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Beer tastes fine, as evidenced by the fact that my step dad drinks alcohol free beer at the weekend simply because he likes it as a refreshing drink.Imp Emissary said:
Of course teens and young adults don't like it so much because their taste hasn't matured, but believe me when you get to be as old as dirt (like me) you'll be surprised at just how much your preferences will change.
My lady is Canadian so I know that it's barely different than America. Politics are just as stupid, laws are pretty much the same, hipsters are hipsters and douchebags are douchebags.
One BIG difference is pride. I'll try to illustrate my point:
Canadian: "Yeah, I'm Canadian, where's the nearest Tim Hortons?"
American: "Yeah, I'm American, you wanna fight about it!?"
Military history education during high school here is focused heavily on 'how awesome we are' and 'no one can ever beat us Americans'; whereas, they are learning a more balanced array of wars throughout history.
Intellectually they have the same facets. Morals and all that are very similar. But, yeah lack of attempting to douse people with national pride would be what I see as the biggest difference and a beneficial quality.
One BIG difference is pride. I'll try to illustrate my point:
Canadian: "Yeah, I'm Canadian, where's the nearest Tim Hortons?"
American: "Yeah, I'm American, you wanna fight about it!?"
Military history education during high school here is focused heavily on 'how awesome we are' and 'no one can ever beat us Americans'; whereas, they are learning a more balanced array of wars throughout history.
Intellectually they have the same facets. Morals and all that are very similar. But, yeah lack of attempting to douse people with national pride would be what I see as the biggest difference and a beneficial quality.
It's sad how little many of us Americans know about the US in the first place.OneOfTheMichael said:
OT: I love Canada. I'd probably live there one day if the pay for physicians isn't too different from what the where I live pays. Or if I knew I wouldn't move back to the US so I don't have to re-train. Thinking about somewhere in BC. ^^
Q: What's the difference between American beer and sex in a canoe?madwarper said:
A: Nothing - they're both fucking near water!
I jest, I jest.
Yeah, really prissy Québeckers (I have no idea how to spell that) can get upset about pretty much anything. If I had to guess, your parents were speaking English, right? That's about all it takes for some people.Tuesday Night Fever said:
As for my opinions on Canada, I think we could be doing better. Between our past (residential schools, other illustrious relations with First Nations peoples) and the fact that Harper now has a majority (I was yelling at my TV for ten minutes when I saw the election results), there are definite problems.
As for how other people see us, I think the national stereotype of being overly polite and having overly cold weather aren't too bad, as national stereotypes go.
Wait, isn't the unofficial murder capital of Canada Toronto? I mean, it's Toronto . . .thedeathscythe said:You live in Winnipeg too?Donnyp said:
I'm a bit biased because I'm from here, but I would love to move to BC someday, the weather there is awesome (I don't mind rain at all).
Yeah, they were speaking English, because the waitress was speaking English to us. Though I can't speak very much French, my parents both can. If the waitress had spoken in French, my parents probably would have spoken in French back to her.Professor Lupin Madblood said:
And it's not like we were even in Quebec at the time. We were visiting a family friend in Calgary, Alberta.
I'm Canadian and I do like it here( Montreal to be more specific.)
The only thing I hate are the local Quebecois, they keep complaining like shit, they can't organize properly and they keep stupid grudges against the British and the French (as in from France)
The only thing I hate are the local Quebecois, they keep complaining like shit, they can't organize properly and they keep stupid grudges against the British and the French (as in from France)
I'm in Winnipeg, which isn't just the unofficial murder capital - it's also official. :-(
That being said, I think it's still about 1/10th of the per capita of most major US cities...
That being said, I think it's still about 1/10th of the per capita of most major US cities...
I do also live in Canada, but the little French part of it. I don't really hate Canada but it is about time Quebec leaves it. I mean, we have nearly no common points, just look at the lastest elections, nearly every single Quebecker voted for a different leader ! Soo... yeah... it's pretty much about an intern problem but personally, I just hate the ones who treats us like... well you know... we are pretty much the only "Frenchies" in the whole America besides a few southern contries.
Canada is a pretty slick place. My step dad was born in Victoria BC and played semi pro hockey there. A very close friend of my lives in Ontario, Canada near the Michigan border; right across the river from Detroit.
