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[–] 129 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I bet more in ten Americans feel the same way about Americans.

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  • [–] 56 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    ... It's probably about the same. A certain idiot never really dips below 38% approval rating.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    It feels like we're near or possibly over the precipice of losing our democracy

    I'd just caution our friends to the north and those across the pond that when I look at people like Carney and Starmer I see people as bad or worse than Biden and then I look at who's waiting in the wings..

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    I never understood this stereotype (aboot vs about). I’m Canadian, lived here all my life, my family is all Canadian and all have lived here all their lives. I’ve got family all across the country, from the western coast of BC to the eastern coast of Newfoundland, from the northern stretches of Nunavut to the most southern tip of Ontario, and very rarely have I ever heard it pronounced that way. It’s actually really funny as a Canadian to look up “how to speak like a Canadian” and watch how awful most of the “tips” are. I’d recommend it.

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    I think "oot" emphasises the difference from US accents for parody reasons, and also it's just not that simple to describe that difference by substituting a single letter of the alphabet. The best way I can think of to describe it (based on experience with friends from BC) is like a combination of "oht" and "oat"

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    I'm in the US and I have to support this analysis. I dated someone from Canada when I was younger, and at first he expressed the same thought as the poster above - he didn't hear the difference, so he didn't get it.

    Until he came to visit me in the states. The difference between how his dad and my dad talked was so apparent, the stereotype just "clicked." To say "aboot" is definitely an exaggeration, but in all fairness, it's really hard to repeat a sound that isn't in your native dialect. There is no US-English equivalent for the "ou" sound in Canadian English "about."

    It's like when a Japanese speaker uses a Z sound instead of English TH - it's not because Z is exactly what they hear when an English person says TH, but because the TH sound doesn't exist in Japanese at all. In both cases (and so many more across the world), speakers substitute non-standard sounds with ones they already know.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago

    A lot of people in the us will misinterpret a rural Ontario accent as Californian because way back in the day a bunch of people from Ontario moved to California and apparently the accent kind of caught on.

    There's a town called Ontario in California even.

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  • [–] 36 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    4 in 10 never trusted them to begin with

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  • [–] 33 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Personally, my trust in any specific individual is entirely based on that individual, regardless of their nationality or any other factor.... Because I'm not bigoted like that.

    However, my trust in the American government and my willingness to use American brands has been permanently altered.

    Given how much surveillance most major tech companies do on their users, I'm just about ready to break out the tin foil. Shit is getting wild.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    This. I live in a bubble in California. We still have decent folks here. When I travel the country I tend to encounter the chuds at airport bars. The key chud indicator is to respond that you're from San Francisco when they ask. They won't be able to contain the fox news eulogy for San Francisco and how it used to be a great state before it got "ruined "

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  • [–] 28 points 11 months ago (10 children)

    Can’t trust Americans or can’t trust the United States because those are two inherently different groups.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (15 children)

    Sorta… But only about 65% of us voted in the last election and of that only 50% voted for these douchebags. And of those, most of them voted that way because of a single R. So I’d guess around 75% of the people don’t agree with what is going on.

    So as a concrete example, I’m an American and I’d go out of my way to help most anyone but I am not the United States.

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  • [–] 15 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    Sorry but the 35% who didn't vote, knowing the threat of Trump becoming president again was looming, are no different than those who voted Republican.

    The whole world remember his first presidential term. And we all saw the Project 2025 playbook. The US is in a mess of its own creation.

    As a Brit, I too have lost trust in Americans unless proved otherwise.

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    [–] 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    As an American, the other 4 out of 10 must be idiots. GOP is on a mission to destroy everything that makes America a superpower.

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  • [–] 24 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    From Mary Poppins:

    Though we adore them individually, we agree that as a group they're rather stupid.

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    [–] 24 points 11 months ago (9 children)

    After this nightmare is over, the Untied States need a complete overhaul

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    [–] 20 points 11 months ago* (5 children)

    I don't blame them. I am (sadly) American, and I certainly don't trust most Americans right now.

    Edit to add: and don't know that I ever will again.

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    [–] 19 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    They sure like taking advantage of our flags to avoid their personal responsibilities instead of properly protesting Washington’s antics for decades.

    Stop being imperialist!

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    [–] 15 points 11 months ago

    4 of 10 never trusted them to begin with

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  • [–] 15 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    That's okay, I haven't trusted America in decades, and I'm American. Canadians are wise to be mistrustful of our GOVERNMENT. Most of the people are mostly cool. It's just the MAGAs you have to hide your kids from.

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    [–] 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    "I can’t help it. It’s who I am. It’s in my nature.” said the American to the Canadian

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    [–] 11 points 11 months ago* (3 children)

    This Canadian has been avoiding all US products I can and has zero plans to ever cross into the US border.

    Americans are fucking stupid can't be trusted.

    Canada should fortify it's southern border and get nukes.

    I would even be into an American style vetting on Americans wanting into Canada. Lets check their phones. Sorry, MAGAt. You support Nazi's and Trump. Fuck off!

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    [–] 10 points 11 months ago*

    They've been taking advantage of us for decades, while we have 10x the resources per capita that they do, and now they want to cry and whine about unfair treatment?

    Fuck them. Let them find out.

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  • [+] 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)
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    [–] 10 points 11 months ago

    6 in 10 Canadians had too much trust in US citizens

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    [–] 10 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I hate that I'm lumped in with these people but I also understand.

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    [–] 10 points 11 months ago (15 children)

    I've had beef with them ever since they dressed up in redface and threw a bunch of perfectly good tea into the Boston harbour. Quite rude, and they never apologized for it.

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    [–] 9 points 11 months ago

    The other 4 didn’t trust them to begin with.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago

    I wonder how many never trusted them in the first place.

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