JaceTheGamerDesigner

joined 4 months ago
[–] JaceTheGamerDesigner@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago (4 children)

We could really use a movement to get more people to try adding beans, peas, and tofu to their grocery list. I wasn't able to stick to not eating meat, but sticking to eating less meat by adding alternatives to my grocery list turned out to be quite easy.

I have seen my family doctor many times since then. No worries.

[–] JaceTheGamerDesigner@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Canadian here.

This one time 10 years ago I drove to my family doctor's office without an appointment and got lucky that it was a walk in day.

I saw my doctor within an hour of arriving and it cost me nothing.

[–] JaceTheGamerDesigner@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Our emissions are already terrible. We do not need to destroy the earth more.

[–] JaceTheGamerDesigner@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Alright I'm going to need all of your suggestions as this is the project I'm working on right now.

A bought a small townhouse in Ontario 7 months ago and I have a tiny yard.

The yard had mostly grass, but had a little bit of moss, crab grass, and clover. There is a small garden, and many dirt patches in the yard.

I have spread clover seed in the yard, especially in the dirt patches.

Then I weeded the garden area, removed about half the rocks but left some in the garden, I have my mother coming over next month to help me pick local garden flowers, and I had to pull a tiny tree out because it was planted right beside the foundation of the building and would eventually cause damage.

What else should be added to the lawn? Should I be pulling out the crabgrass? What wildflowers are native to Ontario?

...We can't keep doing this. Why do people still so consistently vote to destroy the environment?

[–] JaceTheGamerDesigner@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago

Let's focus on things that don't dedicate us to a tip-based economy.

To my knowledge, the only change to tips we need is that if your tips are put into a pool to be spread amongst the staff, which is a common practice in restaurants so that the chefs and dishwashers get tips, then the owner can't include themself in the people to get paid from that pool.

I dated a girl for a while in Ottawa where the owner was taking a huge cut of her tips that way.

 

My friends made a website where you can find games and indie game companies made in Ottawa.

[–] JaceTheGamerDesigner@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hi I'm an indie dev in Ottawa.

Some of my friends created a website where you can find Ottawa made video games and Ottawa indie game companies.

https://www.ottawagames.info/

[–] JaceTheGamerDesigner@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Here in Canada I've started ordering from the Canadian Tire app instead.

[–] JaceTheGamerDesigner@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

USA dairy isn't getting tariff'd. That's actually misinformation.

The Canadian government has a system where if the market is flooded with over a certain amount of dairy, those crazy tariff numbers kick in.

In the past decade, the US has not been able to export enough to come close to flooding our market, so their dairy isn't heavily tariff'd.

Basically Trump is whining about a non-problem because he can't read.

 

Avoid the National Post, Ottawa Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald, Toronto Sun, Edmonton Journal, The Vancouver Sun, The Gazette, and The Province.

 

Alternatives I Have Personally Tried And Liked

In Person Groceries > Basically anywhere but Walmart. Look for "Product of Canada" on packaging. "Made in Canada" is 2nd best. If the company is Canadian that is the 3rd best. For produce with no packaging ask someone at the store.

Ordering Groceries > Voila if you're not in BC, Save-On-Foods if you are in BC. I use Voila and it even has a shop Canadian tab.

Amazon > Home Hardware, Princess Auto, KMS Tools, BMR, and Lee Valley for in person shopping. If you're going to order online use the Canadian Tire App.

Google Drive > Sync. If anyone uses someone's referral code they both get 1 extra GB so here's mine. https://www.sync.com/?_sync_refer=181a30ae0

X > Mastadon / Bluesky

Netflix and Prime > Crave and CBC Gem

Disney Plus > Ahoy Matey, Sail the Seas

Uber Eats > Skip the Dishes

Burger King / Mcdonalds > Any of these companies https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_restaurant_chains

Starbucks / Mcdonalds Coffee > A local cafe or second Cup. Tim Hortons is owned by an American company.

Subway > Mr Sub

Shop local for clothes and shoes (but if you're tall like me, there is much more work to do to find tall clothes online).

What I'm Trying Next

Youtube Premium for my Smart TV > https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTube (for PC just use Firefox with ublock origins)

Play Books For Audio Books > Libby with a library card

Amazon > https://www.singingpebblebooks.ca/ for physical books

Diary Queen > A local ice cream parlour. I have one down the street from me I might try.

Google Docs > https://etherpad.org/