Canada and any Western European country I've been to are miles ahead of us in so many ways. When you travel, you realize that there is so much more out there, and so much better. It's depressing to come back here and realize how screwed up we are.
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What do Americans honestly think of Canadians and Canada.
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Canada and any Western European country I've been to are miles ahead of us in so many ways. When you travel, you realize that there is so much more out there, and so much better. It's depressing to come back here and realize how screwed up we are.
Besides, most Americans cannot pick out Canada on a world map. Heck, they even seem to have a problem finding their very own good-ol' U.S. of A.
Oh come on.... Its closer to 40 percent.
. Blame the teacher unions and how they've destroyed our public school systems. Americas colleges are still great though.
Oh I wasn't disputing the fact that Americans are pretty much fat.
Just that all Canadians are thin
Alas, in Europe people are getting fatter. The UK has a massive problem.
Down a typical highstreet in an average town, you cannot move for teenagers with lard arses hanging outside McDonalds or Burger King.
South of Germany? Bavaria? Where do you think all those kartoffel knodel and fatty pork hocks, washed down with beer goes? Straight to the hips.
Wow. Good for Canada. Probably has 1/9 the hate index as well.
I'm not knocking the upside of American cultural dog-wagging. I mean personally I think it was blue jeans and rock'n'roll brought down the Berlin Wall, not Mr Reagan's cheery exhortations. But, a lot of why people don't like American ways is pretty justified.
We have a reputation abroad for xenophobic arrogance and for our domestic focus on infotainment and instant gratification at the expense of instilling knowledge and industry into our next generations. It doesn't sit well in a lot of places in the world and who can blame them: it's not like our ways are working out all that well for us! We're big consumers, but struggling to figure out what we can produce besides paperwork. We're BIG but not in a healthy way. We're my-way-or-highway about a lot of things that offend people abroad (including some Canadians).
So again, good for Canada. They have some outstanding rock bands but they are commendably short on the likes of Paris, Brittany and whoever the oncoming replacements are. I daresay more 10-year-old Canadians than Americans still think that Paris is a city in France...
Ironically, the US lobbied hard to get Canada into the G7 (now the G8). They (the Americans) thought there were too many Europeans in the Group and wanted a bit of a counter-balance. Canada wasn't actually that industrialized back then.
If you can afford the best treatment, then the US system is as good as anyone. On average, the US system ranks - not so well. Look at the WHO rankings to get the criteria used.
Of course, there is nothing that a couple of "double doubles" and Glazed Traditional won't solve.
Did I mention that Canada managed to infiltrate that "All American" Beer Summit. That 25% of the important bits came from North of 49?
But it wasn't the U.S Americans Beer Summit. Maybe Miss South Carolina was onto something.Did I mention that Canada managed to infiltrate that "All American" Beer Summit. That 25% of the important bits came from North of 49?
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I was doing something in my profile, and I noticed the word "Canadian" in a thread title.
"Hey!!" "That's me."
I'm glad to see no one has a sense of humor for what is obviously a thread aimed to flame...
this episode of king of the hill sums up my feelings perfectly..
http://www.hulu.com/watch/73399/king-of-the-hill-uh-oh-canada
http://www.hulu.com/watch/73399/king-of-the-hill-uh-oh-canada
Ironically, we Canadians can't watch it since Hulu doesn't stream out of the US.
*coughproxyservercough*. Just sayin'.
Quality is most definitely a problem if you're poor and uninsured. Americans who are well-insured and can afford premiums have health measurements that are close to any other western economy. It's the poor people that don't have access to preventative medicine that suffer from high infant mortality and higher death rates from chronic diseases. If you can't afford to be treated until you show up at the emergency room, than high-quality healthcare really isn't available to you.
Considering how little of education spending goes to paying teachers, I'd say that's unlikely. How about because we don't demand that kids know anything anymore? Or would rather pass them so their feelings don't get hurt?
One of my best friends is Canadian.
ENTERING JOKE MODE!:
I have tried to cure her of it for years, but it is a disease without a cure. The best I could do for her is let her watch Hulu through my VPN
/end of joke
(I had to clarify what is a joke and what isn't or I get labeled as a Canadian hating ignorant American in this thread for some odd reason) lol
ENTERING JOKE MODE!:
I have tried to cure her of it for years, but it is a disease without a cure. The best I could do for her is let her watch Hulu through my VPN
/end of joke
(I had to clarify what is a joke and what isn't or I get labeled as a Canadian hating ignorant American in this thread for some odd reason)
lol
i live in vancouver, and i've never been anywhere else in the world where i've seen people shooting up and smoking crack right in the streets than in east vancouver.
Not to take away from the reality of the DTES, but I've seen people do that in many, many large cities.
Sad, eh?
And for anyone who still thinks all Canadians are nice and polite, check out this report from The Smoking Gun about a telephone prankster from Canada who most definitely is quite the opposite.
I'm jealous of their healthcare, and strong beer.
Say, that could be an interesting "chicken or the egg" argument.
Say, that could be an interesting "chicken or the egg" argument.