In the early 2000’s I was working at a saw mill in northwestern Ontario that was a 200 km (120 mile) round trip from home, on a 2 lane highway that zig-zagged through the Canadian shield. There were often lakes on one side and steep ravines on the other, and we often had to dodge moose in the winter (who were kneeling in the middle of the highway licking salt off the road).
One of my crew taught me a valuable lesson then … that the minute you put the vehicle into drive you also unlock your electric doors, so that if you do end up in the water there is a chance you can get out of the vehicle.
It’s a hard process but they will be happier on the other end than before starting this journey.
Not necessarily. I’ve been through this and it’s a lot … a loss of community, loss of friends, nevermind the exhaustion from having your mind in conflict for months/years before you actually leave. And then having to develop new community and new friends without the history you had with the old.
I used to love reading that on reddit, but when I subscribed to it here my feed was immediately swamped with AITA … so I unsubscribed.
An occasional read is fine, but too much makes it seem like we’re all myopic selfish ijits that, although it may be true, does not give me hope for our survival.
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But that’s the problem. Capitalism should never have been allowed to effect what a tomato or apple looked like vs the nutritional value it had. And in some (many?) cases that’s what happened.
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Listening to anyone doesn’t mean you’re getting all the facts. We have to do our own legwork here instead of allowing ourselves to simply agree with what our confirmation bias dictates and some politician says.
That’s what our opinions should be based on instead … facts alone.
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Then let the UN, Red Cross and Red Crescent in to check … because without proof Israel is just talking out of its ass.
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Cross-post from slrpnk.net/post/8104275...
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No mention of the NDP. If only that was the “something different” people were willing to try.
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