Do american's dislike canadians?

[SpAc3man]

No, not at all.

...Until you ride across the border with your mounties and try to take us over. I see all 90% of you mashed up against our border like a kid squeezing his face up against a candy store window, I KNOW THE TRUUUUUUTH!

Or is it people crowding at the bars of the monkey enclosure?

 

[aba1]

So its not that whats going on in the media is all together negative its that the only perception alot of people have is only just that the little jokes and stereotypes that get thrown around about us and I get the impression it leads to dislike and wrongful impressions whether people relize it out right or not.

Someone else in this thread mentioned South Park, and I'm going to use those to frame what I'm talking about.

South Park the movie, despite the popular "Blame Canada" song, was really not anti-canadian, if anything it was about how parents have a tendency to overreact and fail to take responsibility. In the show and the movie, with the exception of maybe Chef, the children are always more intelligent and mature than the adults. However the whole joke/undertones went over some people's heads and they heard the words but not the message, so we get a bunch of ignorant people... half protesting on behalf of Canada, the other half deciding "what has Canada ever done for us!" because they're fools who are unable to grasp that goings on in the world effect them as much as what happens in their own immediate surroundings. These are of course the same small handful of people who unironically adopted "America! F**k YEAH!" as though that movie wasn't a criticism of just about everyone in the US of pretty much any political affiliation.

Well if were using south park as the frame isn't "Canada goes on strike" a better example.

 

[Vykrel]

no, but i do joke about disliking Canadians. i like to play with the assumption that we dont like Canadians. like when i find out someone is from Canada i will (even if im alone) say in an angry tone, "CANADIAN?!" lol i dont know why.

anyway i like Canadians

 

[Nieroshai]

It's all a joke. We don't hate Canadians the way the majority of Europe hates France, especially the English. All in good fun, if we didn't rib our friends every now and then they'd think we didn't love them and stop migrating to Arizona in the winter.

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

OK, first of all, "Americans" don't dislike anything. There's a LOT of us, it's not like we have weekly meetings. I'm sure there's a few crazy people out there who hate Canadians for one reason or another, but we don't like them. They smell funny.

Likewise, I don't feel a certain way about "Canadians" because being Canadian has nothing to do with whether or not I like you. If I hate a Canadian, it's because they're a douchebag, who just happens to be from Canada.

See how this works?

 

[Nieroshai]

No, not at all.

...Until you ride across the border with your mounties and try to take us over. I see all 90% of you mashed up against our border like a kid squeezing his face up against a candy store window, I KNOW THE TRUUUUUUTH!

Or is it people crowding at the bars of the monkey enclosure?

They have winter homes here, especially in Arizona. Apparently if your analogy holds, Canadians like monkeys a little TOO much, if you get my meaning.

 

[Drexlor]

I have no problems with Canada. I went there in May and I'd rather live there than here in New York. It's less crowded, people are friendlier, the cities were cleaner, there is less crime, their economy isn't a joke, etc...

Captcha- goose ichinis- Umm, no thank you?

 

[docSpitfire]

Well if were using south park as the frame isn't "Canada goes on strike" a better example.

That episode was the about the TV writer's strike though,
Notice the "World Canadian Bureau" Was abbreviated WGA (Writer's Guild of America) and the episode came out in April 2008 (The WGA strike ended 2 months earlier)
They just used Canada because the the idea of an entire country going on strike is more ridiculous than what actually happened and therefore has far more comedic value.

(Also for that matter, the organizers of the strike were really the only Canadian's portrayed as idiots)

 

[Saulkar]

It's more of a joke hate for most people. We just like to call them backwards and make fun of them for saying words like "about" differently.

I've lived my entire life in Canada, and I've never heard anyone say "a-boot" non-ironically. Other the other end, most people I know do say "zed" and spell things with a "u" (honour, colour).

I hear "aboot" quite often from Canadians, but only from Alberta or Saskatchewan. Never hear it from the eastern provinces, or the west coast, for that matter.

OT: Love Canadians. Seriously. I enjoy Canadian jokes, but only in the same way i enjoy any joke. Canadians are basically just nicer, more thoughtful Americans...who wear toques and lumberjack shirts

I am from Saskatchewan and have been in the twenty largest cities/towns and twenty smallest towns (for no real reason other than I like the number) and I have never heard someone ever say aboot! ;-)

 

[RandV80]

I'm hoping I'm missing some severe sarcasm here, I've never bought milk in the states so i never noticed but do you guys really not have the plastic bags for milk?

I dunno O.O

I've never seen any plastic bags for milk here in Saskatchewan!

I think milk in a bag is an Ontario thing.

Anyways, as a Canadian obviously Americans don't really hate us, rather they either like us or are completely indifferent. However if it's a situation like the OP is suggestion where you're working in the States and can be identified as 'the Canadian', I'm sure there will be people who will rag on you for it. It's kind of human nature to do so, especially when you're country is the world super power and many don't put much thought into the outside world.

 

[BelmontClan]

I have a few Canadian friends and they are all awesome!

However, OP, I dislike YOU for poor grammar. For the love of all that's holy, an apostrophe does not make a word plural, it makes it possessive. GET IT RIGHT!

 

[jack583]

i'm dating a girl from canada
and i like all canadian shows that i have had access to watch (red green show, corner gas)
3 words for why i like canada: loading ready run

 

[Jason Danger Keyes]

What's to hate about Canadians?

 

[Logan55689]

I'm honestly indifferent to most other nations. Not in the "I don't give a shit" way, but in the "I prefer to not to get involved" sort of way. I honestly find most stereotypes disconcerting, to both parties. It's not dislike, it's more of an indifference. But like everything else, there are unfortunately exceptions to every rule.

 

[Alpha Maeko]

I hate Canadians.

Because they live allot closer to LRR then I do.

 

[Hosker]

I have a few Canadian friends and they are all awesome!

However, OP, I dislike YOU for poor grammar. For the love of all that's holy, an apostrophe does not make a word plural, it makes it possessive. GET IT RIGHT!

Tut, you comma spliced your sentence, good sir!

On-topic: I don't see what there is to dislike about Canadians.

 

[Darthbawls77]

I love my northern brothers and sisters but I have to say they seem to hate on americans alot.

It usually isn't the American people that Canadians hate, for the most part it's the policies of the government and interference in our political affairs by American companies and the government.

Although I wish this were completely true, most Canadians I've encountered are super nice but they are quick to jump to conclusions that the government and companies represent everyone in America including myself which it shouldn't. I believe we should all judge each other on a more personal and less universal way.