The Great Resignation ‘21

[mcski]

Refreezed Beans (tm)

[ill-advised strategy]

We’re like Mexico insomuch as the powers in control of this country do better when the country is in chaos and and regular people are struggling. The country isn’t being managed for the country, it’s constantly being leveraged and pillaged by a criminal oligarchy. Our government function has almost no connection to bettering living conditions for average citizens, it’s almost entirely expressions of various forms of corruption.

Canada doesn’t seem to operate like that.

[liv2ski]

Huh and my wife wonders why I want to move home. Que the piss ants.

[Foggy_Goggles]

Foggy, you don't know me, I am just another schmuck on the internet in your world

Correct, don't know ya. But a quick cruise of the TGRs during my mornings coffee show you called me a cunt...sweet! So I'll take the 2mins. to expand upon how your e-persona sits in my mind. No response needed.

A nearing retired age guy who lives in Coronado. Owes rental property. Has young adult children who he is/has/want's to help get into a very expensive property market. Supports a California Tax Prop 13 that promotes intergenerational wealth transfer.

Too me, stereotypically, this is the profile of an upper middle to upper class existence that in "keep your greasy paws of my money mode". I get it, but as was better explained by others upthread, when you aggregate that attitude you get what we have right now.

My opinion is that is all us fortunate ones could change our mindset a bit to say that this thing called society is a team sport we might be able to turn this bus around. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe this is how you feel?

But yeah...that's why I said what I said. I hope you have a nice relaxing Sunday.

[liv2ski]

All of your comments are true, but not fully expanded on, so what you're saying paints a picture in black & white, where as my believes paint a much more colorful picture.
I obviously share to much on here without the benefit of full disclosure. I will work on sharing less about myself. Have a great day too.
O and I call everyone a cunt. Kind of a Jim Jefferies thing, so don't let that make you feel special.

[riser4]

All of your comments are true, but not fully expanded on, so what you're saying paints a picture in black & white, where as my believes paint a much more colorful picture.
I obviously share to much on here without the benefit of full disclosure. I will work on sharing less about myself. Have a great day too.
O and I call everyone a cunt. Kind of a Jim Jefferies thing, so don't let that make you feel special.

Twat.

[XXX-er]

I call everyone a cunt. Kind of a Jim Jefferies thing, so don't let that make you feel special.

A Kayak bud from NZ would call good buddies cunts as in " eh whats up Cunt " he said everyone's a cunt but there are good cunts and bad cunts.

But what you don' t want is people calling you mate cuz a mate is a cunt and a cunt is a mate

[liv2ski]

Exactly

[Ted Striker]

Muricans get bent out of shape if you say this, but we’re a lot more like Mexico than Canada.

Yeah, in the context of what's being discussed in this thread, and what's going on for everyone working for something less than the median wage, absolutely. If you look at the Gini index for each, Canada clearly has the least disparity, with the US and Mexico obviously being higher, but the devil in the details is that Mexico is trending better, and we're trending worse.

[Ted Striker]

My wife, after years of paid leave and socialised medicine, now says she couldn't go back to living in a country that doesn't have those things. Her folks would love nothing more than for us to move back to the US, but they've told her on more than a few occasions they get it.

My cousin married an Australian guy. He had moved to California to pursue the American Dream™ but wasn't asleep enough to believe it. Once they had kids, they realized raising them upsidedown was clearly the better option, so they moved to (near) Melbourne. Not a single family member thought that was a bad idea.

[The SnowShow]

^^^But the US is da best ever.

[Toadman]

Can't get lazy ass adults to work, so let's make it easier for the kiddies to work longer! Not that kids these days want to work.

https://www.businessinsider.com/labo...-hours-2021-10

I may have already mentioned this somewhere earlier, but our HR dept. indicated we had the most applicants during the month of October, and the most openings filled in the past 12 months. All that stimulus money is running out. Rent/mortgage forbearance is or has ended. Time to get off the couch and earn your keep America. That includes all you 14 year olds out there. Get back to work!

[highangle]

My cousin married an Australian guy. He had moved to California to pursue the American Dream™ but wasn't asleep enough to believe it. Once they had kids, they realized raising them upsidedown was clearly the better option, so they moved to (near) Melbourne. Not a single family member thought that was a bad idea.

I have a friend who married an awesome woman from New Zealand. When he got old and fat, he realized New Zealand was by far the better place for him than the State with the highest medical/dental/vision [hence health insurance] costs in the entire US.

