u/Beepbeepboobop1

Pay an arm and a leg for slumlords to spy on you. Smh disgusting, and definitely more stories we probably dont know about

Broccoli is a huge part of my diet. I eat it almost daily tbh. My friends have nicknamed me after the vegetable.

I have been avoiding buying American as much as I can, including produce. I even cut spinach out of my diet altogether cause grocers in my area were no longer selling Canadian grown spinach (all from USA) but I can’t cut broccoli.

I have been making sure to buy the broccoli from Mexico instead. But I used to be able to get Canadian. I checked online and it says the Canadian broccoli season starts June-it’s almost July so what gives?

Excuse my ignorance if the answer is obvious. I would prefer to support local but for now I’ve been buying from Mexico and even then, the Mexican brand is becoming harder to find.

At risk of sounding ungrateful-I am pretty unsatisfied with my life in Canada atm. I have a college diploma and university degree (BScH), I work full time-but it’s not really enough. I will never be able to afford a house/condo on my own. I have housemates because while I can afford a 1 bedroom, it would absolutely amount to not being able to save money since they’re soooo expensive here (yes I am in southern ontario, how did you know?)

i also really hate my job, and have been looking for new work in my field or to even pivot entirely but it’s crickets. I’ve had several industry professionals critique my resume, I have received positive feedback-but the job market is so shit I cannot find anything even with all this aid. Grocery prices are out of control. Etc etc. I know this is a first world country but I am still looking to relocate. Initially I was looking at work in the USA but then Trump got elected…💀

My therapist said I should maybe look to move abroad if Canada isnt giving me the QOL I need. So I was just wondering where are yall moving to where you feel the QOL is better than your home country?

Incel terrorists attack again. Fuck.

And it wasn’t even against Black people but like still-wtf. I’m pretty disappointed because he seemed sane and normal and it was the first match in a while where I was excited. He was engaging, respectful (initially), kind, had lots of compliments for me.

For context: we are both in Canada. I think he may have been an immigrant from how he was talking? But im not sure-and didnt get to it obvs (this will matter for later).

We were talking about travel and he said he loved Canada so much and wanted to travel all over the country. I replied back that there were lots of places I wanted to visit as well, such as Nunavut. I mentioned that I’ve always been quite intrigued by Indigenous culture in Canada. And then bomb drops: he says he doesnt like Indigenous people, thinks they’re ridiculous, and that they dance weird.

I felt physically ill. How are you gonna be gushing about Canada and then shit on the OG’s? I even told him it was fine if the culture didnt really interest him but it was completely inappropriate and crossing the line to call these peoples traditions weird and ridiculous. Like wtfff. He just doubled down and I dipped. He was POC himself which made it even more cringe. Not to say POC cant be racist-they obviously can be. But (if i was correct) to be a POC immigrant and then talk shit about natives is just a whole other type of weird.

The audacity is astounding.

I am in Canada if that helps. I wanted a plushie or even a cardigan inspired by here but I’m struggling to find stuff. I thought it’d be a lot easier or there’d be an official page😅

I have always wanted to experience this but worried most places probably don’t have experience with type 4 hair.

27F. It’s not often I see movies in theatres anymore because it’s such an expensive experience, but ever since I saw Backrooms was becoming a movie I was locked in. My local theatre wasnt showing it initially and I actually called to see if it could be played.

I saw the movie last saturday (maybe this is why?) and one of my friends just saw it today. Both of us had bad audiences. For me, I had a couple beside me (couldnt have been more than mid 20s) who talked through the entire movie. “What’s Clark doing?” “Why isn’t he running faster?” “What’s happening?” And the gf got up at least 3 times throughout the film which was disruptive. On the other side of me, I had a group of teen boys who oddly enough, better behaved than the couple but still were making quips throughout. I wasnt lucky enough to have “dead silence” for the quiet scenes like other folk have reported.

For my friend, she said that the couple beside her were practically fucking each other (i aint asking for further details) and then the gf was also on her phone with brightness up on and off.

Did this movie just attract a weird af crowd? I have to admit, being almost 30 it was a bit of a surprise to see so many kids-i often forget how much the stuff I enjoy overlaps with the new youth lol. But still, even as a teen myself talking in the theatre was just a huge no no. Same with playing on your phone. That “Tommy Texter” clip in the movie pre show has been a thing since I was a kid.

Btw, audience aside, I enjoyed this movie and actually kinda hope for a part 2?? I would have loved to have seen more “found footage” and exploring scenes. And different entities too.

Update: he messaged an hour ago saying sorry and asking to reschedule….the night before. I am ignoring lol

That’s the post LMAO. First match since getting back onto Hinge after several many months. Matched with a nice dude and we had been chatting daily, we had a date planned for tomorrow. Yesterday didnt hear from him at all and figured all good probably busy. I messaged today to ask if we were still good for tomorrow-crickets all day.

I’m not even mad, just questioning why I still try to get anything serious out of these apps😭 buddy was 31 btw

Received a weird comment from a male colleague (he is gay so not typical incel chud) the other day. We were discussing friday night plans. I didn’t really have too too much. I had plans to clean (which I almost didn’t do cause work burns me out but luckily I motivated myself) and then watch a few shows or game. I told him I’d probably watch a movie or catch up on some TV shows I’d been following.

He sighs and goes “it must be NICE having no responsibilities”. I just kind of looked at him funny cause…bro what? He saw that I was confused and he was like “well you just don’t have anyone to answer to. I have a fiance, my dog, and I have to clean my house this weekend because we’re having guests over. You just get to do nothing.” I knew he was implying this as an all the time thing for me cause it’s not the first time he’s mentioned me having “no responsibilities” or whatever.

