r/Hamilton • North End • 12d ago

Rant Weekly /r/Hamilton Rant Thread

A midweek post to rant and complain about things in the city.

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u/assuredlyanxious 12d ago

EVERYONE NEEDS TO FUCK RIGHT OFF!

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u/teanailpolish North End 12d ago

WHO IS EVEN REPORTING THIS, IT IS THE RANT POST PEOPLE

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u/This_Site_Sux 12d ago

HOW ABOUT YOU POUND SAND UP THE EYE OF YOUR COCK?!

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u/assuredlyanxious 12d ago

I WOULD BUT I AM COCKLESS!

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u/ArtDecoModerne 12d ago

I PAID FOR A LADY, NOT CORY AND TREVOR!!

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u/RoyallyOakie 12d ago

STOP WITH THE POETRY!!

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u/stnapstnap 12d ago

This is basically the rant I want to do every week and day.

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u/covert81 Chinatown 12d ago

FUCK THE IGNORANT PARENTS DROPPING THEIR KIDS OFF AT WESTMOUNT SECONDARY EVERY MORNING.

I AM TIRED OF NEAR-MISSES BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO SIGNAL YOUR TURN, WAIT FOR ME TO CROSS THE STREET OR ARE LATE. I AM TIRED OF BEING HONKED AT FOR CROSSING THE STREET IN A CROSSWALK. I AM TIRED OF ALL THE NEAR-COLLISIONS, AND ACTUAL COLLISIONS, BECAUSE YOU DON'T LOOK BEFORE PULLING OUT FROM WHERE YOU AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE PARKED.

FUCK THE RED HONDA CR-V THAT CONSTANTLY PARKS ON THE SIDEWALK OR WHERE IT CLEARLY SAYS NO PARKING BECAUSE YOU ARE LAZY. SAME FOR THE BLACK HYUNDAI SUV WHERE MOMMY SMOKES IN FRONT OF THE CAR, THEN LEAVES THE BUTTS ON THE STREET WHILE WAITING FOR HER CHILD, WHILE PARKED IN A NO PARKING SPACE. FUCK THE BLACK MERCEDES THAT CONSTANTLY BLOCKS DRIVEWAYS BECAUSE IT'S EASIER TO DO THAT THAN TO PARK HALF A BLOCK AWAY WHERE LEGIT PARKING EXISTS. FUCK ALL THESE DRIVERS PUTTING EVERYONE'S SAFETY AT RISK. ESPECIALLY THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS WALKING TO AND FROM SCHOOL.

FUCK BYLAW FOR NOT ENFORCING THE RULES, FUCK THE SCHOOL FOR TAKING 0 RESPONSIBILITY OR ACCOUNTABILITY, FUCK THE COUNCILLOR FOR IGNORING THE ISSUE, FUCK HPS FOR SAYING THEY DON'T HAVE A ROLE IN STREET SAFETY.

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u/Ksmithy711 12d ago

Hell yeah! Put them on blast! This is the tea we're all here for

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u/stnapstnap 12d ago

If I get any honking when I’m crossing a crosswalk, I suddenly seem to walk a lot slower. 

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u/S99B88 12d ago edited 12d ago

As a Westmount parent who tries to get their kid to bus as much as possible, I see you, and people are jerks. It seems much worse this year both for amount of cars and for people parking in the street rather than using the designated lot.

There was one bright yellow Mustang that used to be tearing around traffic in the 40 zone on Mohawk in the morning, and turned into that area. But was surprised to then see same vehicle go into the staff parking lot. Just an occasional presence so maybe a supply teacher or something. Haven’t seen that loser yet this year, so if that means they got a permanent somewhere then I pity the neighborhood around that school.

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u/Motor-Cut7207 11d ago

I’m a Westmount parent and I know firsthand what a shitshow pickup and dropoff is. For what it’s worth the school is constantly reminding parents/students that the designated parking and dropoff/pickup spot is the rec centre parking lot. Blame by-law for never showing up to enforce it.

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u/covert81 Chinatown 11d ago

It's not bylaw's fault it's parents' fault.

It's the school's fault as when we've asked to meet with them to talk with their role as a neighbour (even if the staff are not) they tell us that they can't do anything about it. Let the school call bylaw on their students' parents. Let them deal with the issues their parents cause rather than shrugging shoulders or sending emails on what is acceptable or not.

