FarceMultiplier

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[–] FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca 33 points 2 years ago (4 children)

We homeschool in Canada and have done so long before the pandemic. Technically, what we do is distance education, as my kid has teachers, a proper curriculum, assignments, etc. She's absolutely thrived with this, where rural public schools were a nightmare of bullying and neglect.

But here there are rules and real requirements. Based on Oliver's video, homeschooling in the US is an utter shitshow. The anti-intellectualism in the US is incredibly bad.

[–] FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 years ago

Oh good. Time for a proper discovery.

[–] FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 years ago

Trust corporations to ruin something people enjoy.

[–] FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

I'm not sure where else, but Canada desperately needs more cost-effective electric options.

[–] FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If nothing else, Zelensky knows he has to toe the American policy line. I don't blame him, really. It's self-protection.

[–] FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago

Net negative matters.

I could, for example, kill every animal in the forest then claim how good it is that the plants grew so much that year without so many things eating them. In the long run, it's very negative however.

Same for billionaires. You could say how great it is that we have electric cars, but who gets hurt and could it have been done without harm to people or society?

[–] FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Far better than the shitheads that add nothing to the world and become billionaires through financial manipulation and employee exploitation.

[–] FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

How about Kanye-led?

[–] FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, not at all. Most of the time we ate nothing. Sometimes an apple, if they were harvestable locally. We were quite poor in the 80s.

[–] FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 years ago

The one good thing is that it sticks around an extraordinarily long time.

 
 
 
 
 

Fun, but expensive! I picked it up on a side street near Town Centre Park, rode it down to Guildford, over to Johnson, then up to Walton. I'm a big guy (~250 pounds) and it struggled to climb Johnson...but without the assist I never would have made it.

The helmet was small for my big head, but it worked. It took me a few tries to scan the QR code and start riding. I'm not sure if that was my phone or the app's fault.

10 minute ride: $5.50, minus a $0.50 coupon for watching the safety video.

Overall, it's good for a quick one-way trip, maybe to the grocery store then transit or Uber on the way back with bags.

 

We just moved from a very rural area to a large city and am surprised at all the food delivery/rent-a-bike-or-scooter/ride-share/car-share/random delivery/etc. apps and services that are available. What do you find you get the most use of and most value for money?

 

On Reddit, they are loved by conspiracy theorists. I'm not sure if we'd want to continue that here.

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