It’s Zelensky’s first language, even. I think he avoids it now, but if it’s that or English I would hope there’d be no judgement.

Edit: And it shares a lot of vocabulary and ~all grammar with Russian anyway.

Oh, just the registration data, not actually what you voted for.

In Canada they copy it in from tax data, so you’d really have to go for the off-the-grid sovereign citizen stuff and never pay taxes to stay out of it. Maybe it’s different in the US.

Oh, well if you pinky promise. /s

I think the most interesting thing here is the trajectory of Russian demands. They’ve really moved closer and closer to an actually reasonable ask over the past few months. It makes me think they know exactly when they’re going to run out of stuff.

I was going to say Darude Sandstorm, but I actually think I have followed along with that one.

Diva dance from The Fifth Element?

It may or may not be important depending on your area and electoral system (if any), but it is usually easy.

I haven’t voted in years after reading the argument that voting mainly serves to slot you into a cohort, making it easier for governments and corporations to profile you.

If it’s secret ballot they literally can’t do that.

Shoe-bop, which I’m not linking because apparently the audio is now forbidden. Although I wasn’t around for that period of YouTube.

Yup, that’s the basic feral energy I picture for a family with 5 boys.

I actually feel bad for the dude, though.

“I’ll pray you all the money you want”?

I mean, if we’re just going by god’s sight…

Did said intimate relations ever blow up? I can totally see why they ban it in a place full of unstable people.

Yikes.

I have a feeling the Yakuza’s definition of poor and weak was pretty flexible.

Edit: It mentions at the end they’re getting in on the scams too now.

The latter then.

On behalf of my ancestral shtetl there, иди на хуй.

Are you Ukrainian, or biting my head off for no reason?

I’m going to add habits. Some things that seem impressive just boil down to, in the moment, doing the obvious thing you always do, times many years worth of moments.

Do you have some context that could help narrow it down?

Edit: Nevermind, Lemmy just got it like that. Wow.

More education is always a good thing.

I mean, it’s not free in multiple senses. Presumably OP is hoping to make money, not just have more credentials for their own sake at great cost.

But also, yes, ~nobody is hiring mechanics off the street in Canada.

and not really because of Trump’s tariffs, but rather the very high taxes, regulations, and lots of wasteful government spending

Oooh you’re really going to have trouble on here as a Conservative. I won’t even argue; you’ll get enough of that.

I will say our economy is roughly static right now, not falling, because that’s relevant to your decision, and easy to look up if you don’t believe me.

However, I did hear that the automotive mechanic trade is pretty recession-proof (because people will still need their cars fixed even in a recession and will be less likely to buy a new car).

Goes for any emergency repair-type business, really, so keep that in mind. Low-end stuff also benefits during a recession, and anything maintenance-based should hold steady, including first responders or (relevant for Canada right now) the military. What suffers a lot is luxuries, new projects and basic industries that feed into many other things that are slowing down.

Is there another reason you want to do automotive? You spend too much time at work to pick something that doesn’t hold your interest at least a bit.

I just thought that taking the Automotive Technician would really improve my chances of getting into the trade because I just don’t have any previous work experience.

Yes, it would. Canada is actually the most educated country in the world by far, and has a bad credentialism problem. Almost any industry is going to covet more education, and you’ll see people doing the exact same job for a lot more because they have some kind of diploma.

On the other side, I know tons of people with a degree they’re never going to use, or at the very least aren’t going to use for that actual field.

The snarky way to put it would be: more words, and the pretension of them meaning something profound.

I actually really appreciate people trying, though, and have learned some neat things from blog posts. I don’t really get the point of social media profiles by comparison.

Yep, still sounds like Russia’s new space station.