Dear people, there's this thing in all cars in trucks—it's called the turn signal indicator. Most, if not all, know this exists, however many do not what it is for. Please go to YouTube or Google for operating instructions before you get yourself killed.
—Idiots

We have a serious bread problem in HRM's grocery stores, and I'm not talking about price fixing. I'm talking about your stale-ass dunce loaves! There's no excuse for the stores that have their own built-in bakery department to be selling old-ass bread. Most of the time it's sitting on the shelves still frozen from the freezer you just took it out of…all the moisture gets in and ruins the texture. The pita bread breaks all apart when you try to make a pita pocket—it's so dry tasting, like sawdust. The bagels feel like hockey pucks and the French bread loaves feel just like a dense, soggy sponge. And don't even get me started on the cheaper stores that don't have an in-house bakery. What garbage! Don't people know good bread anymore? Also, the prices are ridiculous! I saw a loaf of cheese bread (white bread with some cheddar grated over the top) for $6.99! Seven bucks for a loaf of bread? Someone needs their head examined.
—Ain't Fit For The Birds!

Fish odor syndrome is real and common. I'm so sick of the spread of misinformation out there. Everyone seems to think the fishy smell means bacterial vaginosis. Very rarely is that the case. If you smell like fish, it means you probably recently ate fish! I spoke with my girlfriends about this and they agree it happens to them, too. When you eat fish or seafood, it can take up to 72 hours for it to get out of your system.

So ladies, don't let uneducated idiots make you feel like there's something wrong with you. If you eat a whole pot of seafood chowder, you better cancel all your dates for a week. It's called science. Quit callin' women dirty and educate yourself. For your information, the smell comes back 10 minutes after a shower. There is no infection, itch or discharge. So shut up and plug your nose!
—Keep On Lickin'

To the people in Halifax who own property and are overcharging for said property through unfair rental costs: You are disgusting, putrid trash. It is literally impossible to find a place to live here without spending half or more of your income on lining a landlord's pockets. You greedy scum. And to the politicians who are doing absolutely nothing: people are dying here. We are going without food, comforts, we are at our wits' end. You expect us to work for $11.50 an hour and pay a disproportionately higher amount in taxes than the rich here. We are DYING out here.
—Stronger In Numbers

To the mom with the fedora at the sports store: We asked you to take your conversation with your teenager elsewhere and your reply was, "Obviously you don't have kids." Guess what? I don't need to have kids to see that you're a spoiled brat. The store was almost empty, you could have sat anywhere to whine and complain about your stupid first-world problems. We were asking you to be a decent human being. Fuck. I wish people like you didn't have kids. And for all the moms out there, that's not an appropriate thing to say to any woman, ever.
—From Another Mom

The cost of living keeps increasing every day. I'm talking basics like rent hikes and electricity—screw the luxury $200 cable and internet packages. As a single-person household, I cannot keep myself afloat without working two jobs and setting myself nuts. None of the jobs will pay you a livable wage. Employers only offer temp or part-time jobs without any benefits.

The price of food is ridiculous! I bought a pint of strawberries that were marked down 50 percent, some water and some bread, and that alone came to 15 bucks! Working people have to go to the food banks because their wages don't get them through to the next paycheque.

This is the generation of wage slaves, destined to live below poverty level forever. Boomers at least had the advantage of a housing boom and two-person-income household. If you're single in this province, or worse a single woman earning an average of 23 cents less on the dollar, life is grim and the future is bleak. Employers need to adjust their workers’ wages and salaries to account for the annual increases to the cost of living. Minimum wage is preposterous and pathetic. Even the educated get peanuts.

The only option to survive here is to sell drugs or ass. Or consciously couple up with some no-good partner who cheats and beats. No wonder people drink in public bathrooms and take nose dives off bridges here.
—Floundering 'Til Next Payday

How many more HRP and RCMP officers are going to be arrested and charged with serious crimes such as domestic assaults, theft and DUIs, only to have the charges dropped, before there is call for a public inquiry. Apparently the only people the police are serving and protecting are their own. All police officers must be held to a higher standard than the average citizen!
—A Disgruntled Taxpayer

The only liquor store near me is this little boutique version that is never open on Sundays and closes at 6pm. What a pain in the ass. Every time I wanna buy some drinks, it's closed! WHY can't it be open seven days a week until 10pm like the rest, and on Sundays? Having to walk all the way to the NSLC's store in the fucking dark isn't my idea of a fun night.

Secondly, why are weed, booze and cigs so damn expensive these days? You work your guts out all week just to afford to have fun for ONE day only. Fucking bullshit!
—Champagne Taste

To the woman in the bathroom stall at the gym: I don't think the multi-stall bathroom (that has no entry door and is open to the whole locker room!!) the best place to get off. I hope you don't cum here often because it was pretty selfish of you to do that at the gym. I don't want to hear that or smell that when I need to piss after a workout. And neither do any of the other unsuspecting gymgoers. How about we just do that business at home?
—Just Wanted To Take A Piss

This one's to you, The Coast. That’s right, you! Are there really so few "Love The Way We Love" submissions to choose from that you have no choice but to publish so many that seem to depict a "nice guy" misreading the supposed signals a woman was sending their way? They remind me of a Craigslist "missed connections" section—although somehow more embarrassing to read.
—Cringing2Death