Hey I tried to help - though, to be fair, I didn't bother arguing the popularity, just the lack of US specificness of the "catch phrases"
Maybe I should return to Calgary in summer during the Stampede. I’m not interested in rodeo but there should be other stuff going on there that would be fun.Y'all come back and see us sometime, y'hear!
Generally from following baseball. Japan and Korea have their own leagues and it's usually a big deal when one of their stars signs with an MLB team. Tons of players in MLB are from Latin American countries. Look back at the results from when baseball was an Olympic sport - the most successful countries were Cuba, Japan, and the US. Canada never medaled and only qualified in 2 out of 6 games.
That is true! (And very much appreciated!)
I wasn't googling that stat in particular. Who knew Canadians were so touchy about baseball?
I think the alcohol guidance is probably accurate. It’s a good reminder to drink less. I’m not opposed to anyone putting warning labels on alcohol. Who knows if it will make any difference.
I don't feel like we are touchy about baseball as much as we are touchy about blanket statements/assumptions that aren't backed up with any actual data. You made a comment about baseball not being as popular in Canada as in the U.S., but then didn't provide anything to show what your criteria was to come to that conclusion.
No, I got it from a link from Google that I went to when searching something else. I did not google "How many Canadians are in MLB?" in particular.
Your initial post wasn't "jumped on". It was questioned. As are many on this thread.
Having generalizations causes issues on this thread. I’ve learned to avoid talking about many of them myself. @SirDuff is a scientist, so I get why he’s a stickler for 100% accuracy. I’ll admit when I accidentally misspoke something as fact vs opinion, but sometimes I think some on this thread take it to far (like @seshat0120 once trying to inaccurately paint me as a nationalist, which I am not one). For the record @SirDuff, facts that are true are important but people can draw a a range of conclusions from any fact (that doesn’t mean they are all correct either).
That reminds me of a documentary I watched about alcohol. This was for England...it was nuts how they reacted when the recommendation was lowered (it's a documentary on Netflix IIRC). But pub culture (in a different than U.S. way) is big so social drinking takes on a whole new meaning.
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I think that's a fair point but would add the reverse can also be true, assumptions have been made over and over about Americans as well but a correction tends to be drowned out in either sarcasm or outright ignorance of the topic.
