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10 Dec 2012, 9:10 pm

Can't say I or anyone else I know have any reason to hate Canadians. There are some cultural differences between us but not much more than what there is between the states or even cities in America. Maybe there is a bit of a little brother complex with some Canadians so there might be some friction from time to time when they want to distinguish themselves from there much bigger neighbor but that happens in America too. I grew up in Milwaukee and we've always been overshadowed by our much bigger neighbor to the south in Chicago.



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10 Dec 2012, 9:15 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXZivwB57A0[/youtube] This would be the generalization between the both!


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10 Dec 2012, 9:15 pm

Jacoby wrote:
Can't say I or anyone else I know have any reason to hate Canadians. There are some cultural differences between us but not much more than what there is between the states or even cities in America. Maybe there is a bit of a little brother complex with some Canadians so there might be some friction from time to time when they want to distinguish themselves from there much bigger neighbor but that happens in America too. I grew up in Milwaukee and we've always been overshadowed by our much bigger neighbor to the south in Chicago.
Reminds me of an anime with countries for characters. Canada was sick of being mistaken for America and stuck a maple leaf on his head. America replaced it with a US flag. At least that's what someone told me happened on the show.



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10 Dec 2012, 9:17 pm

EtherealBallet wrote:
Jacoby wrote:
Can't say I or anyone else I know have any reason to hate Canadians. There are some cultural differences between us but not much more than what there is between the states or even cities in America. Maybe there is a bit of a little brother complex with some Canadians so there might be some friction from time to time when they want to distinguish themselves from there much bigger neighbor but that happens in America too. I grew up in Milwaukee and we've always been overshadowed by our much bigger neighbor to the south in Chicago.
Reminds me of an anime with countries for characters. Canada was sick of being mistaken for America and stuck a maple leaf on his head. America replaced it with a US flag. At least that's what someone told me happened on the show.
Was it Hetalia? :D


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10 Dec 2012, 9:19 pm

AspieOtaku wrote:
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Jacoby wrote:
Can't say I or anyone else I know have any reason to hate Canadians. There are some cultural differences between us but not much more than what there is between the states or even cities in America. Maybe there is a bit of a little brother complex with some Canadians so there might be some friction from time to time when they want to distinguish themselves from there much bigger neighbor but that happens in America too. I grew up in Milwaukee and we've always been overshadowed by our much bigger neighbor to the south in Chicago.
Reminds me of an anime with countries for characters. Canada was sick of being mistaken for America and stuck a maple leaf on his head. America replaced it with a US flag. At least that's what someone told me happened on the show.
Was it Hetalia? :D
Yes that was the one. I didn't watch much of it but a girl who I was friends with was a big fan and talked about it alot.



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10 Dec 2012, 9:24 pm

EtherealBallet wrote:
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Jacoby wrote:
Can't say I or anyone else I know have any reason to hate Canadians. There are some cultural differences between us but not much more than what there is between the states or even cities in America. Maybe there is a bit of a little brother complex with some Canadians so there might be some friction from time to time when they want to distinguish themselves from there much bigger neighbor but that happens in America too. I grew up in Milwaukee and we've always been overshadowed by our much bigger neighbor to the south in Chicago.
Reminds me of an anime with countries for characters. Canada was sick of being mistaken for America and stuck a maple leaf on his head. America replaced it with a US flag. At least that's what someone told me happened on the show.
Was it Hetalia? :D
Yes that was the one. I didn't watch much of it but a girl who I was friends with was a big fan and talked about it alot.
She must be into the Yaoi thing then hehe.


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10 Dec 2012, 9:26 pm

AspieOtaku wrote:
EtherealBallet wrote:
AspieOtaku wrote:
EtherealBallet wrote:
Jacoby wrote:
Can't say I or anyone else I know have any reason to hate Canadians. There are some cultural differences between us but not much more than what there is between the states or even cities in America. Maybe there is a bit of a little brother complex with some Canadians so there might be some friction from time to time when they want to distinguish themselves from there much bigger neighbor but that happens in America too. I grew up in Milwaukee and we've always been overshadowed by our much bigger neighbor to the south in Chicago.
Reminds me of an anime with countries for characters. Canada was sick of being mistaken for America and stuck a maple leaf on his head. America replaced it with a US flag. At least that's what someone told me happened on the show.
Was it Hetalia? :D
Yes that was the one. I didn't watch much of it but a girl who I was friends with was a big fan and talked about it alot.
She must be into the Yaoi thing then hehe.
Yeah she was a big yaoi fan too. Kurofai was the one I remember most. want to take this to PM as this is off-topic conversation



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10 Dec 2012, 9:30 pm

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I dont get why so many Canadians and Americans hate eachother were not that different from eachother. I like Canadians sometimes more than other Americans!


Where do you get this idea from?

Canadians are cool.

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10 Dec 2012, 9:49 pm

Americans are jealous of the Canadian healthcare system, and Canadians are jealous of American weather. :lol:



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10 Dec 2012, 9:50 pm

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Americans are jealous of the Canadian healthcare system, and Canadians are jealous of American weather. :lol:
I guess thats a good reason and it seems like that Canadian women seem friendlier but thats just me.


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10 Dec 2012, 10:26 pm

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Americans are jealous of the Canadian healthcare system,

Yes, some are very passionately jealous of it.....

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and Canadians are jealous of American weather. :lol:

I've frozen my ass off in both countries.


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10 Dec 2012, 10:33 pm

Just to be clear, I have no inherent grudge against Canadians. But something must be said:

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjzE4FHiW7E[/youtube]


That guy looks like a beaver.

He totally does!



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10 Dec 2012, 10:57 pm

I think he doesn't like our rally song, that's why.

America, America, America
AMERICA! F**k Yeah!
Coming here to save the motherf**cking day YEAH!

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11 Dec 2012, 1:33 am

I think we need to give each other lots of hugs and like each other but that just me!


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11 Dec 2012, 1:49 am

Consider it this way: Compare how Americans joke about Canada and canadians vs. how we joke about Mexico and Mexicans! :wink:


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11 Dec 2012, 2:07 am

AspieOtaku wrote:
I dont get why so many Canadians and Americans hate eachother were not that different from eachother. I like Canadians sometimes more than other Americans!


There is more bad feeling between the north and south USA than there is between the whole USA and Canada.

And (I imagine) more issues between the Quebecois and the Anglophones of Canada then between canadians as a whole and americas as a whole.

But i do think that its the canadians who have an attitude about the USA- for much the same reason Mexicans do ( "we are so far from god, and so close to the USA"- as mexicans say) because they are weak countries next door to a giant. In contrast americans dont resent canada. Indeed, like Marilyn Monroe ( "when they said 'canada' I thought it would be in woods somewhere") and Al Capone ( "I dont even know what street Canada is on!")most americans just dont have thoughts about Canada at all.