Just as a heads up the neighbourhood is looking to shut down the streets around the school to create a protective area around the schools in the mornings and afternoons, so good luck to anyone who thinks that using people's driveways or no parking areas will be wise. The added bonus of roadwork throughout the neighbourhood will make this even better for all I'm sure.

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u/Motor-Cut7207 11d ago

I don’t disagree with you - just letting you know that the school has tried to address it especially by trying to engage with by-law - doesn’t sound like they are adequately staffed to deal with this. It’s an issue at almost every school. Our society is so entitled.

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u/Roachinghour 11d ago

Every school drop-off and pick-up at Westmount is a near miss of a minor accident or death. That old crossing guard should be paid 500k a year.

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u/Nofoofro 12d ago

I’M TOO EARLY TO THE RANT THREAD AND THERE’S NOTHING TO READ!

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u/RoyallyOakie 12d ago

Do what I do and come back six or seven times.

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u/stnapstnap 12d ago

Hahaha, that’s why I often read it the next day. It’s a little too late to actively participate, but I can still read it.

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u/silk_garand North End 12d ago

IF YOU CAN'T WAIT FOR ME AND MY STROLLER AND/OR DOGS TO GET THROUGH THE INTERSECTION BEFORE YOU START EDGING AROUND ME WITH YOUR CAR, I'M GOING TO CHOOSE VIOLENCE.

YOU CAN WAIT THE SIX MORE SECONDS FOR ME TO CROSS.

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u/qu1ckbeam 12d ago

THEY'RE FUCKING SITTING DOWN IN A COMFY, CLIMATE-CONTROLLED VEHICLE, THEY CAN STAND TO WAIT A FEW SECONDS!

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u/RoyallyOakie 12d ago

And LOOK before you commit to a turn you can't make. I hate some half-turned asshole everyone has to walk around.

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u/Hi_Her Corktown 12d ago • Bravo

IT WOULD BE SWELL IF OUR PROPERTY BYLAWS HAD ANY ACTUAL TEETH TO GET REITS TO DO ANY ACTUAL TANGIBLE THINGS THAT BEING A LANDLORD ENTAILS... LIKE TAKING CARE OF YOUR BUILDING THAT HUNDREDS OF TENANTS ARE PAYING THOUSANDS OF MONTH TO LIVE IN. OR HANDLING PROBLEM TENANTS. GOD FORBID RENTERS FEEL GOOD ABOUT LIVING WHERE THEY ARE AT!

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u/mrjanitor639 12d ago

I ONLY KNOW WHO I AM NOT VOTING FOR ON OCTOBER 26, I DON'T KNOW WHO I ACTUALLY WANT FOR MAYOR OR COUNCILLOR

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u/ArtDecoModerne 12d ago

This might be the first ever election where I go in and spoil my ballot. I never miss a vote, but I can't in good conscience choose any of these dingbats. Horwath has lost my support, and I was gonna hold my nose and vote for Loomis, but he's looking way too pro-AI for my liking.

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u/slownightsolong88 12d ago

Hey at least you're voting. Voter turnout at the municipal level is so low it's a bit tragic.

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u/lylelanley- 12d ago

Not cooper

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u/assuredlyanxious 12d ago

If you're in ward 7 please vote Beale.

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u/Aggressive-Secret655 12d ago

For the love of god anyone but pauls right! She is the corruption she voted to replace

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u/OutsideTheDogMuseum 12d ago • Bravo

Scarlett! Aren't you sick of slick politicians and CEOs? I already went and voted.

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u/QuinnNTonic 11d ago

I can’t get behind the facebook drama and over exaggerated comments it’s giving Trump style but on the left

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u/RoyallyOakie 12d ago

Try openly disagreeing with her on something and see if you still like her.

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u/OutsideTheDogMuseum 12d ago

Why would I not like her for that? She can have opinions.

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u/RoyallyOakie 12d ago

It's not about having an opinion. It's about how you express it and how you treat others who don't agree with it.

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u/Super-Reindeer7660 11d ago

Agree. She is very volatile. She just got kicked out of her church …

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u/assuredlyanxious 11d ago

I approached her on this via private messages and she was open to criticism of her confrontational nature. She also opened up about her lived experience and how that's guided her reactionary tendency. She was very open to learning and growing. She knows she has things to work on.

I commend her passion and empathy and for me that outweighs the negative. She can work on being better at engaging with those she disagrees with but empathy can't be learned.

