Unrelated to the actual content of the article, but I hate how I keep mixing up her and Bonnie Critchley even after the by-election.

For what reason other than arousal would someone wear one?

This doesn’t count baby leashes btw, which are at the back and not the neck and are used to prevent a kid from getting lost or wandering off into danger (when used properly).

Thanks for that.

If I’m sitting on a busy bus for example, and two people, a couple, sit in front of me and start making out with some tongue on tongue action, I’m going to be disturbed. I’m not comfortable with that, and I didn’t consent to seeing that.

People have their kinks and sexually intimate acts that they’re into. Consent on both parties is important, but what’s important as well is the consent of people around you in seeing that. A regular kiss, hug, or other purely romantic or platonic show of affection you don’t need other people’s consent for, so a person claiming “consent” when gay people hold hands or kiss in front of them is just a bigot.

For the same reason I wouldn’t send a picture of kink art I know a friend isn’t into without their consent, I also wouldn’t indulge in my kinks in public where I know most people won’t be into it, as they didn’t consent to, for example, seeing me on a leash in this case (not my thing, hypothetical application of the pic).

Wow, using the same words I did as some sort of cheap “gotcha”, aren’t you smart?

I’m not gonna engage with you if you’re not gonna come to the table with anything of value to add.

Strathcona is incredible. That section of Whyte Ave is so active, and it’s a very artsy part of the city because festivals like The Fringe take part there. I used to go there regularly growing up since my grandmother wasn’t far off around Bonnie Doon.

But it wouldn’t have been possible without the funding for the arts that happened under Peter Lougheed’s Progressive Conservatives. It’s also wild to me how many areas are NDP provincially, and then Conservative federally.

Imma shoot my shot and say Conservative. Point 5 does it for me.

Edit: oop, misunderstood the game, thought these were all quotes from a singular person.

This is a false equivalence and you are lying if you say that you don’t see this as one.

Honestly the fact he’s made it this far is insane in itself if you look up the shit he’s dealt with.

I think to myself that Alberta is a highly misunderstood place, that the people here are more relatable and complex than the stereotypes that I hear come so often from people in nearly every other province.

…and then each time I think that we can beat the stereotype, some random politician whose name I’ve never heard before shows up out of the woodworks to make a comment nobody asked for on an issue that doesn’t affect us.

Shit like this pains me man

It’s common decency? I’m not going to judge someone for what they wear in public, but when it comes to sexual stuff, it’s just a matter of being mindful of others.

Not a “think of the children” or “I’m uncomfortable with queer people existing” sorta deal with what I’m saying either, making sure my words don’t get twisted, but a leash to me gives the same vibes as say, a couple having an intense makeout session on the bus. Like do you need to make this public?

This a minor nitpick here, I know, just worried something like that gives fuel to the narrative jackwad with the sign is pushing.

From my understanding leashes are a sexual thing no?

Is that a leash?

Gonna go against the grain and say that’s a bit of a no-go, regardless of how much of an ass that guy is being. Get rid of that and I see nothing wrong here though.

I just love the upbeat nature of his music, even with his more sombre tracks. Almost gives a hopeful tone to his stuff, especially with Sunk Cost Fallacy as an album.

I’ve had these two on repeat a lot as of late:

Hexacube - No Matter, I Can Fly Higher!

siqlo - HiTECH Stay Alive

Wish I could find more vegan ice cream. Chapman’s has a sugar-free lactose-free ice cream. Issue is that because it uses maltitol as the artificial sweetener, you basically end up with the same effect as if there was lactose if you have too much of it in one go. For context, maltitol is the same sweetener used in the infamous Haribo sugar-free gummy bears.

There was a brand I came across long time back that was oat-based and Canadian. Just can’t find them anywhere anymore since the Urban Fare out this way in 'berta was converted to a Save On and no longer carries it.

Hansard transcripts are a thing, and they livestream and timestamp videos of House sessions.

CSR in Asia is probably more likely to deliver equivalent quality if the people they provided service to were more local to them. Wouldn’t be surprised if quality of service increases the more local the workers are.

Forgot Dare made Jujubes! Grew up with my family getting Jujubes regularly, and I remember being the one that would have the black ones because nobody else in the family liked black liquorice.

Will try playing it safe with Cheezies. I do like them, but with my lactose intolerance I need to be careful. I do like them a lot though, would have them every now and again before I developed the intolerance.

You do realise they present these in the House, right? This isn’t change.org. They bring the issues into parliament, and with that, politicians are able to held more directly accountable because one simply can’t just state that they weren’t aware of the issue. They are put on record as to whether or not they were present when the petition was presented by a sponsoring MP, and are put on record for their stance on it.

People that say “petitions do nothing” talk about corporate sites like change.org where it is literally inadmissible. OurCommons is literally provided by the federal government to give your voice to parliament.