@becassine @CSB @coolboymew @deprecated_ii @marud @ooignignoktoo
I'm curious about what the fertility rates are going to be. What I do know is that even the FDA debunked the "ivermectin sterilizes you" myth covidians spread around.
mRNA is basically all you could get where I live
And I got it because my relatives pressured me to :/
My mom was hysterical for almost all of 2020 about the virus
Like wipe everything down with alcohol that comes into the house hysterics, even though I showed her the papers that showed it wasn’t transmitted through objects
She was just constantly going after me about it and asking why I thought I knew better than medical professionals blablabla
Eventually I caved under the pressure
I had very similar experiences with my parents
Unfortunately mine were far less willing to listen to reason
“Why would the government do something malicious on purpose?”
But so much of Quebec just believes the government has our best interests at heart. It is religious dogma near impossible to break through
@becassine
I can unfortunately very much confirm this. My parents refuse to believe that sometimes the government lies or is just straight up incompetent. However no matter what we do, Anglo Canada hates us simply for existing.
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@becassine
I really don't like how I can't immediately dispute that.
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That is a hard sell with someone like Legault in power, but it’s worth a try
Maybe something like they are being used by anglo run pharmacy companies?
@bot
At least here where I live people are already very irritated. My family in Québéc have hardly seen any impact beyond the media (except for Radio X) of the "pandemic."
My mother had COVID but wasn't aware until she had a PCR test, so it's not like it was severe.
@becassine @parker @CSB @marud @deprecated_ii @coolboymew @ooignignoktoo @parisc @skylar
>hoo, boy howdy. If this covid thing goes on another 3 years and I have to get 5 more boosters, I might start to get irritated, I tell you hwat
@parker
In my area the normies are starting to awaken. Luckily my state hasn't gone full idiot and demand proof of vaccination most places.
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@parker @becassine @bot @CSB @marud @deprecated_ii @coolboymew @ooignignoktoo @skylar
There's nobody wearing masks here. I think only like 50-60 are vaccinated and a lot were older people/minorities who were scared of dying or had someone get it early on. Meanwhile a blue city an hour away has a mask mandate and a marginally higher rate of it, but things were still open and nobody gave a shit when I didn't wear it.
@parisc
Some jobs have mask mandates for employees, and that's the only reason I wear them. Healthcare centres here usually have you wear them, but it's a hospital so tbh I get it.
The only reason I don't mind wearing a mask at work is because I don't have to do the retail smile™ at customers.
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Midwest America is like that, and the property values are rock bottom too (for now).
@becassine
I would say Minnesota, but as a Minnesotan please stay away from here. Our government is run by idiots and we also are the George Floyd state.
We did have a strong region of French speakers until about WW2. Some really old folks speak a dialect that is similar to the Trois Rivières accent.
In the USA as far as french Canadian enclaves that's probably Maine or Vermont.
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That’s what ooigni said but I’m unclear how bad their regulations are, also it seems there are fewer and fewer French speakers over time there? In any case I consider leaving your country and people to be a last case resort
@becassine
The reason for that is that Québéc has laws protecting and preserving the French language.
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Yeah here in Maine in the early 1900's the govt. was really anti-francophone and it caused a lot of immigrants to assimilate. Though there has a been a push in the past few years to try and push teaching the language in Maine through immersion schools. Though sadly I feel they're not doing it because of the descendants of french canadian immigrants but because of all the francophone africains that are being dumped here by NGO's :(
@ooignignoktoo
One of my buddies is from Louisiana, he's native francophone and he's the only other person in french class who was confused at what some words were called in France French.
French teacher: Comment s'appellent ces choses ? (Image of shoes)
JP and I: Les souliers
Teacher: non, ce sont des chaussures.
JP and I: (visible confusion)
@becassine @bot @parker @CSB @marud @deprecated_ii @coolboymew @parisc @skylar
Yeah sadly academia doesn't really teach regional dialects and they focus mostly on the français métropolitain dialect.
@ooignignoktoo
It was a very confusing time when I was told I was speaking french "wrong."
Some "wrong" things I do
Il pleut → ça pleut
Chasseurs → souliers
I've basically never used "nous" until I started french class. «On» exists and means the same thing so why not.
@becassine @bot @parker @CSB @marud @deprecated_ii @coolboymew @parisc @skylar
That always annoys me too
The complete lack of “on” in their vocabulary
@becassine
And my french teacher insisted it's used like "If one finds that ..." Just ...no ...
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Right of return for tous les français d’Amérique
We would be so powerful
Ta neige, Acadie, fait des larmes au soleil
@becassine
Québéc 2: sauf des Anglos et libéraux
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enfin une nation qui mérite le titre «libre».
Impossible d’être libre quand y’a des libéraux
Tout les non-francophones seront déportés à Toronto
|Alberta is pretty English, but there's a few French towns. Namely Beaumont, which started as a French colony.
Yes it would always have the groupthink but I suspect that our heavy involvement in vaccination is perhaps influenced by other places
If it was just us I think we would be pushing for a locally made vaccine that would take longer to make and get more appropriately vetted
In America the only areas with French Canadian ties is mostly Louisana ( Acadiens ) , and New England though most of the francophones are in New Hampshire ( Especially the city of Berlin ). and Maine ( Mostly in Aroostook county ) other communities in Massachussetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island are pretty americanized now.
@ooignignoktoo
Les Acadiens are ....unique. Like Québéc they have divergent dialects and pronunciation but if you know Québécois vocabulary you're 90% there.
se marier → faire chaudière ensemble
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@parisc
Also Midwest America checking in, we have no blanket mask mandate and most employers are still "wear a mask if you want, idc" but mine requires a mask for employees. I should clarify: I do not mind wearing them of my own volition, I really don't like being required to wear them.
@becassine @bot @parker @CSB @marud @deprecated_ii @coolboymew @ooignignoktoo @skylar
I love my people but I wish we were less retarded
~80% of eligible population has two doses
@becassine
I'm one of the only unvaxxed in my entire family because my parents legitimately were like "it's your choice, as long as you accept the consequences" so I didn't get the jab.
@bot @parker @CSB @marud @deprecated_ii @coolboymew @ooignignoktoo @parisc @skylar
76% two doses
You’re right
We’re all retarded together
Maine is also very vaxxtarded to. My dad got the jab because his job asked him to and I was like wtf why would you risk your health for your job that he always bitches about and says he wants to quit.
@ooignignoktoo
It's one of the reasons behind the "nobody wants to work!!!" thing in the USA.
Hmmm, maybe if you stopped demanding people get a mystery shot with no longitudinal studies about health effects, maybe people would want to work for you!
@becassine @bot @parker @CSB @marud @deprecated_ii @coolboymew @parisc @skylar
Quebec is peak groupthink
Sometimes there are positive consequences, sometimes it ends in disaster
@becassine
You forgot that any chance whatsoever is met with sharp criticism and often resistance unless it's from the right angle.
@bot @parker @CSB @marud @deprecated_ii @coolboymew @ooignignoktoo @parisc @skylar
>Québec is peak groupthink
mon visage quand
Yeah, for the vast majority of the population if they stop being fat and get some sun, they've almost no risk (pre-existing conditions & the elderly excluded)
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In addition when people talk about their political beliefs it causes the same brain activity as a religious person talking about their religion.
Someone (I think jeff Fillion) pointed out that many quebecois still treat the government like a religious class even though the church and government are separate now, and I think that’s true