Scrolling Craigslist is a great way to realize you really don’t understand other humans.
The Squamish Craigslist posts reveal what the community values, and doesn’t, and how many desperate singles or wanna-be-singles there are.
Of course, there isn’t a Squamish-only Craigslist page. Squamish can only be found by going through Whistler’s listings, but I digress.
Back to scrolling. There are the usual, run-of-the-mill postings that can be found in any North American community for-sale listings: posts selling cars or trucks, and children’s clothing.
Being Squamish, there’s plenty of extreme sport equipment for sale, which is kind of cool. There are kites, skis, and climbing equipment. One post is for the Liquid force kite and twin tip board in “mint, crispy condition.”
This stuff I get, but then, there are the head scratchers. There are Joan Rivers Classics Collection Earrings, for $10 – too soon Squamite, too soon. Another head-scratcher: Brand new commercial-grade toilet seats, for $7. One hesitates to guess what a used one would go for. And then there is the used toilet, one post down, for free. The photo even shows a rag next to it, so I guess it was just cleaned, that’s good.
And while Squamish residents are undoubtedly known to dabble in the leafy green stuff – we even have our own medical marijuana dispensary now, after all – it is still a bit odd to see a used bong for $20. Has its owner given up weed, or just upgraded to a higher class of bong? The mind wanders.
And what about the 14” LARGE KNICKER NATION TIE-DYE UNDERWEAR for $10 (no need to yell, underwear seller). It is not actually the fact the knickers are for sale that’s shocking; it is the effort put into the picture configuration. The underwear were laid out next to a ruler and beside what looks to be a live rabbit – it may have been a realistic looking stuffed rabbit, hard to tell.
There’s also the sign with an arrow painted on it and the word, “Wedding.” But what if the buyer’s wedding was in the other direction, one wonders?
I won’t go into details on the Squamish personals; those could make Miley Cyrus blush. Some people are so desperate that they post explicit photos of their body parts.
Stay weird Squamish, stay weird.
