There’s only one article on this site and then some “Lorem ipsum” text. A bit of a sus source.

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Check out meetup.com for any particular hobbies you’re into.

It’s a shoe-in for joke of the year (1935)

And National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is wrong?

Holy shit that’s the stupidest thing I’ve read all day. It has nothing to do with your petty personal demons. Go educate yourself and/or delete your account on Lemmy.ca.

Here’s a start: https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/national-day-truth-reconciliation.html

Unfortunately, by that metaphor, the world is constipated.

Absolutely.

There’s probably someone out there who paints their gold miniatures.

It’s pretty cool that this tech basically hasn’t changed in 3000 years.

It’s a reference to BMOC, or “Big Man on Campus”.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big man on campus

an important and well-known person especially at a school

The quarterback of the football team is a real big man on campus.

Fun fact: this comic is how I learned about the term when I was a kid. I had to ask my mom to explain it.

Here’s where it gets weird though… There’s a 1989 movie called Big Man on Campus (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Man_on_Campus) which is based (loosely) on the Hunchback of Notre Dame and that even has the alternate title The Hunchback of UCLA.

This comic came out in 1993, so maybe Larson was inspired by the movie?

You don’t need to answer that question. It’s bullshit.

Nice anecdote. How about you give some data for that instead of making people tell you their anecdotal ages?

Mmm boofing

Damn you beat me to it. I found this by doing some image manipulation and using a font analyzer: https://www.whatfontis.com/ENVG_Upright-Retro-Inspired-Headline-Font.font

I dunno, yours worked for me.

“Try the new, exciting, MMR flavour ice cream!”

verbally told me to only declare anything over $10K.

Sounds like a trap to me.

By “declaring” I’m not necessarily saying an itemized list of every tiny item you bought, especially if you’re under any limits. But I would be prepared to show all of it if asked. All it takes is one border guard having a bad day to make a difference.

And expressly going to another country to buy a product outside the limits and then sneak it back in to avoid duties is entirely different than some souvenir trinkets and candy.

If you declare the laptop, the border guard might just wave you through without making you pay the duty. If you don’t, and they catch you in a lie, good luck.

As I and others have mentioned elsewhere, you’re taking a risk doing this, as if you get caught it will cost you more.

One other thing to keep in mind is warranties if anything goes wrong with the item. If you are trying to make it look like you brought the item with you, you’ll be getting rid of all the documentation and packaging that proves you purchased it. That includes receipts. Warranties often require proof of purchase, so you may be throwing away your warranty by doing this.

Also, keep in mind that models and model numbers are often different in Canada. I’ve had phones that were identical to the US model but had a different model number. I’ve also had phones where they sold the European version in Canada (again with its own model number) and so it was basically a different phone from what you’d get in the States for the same model name (different CPU, different supported communication protocols.)

Often our model numbers will get a “CA” added to the end making it obvious. Sometimes it won’t be obvious, but won’t match model numbers you can easily find info for online. My current laptop model number is undiscoverable online because it is so rare. There are similar ones for which the info mostly matches my computer, but I’m not always able to find good info.

It’s kind of funny watching Americans talk about this now as it was something we Canadians used to talk about all the time… Strategies for buying goods in the US to save money.

I really don’t like the way this is worded. It sounds like you’re saying that going across the border and buying a “personal” item and not declaring it is just fine.

Yes it is perfectly legal to go across the border and buy something and bring it back (assuming we’re talking about legal goods here, not drugs or contraband items, obviously.)

But you must declare those items. If you get caught pretending it was an item you brought with you but you actually purchased across the border, you may be fined. When you are asked a bunch of questions by the border guard, they’re looking for signs you’re lying. If they get a whiff you’re lying or uncomfortable, they’ll start digging. If they catch you trying to avoid paying the duties on a laptop, not only will you have to pay the duties, you may have to pay a fine on top of that, not to mention every future border crossing you make may be more difficult. If they catch you trying to cheat they are way more likely to implement a fine and put a note on your file.

There are (for now) certain amounts of money you can spend when you cross the border, which changes based on how long you’ve been gone, for which you won’t be charged duties - but you still have to accurately declare what you’ve spent!

Sigh. This was already explained by someone else. It’s called cynical sarcasm, (or bitter sarcasm, rhetorical provocation, hyperbole, provocative irony, etc.) It’s meant to express outrage by drawing an extreme comparison, not agreement with it. The “just made” phrasing is part of that - they don’t actually think history was undone and revised, and its a bit disingenuous or outright obtuse to interpret it that way.

Maybe you’re misunderstanding DarkCloud’s comment? DarkCloud is not saying Hitler was right. DarkCloud is saying the Israeli supreme court just ruled that Hitler was right, and saying that is completely fucked up. Which I think you agree with.