Indigenous Canadian from northern Ontario. Believe in equality, Indigenous rights, minority rights, LGBTQ+, women’s rights and do not support war of any kind.

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  • IninewCrow@lemmy.catoMemes@lemmy.mlThis makes my brain hurt
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    20 days ago

    Last week I asked a friend to pick up a back pack with my laptop in it because I forgot it.

    I was happy he did the favor but when he dropped it off, the cord was hanging off, the laptop was hastily stuffed inside and he handed the open bag over like he was handing me a sack of potatoes.




  • IninewCrow@lemmy.catoMemes@lemmy.mlThe line war has begun
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    30 days ago

    There was a conversation I read a while ago that showed how a sailboat could travel a straight line over water from Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada, travel southeast and end up on the west coast of British Columbia.

    Basically sailing from the east coast of Canada to the west coast of Canada in a straight line.



  • The way they explained it me is … it was the first time most young people back then could do so, especially with the newly introduced TV system where young people everywhere could get excited about the same thing with everyone around them.

    It was a time of firsts… everything or most pop culture trends we get bored with today were considered new and exciting back then. And the Beatles were the first modern international pop band that everyone were excited for.




  • Nearly a rite of passage, then? :p

    Isn’t it the case with every dangerous thing in life? … it’s amazing any of us survive childhood … lol

    I’m also of the culture that originated the derogatory term ‘Eskimo’ … it’s an Anglesized pronunciation of what we call the Inuit … we call them 'Ish-shish-kee-mel" … which translates to ‘Raw meat eater’

    We have a lot of respect for the Inuit because they live in a much harsher climate … and conversely they respect us in our environment because they don’t know how to live in ours.


  • I’m indigenous in northern Ontario and in the winters, especially late winter and the start of spring when we have lots of sun and lots of snow everywhere, snow blindness is no joke.

    I’ve had snow blindness three times as a stupid little kid. It’s like having an uncontrollable itch behind your eyeballs. There’s nothing you can do about it and you can’t keep your eyes open either. The most comfortable thing to do is close your eyes and keep them closed until it gets better … which is usually a day or two … which makes you literally blind during that whole time.

    We live just north enough to deal with some risk to snow blindness but south enough that it isn’t usually a problem for us. We live in the trees and forest so the light is always broken up even on the brightest days. The Inuit north of us have it worse, they live in the wide open unbroken snow and sun all winter long.

    It isn’t a problem unless you’re a dumb kid that doesn’t want to listen to his parents.