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RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 hours ago

Why Americans trying to hide as Canadians overseas doesn’t work

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Why Americans trying to hide as Canadians overseas doesn’t work

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RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 hours ago
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Claims of “flag jacking” go back to at least the Vietnam War
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    I’m Canadian and pretty much every American I’ve met that came up here has been nice. Loud, but nice. but seriously, you guys are really loud.

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      People are constantly telling me to speak louder, so not all of us.

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      People just don’t notice the quiet ones. There are dozens of us.

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      Deaf from all the gunfire.

      • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
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        Well, that or years upon years of loud music venues.

      • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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        Can you make your font bigger, I went to public school and my eyes are a bit fried from all the muzzle flash.

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          Also don’t use more than a few words or I get bored and need a Tik Tok video to keep me focused between sentences.

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            I know there is a lot of TikTok users in the U.S. but is it higher percentage wise than most? It’s something like 1 in 3 people which seems pretty damn high. Almost 1 in 5 that logs in daily I thought I saw. No idea what it is elsewhere.

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        It’s tradition to have the newborn pull a trigger before they are named.

    • Ricky Rigatoni@retrolemmy.com
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      20 hours ago

      WHAT DO YOU MEAN LOUD

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      I’ll be making my 3rd trip up to Canada to snowboard this winter. My wife and I like to travel and like to leave the country, and I make it a point to be as little of a tourist as possible. Learn some local culture and do my best to respect it. I am loud, sorry about that, but I do try to not be a burden when in someone else’s place.

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        That’s great bud just take yer shoes off in the house

        • BassTurd@lemmy.world
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          Of course. I’m an American, not a complete monster.

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      magats usually arnt the ones travelling to other country, they only stay in thier own BUBBLE OF a community. the ones that are probably upper middle class or richer.

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      In my experience many Canadians are pretty loud too. Americans may have the edge though.

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        snowbirds in florida probably.

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