Maybe I’m projecting. But it annoyed me because I’m tired of this assumption that single people either don’t have a life, or don’t have the same responsibilities as couples. I live in a shared renting situation, and it happened to be my turn to do a deep clean of the kitchen, as well as some other chores I was already assigned to that week (we use a rotating chore chart). I just didn’t really mention cleaning cause it’s such a mundane thing that most people do that it didnt feel significant. Do I have the exact same life as a someone who is married or partnered? No. But my groceries dont magically appear by themselves. My room and bathroom dont magically become clean. My laundry and dishes don’t do a backflip and become clean. I don’t teleport to work. My bills still exist. I still have to “answer” to people.

On top of this, because I don’t have children, a partner or pets, colleagues tend to over rely on me for stuff like overtime or inclement weather days because I can’t possibly have a life without those things? I actually had to put my foot down and tell my boss no (all overtime is voluntary) a couple years ago because I was staying late almost daily while others got to go home to their kids and partners, to the point it was ruining my work life balance. I was always the one asked. Always. And I don’t have a car either so I can’t just comfortably zip home, I’m at the mercy of our shitty bus system lol.

People think we live these carefree lives or are less responsible and don’t know real “struggles” or whatever. Youre expected to have unlimited free time to help everyone else out because you dont have a partner/kid to look after. 2026 and these mindsets, even outside of the cishet community, are still present.

To be clear, I’m not saying I want to be “bogged down” for lack of better term. But I’m tired of being considered “adult lite” basically because I don’t have a partner or kids.

I hate to put any bad energy out but my mom had me panicked a bit. She saw a news article yesterday iirc that a bunch of Canadian airlines have been cancelling and delaying flights left right and centre due to the fuel crisis. I have a flight tomorrow from Calgary to Toronto. I checked online and couldn’t see anything in regard to Porter (and Porter wasnt mentioned in the news article) but I’m curious to hear from anyone who has flown recently.

ETA: thanks everyone who has commented and conversed-I appreciate seeing everyones perspectives. I do agree that Canada is just extremely greedy and trying to squeeze us all. At the same time, anti immigration sentiment is at an all time high so idk how their plan to just replace citizens not giving birth with immigrants for cheap labour will fair. Trudeau was ousted for his lax immigration so it aint gonna be a sustainable move for parties. Curious to see how things play out for Canada and several other countries with housing and birth crisis

Staunchly childfree woman in Canada here (Canada for context).

I’m 27F and live in a shared house (I am the oldest tenant) because one bedroom apartments and moldy, bug infested basements in my city easily go for $1900+ a month. 1 bedrooms really are closer to $2100-2300 a month. On top of that, master bedrooms like mine have now jumped to $1000 in price-so I’m essentially trapped. My place is rent controlled and my landlord despite not being the best has never raised rent on me.

With that out of the way, I have a bit of a conspiracy-yall let me know if I’m crazy. Could it be that governments in developed countries like Canada are purposely making life insanely unaffordable so that more men and women are forced to get into relationships to survive? And thus having kids (either planned or accidental)? Canada, at least in major cities, is no longer viable for single income people. Rents are sky high, groceries have exploded in price, we only have 3 major telecoms companies cause this country loves monopolies. If you want to own your own property solo, you need to be an extremely high earner or have very generous familt who will help with a downpayment (my parents are flat broke-woohoo!).

I remember during covid lockdowns there were a lot of covid babies because yknow-people in relationships or even freshly in them were shacked up indoors for like a year. People get bored, we couldnt go outside for much other than groceries and maybe work. So covid babies. I additionally want to add that domestic violence rates also shot up because people were trapped indoors with their abusers. I myself had to phone in an incident to the police when my ex and I were walking back from getting groceries and we heard an altercation (and children were likely in the home too).

Countries are complaining about falling birthrates. More and more women are choosing to be single. Best way to fix that? Make it so unaffordable you need to find a partner. Before anyone says so yes I understand people move in with friends to save, or strangers, but I think for most folk if something like that is going to be long term/they want to eventually own property, most people do that with a romantic partner. You can do it with friends or fam but I wouldn’t say it’s as common as romantic couples.

I do wonder if the government is going to try force people into a double income situation whether it be to save money or have hopes of owning property. I dont think most people want to rent forever.

For myself I know that I can’t afford a condo or house on my own. I don’t want a McMansion either. I would love a nice (not shoebox) condo where I could live with maybe 1-2 pets. But even with my wage (which isnt even bad btw) I don’t think it’s doable. I will receive no inheritance or downpayment because my parents are poor. So I do wonder what my options are in this country. I continue to save and have an FHSA and TFSA but it’s more wishful thinking atp lol.

My friend recently got married and her and her partner bought a condo in Toronto. She admitted to me that if not for her partner she would likely still be living at home cause there’s no way she could afford. Like me her parents arent wealthy-her husbands family is fairly wealthy, with some fam owning multiple rental properties themselves. She says this to make me feel better but no, it in fact does NOT make me feel better that if my friend were single she could not afford her own space.

Before anyone suggests, no, I have zero plans to live rurally. I am Black and I’m not going to be moved to a small, all white town/farmland where I’m not welcomed. I grew up rurally and it was extremely clear I was never going to fully fit in. Even now when I visit family you can see the shock on some peoples face that a Black person has walked into their establishment. Plus, my line or work will always have me in the city. There are not a lot of high paying jobs rurally.

This went on wayyy too long but please tell me what yall think.