Dust? (but really its not Linux or windows anyway)

Such a silly move. Like shooting yourself in the foot to sell more bullets

Ha, you fools still pay for doors and locks? My house is now 100% done with fake locks and doors, they are so much lighter and easier to install.

Wait! why am I always getting robbed lately, it can not be my fake locks and doors! It has to be weirdos online following what I do.

Is it odd I like this? Would actually like to live in that place.

Most people don’t even care and did not know this even started, its just another failed attempt of the current government to gain support.

This one is extra silly, but the silver lining is that it has got people of drastically different political viewpoints something to agree on. You could have a talk show with the most rabid pundits from opposite sides discuss this and the only arguments would be what the worst part of this plan is.

There is also another component to this as well, everyone is supposed to get $250 in the mail (or direct deposit). And that’s also just bad tax policy that has been made fun of in the past. On top of that they have not managed to actually pass legislation or even figured out how to do this at this point. Oh and the post office is still on strike.

Yeap, this is Canada where stuff like this is rolled out in a month or so and businesses are just told to comply.

(Oh and those examples are from the Canada.ca official list not hyperbole)

Edit: it also comes with a friendly threat!

"Make a reasonable effort to comply

Businesses who make reasonable efforts to comply with the legislation will not be the focus of our compliance actions.

We will be focusing on situations where businesses willfully and egregiously refuse to comply with the temporary measures, such as a business that collects the GST/HST and does not remit it to the CRA."

I am just really glad none of the crap I sell is included. The list and logistics to comply with this “holiday” is insane.

Lets say you run a liquor store:

• Beer, cider, sake and wine are now not taxed
• But wine, cider and sake over 22.9% is still taxed
• Spirit coolers and premixed alcoholic beverages are now not taxed
• Spirit coolers and premixed alcoholic beverages over 7% are still taxed
• Gift boxes/baskets are taxed
• Unless those boxes/baskets have more then 90% the value in beverages that meet the tax holiday requirements

This is not even opening the other categories (Oh don’t even think about child car seat/strollers). The cost of this program on stores and taxpayers (the cost of it is payed by the lack of tax and also the tax collected being diverted to this program) is not worth the 5% off some people will see (since most places will just up the price 5%).

Edit: and as the radio just pointed out this is a tax break on mostly luxury goods so it only really helps the people who don’t need the help. (the example given was a dinner party would be 5% cheaper but a single parent’s heat is not).

Or not having any but fix your own shit. I like the idea of smaller houses and yards but not if that comes with shared maintenance fees.

The costs for some of these things is silly and since most people don’t volunteer to be on those boards they don’t even get to see how their fees are spent.

Condo/HOA/Strata fees are a big way people are kept out of owning their own place. Its crazy that almost every place even remotely affordable is part of one.

Yeah, we are boned all over the nation.

For fun here are some places you can buy for $1 million https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/27507233/161-moyle-drive-yellowknife

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/27587880/7077-quinpool-road-halifax-halifax

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/27532186/1132-osler-street-saskatoon-varsity-view

And in the past I would ask “Toronto or Vancouver?” But I know that that could be in any city these days.

In the reference picture of this clock the degree symbol does that. This is something you can see outside of the US on almost all temp readings, my phone for example does not have F or C next to it. (It is still in Celsius since I am not a monster)

Hate to point this out, but the fact there is a “C” on the sign kinda shows that no America did not adopt the metric system. If the US did there would be no reason to have “F” or “C” by the degrees as they are the last hold out.

Its funny at that point of my life I would have moved for the right job, but these where often my literal job but in a worse place.

Hey at least it is in the same city, I used to get ones for 2000 Km away.

Ha, “fail faster” indeed

What? That is gold, not Mildly Infuriating at all.

Welp, great it is time to crosspost to a boring dystopia. Again…

Also it is insane and complete nonsense, as is “AI” tradition.

Meanwhile in the bingilator: