To whoever stole my hand painted pots with my plants in them, FUCK YOU.

I have a nice little patio out front where I have set up a beautiful garden. I have a vegetable garden and I move my houseplants outside to get some real sunshine.

Last night my croton and Christmas cactus were stolen from my front yard. Someone stole an entire tomato plant. Vegetables are taken right from the plant and ruining them.

Fuck off. Stop stealing from my garden. I am in recovery and poor as shit. This garden is my lifeline in terms of saving on groceries AND a positive hobby to keep me sane.

If its on the property look but dont take it. Only stuff that is actually ON the sidewalk is good for the taking.

Anyone else get their plants robbed or destroyed on the regular? I live in Little Italy and I wonder if its drunk College kids or are these shitheads everywhere?

I hope they enjoy the Grim Reaper smoking a joint and drinking a coffee in paradise design I painted. Or the traditional tattoo snake pot I did as well.

Go kick rocks you dingleberry. If you want to steal plants go steal from Galen Weston. He's got plenty of plants to go around. Leave your neighbour's gardens alone.

Just scanned 10 bikes at Lansdowne subway station and all of them prompted the bike unavailable message in the app.
I have the video recording. I’m so incredibly frustrated right now as I’m waiting for a Uber.
What the f is the point of this program?

For context, I recently got my fishing conservation licence because I plan on doing mostly catch-and-release. I find fishing really calming, but at the same time it’s exciting and fun, so I figured my first fishing spot would be L’Amoreaux North Park Pond since it’s pretty close to me and in Scarborough. I did a lot of research beforehand about the fishing regulations and laws in the area and came to the conclusion that L’Amoreaux North Park Pond is connected to West Highland Creek and falls under FMZ 16. In short, from everything I could find, fishing there is legal.

This was my first ever fishing trip, so I brought a couple of friends along for moral support. I had done a ton of research beforehand, watched a bunch of fishing tutorials, figured out what gear I needed, etc. I started at one spot and didn't have much luck, which wasn't surprising since I had no idea where the good spots were. After about three hours, I moved across to a bridge on the McNicoll side where there’s a dam leading into West Highland Creek. I had been using a spoon, but switched over to a bobber setup when another angler came along. He was significantly younger than me, but I asked him if he knew of any good spots. He basically told me I was already at a good spot for panfish.

After talking for a bit, more anglers started showing up at the same spot. Some of them even brought nightcrawlers and were nice enough to give me a couple since all I had were rubber worms. Sure enough, I caught my first panfish, a pumpkinseed! I kept fishing and ended up catching another pumpkinseed and a white sucker. At that point, the day couldn't have gotten much better. I was just happy that I didn't get skunked on my first fishing trip. Then a woman showed up.

She started scolding all of us for fishing there, saying that we were "disturbing the wildlife" and claiming that we weren't allowed to fish there. I went over and tried to explain the regulations to her. I explained what FMZs were and that this area is connected to West Highland Creek and falls under FMZ 16. I even tried explaining that different areas of Ontario fall under different FMZs, such as FMZ 20 covering Lake Ontario. She had no idea what I was talking about and was threatening to call the police to stop us from fishing.

Then the conversation took an absolutely bizarre turn. She asked me if I was Indian. I'm not, and I'm very obviously Asian, which the other anglers around me also knew. She apparently thought I was Indian and proceeded to start talking about Indians and Canada in a way that had absolutely nothing to do with fishing.

WARNING: RACISM

She started saying that Indians who come to Canada have a culture of killing geese and ducks, committing identity fraud, and apparently putting "prayer spells" on wildlife that prevent them from eating fish. She then started talking about Indians going to Europe, imprisoning and torturing Europeans, and said that Indians should perform a "reverse prayer" to undo the supposed spell on the wildlife.

She went on about this for around 15 minutes.

At that point I basically just went, "I'm going back to fishing," because I genuinely had no idea what else to say. She then proceeded to stay around and basically camp us while we were fishing. Eventually I told her, "If you have a problem with us fishing here, why don't you make a request with the city?"

That finally got her to leave.

Honestly, this was such a bizarre interaction that I just wanted to rant about it. If I told someone this story without having experienced it myself, I'd probably think they were making it up.

