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Cake day: July 30th, 2023

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  • It doesn’t matter what it stands for. That’s not how acronyms work.

    You don’t say “yolwa” for “YOLO”
    You don’t say “Ah-ih-dees” for “AIDS”
    You don’t say “britches” for “BRICS”
    You don’t say “sue-knee” for “CUNY” (City University of New York) Etc.

    And if you want to argue specifically about G:
    You don’t say “Jad” for “GAD” (generalized anxiety disorder)
    You don’t say “joes” for “GOES” (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)

    It’s not a hill I’m going to die on, I use both pronunciations, but the only argument I’ve ever believed for the proper one is that the creator pronounced it “jif”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF#Pronunciation

    Now let’s talk about “gibs” you heathens.




  • Sedition maybe?

    Sedition

    59 (1) Seditious words are words that express a seditious intention.
    (2) A seditious libel is a libel that expresses a seditious intention.
    (3) A seditious conspiracy is an agreement between two or more persons to carry out a seditious intention.
    (4) Without limiting the generality of the meaning of the expression seditious intention, every one shall be presumed to have a seditious intention who
    (a) teaches or advocates, or
    (b) publishes or circulates any writing that advocates,
    the use, without the authority of law, of force as a means of accomplishing a governmental change within Canada.

    Emphasis mine.

    “Force” is a broad term, and doesn’t necessarily imply violence. Trump has indicated he would use economic force on Canada to get us to capitulate. Musk is working with Trump very closely, and said Trudeau wasn’t “governor” anymore.