MacroCyclo

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[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think a large majority of people that voted Carney in were expecting the opposite.

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

With Musk's public perception at all time lows, I don't think they should be giving people ideas.

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

Reading "The Sheepdogs" instantly started playing "I don't know" in my head.

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Radio Canada OHdio has pretty nice playlists too if you don't mind some french songs mixed in.

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

I guess those younger teachers are being mandated to feel old then, haha

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago

Exactly, and I think they should teach Canadian french. They don't teach british english.

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I just felt there was a disconnect between what I learned in school and what would have been useful living in Québec.

The confusion about vous always came from talking to younger kids that didn't know that I meant just them.

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 36 points 3 months ago (18 children)

That's funny. When I learned french in school, I learned the formal vous and when I went to talk to actual people they would get caught off guard and confused by me using the plural you instead of singular. It did not serve me well in the real world.

The same was true about anglicismes. We learned not to use any anglicismes, but then if you go to Quebec it is part of the language.

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago
[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago

It's still a liberal minority (something cannot occur in a two party system). Our saving grace is our Francophone province that takes British America and mixes in diversity and culture. Politically, this means the bloq that are keeping us from either a Conservative or liberal majority.

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He still needs to win a by election to make it official if they do that, right?

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Also, setting the age to 16 pretty much means the average person won't vote until 18 based on election timing. If government is elected when you're 17, you might not vote until you are 21.

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