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The hockey bit is true. The rest is exaggerated, but it's a joke. I'm kind of disappointed, but also kind of relieved, that my country of Canada ranks incredibly low on alcohol consumption (57th) and alcoholism (27th).
By contrast, the US is 42nd in consumption and 5th in alcoholism (probably because they suck at hockey)
Can confirm, we do suck at hockey, but we make up for it in volume. That's probably also our problem with alcohol as well.
Don't they win every major tournament though?
Eh, many of the best NHL players are European anyway. NHL teams don't really pull from local players, that's just where they work.
Exactly. We make a bunch of teams, but we've only won the Olympics twice, and the second time we made a movie about it. Canada has won way more.
#2 and #10 for mine. Explains why most of my neighbours can't walk straight.
If I wasn't grandfathered in, (5th gen) Canada would probably have kicked me out for not being a normal Canadian because I don't like watching hockey much. Playing it sure, but watching other people play sports just isn't my thing.
It's nice that weed is legal though.
Damn straight my gorilla-person!
3rd gen here. Didn’t care for any televised sports. So hockey and football (Leafs and the Argos) was a great way to put me into a stupor. Wasn’t even interested in playing.
I remember my dad taking me to watch a game once. I was more interested in watch the scoreboard than the game itself. I was probably 6-8 at the time.
For a second I thought 6-8 was the score
13th generation here and I'm the same. Can't stand hockey, watching or playing and I stopped smoking weed once they legalized it because it just wasn't fun anymore. The one thing that makes me Canadian is I like the cold and still snowboard in -30C weather.
I always feel left out of true Canadian stereotypes by being from southern BC. There’s no snow and people haven’t properly cared about hockey since everyone lost their shit in 2011 riots.
Makes me get philosophical about what IS being Canadian. Other than plastic money and the oppression of indigenous populations. And Hudson Bay patterned over priced things.
And healthcare which I am a VERY big fan of. And gay rights, but careful if you’re in non-Calgary Alberta.
Nah, that comparison is way too mean to Canadians.
It’s true. I felt pretty offended by that comparison. As if that’s the only difference between my country and an authoritarian terrorist state.
Closest we got is gulag for only First Nations children.
On the other hand, we decapitated our aerospace industry at the first sign of NATO planes. Now we have an arm. Which is cool, don't think I'm dunking on the CANADARM, but it could have been so much more...
As a Brit, the analogy I've always enjoyed is that living in Canada vs the USA is like owning a nice apartment above a crack den. Although, I can't speak to the validity of said statement.
It just really depends where in both contries. I live near the West coast boarder and it does not really feel like much of a change crossing between.