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Jeremy517 posted...

And? The US doesn't have to copy Canada's health care system. Single-payer works very well in enough countries that the US can easily find a better country to model it after.

I'm just pointing out that people think the US system is as bad as Canadas when it comes to waiting time alone when its not even comparable outside of your remote towns, that's all.

Holy_Cloud105 posted...

You realize that's also happening here in the US too right? To see a specialist you have to wait months. When I wanted to go to a cardiologist I had to wait months for an appointment and I ended up going to the ER and telling them I thought I was having a heart attack instead to get checked.

Your name really is fucking apt.

Not to agree with the OP but its not even close to the same. I waited 16 hours with a broken foot only to not be seen here in Canada, all because our health care system can't afford to pay for a second doctor for overnights. Meanwhile my cousin can walk into any doctors office in the States with his insurance plan, and not only get seen, but get set up for an X-Ray that same day, when I could be waiting over a month. If I didn't have my own family care doctor, I'd be screwed. And by the by, family care doctors are extremely rare where I live. I was lucky when my family care doctor retired that all his patients got moved to the replacing doctor.

I've known people to be put on a waiting list for over a year for an extremely important surgery, only for it to be cancelled without their consent because the surgeon decided to take a holiday, and that's the only surgeon in the province that can perform that one surgery.

I'm not saying the States doesn't have issues, you guys most certainly do. You pay way too much for basic quality of life medicare, but at the same time, all our nurses, doctors and surgeons are moving there because the pay is vastly more than here.

Jeremy517 posted...

News flash: You have to wait for months to see a specialist in the US too.

Single-payer healthcare works well in many countries.The US pays far more for health care per capita than any other country, but doesn't receive quality of care representative of that cost.

We don't wait months. Sometimes we wait years.

Not horrible. I don't make a huge amount of money but I have spending cash. I'm forced to live with my parents due to the ridiculous fees associated with purchasing a property. I can afford a 1500 CAD rental property with money to spare each month, but a 250K home which outside of taxes/insurance costs less than 1300 CAD I can't afford? That makes no sense.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Nothing is going to be weirder than that time FF7 did a collaboration with Power Wash Simulator.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/4c19856f.jpg

oh really? Shrek was once in Tony Hawk, and Raiden from Mortal Kombat was once in Unreal Championship 2. This doesn't even count the plethora of Scooby Doo crossovers where they had everyone from Batman to KISS.

Vyrulisse posted...

Name of Putin's Console?
Putin it in the Game

It's simply called "Putin Console"

Each game has that labelled on top "Put In Console"
Enjoy Nice game, Everything is perfect in Mother Russia, Glorious Leader can do no wrong....

Arcanine2009 posted...

Beans easily. Keep one in hand for me, give one to my mom, and then give it to someone else who really needs it (family, friend, stranger). Will just donate 2-3 every year..Much better feeling than 500k a year.

I would choose beans over a billion dollars.

Plus there are work arounds to this whole "You can't sell, trade the beans". I learned that recently with my CPAP company. I have to buy a new CPAP machine as my insurance is running out and the machine is 4 years old now. I can grab one off Amazon for 1200, but no one in my province will service the machine. What my CPAP company did and this is very smart of them, they sell the machine for cheap, but what they really sell is a service. So I can pay 1200 for a machine no one except me can touch; or I pay 2500 for a service bundle that they will cover entirely for the rest of my life.

Ergo, While you can't make money on the beans themselves, you can technically make money on the interview to see the best candidate for the beans, or alternately a subscription service for something entirely different and the beans are a bonus for that service.

Is this even a question? Senzu Beans all day every day. Being able to instantly cure all the health problems I have in one go?

Pizza Hut. That wasn't a hard choice. My province hasn't had a Pizza Hut in at least 10 years. Yeah, we don't have Taco Bell, but I don't want to piss off the team of Demolition Man.

F1areaGaman posted...

A good Subway is amazing (if it's clean, if the produce doesn't look like shit, if all the equipment works, and most importantly, if they have good sandwich artists) because you can get a sandwich freshly toasted exactly the way you want (if you go in). A bad Subway is bottom tier.

In the last few years, Subway has really put together a much tastier menu. And, they have an app with decent rewards.

I'd have to get rid of Dominos. The only reason people get it is because it's always the cheapest pizza option, and it shows. If it wasn't an option I wouldn't miss it at all.

