[westopher]

At least he got US citizenship from it lmao

I’d rather take the debt.

[bcrdukes]

$200K USD. Damn, son.

[6793026]

My brother had to get my gf at the time to sell the car, clear up her credit card debt before they got married.

I ain't marrying you, i'm marrying your family as well as your credit score.

Such great advice.

[Traum]

A friend of mine married a girl from the US that had $200k USD debt from university, and a degree that wasn't worth anything.

That would kill it for me, but it didn't for him. They had two kids... and 10 years later they are now divorced. I haven't asked if he got to keep half of that debt. :pokerface:
I'm sorry, but unless that chick is geared up for a profession that is expected to repay all that debt in a few years, I can't do it either.

At my salary level, that is probably equivalent to a 15+ year mortgage.

Wait... does this mean I am consciously choosing 15 years' worth of mortgage payment over 15 years of wild monkey sex?! That doesn't sound right...
:suspicious:

[Tapioca]

I thought prenups dont do much in BC, and also your pension can be taken lmao.

Of course it can... any pension earned during a marriage or common-law relationship can be split 50/50.

If someone is worried about their pension, then they should marry someone who also has a pension to mitigate risk.

[RabidRat]

My brother had to get my gf at the time to sell the car, clear up her credit card debt before they got married.

I ain't marrying you, i'm marrying your family as well as your credit score.

Such great advice.

Wait, your brother married your ex gf? I guess that's pretty efficient.

[bcrdukes]

Are you all looking forward to divorcing your spouses in the future or something? If so, then Badhobz has it all figured out. You pay a prostitute for whatever services you desire or hire a house cleaner, cook and make everything a business transaction and never have to worry about divorce. What's yours is yours and you don't to hear about their problems. If you married someone already, or planning to marry someone, boy, you already fucked up.

Wait, your brother married your ex gf? I guess that's pretty efficient.

I read this the same way and was a bit confused. Any way... :inoutugh:

[westopher]

I think you guys are overestimating the ease of finding someone else that’s emotionally and physically compatible with you, if someone isn’t necessarily financially compatible. There’s zero chance I believe I could find someone that rivals my wife in that way if she was worse off financially when we started dating. I couldn’t have just called it and started a new relationship and expected those connections not to be worse.
Love isn’t objective and it sure as shit isn’t a business.

[bcrdukes]

Taking from BIC_BAWS's journey:

1. Ask girl on date how she was raised and what her views are on divorce
2. Ask girl on date what her debt loads are like, current and forecasted over the next 30+ years
3. Decide on next steps

[westopher]

“Can I see your wealthsimple account quickly before we take this to the 20 questions part of the date. Hold on just going to get on a quick FaceTime with my mentor.”

[RabidRat]

Taking from BIC_BAWS's journey:

1. Ask girl on date how she was raised and what her views are on divorce
2. Ask girl on date what her debt loads are like, current and forecasted over the next 30+ years
3. Decide on next steps

:lol

Okay, thanks this was really productive.

Let's take an action to get the projections in by the next sync.

I'll send out notes laying out next steps and I'll be reaching out to circle back.

[Gumby]

At least he got US citizenship from it lmao
With the way ICE is running things, he might still get deported, LOL

[68style]

Weird I get the vibe bcdukes isn’t married from this thread… but I literally went to his wedding :confused:

[CivicBlues]

At least he got US citizenship from it lmao

congrats, you're now taxed on worldwide income for life unless you renounce.

[RabidRat]

You get a tax credit from CRA for whatever you had to pay to the IRS. It's just annoying to have to complete two separate tax returns and make them reconcile.

[supafamous]

I forgot where we landed with the Canada Post strike (beyond the fact the union needs to give it up cause they are on the losing end here) but colour me impressed that the Xmas cards I sent out on Wednesday afternoon starting landing in people's mailboxes yesterday (in under 24 hours). All for the lowly cost of $1.51.

The stuff going to Calgary, Toronto and Ottawa will probably start landing today or Monday. (Edit: Toronto peeps are reporting they are getting the cards now so 48 hours for that).

While I don't think sending a letter/card should cost much the fact that I can pretty much send it anywhere in Canada in 2-3 days is really impressive and I'd pay $2-3 for that.

[Razor Ramon HG]

Anyone have experience with the Pirelli P Zero AS PLUS 3 ELECT tires? Tire Rack has them highly rated.

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=UHPAS

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/testDisplay.jsp?ttid=338&srsltid=AfmBOorfHRoKXr58IjCAHEiJ9rXU2_pcp9XbzRCvTo xRmRUHDksFqkGZ

[GS8]

"Yay I found my perfect babe!. The needle in the haystack!

The needle punctured my aorta"

4Head

[Badhobz]

I guess I lucked out with my midget. 18 years and I wouldn’t change a thing.

Shes got a million problems but so do I. We fight all the time but never serious. We make a great team as she fixes my numerous deficiencies while I can reach things in tall cupboards (so useful!).

Ah what can ya do. Once you’re over 40 you just want stability and peace. As much as I want to anal some hot blonde, I much rather stay at home and gawk at the midget trying to reach for tall things. Often with hilarious consequences.

[pastarocket]

The boxing world cheers on Friday night!

As I expected, former two time heavyweight world champ Anthony Joshua destroys YouTube Boxer Jake Paul.

Sixth round knockout for Joshua!

Joshua controlled the match. Disney boy Jake Paul was running around the ropes for his life last night haha.


According to Jake, Joshua broke his jaw in two places during the fight. LUL


https://youtube.com/shorts/xDbU2CVJzfw?si=ygqiC3H2CutqSQPp

Joshua knocks out Paul in 6th round to win heavyweight fight https://www.tsn.ca/boxing/article/joshua-knocks-out-paul-in-6th-round-to-win-heavyweight-fight/


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[whitev70r]

you think Joshua was still holding back ... giving the fans a bit of value for their $$? And not like taking him out in 2nd round?

This is first fight that is not contractually pre-determined to Paul's side?

[MarkyMark]

He was probably being cautious and letting Jake tire himself out running away the whole time. He threw some big punches that didn't land so I don't think he was taking it easy on him, just hard to hit Paul when he was backing up most of the fight.

[underscore]

I forgot where we landed with the Canada Post strike (beyond the fact the union needs to give it up cause they are on the losing end here) but colour me impressed that the Xmas cards I sent out on Wednesday afternoon starting landing in people's mailboxes yesterday (in under 24 hours). All for the lowly cost of $1.51.

The stuff going to Calgary, Toronto and Ottawa will probably start landing today or Monday. (Edit: Toronto peeps are reporting they are getting the cards now so 48 hours for that).

While I don't think sending a letter/card should cost much the fact that I can pretty much send it anywhere in Canada in 2-3 days is really impressive and I'd pay $2-3 for that.

Over the last couple months they've saved me $150 CAD and $200 USD on two packages, and delivered one a day earlier than expected, so I'm pretty happy lol.

[pastarocket]

Look at Anthony Joshua smiling after his left uppercut on Paul haha.

He was setting himself up for a knockout punch!

Boom!


https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSeS7OzjfKG/?igsh=MTV3eGZneTJnY3dkcg==


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[mikemhg]

you think Joshua was still holding back ... giving the fans a bit of value for their $$? And not like taking him out in 2nd round?

This is first fight that is not contractually pre-determined to Paul's side?

He was definitely holding back. I caught him a few times pulling his punches that could easily have been landed when Paul was flopping about.

He was like a cat playing with his prey, he could've easily finished him by the third round.

[Traum]

According to Jake, Joshua broke his jaw in two places during the fight. LUL

$92M to take home for a broken jaw. He'd probably say it was still worth it?

[whitev70r]

Who da hell is paying so much to see this clown fight?

[68style]

People need to stop watching his shit, that’s the only way his ass gets paid

[SSM_DC5]

I didn't watch, but I saw it was being promoted on Netflix and I don't think it was an additional fee if I did want to watch it.

[GLOW]

Weird I get the vibe bcdukes isn’t married from this thread… but I literally went to his wedding :confused:

acting like you're married when in fact you're married is so mainstream

[Eff-1]

we need our couch cleaned. it's in bad shape.

instead of calling someone like coit, has anyone ever tried one of those Rug Doctor machiens from the grocery store? Are they any good?

Or if you have other ideas? Like a decent priced appliance from amazon?

Never done this before. Advice welcome.

[Badhobz]

did you JD Vance your couch?

more seriously, i tried to clean our old WHITE cloth sofa circa 2008 when we moved into our new place. It was full of dog piss stains on the sofa covers. We always cover the sofa with a piece of cloth but it didnt always work. Anyways so the sofa was pretty decent condition except for the piss stains, so i didnt really want to get rid of it. I hired a bunch of cleaners, all useless. Tried to take the cushions to a dry cleaner. useless. Ended up just throwing out the cushions and getting new ones from the Foam Store and custom-made cushion covers.

