IninewCrow @lemmy.ca Indigenous Canadian from northern Ontario. Believe in equality, Indigenous rights, minority rights, LGBTQ+, women's rights and do not support war of any kind.
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Yeah .... what a bunch of dummies ... they should have made them out of plastic ... actually make everything out of plastic
Technological development and the future of our civilization is in control of a handful of idiots.
*Elite Media Paved Way for Trump ’s Targeting of Columbia
Just launch all the nukes and make them all detonate to equally cover the entire continental US with fire and radiation .... BOOM! ... no more wild pigs!
I don't know .... I can't read :(
Centralists ... they are Libertarian, which means they don't care what anyone else does, even if they are dictatorial or authoritarian, as long as the libertarian is left alone and are not affected. They wouldn't mind watching the world burn or even care so long as their part of the world was not on fire.
They are individualists, they care about others, all they care about is themselves. They don't want to see the world as a community of fellow equal humans, they see others are either servants to serve them, people they can exploit or individuals they can take advantage of.
If you ever get the chance, you should do a cross country trek ... Pacific to Atlantic (or vice versa) .... it's not that difficult as Canada is a pretty laid back country. You'd have to go searching for really terrible places and neighborhoods to be in any real danger.
And if all you're searching for is a classic poutine then go straight to southern Quebec and search for any place that serves fresh cut fries, big chunks of Quebec cheese curds and hot, hot gravy.
And even if you can't find these things or can't see all of it, you should visit Canada in any way you can because all of it is a beautiful place. Remember, it's not a matter of 'if you can' .... it's 'when you can'.
be a shame if it caught fire while you were camping in a remote location with no cell service
That was an absolutely amazing detailed explanation of how we got here ... everyone everywhere should watch it just to see how and why our current world works the way it does.
That's the problem ... American isn't paying attention ... they haven't been paying attention for 40 years
100% Indigenous Canadian me listening to my light skinned city Indian cousin with 1/8 blood ancestry.
For the record, I am a 100% Ojibway from all sides from my family (there might be one European in there somewhere about four generations ago), I grew up a traditional lifestyle and my first language is Ojibway which I still speak (but I have no one left to talk to in my area). I am a big brown long haired Indian that you can't mistake for someone obviously being different .... and seldom seen as an actual Native person .. I'm often told that I'm Filipino, Chinese, Japanese or my favourite an overweight Thai.
You have no idea how close to home this comic is to me.
He can start by fetching out all that tea they dumped in the Boston harbour
All joking aside, I live in northern Ontario where we have a large enough French Canadian culture up here and poutine is everywhere in just about every chip stand you can find.
A good true original Quebecois style poutine will be served with curds and gravy ... most places will even refer to it as just 'Quebecois Poutine'
A lesser, cheaper style is one where they just use mozzarella cheese instead. Most places just classify this as a 'Regular Poutine'. There are also many places that will use cheddar or some other type of cheese as a substitute.
And if you are ever wandering around this part of the country, or in most other places around Canada and you order a poutine ... ask them if it is a Regular or Quebec poutine ... the difference is in asking if the poutine has curds or any other type of cheese.
I mentioned that in order to fix your poutine without curds by playing the Canadian National anthem ... you should probably change that to instead playing the unofficial/official Quebec anthem Gens du pays
When you can't find curds ... we just use regular mozzarella ... you can fix it by playing the Canadian national anthem while you eat
It's what I've been saying about technology for the past decade or two .... we've hit an upper limit to our technological development ... that limit is on individual human greed where small groups of people or massively wealthy people hinder or delay any further development because they're always trying to find ways to make money off it, prevent others from making money off it, monopolize an area or section of society .... capitalism is literally our world's bottleneck and it's being choked off by an oddly shaped gold bar at this point.
They should program the actions and reactions of each system to actual battle bots and then televise the event for our entertainment.
We don't throw away garbage, we pass it on.
I was watching the documentary "Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy" on Netflix and heard this comment when discussing waste generated from consumerism.
It made me realize, yes we don't throw garbage "away" because away doesn't exist ... we just pass it on for someone else to deal with. Sometimes that next person might not deal with it right away but eventually someone has to deal with it.
Every package you receive has the chance of being a bomb
I got a package the other day from an online order I had made. My wife asked what it was and I joked and said it might be a bomb, some dust with poison or a virus or something. We laughed at the thought but it got me thinking of all the packages I just open without thinking all the time. I would never know it was a bomb until after it went off in my hands.
Wheel - Jesse Welles
One of the most catchiest original songs I've heard in a long time.
Plus I love this modern day Woody Guthrie
A singer song writer with a guitar and a conscience.
