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Cake day: August 11th, 2023

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  • Like, trying to get those who primarily sell to working class folks to see how raising the minimum wage actually benefits them, because it means that all of their customers have more money to spend is nigh impossible. All they see is that they’ll have to raise prices, and it makes them even more hostile toward their employees.

    Yeah this argument never really made sense to me. Unless your product’s only input cost is labour (which I can’t think of a single job that would apply to, let alone close to minimum wage job) your costs should only have to go up by a fraction of the minimum wage increase. This would leave a minimum wage worker/customer better off after buying your product than they would have if it was cheaper.









  • The thought of an across-the-board regulation based rent cap never crossed my mind, but that actually could be effective and fair. If there was some kind of easy to understand formula based on the unit, potential landlords would easily be able to calculate whether it makes financial sense instead of simply cutting costs and squeezing as much rent out as possible. There wouldn’t be an incentive to kick people out (can’t jack the rent) but there would be one to keep it maintained/updated since they’d be competing on everything but price. Honestly, I wouldn’t mind if my rent went up a bit if it meant my unit would be properly maintained or I had the freedom to move somewhere similar without doubling my rent.

    Edit: you could make it more enticing to the current landlords by easing some renter protections, like making it much easier to remove problem tenants


  • Yeah, I do think the assisted living industry would be forced to adjust though. It’s not like the real estate market in general, if the majority of their potential buyers simply don’t have enough money it’s not like they can pivot to other demographics or attract wealthy people from outside the country.

    If things aren’t corrected, it won’t be long before a whole generation of new seniors is cash poor with no house to sell.



  • I’m looking into the special thanks at the end now, some are definitely more about equipment than locations but it did help.

    DP Singh - Cowichan Valley - I believe this is the guy who runs all the Cancos in the area, so maybe the laundromat? Just rewatching again and the white building with a nail salon sign is the backside of the Canco laundromat at Berkey’s Corner.

    Malibu Motors - Victoria - I should’ve noticed this the first time, this is the car dealership with their logo all over the parked cars and their giant sign with the lyrics “THE GEN Z EMINEM”

    Tire Exchange - Cobble Hill - this place had all the racks of tires

    Little Gem Grocery - Victoria - this is the grocery store interior

    Brightside Cinema - Vancouver - camera equipment rental

    Pacific Northwest Raptors - North Cowichan - this was where they had the bird

    The Brazen Fork - Cowichan Bay - as you already mentioned

    Michael Heidro - lighting specialist

    Prior Castle Inn - Victoria - at least some of the interior shots in the video, everything with the green marble and mirrored ceiling for sure

    Days Inn on the Harbour - Victoria - The liquor store you were wondering about is definitely the one built into the back of this hotel

    Trinkets & Treasures - this is the store right next to the Brazen Fork, they sit in front of it as well as the white wall with the “ice cream” sign

    Darryl Wilson - I think this guy runs or owns the Days Inn

    Mike Earle - Someone else to do with Days Inn

    I’m also fairly confident the beach is McNeill Bay in Oak Bay, it really looks like the Trial Islands in the background.

    Still no idea about the green building or the pink building.



  • This is awesome, II was probably my most played game of that generation. It’s too bad they didn’t add 4 player splitscreen from the Xbox version as that’s how I spent most of my time with this, but I’m not going to complain about a good thing and it’s great they didn’t remove splitscreen entirely like way too many new or remastered games.

    Realistically though I can’t see many situations I’d be able to get 3 other friends in the same room to play splitscreen and on the off chance I do I still have my original Xbox and disc with 4 working controllers.