On: Canadian military will rely on public servants to boost its ranks by 300k

[strombofulous]

> not a single person I grew up with is doing well

What is happening in Canada to cause this?

[ttz → strombofulous]

root cause is believing anecdotes of people on the internet

[k12sosse → ttz]

AMEN. Doing just fine, so is my family. Didn't need to turn my cost inside out to do it either.

[TriangleEdge → strombofulous]

I suppose "doing well" isn't a very good metric. It's based on my feelings and experiences having traveled to 5 wealthy countries and chatting with people there. Even in third world countries, like Brazil, I didn't see people dying of opioid overdoses everywhere downtown.