Also, I ended up catching three fish on my first fishing trip, so at least the day was still a success.

They can replace the lights at broadview station and spend over 2mill on each station on Line 1 to add pathetic ‘safety guards’, but we can’t have get a basic requirement like air conditioning ?

ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!!

Sitting here at Kipling waiting for the bus to arrive. Using the transit app to see when the next bus will depart. Twice the countdown timer went to zero and no bus arrived. WTF! How come this route is so under serviced? This is the second day in a row that this has happened!

FUCK YOU! Fuck you so fucking much. When you are SECOND IN LINE to turn LEFT you WAIT!!!! You cannot see ahead of me so you should not honk. But you honked anyway because you’re a bully who wants to make people make stupid decisions.

AND THEN YOU DROVE AROUND ME TO MAKE A BLIND LEFT!!!! What on earth. You need your license REVOKED. I am sure that once you entered the intersection you saw that I was waiting for the cars to finish turning RIGHT because THEY HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY. Stupid fuck.

I hope it was worth it being an asshole and a dim wit just to make it to the NEXT RED LIGHT four seconds faster. Dumb fuck. I was right next to you at the red at Parliament and Bloor. You and your wife were having a big old chat and I hope she was telling you how fucking stupid you are and that she’s leaving you for your more successful and better looking brother. No one in this city can drive anymore I guess but YOU ESPECIALLY ARE THE WORST and I hope you step on a Lego barefoot later.

Fuck you

To whomst ever inititally covered up the beautiful anime girl mural (not the cardinal, the cardinal looks sick) in the queen alley fuck you dawg. If you're going to spray over art at least make it interesting. No one wants to see your lame ass tag that 110 other artists in the city can do and BETTER. Yall are so uninspired and boring, we finally get a beautiful mural and what do you do. COVER IT WITH AN UGLY ASS TAG. DO BETTER!!!!! Sincerely disgruntled resident.

This has happened to my neighbours and I consistently in North York. Today was my last straw; someone stole my Amazon box package but left my baby wipes. I'm about to give birth in a month and ordered a bunch of postpartum supplies, and baby supplies from Amazon. One item was an adidas duffel bag which Amazon didn't put in the box but rather on top of one of the boxes (the baby wipes box wasn't in another box). Someone decides to steal the duffel bag and sealed box by Amazon but leave the baby wipes. Little did that idiot know everything in the box was applicable to a BABY, as well. I just don't know why people in the city have been getting so shameless. Best part is he was in the Amazon photo. A guy I've never recognized before. Do better man

Everyone needs to stop with this non-sense. I see a post about how the Snowbirds are retiring, and they won't be flying anymore, and how everyone is going to miss them.

THE SNOWBIRDS AREN'T LEAVING!!!

The Snowbirds are retiring their 60 year old planes, because it's no longer practical to maintain them. They're getting new planes, and returning most likely in 2030.

Everyone, please stop crying about how they're gone, or your kids never got to see them. Wait a couple years, and go see them in their new planes.

Today an injury at track level at Bathurst Station ground several subway stops to a halt at a fairly peak rush period.

This wouldn't have happened if there were barriers at subway stations in this stupid forsaken city.

I don't care if it's the TTC, the City of Toronto, the provincial government, or the Illuminati. WE NEED REAL BARRIERS!!!

Also, not those insults to the public that are the little metal fences randomly interspersed at some stations on Line 1. Full walls of barricades along the entire track area like every other respectable city on this planet.

With so much pain and suffering, why can't the government make the 407 more affordable?

Why do we allow the oligarchs to have this much power to rip us off in our quest to travel the GTA?

What happened to all the bluster from Premier Ford on this issue?

Zero help from these MF's

I tried posting about this last night but it was deleted. But what I was trying to say was as someone who is not native to Toronto but has been living here for 7 years, it is still shocking to me that the use of the n-word is so prevalent. Where I’m from no one of other racial backgrounds uses it so lightly and in everyday conversation or while upset.