[unit]

^^ would that even work on a sofa? those cleaners are like big heavy vacuums, they need a flat surface to put their weight onto for the suction to actually be effective, otherwise they will just wet your stuff and not suck it back out.

i would maybe try one of those pet vacuums, like the Bissell ones. basically it just sprays soap and then vacuums with a small flat fan shaped head. it doesn't agitate much though, it mostly just sprays and then immediately vacuums. of course you could use some of the brush attachments to do a better job manually. i've seen automotive guys use things like drills with brush heads to work soap into fabric seats. the only downside of getting your stuff quite wet/soapy is that no amount of suction will ever get it back out, and you'll have to really try to dry it out quickly with fans otherwise it will probably be damp in the middle which is not good.

[Dbone]

At least he got US citizenship from it lmao

Hah.. Why would you want that?

My wife renounced hers. It's such a pain in the ass.

[Dbone]

I think you guys are overestimating the ease of finding someone else that’s emotionally and physically compatible with you, if someone isn’t necessarily financially compatible. There’s zero chance I believe I could find someone that rivals my wife in that way if she was worse off financially when we started dating. I couldn’t have just called it and started a new relationship and expected those connections not to be worse.
Love isn’t objective and it sure as shit isn’t a business.

Yeah, but I couldn't be compatible with someone who is that nearsighted. It's not like she had some massive medical bill or got unlucky with a property investment. She partied for four years spending her future husbands money to get a degree that at best got her a gig as a PA for some exec. Screw that.

I agree, money (especially when you're young) doesn't matter when compared to compatibility. But that's a down payment on a house you're now missing. What's next?

[68style]

Hah.. Why would you want that?

My wife renounced hers. It's such a pain in the ass.

I wish my gf would do the same, it’s really hamstringing a lot of things for her.

She won’t believe that ChatGPT literally tells you how to do it and film out the forms for basically free too… she wants to hire a lawyer for $10k+

[Badhobz]

Just tell her to get a job at City Wok in cowtown.

You can be postman butters

[underscore]

^^ would that even work on a sofa? those cleaners are like big heavy vacuums, they need a flat surface to put their weight onto for the suction to actually be effective, otherwise they will just wet your stuff and not suck it back out.

The one my inlaws own has a handheld nozzle you can pull out of it and use. It worked great on seats in cars, I was pulling out stains I didn't even know were there out after a mouse briefly got into one of our cars.

[PeanutButter]

This is pretty crazy.

Lady in Ontario got scammed for $1.7M after seeing a fake Facebook ad... This is insane.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSgG9JJjsF5/?igsh=MWEzcnJxc3M3YmJlaw==

[68style]

Weren’t all these boomers the ones always telling us “if it’s too good to be true…” all the time?

I don’t know how their banks let them do this shit too, my bank ran me through the absolute ringer because the money I paid for my Mercedes was going to a numbered company and even after they phoned the Mercedes dealership they were still skeptical and the bank manager even asked me a month later if I actually got my car lol

[6793026]

Stupid youtube is now pushing no ad blockers... i hope they fix it soon enough.

[68style]

Everything on FB and IG is a scam now, which is kinda sad, I legit see a lot of products that I would be interested in. I feel like if you were a smart company/factory in China with an eye toward quality, you could make quite a lucrative business just looking at FB/IG ads and actually building a quality version of the AI generated shit they try to sell people on there... like genuinely good ideas or cool products but you know you're getting the worst possible rendition of it if you actually buy.

I also read the other day that META has quietly decided to eliminate fact checking of any sort, either internally as a process or externally as suggestions on ads. It's basically open season for liars and scammers now.

[unit]

ok i've had this happen many times but i never really questioned it that much, but how do seat assignments work on airplanes?

when you buy the ticket months in advance, you pick your seats, but then when check-in time comes your seats have changed. does this mean someone else who wants to pay for your seats has priority to bump you out of them? it doesnt seem like the plane has changed or anything to force a seat change...

this morning was our 48h check-in and our seats were changed, so we paid for exit aisle seats, although the original seats were the ones in the back of the plane that were only 2 abreast and were free at the time.

[Badhobz]

I think it depends on what “class” you booked your initial fare, also if you are elite status or not. If you are in the cheapest tier, i think people can bump you out of them as you didnt pay for it yet.

So i always book flex (2nd cheapest) with air canada so that includes seat selection and baggage. If you book the cheapest option then all your seat selection and baggage is extra.
Also, because youre in flex, you get a higher priority for upgrades vs people who are on base. Latitude (highest tier, includes free cancellations) is even better than flex but sometimes its not worth its often the same price as the lowest premium economy seats.

[unit]

yeah i almost never pay extra for seats unless its like under $100 or so, but this time they tried to give us 2 shitty seats so i forked out a bunch extra to get emergency aisle ones... 13hr flight, its gonna be worth it.

[Hehe]

we need our couch cleaned. it's in bad shape.

instead of calling someone like coit, has anyone ever tried one of those Rug Doctor machiens from the grocery store? Are they any good?

Or if you have other ideas? Like a decent priced appliance from amazon?

Never done this before. Advice welcome.


We have a Bisell Spotcleann machine that does that. I think it’s a good machine to invest in. It’s not even a lot of money (1xx) and if you have kids or pets, and a sofa that’s not leather or carpets, it’s a machine that I’d want in my arsenal.

It cleans fairly well. Of course, don’t expect miracles for something really tough. But for kids spills and whatnot, we have had pretty good success so far and we do a all around cleaning once a month or two with the same machine and it keeps the sofa in nice shape and smelling clean.

[yray]

^ buy it from costco as the hose gets brittle after a couple years

[CivicBlues]

Weren’t all these boomers the ones always telling us “if it’s too good to be true…” all the time?

I don’t know how their banks let them do this shit too, my bank ran me through the absolute ringer because the money I paid for my Mercedes was going to a numbered company and even after they phoned the Mercedes dealership they were still skeptical and the bank manager even asked me a month later if I actually got my car lol

Lady is 51 years old which is closer to our age than the average "boomer" :alone: AI is going to fuck all our shit up. Millenials, GenZ, Alpha, Betas no one's going to be safe.

[AstulzerRZD]

I tried to do a couch with the Bissel / Shark tiny machines, I don't recommend it because you will get a far worse clean than with a professional machine.

The rug/couch cleaners you call will inject steam and cleaning stuff AND extract it at the same time for a deep clean. The ones you buy you just kind of spray the stuff, have to scrub it yourself (no steam), and pray the tiny thing extracts the stuff.

[Hehe]

I tried to do a couch with the Bissel / Shark tiny machines, I don't recommend it because you will get a far worse clean than with a professional machine.

The rug/couch cleaners you call will inject steam and cleaning stuff AND extract it at the same time for a deep clean. The ones you buy you just kind of spray the stuff, have to scrub it yourself (no steam), and pray the tiny thing extracts the stuff.

Bisell also does that (push solution and then vacuum it off). I believe they all work on the same principle. Just maybe the rentals would be more powerful.

Talking about steam though, that’s another machine that one should have as well. Some tough baked on sauce on the sofa/carpet? You ain’t doing shit with Bisell. Needs to steam it before.

[AstulzerRZD]

Are we thinking about the same one?
https://www.bissell.com/en-ca/product/bissell-little-green-proheat-deluxe-bundle-portable-carpet--upholstery-cleaner-25137.html

If you have the hydrosteam version then yeah, it does the steam + extract at the same time:
https://www.bissell.com/en-ca/product/crosswave-hydrosteam-plus-multisurface-wet-dry-vac-exclusive-bundle-3518Y.html
https://www.bissell.com/en-ca/product/little-green-hydrosteam-pet-portable-carpet-cleaner-exclusive-bundle-3605Y.html

[EvoFire]

^ I have the top one, I wish it steamed but it doesn't. It just extracts and to be really fair, it's just a wet vacuum with the ability to warm up the solution if you use it for a long time.

[headhunt3r]

Damn. I wanna upgrade my Bissell now. Hydrostream on the extractor looks great.

[radeonboy]

If you already have a portable carpet spot cleaner that doesn't have a steam function, another consideration is using a separate handheld steam cleaner to loosen the stain / dirt before using the spot cleaner for extraction.

The steam cleaner itself is great for all kinds of surfaces and is perfect for degreasing the kitchen stove or for cleaning things without fully relying on chemicals.

[Manic!]

Annas archive has backed up all of spotify and made it into torrents. it's 300 TB.

Anna's Archive is a massive open-source search engine and metadata index for "shadow libraries," describing itself as the largest truly open library in human history. It aims to catalog and provide access to all existing books, papers, and now music.

I have had albums that I listen to disappear from spotify. One I can't find anywhere. i do have a copy of it put playing back mp3's is kind of a pain when using a phone.

https://i.ibb.co/s9cJmQYk/anna.webp

[Hehe]

Annas archive has backed up all of spotify and made it into torrents. it's 300 TB.

Anna's Archive is a massive open-source search engine and metadata index for "shadow libraries," describing itself as the largest truly open library in human history. It aims to catalog and provide access to all existing books, papers, and now music.

I have had albums that I listen to disappear from spotify. One I can't find anywhere. i do have a copy of it put playing back mp3's is kind of a pain when using a phone.

https://i.ibb.co/s9cJmQYk/anna.webp

I'm actually curious. What songs were those if you don't kind sharing?

