The campfires in Celeste are great. They're such a peaceful respite after the intensity of the gameplay.
The idea that adopted kids aren't "your own" or as real as biological kids is silly. My first partner was adopted, and she's much closer to her family than I've ever been.
Knowing the hoops adoptive parents have to jump through (at least where I live), I'd even say that the average adoptive parent is probably more of a parent than the average biological one. You really need to want kids to go through that process.
Thank you for saying this. We have more than enough reason to shit on these assholes for their actions and rhetoric; there's absolutely no reason to use ableist language.
In a similar vein, I've seen a lot of "weaponized" homophobic language on Lemmy (often in regards to Putin and Trump). Like you say, the only people who get hurt by this are the random queer people who read these comments.
The absence of a regulatory body for English is honestly probably one of my favourite features of the language. I'm a native French speaker, and while I can speak standard French, my dialect diverges substantially from what's prescribed by l'Académie française (France) or the OQLF (Québec). There's this sort of hierarchy in French where France (especially Parisian) French is seen as superior, and all other varieties, from Canadian to African to Caribbean, are seen as various degrees of inferior.
I don't feel that as much with English, and I think it's in part because there isn't an institution trying to define "proper" English. Despite it being my second language, I often feel more confident speaking to native English speakers from other regions than I do to other native French speakers.
Woah, just reading iSerial Reader brought back a flood of Mac piracy memories from the depths of my brain.
I think it's a tactical error to let the right-wing fascists dictate your policies before there's even a chance they get enacted.
I love reading Spanish as a native French speaker, it's like trying to read French on drugs. I kinda understand but I really don't.
This one sentence on the article pretty much summarizes the problem:
It’s not surprising these groups check out of politics, especially when there is mounting evidence that legislators favour higher status voters.
The two main parties can barely pretend to give a fuck about the poors anymore, and the NDP has basically regressed to being equivalent of the Liberals a decade ago. The Federal Greens are a joke.
I only vote because I'm queer and the Conservatives have a much more aggressive form of homophobia than the Libs.
Québec doesn't have a crown corp telecom, but Vidéotron is a major player there.
I've no experience with them (when I briefly lived in Montréal my internet was with TekSavvy) so I can't comment on how they compare with Rogers/Bell.
Things that are violent:
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Imprisoning and deporting innocent immigrants
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State-sanctioned murder of black people via police
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Legislating away the human rights of trans people
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Forcing women to give birth against their will
The real illiberal, fundamentalist, totalitarian terrorists are on the right. I didn't shed a tear for Kirk and I wouldn't for PP or JK, either.
(Happy National Acadian Day to all Acadians!)
Craquez-vous une Alpine, mettez du 1755 ou les Hay Babies, pis faites du tapage pour laisser savoir aux Anglais qu'on est still là!
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Sometimes you make a decent rosetta, sometimes you make an airplane with testicles
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Two cappuccinos I made one after the other in my café today. This couple came in and wanted large cappuccinos, so I made them in our 16oz cups. Not my cup of tea (nor coffee) but if I can make what you want, I will! Unfortunely, my muscle memory is attuned to steaming/pouring 8oz capps, and so the first one came out somewhat more phallic than I intended 😅
The only thing worse than a shitty pour is a shitty pour in the same order as a drink you nailed.
I'm just curious! I'd love to know what type of cafés anyone here is working at.
My current café is kinda old-school Italian style coffee-wise but much more laid back and add some hippy-granola vibes for good mesure. Our beans are roasted in-house, and pretty much all the food we sell is made in-house as well, down to the sauces, and anything we don't make ourselves is bought locally.
I've worked in two other cafés prior to this one. The first was a kinda upscale third-wave spot that mostly attracted yuppies, and the equipment far surpassed the training of any of the staff. We had pourovers on the menu and maybe 1 and a half employees actually knew how to brew with a V60.
The second was a hardline traditional Italian-style café, which, if you're familiar with the coffee culture in Canada (where I live) vs Italy, is a silly idea. A lot of people here only know Tim Horton's or Starbucks, especially in a mostly rural province like where I'm situated. You have to meet people where they're at; scoffing at people for wanting sweetener in their latte isn't likely to encourage them to jump into the coffee world in whichever way one deems proper. It'll only encourage them to stick to Timmies or Starbucks instead of checking out local cafés with actually good coffee.
(For some context, I live in Canada, beer labels are bilingually English & French here)
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Not me seeing this on my break at work in a café, exactly 2 bong rips and 3 espressos into my day...