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[–] [email protected] 29 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Parliament used this meeting to learn how to better not embarrass themselves but failed to realize this just adds to the humiliation. This country is so cooked, I don’t think it’s worth sticking around anymore.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I'm certainly not a fan of where things are heading in Canada. I've started learning Mandarin last year and seriously thinking of moving to China at some point.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've been practicing my Russian a lot more lately. Things are not looking good here.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Never hurts to keep it up, I'm cautiously optimistic with how things are developing in Belarus actually. There's a lot of cooperation with China nowadays, and it looks like they might move toward having a similar system eventually.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How far long in Mandarin do you feel you are? And is it your second language?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I can say basic things in it now, but not exactly fluent yet. I tend to study 15-20 min every day with this app. It does a mix of vocabulary building, grammar, and pronunciation exercises. I want to get to the point where I have a bit of a base to start from, and then once I'm using it on day to day basis it should go smoothly from there.

And it's my fourth language, I'm fluent in Russian and English, and I used to be fluent in Czech, but haven't used it in decades so forget most of it now. Mandarin is a very different experience though. In some ways it's easier because you don't have to deal with stuff like conjugation, and grammar is pretty straight forward. On the other hand, reading and writing takes a lot more work, and a lot of words sound similar or even the same while having completely different meanings. So, context becomes really important.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I used to be fluent in Czech, but haven’t used it in decades so forget most of it now.

Where'd ye get that skill, from your ancestryhood? How's Czech compared to Russian?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Oh I lived in Prague for like 3 years at one point. Czech and Russian are fairly similar, so I could pick it up relatively fast if I started speaking it again. My Russian is still fluent.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

What can I say? This mess of a country makes us all want to say "Abas Canada, vive le Poutine" lmao...

[–] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

shocking how that works eh

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Books authored/edited/compiled by Luciuk "The Galicia Division: They Fought for Ukraine," Kingston: The Kashtan Press, 2023

Just a little blemish

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

From what I hear of Professor Luciuk, his thesis seems to be essentially "Stalin invented the term "Nazi" to stop all political debate"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

And they say communists can't innovate. Smh.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago

how about we just throw him in with his hero barbara-pit

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago

I got my apology right here

cure-for-fascism

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Why doesn't Trudeau just use the healthcare trick he's been pushing Canada to do?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Are you talking about MAiD?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

I am not legally obligated to disclose this information.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Hunka hunka - Canadian Joker