Stop living in the past.

We all enjoy the heritage buildings, and hopefully can preserve most of them for use. That's right, USE—buildings are designed to be used. Modernity is here to stay. If you want proof, go travel. Historic buildings can co-exist with modern ones, and there are plenty (read: almost every) cities that have shown this to be true. Contrary to what some of you might believe, Halifax is not the only city with "historic" character.

Historical mimicry is simply a failure of the present, and an insult to the past (plastic fake stones do not equal real masonry).

I'd rather live in the present, thank you. -The Future

To have a friend you must be one. -Annoyed

So it's now blatantly obvious...rocket scientists—while very smart when it comes to getting those ships into space and even having people survive for long periods of time while floating around up there—none of these people have any common sense.

For awhile I have been reading stories seeing TV/videos of people planning on manned Mars missions. Lately there are as well as government cooperative efforts looking into it. Private companies are also talking about sending people out to live on Mars. In case you've never bothered to check...Mars is a fuck of a long ways away, with our present fossil fuel space craft!

The moon, which is in comparison with our primitive technology, just across the street. While the moon has had a few manned visits, only 12 men have been on the surface, and the longest stay was just over three days.

Now wouldn't it make just a LITTLE BIT OF SENSE...TO MAYBE GO THERE FIRST AND SPEND A MONTH or SIX!

After all, why send people out from earth on a 10-month or longer flight to Mars and see if they can survive there, with biospheres and equipment that cannot fail, but has only ever functioned in the vacuum of space or a couple hours on the moon. But what the hell, eh, let's just send them pretty much beyond any practical chance of rescue up to Mars! WHEN WE DIDN'T BOTHER TO FIND OUT IF THEY CAN SURVIVE on a planetary body close by and where a rescue could actually have a chance at success!

Come on someone in the field of planetary exploration, get your brain focused on actually having people survive after they arrive, and are so far away as the only thing a rescue mission could do is bring back the bodies!

Or am I completely missing the point and all they really want to do is send someone out there so they can be the first group, of people to die on another planet. I can think of cheaper ways to thin out the human gene pool! -Common Sense, Rarer Than A Higgs Bosun Particle

Taxes in Nova Scotia wouldn't be so high if people would stop leaving. If people stayed, jobs would be created and everyone would have an opportunity to move up in the world, and do it here in Nova Scotia! I'm sick of seeing articles about how crummy the economy is here and that people are leaving for Alberta and Ontario. Fuck upper and western Canada! Why the defeatist attitude? Why do these people think they can't make it here? Take a drive through Bedford, Portland Hills in Dartmouth and all the other nice neighborhoods in HRM. The houses and apartment buildings in these areas are not cheap to be living in. But how do they all still manage to be occupied? Because there are plenty of people who can afford them. And how do they afford it? There are tons of good jobs here! How do you think THEY made it? They worked very, very hard. That is the noble, respectable thing to do. I will never leave this place. I do better and better every year, and guess what? I didn't go out west or anything like that! That's a success story for you! -Loves Her Job And Life in Halifax

Would it be possible for you to take pride in your property? Clean the garbage, tidy old foliage, paint and so on….(your place looks like a dump compared to the rest of the block). -Neighbours

Why do young people suck so badly?! They're sullen, un-worldly, can't remember their elders' names, can't drive and they don't even like each other. And I'm supposed to show these punks respect? Why? Because they can’t buy chips for a quarter like we did 60 years ago? They'll tell you off, shove a shopping cart into you and then piss themselves and act all bewildered when you're not respectful to them?! Yet if I call any one of them on their bullshit, I'm the asshole? This makes no sense to me whatsoever. Now that we baby boomers are coming into this age demographic, I think it's time for me to go out and get a baby-booming beat stick so they can respect my authority! Yeah, yeah, there are one or five cool young people, but that's less than one percent of them. Move them to L.A. so they can take a dip in the La Brea Tar Pit. -They Say OLD PEOPLE Are Getting Worse And Worse, But It's Young People

I am so sick of hearing about a woman who keeps getting fired. She blames it on everyone and everything but herself. Take a good hard look at yourself lady. It's not them...it's you. -So Sick of Hearing About You

- go to live music shows
- eat gourmet burgers
- eat fast food burgers
- like doughnuts
- sit in parks
- play a musical instrument
- drink microbrewed beer
- buy "local"
- are an art school graduate
- are a journalism graduate
- have a beard
- wear fitted clothing
- are interested in fashion
- ride a bike
- hang out in coffee shops
- go to the farmers' market
- live in the north end
- buy organic foods
- are a vegan
- are an artist
- do anything ironic
- sit on your porch on nice days
- garden
- listen to vinyls
- like anything retro
- wear glasses with thick frames
- wear scarves inside
- hate hipsters
- use the word hipster
-NormalPerson

Why do old people suck so bad?! They're moody, stupid, can't remember their own names, can't drive and they don't even like each other. And I'm supposed to show these assholes respect? Why? Because they could buy chips for a quarter 60 years ago? They'll tell you off, shove a shopping cart into you and then piss themselves and act all bewildered when you're not respectful to them?! Yet if I call any one of ’em on this bullshit, I'm the asshole? This makes no sense whatsoever. Now the baby boomers are coming into this age demographic and i think it's time for me to go out and get a baby booming beat stick so they can respect my authoritah! Yea yea there's one or five cool old people but that's a less than one percent of them. Move them to Cape Breton so they can take a dip in the tar ponds. -They Say Kids Are Getting Worse And Worse, But It's Old People

There is a blog that used the term “cultural vampirism” to describe the nature of the hipster subculture—a group comprised mainly of young people parading around in tight vintage clothing and basking in the ironic exploitation of pop-culture fashion taboos that have made a recent comeback on expensive runways. Not a fan of those people who say "we care" about the environment and don't drive a car and are walking vessels of expensive Lululemon and ridiculous fedoras and for awful 1950s throwback loafers that scream "Mad Men extra." I think it's hilarious that you don't own a car yet need to spend more money on clothes and weed to sink a ship. In order to preserve the authenticity of their individualism, hipsters deliberately don’t self-identify, taking cover under the guise of being indifferent to the identification of their own subculture, and by feigning oblivion to their hipster membership in the first place. -Chill Pill