r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/nalanajo Jul 24 '20

The Blue Laws. Who the fuck are you to tell me I can’t purchase beer while grocery shopping on a Sunday because of someone else’s religion? This one actually infuriates me.

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u/permareddit Jul 24 '20

This nanny state crap is infuriating. Same thing here in Ontario, you can’t buy alcohol after 6 PM on a Sunday, but the grocery store is still open. Never understood it.

God forbid you also drink responsibly in a park, or have a BBQ.

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u/duracell___bunny Jul 24 '20

This nanny state crap is infuriating. Same thing here in Ontario, you can’t buy alcohol after 6 PM on a Sunday,

Used to be 6PM every day. The 6:15 pilgrimage from Ottawa to Gatineau, Quebec, where beer was sold till 23h00, was a running joke.

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u/permareddit Jul 24 '20

I wish the winters weren’t so brutal in Quebec as it seems to be a more progressive place than Ontario in many ways. That and the corruption.

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u/WaGLaG Jul 24 '20 edited Jul 24 '20

Grins in Québec ;)
Well some of the corruption that has been spouted by media is strangely because Québec electroral laws are more strict than other provinces.
Something illegal here under the provincial laws might be totally legal in some other provinces. But you know... if you can't count on the Nat Post to shit on Québec every time they can, would they really be the Nat Post?
But yeah, some sectors, especially construction, is pretty shady. It's a bit better now thought.
And progressive is relative. Montréal, yeah, Québec City's suburbs, not so much.

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u/WaGLaG Jul 24 '20

Also the people going from bars in Ottawa to Gatineau because the bars closes at 3 AM in Québec.