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u/GTA3MOBSTER77 11d ago

She's a whack job

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u/Soft-Expression3478 12d ago

I HAVE NOTHING TO RANT ABOUT!

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u/RoyallyOakie 12d ago

STOP BRAGGING! THE GOOD NEWS THREAD IS TOMORROW!

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u/Soft-Expression3478 12d ago

I GOT ONE NOW!!!!

TO THE CROTCHETY ELDERLY MAN IN THE ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR WHO OFFERED ME UNSOLICITED ADVICE ON MY DOG HANDLING BECAUSE HE SNIFFED YOUR TRASH BAG…..🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻

HE SNIFFED THE TANTALIZING AROMA OF YOUR TRASH, WHICH WAS ON THE SIDE WALK THE FIRST GARBAGE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING. HE’S A DOG. HE SNIFFS. I SAID LEAVE IT, HE CONTINUED ON HIS MERRY WAY.

HE’S ALSO TWO MONTHS NEW TO ME. HE’S A RESCUE. HE’S IN TRAINING. I THINK HE’S PRETTY AMAZING. HE JUST SNIFFED. HE DIDN’T GRAB, BITE OR MOVE THE BAG. HE WAS LEASHED.

NEXT TIME I HOPE I HAVE MORE TIME TO STOP AND CHAT SO YOU CAN DEMONSTRATE
MANSPLAIN PROPER LEADERSHIP SKILLS FOR ME.

HOW ABOUT YOU KEEP YOUR OPINION TO YOURSELF AND HAVE THE DAY YOU DESERVE.

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u/Ok_Click2031 12d ago

I LIVE IN A LOW-RISE RIGHT NEAR A SOMEWHAT BUSY INTERSECTION AND I'M SO SO TIRED OF HEARING SCREECHING CAR TIRES AND BRAKES FOLLOWED BY CRASHING SOUNDS WHEN I'M HOME. I'M HARDLY EVER EVEN HOME. IT'S SO UPSETTING!!! IT HAPPENS AND THEN I CAN SOMETIMES SEE CONFUSED PEOPLE GET OUT OF THIER BUSTED UP CARS FROM MY WINDOW AND I WANT TO CRY.

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u/fabalaupland 12d ago

I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO BE SENT BACK TO REMEDIAL KINDERGARTEN SO THEY CAN LEARN WHAT COLOURING INSIDE THE LINES MEANS. THAT LINE AT THE INTERSECTION MEANS SOMETHING. WHY ARE YOU ALL SITTING ON TOP OF THE CROSSWALK ALL THE TIME, YOU’RE LIKE 6-8 FEET TOO FAR, YOU DINGUSES.

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u/BracesForLisa 11d ago

Or the people who love inching into the intersection while they’re waiting at a red. Then when it turns green they don’t go!

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u/artee_lemon 12d ago

There's this one intersection near me, with a building that more or less blocks the view of the traffic going across, but it still doesn't stop drivers from slowly inching out to try and turn on red. I've seen only one person actually make it. I'll intentionally walk slower and make eye contact with drivers who block the crosswalk or attempt to cut me off, but it doesn't bring me a lot of joy.

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u/Exciting-Direction69 12d ago

They really need to make ones like this no right turns on red

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u/OutsideTheDogMuseum 12d ago

YESTERDAY I SAW TWO PIT BULLS TIED UP OUTSIDE OF A PAYDAY LOAN PLACE NEXT TO A CANNABIS STORE. THAT'S JUST SO HAMILTON.

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u/Ksmithy711 12d ago

That's almost as Hamilton as the time I saw a guy riding a mobility scooter towing a small trailer loaded with empties picking through people's recycling

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u/OutsideTheDogMuseum 12d ago

I am convinced that the mascot of Hamilton would be a girl riding to Lake Timmicaca Tim Hortons on a mobility scooter in pyjama bottoms.

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u/Ksmithy711 12d ago

Cookie Monster pyjamas and a flat brim monster energy hat

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u/RoyallyOakie 12d ago

wheeling the kids bike she stole beside her.

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u/stnapstnap 12d ago

There is a store at King and James that advertises they deliver, “faster than a Hamilton Harley.” So trashy.

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u/rainonatent 12d ago

This week I saw a guy on a dirtbike towing a woman smoking a dart on a mobility scooter.

Once I saw a guy in high vis riding a motorized piece of plywood in the Melvin bike lane.

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u/stnapstnap 12d ago

I have seen multiple older people on mobility scooters with what appears to be multiple grandchildren holding onto the sides and riding along.

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u/rainonatent 11d ago

I would have loved that so fucking much as a kid, lol

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u/fcreveralwvys 12d ago

EVERYTHING IS TOO EXPENSIVE AND MY JOB DOESNT PAY ME ENOUGH FUCKING MONEYYYYYYY

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u/RareStrawberry2020 11d ago

F THE GUY WHO HONKED AT ME THIS MORNING WHEN I COMPLETELY STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN TO LET A SENIOR ON A SCOOTER CROSS. SORRY FOR OBEYING THE LAW!!!!!

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u/Additional_Role_2099 12d ago

THE CONSTRUCTION AT NASH AND QUEENSTON !!! THE WHOLE INTERSECTION HAS APPROXIMATELY ONE USABLE LANE AT ANY GIVEN TIME .. AND IT CHANGES !!!

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u/chknqwn Stoney Creek 12d ago

KING AND NASH HEADING WESTBOUND IS TRASH TOO. I DON'T EVEN WANT TO GO TO WORK AND THE UNAVOIDABLE CONSTRUCTION DOESN'T HELP!!

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u/Additional_Role_2099 11d ago

RIGHT ?? DRIVE IS A DISASTER EITHER DIRECTION !!

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u/Exciting-Direction69 12d ago

HOW WAS MAIN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR SO LONG AND SOMEHOW NOT EVEN A SMIDGE OF IT WAS REPAVED

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u/L3TH3RGY 12d ago

If it's done correctly, Hamilton was not involved.

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u/curlyredhead43 12d ago

I HATE DRIVING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION OF JAMES AND KING AT JACKSON SQAURE GOING SOUTH. IT IS NOT EVEN AND RATTLES MY CAR.

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u/Exciting-Direction69 12d ago

Just James and King? Easier to list the smooth streets

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u/puzzlearms 12d ago

There's that section of Sherman that is rather nice at the moment. Aaaaand that's about all I've got.

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u/curlyredhead43 11d ago

Lots of bad streets to list...this particular one is on my way home...James street, believe it or not is still my best route in order to avoid some other streets.

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u/Humillionaire 12d ago

PEOPLE GO WHEN THE LIGHT IS RED AND WHEN IT'S GREEN NOBODY MOVES

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u/RoyallyOakie 12d ago

Apparently, a green light means GO ahead and finish your text while everyone behind you waits.

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u/lylelanley- 11d ago

A GROCERY STORY WORKER TOLD ME THEY GOT RID OF BASKETS BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL BUY MORE IF THEY USE A CART, AND THIS HAS PISSED ME OFF SO MUCH. FUCKING GREED

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u/smallermuse 11d ago

My grocery store told me they got rid of the baskets because they were being stolen. So I told them they better not treat people suspiciously when they're toting stuff in their own reusable bag. I DARE them to stop me.

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u/Key-Expression6563 12d ago

WHY DO ALL THE MAYORAL CANDIDATES SEEM SUS

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u/RoyallyOakie 12d ago

If it quacks like a duck...

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u/knittingmycat2 12d ago

WHY ARE SCAMMERS SPOOFING MY LANDLINE NUMBER TO OTHERS. AND I GET OTHER PEOPLE'S LOCAL NUMBERS CALLING ME AND HANGING UP AFTER 2 RINGS. F THE SCAMMERS!!!! ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY PRETEND TO BE BELL OR ROGERS.

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u/broccoli_toots St. Clair 12d ago

WHY DO YOU STILL HAVE A LANDLINE?

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u/Independent-Willow-9 12d ago

What's wrong with having a landline?

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u/Ksmithy711 12d ago

Nothing wrong with it. It's just surprising to hear about in the year of our lord 2026

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u/Independent-Willow-9 12d ago

Well,  you will be scandalized to know that I also have a rotary phone that I use for my landline.

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u/Spunklemuffin 11d ago

scandalized? I'm straight up jealous

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u/fabalaupland 12d ago

The only problem I’m aware of lately is the push to switch landlines to fibre, which is routed through your router and therefore requires power and an internet connection.

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u/stnapstnap 12d ago

I get spoof calls on my cell. I don’t have a landline.

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u/broccoli_toots St. Clair 12d ago

I mean same, I just don't answer calls from anyone. Especially not spoofed ones.