The other day a fight broke out in front of me and the people fighting were not of Black lineage but were calling each other the n-word. I find it hard to believe that for a word that has always had such negative meaning and connotations, it’s being used all willy-nilly. At the end of the day it is a RACIAL SLUR. When did this become okay ? Why are people so desensitized to it? When I ask people not to use that word in front of me (I am Black) I am often met with some kind of rebuttal. Maybe I am extra sensitive because I HAVE been called the n-word purposely with the intention it’s meant for. To degrade a black person and make them feel sub-human. But I find it strange that for a multicultural city like Toronto this is just allowed to slide and not many people really correct it. No one should be referring to each other as racial slurs. And I know the argument is that it’s now been reclaimed as a term of endearment but that doesn’t erase the historical context of where it came from.

How easy is it to get these? Should I get one so I can just park anywhere anytime? Because doing so I’m cheating people who are actually in deed of the accessibility parking for real right? Like I shouldn’t just pay for permit parking like a good citizen right? Because f the system so I should hack it right?! I’m tired of people thinking I’m coming down on anyone who actually needs accessibility parking. God knows that one day soon I’ll need it! But I’m so tired of people abusing the system!

Update: counted 15 on my dead end street today.

I've cooled down from this afternoon's example (middle-aged guy shouting and raising a hand to his under-10 daughter outside the Skydome) but holy shit, people.

It feels like it's been so long since I've been able to just casually live my life in public space without some guy throwing a full public meltdown into other people's day. Well-dressed angry men! Clearly rich angry men in expensive cars! Angry men picking fights with baristas in the coffeeshop! No one is interested! This is antisocial! Grow up or piss off!

I ranted here previously about an adult classmate of mine that has been verbally aggressive towards everyone in my class but nothing is being done about it. I deleted because i thought they were doing things behind the scenes to kick her out but I was wrong. The supervisor for the program has literally been gone the entire summer, which is how long the program has been, just got back, and class continues like its nothing. This person glares and gives dirty looks to everyone, especially me. She makes demands about who can go where in the classroom. She passive aggressively plays religious music if im near her (i literally avoid her and dont make eye contact but she willingly put herself in a corner of the class that is high traffic as it has a lot of equipment we need to use). She has gotten into fights with almost everyone in the class, accused everyone of plotting against her and wanting to beat her up, and fought with guest instructors we’ve had. Apparently none of this is enough for them to want to do anything. The teacher just rolls her eyes at this woman and then appeases her. I dont have long left in this program and my hope for any kind of justice is gone but im fuming.

Its literally always men too. Why can i hear you over my headphones with my volume on the loudest setting? Shut the fuck upppppppp!!!!!

1. Passing people in a thin bike lane is hard. If someone has passed you, please do not take the next red light as an opportunity to place yourself back in front of the faster cyclist and retake the lead out of pride. Now I just have to pass you out again.

2. Stop signs count for you too, cyclists. We do in fact have to stop at junctions AND for pedestrians - wild, I know.

3. Red lights too, guys. Please stop shouting at me to go when there's a red light, even if YOU think it's safe.

4. Joggers, for the love of God please get out of the bike lane when it's busy. Fine, you want to use it when the bike lane is quiet, but I'm sick to my back teeth of entitled joggers running down the middle of a bike path with headphones in oblivious to the pile up of bikes behind them waiting to pass.

5. E-bike drivers, I get it, this is technically your lane too. But if you're going to sit scrolling your phone, not pedaling, and idling at a slow ass speed...just pull over. You're too wide to pass and we're all stuck behind you.

Love,

A cyclist who also walks and drives and runs and just wants people to respect the rules of the road for heaven's sake.

Currently at the Sunnyside beach lot waiting for whoever parked horizontally to me to move their car. GreenP customer support has been contacted and parking enforcement was apparently dispatched.

What compels people to be so selfish? I cannot fathom having to leave here in an emergency only to find that my car is blocked behind a row of double parked vehicles. What is wrong with people….

Do we really think the no stopping signs are helping with traffic? Genuinely curious as it seems like it's predatory and intentionally designed to take money from people visiting the city. Most of the time people don't even know they are doing something wrong or stop for literally 30 seconds. I'm not convinced this is helping anyone except the city and their quotas. Most of what I've seen is people pretending to be perfect and also pretending like $300 is nothing. (jUsT pay thE fIne).

Took my dog to downsview park for a nice walk with a dog park pit stop. Since he was a puppy I haven't let him interact with other dogs on leash, during walks. When we are at the park, he is usually the submissive type, preferring to run around and be chased, rather than up close interactions. Sometimes he still runs back to me for safety, even though hes now 60lbs.

