Dazzle
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On 7/31/2023 at 3:01 PM, bishopshodan said:
Is he mad at the sexually charged lady in the link? The story was vague for me as I dont understand tictok/booktok thingy.
I understand not liking the crude female but i have to admit there is a part of me that smiled that we live in a time that women can act like this. Not that I agree with her statements but i have long since been tired of men being studs and women being sluts. What she said pales in comparison at what I have heard many men say about women during my life
Gender is a difficult concept to understand. There's a ton of grey area on what is "acceptable" or not. Men in general have not treated women well. During this period of resentment, there have been women who have said some pretty sexist stuff about men. This seems to be pretty normal because these behaviours are learned. It's a wake up call for society and for me to see that things are not always what they seem with regards to gender relations. Some women may be happy at a low position, but many women are not. It should no longer be men who tell them where they should go, or what women should do with themselves, including body autonomy.
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Most people have a lot of growing up to do still and I am including myself here.
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19 minutes ago, -AJ- said:
Too expensive, but would be cool. Buble has more interesting creative opportunities than anthem singing I imagine.
Yes, of course. Buble is a world class singer that loves to do the ordinary things.
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Hot take: I don't honestly care who is the anthem singer. Elizabeth and Marie do the job just fine. It would be nice to see more diversity (not just from a racial point of view) from singers rather than just one dedicated singer. I doubt they're even paid, but they all should be.
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2 hours ago, MeanSeanBean said:
This entire conversation started because I replied to someone who was stating that something was more traumatic then something else, the very thing you are lecturing me on.... Why are you putting wuts and replying to me.
You are saying one thing, yet agreeing with the the person who directly compared trauma to start this entire conversation. The very thing you just told me not to do...
Further more, on the last page didn't you say "It's arguably just as traumatic." When comparing 2 things? Does that not fall under your own premises of not speaking of what's more or less traumatic..
My entire premise in this conversation is we shouldn't be comparing trauma.. What you are saying makes no sense at all dazzle, can you not see that?
Actually, nevermind.. the more I thought about your post, I realized I don't care. It makes so little sense to me your justification actually doesn't matter. I'm gonna toss you on the ignore for a bit, we haven't had any conversations worth having for as long as I can remember. Take care.
This type of post reminds me about just how bad online messages are. I'll readily admit that my posting tone has involved stirring the pot a bit in the past, something I have been currently trying to work on reducing or getting rid of. The post you are replying to was my attempt to write a reasonable sounding message, but I guess I still failed at that.
I think I was agreeing with you, but perhaps my reply to you made it seem like I was disagreeing with you.
There is nothing fallacious with saying something is just as traumatic as another event. I don't know what your issue is with that. Your post is pretty incoherent. Or maybe I am just not understanding what you're trying to say.
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2 hours ago, MeanSeanBean said:
There was zero reason to make the comparison, and personally I think there is even less reason to broadcast a loved ones trauma over the internet to justify it.
Trauma is trauma. It's not your job, nor mine, to tell people what is more or less traumatic than the other. Let's face it. We are very privileged compared to most people. This IS a good thing, but we have to be mindful not to let our privilege cloud our judgement on these situations.
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5 hours ago, PhillipBlunt said:
Forcing someone to consume urine, while a vile and reprehensible action, is not rape or sexual assault. It is assault, without a doubt, but not sexual in nature.
It's arguably just as traumatic.
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17 hours ago, Alflives said:
When Benning was here, yes. But new management is more like Gillis and are building us a winner.
Gillis was also very short-sighted, actually. But maybe that was ownership at play.
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Ownership and in turn management has been very short-sighted.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: Boeser is going to do MUCH better this offseason. Everyone including himself knew what he needed to work on. These are the things that most, if not all of us, have never had to deal with, especially in such a compressed period of time
1) High level stress, including fan/media criticism
2) A well-loved family member dying in front of you. I'm sure there were lots and lots of discussions about whether he should live or die. That is f**king soul-sucking. This includes the COVID scare.