[XXX-er]

Yeah, in the context of what's being discussed in this thread, and what's going on for everyone working for something less than the median wage, absolutely. If you look at the Gini index for each, Canada clearly has the least disparity, with the US and Mexico obviously being higher, but the devil in the details is that Mexico is trending better, and we're trending worse.

You live in the greatest country (which they have sold you) in the world so Don't dis America whatever you do, it really pisses people off IME

[subtle plague]

I have a friend who married an awesome woman from New Zealand. When he got old and fat, he realized New Zealand was by far the better place for him than the State with the highest medical/dental/vision [hence health insurance] costs in the entire US.

Was he a road biker and had to payhospital bills?

[old goat]

Can't get lazy ass adults to work, so let's make it easier for the kiddies to work longer! Not that kids these days want to work.

https://www.businessinsider.com/labo...-hours-2021-10

I may have already mentioned this somewhere earlier, but our HR dept. indicated we had the most applicants during the month of October, and the most openings filled in the past 12 months. All that stimulus money is running out. Rent/mortgage forbearance is or has ended. Time to get off the couch and earn your keep America. That includes all you 14 year olds out there. Get back to work!

If we send the kids back to the mines we can make the mine shafts shorter. Save money, more profit.

[XXX-er]

I shuttled buddies PU down river, he sounds SE USA and so i ask him where he was from, he said ontario but he had been up here 25 yrs, OK so what do you think of universal HC ?

" I think its pretty good actualy "

sample size of 1 ^^ its obviously better to be free to chose the HC you can't afford

[liv2ski]

You live in the greatest country (which they have sold you) in the world so Don't dis America whatever you do, it really pisses people off IME

XXXer as an immigrant to this country, I will tell you without hesitation that the USA is great. It is the damn politicians and about 40% of the people that are fucking it up. I could go on and on about all the great things this country has to offer, but policy and the Freedom to be a Moran, is what really bums me out.

[wooley12]

We do seem to celebrate and reward assholes in the US of A.

[XXX-er]

ya I'm just happy a gun holster won't be digging in my side today on the ride

but seriously folks I don't really think the 2 countries are all that different at least on the surface

[Buster Highmen]

Can't get lazy ass adults to work, so let's make it easier for the kiddies to work longer! Not that kids these days want to work.

https://www.businessinsider.com/labo...-hours-2021-10

I may have already mentioned this somewhere earlier, but our HR dept. indicated we had the most applicants during the month of October, and the most openings filled in the past 12 months. All that stimulus money is running out. Rent/mortgage forbearance is or has ended. Time to get off the couch and earn your keep America. That includes all you 14 year olds out there. Get back to work!

If only Congress would Hooverize and end Social Security. Then those jobs would get filled.
On the other hand, maybe filling them with humans that can't vote yet is a better idea.

[Ted Striker]

but seriously folks I don't really think the 2 countries are all that different at least on the surface

I've lived in both, and they're very similar, but the things that are different are strikingly so.

[XXX-er]

one of my favorite examples of the difference was some random TGR type said " yeah I think universal HC would be great, but I don't want my dollars to pay for some BBQ eating fat fuck from the south so everybody but them "

buddy knew how to use the word in a sentance, could probably tell you what the word means but as pertaining to HC it was a whoosh moment

uh dude universal mean everybody like including the BBQ eater

there are some things I don't really get and so I ask

and some things I ask myself why do they care about that ?

[SumJongGuy]

one of my favorite examples of the difference was some random TGR type said " yeah I think universal HC would be great, but I don't want my dollars to pay for some BBQ eating fat fuck from the south so everybody but them

Or that fat BBQ eating not so low income person in the middle of the hot as hell too hot to do much outside swamp saying "Ya I could really get behind universal healthcare but I don't want my tax dollars going to pay for ACL surgery or some other injury some fool took taking unnecessary risks skiing or motocross riding or mountain biking or road biking etc.... "

[Angle Parking]

I've lived in both, and they're very similar, but the things that are different are strikingly so.

I like this. But i'll add the following; Canada, politically, socially, economically, educationally etc. is just the US but a few decades behind. I've heard my father throw that out for the last 35 years and the pandemic especially has led to believe he was right. Our 'Nelson of the North' up here has sadly shown it's true colours. Some f*cked up, weird shit happening in Smithers right now. Very frightening and everyone really needs to knock Canada off it's pedestal.