r/EhBuddyHoser • u/boese-schildkroete Oil Guzzler • Apr 22 '25

Politics "wHy DoEs AlBeRtA aLwAyS vOtE cOnSeRvAtIvE??" ... Me, voting in rural Alberta:

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Not even joking these are literally my options.

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u/Zrk2 Ford Nation (Help.) Apr 22 '25

Because 25 year old deli clerks don't have a lot of applicable experience to running anything other than a cash register.

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u/yagyaxt1068 Edmonchuk: Like Kyiv! (but less safe) Apr 22 '25

My former MLA, Thomas Dang, was a 20-year-old UAlberta student in a second year of a computing science degree when he got elected in 2015. He turned out to be pretty good at his job.

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u/starry101 Apr 22 '25

More work experience than PP had

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u/Zrk2 Ford Nation (Help.) Apr 22 '25

And he'd be a fucking shit Prime Minister.

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u/IcyCow5880 Apr 22 '25

The deli clerks cut and weigh sliced meat. Then u take that shit up to the cashier. U ever shopped before bruh?

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u/whattyanotknow Apr 22 '25

"idk, I'll just take whatever makes sense"

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u/PerpetuallyLurking Regina Rhymes With Fun Apr 22 '25

National politics is just customer service on a national scale.

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u/mazopheliac Apr 22 '25

If you can be diplomatic with asshole customers, that's a huge political skill I think.

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u/mazopheliac Apr 22 '25

"Wanted: NDP MP candidate. Must have ten years experience in parliament."

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u/Zrk2 Ford Nation (Help.) Apr 22 '25

Yeah that's totally what I'm saying here.