903: What's Yours is Mine

[batlash]

Originally Posted by blu

just too chime in here. Granted I've lived in Vancouver for most of my life and I have spent a considerable amount of time in Toronto. It definitely has it's advantages, the night life some may say is better for example but for me I always get a little anxious knowing that I am far away from an ocean but that's a personal thing I guess. Toronto is heavy on the concrete and not so much with the greenery. Living in Vancouver you get used to tree lined streets and having green grass etc. Toronto is definitely lacking in that department and compared to Vancouver it feels enormous. I feel like Toronto is like Vegas, it's cool to visit, but after 4 days I am done.

With that beign said, I am biased I guess because I love the West Coast and I love Vancouver.

There's a lot of cool places in Toronto to visit and shop at, but at the end of the day it comes down to the fact that the people there tend to be empty and soulless.
With BC, you have that "out west' attitude - which is just cool, laid-back and party-filled. With the maritimes, you have people who are just "salt of the earth" and the type of people who'd take you in out of the cold if you needed. Quebec - or Montreal where I am - tends to have more of a european sense to it ( without the inherent snootiness ). Ottawa - has Rhian - which is enough to make it a great place.

[CORTESNYC]

Hey thanks to McNally and Potatoe for posting that pict of 5points(the graff Building in Queens) My piece is the half Skull/joker piece on the bottom left. If you want to see videos of the creation of some of those pieces check my art videos page.
YouTube - cortesnyc's Channel.
and my website ::The Works of Chris Cortes::.
Peace to Keith and Chemda,, thanks for hosting such great conversations! -C

Originally Posted by McNally

Potatoe posted some NY graffiti in the shownotes -- If this is the place I'm thinking of (building near PS1 on the 7 train), I always really liked it. Aspire to this, NY. This building looks cool.

[Rancore]

Yeah, Keith, spend a long time in Canada and you'll realize even without black people, we have an equivalent: our First Nations, or Canadian-Indians. The similarities are staggering - they whine more than they should, especially about hardships they haven't faced in decades, they have their own MONTH, they get massive tax breaks from the Canadian gov't, etc, etc. They even get cash handouts for little to no reason. I have a friend of this race who monthly receives a cheque for a couple hundred dollars. Actually, they have it even easier than black people.

[Maiyn]

So McNally, with you moving back to canada, what will be the odds that you make any guest appearences on the show besides maybe just call ins?

[McNally]

I plan to be in town for Keith's April 15th shows as long as he keeps doing them, and I'm sure I'll keep podcasting on my own, if you find yourself curious about my various horse-fuckery. Or just swing by Canada and ask around. They know me.

[batlash]

Originally Posted by McNally

I plan to be in town for Keith's April 15th shows as long as he keeps doing them, and I'm sure I'll keep podcasting on my own, if you find yourself curious about my various horse-fuckery. Or just swing by Canada and ask around. They know me.

Oh, you're THAT Keith- we were wondering where you went brother!! We only have 2 keiths here ( McNally & black Keith ) - and without McNally here -black keith was getting kinda uppity, thank God you're back!

[Bucho]

Originally Posted by McNally

I don't think anywhere else in North America is quite like New York. I didn't understand the magnitude of it before I came. Its population dwarfs other American cities. It's got double the people of Los Angeles. The gross national product of the Tri-State Area alone is on par with all of Canada. The place is a fucking crazy house.

What you need to do to cure your NYC hate is spend a week in Mexico City or Sao Paulo. They make New York look like a tiny bonzai rose garden and smell even better.

[crazyrob]

Originally Posted by McNally

I plan to be in town for Keith's April 15th shows as long as he keeps doing them, and I'm sure I'll keep podcasting on my own, if you find yourself curious about my various horse-fuckery. Or just swing by Canada and ask around. They know me.

But with over staying your visa you might have trouble getting back in the states now

[Amravanti]

Originally Posted by Cretaceous Bob

Dude, you stiffed waiters on tips because you refused to eat at home. That's an asshole. It's not colored perceptions. You are depriving people of a proper wage. Fuck you.

That argument doesn't work for a number of reasons.

One, because I live in California, where waiters are payed at least minimum wage, generally more.

Two, I wouldn't be depriving anyone of a proper wage. The system would be. Or the employer. That's sort of the main point I've tried to make here. How can anyone seriously blame a customer for an employee's wages?

Also, this may be shaky logic, but staying home in effect has the same outcome as not tipping. I end up depriving the restaurant of business. Provided the place isn't so packed that I'm taking the space of another customer. In fact, everytime I don't go out to eat, I'm depriving a waiter somewhere of a proper wage. Should I go out to eat every night in a crusade to save the waiting world? Should I go out to eat in every restaurant at once, at all times?

Three, I do tip. I'm pretty sure my tipping habits over the last year average out to at least 15%. Curious. Does that make a difference at all? Or is anyone who goes out without tipping an asshole, regardless of his past tipping history?

This must be annoying to everyone at this point, so I'm officially done with this now. Promise. It's obvious no one agrees with me and no one is going to change my mind.

[crazyrob]

Originally Posted by Amravanti

That argument doesn't work for a number of reasons.

One, because I live in California, where waiters are payed at least minimum wage, generally more.

Two, I wouldn't be depriving anyone of a proper wage. The system would be. Or the employer. That's sort of the main point I've tried to make here. How can anyone seriously blame a customer for an employee's wages?

Also, this may be shaky logic, but staying home in effect has the same outcome as not tipping. I end up depriving the restaurant of business. Provided the place isn't so packed that I'm taking the space of another customer. In fact, everytime I don't go out to eat, I'm depriving a waiter somewhere of a proper wage. Should I go out to eat every night in a crusade to save the waiting world? Should I go out to eat in every restaurant at once, at all times?

Three, I do tip. I'm pretty sure my tipping habits over the last year average out to at least 15%. Curious. Does that make a difference at all? Or is anyone who goes out without tipping an asshole, regardless of his past tipping history?

This must be annoying to everyone at this point, so I'm officially done with this now. Promise. It's obvious no one agrees with me and no one is going to change my mind.

So you know the min salary of serving staff in each place you visit? And you think minimum wage is enough to make a living...its not take an economic course

Funny that average salary of California server is 2% LESS then the rest of America.

I love that you blame the system spoken like a true African American. The system is the problem not the people. Its the people who make the system and take avantage of it and you are one of them.

I am glad Keith cited the Cornell research done proving that blacks as a whole tip less. Just cause you say you tip more doesn't prove the study wrong. Heck you tipping a min of 15% means that there are people tipping much less than you. Again take a math class and learn percentages