Only if you use the coupons. Without the coupons Dominoes at least here is the most expensive option. A standard pizza without coupon is close to 45 bucks CAD.

Villain_S_Fiend posted...

Must be one of the sequels, because he's not in the first one. Tiny Lister played Deebo in that one.

Just looked it up, 3rd Friday movie. He plays the son of Mrs. Pearly

Villain_S_Fiend posted...

Huh?

Terry Crews plays a character in either Friday, or its sequel where he just got out of prison, and he's a genuine asshole. I think there might have been a turn around for his character halfway through the movie, but its been so long since I've watched it.

Whatever his decision is, I just hope he won't have any more arcs that were as long as Wano was. Whole Cake was long enough, but Wano felt like double that and I just got bored halfway through, which is sad as I really liked the Beast Pirates far more than Moms Pirates

Titus
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Undergrads
Scrubs (Ignoring the last season)
House

I will say that I enjoyed the 100, though the last 2 seasons really weren't amazing.

DrizztLink posted...

Like Terry Crews.

But Scary Terry, not actual Terry.

Basically Terry in the movie Friday.

pretzelcoatl posted...

No judgments.

I'll start: I thought Everything Everywhere All At Once was mediocre to bad at best

Kind of agree. I much rather Jet Lis "The One". Less goofy, but still got the idea of a multiverse over. I also think one of the most under rated films was "Along Came a Spider", which starred Morgan Freeman in a detective movie that went literally everywhere. Even at the end after they found the culprit I was asking myself "Are they really the culprit? Or are they just another plot twist?".

My hot take is that the best film in the Rings/Hobbit/Potter franchises are the 1st ones. The argument can be made for Chamber of Secrets, but after that the franchise goes downhill. It makes a case for the entire thing to be animated, if only to keep the entire thing consistent.

And I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion or not, but Monty Python and the Holy Grail is one of the funniest films ever created, meanwhile the Hangover was one of the worst comedy films I've ever seen.

1 sugar twin, and a splash of cream

The company had one job.... all they had to do was hire on a bunch of disgruntled Gearbox employees who worked on the story to Borderlands 1/2, and they couldn't even do that. You know that Randy Pitchford has pissed off at least a few people in that company causing them to leave.

Full Metal Panic

I pointed out in another topic, and I don't know if it was mentioned in this one, but the latest election in Russia saw Putin win by a whopping 85%. Can't really say I'm surprised by that, as all his opposition ends up dead and people are afraid to stand up against him.

SkittyOnWailord posted...

Fellow Canadian here. I used to buy NES, SNES and Genesis games for $99CAD. I also still have a Sears Christmas catalog that says "Get the New Sega Saturn! Only $599.99!"

Even without counting inflation, prices are cheaper than when I was young.

We also used to have rental stores.... meaning that you could rent 2 games out at once for 10 bucks. Back in the 90s I only ever owned Mario 1 and a copy of Karate Champ. Everything else was rented.

Why would anyone put Mugs above A&W?
A&W>Pirates Keg>Barqs>Mugs

Lordgold666 posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e912276f.jpg

I laughed way harder than I should have at that one. God dammit Lawrence.

Ser_Jaker posted...

The prices of games are mostly pretty fair. You're getting at least 50 hours at least for the majority of games these days via a lengthy single or unlockable side content.
That number doubles if you replay the game multiple times.

Compared to going out. Go out for drinks these days and you'll spend hundreds of dollars getting smasher at a bar that lasts for about 6 hours of fun time.

Gaming is honestly very cheap. Especially if you just wait for sales and.

In America its cheap. Not in Canada. If your waiting for sales sure, that's pretty much the only time I can get games. But even then its still really bad. I just bought Ys 9 for 45% off. It cost me 50 CAD after tax. And that's just an example of the bs that goes on with our dollar. There's a big reason people are moving away from here to other countries.

CTrunks posted...

Call 1-877-KARS-4-KIDS. K-A-R-S, KARS-4-KIDS. 1-877-KARS-4-KIDS. Donate your car today, Charlie Brown!

Remember, if you've been in an accident, calling for help is simpler than ever. Just remember to dial 0118 999 881 999 119 725 .....3 Charlie Brown

TMOG posted...