Sorry, forgot to clarify. I have a separate steamer (Bisell Powersteamer). I use that first to kinda prep or get rid of the worst dirt then use my washer (Bisell Spotclean) to finish the job. Didn't know they now come in a single package. Maybe next time if they break.

[Eff-1]

yeah so my couch hasnt been cleaned professionally in about 5 years. it's a lighter off-white/beige colour. cushions are looking pretty rough and discoloured. it needs a good deep clean.

I saw the rug doctor machines came with an upholstry attachment, which is why I thought of that.

I'd be happy to buy one something from costco and DIY but sounds like people here are saying don't bother? reviews on this seem good? https://www.costco.ca/bissell-little-green-max-pet-smartmix-portable-carpet--upholstery-deep-cleaner.product.4000325725.html

how much is a professional cleaning? does anyone know?

[radeonboy]

How dirty of a couch are we talking about? A photo or two would help.

[westopher]

Oh good let’s make musicians make even less money. That’s bound to be excellent for creativity.
You can buy digital albums on bandcamp fyi, and that money is going to artists instead of an ai weaponry company.

[68style]

How dirty of a couch are we talking about? A photo or two would help.

Watch out this sounds like couch fetish bait

[SkinnyPupp]

How dirty of a couch are we talking about? A photo or two would help.
Calm down, JD

[GS8]

Oh good letÂ’s make musicians make even less money. ThatÂ’s bound to be excellent for creativity.
You can buy digital albums on bandcamp fyi, and that money is going to artists instead of an ai weaponry company.

I miss the days of heading to A&B Sound / Sam The Record Man / HMV etc to look for and buy physical media from bands I enjoy in order to support them and their future work.

I still buy what I can now but, man, music as an art is almost dead. Creatively bankrupt and run over by the slop train.

[westopher]

My first thing to do, every paycheque when I was younger was go straight to a&b to buy 2 CDs.
I still use streaming, but make sure to buy vinyls or merch or see the band or whatever. We are cruising towards a world without art made by real humans, and it’s pathetic.

[underscore]

i do have a copy of it put playing back mp3's is kind of a pain when using a phone.

What's a pain about it? I tried streaming a little bit ages ago, found it wasn't great, and went back to just playing .mp3's on my phone because I prefer to always have my own copies of anything I like that work anywhere.

[Manic!]

What's a pain about it? I tried streaming a little bit ages ago, found it wasn't great, and went back to just playing .mp3's on my phone because I prefer to always have my own copies of anything I like that work anywhere.

I use android auto and I don't know of a simple way to play mp3's with it.

[68style]

^ Poweramp?

[6793026]

wtf, i just download the music onto a USB and just USB the whole thing.

I still use cable cause I get to charge my phone but man i'm old, i still listen to radio for chiense news. When chinese boring stuff comes along, then i flip onto MP3.

[unit]

My first thing to do, every paycheque when I was younger was go straight to a&b to buy 2 CDs.
I still use streaming, but make sure to buy vinyls or merch or see the band or whatever. We are cruising towards a world without art made by real humans, and it’s pathetic.

hey man if jasons2000 could reply to this, he'd probably say something about covid

[Badhobz]

My google home got upgraded with gemini and now its very very smart. Almost too smart. Scary how good this AI has gotten, you can ask it the most obscure things and it’ll come back with a very concise and well thought out answer.

I asked if it i should buy a 200-800mm lens or a 100-500mm and it went into a big essay comparing the pros and cons. Holy shit. No wonder all the tech bros are getting fired, these things are reaching critical mass and will soon take over the world.

[GLOW]

was it an automatic OTA update? wonder if my 1st gen google home is now skynet

[whitev70r]

I asked if it i should buy a 200-800mm lens or a 100-500mm and it went into a big essay comparing the pros and cons. Holy shit. No wonder all the tech bros are getting fired, these things are reaching critical mass and will soon take over the world.

And so, what is conclusion? Which way are you leaning? 800mm on the Richmond Dyke would earn you a lot of respect and you'd have the longest.

[Badhobz]

200-800 is slightly slower but also 1500 bucks cheaper. Might also break in half if you’re not careful (how did Gemini know this too ?!?!?).

Me being a cheap fuck will buy the 200-800

[Badhobz]

was it an automatic OTA update? wonder if my 1st gen google home is now skynet

You have to go into the Google home app and accept the new update. Bunch of privacy boiler plate things you need to agree to before it can be upgraded. Meh Google already knows everything about me, it’ll be easy to replace me with a terminator skin suit when the time comes.

[68style]

I’m not even Google and I feel like I know too much about you sometimes

[CivicBlues]

My Alexa keeps pushing me to upgrade to Alexa+ for $27.99/mo

[djstyles]

You have to go into the Google home app and accept the new update. Bunch of privacy boiler plate things you need to agree to before it can be upgraded. Meh Google already knows everything about me, it’ll be easy to replace me with a terminator skin suit when the time comes.I just did the update after I saw your post and...........

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20251223/d810da2d91b26f93a6982f5146419f57.gif

[GLOW]

speaking of updates. if you use Blink cam, don't update the app, they removed the download feature from the app and moved it to their subscription service.

a friend still can download videos through the app as they did not update the app.

[GS8]

My first thing to do, every paycheque when I was younger was go straight to a&b to buy 2 CDs.
I still use streaming, but make sure to buy vinyls or merch or see the band or whatever. We are cruising towards a world without art made by real humans, and it’s pathetic.

I never thought I'd see science fiction become an instruction manual in my lifetime.

Guess I'll have to become a Blade Runner.

[winson604]

My first thing to do, every paycheque when I was younger was go straight to a&b to buy 2 CDs.
I still use streaming, but make sure to buy vinyls or merch or see the band or whatever. We are cruising towards a world without art made by real humans, and it’s pathetic.

Aww damn those were the days as a high schooler. I went to Churchill so I spent quite a lot of time hitting up the A&B sound. That and spending a lot of time going through the countless aisle of cd and other physical media at that store on Robson and Burrard the name is lost on me now.

[CivicBlues]

HMV, and before that it was the Virgin Megastore!

[Manic!]

So annas archive who downloaded all of spotify is backed by AI tech bro's. They use the site to get training data. get ready for new and improved AI music generators.

[RabidRat]

You know what's crazy, is that at work our director asked everyone to try to see if we could create AI tools to do our jobs faster and better. And then present our findings.

A whole bunch of coworkers have been tripping over themselves to come up with ways to show how they were able to do this the best.

You should've seen their presentations. They were beside themselves with joy demoing what would've taken them weeks that could now be done instantly.

To each of these, our director goes "that's great!! We're building the world's best [x, y, z] engineer!!"

Fml we've been told to kill ourselves and these people are gleefully rushing to dig the graves, pushing and shoving to demonstrate who could do it best :lol

[Badhobz]

Yes totally stupid that tech is creating AI so it can replace huuumons who created AI. I blame that zuck fuck and all the other geniuses that pursued this trash. Besides the Gemini home assistant right now, I still haven’t seen AI help me. How many billions have we spent so far and not even good Ai porn ?

[whitev70r]

So it looks like the future is the trades ... if AI can replace 75% of the programming, office, desk jobs. Only damn thing AI can't do it put a hammer, nail, wiring, plumbing, or paint.

[underscore]

I use android auto and I don't know of a simple way to play mp3's with it.

I've used it in dozens of rental cars without even thinking about it, I'm not sure what's not happening for you but it just picks up my music I manage in the Samsung Music app and plays it no problem. I run audiobook/podcast audio through VLC to keep them separate (so I don't suddenly get one mixed in with music when everything is on shuffle) and that pops up in Android Auto and works no problem too.

[GLOW]

i can't speak on generative AI since i'm not a creative mind.

AI can be a useful tool, but it will not (at least for the foreseeable future) be used for decision making.

the problem i see is that it will/can eliminate junior/entry level jobs, decimating the traditional workforce.

intermediate/senior/manager engineers are needed to make decisions and eventually they will age out and retire. generally the junior engineers cut their teeth as cheap labour and pay their dues, but if AI replaces those roles, how do you backfill these above intermediate+ roles when they retire?

in private with the race to the bottom i don't think there are a lot of companies building the industry and backfilling as being short sighted & chasing profit margins is probably what most are doing.

will be interesting times for sure. i think a good portion of us are experienced/educated, and at least can give career advice to our kids on how to best proceed & navigate certain careers (eg if kids want to do com sci or get in to tech, what we would warn them or advice on how to move)

[6793026]

F the kids. Let me keep my own job first LOL.

I don't know what job someone can say "oh yeah, AI took care of that". Not sure if it's actually happening.
Maybe medical translation / note taking services? But in the health care, they are going to have to make private AI servers which will already take another 10 years to get it approved.

[mikemhg]

The problem with this AI bubble is that it is a self-fulfilling prophesy.

The stocks of so many companies right now are being propped up under the guise that their workforce will essentially be decimated by AI, improving productivity. If those expected gains aren't realized by AI, those expected gains/valuations will all tumble, which also leads to people losing their jobs.

It's a lose/lose scenario of sorts.

