Moving to Michigan this winter
  • owenfromcanada owenfromcanada 1h ago 100%

    In terms of driving on snow and ice: pretend your grandma is sitting in the passenger seat holding an uncovered crock pot full of gravy, and you'll be fine--try to avoid aggressive acceleration and braking. If you have the means, I highly recommend getting winter tires put on, it makes a big difference and will likely lessen the stress as you're learning.

    As others have said, we haven't been getting as much snow, and the southern end even less. The thing you'll want to watch out for is black ice, which can form even when there's no snow (when the temps are below freezing). If you're in an area that salts the roads regularly, it's a lot less common (chat with a neighbor to find out).

    In terms of shoveling, some people do it religiously and some don't. It partly depends on what car you drive and how often you have people over. An inch doesn't need shoveling, but if there's more, consider shoveling at least a walking path to your door for package/pizza deliveries.

    Unrelated to weather, but was confusing when I moved here: there are two colleges, both called Michigan, and they're intense rivals. The only thing that unites them is their mutual hatred of Ohio State.

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  • Menopause should be called menostop cause there is no menoresume?
  • owenfromcanada owenfromcanada 9h ago 100%

    Or they named it after the Irish doctor who documented it, Men O'Pause.

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    Writing Prompts owenfromcanada 10h ago 100%
    [WP] You've made it to Hero High.

    You've made it to Hero High, the high school tailored to students with superpowers. Your super strength makes you a target of recruitment for pretty much every sports team, and otherwise garners a lot of attention. What everyone else doesn't know is that your strength isn't your superpower--you just work out a lot. You do have a real superpower, but it's something completely different...

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    Spouses, who do you choose?
  • owenfromcanada owenfromcanada 12h ago 100%

    Penny. Every time.

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    fatherverse owenfromcanada 1d ago 100%
    Hero Elementary is a PBS kids' show about elementary school students with superpowers.

    But the most unrealistic thing on the show is the 1-to-4 teacher/student ratio.

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    Tencent's soulless Age of Empires Mobile cash-grab is here to ruin your childhood
  • owenfromcanada owenfromcanada 2d ago 100%

    So I've heard. I'm avoiding it for the same reason I avoid analog crack cocaine.

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  • Yeah really helpful
  • owenfromcanada owenfromcanada 2d ago 100%

    1,517 people found this helpful

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  • Musk pushes debunked Dominion voting conspiracy theory at campaign appearance
  • owenfromcanada owenfromcanada 2d ago 100%

    That's been normalized for ages. It's just that before Musk, the billionaires didn't advertise their ineptitude like this.

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  • Tencent's soulless Age of Empires Mobile cash-grab is here to ruin your childhood
  • owenfromcanada owenfromcanada 2d ago 100%

    Mobile gaming is like dumpster diving--there are a handful of good ones among the utter trash.

    One of the good ones I found is Exiled Kingdoms--it's an homage to 90's RPGs, and it's good on mobile.

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  • Americans’ Wages Are Higher Than They Have Ever Been, and Employment Is Near Its All-Time High
  • owenfromcanada owenfromcanada 3d ago 96%

    According to the BLS, the median wage (as of May 2023) is $23.11. At a 40 hour work week, 50 weeks per year, that's a $46,110 annual wage.

    Median rent for a 2 bedroom apartment (as of Nov 2023 is $1,904. That's $22,848 annually.

    So rent is 22,848/46,110 = 49.6% of income. Traditionally, this would be closer to 30%.

    Wealth inequality is the highest it's ever been. While I admire your optimism, the situation isn't that great for the majority.

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  • Doug Ford: "Remove and replace existing bike lanes on primary roads" #onpoli
  • owenfromcanada owenfromcanada 3d ago 100%

    I'd rather remove and replace Doug Ford.

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  • Did the concept of 9-5 included a 30 minute lunch and two 15 minute breaks?
  • owenfromcanada owenfromcanada 3d ago 100%

    It's one of those ambiguous things that employers seem to be leveraging to their advantage. Where I work, plenty of people do 8-5. Those of us who have been around longer and don't give as much of a shit will count lunch as part of our day.

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  • hmmm
  • owenfromcanada owenfromcanada 4d ago 100%

    Looks good to me

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  • UK Royal Rumble - who wins?
  • owenfromcanada owenfromcanada 4d ago 100%

    If there's booze involved, then definitely 13.

    If there's no booze allowed... 13.

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  • Stern U.S. letter prompts Israel to allow first aid into northern Gaza this month. Will it last?
  • owenfromcanada owenfromcanada 4d ago 91%

    It's been a year of utter atrocities, I suppose it was time to finally do something about it. /s

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  • Just swim across--the crocodiles are still at the meeting.

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    but they couldn't start because someone was missing. Who was it? It was the giraffe. It's still stuck in the fridge.

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    Open the door, remove the elephant, put the giraffe in the fridge, then close the door.

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    Open the door, put the elephant into the refrigerator, and close the door.

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    It's okay, though. They told me to reapply every few hours.

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    Grunk need job. Grunk see job carving. Carving say need ten season experience with wheel. But Grunk invent wheel 5 season ago. Grunk think job giver have wheel in place of head.

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    I won't be taking questions.

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    Bonus points if someone warned you and you went ahead anyway.

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    Using [Mere Launcher](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.owentosh.merelauncher&hl=en_US) and [Forest Live Wallpaper](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kaka.wallpaper.forest).

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    Connect A Song owenfromcanada 3mo ago 100%
    Gaelic Storm - Blind Monkey
    https://youtu.be/7u30usquHT8?si=YIgrGpZzXwctwzhC

    More monkeys!

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    This might sound antithetical to the privacy-by-default standard, but my wife and I currently share our photo rolls with each other (using Google Photos)--everything we take is automatically shared with the other. Is there anything in Proton Drive/Photos that would allow this? Even if it's only available within a family plan or something. I know that with Drive, we could share a directory and everything in that would be available to the other, but I don't see this as an option in the photos. Alternatively, I suppose we could both sign in to Proton Drive using a third account just for that purpose, but that's less ideal.

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