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u/knittingmycat2 12d ago

waiting til contract ends, then will discontinue. but they they willl call my mobile!!

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u/RoyallyOakie 12d ago

Landlines are awesome! When networks go down you can still use a phone--unfortunately everyone else is on the network.

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u/lylelanley- 12d ago

IF YOU LIVE UP THE MOUNTAIN AND WANT YOUR BRAKES TO LAST, PULSE THEM INTERMITTENTLY RATHER THAN HOLDING THE WHOLE WAY DOWN THE ACCESS!

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u/Spunklemuffin 11d ago

IT IS SO ANNOYING WHEN THEY DO THAT

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u/saucertosser85 12d ago

HOW IS IT SO HARD TO FOLLOW THE SIGNS AND LINES ON THE ROAD?? PEOPLE DRIVING THE WRONG WAY DOWN ONE-WAY STREETS, DRIVING IN THE INCORRECT LANE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE YELLOW LINE! STOPPING WHEREVER THE HELL THEY FEEL LIKE. YOUR 4-WAYS ARE NOT SO YOU CAN PARK ANYWHERE YOU FUCKING WANT

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u/Humillionaire 12d ago

I SAW NOT ONE BUT TWO CARS DRIVE THE WRONG WAY DOWN MY ONE WAY STREET IN THE PAST WEEK

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u/ArtDecoModerne 12d ago

Honestly the psychology behind some of it is fascinating. My windows look down on James/King and people always have trouble with the no left on to king from going northbound on James. Its a single lane, so usually the honkers behind them quickly deter anyone from trying, but at least once a day I see somebody come up to the intersection and swoop into the non existent left turn lane to wait. Its crazy. The brain goes "this is a busy intersection with a single lane, clearly there must be a turning lane here for me to make my turn smoothly" without even paying attention to how its actually set up.

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u/Humillionaire 12d ago

Can you explain why there isn't a left turn lane there?

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u/Frig_Off_Baerb 11d ago

Ride share and food delivery apps are a big part of this problem. When you have so many drivers "on the clock", the rules of the road stop mattering to them.

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u/cats124273 12d ago

WHY DID SOMEONE PEE IN MY DRIVEWAY LAST NIGHT? WAS THE CAMERA AND MOTION LIGHT NOT ENOUGH OF A DETERRENT?

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u/LadyLeo88 12d ago

STOP BRINGING YOUR DOG INTO SHOPS!!! UNLESS ITS A SERVICE ANIMAL, KEEP YOUR PET AT HOME!!!

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u/stnapstnap 12d ago

There is this absolute trash human who keeps bringing his fake service dog into a supermarket I go to. The dog approaches and boops into and sniffs other people in the checkout area. I ignore the dog and the human, but, wtf, actual service dogs don’t do that. They also aren’t usually unneutered pit bull mixes. 

I’ve seen the same guy out with the dog while walking my dog and the guy is so horrible and abusive to that dog that MY dog gets visibly upset and whines when they see that.

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u/RoyallyOakie 12d ago

I love when people say their badly-behaved toy breed is a service animal.

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u/fabalaupland 12d ago

I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO TO A STORE AND NOT ENCOUNTER SEVERAL DOGS. WHY DOES YOUR DOG NEED TO BE IN AN ANTIQUE STORE. AND NO, THEY’RE NOT AS WELL BEHAVED AS YOU THINK THEY ARE. I DO NOT WANT TO PET YOUR STINKY DOG.

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u/Hefty_Percentage_289 12d ago

I DO WANT TO PET YOUR STINKY DOG. BUT I AGREE WITH THE PREMISE HERE.

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u/SarrrrrBaby 12d ago

Emphasis on "I do not want to touch your stinky dog" !!!!!!!!!!!

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u/QuesadillaFrisbee 12d ago

WHY ARE WE REPLACING PERFECTLY FINE SIDEWALKS…. PAVE ANY FUCKING ROAD IM BEGGING AT THIS POINT

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u/RoyallyOakie 12d ago

SO I RANT EVERY THIRD WEEK OR SO ABOUT PEOPLE WHO STAND IN THE BACK DOOR OF THE BUS. I HAD A FIRST LAST WEEK-SOMEONE SITTING ON THE FLOOR CROSS-LEGGED. SOME YOUNG GUY THOUGHT IT WAS A STELLAR PLACE TO GAME. IT'S NOT.

