Dennis Staniland

father and husband, concerned but proud Canadian

[Dennis Staniland @MootCause]

@FiatLuxGenesis This will be reversed as AI takes over specialization. Work will become a matter of the will- those who can (must?) create versus those who will become cattle.

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@FiatLuxGenesis Too dire. The West will return to the spirit. It begins at home.

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@FiatLuxGenesis If a lion could speak, we would not understand him. Wittgenstein

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@CJPME @CalgaryOpera What an idiot

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@YogeshMadhukarr Why do billions want to leave?

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@Elliotthemooose Hahah oh yes they do. Get your shot boy, or we'll freeze your finances.

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@Anuraag8200 @elonmusk Gather up your diaspora.

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@otokyo__ Marcellus

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@Paulishonlaffin When the Cbc fired Don Cherry

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@jkenney Stop simping- this is on Carney and no one else.

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@chromaticubes @RealCalvin1 Thats why we can't stop it, but it isn't the same as what started it.

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@TristinHopper Robertson Davies.

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@oelma__ Dexter

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@FiatLuxGenesis Palantir. The abyss staring back into you. The promethean flame snuffed out.

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@FiatLuxGenesis That's the borg.

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@BC_Citcon Reminds me of those two tackling the teenaged for skating on an outdoor rink during covid in Calgary.

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

People say:

"I wish one middle-class income could support an entire family like it did in the 1950s."

Okay. Then take the entire 1950s package—not just the parts you romanticize.

• No Netflix, Disney+, Spotify, or endless subscriptions
• One small TV with 3 channels, if you're lucky
• One basic car for the whole family
• No yearly vacations or cheap flights across the country
• No smartphones, laptops, gaming consoles, or internet
• Every meal cooked at home from scratch
• Kids sharing bedrooms
• A house under 1,000 sq. ft. for a family of 4–6
• One bathroom for everyone
• Little to no air conditioning in many places
• Clothes repaired, reused, and handed down
• Eating at restaurants was an occasional luxury, not a weekly habit

The comparison isn't just income.

The average household today consumes far more space, technology, entertainment, travel, convenience, and services than the average household did 70 years ago.

That doesn't mean housing, healthcare, and education aren't more expensive today—they are.

But when people compare lifestyles across generations, they often compare a 1950s income to a 2020s standard of living.

Those aren't the same thing.

If you want the economics of the 1950s, you have to accept the lifestyle of the 1950s too.

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@Smileyyeg @canmericanized Disgraceful behavior- the antithesis of sport and fair game. Petty, juvenile- adolescent self indulgent tripe. Pathetic, really.

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@echipiuk That hubris you describe has brought down the entire West.

[Millennial Grump @mapleblooded]

The Americans aren’t going to let Mark Carney control the narrative so he can keep his grip on power anymore.

This is refreshing. Finally they are saying out loud what we knew he was up to the whole time.