$160 a year X 5 years = $800

And you're going to get a lot more value out of those 5 years of playing video games than you will out of a statue that sits on your shelf getting dusty

So lower your horse a little

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/3252d9a7.png
Nearly 200. I think your forgetting TC is Canadian. And that's the cost on something without the Canadian Carbon Tax, which would blow your mind how much we pay on general food. Our meat gets taxed up to 6x before being sold on shelves.

I love Stardew Valley, I really do. But at the same time isn't he supposed to also be working on Haunted Chocolatier? If they are going to continue to bring out updates to Stardew, I wish that he would hire a team for Chocolatier so we actually get a proper release date.

There's no way that's going to fit in there, Charlie Brown
What are you doing, Step... Charlie Brown
I think I'm stuck in the dryer again.... Charlie Brown

Makeveli_lives posted...

https://www.gamefly.com/

while yes, Gamefly does exist, the difference in cost is way too much, even adjusting for inflation, for what I would be comfortable paying. Gamefly at least from what I've looked at charges 18 for a single rental for a month. Back when I was growing up it was 5 dollars for a week, even adjusted for inflation that's barely 9 dollars. And while you are technically getting more value from Gamefly, I don't need a game for a month to beat it. Give me 4 solid days to beat it, as I work from home and have a lot of free time between duties.

Mr_Karate_II posted...

Anyone under 18 is underage,period.

Just because some countries think age of consent should be under 18 doesn't make it less creepy or wrong.

Under 18 isn't a consenting adult.

I hate to be that guy, but the age of consent for America, even Canada is 16. Obviously, the judicial system and I completely disagree with that, and it should be 18, but through technicality anyone that age can argue otherwise.

HorsemnBusiness posted...

Even I dont fuck with no canned soups and their high carbs and sodium content lol.

If people left look at the calorie content in some of these boxed dinners theyre actually not that bad and taste pretty good. They can be a good alternative to cooking for people like myself who dont want to take the time to prep and cook.

You've never sat down and eaten a tin of Campbells Tomato Soup as a one off? I used to buy them in cases of 24. They'd last me a few months before I'd pick up another. Love Tomato Soup.

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I haven't touched Warhammer yet. None of the games.

Me? I was 27 and my girlfriend was 22. My roommate on the other hand dated someone when he was 27 and she was 19. They were both consenting adults so I didn't really care that much. Long as they were happy. Relationship lasted 3 years until she moved away.

I used to, but since buying an air fryer there really isn't any point. I can make way better food in a similar time span. Yeah, it might cost me a bit more but I'm fine with that so long as I don't have to eat cardboard dinners.

^ My Warcraft/C&C obsession wants to at least attempt WH.

I'd also go one step further and get him to take a sleep study as well. A couple years ago I was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea. Sleep Apnea can affect your memory and leave you confused if your not getting enough sleep during the night. I would go to bed at 12, and even by 9 I only actually slept 1/2 hr, so I was constantly forgetting things, getting confused. Yes, most of the time it has to do with weight, but there are cases where skinny people just don't sleep properly, and when you don't get enough REM sleep, your mind starts to play tricks on you.

Just a random question. Does that go both ways? I know he was a messed up person, and the atrocities he committed are some of the most heinous in modern history. But he was also ridiculously good at public speaking, and that's something I've always struggled with. And with my brain the way it is, I would literally forget all the shit that he's done and only hold on to the public speaking portion (I had a bunch of seizures when I was younger messing up my memory, and I also sleep with a CPAP machine so my brain doesn't function fully most days). If I have to remember everything he did, then hell no.

MarcyWarcy posted...

companies usually avoid rereleasing bad games

I know I'm going to get some hate on this, but better than 5. While there were parts of 4 I didn't like, for the most part I enjoyed playing 4. 5, not so much. Too big, too empty, too many reused assets just to make the world feel big.

Rotterdammerung posted...

Ive spent the last month as a carer for someone whos needed someone with them 24:7, so its been on the back burner.

Respectfully, as someone who went through 2 stints of Cancer myself, no one is more important than you. Not your wife, not your kids, not your job, Nobody. And its a harsh way to put it, but you can't help anyone else if you yourself are cooped up in the hospital because you ignored a sign that your body is going through something. It may be nothing, we pray its nothing, but you never ever put it on the back burner. If its a job for you as a carer, talk to your boss about setting up someone as cover for a single day while you get it checked out. If its family, ask another family member or neighbour to look after the individual for a couple hours while you get yourself at the very least tested.

