• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    “From stoned Iowa undergrads buying weed in Amsterdam, to Marco Rubio trying to keep his luggage from getting spit on by Dutch baggage handlers, Canadian flag patches are necessary for us to fly literally anywhere.”

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      Best use I’ve seen of that meme in years. To be fair I don’t really pay attention to memes but seen more of these ones recently. Also I’m Canadian so … fucking eh, suck it hosers.

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    I know this is basically an Onion article, but I got some thoughts on this.

    Honestly, I used to feel like that was a totally viable option when travelling to other countries as an American. Never did it myself but It was easier than explaining that you’re not one of the “bad” ones. I’ve definitely heard my fair share of horror stories about Americans in other countries.

    These days I’d just find it extremely disrespectful. At this point we really have no fucking excuse to not be better. If we don’t own it and get our shit together I don’t think we have a right to even pretend we are on the same level as Canada. The amount of solidarity Canadians have against the US right now is the kind of solidarity we wish we had. We’d rather fight with each other about whose fault it is and laugh at the ones that voted for Trump rather than come together. And just because you didn’t vote for him doesn’t mean you are automatically absolved of any responsibility. It’s like saying Russia isn’t the enemy because there are people there that disagree with the invasion of Ukraine.

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      amount of solidarity Canadians have against the US right now

      Except a weirdly large portion of Alberta. It’s actually a little alarming how many of them love Trump. I vote we trade the US west coast (and eastern OR can join their nazi buddies in Idaho like they want to anyway) for Alberta.

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          Where was the bargaining chip? Don’t shut down the gov, and the Rs win. Shut down the government, and doge and the pres win, and the rest of the Rs are still pretty happy.

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            They didn’t have to do either, there was a resolution to fund the government for another month on last year’s funding bill until something could be drafted that would pass.

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    Once, on a bus in London, I asked “is this seat taken” to a lady who was sitting at the aisle and the window seat was open. She turned to me, hearing my accent, and said “It’s not for Americans”. I was taken aback and said, “but I’m Canadian!” and then she said, “oh” and just moved over like it was nothing then.

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      I was going into a nightclub in Scotland and the bouncer at the door asked for ID. I didn’t have my passport, so gave him my US driver’s license. The bouncer looked at it with an odd face, not knowing what it was, until I said, “Oh, I’m American.” Without missing a beat he said, “Yeah, we all got problems,” gave it back to me, and let me in.

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      What has an American ever done to her? Weird to just be a bigot for no real reason, The British government and tourists fucking suck also, tourists are arguably worse.