PSX5Central
Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Jumpman on February 08, 2004, 09:17:15 AM
-
Your general thoughts on Canada, the country above the United-States, are wanted in this thread. :)
I\'m just going to start off by saying it\'s geographic location and size has been extremely beneficial for it\'s people and it\'s place in the world.
OT within an OT-Anyone like my new avy? :nerd:
-
Canada seems like a very nice country, beautiful nature, nice people (except for those you see on Reality TV, Canada 2nd nation after Czech Republic with the most mullets per capita? ;) )
I would not mind visiting sometime.
About US-Canada bashing, I think its similar to what we are doing to the Norwegians, just some brotherly love! :D
Your avatar is nice, too bad Matrix 2 and 3 sucks. ;)
-
Canada is very erm...... BIG!!!
I wouldn\'t mind visiting in the summer ,lots to see and do I expect. It is much too cold for me in the winter though.
-
I have visited many different parts of Canada, and I like it. It\'s comfortable and familiar like the US, but just a little "different," which is a nice change. I generally like and agree with their beliefs and standards.
Down sides:
Canadians seem to mostly hate Americans. I think it\'s because we have culturally overwhelmed them to the point where they have to struggle to remember they are different from us. 80% or more of their television, movies, music, and literature comes us, all containing references to the US and assumptions that the audience is here, not there. I can see how that would become weird to be colonized by your neighbor like that.
Canadian weather is awful most of the time. Winters are bitterly hostile, and summer in Ontario is unbelievably humid. As always, I ask myself why humans would voluntarily live so far north on this planet. There are lots of options available (just don\'t come to Southern California please).
Canadians always take their shoes off when entering a house or apartment. That does not happen in the American southwest. I don\'t know why, but I just find it weird.
Canadians put red maple leafs on EVERYTHING in sight. In Canada, you literally cannot turn you head 90 degrees without seeing 3-4 maple leafs. Every company logo, public sign, advertisement, or seal of approval seems to have a maple leaf built into it somehow. Yet they accuse US of being hyperpatriotic with our flag. Give me a break, you guys have us beat in that department.
-
I was just in sarnia ontario last thurs
other than the fact i got more money to gamble with at the casino it didnt seem any different the the US
-
I love Canada with all my heart... Seriously.
-
Canada was built by us Scot\'s
So it must be good.
-
^^
This guy was smoking some good shit in history class.
-
I hear Canada has much better strip clubs than the US...
-
^
Yeah, half of them are over 50!
WOOT WOOT!
Living in Alaska, we go through Canada quite alot and I experience alot of their culture. It pretty much is quite like America, but the people seem more agitated, especially when you try using American money.
Overall, nothing stands out from it as being odd.
-
Originally posted by Coredweller
I ask myself why humans would voluntarily live so far north on this planet.
As someone living very far north on this planet, when I travell to other countries I ask myself how people can live in weather like that all year around.
I prefer having seasons drastically different, winters should be cold and dark and summers hotter and bright.
But that\'s just me.
-
.......... canada is like america\'s new zealand ^_^
-
I don\'t see ANY maple leafs all of over the place like Cord is describing around where I live. Canada isn\'t half as boastful as the US with the pride they have in their country.
but the people seem more agitated, especially when you try using American money.
Um...you\'re an idiot. You realize Canada and the US don\'t share the same currency... right?
-
Ummm... NO SHIT.
You do realise many places in close to the border of america DO.
-
I can\'t believe you\'re surprised Canadians would get ubset with someone trying to give them non Canadian money, regardless of the location. You\'re just not on the same level of thinking everyone else is.
-
Don\'t really hear about Canada much over here,only that they love Ice Hockey.
Oh and a bloke called Guy Perret does dirt bike adventure tours.
(Was on a dirt bike video.)
-
I originally didn\'t want to post in this thread because I really didn\'t know what to write.
Exactly how I feel about Canada.
-
I love Canada. Great weather, no worries of being mugged, women look great.