The mouth eats the tail.

[whitev70r]

Anyone cross the new Riverview (twin to Patullo) bridge? Apparently opened one way today.

[CivicBlues]

Hopefully they keep it that way



*kidding!*

[headhunt3r]

All the folks that cross into Surrey are never seen again. One way bridge money well spent.

[BIC_BAWS]

Time to try it outhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20251225/b5573ae8e515002e747bb2c6b861d585.jpg

Sent from my CPH2655 using Tapatalk

[BIC_BAWS]

It was confusing as hell. As you enter Patullo bridge, there's a single lane that says EXIT far right lane for the new bridge, original Pattullo route is still active - so 3 lanes NB. And then as you exit it, somehow merges directly onto E Columbia, skipping the normal route of splitting off at Royal Ave or McBride for a left turn to E Columbia. Idk where the normal Columbia st, straight through traffic, is currently - does it still exist?

According to Google Maps, it looks like the exits should eventually follow the original split of McBride -> E Columbia / Royal Ave.

[whitev70r]

Yah, apparently, if you take Riverview bridge, you're going toward New West, no exit towards Burnaby (westbound).

[Badhobz]

It’s Boxing Day: you toys find any good deals ?!?!? Used to be we lined up at a&b sound or future shop. Nowadays there isn’t much door buster stuff.

[teggy604]

Screw AI. DDR5, DDR4 RAM for computers are insanely expensive now. I was thinking of buying some RAM until I saw the prices.

[Badhobz]

Aye. I wanted to buy some fast sdhc memory cards for my camera but was appalled at the prices. 128gb card is 150 bucks ?!?!?

[Tapioca]

It’s Boxing Day: you toys find any good deals ?!?!? Used to be we lined up at a&b sound or future shop. Nowadays there isn’t much door buster stuff.

Bought my wife a Dyson hair dryer from Best Buy online for a couple hundred bucks off. She's been eyeing it for a long time. Happy Wife, Happy Life.

London Drugs also has all board games for 40% off, so I bought a couple modern-era games to play with the kids.

[Badhobz]

Does that settlers of catan ever go on sale ? It seems to be an interesting game but it might be too challenging for my wife and her retard friend to grasp the fundamentals.

[headhunt3r]

Do you want some wood?

[BIC_BAWS]

I'm bricked up

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[underscore]

Does that settlers of catan ever go on sale ? It seems to be an interesting game but it might be too challenging for my wife and her retard friend to grasp the fundamentals.

I think there's a kids version that's simpler, or try a game like Harmonies if you wanna build stuff but have it less directly competitive so spy balloon doesn't kill you for putting the robber on her field.

[RabidRat]

:lol

Looks like there's a Settlers of Catan Junior, for kids:

Catan Junior, 2-4 Players - Board Games for Family
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81rjLiFzpHL._AC_SL1500_.jpg

But, depending on Hobz's wife's friend's level of brain-dead-itude, there's a Catan-themed card matching game!
Spot It! - Catan Edition (ML) - Fun Matching Card Game for Kids & Families, Ages 6+
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/710YyuN2zyL._AC_SL1200_.jpg

[Manic!]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU5XuCvbpCg

[SSM_DC5]

It’s Boxing Day: you toys find any good deals ?!?!? Used to be we lined up at a&b sound or future shop. Nowadays there isn’t much door buster stuff.
Dunno what the deal is, but it must be good at Superstore and Walmart for phone deals cuz lines were hella long

Screw AI. DDR5, DDR4 RAM for computers are insanely expensive now. I was thinking of buying some RAM until I saw the prices.

3x more compared to 1 year ago.

[whitev70r]

Once again, crazies be going to MacArthur Glen, line ups around Arthur Laing looked crazy on the news, traffic warnings, people going to YVR must be delighted to see all those shoppers!

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/9/2025/12/26/20251226-boxing-day-yvr-congestion.jpg

[roastpuff]

Dunno what the deal is, but it must be good at Superstore and Walmart for phone deals cuz lines were hella long



3x more compared to 1 year ago.

$35/100gb USA-CAN, Rogers/Bell/Telus/Freedom

[Presto]

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/9/2025/12/26/20251226-boxing-day-yvr-congestion.jpg

Fuck that shit. :fuckthatshit:

[whitev70r]

$35/100gb USA-CAN, Rogers/Bell/Telus/Freedom

those are 'scammy', there is a clause in there that says provider can raise price any time, and within 6 months, they will go up to the going price/mth. I mean, yah, you get 6 mths or so at that price but if there was a contract for that price for a year, it'd be a good deal.

[SSM_DC5]

Are those 4 companies known to raise prices often? I've been with Fido for a long time and they have raised prices from time to time, but it doesn't feel like it happens often. I wonder if Fido would match that deal..... Too lazy to sit on their chat waiting to find out.

[whitev70r]

Yes, on their promo, 'Black Friday', Boxing deals. Once price is raised to what the going rate is, then the price increase is on par with market. But don't expect like #35/mth for more than 6 mths.

[GS8]

Once again, crazies be going to MacArthur Glen, line ups around Arthur Laing looked crazy on the news, traffic warnings, people going to YVR must be delighted to see all those shoppers!

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/9/2025/12/26/20251226-boxing-day-yvr-congestion.jpg

I've taken the Skytrain from Coquitlam-Town Centre all the way to YVR and it's what transportation infrastructure should have been created / expanded 30 years ago. It's smooth, it's efficient and it's reliable. Why are they building the UBC expansion now?? What a joke.

[Gumby]

I've taken the Skytrain from Coquitlam-Town Centre all the way to YVR and it's what transportation infrastructure should have been created / expanded 30 years ago. It's smooth, it's efficient and it's reliable. Why are they building the UBC expansion now?? What a joke.
The Broadway subway project is only expanding the Millennium Line to Arbutus Street. There is support for an expansion all the way to UBC, but there are several issues that need to be solved first (e.g. money, conflicting government priorities, etc.)

[GLOW]

Anyone cross the new Riverview (twin to Patullo) bridge? Apparently opened one way today.

Once again, crazies be going to MacArthur Glen, line ups around Arthur Laing looked crazy on the news, traffic warnings, people going to YVR must be delighted to see all those shoppers!

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/9/2025/12/26/20251226-boxing-day-yvr-congestion.jpg

that 1 guy in the hard hat & high vis be like...

https://media.tenor.com/oHKqsuucTYQAAAAM/spongebob-they.gif

[Razor Ramon HG]

Took apart my outlet to check why it was only getting power with the plug at certain angles. Fixed that, but now I have another problem because the original installers didn't install the receptical with an actual bracket for the bottom screw (explains why the outlet itself was always loose).

Anyone got a link to a bracket to secure the bottom screw that I can buy from HD to fix this? Otherwise might just use a self tapping screw and call it a day. The gangbox itself seems to be yellow plastic.

https://i.imgur.com/dSz3RSh.jpeg

[Great68]

No that's how they are, that metal bracket over the top screw is just a grounding strap. There's only one of them, the other is just screwed into the plastic.

https://cdn.rona.ca/images/03205640_L.jpg

Your problem is that the box was installed without accounting for thickness of the tile. You can get these outlet spacers and use longer screws, and you should be fine unless your screw hole is totally stripped:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RSmwjZvxLak/sddefault.jpg

https://www.homedepot.ca/product/gardner-bender-qwick-fix-spacers-adjust-length-of-recept-or-switch-to-fit-faceplate-4-inch-stack-twist-apart-4-bag/1000751620

You will likely need to grind/chip away some of that tile to make space for the spacers.

[SSM_DC5]

Ghetto fix it with a longer screw you have lying around. Then hide it with the cover plate.:fullofwin:
You might never need to open it back up for the rest of the time you live there.

[GLOW]

we also used longer screws at my old house when we were doing a budget reno to make up for the extension without having the adjust the outlet boxes

[Razor Ramon HG]

Ok, thanks. The gangboxes I've worked with before had metal screw holes so I thought the bottom was supposed to have that bracket to hold the screw better. I'll just get longer screws then.

[Great68]

I still recommend adding the spacers. Otherwise all the strain will be on the drywall ears of the receptacle and they will bend and again and be.all loosely goosey. I had the same problem with a bunch of outlets in my house and It really firmed them up.

[6793026]

Screw AI. DDR5, DDR4 RAM for computers are insanely expensive now. I was thinking of buying some RAM until I saw the prices.

Aye. I wanted to buy some fast sdhc memory cards for my camera but was appalled at the prices. 128gb card is 150 bucks ?!?!?

I work in the industry and holy F is right, went up 2.5X since Sept. RIght now, either ebay on some unique dude who doesn't care and sells you their bulk load or FB marketplace.

Many have caught on now. How will a new gamer justify (or even pay) 32Gb at 587.99 is beyond me. Your CPU will soon be only 16GB....and then in 1 yr, you upgrade to 32GB

Does that settlers of catan ever go on sale ? It seems to be an interesting game but it might be too challenging for my wife and her retard friend to grasp the fundamentals.

wife? I can't even play with my asian friends cause a) they all want the best deal b) they bargain till death...

