u/jawndaux

Only speaking on my experience earlier today in the general sale for Steve Lacy's tour. The final show is happening in my city. Maybe within 30 minutes since sale started, a lot of tickets were already up for resale. I've only recently noticed that resale tickets will show a description about the resellers. Most of the info is displaying business aliases based in California, Florida, DMV, Georgia, etc. Some seats were reserved for Rogers/RBC/Amex clients. It's very suspicious now that the reserved seats were purchased by scalpers from the US when Rogers and Royal Bank of Canada are only eligible for [drum roll] residents in Canada. After resale status, I don't think there's a trace of what kind of ticket it was prior. I just know because I saw the seating map in real time going from blue to grey then pink seats. So slimey of Ticketmaster to let this all happen.

TLDR: The last stop of Steve Lacy's tour will be in Vancouver. A lot of the resellers are based in the US, even though some of their resale tickets are reserved seats for Canadian network and banking clients 🤨

Hey all, I live in Canada and used to have UO nearby work so I was pretty much there every week. Locations closed and noticed smaller/different stock available in-stores. The new rewards program has been abysmal lately but I can't ignore the exclusive records. I ordered online sometimes if shipping coupons were available or if the discounts were deep enough for me to let shipping + import fees slide. The staff at my recent in-person visit said I could place a $50+ order through them and it'd ship to the store with the delivery fee waived. Forgot to ask them: Do they also waive the import fees? If you ordered online this way before, how was your experience? I'm trying to get a sense of what to expect if I go through with the purchases.

Okay, this isn't really exclusive to Vancouver or food places, but I'm just wondering if anyone else is very annoyed by the massive influx of AI usage in advertisement. It's all I keep seeing in food delivery apps, sandwich boards, social media posts, and even grocery flyers (Save-On-Foods, I'm looking at you but I don't want to). Traditional product photography is staged anyway, but at least it had some connection to the real thing. If the businesses can't afford a marketing team yet they have the meal or product in stock anyway, why not just take a photo it???? Not really bothered if the photo doesn't look "professional." I'd rather know what I'm getting than to be shown an AI image that promotes a product that doesn't exist. I walked around Main St. the other day and was confused why a cafe with a giant window showcase of all their delicious-looking treats still had to display a sandwich board of their menu riddled with AI photos right next to the window of the real food. The uncanny valley imagery is one way to make me not support a business. Sorry.

Jonny wasn't in this episode because the universe would find a way to make him lose /jk

Saw some familiar faces on a recommended video on my homepage. Justice for Sporked 😔

fyi I don't care if you don't like to acknowledge/can't stand certain former or current Mythical crew members. Go be a grumpy clam on your own post since you clearly can't be your Mythical best

My (27F) anniversary since moving to Vancouver/Canada is in 2 months. I had the same job since graduating high school. It was my first and only job experience. It became a chunk of my social life, too. I worked my way up for years and became the youngest team leader in the company's history, only to be let go a few months ago after 10ish years of employment.

Looking for work after all that (and in today's job market) felt like being thrown into the lion's den. It's way different now vs when I was a teen. It feels like everyone is searching for candidates and applying for anything, yet nobody is getting hired. Seems unlikely but that's the energy I've known from others and my own account. After hundreds of listings saved, hundred applications sent, and 2 interviews, I finally got an offer. Not the role I hoped for, but something's better than nothing. I probably wouldn't have a crumb of these opportunities if I didn't move to Vancouver. My home country's career scope is heavily imbalanced due to ethnicity, gender, class, family ties, access to education, conventional attractiveness, etc. Today was my first day at a new occupation. It's scary to start fresh as "the new kid" when you've done something/stayed somewhere for so long. As my former colleagues have told me, I have my whole life and career ahead of me. The past few months tho have been nonstop imposter syndrome and inability to detach from that time in my life. Detach like figuratively and literally because of family legacy, I met my ex (longest relationship) there, and I moved into my first home as an adult to be closer to the job (never doing that again). A bandaid solution would be to move to a different city or province, but Vancouver is half of my life's story/where I want to be. It's silly to feel so tethered to a workplace that kicked me to the curb if it meant saving a penny. I definitely have my flaws, but I know my contributions are worth something. Sadly, late stage capitalism doesn't mesh well with that. I don't know how to end this statement, but I hope I find solace as I come to terms with the changes in my life. If you're on the same boat, may we start believing in ourselves again even if it means settling for right now.

*edit: typos and context