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Delightful Life said:
That is the bird :3

When a gf told me of the Cheeseburger bird I didn't know what she meant. So she demonstrated by finding a few. And I couldn't stop hearing the "Cheeseburger" lol
Enough time has passed that I don't automatically hear it now
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One really has to be into phonetic transversion of the cheeseburger linguistics ...
 
There is nothing intended to be strong ... otherwise the leaders would be baffled and over taken by the mystique of it all ... wait a minute!

Didn't we elect based on weak head quality? Intelligence is awful ... or so I've been directed ... with some qualms! Does allow the smashing of the things ...
 
Some leaders have neither love for this world, nor intellect. Love must be something because you can tell when it’s not a priority. If only leaders had enough loving and smart people around them and listened to them, the world would be a better place. Extremeists don’t want it to be better - those in the religious, gnostic any apocalyptic focused spiritual extremes want to let it all be destroyed, along with all of humanity. I don’t know why these people have children if they want to expedite the end of the world. Seems cruel and nonsensical.
 
Also…important news: Costco announced that bottled water is now an option with the $1.50 hotdog combo. /s

(Good deal and it’s probably helpful to a lot of customers who are pretty financially stretched, hungry and want cheap lunch. It was bad that they changed the policy and don’t let non-members in. I’ve only ever been shopping there as a guest. I think those hotdogs used to really help more people at the downtown Vancouver Costco. It was one place poor people could go and buy their own lunch, the same lunch at the same place as everybody else instead of at a charity kitchen. That’s a type of dignity that people don’t realize is missing in society. I suspect closing it off to street people might be one reason for the policy change. If so, harsh. The cafeteria was near the outside entrance in that location, anyway. They’re not all exactly the same layout, but similar. I don’t live anywhere near a Costco anymore and never go there - and I guess I can’t even if a member invited me to go along. Also, spelled it right.)

Also, only members get samples. I guess that’s fair but I used to like to go with people and try the samples. Someone said here recently that you could leave full after all the samples.
 
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Kimmio Laughterlove said:
Costco announced that bottled water is now an option with the $1.50 hotdog combo.
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Is that in Canada yet? The article I saw about it last night seemed to suggest it was still a pilot in the States. I haven't been to Costco since I got back from vacation so haven't checked (I tend to only go on weekends if my wife and I are shopping together, otherwise she goes alone). Love the idea, esp. since their pop selection kind of sucks for me as a diabetic who doesn't like colas (the only diet and zero drinks they tend to have). I have kind of stopped hitting the samples myself. My Costco tends to be kind of repetitive with their samples so I've tried most of them and we buy the ones we've liked.
 
Mendalla said:
Is that in Canada yet? The article I saw about it last night seemed to suggest it was still a pilot in the States. I haven't been to Costco since I got back from vacation so haven't checked (I tend to only go on weekends if my wife and I are shopping together, otherwise she goes alone). Love the idea, esp. since their pop selection kind of sucks for me as a diabetic who doesn't like colas (the only diet and zero drinks they tend to have). I have kind of stopped hitting the samples myself. My Costco tends to be kind of repetitive with their samples so I've tried most of them and we buy the ones we've liked.
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I don’t know what this news site is. Costco hotdogs came up on frequent google searches earlier so I clicked. Woke up feeling kinda hangry lol (could you tell? /s) food story caught my attention. The original story I saw was at a different source. Anyway… yes there’s a $1.50 combo in Canada according to this. I did think it was cheap but not that cheap, also. I’d forgotten how cheap I guess.

www.insidehalton.com

Costco Canada changes $1.50 hot dog and drink combo at Ontario locations and customers are reacting

Costco’s hot dog combo has a loyal fan base and the wholesale giant has promised not to raise the $1.50 price.
www.insidehalton.com www.insidehalton.com
 
Kimmio Laughterlove said:
I don’t know what this news site is. Costco hotdogs came up on frequent google searches earlier so I clicked. Woke up feeling kinda hangry lol - and the story was printed at some other source. Anyway…

www.insidehalton.com

Costco Canada changes $1.50 hot dog and drink combo at Ontario locations and customers are reacting

Costco’s hot dog combo has a loyal fan base and the wholesale giant has promised not to raise the $1.50 price.
www.insidehalton.com www.insidehalton.com
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Oh, that's from Halton Region here in Ontario so I guess it is here. Good news.
 
Kimmio Laughterlove said:
What a shitshow.
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Canada’s moral logic is getting very strange.

They are pushing online age verification and child “safety” laws that could become a doorway into identity checks for everyone online.

At the same time, the MAID debate keeps circling back to whether “mature minors” should eventually be eligible.

So a teenager may be too vulnerable to use the internet without state supervision,

but mature enough to be discussed as a candidate for state assisted death.
 
I think both should be prevented and kept safe. Also, teenagers are terrifyingly savvy with technology. Deepfakes, doxxing, hacking and identity theft etc is all frightening stuff we all need to worry about. And tech savvy teenagers are probably employed at troll farms in other countries. Their tech skills are probably in demand. And there’s conflict everywhere they’re not immune to being persuaded by or recruited into.

Still no to MAiD expansion to mature minors. No track 2. No MAiD for mental illness. Is this Hell?
 
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Edit: I don’t feel like posting what I posted, actually. It was an interesting and harmless thought but - not right now. Don’t feel like discussing. Taking that break now.
 
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WhyCzar said:
Sounds like you think parents and children are all wards of the state regardless.
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No I believe people have a responsibility to create systems that reasonably balance freedom with safety. Like: allow driving but require a driver’s licence to show that the person has learned the rules of the road and how to put them into practice. Many other examples.

Recently the UK implemented a lifetime smoking ban for kids who are under 18. I was much younger when I tried it and there may be some teens feeling pissed off about it because their parents and older siblings had more freedom. But they are less likely to get addicted to smoking and that’s positive overall, for the greater good.

Trying for the most rather than the least of each ie freedom and safety. It depends on the laws we’re looking at and people involved. Is it going to cause loss of life? Put people at risk? Be oppressive to people with less power? In what ways? What are the risks of implementing it vs not implementing it? Where can accommodations and exceptions be made and if not why not?
 
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