Canadian Appreciation Thread

[Howard Roark]

kohan and all the honorary Canadians should totally swing by, if you got love for Canada, do it up

and by Canada I mean us, because I think you'll find most Canadians are confused by patriotism

[Howard Roark]

Only because we're annexing Buffalo since America doesn't want you, but honestly, we're Canadians so we have to love the unwanted redheaded stepcity.

Yes, horrible as fuck, Garbage strikes are a little retarded in the summer for tourism, but alas they don't see it that way.

and ya it stinks in some places, still not too noticeable in the better neighborhoods (which I live in/work in/get dinner in)

and red hair is lookin pretty good lately :3

[Shiroikage]

Vancouver get-together seems possible sometime in the future if I can keep enough scratch together. I'd be able to combine it with visiting my greatuncle and greataunt, too.

[Conrad]

Only because we're annexing Buffalo since America doesn't want you, but honestly, we're Canadians so we have to love the unwanted redheaded stepcity.

We tricked you, you guys have Terrell Owens now!

[Shiroikage]

Patriotism just isn't a concept I really understand. I'm agreeing with Howard here.

[Conrad]

We tricked you, you guys have Terrell Owens now!

I'm sorry gamez, we didn't mean to give you Terrell Owens and I shouldn't have laughed at your misfortune like that.

[gamez]

Somebody took Zalius's keyboard and gave him a tablet didn't they.

[_chuchu]

yeah, well ... FUCK THAT ZALUS

[Zalius]

http://i32.tinypic.com/29e3mh3.gif

[Howard Roark]

Patriotism just isn't a concept I really understand. I'm agreeing with Howard here.

if anything, I've always thought that all the different cultures has really come to mean for me what Canada stands for

that being said, since no single one of those cultures is mine, the idea of being patriotic about it would be weird to me, it's more that I think it's a good idea since it breeds open-mindedness and acceptance due to mere exposure


how can you remain ignorant when you see examples of different people from a culture and realize they couldn't possibly all be the same (but you also get to know the quaint little stereotypes, which are often true lol) this may sound contradictory but it's not

[Conrad]

Do you guys call your black person an African-Canadian?

[_chuchu]

^ need to know now.

[tyven]

Do you guys call your black person an African-Canadian?

prob best question ever asked

[Shiroikage]

if anything, I've always thought that all the different cultures has really come to mean for me what Canada stands for

that being said, since no single one of those cultures is mine, the idea of being patriotic about it would be weird to me, it's more that I think it's a good idea since it breeds open-mindedness and acceptance due to mere exposure


how can you remain ignorant when you see examples of different people from a culture and realize they couldn't possibly all be the same (but you also get to know the quaint little stereotypes, which are often true lol) this may sound contradictory but it's not

I've just never really felt like I belong to anything especially not a country.

[Howard Roark]

lol honestly, I think we have so few we just say african-american, and really, no one seems to mind 'black' or 'african' although we avoid 'african' since most of our black people are caribbean


if anything we'll actually reference the exact nation of descent (no jokes Toronto has 80+ cultures)

[Shiroikage]

Do you guys call your black person an African-Canadian?

Never called or heard of this. I think I heard Afro-Canadian once.

[tyven]

so are they just called black?

[tyven]

cuz tbh african-american is prob more common than black in the states.

[gamez]

Do you guys call your black person an African-Canadian?

We call him Steve.

[Howard Roark]

I've just never really felt like I belong to anything especially not a country.

I don't even have a huge sense of family, not like Indian or Italian families seem to, counry doesn't mean a whole lot to me, I kinda like Toronto, but more in a pragmatic sense, in that it has the features I'd want in a place to live

I think to me, ideals and principles are more important than something collective like a country or national identity (or religious group but let's ignore thaat can o' worms)