"Global overlay" is a great way to put it. All that shit you mentioned really is a global phenomenon, every country has the same overlay and it kills the uniqueness of each country.
I know right. Blows my mind that Canada wants to be the homely girl in class.
Okay I just watched it. Forget everything I said, burn Australia, burn it immediately. Europe's probably the same, so burn Europe too. Even the damned vaccine aside, the overall tone of that video is so.. fake and bleghhhh.
Yeah I bet it is hard to watch, for someone who hasn't been forced to live in a culture full of people who were raised on this kind of video and see it as perfectly normal. Thank you for understanding though, I want to show the world how cringey we are.
“We aren’t the United States. Look at all our differences.”
Funny thing is, Canada is very similar to the US. We've got Walmarts and call centers up the wazoo. Canada is diet America, just with more pretentious people who aren't as fun to talk to for the most part.
The original meaning describes Canadians pretty well tbh.
I've read about similar experiences from other Americans who have been here. I'm curious, how exactly were you treated when you visited Canada? Did they pretend you were invisible, or sneer down at you? I grew up in the US myself before my family moved here to Canada, and I can attest to a difference in attitudes. I remember Americans being more genuinely friendly, and it makes me think the Canadian "niceness" is just propaganda. On the internet, Americans seem to have a much better sense of humor and don't take themselves seriously. They are better at having fun, and I am embittered that I am missing out on that. Americans make all the funniest memes.
I saw this image once that was a collage of common words used by Canadians on twitter vs Americans on twitter. It was designed to paint Canadians as being much kinder and smarter, whereas Americans apparently used a lot of words like "sup, hate, sucks, damn". But since I didn't grow up in Canada, I see it for what it is: Americans are a lot more honest and expressive, and Canadian propaganda makes that look like a bad thing. Canadians think they're so smart, and are fed a steady diet of anti-American propaganda, and that probably helps explain the way you were treated here. I hate this politeness shit, it's suffocating me - what am I, an old lady in 1800s England?
I agree, something like this could only be the work of soy. Plenty of estrogen went into the production of that ad.
Don't worry no American falls for this kind of marketing. We're immune.
I would hope so but I legitimately think there lots of people who'd fall for this. "Ohh Canada seems like such a utopia" they'd say.. It's not, it's just America lite, with less personality that's been aggressively marketed as being a utopia. Canadians pride themselves on being even more bland than the British.
This shit sums up how everyone in this country acts though. This video is very much in tune with Canada's overall identity, which makes it hard for me to not hate the sh*t out of Canada. Like what even is my country if not this? I genuinely wanna know.
Also yeah I bet Australia is 1000x worse. I should be grateful I didn't end up there thank God.
did not have a mother but a brainwashed NPC
That she is, very very much so. Or "it" I should say. Just watches TV all day.
This comment was like a slap to the face, kick me when I'm down why don't you
Agreed, and thank you for understanding
He was around, he lived with us, but yeah he was not involved in my life in any healthy way. Only around to cause more chaos.
My father basically doesn't give a shit about me, and he's not the most masculine person either. They're both sick, and they don't deserve children - thank you for getting it.
Thank you :)
The most masculine thing you can do is be you and make no apologies for it.
and this is absolutely true
They are also not competing with their wives to be the "prettiest" or "best dressed"
Yes, this is so true. I've made a conscious effort to not be like that - striving to be the prettiest. I'd imagine that an excessively vain partner would be a huge turnoff to women.
Yeah you and moodyblue are both correct.
I do have some facial hair. It's thin and patchy and probably better off being shaven, but it exists haha
I agree with your points, @moodyblue. You are right, there are a ton of great guys who can't grow facial hair. It's all about the personality. It took me a while to realize this myself.
If the man is a father he’s always there for the children until he leaves this earth.
This is the exact opposite of how my father was, as it turns out.
They don’t care about impressing strangers. They like the simple life.
Again, exact opposite of how my father was unfortunately. I would have preferred a father who didn't care about impressing anybody and just wanted a simple life. Simple = happy, we are not complicated creatures.
The potato peeler one proves Canadians will flex over anything. Should've said "In America we peel potatoes with a sledgehammer and eat them raw." I do not want to know what all these Canadians have been saying about me behind my back, the 11 years I've lived here.