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A raccoon was behind the massive power outage that knocked out electricity to some 7,000 customers in downtown Toronto for hours Thursday night.

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[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It's pretty peak Toronto in all honesty. I mean this is the same city that set up a lil shrine for a dead raccoon that was just on the sidewalk. We're a weird city. This isn't even the first time it's happened. There was another blackout in Scarborough, part of the Greater Toronto Area, that happened because of a raccoon.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

I've never been to Toronto, but your description of it reminds me of Pawnee.

The raccoon problem is under control. They have their part of town, and we have ours

[–] Sabin10@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

We don't segregate our two societies here.

[–] throws_lemy@lemmy.nz 2 points 7 months ago

soon "Planet of the Raccoon"

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] RandomStickman@kbin.social 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The fucking cigarette. I never noticed before lmao

[–] Cinner@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I thought it was a half smoked joint.

[–] RandomStickman@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago

You might be right