3) Personal expectations and reality
4) Two major injuries, one of which was potentially career ending. His famous wrist shot is no longer the same as before.
And I wouldn't surprised if there were more than these factors.
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13 minutes ago, IBatch said:
Ferraro has the gift of the gab going back to his playing days, it was obvious he was made for this type of work. Roenick too really, same with Brett Hull. All 3 of those guys, as others too, were refreshingly pointed and honest about the game, and said things that needed to be heard. It's funny, given the dead puck era is widely considered to have officially started in 1995, but for years guys (Mario too) had been complaining about the clutching and grabbing getting out of control. Expansion in the early 90's created this, NJ winning a cup cemented it as the way to go with crap teams. It's how SJ beat the Big Red Machine (Irbe wasn't the only reason, shout out to 34 year old Makarov though, he'd likely be considered a top 100 player all-time had he played his entire career in the NHL...his line also helped). Ray Ferraro is just fine, he's a little rapid fire, but he's rarely wrong and always has a good point. If he's going to work for the Canucks, i'd welcome it.
One thing he said about the Canucks, which for sure rang true for me "It takes a year for a player to get used to a new team, and that's with one coach" "With JB roster changes being so dramatic year to year, what's Green going to do with that?" "Lost all his pkers" paraphrased, pre-season after the OEL trade. What did Green do? Spent the pre-season trying to figure out who was the best 12-13th guy ... he picked the right one, it was Chiasson, and had no other choice but to ask his best players, EP, JT and QHs to PK. It was just terrible lol. Finally started getting things back on track, something he did during covid and had to do pretty much each of his seasons when Edler or Tanev went down etc ... and Bruce came in and let all the steam out of the room.
Ferraro and Hansen are a lot alike in they don't mince words. Hansen on JB deals and the Canucks make-up "why in the world are these guys getting these massive deals when they haven't done anything?" That included Horvats deal. He was right of course, but what he didn't include is it was league wide. Well for the most part. Lou lol...
Dobson is the right type of deal, so was Tavares second deal and Stamkos etc. But he sure overpaid Horvat and even said he did at the time. Think they have to walk a line, one that provides some hyperbole to make things a little more interesting and a little more pointed, to make a story etc. And at times it's going to be tough to listen to as a result. But i'd welcome that over complete homerism. The best combo would actually be one of each.
I agree with some of this, but your defense of Green is quite nonsensical. On one hand, you think he's not responsible for the multiple bad rosters he's been given, all the while crediting him for finding Chiasson, who I agree, was a good pickup.
Green should getting blame here, just as much as Benning. You don't get to pick and choose.
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4 hours ago, Crabcakes said:
I think that there's more going on than we know. First of all, both sides signed non-disclosure agreements wrt various reports on the state of the present RCMP in Surrey and their ability to deploy a sufficient force. So there's that. Also, there's talk that there are plans to make the RCMP more of a national force like the FBI in the US. So within a decade, the RCMP would no longer be involved in municipal policing at all. So they can bring in a municipal force now or in a decade or so.
At an immediate level, the RCMP is understaffed in Surrey and understaffed in BC and also nationally. It's a matter of demographics. There are more Mounties retiring than graduating from the academy. How on earth are they going to raise staffing levels in Surrey without taking away from other jurisdictions?
The fact is, the Provincial Govt is responsible to assure that whatever Police force that is installed in any municipality can maintain a sufficient standard of Policing. This is made clear in the Police Act. So what Farnworth has done is well within the law.
This is a lot more balanced of a commentary than much of the reactions online.
Trudeau's not gonna get much credit for realizing that the RCMP should not be in charge of municipal policing. It's a dirty job and policing is being thanked less and less for it. I'm by no means saying that all cops are good, nor am I downplaying the disgusting events of police interactions. The RCMP should be focused on the country being safe, while working in tandem with CSIS and other organizations.
Bureaucracy is often a subject worth complaining about, but it is impossible for one entity to do it all. There's just not enough people to run this.
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On 7/18/2023 at 2:57 PM, kloubek said:
I still think his career is over, but at least he owned it.