Only thing is they don\'t seem as culturally diverse or rich as I would have hoped when I visited. Sometimes it just felt bland and boring. Nothing jumped out and made me say, wow this is a different place!
The only real gripe I have with them is that they think all Americans are so full of themselves blah blah blah... Seems all the hate is coming from their end, but maybe it\'s just in my mind.
-
Originally posted by Jumpman
I don\'t see ANY maple leafs all of over the place like Cord is describing around where I live. Canada isn\'t half as boastful as the US with the pride they have in their country.
Could you state which location you\'re talking about? Do you live there, or have you only visited? It\'s hard for me to evaluate your observation without more info. I\'ve spent a lot of time in Canada.
-
Originally posted by Jumpman
Um...you\'re an idiot. You realize Canada and the US don\'t share the same currency... right?
I use American money there whenver I\'ve run out of your "wannabe British" currency :p Most places accept the American dollar but the exchange rate they give me is highway robbery. Try to use Canadian money in the US and they throw you out of the store and shoot you with our American guns. :p
Canada = beady eyed with floppy heads. And what\'s that line from "Blame Canada"? Oh yeah...."It\'s not a real country anyway" :D
-
ugh gman don\'t do that. That\'s why they get pissy.
-
Originally posted by Coredweller
Could you state which location you\'re talking about? Do you live there, or have you only visited? It\'s hard for me to evaluate your observation without more info. I\'ve spent a lot of time in Canada.
I\'ve lived in Canada for 17 years thank you. ;)
I\'ve lived in Moncton, New Brunswick for 15 years and Halifax, Nova-Scotia for 2 brief years. For those wondering these provinces are located above Maine or on the Atlantic coast.
The reason I responded to what you said is just I found it quite shocking since I have never seen of this parade of maple leafs like you\'ve described in any place I\'ve ever been. Downtown Moncton, Halifax, never have I saw a place that just screams Canada with the maple leafs. I visited Toronto once but that was about 6 years ago so I have no clear memory of it that I could describe.
Honestly, I\'ve never really looked for the maple leafs like you have. Maybe it\'s just you were in an area once that had an excess amount and just began to take note of the leafs and look around more carefully for them. I know just reading your post I know I will start to take note of them if they\'re around. Being in a number of political classes at school the Canada/America issue that always comes up is how Canadians don\'t share the amount of nationalism the Americans do. Just found your statement odd.
Only thing is they don\'t seem as culturally diverse or rich as I would have hoped when I visited. Sometimes it just felt bland and boring. Nothing jumped out and made me say, wow this is a different place!
This pops out at me too since all I ever hear is how multiculteral friendly some places in Canada are. I know in Halifax there was a vast amount of diversity. We celebrated it frequently too. Then I come back to Moncton and I can\'t see a brother or hindu around.
:confused: I\'m sure the official french province Quebec would be quite diverse. New Brunswick I know is the only "official" bilingual(sp?) province in Canada. Didn\'t get all those Acadiens deported. :(
-
Yea seriously. I went to Toronto and the Falls and out of all of the thousands of Canucks I saw my bro & I only counted TWO black people. I\'m scared of them as the next person but how boring it would be if there were none around!
-
Originally posted by THX
Yea seriously. I went to Toronto and the Falls and out of all of the thousands of Canucks I saw my bro & I only counted TWO black people. I\'m scared of them as the next person but how boring it would be if there were none around!
You\'re afraid of black people?
-
**** canada man those canadian mounties think they are the shit.
I am at the canadian border just came from the tunnel. One of my friends did not have his social card so they tooks us to back search the car trying to rip shit apart.
Found a empty bag and lil razor way under the seat. These pricks start talking shit tellings me why did not I not say i had a weapon. I am like wtf how did i know a 10cent razor was under the seat.
Then he gone tell me to take my trash back over the border and dump it in america. One little bag go all the way back through the tunnel for a paper bag!!!!!!!
Bunch of pussies. And canadian strip clubs are shit. Reminds me of a fashon show. How can prostitution be allowed in canada but lap dances are not?