An amazing reminder of race, identity and self image
I just finished watching DS9 Season 7 Episode 14 'Chimera'
The episode is one where Odo, the only Changeling in the Federation happens to meet another lost Changeling which sets off a series of conversations of what it means to be different in a society that is not like yourself. I immediately understood all the conversations, ideas, perceptions and perspectives as I watched this episode ..... because I've always felt this way. And even after many years, I still feel this way.
I'm Indigenous Canadian and I grew up and was born and raised in a very different world from the rest of Canada. I had my own language, my own culture, my own traditions, my own way of doing things and my own sense of strange humour and identity. I moved away from home about 20 years ago as an adult to live out my life doing something else in order to make a living and ever since then, I've always felt like an outsider everywhere ... I've never fit in and I always felt different. Many people were kind, helped me and did things for me but I always knew I could never properly fit into what is considered by most Canadians as a normalized white Caucasian man. It's also weird to call myself a Native because most people I meet, especially internationally outside of Canada ... seldom believe that I am Indigenous Canadian. Native Canadians are thought of as some sort of strange fairy tale that don't exist any more. I've been called Filipino, Chinese, Japanese, Peruvian, Asian or the best one was being thought of as an overweight Thai person. And after spending 20 years in the non-Native world, I talk like a white man, walk like a white man, think like a white man .... but I am not a white man.
This whole DS9 episode really struck me because it talked about all those feelings of being completely different from everyone else. That difference upsets me .... and it upsets me even more knowing that since I am different, everyone sees me as different and more often than not see me as unusual and probably a threat. Which is why the following dialogue from Laas really struck me:
"But even when you make yourself in their image, they know you are not truly one of them. They know that what you appear to be does not reflect what you really are. It's only a mask. What lies underneath is alien to them, and so they fear it. And that fear can turn to hate in the blink of an eye. "
There are a lot of good people in the world ... and I've met many of them online in this digital community and here at c/tenforward. But it always disturbs me that when worse come to worse and people are under strain and stress ... any amount of fear because people are different can turn to hate. Not just for a brown long haired Native guy but for any of us that have any perceived difference from the supposed 'norm' of society.
This episode of DS9 was just a striking reminder to me of that reality. But it also gives me hope that it is shows and writing like this that remind us of that reality and prevents us from falling into those fearful, ignorant states of mind.
The 9 Best Space Shows That Aren't Star Trek
Don't know how you guys feel about comparisons to Star Trek but I thought this was interesting.
Also, Mods ... if this kind of post is not allowed, I don't mind it being taken down.
I've only watched about half of all Star Trek content with series and movies and animations. I thought I had years of content to watch in the future ... but after hearing about other series from other people over the years, through comments in this community and through lists like this Youtube video ... I think I'll be spending the rest of my life watching scifi, the majority of which will be Star Trek.
You are the dreamer .... and the dream
I just watched DS9 'Far Beyond The Stars' - Season 6 Episode 13
As a person of colour (I'm Indigenous Canadian) this was a very impactful, thoughtful and striking episode that really hit home on a lot of subjects they were still dealing with in 1998 when this first aired. The main story harkens back to the 1950s but much of the same issues from the mid century were still being felt in the 90s. In many ways, the messages from this show still resonate today.
We all like to think that 1950s style overt racism in the streets is a bygone thing and doesn't exist or not as prevalent any more but it is still there. I was totally amazed and blown away to watch this and to listen to the story it told. Racism may not be shouted in my face any more but I still feel it come out of the cracks of society every once in while and more often than not in social media forums and platforms where bad actors can anonymously scream and shout whatever they please.
This DS9 episode was a beautiful reminder of why I always loved Star Trek. It is through episodes like this that show us what we could be in the far distant future if we want it enough. As a kid and teenager, I always saw and understood the ideas and images of thinking that we could achieve a world in the future where colour, race, background or gender no longer mattered. I always noticed that in the Original Series and it was something I was really happy to see when I watched The Next Generation and Voyager as a teenager. I never got the chance to watch DS9 until now and after watching this episode I'm happy I did. That message of wanting a world of inclusion and openness is a really hopeful message I've always loved in Star Trek.
The bonus was in seeing all the actors, the main cast, and some of the supporting characters appear as they are in real life was amazing as well.
That simple message really resonated with me .... 'You are the dreamer ... and the dream'. We can all imagine a future where we can all be at our best and if we work hard enough towards it, we can be part of that dream. It's a small thing but in many ways, I'm happy to have this small community at c/tenforward with you ... I've always dreamt of enjoying Star Trek and now I feel that I am part of this digital dream with you all.
In everything else, I will never stop dreaming of a better future, no matter what may happen in the world ... I will always hope that we can all become part of that dream.
If you haven't seen the series yet, I would highly recommend it just to be able to see everything lead up to this episode. It is a definite highlight that will stick with me for a long time.