[Badhobz]

i found it on sale, but i still didnt buy it.... FeelsBadMan

it would require people to come over and then clean up after them..... yuck. i rather not play

https://i.postimg.cc/PqD4NjSz/IMG-8363.jpg

get it at london drugs richmond no3 road if you guys want it for cheap!!! (ive never seen it go on sale)

[EvoFire]

Board game night at Hobz. Or at KFC so he can beat us up. Let me make my face brown first.

[spoon.ek9]

You know what's crazy, is that at work our director asked everyone to try to see if we could create AI tools to do our jobs faster and better. And then present our findings.

A whole bunch of coworkers have been tripping over themselves to come up with ways to show how they were able to do this the best.

You should've seen their presentations. They were beside themselves with joy demoing what would've taken them weeks that could now be done instantly.

To each of these, our director goes "that's great!! We're building the world's best [x, y, z] engineer!!"

Fml we've been told to kill ourselves and these people are gleefully rushing to dig the graves, pushing and shoving to demonstrate who could do it best :lol

How can anyone be this stupid? They're literally creating their own replacement lol....

:facepalm:

Look what I created!! Oh wait.... fuck.

[westopher]

The average person continues to prove themselves dumber than I’ve ever been able to comprehend. They basically pulled the pin out of the grenade in their back pocket and are waving it around asking for praise.

[spoon.ek9]

I've always believed dumb people would be the downfall of society and unfortunately they've been proving me correct for quite a few years now. I had just been talking about this briefly over the holidays and I think it was the early 2000's (perhaps 2005ish) when I noticed people favouring their own opinions over actual facts. It's been a downhill slide since then.

[bcrdukes]

I'm just waiting for the day society brings back kangaroo courts!

[68style]

I was reading an article about the Minnesota daycare shit today and how that former YouTuber Nick Shirley is now famous becuase Elon and Vance both retweeted him blah blah

The most disturbing thing about it though was the proclamation by these people that the lack of guardrails for them and not having to do fact checking like a traditional news media outlet is actually what makes them MORE reliable news than the news itself. And younger generations believe that to be true too.

What. The. Fuck?

[yray]

it all started with "you can change the world " rhetoric that they pump into the kids in elementary and high school

[mikemhg]

I was reading an article about the Minnesota daycare shit today and how that former YouTuber Nick Shirley is now famous becuase Elon and Vance both retweeted him blah blah

The most disturbing thing about it though was the proclamation by these people that the lack of guardrails for them and not having to do fact checking like a traditional news media outlet is actually what makes them MORE reliable news than the news itself. And younger generations believe that to be true too.

What. The. Fuck?

Already received some meme/posts from a friend (a pharmacist, and certainly not a dummy), complaining about these Somali daycares.

I've been reading about it this morning, but it seems like a complete nothingburger. I wouldn't be surprised there is some fraud out there, as there is with any government paid public grants, but it's funny they don't seem to cry when someone like Ben Roethlisberger does it, or the myriad of companies taking public funds through bullshit contracts and the like :lol

Some Somali chick running a daycare out her home where she inflates a few of the children attending (which I assume is the scam here), BURN THE HOUSE DOWN!

[GLOW]

I was reading an article about the Minnesota daycare shit today and how that former YouTuber Nick Shirley is now famous becuase Elon and Vance both retweeted him blah blah

The most disturbing thing about it though was the proclamation by these people that the lack of guardrails for them and not having to do fact checking like a traditional news media outlet is actually what makes them MORE reliable news than the news itself. And younger generations believe that to be true too.

What. The. Fuck?

are you saying the youtuber's content fake or real?
wasn't sure if the lack of guardrails comment on fact checking YT content or gov oversight of fraudulent spending?

i saw the guy's video piece, it looks pretty damning but not sure if i'm being finessed after reading your comment.

[whitev70r]

How can anyone be this stupid? They're literally creating their own replacement lol....

:facepalm:

Look what I created!! Oh wait.... fuck.

Could you not sabotage it by creating this AI thing to be really dumb? And or, put an Easter egg in it so that if you do lose your job, this thing explodes somehow? :lol

[westopher]

If you’re rich and you game the system they suck your fucking cock and say you’re a genius. If you’re poor and game the system you deserve jail. If you’re poor AND black then it’s worthy of nuclear warfare.

[68style]

are you saying the youtuber's content fake or real?
wasn't sure if the lack of guardrails comment on fact checking YT content or gov oversight of fraudulent spending?

i saw the guy's video piece, it looks pretty damning but not sure if i'm being finessed after reading your comment.

I haven't watched his piece, his history of prank videos and hstorical alignment with MAGA powerfuls doesn't lead me to believe it's likely to be well researched though, just running with yet another racial narrative.

I'm more saying in general that it's scary people take youtuber or tiktok words as gospel and that they themselves are saying yes that is the correct approach because we're not encumbered like regular news media.

[68style]

I wouldn't be surprised there is some fraud out there, as there is with any government paid public grants, but it's funny they don't seem to cry when someone like Ben Roethlisberger does it, or the myriad of companies taking public funds through bullshit contracts and the like :lol
[/B]

I think you mean Brett Favre not Ben Roethlisberger? Although he is also a piece of shit for entirely different reasons lol

[GLOW]

ah ok, i never heard of this guy until that video went viral. i thought he was a YT news guy that did that type of stuff based on the 1 video. didn't know he's one of those annoying YT prankster nuisance streamers.

[westopher]

We are literally talking about the same sort of narrative that had these people eating cats and dogs about a year ago, and was run with as a political platform in a presidential election. The US is not a serious country and these are not serious people.

[spoon.ek9]

More proof people are fucking dumb

Top 10 unusual calls on 911 in 2025

1. Their luggage exceeded the carry-on limits
2. Walmart wouldn’t return an air fryer
3. Their dishwasher was broken
4. Someone parked at Starbucks and went into a grocery store instead
5. A non-electric car parked at EV charging station
6. They wanted to complain about traffic
7. They got locked out of their Airbnb
8. They left their iPad at the SkyTrain station
9. They wanted help getting a hornet out of their apartment
10. They were unhappy with their haircut

https://www.richmond-news.com/highlights/bad-haircut-buzzing-hornet-listed-among-top-unusual-calls-to-911-in-bc-11680732

[Hakkaboy]

oh crap, someone spotted me and told on me #4

[underscore]

They should've forwarded #2 to Badhobz so he could yell at them for being stupid and not buying it at Costco.

[mikemhg]

I think you mean Brett Favre not Ben Roethlisberger? Although he is also a piece of shit for entirely different reasons lol

Got my shitty whites mixed up :lol

[Badhobz]

^thats why you need to separate your racism laundry.

[RevYouUp]

I've always believed dumb people would be the downfall of society and unfortunately they've been proving me correct for quite a few years now. I had just been talking about this briefly over the holidays and I think it was the early 2000's (perhaps 2005ish) when I noticed people favouring their own opinions over actual facts. It's been a downhill slide since then.

100% then you got ppl below this post discrediting a YouTuber for potentially exposing fraud and saying it’s not legitimate cause he’s MAGA or is not an official news reporter. Shows how wild everyone is for just choosing to believe the news because it’s on TV. From what I noticed the news spill out bullshit half the time. If shit doesn’t fit their narrative even if it’s facts they choose to ignore it (not saying the YouTuber is right or anything, but it’s scary how a YouTuber is doing this shit and not the government or credited news channels)

[68style]

^The irony of you posting this little diatribe when you didn't even bother to look into the very basics of this story is hilarious.

Just FYI, local police, local news stations AND the FBI have all been investigating this story for months. Nobody outside of Minnesota has paid attention, as they probably shouldn't to such a nothingburger issue for anyone outside of the state itself, until the Youtuber mentioned got promoted by Vance and Musk on X because it fits Trump's recent "Somalis are all criminals" narrative he's been on.

So the entire basis of your post is incorrect and based entirely on made up assumptions.

Thanks for coming out though.

[Manic!]

https://www.rawstory.com/cbs-fact-check-nick-shirley/

https://x.com/cbsnews/status/2006040360741458116

[westopher]

100% then you got ppl below this post discrediting a YouTuber for potentially exposing fraud and saying it’s not legitimate cause he’s MAGA or is not an official news reporter. Shows how wild everyone is for just choosing to believe the news because it’s on TV. From what I noticed the news spill out bullshit half the time. If shit doesn’t fit their narrative even if it’s facts they choose to ignore it (not saying the YouTuber is right or anything, but it’s scary how a YouTuber is doing this shit and not the government or credited news channels)
There are quite literally consequences for accredited news channels spewing out false information in terms of fines and lawsuits. Have you not heard of the dominion voting lawsuit Fox News was forced to pay out 787 million dollars for?
It’s not the same thing as getting your news from a YouTuber making claims that have no real evidence brought to the table.
The media reports facts, and like anything in the world that is developing, more information can be obtained throughout the process that makes the original story more complete, and can absolutely change the course of the story and determine the result of something.
You haven’t noticed the “news spill out bullshit half the time.” That’s a lack of critical thinking to determine what is being said as information without conclusions, drawing your own conclusion from it, and deciding they were lying because you don’t like it.
The media often reports incomplete information, because the information they have is incomplete. They aren’t the FBI.

