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02-10-2026, 12:48 PM
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#14851
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Need to Shave n Shower, but I CANT STOP POSTING ON RS
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Ever since Carney got elected I have noticed something on facebook. Before on local groups it was mostly right wing posts and comments. Now I am seeing a lot more posts and comments from the centre/left and they are not holding back. It's good to see. Anyone else see a change?
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02-10-2026, 01:02 PM
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#14852
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Los Bastardo owned my ass at least once
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It could be just algorithms. I've seeing those posts as well and it could be just Meta picking up on your preferences. It's a bit of an echo chamber on both sides.
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02-10-2026, 01:16 PM
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#14853
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SFICC-03*
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i really try to avoid fb as much as possible... its just boomers in the comments. i try to stick to the marketplace side and that's it.
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02-10-2026, 02:15 PM
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#14854
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I *Fwap* *Fwap* *Fwap* to RS
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At least the ads aren't outing you as poor like Dukes was.
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02-10-2026, 02:32 PM
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RS Veteran
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Originally Posted by Mikoyan
At least the ads aren't outing you as poor like Dukes was.
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Truth. Google and RevScene are not wrong!
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02-10-2026, 06:36 PM
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#14856
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I *Fwap* *Fwap* *Fwap* to RS
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https://www.biv.com/news/commentary/...risis-11854668
This is a commentary piece, but numbers are facts. I didnt know how bad david eby ran the government.
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02-10-2026, 08:02 PM
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Orgasm Donor & Alatar owned my ass twice!
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It's ndp what did you expect
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02-10-2026, 09:29 PM
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#14858
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RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Despite the deficits over the last 4 years BC's books are still in very good shape - they rank 3rd best in Debt to GDP ratio and 4th best in debt per person - in 2007/2008 they ranked 3rd and 2nd.
I think Eby's financial discipline has been far worse than Horgan's though but he's not doing anything that all govt aren't generally doing regardless of party. I also don't think Eby's a particularly great Premier (not sure he's even good) but the article is a bit of a hit piece - if you're familiar with the author this is a bit par for the course (his tendency to exaggerate a real situation).
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02-10-2026, 09:34 PM
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RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by JDMDreams
It's ndp what did you expect
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Under Horgan it wasn't a problem - good financial management is neither owned by the left nor right. The federal Liberals created a financial mess in the 60's and 70s' that they fixed in the 90's and '00s which the Cons then proceeded to turn into deficits when Harper took power.
Provincially whether it was Social Credit, NDP or Liberals the debt/deficit has, until the last 3 years, been about the same year after year. No party was particularly worse or better than the other.
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02-11-2026, 06:49 AM
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RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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this was all over Vancouver Sun today about Eby being useless and unable to manage the math. I'm thinking what would happen next election, woudl NDP finally be kicked out and Liberal making a come back, woudl NDP ever survive again>?
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02-11-2026, 07:26 AM
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Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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NDP certainly shot themselves in the financial dick with a few of their policies.
For example, a good chunk of revenue came from property transfer taxes. Their recent policies surrounding housing and land use had direct negative impacts to real estate and thus lowering that revenue stream.
Whether or not those policies are good or not is a separate argument, but it's like the NDP didn't consider at all what the financial impacts of implementing them would be.
And then look at IMO dumb decisions like the Massey Tunnel replacement. Half the design on the original bridge project was complete and prep works had already started, only to throw all those costs in the garbage for solely political reasons. Any thought that building a tunnel years later would cost less is absolutely laughable, and that's even before the massive post-covid inflation/escalation in labour and materials costs. We'll be lucky if this tunnel doesn't cost twice what the bridge would have cost, and we'll get less lanes to boot!
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02-11-2026, 07:41 AM
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Orgasm Donor & Alatar owned my ass twice!