I tend to cringe at these player-released statements after incidents, as so many of them try to downplay their actions, blame someone else, or otherwise try to skew public opinion in his favour. He simply admitted he f'd up, apologized, and is going to get treatment. Not sure there's much more he can do, really.He is more likely to get an olive branch somewhere down the road.
Let's face it. He'll get a job somewhere, but he'll have to prove his sobriety now.
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46 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said:
Which is odd the last known sighting was Kelowna.
The kids are from Surrey.
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3 hours ago, Bob.Loblaw said:
The only people who think Virtanen is innocent are the ones who either aren't from the lower mainland or have been living underground. He certainly made quite a reputation for himself here, being a local boy and all. If I say anything more, it's libel.
The important thing to remember he's not guilty and that doesn't mean he's innocent. This is a cautionary tale for anyone. Don't do things without consent and make sure you are with someone that you can trust. You don't want to get accusations against you.
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25 minutes ago, JamesB said:
The AHL does not publish official salary numbers. However, the following article states that the average AHL salary last year was $105,000,
well above MDP's 80K minor league salary.
However, he played mostly in the ECHL last year, where the average was 52K, well below MKP's minors salary for next year..
After deducting his agent's fee and escrow and a few other costs that players have, he is not getting rich. I wonder if he will play in the ECHL or AHL next year.
I should've specified that it's better than a 60 k salary, which I think is average (below average in some places).
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15 minutes ago, Bell said:
Good luck to him but the minor league term is yikes
It's still an above average salary. AHL really doesn't get you rich, but it's an opportunity to showcase what you can do.
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9 hours ago, HockeyLover17 said:
No 100% I agree. I don't know if you skimmed the message, but what I thought was weird was how I said 23k to 24k and they're "that's reasonable." but noticed a minor defect with the bumper, and even stated it was an easy fix. The sales MANAGER straight up said, "it's an easy fix." and I countered to $22.5k, and he says "No. 20k." and I say "OK that's fine." then he says "No nevermind. 15k."
I get being in it to make money, but don't quote 20k, then change it to 15k. THAT'S the part that doesn't make sense. I came down 4k for the dealer, and was only asking $400 off the asking price of the vehicle. I hardly think that's an unfair deal.
I didn't skim your message. The other posters already touched on it, so I didn't think it was worth me repeating what the other people said. The quote dropped probably to "punish" you for haggling with him. Sleazy move.
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For what it's worth, he was so good in NHL 2009.
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1 minute ago, HockeyLover17 said:
Yeah I tried posting on reddit, but no responses. I'm gonna se if I can speak with the GM tomorrow. Just doesn't make sense why they wouldn't want to move a car out, and get another car in.
Because dealers want to make money. They have been notorious with price gouging, especially during COVID. Though not every dealer is outright greedy, remember that they're not in the business for charity. And if you look at it from their point of view, they need the profit to run their business. Lights, drinks (coffee, tea, etc), staff all cost money.
Try not to get too caught up with the dealer hate. They are there to make money, not help you. Well, if they do help you, it costs money. And almost everything costs money, except friendship. Some salespeople are honest, most are not.
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20 minutes ago, Alflives said:
Who the heck is Zach Sanford? And is there a son that comes with him?
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5 minutes ago, Bure_Pavel said:
I believe they got some decent assets for him though.
Asset management.
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5 minutes ago, Bure_Pavel said:
Someone will take a flyer on him for league min, Carolina probably.
Carolina is in a good spot. They had DeAngelo already. I think they wanted to get rid of him to begin with.
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Man, we love picking up trash here.
DeAngelo is a good hockey player, but not a very good person. He obviously hasn't learned anything from his time in the league. He's going to get blackballed soon.
I'm pretty sure he still thinks COVID is a conspiracy. That doesn't speak very well about someone's intelligence, regardless of how you perceive the dangers of COVID to be.
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Kraken's Alex Wennberg calls out TikTok community for 'vile comments' about family
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We don't always agree, but some people just don't change regardless of the evidence.