[supafamous]

Got my shitty whites mixed up :lol

Is that next to the Exciting Whites section of the wine store?

https://uploads.dailydot.com/2024/11/exciting-whites-meme-template.jpg?auto=compress&fm=pjpg

[whitev70r]

I feel attacked and unwelcomed here, in this thread .... WutFace

[Badhobz]

Who told you marry a Chinese woman you colonizer !!! Pay for her head tax !!!!

[GLOW]

Pay for her head tax !!!!

:ifyouknow: :badpokerface: :ilied: Kreygasm

[westopher]

lol so one of the daycares accused in the alleged fraud has already been visited by a local news channel and was found to be fully operational. The retard YouTuber was obviously not let inside due to you know, NOT LETTING IN UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE WITH CAMERAS INTO A FUCKING DAYCARE FULL OF CHILDREN YOU FUCKING DUNCES.

[spoon.ek9]

I haven't even seen this story yet but it already sounds stupid AF lol.

[donk.]

lol so one of the daycares accused in the alleged fraud has already been visited by a local news channel and was found to be fully operational. The retard YouTuber was obviously not let inside due to you know, NOT LETTING IN UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE WITH CAMERAS INTO A FUCKING DAYCARE FULL OF CHILDREN YOU FUCKING DUNCES.

Some daycare workers, (women) have next level autism.

I useto work in a bunch of daycares at my last company, a few of them would not let us in. Usually by saying "we dont know who you are, we cant let you in" while giving me a dirty look as if im some kind of kidnapper or pedophile trying to steal the kids. (Thanks....)

Despite having the following:
-A letter/email from the city, that runs the daycare, that we are coming by.
-ID from the company we work for.
-A call from THE CITY contact stating this was organized.
-Company uniform and truck literally parked behind me during the conversation.

Its funny because they are worried we (i) am going to abduct one of the kids, or whatever.

The following hour they go on a walk with the kids around the block, if i really wanted to, i would just wait until they are on a walk. Hire 8 drug addicts from Main/hastings, rent a uhaul, follow the walk, take the kids, and off we go.

0 sense of reality with these people

[68style]

You kinda look like slender man though

[Badhobz]

bahahhha yeah, fuck you scary

i went to my nephews daycare to pick him up, the cunts at the daycare tried to pick me up instead.

Ohhh you must be his uncle....
yeah thats me.
how come you are available to come at 3pm? dont you have to work?
who says i aint working?
wow i wish i had your life, youre not married are you?
Is that puke on your chest? or just 2 year old shit? get away from me skank

suffice to say, my brother in law hates me cuz i forced him to find a new daycare now.

[spoon.ek9]

why are all these bitches flocking to you no matter where you go? lol

gym? bitches (and free food)
daycare? bitches
(???)? bitches

[bcrdukes]

I think in his previous life, he saved a brothel in a village from a burning fire and life is now repaying him for his good deeds.

[EvoFire]

bahahhha yeah, fuck you scary

i went to my nephews daycare to pick him up, the cunts at the daycare tried to pick me up instead.

Ohhh you must be his uncle....
yeah thats me.
how come you are available to come at 3pm? dont you have to work?
who says i aint working?
wow i wish i had your life, youre not married are you?
Is that puke on your chest? or just 2 year old shit? get away from me skank

suffice to say, my brother in law hates me cuz i forced him to find a new daycare now.

You have a sister?

Hobz with long hair? :ahwow:

[noclue]

daycare scams in minnesota? we got plenty of nonprofits leeching goverment funding from the DTES

[SkinnyPupp]

bahahhha yeah, fuck you scary

i went to my nephews daycare to pick him up, the cunts at the daycare tried to pick me up instead.

Ohhh you must be his uncle....
yeah thats me.
how come you are available to come at 3pm? dont you have to work?
who says i aint working?
wow i wish i had your life, youre not married are you?
Is that puke on your chest? or just 2 year old shit? get away from me skank

suffice to say, my brother in law hates me cuz i forced him to find a new daycare now.
You must have mass milf appeal with them constantly trying to pick you up everywhere you go!

[Badhobz]

I look like a Hamsup pillsbury doughboy or this cum face grimace. I guess bitches like that.

https://i.postimg.cc/rsbhVL4r/IMG-8421.jpg (https://postimg.cc/kRQNszfJ)

You have a sister?

Hobz with long hair? :ahwow:
No… but I got a nice pair of man tits. You want some of this ?!?

[spoon.ek9]

It's almost that time...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQCYD0coBNA&t=3s

[Badhobz]

Happy new year east coast broskis ! Rat, Dukes, Asutluzrd?!?!? I dont even know where that boy lives.

[spoon.ek9]

likely my last post of 2025...

Happy New Years Revscene!

May our old asses continue posting for many more years to come :toot:

[bcrdukes]

:fuckyea:

[Badhobz]

I totally died at 10pm last night. Happy new year Toys !!!! Hopefully this year is better than the last

[MG1]

Happy New Year!

https://www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s/O8vB5tgT2Q

[RabidRat]

Happy 2026!!!! :D

[GLOW]

I totally died at 10pm last night. Happy new year Toys !!!! Hopefully this year is better than the last

same here, i was falling asleep on my feet so dead tired lol

[spoon.ek9]

I totally died at 10pm last night. Happy new year Toys !!!! Hopefully this year is better than the last

If it weren't for the gf I'd have been asleep by 11 last night. Ended up sleeping at like 1am :okay:

1st post of 2026, happy new year! :toot: :toot:

[GLOW]

If it weren't for the gf I'd have been asleep by 11 last night. Ended up sleeping at like 1am :okay:



:ifyouknow: :fullofwin:

[mikemhg]

why are all these bitches flocking to you no matter where you go? lol

gym? bitches (and free food)
daycare? bitches
(???)? bitches

It's Revscene.

Everyone has a 12-inch cock, 6'5, and clears $350K+ annually :lol

[Gumby]

If it weren't for the gf I'd have been asleep by 11 last night. Ended up sleeping at like 1am :okay:
2 hour marathon? Wow, impressive! :D

[donk.]

It's Revscene.

Everyone has a 12-inch cock, 6'5, and clears $350K+ annually :lol

Speak for yourself, alabama black snake

[SSM_DC5]

It's Revscene.

Everyone has a 12-inch cock, 6'5, and clears $350K+ annually :lol

That's it?

[GLOW]

It's Revscene.

Everyone has a 12-inch cock, 6'5, and clears $350K+ annually :lol

vs reality
12 cm, 5'6, $35k 4HeadOpieOP

[spoon.ek9]

It's Revscene.

Everyone has a 12-inch cock, 6'5, and clears $350K+ annually :lol

This is the bare minimum standard for single girls nowadays. Remember ladies, don't settle :noyoudidnt:

[winson604]

Sheesh and to think the standard of 6 6 6 was hard now it's 12 6 6

[GLOW]

This is the bare minimum standard for single girls nowadays. Remember ladies, don't settle :noyoudidnt:

know your worth; you ARE the table

[spoon.ek9]

some girls legit expecting 7 figure income

[Badhobz]

i expect anal

[Manic!]

Saw this ad on facebook for IPTV boxes. starting at $7.99 a month . They even have a retail location.

AD
https://www.facebook.com/reel/845186641449694

Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61583794530743

Website

https://iptvwarehouse.com/

https://scontent.fyvr2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/601920394_122114309199126484_2091025061955554429_n .jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=tOhXZVlcMEIQ7kNvwErtSpg&_nc_oc=Adku7OwCiBicIMJhsSfCuNpPadveM2pZw6LDnEcH-GlpfSx480HhmKFvpJCM6AZqg14&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr2-1.fna&_nc_gid=IZ4OvCrh8yywGmHeuMUGEw&oh=00_AfrwHENmtusFWTzTF2GUIJh4JkOOZ3kF7wlnBKyCD82-2g&oe=695F55B2

[GLOW]

how good is it a service for $8/m?
there are android boxes that do similar, though they are not as reliable a stream.

[mikemhg]

A few friends have these from another spot in Surrey, think it comes to about $120 a year plus the box.

They seem pretty happy with it, I might be cutting the cord soon and doing the same.

I'm sick of paying for Crave, garbage app.

[N.V.M.]

ive had one for 5 years now. $140 a year, and i have 90 million channels from every friggin country in the world. not having a guide sucks, and prescheduling recordings isnt possible, so that sucks too.

[Badhobz]

does it come with brazzers subscription?

[CivicBlues]

20000 channels but I bet nothing is on.

Seriously thinking of just going back to sailing the high seas. Fuck paying for cable, fuck paying for 5 different streaming platforms. If there's a critically acclaimed show and it's got 3+ seasons and almost finished. Avast ye matey!

[Manic!]

I have not tried this company but a few of by buddies have Android boxes and love it. 2 UFC PPV's and the box has paid for itself. I'm surprised they are advertising on facebook and have a retail location.

One of my buddies use to live in the middle of Canada in a farming town. So no cable. In high school he worked for a one of the OG stores that sold pirated Direct TV. The store ended up getting raided and there was a huge court case. When they got raided they had to use RCMP that was not local because all the local cops had Direct TV.