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And the stupid new West bridge that they opened for like 3 days then now both bridges are fully closed + same amount of lanes
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02-11-2026, 08:39 AM
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RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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And the stupid new West bridge that they opened for like 3 days then now both bridges are fully closed + same amount of lanes 
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The lanes were dictated by the two cities involved with New West being unwilling to add more lanes as their street network can't handle the additional traffic. I'm not sure I agree with New West though they have a point on this (for the same reasons Burnaby refuses to connect the bridge/McBride to highway 1).
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02-11-2026, 08:42 AM
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RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by Great68
For example, a good chunk of revenue came from property transfer taxes. Their recent policies surrounding housing and land use had direct negative impacts to real estate and thus lowering that revenue stream.
Whether or not those policies are good or not is a separate argument, but it's like the NDP didn't consider at all what the financial impacts of implementing them would be.
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I think they knew full well the impact but that they were just going to eat it just like they did with the carbon tax so they could win the election and now the bill has to be paid. In a way we got what we voted for (or threatened to vote for).
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02-11-2026, 09:12 AM
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RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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we all inherit stuff... and we also have the right to blame previous leader.
Wasn't there a joke before CEO gets 3 pieces of paper told to read each piece at certain time.
1st day on the job
a) Fire the people & make cut
1/2 way thru term
b) blame previous leader
End of your team
c) leave your role and terminate yourself
Rinse and repeat.
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02-11-2026, 11:14 AM
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Need to Shave n Shower, but I CANT STOP POSTING ON RS
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Originally Posted by EvoFire
It could be just algorithms. I've seeing those posts as well and it could be just Meta picking up on your preferences. It's a bit of an echo chamber on both sides.
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I don't think so because these are local groups what I have been on for at least a few years.
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02-11-2026, 12:12 PM
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OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by Manic!
Ever since Carney got elected I have noticed something on facebook. Before on local groups it was mostly right wing posts and comments. Now I am seeing a lot more posts and comments from the centre/left and they are not holding back. It's good to see. Anyone else see a change?
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Definitely just algos. For me it depends on which platform.
Facebook - left/centrist
Instagram - right/far right
Tiktok - Left
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02-11-2026, 12:14 PM
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BIC_BAWS = racist
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02-11-2026, 01:30 PM
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Orgasm Donor & Alatar owned my ass twice!
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Red book #1
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02-11-2026, 04:16 PM
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RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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I just get taiwan tits on my instagram
wtf is wrong with you guys
my facebook gets a lot of ____ prosperity project shit, comments are all fuck trudeau, fuck carney shit
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MG1: in fact, a new term needs to make its way into the American dictionary. Trump............ he's such a "Trump" = ultimate insult. Like, "yray, you're such a trump."
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bcrdukes yray fucked bcrdukes up the nose
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FastAnna you literally talk out your ass
FastAnna i really cant
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02-11-2026, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by yray
my facebook gets a lot of ____ prosperity project shit, comments are all fuck trudeau, fuck carney shit 
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This has been my case of late as well. In addition to that, I get fed a lot of Conservative posts shown on my feed as well, including some from various Conservative MPs. It feels like FB is rage baiting me half the time when I'm on, and it is super annoying to scroll through.
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The whole world has gone down a road no one can recover from, and it's nothing to do with governments, it's because so much of the general public is so fucking stupid.
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02-11-2026, 07:15 PM
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JDMEK9Mod | DogWhisperer
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Nothing political shows up on my FB or IG lol. It's all friend's posts and dog content
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02-17-2026, 08:00 AM
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linguistic ninja
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Those guys just argue disingenuously, they mean "he's not working with Trump" as in "he's not bending the knee to Trump"
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02-17-2026, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by CivicBlues
Those guys just argue disingenuously, they mean "he's not working with Trump" as in "he's not bending the knee to Trump"
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and when Carney does "give in" to Trump -- like the time when he recinded the digital service tax -- they blast him for not standing up for Canada and Canadians. 🙄
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The whole world has gone down a road no one can recover from, and it's nothing to do with governments, it's because so much of the general public is so fucking stupid.
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