• MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I assumed all of Canada was basically like living in an episode of Trailer Park Boys or Letterkenny

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    2 years ago

    As a Canadian, with the preface that some of my best friends are Americans and I mean this with all due love and respect, we see you as the Ferengi not the Klingons.

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      2 years ago

      Very fair. I’m Canadian and was torn between the two. I think you can make a case for either as America feels like hyper capitalism. But, the whole “guns EVERYWHERE” thing pushed me to Klingon.

  • Xavier@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    Perhaps it may come as a surprising opinion but I have met and known a lot of great Americans that are kind and polite to a fault while knowing some Canadians that are petty warmongering ignoramus.

    Nevertheless, I can understand that I probably haven’t met enough Americans from every States to have an overview of the ignoramuses that exist accross the border (beyond what is depicted, often exaggerated, in the media and memes — excepting the whole neverending Trump & Friends saga). Not that I absolutely want to meet them either, I have enough to deal with easily Facebook duped and misinformed relatives and sometimes colleagues.

    I somehow felt like sharing my general experience after seeing that funny comparison of perceptions.

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      2 years ago

      Me at work, in Spain, reading news about gun violence: Americans sure do like their guns!

      My Cuban coworker: Do you mean North America, Central America, South America, or Caribbean America?

      Me: … sorry. The USA.