yannic

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[–] yannic 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

This just happened to me a week ago. WestJet missed their own connecting flight and they found seats on an American Airlines flight to my destination via an extra overnight stay in the USA, gave me a few meal vouchers (useless at the airport 7-11) and paid for the hotel. They didn't tell me I'd have to:

  • pay for my luggage again
  • pay roaming fees to call only to find out they gave my hotel shuttle to someone else
  • pay for a taxi ride to my resort because their shuttle service marked me as a no-show on the day I would have arrived had they not screwed up.

The US customs agent was bewildered when told I didn't want to visit the united states but had little choice.

[–] yannic 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Maybe, but the real point as I see it is to take your prison hanger off and use it like a normal, trustworthy, non-incarcerated human during your stay.

[–] yannic 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I mean, yes, it technically fits the definition of manifesto, but the word that comes to mind a "blurb".

I wonder if Ted Kaczynski or anyone else's manifestos along anti-corporate-establishment lines are being censored. If not, maybe it's because they're a little less digestible. If so, then maybe some articles by Elizabeth Rosenthal could be posted.

[–] yannic 3 points 2 months ago

CSIS is generating clickbait now?

Remember the last time someone had "some information" about "possible foreign interference" and it was "someone else paid for their meal and they didn't document it in the ethics ledger."

I'm not saying that either is fine (accepting gifts/meals, nor forgetting to do some routine documentation) but stop issuing press releases informing the public that you're about to issue a press release.

[–] yannic 1 points 2 months ago

Please do explain, because I seriously grew up thinking mainline religion minus reason equals biblical literalism (aka fundamental religion) but I'm open to believe that may be one of these scenarios.

[–] yannic 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[–] yannic 104 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Oh, it's real. This was offered for my sister-in-law.

[–] yannic -5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Separating science from religion is how you get fundamentalism.

[–] yannic 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Just as an example of how ass-backwards and nickle-and-diming Canada's universal healthcare is, I had abdominal surgery several years ago. Sure, the surgery was covered, but the travel and parking weren't, and neither were the pain meds and cane for my recovery.

[–] yannic 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is this because they get limited compensation from the union for a short time during strikes and lockouts, and by being laid off at this time, this employment insurance may kick in around the same time as their union strike benefits dwindle?

I know so little about these things. I'm just going by what my wife has mentioned in passing, and she was a local president (not as glorious a position as it sounds -- more like whomever got the short straw every two years).

[–] yannic 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

What I'm reading here is that there's a correlation between incomes which can afford bottled water and higher IQs which could be a result of any number of systemic factors.

[–] yannic 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I did the same with The Wolverine. I thought the non-subtitled Japanese parts were an impressive artistic choice. I didn't need to know what they were saying thanks to tge acting and other context clues.

It wasn't until a couple of lengthy flashbacks that I started to suspect something wasn't right.

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