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Thanks for sharing your experience—super helpful! Glad to hear the taxes were simple and the better pay made it worth it. It’s good to know the complexities aren’t too crazy!

I can't view the article (seeing "Error establishing a database connection"). But isn't trademark prohibitively expensive and (traditionally) applies to just one country?

Hi everyone! Vetted Deals is a passion project that I’ve been working on. It’s a modern community forum that allows Canadians to share consumer deals/tips with the goal of saving money. I drew inspiration from Pinterest for the UI, while the voting/commenting system was inspired by Reddit. It’s still in the very early stages, and is still lacking some features and content at the moment. Feedback would be appreciated!

Front End: Angular 9 and Bootstrap Backend: Azure, ASP.Net Core, EF Core, Sql Server

This is a refreshing fun project. What are your plans for this site if you don't mind me asking?

Maybe my choice of words were strong but I do have strong opinions supported with arguments and many years of experience

I dont know but one can be obese and play sports. I was obese once and I lost 60 pounds by playing sports and eating right.

I can't speak to chronic pain. That requires medical attention.

Which argument do you think is most puzzling and overstated? I'm just trying to understand this from your point of view.

"You're meeting people of the same gender, not a mixed group usually" - I dont know the exact stats and I don't care. If you tried hard enough, you can find a mixed group

"No time or patience for politics" - then you have no patience for human relationships as well. Politics is inevitable in every organization/company/team/community. Some say it's better to learn and fuck up in a sports team than in your company.

"(Some) sports usually attract overly competitive people who don't know (or don't care about) basic civility" - that's a pretty bold statement. You can find rec teams in almost every sport that don't attract the hard asses and the overly committed.

"Level/skills differences" - the difference is not the issue. People being assholes and stuckup is the issue. Don't play for those teams

"(I agree with the carpooling commentary though)" - I agree

"I joined a casual sports team to be less lonely, and ended up feeling socially worse off for it." - You joined the wrong team/sport. Don't let that one experience damage you as a person. I challenge you to try again. There's a sport and team for everyone. It's sort of like dating. You need to find one that matches you and when you find it, it's awesome.

"For one, it's not an option for everyone, particularly the less able bodied". I was speaking in general that apply to the masses. You can't take every advice you hear and apply it blindly - you need some way to filter out all the advice in this world, including this one. I have strong opinions about this topic and feel free to reject it. This my part of offering my wisdom/experience and I hope it'll save people time and heartache. I'm not offering any guarantees though. Nothing is guaranteed!

Sure if volunteering works for some people, then great!

I'm just saying I have spent a lot of time doing both, and joining a sports team is just more effective if you're trying to make friends. Virtually everyone that joins a team is there to make friends, have fun and maybe get fit. Another unrelated reason is if they are there to compete at the professional level which is totally different situation.

No way! I totally vehemently disagree. Joining a sports team is ultimately a better solution. I have done both and here's a list why joining a sports team is better.

1. You'll experience pain and success as a team that strengthens the relationship with everyone

2. Politics may occur (eg:who gets benched and who gets the play when it counts the most). This will be a test of character and integrity which is vital for any future meaningful relationship. These are the types of relationships that you keep/survive when you stop playing the sport or when you've moved on to another team.

3. You'll workout and get some exercise. It's good for your health (duh)

4. You're most likely to be in a team where everyone is committed to seeing each other on a regular schedule until the season ends. Unlike volunteering, you may never see a person again after you have met them.

5. After a hard practice/game, you'll most likely go out for food/drinks. It'll be an opportunity for people to express themselves outside of the game.

6. You'll eventually find out who lives where and figure out a way to carpool to practice/games and back home. I have developed very meaningful relationships while carpooling. Conversations get deeper and more honest when you're have a 1-to-1 conversation.

Updated - fixed spelling/grammar

It seems like you need to do some good-old soul searching. You need to figure out what you want out of life and from your career, which is a lot harder than it sounds. Once you've figured that out, it'll be a lot easier how you should plan your career. It will probably be a moving target because people tend to get bored at what they do and need change once in awhile.