So much tech support has moved to Discord. That’s worth keeping around.

Why use more syllables when few syllables do trick? It’s not like T-Rex is ever ambiguous.

Rebates on used cars can come with the stipulation that the current owner has owned it for a certain number of years, and the amount can also be smaller.

Right, so that’s total investments that we want to reduce, not net.

Couldn’t you also theoretically hit net 0 while having 100% of our trades going through the US? I don’t know what the “lender” part of “net lender” means, so I could be wrong here, but it seems like this isn’t the right metric to look at if what you care about is trade diversification.

we can just

Implying it’s simple to get everyone to stop buying anything tied to the US, and everyone in the US to do the same with Canada.

A number is either positive or negative, no? Unless you manage to hit exactly 0, but I don’t think that’s possible in this scenario.

Is it possible that it’s one of those places where being visibly a foreigner grants you lots of extra privileges that locals don’t get?

Some are less unethical than others.

It’s already happening without the help of digital tags.

https://lemmy.ca/post/58667188

And even if it were, it’s still an official message.

What about ownership? 100% Canadian ingredients and labour while everyone in the chain is exploited so a US billionaire can profit isn’t any more enticing.

I think mine already figured out by 2. This kid keeps making the animal noises of any animal we happen to be eating. They’re also doing “woof woof” at hot dogs.

To the best of my understanding, when an MP runs under the banner of a party, they’re required by the party to vote in the same way as everyone else in that party unless otherwise specified (e.g. when we voted to recognize gay marriage). So when we vote on an MP, we don’t care what the MP thinks because it has no bearing on how they vote in parliament. All that matters is what the party leader decides on.