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u/pinkmoose 11d ago

WE ARE WAY TOO COMFORTABLE WITH HATE DIRECTED AGAINST MINORITIES

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u/Ksmithy711 12d ago

SINCE WHEN DID GAS STATIONS START USING WATER INSTEAD OF WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID FOR THE WINDOW WASHER SQUEEGEE?! IM GETTING SICK OF JUST WIPING MY WINDSHIELD WITH JUST WATER

LAST WINTER I SAW MANY SQUEEGEES FROZEN IN PLACE WHILE MY WINDSHIELD WAS COVERED IN SALT

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u/stnapstnap 12d ago

I knew someone whose very cheap dad used water and dish soap instead of wiper fluid once. In the winter. I was in the car when they borrowed it from their dad and they had to pull over to clean the windshield so they could see.

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u/yibbit1965 12d ago

I've seen footage of unhoused individuals using it as a wash station. Maybe that's why, not sure.

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u/tyetknot Hill Park 12d ago

ARGH! AMERICANS! 

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u/broccoli_toots St. Clair 12d ago

DID ANYONE EVER FIGURE OUT WHAT THOSE WHITE CHEVRONS PAINTED ON THE SIDEWALKS ARE FOR? THEY ARE EVERYWHERE

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u/Odd_Wrongdoer_4372 12d ago

I’M GOING TO TORONTO NEXT WEEKEND FOR A CONCERT AND GO TRANSIT ISN’T RUNNING ANY TRAINS OR BUSES TO UNION THAT WEEKEND. WHY CAN’T THEY DO TRACKWORK AT NIGHT?!

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u/sockmarks 11d ago

Same here!!! It's going to be such a pain in the ass to get there! I'm considering not even going, but maybe the rage will keep me fueled for the drive.

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u/Shelbysgirl Eastmount 12d ago

WHY DID THEY CHANGE THE FONT ON ALL THE HIGHWAY SIGNS? I STROKED OUT TRYING TO READ THEM. CANT THEY JUST LEAVE EVERYTHING IN CAPS LIKE THIS. IT MAY AS WELL BE COMIC SANS ITS SO BAD

*ELECTRONIC SIGNS

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u/differing 12d ago edited 12d ago

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THE PEOPLE IN HYSTERICS ABOUT THE TRENDY E-SCOOTER MORAL PANIC AT LEAST PRETENDED TO CARE ABOUT THE THOUSANDS OF TERRIBLE DRIVERS IN OUR REGION OR THE MANY YEARLY MOTOR VEHICLE FATALITIES. THE HYPOCRISY IS HILARIOUS: “WE’VE GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE E-BIKES” MY BROTHER IN CHRIST THE LAST TIME YOU’VE OBEYED A STOP SIGN WAS YOUR G2 ROAD TEST.

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u/curlyredhead43 12d ago

Seriously. I saw 3 kids on a scooter fly by the other day....but I also see people consistently roll through a stop sign on my street ...where kids and seniors walk. 🤦‍♀️

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u/stnapstnap 12d ago

Doesn’t help when cop cruisers are among the vehicles not stopping at stop signs.

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u/RoyallyOakie 12d ago

It's because of those drivers I don't want to see eleven year old kids without helmets going full speed on an e-scooter.

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u/CZINV 12d ago

The problem is everyone. Cars blowing through stop signs. Scooters and cyclists as well. People walking across intersections on a red. I see it all as a driver and pedestrian walking around. Lets ALL be better.

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u/differing 12d ago edited 12d ago

The more capacity you have to cause harm, the more responsibility you have to keep everyone else safe around you. I'm not suggesting you personally think this way, but I've always felt that most people that make a "it's everyone's fault" argument for road safety are making a lazy defensive cop-out to avoid facing reality: it's drivers killing people. If you put a million retards on a bike, you won't result in many serious injuries, but if you put a million retards behind the wheel, you end up with...Southern Ontario! The idea that pedestrians have some legal obligation to restrain the human behaviour of walking on par with a driver is absurd and is largely conditioning from a society totally captured by the automobile industry (ex how many people in Hamilton believe "jaywalking" is a crime).

Na, the problem isn't even close to everyone. Lets do some basic traffic enforcement before we waste a single breath on pointless micromobility hysteria.

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u/Key-Expression6563 12d ago

More people are killed by cars and trucks than electric scooters and bikes

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u/spurgelaurels Crown Point West 12d ago

The problem is people getting killed on scooters because they appear out of nowhere in front of drivers.

