TJ Schmidt

JD. Husband, father, Albertan, Catholic, fighter, and fool. Politics, history, law, philosophy, economics.

[TJ Schmidt @_GenerationWhy_]

Until the 20th century the average marriage lasted about 10 years because then somebody died.

Widows and widowers then remarried. Meshing two already-built lives together was always a part of marriage.

[Mack @kenzietuff]

Marriages are supposed to be a joyous celebration of starting a life together not weirdly trying to mesh two lives together as best you can and that’s one of the fundamental issues with modern marriages.

[TJ Schmidt @_GenerationWhy_]

@Prominent_Bryan Same goes for opposing infrastructure projects.

Rural Alberta is full of people who complain about economic stagnation under the Liberals, and then anytime someone wants to build a data centre or something in their county they oppose it like it's an invading army.

[TJ Schmidt @_GenerationWhy_]

These people should have some conversations with Boomers about their "run-ins with the law" when they were younger. Many believe society worked better for everyone when a cop could just punch you a few times or throw your keys in a ditch to teach you a lesson rather than always an arrest, charge, court, sentence, record et cetera.

It's like that with all kinds of things. Getting in your first bar fight at 19 with a 30 year-old used to a part of the rites of passage where a man sheds that teenage overconfidence and gains humility.

[TJ Schmidt @_GenerationWhy_]

@DietCoke_Esq @AidanSimardone To be honest, I've learned that if you're a good writer people will now think your writing is AI anyways.

In 5 years most people won't believe anyone can write anything of quality without AI—so you might as well leave the em dash in.

[TJ Schmidt @_GenerationWhy_]

@Eggsbert_ @ChrisBarnardDL My writing is literally not AI slop lol. Idiots.

[TJ Schmidt @_GenerationWhy_]

@jack_newton A good lawyer identifies risk, a great lawyer knows when to advise clients that the risk is worth it.

[TJ Schmidt @_GenerationWhy_]

@CoryBMorgan Nobody will be honest about the importance of a mainstream leader and unifying organization.

When the dust settles in late October and everyone sobers up, the lack of a credible leader will be the painfully obvious reason for the "leave" side's failure.

[TJ Schmidt @_GenerationWhy_]

@CoopTory It wouldn't happen for the simple reason that we have tax treaties with most of our peer nations that contemplate double taxation.

Huge impediment to the global economy if you get taxed X2 for working outside your country.

[TJ Schmidt @_GenerationWhy_]

@WSOnlineNews AI is already one of history's fastest-adopted technologies.

The government doesn't need to transfer billions of dollars from taxpayers to friends of the Liberal Party to get people to use it.

[TJ Schmidt @_GenerationWhy_]

@globeandmail AI is already one of history's fastest-adopted technologies.

The government doesn't need to transfer billions of dollars from taxpayers to friends of the Liberal Party to get people to use it.

[TJ Schmidt @_GenerationWhy_]

@MarkJCarney AI is already one of the fastest-adopted technologies in history.

You don't need to pump billions of dollars from taxpayers to friends of the Liberal Party to get people to use it.

[TJ Schmidt @_GenerationWhy_]

@Prominent_Bryan An Alberta that becomes its own country as the result of a legal and democratic process is the exact same as North Korea.

[TJ Schmidt @_GenerationWhy_]

@jakozloski I quit a decent-paying career and went to law school in my 30s. That wasn't happening without my wife around to contribute financially.

[TJ Schmidt @_GenerationWhy_]

@CoryBMorgan You may be able to do this using agentic AI like Claude or ChatGPT Codex.

The issue though is unless you have an enterprise model you might not be able to secure donor privacy.

[TJ Schmidt @_GenerationWhy_]

@sophielouisecc Unfortunately Canada doesn't perfectly match this lesson because in Canada it is perfectly legal for anyone to just walk around with a sword.

[TJ Schmidt @_GenerationWhy_]

There's a scene in The Wire where Bunk and McNulty do a whole crime scene investigation where they only communicate by saying either "fuck", "oh, fuck" or "motherfucker", and this is exactly what it's like reading your emails as a lawyer.

[TJ Schmidt @_GenerationWhy_]

@AccountantInc @TARSRel0aded Being an 'adult' is not synonymous with being 'someone who is not allowed to have any fun whatsoever'.

[TJ Schmidt @_GenerationWhy_]

@Empty_America It's a sliver of the pie, but there is some merit to this. Review Tyler Cowen's The Complacent Class.

There are no more riots, no more revolutions, and no more risk-taking in general because everyone is just too damn comfortable.