Later on my buddy spent 2 years trying to hack shaw cable. He ended up doing it but no one wanted pirated shaw cable and shaw cable did not care he did it.

https://i.ibb.co/mCvnNhvS/cable.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhbSD1Jba0Q&t

[CivicBlues]

THis shit sounds so old school it brings back memories of:

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/e/ed/221992.jpg

[Mikoyan]

I remember the analog days when all you needed was a gimmicked pair of needle nose pliers to open the cable box on the side of the house and remove the filter...and voila, extra channels.

[spoon.ek9]

I had a black box back in highschool days. It was great! :lol

[Badhobz]

descrambled porn on the black box was the highlight of my youth. :pokerface:

[spoon.ek9]

:peek:

[mikemhg]

Or Channel 39 Showcase, many a wank was had to those softcore porn shows they'd put on after 12am :lol

[Dbone]

descrambled porn on the black box was the highlight of my youth. :pokerface:

i expect anal

And this is why today's youths are fucked. :smug:

[Badhobz]

And this is why today's youths are fucked. :smug:

You want some of this too ?!?!?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgm2zQpETSE

[spoon.ek9]

Or Channel 39 Showcase, many a wank was had to those softcore porn shows they'd put on after 12am :lol

https://i.imgur.com/eEqbCUe.jpeg

[bcrdukes]

https://i.imgur.com/eEqbCUe.jpeg

Badhobz making creamy eggs :drunk:

[Gerbs]

It's Revscene.

Everyone has a 12-inch cock, 6'5, and clears $350K+ annually :lol

I sent 5 screenshots recently back to the gc of girls mentioning $250-300K.

It went from $100K to $250K+ now, kinda nuts

[Badhobz]

What’s the problem here ? I still want anal at 250k. Your holes better be even more gaping if the money goes up.

[spoon.ek9]

Honestly, I hope modern day women continue to escalate their demands. It'll lower the world's population because men will no longer want to have kids with them :teach:

[HonestTea]

I sent 5 screenshots recently back to the gc of girls mentioning $250-300K.

It went from $100K to $250K+ now, kinda nuts

No way...how realistic is this wtf lol

[spoon.ek9]

Because they keep telling each other "everyone makes 100k" :facepalm:

To them (and I mean the ridiculous ones), it's just a menu option they're choosing. Reality and statistics have nothing to do with it.

[Eff-1]

how good is it a service for $8/m?
there are android boxes that do similar, though they are not as reliable a stream.

Reminds me of this

https://www.instagram.com/p/DFva0cKS87k/

[Gerbs]

No way...how realistic is this wtf lol

Gemini said 25-35, in Vancouver, single, Asian, and $250K+, about 30-75 guys lmao

Because they keep telling each other "everyone makes 100k" :facepalm:

To them (and I mean the ridiculous ones), it's just a menu option they're choosing. Reality and statistics have nothing to do with it.

My theory is that everyone is educated these days, I think median degree income is close to $80-100K these days?

[spoon.ek9]

I know what I'm worth and I won't settle for anything less :noyoudidnt:

[AstulzerRZD]

Gemini said 25-35, in Vancouver, single, Asian, and $250K+, about 30-75 guys lmao

I don’t really buy into dating as a checklist exercise. People talk about criteria, but feelings tend to take over pretty quickly. I’ve learned I connect better when things are felt first and explained later.

[spoon.ek9]

Yes but you aren't a girl and especially not a single girl these days who regularly have laundry lists of demands and offer little to nothing themselves :lol

Logic is not part of the equation, nor are feelings. It's endless demands as well as growing lists of "icks". They're all targeting the same man thinking he'll somehow be faithful to her and only her while paying for literally everything while they can just sit there and be pretty. This is also coming from girls who are 6/10 on their best day.

Now, of course not ALL girls are like this but an alarming number of them indeed are. Good luck to anyone who's single and looking nowadays. It's a shit show out there.

[Badhobz]

after reading all this shit, i think the value of prostitutes just skyrocketed

[Dbone]

What's the difference between prostitutes and girls demanding 250k a year? :suspicious:

I was 'on the bench' when I met my now wife. Which means I was working about 1 hour a day but getting paid in full. I didn't find out until after I was married, but she thought I was recently unemployed at the time. lol.

[68style]

You don't have to live with prostitutes, if one gets annoying or disappointing you just go to another one... they don't take half your shit when they're mad, no compromising, no one to ask/get approval from when you want to do anything :)

I mean you have to be a certain type of person and personality to make it work and be ok with being alone most of the time... but the benefits are definitely tangible!

[donk.]

What's the difference between prostitutes and girls demanding 250k a year? :suspicious:

The girls demanding 250k a year are a full time job.

We had a guy at work that was recently single, he said he would rather get hookers than go on dates. No complaining, no walks in the park, no dealing with bs, no first date boring convos, no expectations to pick up the bill just because they have a wet hole.


I was 'on the bench' when I met my now wife. Which means I was working about 1 hour a day but getting paid in full. I didn't find out until after I was married, but she thought I was recently unemployed at the time. lol.

Dbone must have the personality of a god, proud of you

[GLOW]

Because they keep telling each other "everyone makes 100k" :facepalm:

To them (and I mean the ridiculous ones), it's just a menu option they're choosing. Reality and statistics have nothing to do with it.

probably the people they "see" / acknowledge are men making 6 figs, so they think that's normal.

they're not striking up convos with the cashier at walmart or tim hortons, those guys are absolutely invisible to them.

[spoon.ek9]

You could literally be making 80-100k and they'll think of you as poor. If you're 60-79k, you're destitute and not even worth acknowledging. They fail to see what negatives of chasing men in the top 1% because they tell each other they deserve it based on absolutely nothing.

Any guy who just wants peace and happiness will very easily choose to be single rather than deal with any of this nonsense. More and more of the younger gen guys want absolutely nothing to do with dating. Choosing their friends, family and personal happiness instead. Can't say I blame them one bit. Men are always labelled as being the toxic ones but vast majority of us just want simplicity and peace no matter the type of relationship that may be.

[bcrdukes]

I plotted an ASCII-stye indifference curve for you guys to have a quick economics visual for decision making. The direction of higher income (right) and higher emotional commitment (up).

The two points are not comparable because one requires a huge income boost for a little extra emotion, the other needs almost none.

“When the budget meets the heart.”

https://i.imgur.com/0CRoqlb.jpeg

Choose your utility wisely!

(Inspired by Badhobz)

[donk.]

probably the people they "see" / acknowledge are men making 6 figs, so they think that's normal.

they're not striking up convos with the cashier at walmart or tim hortons, those guys are absolutely invisible to them.

Who are you kidding, women never strike up convos to begin with

[GLOW]

i just realized i miswrote that, should have said notice or acknowledge or something like that.

[spoon.ek9]

Ah yes, another great point lol.

They want to be approached but not by men they don't want. Otherwise you're a creep and you'll be publicly shamed online. They also don't want to be the ones to initiate because that's a man's job and they shouldn't have to.

Good luck with that!

[bcrdukes]

Is this thread slowly becoming a pathways to an incel forum?

[spoon.ek9]

That's their immediate form of attack. Whenever they cannot logically argue against their own ridiculousness, it's misogyny or you're an incel or it's the patriarchy.

"I'm the victim!" - DoorDash girl :lol

[bcrdukes]

I'm starting to think this is a Vancouver problem :lol

[donk.]

Is this thread slowly becoming a pathways to an incel forum?

Im not on a pathway, i AM an incel thank you very much

[mikemhg]

It's most definitely a Vancouver problem, it occurs in other cities, but I'd say it's quite pronounced here. We've always theorized it's due to the multicultural/immigrant nature of the city. Indians, Persians, Asians, of which we have an abundance, all tend to carry that conservative culture, they are not Germanic/Western in nature, which carries the mentality of equality between genders.

Sprinkle on all the man-children who live at home and come from the above families as first or second generation Canadians, and use money as a replacement for personality. Sprinkle in an abundance of drug dealers (also often from the same diaspora) that also tend to throw money around at girls, and you have a recipe for Vancouver dating, and unrealistic anecdotal expectations :lol

[bcrdukes]

This event made me think of spoonek9's post about girls' expectations of $250K+ :D

https://www.instagram.com/lovepeaceto/p/DS4VYQzlKsB/

[GLOW]

Is this thread slowly becoming a pathways to an incel forum?

revpill.net or incelscene.net?

[Badhobz]

I don’t know what you fags are complaining about. I got no problem meating bitches. Often getting myself into kung pao sticky situations that I gotta explain to the midget…..

If my fat ass can do it you faggoty male models should be swamped in cunts. Maybe you should double fist chicken skin 7 days a week. The greasy aura helps you mate

[mikemhg]

Never had a problem meeting or "acquiring" women, however I'm hearing these complaints from a lot of guys nowadays, this problem has even bled into my own relationship expectation issues (as I've spoken to my own detriment here before) :lol

Definitely not something I've dealt with in prior relationships, or girlfriend's friend circles to this degree or abundance in the past.

