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  • It's behind a pay wall, however based on the summary, I'm assuming no one brought up that it's costs an average of $2,600 (per Zumper) for rent downtown and that may be causing issues with not wanting to commute 60+ minutes downtown (per Science Direct on Commuting Times and depressive symptoms in Korea it increases depression)? Or that there's a ton of Condos for sale that are small and cost a mint to buy?

    If thats the case, then the interviews shown don't seem to be addressing the cause of the issue: it costs a lot to live in downtown Toronto and the median average pay is $69k/yr, per stats canada in 2022, which if we use the 30% rule for rent, means average rent should be $1,725. Now that rule may be outdated, or requires you to live with someone, in your tiny 700 Sq. Ft. Place, and there's no rent control anymore, so prices can now jump and you have to move? Which is more time spent doing things you hate and having less money? Or that it costs a lot for lunch when you commute unless you dedicate time to meal plan on half a day on the two days you take off during the week? And all of that to have to dress up for work (yay, more costs!) and be interrupted at work, or be guilted into staying later because the boss doesn't think you achieved anything because you leave at a normal time (that's anecdotal for me, im just ranting now)

    Man I'm frustrated by these articles. Maybe the people who keep bribing our politicians should use some of that money to convince them to make downtown liveable so their office properties keep their value rather then acting like all us workers should just suck it up and come in to help their portfolios.

  • It's interesting, I hope this research leads to a higher population to back it up. I mean, you could probably just reach out to different groups of people and pay for the snacks/connect them with a dm/supply the adventure and amp the population much higher.

  • I've debated adding them for one group I do, and I've come to the conclusion that it's too much extra work for us, personally. I will ask them to roll, let them react with RP if it's low, and not state the target (unless they are all rolling for something at once). They are good at rolling with the punches.

  • Sadly it's been like this a long time. Our female friends used to ask us to walk with them to buy minis at a GW.... 20 years ago. They just wanted to buy minis without 7 guys trying to hook up. It was very gross.

  • You are totally right, it's crazy to think back to it. I was that 12 year old once or twice.

    Even more screwed up was there were smoking sections with walls or without. Without.. well, it's smoke. So it's going into the non smoking section. With walls? It was like an aquarium.

  • Man, it was rough.

    At family friends you'd take a break to get some fresh air or a bathroom break, as they smoked indoors and you had to be nice.

    At restaurants I would push my parents for non smoking. One time they skipped that option and it impacted me so much I threw up all over the back seat.

    They no longer opted for the smoking section ever again.

  • They were subject to the same propaganda we all were and no one is immune, so yes, feeling empathy is OK.

    Also there is a huge potential problem when you give a group lots of power and then under pay them. They are a lot easier to bribe.

  • I'm a dude, so being fearless in what I want to do without people questioning me has been a boon in life. Sucks others can't experience that.

    On the other hand, other guys and women assuming I'm an idiot who can barely cook/clean and that my wife handles everything domestic (she doesn't) is frustrating.

    Nonbinary people I have met don't though, so that's nice.

  • Merchants have become so powerful that I, a serf, have been taught number solely to account for every penny they make. For this, I'm allowed to live an okay life. I do it with magic (Excel) because they are so big and don't want to hire many of me. They still act like the Dutch and East India Companies, with slightly fewer atrocities.