Just bought my second set of glasses from there and went to print up the invoice for insurance, saw the address grrr.
That’s Essilor. Their Dallas HQ is at 13555 N Stemmons Freeway.
For those not in the know Essilor is the Nestle of the eye care industry
Texas, Alberta, what’s the difference?
Well one is a province and one is a State. I can’t believe how dumb people are. It is a bad joke espcially America treating the 51st state.
I’m confused, if Alberta is a province, why does it act like a state? Why is the governor of Alberta lined up in the cold outside the Trump inauguration and why does she frequently visit Maralago? Why is an Alberta MP on Joe Rogan outlining his kettlebell routine?
Haha you’re getting down voted for being right
Texas, Alberta, what’s the difference?
You’re probably confused, as Alberta is a province that is a part of Canada.
Since the warning was about the company not being Canadian (and not a warning that the company is not Albertan), your question doesn’t work.
Unless of course it was your intent to show that you’re dumber than a sack of hammers.
You’re probably confused, as Alberta is a province that is a part of Canada.
This is a very common joke format, just FYI.
If I had concerns with the format of the joke, I would have pointed out the formatting issue.
The content doesn’t work. If you sub in the correct word (Canada instead of Alberta) then the “joke” reply becomes: Texas, Canada, what’s the difference?
Not funny, but at least follows the forms.
The correct joke would have been:
Just pretend they came from Alberta (our local yokels sometimes like to say Alberta is Texas north)).
Yikes, I hope you’re one day able to find some joy in life and can look at something that is a joke you don’t find funny/don’t understand and just ignore it instead of whatever this is.
Yikes, I hope you’re one day able to find some joy in life
I absolutely love amateur online psychologists.
and can look at something that is a joke you don’t find funny/don’t understand and just ignore it instead of whatever this is.
This is rather rich advice while you yourself dip in to engage.
But since you’re engaging while clueless, I’ll explain it to you. A stupid joke was made on an incorporation post about boycotting US goods. I elected to give them a hard time, specifically because the joke was poor, and flippant about an important topic. That’s it.
Now, pop psychologists such as yourself, amateurs in linguistics and semiotics want to keep the ball rolling.
Be honest with yourself: When you decided to post, it was with the intention and expectation of getting a response. So tell me, Mr. Amateur psychologist, in what way does you seeking engagement with me line up with your advice to me to “just ignore it”?
in what way does you seeking engagement with me line up with your advice to me to “just ignore it”?
It doesn’t, it’s just really funny
I’ll throw in a giggle then
So, they are basically the same?
No.
In the first case, the intent is to be seen as clever.
In the second case, the intent is to be seen as stupid.
lmfao this albortion is seething
lmfao this albortion is seething
Nah, the joke was just stupid.
Those sound rather similar.
Fucking Texas
I think Kits is the most ‘buycanadian’ of the local alternatives. The frames are sourced from elsewhere, and the lenses and assembly are done in Canada.
Thanks. I’ll check them out
Were you expecting a .ca website to be Canadian?
Most websites support .ca, .uk, etc without being stores from that actual country in order to support language or stock differences. E.g. amazon.ca
If it makes you feel better, eyebuydirect has pretty dang good prices and quality. I use them to buy spares. :)
Afaik to register a .ca you either need to either be a Canadian, a permanent resident, some sort of legal entity in Canada (so say Amazon Canada), or the monarch. So this company should have some kind of Canadian presence if they own a .ca.
It used to be much, much tighter, but I’m going back to the 1990’s for this. Back then you needed to have a real-life presence across the country to get a top level .CA domain. Otherwise you needed to get one in a provincial subdomain, like .QC.CA or .ON.CA.
Provinces might even demand that you get a municipal level subdomain.
But no more.
I seem to remember needing to show proof, like articles of incorporation…but that might have been for getting a VeriSign certificate.
Last time I registered a . CA domain there was no verification of anything.
my registrar required a Canadian billing address, but I think a PO box was acceptable, so probably wouldn’t stop someone outside Canada from registering as long as they could get a PO box here.
Many country-based tlds don’t (at least as far as I am aware). E.g, all of the .ai domains.
But .ca does.
Does it? I just checked most of the way out in godaddy for a made-up .ca domain that was available.
They only required that I describe the nature of my relationship with Canada. One of the choices was literally “trade-mark registered in Canada.”
That hardly feels like a requirement to be Canadian.
Trademark registered in Canada would be “some sort of legal entity in Canada”. The claim was not that the individual needed to be Canadian and that was the only way.
Ok? Is that as simple as registering a bullshit LLC or something, because suddenly it doesn’t sound like you have to be Canadian in any way to get a .ca. I feel like you are leveraging technicalities.
Btw, is there a source for this or is it just another (trust me bro) assertion?
There are a fuckton of international treaties that have trademark registration essentially be automatic in participating countries.
Because I’m curious what else you are trying to say. Literally every international company has to have a presence in Canada to respect trademarks?
That doesn’t seem realistic.
https://www.cira.ca/en/resources/documents/domains/canadian-presence-requirements-registrants/
It does look like having a trademark can also suffice.
I’m saying that Canada enforces, at least in theory, who can register a .ca domain and that those people must have a connection to Canada that they have decided is worth the TLD. The CIRA is a non profit that, again in theory, enforces Canadian Presence rules.
You said you were not aware of TLDs that cared. I made you aware of one.
I don’t know why I’m picking aggression from you for such a minor thing. If I’m reading tone wrong, my bad.