[Badhobz]

Once you get a CPAP machine that might change mikey.

[68style]

He will find a way to make it kinky

[donk.]

Never had a problem meeting or "acquiring" women,

Have you ever looked in the mirror?

[Tapioca]

Maybe second/third generation immigrants in this city need to broaden their horizons a bit and stop targeting the same type of woman?

And let's be honest - I haven't met many 30 and 40-something single men in this city who put a basic amount into their appearance and aren't socially awkward. Start with the basics and go up from there.

[Badhobz]

Jokes on you toys, fobs get more action.

By the 3rd generation you’re basically dating a white woman… a cunty anal-able white woman.

[spoon.ek9]

I'm starting to think this is a Vancouver problem :lol

It's very much a North American problem. Plenty of the content covering this topic is from the US. There's even more and more women creating content explaining how ridiculous other women are being when it comes to dating.

This event made me think of spoonek9's post about girls' expectations of $250K+ :D

https://www.instagram.com/lovepeaceto/p/DS4VYQzlKsB/

To be fair, I wasn't the one who said $250k. I was under the impression it was still $100k! I love how that post has a whopping 21 likes and the event is in New West of all places lol. Gross, enjoy the smell of piss while you mingle with singles.

[Badhobz]

The girl on the poster above is kinda fugly. Also wtf with the bubble tea, who wants to mingle at a lousy gong cha?

THe hell is a professional single? Someone whos profession is being single? Aka gold digger hoe?

[bcrdukes]

As long as you have a Canadian passport, you hit every criteria!

[spoon.ek9]

And let's be honest - I haven't met many 30 and 40-something single men in this city who put a basic amount into their appearance and aren't socially awkward. Start with the basics and go up from there.

This is yet another great point to make, but perhaps not for the reason you might suspect. Men's content online (whether toxic in nature or not) is about self improvement and bettering yourself. Work out, get yourself into a higher paying job, grow your wealth, improve your style.

Women's content is more about enabling each other's bad habits and justifying the demands they make. You don't have to look far to see how true this is. Any women who call out the bad actors are immediately labelled as pick me girls and blasted by other women simply for pointing out the hypocrisy and awful advice being given by other women.

I had a very long stretch of looking for a partner unsuccessfully and after awhile I realized my guy friends were right. Stop taking advice from women when it comes to dating. Work on yourself, assert yourself and find someone who's compatible with you and has the same long term goals. That's the best advice I can give to anyone who's still single here.

[RabidRat]

Women's content is more about enabling each other's bad habits and justifying the demands they make.

:heckno:

Yeah that enabling / rationalizing behavior isn't good for anybody. It's too bad that's in their mainstream culture.

Work on yourself, assert yourself

I mean, that's good advice for anybody, regardless of guy girl trans horse or dog!

Anyway hopefully in the original context of "girls expect ____ income", that's coming from a place of them hustling in their own career, and kind of using that as a rough proxy for how like-minded their partner might be.

Seems reasonable that somebody who's going aggressively after their career goals, might not see eye to eye with someone who's content to simply live in the moment and enjoy things as they come (which is fine, just a different pace and preference).

[Gerbs]

I don’t really buy into dating as a checklist exercise. People talk about criteria, but feelings tend to take over pretty quickly. I’ve learned I connect better when things are felt first and explained later.

When you thought you found a good one but she starts pulling out her checklist on 2nd date :pokerface:


I have like 3 items
- Kind and caring
- similar values and non-pc humour
- good mom

Sprinkle in an abundance of drug dealers (also often from the same diaspora) that also tend to throw money around at girls, and you have a recipe for Vancouver dating, and unrealistic anecdotal expectations :lol

Oh man, dating a partner that got spoiled by a DD or someone with late game money is pretty sad. You can see their dopamine + gratitude are fully depleted

[Gerbs]

I wish I could post the convos I'm having, after mike, it's only going into GC's.


Yesterday, her sister who makes $40K/year told this girl (7/10) who I saw twice casually, to ask me these questions to qualify me.

- Am I a provider and will I be comfortable paying for everything
- Will I fully pay for future house or rent until we get there, later asks if I am comfortable with getting a 2BR+Den by Oly Village/DT, for 2 offices
- She needs someone who makes more than her (paralegal), and do I qualify for that
- Can I cover vacations
- 5 other qualification questions, but they're reasonable


For clarification
- I will 100% provide
- I'd want to pay for 7-80%+ of vacations
- Idc if they work post kids

But to outright ask if I have money is new

[Badhobz]

Lame.

My list is much better
- not a midget. I’ve had midgetitus for 18+ years now. No more. I want a big ole robust white woman that can take my pounding.
- big ass. Big tits.
- mute + deaf. I don’t want to hear her say anything or be able to hear me. This is most important
- not a Guangdong bastard. I’m sick of you people.

So time for me to go wife shopping at a German deaf and mute convent.

Oh yah she must also take it up the ass without complaints. Since she’s mute I think this solves itself.

[Badhobz]

I wish I could post the convos I'm having, after mike, it's only going into GC's.


Yesterday, her sister who makes $40K/year told her to ask me these questions. We've seen each other twice casually.

- Am I a provider and will I be comfortable paying for everything
- Will I full pay for house or rent, later asks if I am comfortable with getting a 2BR+Den by Oly Village/DT
- She needs someone who makes more than her (paralegal), and do I qualify for that
- 5 other qualification questions, but they're reasonable

Destroy this bitch…..

Fucking cunts. I’d choke her out with my dick

[spoon.ek9]

And people sometimes question if what I'm saying is even real lol. These girls are everywhere and even if they aren't like that (yet), their friends/family are likely training them to become one of them.

I even had a coworker who was recently telling another coworker to choose the rich guy instead of the guy she actually liked. I couldn't help but scoff at the idea of choosing someone solely because of their income and ignoring every other aspect. Luckily, this nurse seems pretty down to earth and agreed with me instead.

There are some good ones still out there. How to find them is the question.

[Gerbs]

And people sometimes question if what I'm saying is even real lol. These girls are everywhere and even if they aren't like that (yet), their friends/family are likely training them to become one of them.


Tbf, the people who question it has been in relationships for 3-10+ years or married. Anyone single or been only dating 1-3 years can relate. It wasn't like this when I was single and 25 in 2021, Maybe it's age, turn 30 and your potential meets actual so you get qualified harder?


Absolutely mind blown, how hard it is to find a good one despite having a pretty good resume. I have a bounty for my friends atm, 2 flights to Hawaii if you find me a LTR, double nothing will pay for hotels, car rentals, etc if you wanna double down for marriage!

- Bounty for 2027, 2 flights anywhere in the world
- By 2028, it's gonna be a S2000 :ilied:

How to find them is the question.


Approach in person, will do so and report back

[bcrdukes]

spoon.ek9 - How many women are you dating at any given time? I'm getting confused if you are juggling multiple women or not (if you are - high five!) :D

[Traum]

Yesterday, her sister who makes $40K/year told this girl (7/10) who I saw twice casually, to ask me these questions to qualify me.

- Am I a provider and will I be comfortable paying for everything
- Will I fully pay for future house or rent until we get there, later asks if I am comfortable with getting a 2BR+Den by Oly Village/DT, for 2 offices
- She needs someone who makes more than her (paralegal), and do I qualify for that
- Can I cover vacations
- 5 other qualification questions, but they're reasonable

If a girl I'm seeing were to straight up ask me these, it is case closed and she'll only be treated as a fxxk buddy lol~

[noclue]

Wow those dating demands are from a paralegal, not even a lawyer. Is that how highly they think of themselves ?

[GS8]

Men = It's always our fault
Women = Yes it's always men's fault

Then we wonder why the population is dropping in the west...

:derp:

Once a women reaches her 30s, 40s and beyond, the red flags will appear like shingles.

If the Internet is the host, social media is the cancer.

[bcrdukes]

This girl better have the physique of a Goddess, and not the type Badhobz prefers. :heckno:

[RabidRat]

I have a bounty for my friends atm, 2 flights to Hawaii if you find me a LTR, double nothing will pay for hotels, car rentals, etc if you wanna double down for marriage!

- Bounty for 2027, 2 flights anywhere in the world
- By 2028, it's gonna be a S2000 :ilied:


Holy shit a bounty that's genius.

[donk.]

I wish I could post the convos I'm having, after mike, it's only going into GC's.


Yesterday, her sister who makes $40K/year told this girl (7/10) who I saw twice casually, to ask me these questions to qualify me.

- Am I a provider and will I be comfortable paying for everything
- Will I fully pay for future house or rent until we get there, later asks if I am comfortable with getting a 2BR+Den by Oly Village/DT, for 2 offices
- She needs someone who makes more than her (paralegal), and do I qualify for that
- Can I cover vacations
- 5 other qualification questions, but they're reasonable


For clarification
- I will 100% provide
- I'd want to pay for 7-80%+ of vacations
- Idc if they work post kids

But to outright ask if I have money is new

You should have just replied

"She is going to be single forever."

Also, get your head out of the gutter. Your not going to afford that R8, funding someone elses lack of effort to make good money