I left Canada when the politics started to mirror that of America’s. Went to Europe, and while there are a lot of problems here as well (an increasing amount to boot), I’m happier overall.

Current Pixel 9 Pro. Second best phone I’ve used, but it hasn’t stood the test of time yet.

Best I used was the Galaxy S7.

Note 9 would be my top choice, but it started having display issues around the 2-year mark.

Did you see Paddington 1+2? I had the same feeling about those two. Absolutely fantastic movies with a lot of soul.

I’ll have to check out Puss in Boots if it’s similar.

I got a Garmin fitness tracker. I really wanted a smart watch, but don’t want to have to charge it all the time.

I got the Instinct, and ended up turning the notifications off right away - i just wanted to see the stats on my sleep and step count. It also encouraged me to start running and exercising more.

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I was once like that. I thought running was such a boring hobby. I stuck to it though, and it quickly became a hobby for me that I miss when I don’t or can’t do it.

I do 20-35km per week, including a half marathon (organized or self induced) once per month. Previous to last year, I didn’t exercise or go to the gym.

Unless someone is getting murdered.

I don’t know that I could pick one, but Joe Hisashi’s Studio Ghibli sound tracks are done of my favourites

This is mine too. I don’t really like board games, but Ticket to Ride really clicked with me and I had a blast playing it. Will get it for myself but damn it’s expensive (I guess that’s a problem with board games in general, and I do see the value of the investment).

I haven’t logged in yet, but Newsmast is an app that runs off of Mastodon. Could be what you’re looking for (but I also might misunderstand what the app actually does).

The David Fincher version of Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

I prefer catarel.

I used to work at Starbucks (almost a decade ago now), but at the time, the motto was “just say yes” to any customer requests. We also had free drink cards that you could give out to deesclate any issue. So I would say any time you’re even the slightest bit unhappy, bring it up, and you should at least have your problem solved, if not compensated for a free drink next time.

We also had customer satisfaction surveys that would print on reciepts, where filling one out would get the customer a free drink. We always kept them for customers that were happier to try and rig the odds in our favour of a higher rating, but also if a customer asked for one, I would give it if I had it. You could always ask the cashier if they have any of those as well.

Again, not sure how much either of those things have changed in the past 10 years, and I’m not sure how regional it was (this was in Canada at a corporately run store), but maybe worth a try.

Also I love these types of threads – great topic to post.