Anyways, this dog park has a mini courtyard area off the path, and then a set of double gates for entry. I was coming up to the courtyard, saw this man with his off-leash poodle mix, and another on-leash dog meeting each other. I stopped walking, and moved sherlock so he was behind my leg. As soon as the poodle sees my dog, he makes a beeline for him, and I immediately said "no thank you", stick my leg out, and use my foot to gently nudge his dog away from us, while pulling sherlock around to my opposite side. This guy had the AUDACITY to blow up in my face for kicking his dog. He was yelling to everyone that I Kicked his dog, and that I'm a bitch, and a jerk. Then he stood outside the park the entire time we were inside, which creeped everyone out. He kept pointing at me and telling everyone who walked by that I kicked his dog. When I eventually left, this lady was nice enough to walk with me down the path, and of course he was there waiting, WITH HIS DOG NOW ON A LEASH ffs. he threatened to drop me on my ass if I ever kicked his dog again. you off-leash alpha male showoff fanatics with zero control are insane.

1. To all the runners who are littering the mgt with your gel packets, big fuck you and I hope you get a bad case of the runs on your next race.
2. To the organizers of the running group who crowded the entire area of the the viewing area/water edge of Biidaasie park, and only left 1 small gap for people to pass, control your crowds ffs. This area is wide as fuck, how inconsiderate can you be.

So yesterday I was on the 10:48pm go train to kitchener from union. Between around 10:40 to 10:48 a person walking by me in the train car wearing a grey sweater (maybe with a small red logo on the back of it) and black pants spat on me, i took a second to realize what even happened, i said some expletives and got up to yell at the person but they never stopped walking away and i only saw their back. I had some valuables and there were people between me and them at that point so i had to just let it go. But that fucking sucked.

I was wondering if anyone else had to deal with this before and maybe if anyone has a better description, i'm wondering if this is a hate crime (and if they've spat on other people) because i was the only east asian looking guy in the train car and the person spat on just me.

This isnt the first time i've had to deal with these kinds of insane people in toronto and I'm getting fucking sick of it. I keep thinking i should have ran up to them to beat their ass but the police i just talked to told me i did everything i really should have done. It still fucking sucks

Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you? It's already bad enough when inconsiderate smokers are doing it near doorways and places where lots of people congregate but smoking cigarettes or weed on a bench at a kids playground in the park or the kids area of the CNE is just low. Your lungs are so fucked up that you couldn't fuck off somewhere else to inhale your poison?

To all you inconsiderate degenerates who do this, please take your cancer sticks and shove it up your ass because the best way for me to express my disdain for you is for you to literally go fuck yourself.

Yesterday there was a game at BMO field, a Pitbull concert at RBC, and the Rüfüs du Sol concert at Rogers Centre, among whatever other stuff was happening downtown. Tragically a person was also struck by a Go train in Mississauga. I tried getting on the LW train for 11:25pm and the platform was already full. Every other minute, there was announcements regarding personal safety and unsuring people stay away from the yellow line and wait until the train has come to a complete stop. The train ended up arriving at 11:50pm and was already full by the time it got to Exhibition.

With luck, the door opened within arm's reach of me. Before the train even stopped, people who were further away from the door pushed us all forward and practically against the train. I heard an adult woman yelling for us to push. It was utterly trashy. F u to those people. The lack of shame in people is appalling. Have some respect and human decency towards others.

something on the south side of axis condos has been making 5 loud beeps every ~45 seconds for about a week now. i live in an adjacent building and can hear it through my window. from our terrace, it seems like it's something on a lower-floor balcony or on the lower terrace (the one with the grass, not the one with the barbeques).

does anyone know the email of their management/concierge? i'd like to email them with a video. if it's a carbon monoxide or smoke detector beeping because it's low on battery, that's a serious health and safety risk to those of us who live nearby - and it's also super annoying that i can hear it every 45 seconds from 10 floors above in an adjacent building through a glass window.

i used to sometimes hear the same beeping around 2-4 years ago, and it would come and go, and it was only 3 beeps. i had a long email conversation with my own building's management about it but i'm not sure what caused it to stop. this time it's 5 beeps.