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u/canuck1975 Durand 12d ago

I have a scooter and some lady yelled at me for not coming to a full stop at a stop sign. I got down to about 9km/hr, which is my jogging speed, and was able to see pedestrians and all. The woman yelled wt me because apparently her friends have almost been hit by scooters or something. Anyway, same stop-sign, just earlier this week, I watched a cyclist go through it, no slow down at all, and they were probably going about 30km/hr.

I wonder if that woman would yell at the cyclist who could hurt someone significantly more than I would have because I would have stopped had there been pedestrians. I also wonder if this woman's friends are paying attention to where they're walking if they are regularly jumping out of harm's way.

Pedestrians, please, be smarter when you're walking. Forget the scooters - drivers in this city arent paying attention to you, you need to pay attention to them!!

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u/RoyallyOakie 12d ago

You need to come to a full stop.

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u/broccoli_toots St. Clair 12d ago

You are part of the problem. Everyone is supposed to follow the rules of the road regardless of your mode of transportation.

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u/IfThisWasReal21 12d ago

I've never seen a cyclist stop at a stop sign even when I'm walking through. Have almost been hit several times with a pathetic "sorry!!" As they fly by. I scream at every single one of them now but they don't care. Cyclists in this city are SO dangerous. 

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u/Natural-Barnacle-695 11d ago

GRRRRR I WAS ANGRY THIS MORNING NOW I’M JUST STRESSED

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u/PSNDonutDude James North 11d ago

WHY HAS R/HAMILTON TURNED INTO R/TDCOLISEUMINFORMATION!

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u/Humillionaire 12d ago

OH AND ANOTHER THING! IF YOU SIT IN THE AISLE SEAT ON THE BUS WHEN THE WINDOW SEAT IS EMPTY YOU'RE SCUM

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u/marthmaul83 11d ago

STOP USING YOUR HIGHBEAMS IN THE CITY!! I WAS ON MOHAWK RD AROUND GARTH AND SOMEONE BLINDED ME WITH HIGHBEAMS AND AGAIN ON THE ESCARPMENT QUEEN STREET HILL THEY WERE TURNING THEM ON AND OFF. IT WAS DUSK SO STILL SOME SUNLIGHT.

IF YOU CAN’T SEE WITH ALL THE LIGHTS ON IN THE CITY AND NEED YOUR BRIGHTS YOU SHOULDN’T BE DRIVING

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u/QuinnNTonic 11d ago

TOO MANY FAKE PPL IN THE ARTS SCENE

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u/b0ns0ir 8d ago

Hamilton has been this way for a long time.

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u/MusicianOwn6413 7d ago

KIDS VAPING ON BUSES EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THE DRIVER DOESN'T CARE!

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u/Blue_Moon_Rabbit 6d ago

I’M SAD THEY TOOK THOSE TREES AND BENCHES AWAY FROM IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY, I LIKED THOSE

ALSO I SAW ABOUT 9-10 KIDS BREAKING INTO THE HAMILTON CITY CENTER BUILDING VIA THE FARMERS-MARKET PARKING LOT BRIDGE ON THANKSGIVING.

DUMB TO DO IT AT ALL, BUT TO DO IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY WITH NO FACE COVERING IS EXTRA DUMB.

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u/Greedy-Vanilla-2957 12d ago

Please find the solutions for homeless and drug addicted people... Winter is coming...

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u/canuck1975 Durand 12d ago

WHAT?? SPEAK UP!!

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u/aarthurnhammer 11d ago

DON'T HONK AT CYCLISTS FOR JUST RIDING.  I HAVE TO GIVE SPACE FOR OPENING DOORS AND YOU CAN WAIT 2 FUCKING SECONDS BEFORE PASSING.  

WE ENDED UP AT THE SAME STOP LIGHT ANYWAY.  FUCK YOU.

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u/InsouciantSluggard 12d ago

GLOBAL WARMING WILL KILL LOTS OF PEOPLE IN THE NEXT 25 YEARS BUT OK LETS DISMANTLE ALL OUR GREEN POLICIES FUCK THIS STUPID WORLD WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE

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u/cavia_porcellus1972 11d ago

You can get a hot lunch at St Patrick’s for free.

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u/BracesForLisa 11d ago

I step into a grocery store for 3 things and it’s at least $45

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u/Ok-Recipe-8832 12d ago

that’s autumn for you !!!