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does anyone know if lemmings will eat amphetamines and what kind of average weight they are for the next parachute project
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Killed a Girl in 96 posted:yellowknife guy: where do you live now? if not in NWT, would you ever go back? are you a real live Inuit? I live on the coast of British Columbia now. I do miss the north, I grew up there so what seems strange about it to other people seems normal to me and I miss those differences. But I have a wife and a kid now, and moving back would probably be a non-starter. If you didn't grow up there it can be hard to adjust. Some people love it though - depends on your personality. Not Inuit - whitey white white. But I grew up with some inuit friends and visited some pretty isolated communities when I was young.Cambridge Bay, Tuktayuktuk and a few others. At least in the 80s (dating myself), Yellowknife was racist towards natives, pretty much like the rest of Canada is racist towards natives. Most people assumed that a native guy was either an alcoholic or untrustworthy. That perception could be changed on an individual basis but it was an uphill battle. If you're curious - some examples of how the Inuit have been hosed over the past years: 1930 - 1950 Change in migration of caribou and collapse of fur prices across the world result in widespread starvation in inuit communities. Canadian government begins program of relocation. Inuit families moved from Northern Quebec (crappy, but not horrible) to Ellsmere and Cornwallis Island (this is literally the furthest north you can go). In some cases, families not allowed to leave new locations. Stated reason for relocation: better hunting grounds. Real reason? Having wards of the Canadian state that far north makes it easier to argue that area belongs to Canada in case of any claims by Russia or the US. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/an-apology-for-the-inuit-five-decades-in-the-making/article1378125/ 1900- 1950 (or so): Canadian Indian Residential School system. Educational system set up and funded by the government but run by missionaries and religious orders whose stated goal is to "Christianize as well as civilize". Not surprisingly, this is a horrible idea and doubly so for the high arctic as children are sent even further away from their families to enjoy such civilized wonders as sexual and physical abuse at the hands of their teachers and enforced physical labour to keep the schools themselves in working order. On a lighter note - fun facts. My birth certificate is in English and Inuktitut. Which looks like this: The story posted earlier about the Mad trapper was taught to me in my elementary school. I think ....grade 4? I can confirm any food that comes out of the south is extremely expensive. In the 80s a carton of milk in yellowknife was about 7 dollars, which is the equivalent $20 today. You can get around that by doing a sealift. Which is this which is then loaded onto this which then comes up to you a few weeks. At which point you drag everything out. And hope it fits in your house. manwhostaresatgoats fucked around with this message at 08:51 on Dec 18, 2015 |
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manwhostaresatgoats posted:Frozen toilet seats and abandoned cabins super interested in these.
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# ? Dec 18, 2015 14:23 |
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tuyop posted:It smacks of racism because the teacher apparently made this general judgement about all of his students instead of structural problems or personal limitations.
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# ? Dec 18, 2015 15:06 |
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Their "culture" lol
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manwhostaresatgoats posted:My birth certificate is in English and Inuktitut. Which looks like this: It looks like this script must have been created by an alien and handed to the native peoples for their use. I was really disappointed when I learned that this was true, but that the alien was an English dude.
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# ? Dec 20, 2015 23:59 |
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Frosted Flake posted:Their "culture" lol Haha hee "child rape" heh
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# ? Dec 21, 2015 06:25 |
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Hot tea freezing instantly.
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# ? Dec 22, 2015 21:44 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iawDXQGQsr0 That's what's up
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# ? Dec 22, 2015 22:28 |
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bzw posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iawDXQGQsr0
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# ? Dec 22, 2015 22:32 |
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naem posted:Haha hee "child rape" heh That's one thing they sure didn't learn from the white man. They kept that tradition alive! (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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# ? Dec 22, 2015 22:40 |
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I live in the second largest city in my state and it's still smaller than Yellowknife by about four thousand people. Reading about it kind of makes me want to move there but I got a DUI a few years ago so now I'm basically banned from Canada unless I become like a doctor or something else important.
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# ? Dec 23, 2015 09:39 |
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"banned from canada" would make a pretty good username
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# ? Dec 23, 2015 10:51 |
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Fojar38 posted:"banned from canada" would make a pretty good username i once heard a guy who a cool spoken word piece about being banned from canada after going nuts in some windsor strip clubs
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Killed a Girl in 96 posted:this might surprise u...but the level of kids with fetal alcohol syndrome and other congenital defects due to prenatal drug use is actually quite high on the Reservations. then there's also issues with ADHD (usually undiagnosed because laffo at getting your kid tested for something like that when you don't even go to see the doctor for your haemolytic bowel movements because it takes a goddamn plane ride to get to a hospital), and the pervasive teenage drug use, and the rates of depression and mental illness. then coupled with a culture that doesn't really promote Western education to get ahead, and it's almost like teachers have a difficult time getting through to students. especially caucasian teachers who still embody the ideology of residential schools to the parents and grandparents of some of these kids. What A Crazy Concept. So Crazy The Person Proposing That Teachers Struggle Should DEfinitely Be LAbeled A Racist. Suggesting that it's Aborginals fault for not working hard enough and bootstrapping their way out of decades of systematic racist policies is racist in itself. "Why don't these people that have been raised with no parenting skills and forcefully assimilated into an aggressive culture and then been systematically discriminated against for decades just work harder and have some agency in their lives" is a loving retarded opinion to have. I work in youth corrections and deal with 99% aboriginal youth, most of which have FASD or other serious mental issues. It's not their fault that their lives are lovely, it's the decades of abuse that Aboriginals have suffered that is the root cause of pretty much all these issues. To put the blame on the victims for not rising above these lovely situations is pretty much textbook racism
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# ? Dec 24, 2015 09:44 |
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The cool thing about anything involving Canada's natives is that 99% of comments will be incredibly racist
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# ? Dec 24, 2015 10:30 |
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A Typical Goon posted:Suggesting that it's Aborginals fault for not working hard enough and bootstrapping their way out of decades of systematic racist policies is racist in itself. Not to mention that in a lot of these communities if someone tries to excel or do better they get abused by their peers for trying to be too white or being too good for the Rez on a scale ranging from physical abuse to break into your home and break all your poo poo.
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# ? Dec 24, 2015 14:45 |
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A Typical Goon posted:Suggesting that it's Aborginals fault for not working hard enough and bootstrapping their way out of decades of systematic racist policies is racist in itself. wait who said anything even resembling that? who are you talking to here?
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# ? Dec 24, 2015 15:21 |
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Killed a Girl in 96 posted:wait who said anything even resembling that? who are you talking to here? Yeah there isn't any giant flaming racism going on in this thread nope everything's fine
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there are multiple tim horton's locations in rankin inlet
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Ambrose Burnside posted:there are multiple tim horton's locations in rankin inlet there is a Tim Horton's within walking distance of any point in canada
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naem posted:Yeah there isn't any giant flaming racism going on in this thread nope everything's fine he quoted me like i had said something. also it kinda sounds like you need to chill out a bit and have a snickers
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