-
A socialist tax payer hell. Not to mention everything is bilingual... in French no less!
-
Originally posted by GmanJoe
You\'re afraid of black people?
He\'s from Virginia, most likely a suburb or such, so not too many black people in his area.
-
Originally posted by QuDDus
**** canada man those canadian mounties think they are the shit.
I am at the canadian border just came from the tunnel. One of my friends did not have his social card so they tooks us to back search the car trying to rip shit apart.
Found a empty bag and lil razor way under the seat. These pricks start talking shit tellings me why did not I not say i had a weapon. I am like wtf how did i know a 10cent razor was under the seat.
Then he gone tell me to take my trash back over the border and dump it in america. One little bag go all the way back through the tunnel for a paper bag!!!!!!!
Bunch of pussies. And canadian strip clubs are shit. Reminds me of a fashon show. How can prostitution be allowed in canada but lap dances are not?
/me ignores all the flame bait.... not much to respond too...
Oh, here\'s one... next time you\'re in Canada, try visiting Pigale\'s.
-
Originally posted by mjps21983
He\'s from Virginia, most likely a suburb or such, so not too many black people in his area.
Why would he be scared, precious?
-
I was just kidding doods. Must I always need a smiley? DC area is more diverse than probably 90% of everyone else\'s. Oh and the first chick I messed around with was black and I was the one who probably scared her with my Filipino ****. NO smiley needed!
-
Well I am just stating this as I have family that lives in New Jersey, you go anywhere outside the city you don\'t see too many black people, shit my cousin freaked out when he found out he had a cousin that was black. Its just basing it off that and being around the area enough to know that all I saw was caucasian and chinese for the most part.
-
Originally posted by THX
I was just kidding doods. Must I always need a smiley? DC area is more diverse than probably 90% of everyone else\'s. Oh and the first chick I messed around with was black and I was the one who probably scared her with my Filipino ****. NO smiley needed!
Duwag!
-
I\'ve never even thought about Canada..
-
Originally posted by mjps21983
He\'s from Virginia, most likely a suburb or such, so not too many black people in his area.
Only as slaves.
( Just Kidding )
BTW: Jumpman, it appears you seem to be stunted brainwise on the currency thing? Please dont give the ol\' Well, not where I live. Admit it, you were wrong.
-
i have no knowlegde of canada whatsoever cept\' trish stratus! :D
-
Not to go RACER on the subject, but Canada is f*ing gorgeous. Toronto is nice but Montreal is by far my favorite place there yet. Its so damn clean and fresh. Not to mention the now legal bud :p. And all the french canadian women loved the fro:D. Of course its a thing of the past.
Everybody is too busy bashing canada and never actually goes there. If i remember correctly 15 y/o\'s can see R films? Gun violence is like in the 100\'s a year. Chicago its like what? 3000? J/K
-
Anyplace where hookers are allowed is A-OK by me.
-
Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
Anyplace where hookers are allowed is A-OK by me.
So is pot
-
Originally posted by Coredweller
Canadians put red maple leafs on EVERYTHING in sight. In Canada, you literally cannot turn you head 90 degrees without seeing 3-4 maple leafs. Every company logo, public sign, advertisement, or seal of approval seems to have a maple leaf built into it somehow. Yet they accuse US of being hyperpatriotic with our flag. Give me a break, you guys have us beat in that department.
You do realize that absolutely everything that Canada exports HAS to have a leaf on it right? At least what gets sent to the US does.
-
Originally posted by QuDDus
So is pot
Not quite.
-
Originally posted by videoholic
You do realize that absolutely everything that Canada exports HAS to have a leaf on it right? At least what gets sent to the US does.
You do realize I was talking about things you see when you\'re IN Canada, right?
-
Originally posted by (e)
BTW: Jumpman, it appears you seem to be stunted brainwise on the currency thing? Please dont give the ol\' Well, not where I live. Admit it, you were wrong.
If I was wrong, then you were right, and if that happened then the universe would explode.