AlmightyTritan

Thank you for providing this information. Your previous link really didn't paint the image I think you wanted to.

I think a lot of the disconnect woth people is that a lot of Canadians are faced with what they perceive as a lot more grave issues endangering peoples lives. And it differs between provinces and even as your links state municipal vs rural areas.

I think because we don't have the constant threat of mass shootings the likes of the USA, those in areas less impacted by fire arm deaths are more apathetic. Or maybe just view it as we've done enough.

Obviously governments should have the capacity to deal with multiple issues at once, but I think people really get caught up in the "why are you worrying about this, when X thing is way more dangerous.". It might come off as whataboutism, and often times it can be, but I think k its just as easy to say that person hasn't been as broadly effected by guns and someone else.

Realistically, if this is about closing loop holes, making laws more cut and dry, sure this probably won't really effect responsible gun owners.

Am I misunderstanding, or is the article you linked from 1995? I have a feeling a lot has changed with fireams related homicides since then. Especially with the advent of firearms being built out of a bunch of disparate parts.

The switch 2 isn't game codes. Its a physical cartridge that acts as a license key.

So its not a buy and redeem like the switch 1s was. So technically there is still a resale market for it.

I do think it would be weird to see a store of basically just new and used switch 2 games, plus a variety of funkos.

I saw a really interesting video about this exact topic.

Thought Slime - Facists will waste your time

I dont expect you to watch this, FYI. Just posting this in case anyone else wants to listen to thought piece video.

Depends, I guess.

If someone is a full on Nazi, dont waste your time, punch.

If someone is being a piece of shit in public dont even tell them their wrong or debate with em just tell them "Hey you're being an asshole", aim for their ego cause its rarely socially acceptable to be a piece of shit.

If someone is offhandedly bringing up righ-wing rhetoric, consider if you have the energy to show compassion and think you are able to have a calm conversation with them, break that loneliness and isolationism the right deploys. If you dont have that energy, hold on to it for the next time you see someone on the pipeline.

Also its gonna be hard, but try to not get too combatative. It might push them deeper down the pipeline.

I'm all for punching Nazis, and calling out assholes to make them face up to their actions. We've only got so much energy to use, and deprogramming is a long process for some people.

Also no conversation I've had online with the right or the left match tbe conversations you'd have in person. Like online people on the left wanna group up into their tiny little cliques and in person its always more about the nuance of each subgenres style. So i figure talking to the right in person is also more effective than online.

This is all anecdotal, I've had a couple of friends and people I know be taken off the pipeline. Its a process, you gotta pick your battles carefully.

I'm mad at both, alas the NDP or Greens didn't campaign hard enough, and the liberals campaigned really well under the threat of Canada electing a conservative government that would threaten their sovereignty.

Thankfully, it wasn't a majority win for the liberals. But I think you're right that a lot of the existing problems will continue.

We can only hope that we get a labour party rebuilt from the ashes that can make some stronger plays.

Also I do want to say, Carney did mention housing crisis prior to the election and campaigning. Just so no one does a "gotcha" on you because of it. My memory is vague but it was still the same hand wavey acknowledgement the previous liberal government gave. So your technically right, just trying to get ahead of anyone else saying it.

I hope that if they go ahead with changing the laws surrounding guns, they do so in a clearcut easy to understand manner. I feel like anytime gun laws in Canada are up for reworking they really sensationalise it and it never really accounts to anything different.

Like one concern I had about the past is what about replica fire arms that are airguns, do they fall under this categorisation? It would be nice to have it be clear and easy to understand.

I say this also as someone who has always been around guns, and has had a passing interest in the hobby.

I also have very complex feelings about weapons for self defense. Like it really is true that an armed minority group is harder to oppress. However, I dont think its okay for a functional society to just have everyone walking around strapped all the time. Ugh.

This is annoyingly complex, and nuanced and I wish I could just go "Yay! They're taking dangerous things off the streets"

I mean we can only hope that in the absence of Zoos we maybe gain something better like an accessible way to see animals in their natural habitats.

Sure you'd not get to witness animals from more foreign climates close to home, but honestly I'm fine with that.

For the election in question, and I guess the political structure of the country. Do you vote for like a local representation of a party, like a seat in a parliament or council or are you straight up voting for a party?

Cause that makes the situation a bit more muddy right?

In my country local representation tends to have more of an impact on my day to day then the person at the top.

Not fully complete, but theres Ultrakill. Its very good.

Theres also Trepang².

These are both pretty fast paced indie FPS tho, so if your looking for something a bit slower you might like GTFO. Its primarily coop but has bits to play with and a bunch of content.

Imma be honest with you chief the amount of times I come here for funny leftist memes and then see a bunch of pro imperialistic takes or starting school yard "nuh uh your crimes are worse then my crimes" is so draining.

I get that when you gather a bunch of people under one banner of a nuanced concept you are gonna get a range of people from mild mannered to fanatical about it.

Like this must be why people throw around "othering" loaded terms like tankie and liberal in here.

This is why I wish it was just high level concept lefty memes, cause you'll never get satisfying low level discussion online, just high level screeching and slap fights. So now I just try to not engage, just look for memes to talk to people IRL about instead.