So you’re saying you think it’s a good idea, you just are unable to think of viable funding sources?

I am going to need some explanations. First, they say there are 510 dwellings per 1000 adults, and then they say there are 1017 dwellings per 1000 households. In the first number, that requires more than two adults per dwelling. That deems like we haven’t hit demand yet, let alone surplus. The second numbers are only possible if there are hundreds of thousands of extra adults beyond a couple in most households. Or hundreds of thousands of homeless adults. None of those imply to me any kind of surplus. So I don’t see a source of downward pressure based on over supply. If those 17 dwellings per thousand households are sitting empty, and we have homeless people, then either those 17 are uninhabitable, or they are unaffordable relative to the mode or median incomes.

Why doesn’t increasing affordable supply help solve that issue?

The solution suggestions do make sense, it is the argument that there isn’t a supply shortage that has missing pieces.

I also grew up in Saskatchewan, and I make the exact same arbitrary distinction.

Job creation idea: farms of propaganda specialists flooding the standard social media algorithms with messaging to help people think more critically, move off of techbro propaganda streams, and counter the bullshit that will be coming through. Make part of elections Canada, and track for possible recruits to CSE and CSIS, as well as for public affairs officers.

Could be linked to extended living under a corrupt conservative government, too. Constantly being told to ignore evidence, a sense of learned helplessness, and rising corporate authoritarianism could lead to psychotic symptoms. It would also lead to an increased desure to escape the stresses reality through cannabis.

On a less facetious note, did diagnostic criteria change?

I remember reading (relatively recently) research showing conservatives literally believe badvthingscdo not happen to good people. If they know someone personally who they know is good, and something bad happens to them, they either think it is a rare example of bad luck and they will help out, or they will decide that person must not have been a good person.

It allows them to justify the mental gymnastics of being anti-abortion but paying for their daughter’s “procedure” at the same time. A “good” family member who gets cancer deserves help, but why should they fund cancer care for those morally bankrupt <fill in the “other”> people?

Apparently they have overactive amygdalas, among other issues, and a reduced ability to engage critical thinking towards their own beliefs.

So, yes, they kind of are cult members. But they can’t be easily deprogrammed, and even if we purged this lot, we would still end up with some cropping up again.

We did do some of our training in New Brunswick

I wonder if his handlers have a pool going for who can get him to say the most deranged thing.

Usually guided by McKinsey, Bain, or BCG.

When you rent something, you can share it. You rent a car, you can have passengers. You rent an apartment, you can have visitors. You rent a tool, you can lend it to your neighbour.

Canadian Law Enforcement Officer internet?

I think the “to randomly stop people” is for decoration. They’re actually describing the authoritarian personality disorder that makes someone want to be a cop. “The police need power” is the essence. And I say, fuck that! The police need boundaries, better judgement, and a shock or two to the system because I agree with another commenter, ACAB.

Keeping track of the conservatives will make it easy to identify the collaborators when the US invades. Then we can use them for disinformation and honeypots while we work our way through the enemy.

Why would it look bad on the business? You, yourself, said earlier:

the adult shop said that it actually doesn’t ship to Bahrain and most of Asia

Why wouldn’t you order them for your wife? Does already have some?

offer a better, fully fleshed out alternative

is a bit of straw man. Offering a rough list of alternatives for discussion would be sufficient response to the question.

you are allowed to say X is shitty on its own

while true, this ignores that your original statement was challenging this choice over other possibilities. So yes, you can just say it’s a shitty choice, but you (colloquially, at least) implied there exist better choices in your opinion. So it is reasonable to ask what those might be.

Whatever it is, it certainly seems to make conservative politicians get on their knees.

Kinda depends on the role. I mean, I am a GRC, privacy, and security specialist who is usually brought in to teach existing employees how to improve their security awareness, and I have been a consultant in the IT industry for over 25 years. So I usually come in not trusting the employer.

raises hand - even the retired ones are still decent. And prepared.

If your corporation is running windows 11, you can’t be trusted to keep things malware free. If you’re a corporation, you should also respect true capitalist behaviour, and if they can make a profit offshoring, what difference does it make. If, however, you provide robust, *nix based equipment, follow a disciplined SDLC, and are not a corporation, then I might a couple of highly disciplined, experienced systems analysts with a GRC and privacy focus who would love to learn more about you.

Although you do open with the fact you don’t trust your people, so, probably not.