Dark Cloud 2

Get it checked out immediately. Don't assume its something. And I'm being real with you here, make time. Tell your boss that you need to go to the hospital to get it checked out. Work isn't as important as that right now.

Grind Session
Lost Oddysey
Eternal Sonata
Blast Corps
Forsaken 64

MarthGoomba posted...

Canadian dollars

You forgot to add in taxes. In Newfoundland that one game can easily reach 115. And people wonder why I'm keen on waiting for games to drop down in prices, or just use other means to play them.
Bass_X0 posted...

back before the NES

No, back when rental stores were still a thing. We didn't need to own games to enjoy them back in the 90s. We could just go to Blockbuster/Jumbo and rent 2 of them for 10 bucks. While we have Xbox Game Pass, there really isn't a system in place to rent games unless a mom and pop shop adds it in as a service.

oarphishmoe posted...

RIP. I lost my father and brother within 4 months of each other at the end of last year. Its awful. Surround yourself with as many loved ones as you can.

It's a hard thing to see. My uncle passed last year, he was really sick. Kidneys shut down and was on dialysis. His last wish was that he would have one last Christmas with his family who were all over the country. Which he got. The day his son flew back to Ottawa, he was put in Paliative care. We figured at the time he had maybe a month left to live. But sadly, that wasn't the case. He passed that night at 1 in the morning. He knew his time was up. Luckily he managed to get most of his pre-death things done. But dealing with banks after a death is just ridiculous. It's like the people you talk to can't understand that the person they are looking to speak with has passed, even after you tell them 3 times.

My great aunt died last year, and within a day her sister died. We figure it was broken heart syndrome. They were fairly old, one was 97 the other I think 93. But we always remember that one of them was never allowed to go shopping with anyone. Not because she wasn't a nice person, but because she was someone who was impatient and would purposely skip lines and argue with cashiers when she was told to get to the back of the line.

All the time. Up until my most recent 2 jobs which were actual post graduate jobs I worked Security where my boss would tell me that all the time (and subsequently he got fired for shit like that, which I can go into more detail later, and I worked a bunch of retail jobs which those bosses can go f themselves. One of them tried to guilt trip me because my co-worker went home at his scheduled time, all because they chose to change his time off from 10 to 10:30 literally the night before, after hours, and didn't bother to tell him.

We ended up getting back at that boss though, my entire department mass quit the day I left to go back to college. Not because of me, but because that was a happy coincidence. I went back there a couple months ago to pick some stuff up, and turns out they only have 1 person working my department because everyone else refused to work there. Now they are losing people left right and center.

I think it looks sharp, but it also makes me think that your the Irish version of Azazel.

Please sign the divorce papers.... Charlie Brown
Charlie Brown and the Chocolate Factory (Subtitle: Good Grief)
Charlie Browns Angels
It's a magical leoploridon Charlie Brown
Charlie Browns Boys
The Good, The Bad, and the Charlie Brown

Vs. MadTVs Will Sasso portraying Steven Seagal who only wants to walk this stupid path of peace, but your forcing him to walk the path of pieces?

If I can be honest. I think his character is decently written, but I'm not really a fan of his fight. Especially when you compare it to other villains in the series. I expected more.

Smallville posted...

wow, scrounging polar bears? supposedly their numbers are way down

Doesn't stop them from coming in on ice sheets during the winter. And since they are especially vicious, places up north don't lock their house doors or car doors. But they don't really need to worry about breaking and entering as everyone knows everyone.

Jupiter posted...

I set my car to autolock. Years ago, my girlfriend used to leave her car unlocked all the time, and I'd always tell her to stop doing it. She never saw the issue until one night when she went to visit me at my apartment, she fell asleep and stayed overnight. She went back to her car in the morning to find someone had gone through her stuff. She locks it every time now.

That really depends on where you live though. If your in a big city, by all means autolock your car. But there are some smaller towns in the northern part of my province where they actively tell you to not lock your car because of Polar Bears.

Sorry to hear that. As someone who lost his birth mother in the past couple years, its hard to deal with. I was fortunate in that we weren't especially close, but we were close enough that it did hit me. One thing that helped my family in the hard time was taking something that she loved and making something of it to remember her by. For us it was a blanket she had on her bed, which we had turned into small couch cushions that could be divided amongst her sisters/mother and me.

It made us feel like she was still near us, even when times are tough.