Consumer by Stompin’ Tom Connors
• Helpless by Neil Young
• Heart of Gold by Neil Young
• Life Is A Highway by Tom Cochrane
• American Psycho by Treble Charger
• Truth Doesn’t Live in a Book by Ben Chaplan
• The Night Pat Murphy Died by Great Big Sea

These showcase a variety of genres and locations within Canada. We are a big country with such a beautiful mixture of experiences that allow for such wonderful music to be produced.

And the more time Canadian consumers and industries have to find new (or rediscover) alternatives. If he hit us with this like he said we would right of the bat, it would’ve hurt way more. Every day he threatens Canada with this, the weaker the threat becomes.

That’s a waste of good syrup.

Hi! I’m the brain drain!

I am a dual citizen with a MA in History (I know, real high value degree lol). I’m fucking leaving. The best shot to get a stable job with my degree in the US was with the federal gov. Overnight that has been shown to be a myth with all the illegal firings of federal workers, including the state museums. Those that are staying are forced to perverse and erase history. I refuse to rewrite or omit history.

I’m leaving once my lease is up in America. I wanted to move back home to my native Canada anyways, but this admin has convinced me it is not only the best move for me, but also morally.