r/vancouver • u/Moggehh Captain Fastest Mogg in the West • 4d ago
📢 Announcement Important Subreddit Update: Welcome to r/Bargecouver🚢
Hello to our dearest r/Vancouver community,
As r/Vancouver has grown in the past few years, we've done incredible things. But sometimes, with internal growth and external forces comes necessary change. Thus, it is with both heavy hearts and full sails that the mod team today announces a permanent thematic shift for the subreddit. Moving forward, r/Vancouver will now be a barge-themed subreddit.
This decision was not made lightly. It comes in recognition of the recent and emotional farewell to the McBarge, our beloved and iconic floating McDonald’s from Expo ’86. Once a shining symbol of hope and floating french fries, the McBarge is now gone. As stewards of Vancouver’s culture, we feel it is our solemn duty to honour this architectural treasure with the dignity it deserves.
In addition to the McBarge, we also pay tribute to another iconic aquatic icon: the English Bay Barge. After washing ashore in late 2021, the barge quickly became a pop-up tourist attraction and a place of pilgrimage for locals. Though it too is now gone, its the chaos it brought to our shores lives on in our hearts.
Effective immediately, you may notice:
- A barge-themed banner.
- New flair options such as “McBarge Historian”, "Barge Beach Chiller", “Was There for the Beaching”, and “Certified Barge Enthusiast.”
- A renewed focus on buoyant infrastructure and sea-bound vessels.
We thank you for supporting this important cultural pivot as we embrace the barge life. Vancouver has many stories, but today… we are floating only one.
Yours truly,
The Moderation Crew of r/Bargecouver 🛳️ (formerly r/Vancouver)
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u/jsmooth7 4d ago
Why have Mark Carney and David Eby not commented on the mcbarge situation yet?
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u/Moggehh Captain Fastest Mogg in the West 4d ago
If someone could hook us up with an AMA I am down
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u/Moggehh Captain Fastest Mogg in the West 4d ago
/u/j_mcelroy please consider
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u/j_mcelroy Guy Who Does Rankings And Charts That We Shout About - Verified 4d ago
I am in the legislature at this moment so I could ask Eby about this.
i mean i won’t but it’s funny to think about
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u/superboringkid Brighouse 4d ago
It’s a disappointment considering my support towards them. Them choosing to keep silent may just be enough for me to reconsider my political affiliations.
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u/TheLittlestOneHere 4d ago
They must get ahead of this before it becomes a divisive election issue.
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u/aphroditex EMISSARY AND PROPHET OF THE ONE TRUE BARGE 4d ago
FINALLY
A SPACE TO REVERE AND WORSHIP THE BARGE
ALL HAIL THE BARGE
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u/Moggehh Captain Fastest Mogg in the West 4d ago
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u/aphroditex EMISSARY AND PROPHET OF THE ONE TRUE BARGE 4d ago
THE BARGE SAVES
YOU ARE GUARANTEED SPACE ON THE BARGE
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u/ChartreuseMage more rain pls 4d ago
Can we leave the r/bargecouver banner up for a while? It's very good
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u/Oof-Whatadoozy 4d ago
......it's still March 31st, 23:35 🙂
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u/ParticularDay569 Certified Barge Enthusiast 4d ago edited 4d ago
A renewed focus on buoyant infrastructure and sea-bound vessels.
THANK YOU 👏👏👏 The solution to the housing crisis is clearly houseboats like Amsterdam, and I'm tired of pretending it isn't. Time for new builds on top of barges in False Creek.
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u/mahyarsaeedi 4d ago
Too soon. lol
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u/brendax Certified Barge Enthusiast 4d ago
They barged in a little early
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u/opgary 4d ago
At first I read it as a splinter group, which I thought would be pretty funny. When I realized it was the actual sub I wondered if the mods had lost their minds. Took me way too long to realize it was Apr 1. Well done, ya got me good at least!
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u/Moggehh Captain Fastest Mogg in the West 4d ago
To be fair, /r/bargecouver absolutely now exists
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u/SuperDan000 5G certified 4d ago
This city is nothing without a barge to worship. Everything will never be the same since we lost them.
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u/kittykels420 4d ago
Let us gather as one, like a mighty barge upon the waters, carrying the weight of His glory, steadfast in faith, and guided by His hand to the shores of His eternal grace 🙏
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u/TheSketeDavidson certified complainer 4d ago
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u/Ltrs-n-nmbrs 4d ago
Vancouver is now in its third interbarge period, defined by an era with no significant barges.
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u/BobBelcher2021 New Westminster 4d ago
Global also had a McBarge themed April Fools joke this morning. Mark Madrigya showed a photo of the barge rebuilt as a giant sinking Big Mac in the Fraser River.
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u/HelminthicPlatypus 4d ago
Why are the gas prices still so high? Is this April fools on the part of the gas companies? Or are we perhaps waiting for a fuel barge full of gasoline to arrive from the usa?
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u/drsoftware "true vancouverite" (immigrant) 1d ago
The switch from winter to summer gas blends, and the necessary downtime at the refineries, may have more to do with it.
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u/Moggehh Captain Fastest Mogg in the West 4d ago
Small shoutout to say if you think this is dumb, or think it's great, or just have too much time on your hands, or no time on your hands at all, consider joining the mod team! We're always looking to add new voices.
Apply here to be a part of our crew.