Americans and Canadians culture Q&A Thread.

[ronandannette]

We all have to start somewhere.

In other news -

White Cat and Prairie Girl just liked the same post. This thread is magic.

A DIS-mas miracle! God bless us, every one.

 

[MrBellatrixLestrange]

A DIS-mas miracle! God bless us, every one.

Or yet another sign that the apocalypse is upon us...

 

[Buzz Rules]

Or yet another sign that the apocalypse is upon us...

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_Popes
For the record, Catholics don’t take the legend seriously. That BMW episode is my favorite.

 

[lisaviolet]

Don't all cultures have some sort of this? Like each culture has their own way of throwing insults and def. some are passive aggressive or backhanded some are just more hidden, some don't even pretend to be hidden, etc.

Yes.

But over and over certain Canadian posters are pointed out on here.

And I truly think some of it is very cultural and often misunderstood.

Especially when passive aggressive is used (not just in these answers here on this thread) and they - take them or leave them - are strong straightforward women. Those two words don't live in the same time zone.

One Canadian poster who I miss on here, always had a lot to say to me (a la we did not always see eye to eye ). I never ever took offense to her, as it was all straightforward. One time posters were PMing me with compassion and concern about the passive aggressive nature of her comments to me I did not see a thing passive aggressive. At times she wasn't even being as harsh as people thought a la it had humour. Certainly no need to PM me and check on my well-being. Because I understood it. That is all.

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I have an American friend that has known me intimately for over thirty years. Even lived with him, roommates. Knows me inside and out. To this day he sometimes reads my humour as "Are you angry?". When I am having fun with him. That is thinking that I am being passive aggressive. That thought. When I don't have an inch of that in my body.I know 100% that it is mostly cultural, and not a personality blockage.

He even says "Oh Canadian sarcasm" when I show him he is wrong.

Funny enough like my SIL he is Colombian. (not computing it in the moment)

It is real. Jim Carrey talked about it on David Letterman.

Okay so interesting Mackenzie, I need to get off here and get some things done.

 

[ronandannette]

Yes.

But over and over certain Canadian posters are pointed out on here.

And I truly think some of it is very cultural and often misunderstood.

Especially when passive aggressive is used (not just in these answers here on this thread) and they - take them or leave them - are strong straightforward women. Those two words don't live in the same time zone.

AnnaFloridaLover (and another handle that I truly thought was her too), who I miss on here, always had a lot to say to me (a la we did not always see eye to eye ). I never ever took offense to her, as it was all straightforward. One time posters were PMing me with compassion and concern about the passive aggressive nature of her comments to me. I did not see a thing passive aggressive. At times she wasn't even being as harsh as people thought a la it had humour. Certainly no need to PM me and check on my well-being. Because I understood it. That is all.

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I have an American friend that has known me intimately for over thirty years. Even lived with him, roommates. Knows me inside and out. To this day he sometimes reads my humour as "Are you angry?". When I am having fun with him. That is thinking that I am being passive aggressive. That thought. When I don't have an inch of that in my body.I know 100% that it is mostly cultural, and not a personality blockage.

He even says "Oh Canadian sarcasm" when I show him he is wrong.

Funny enough like my SIL he is Colombian. (not computing it in the moment)

It is real. Jim Carrey talked about it on David Letterman.

Okay so interesting Mackenzie, I need to get off here and get some things done.

I love all this. Years ago when there were a few other active Canadian DIS'ers that we haven't seen for awhile, I was in a PM chat with one who said something to the effect that I seemed surprisingly nice and smart for an Albertan. Did I consider that passive-aggressive? Not in the least. Was I insulted? Nope, the writer genuinely meant it as a compliment. Now if I had answered "...and you don't seem nearly as bigoted as most Ontarians..." and added a , well that would have been back-handed and passive-aggressive. Not my style.

 

[prairie_girl]

We all have to start somewhere.

In other news -

White Cat and Prairie Girl just liked the same post. This thread is magic.

We’re secretly besties.

 

[prairie_girl]

double post

 

[lisaviolet]

I love all this. Years ago when there were a few other active Canadian DIS'ers that we haven't seen for awhile, I was in a PM chat with one who said something to the effect that I seemed surprisingly nice and smart for an Albertan. Did I consider that passive-aggressive? Not in the least. Was I insulted? Nope, the writer genuinely meant it as a compliment. Now if I had answered "...and you don't seem nearly as bigoted as most Ontarians..." and added a , well that would have been back-handed and passive-aggressive. Not my style.

What's wrong with that?

You are nice and smart for an Albertan.

 

[ronandannette]

What's wrong with that?

You are nice and smart for an Albertan.

...and you hardly seem like a bigot at all, for an Ontarian.

ETA: For anybody who might be wondering - this is a TOTAL joke; playing on Lisa's comment to me, which is a spoof on one of my earlier posts. Let me go on the record as saying unequivocally that LISAVIOLET IS NOT A BIGOT.

Interesting video if both you and I are just so darned winsome that we've got all our DIS friends longing to be closer to us but can't decide between the two:

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

And as much as we all are "stereotypes are not real", some aspects most definitely are.

Oh no they very much are real, to what degree, always varies. People tend to think stereotypes are always bad but they aren't (some are just very negative and end up causing harm to our societies but not all). We need certain stereotypes in order to interact with each other. It's just about balancing out those stereotypes with a fluidity in how we perceive what is the stereotype and what it means and learning to adjust how we interact with people to reduce the harmful effect some stereotypes can have. You have a very interesting experience I would say having had first hand experience with helping form the impression people had of your country when they came here.

When I was in college I ran a study along side a grad student about stereotypes and prejudice that she had come up with. It was very interesting learning the answers that people had to things. It went over not just race and ethnicity but also thinks like jocks and nerds and frat boys and wealth/non-wealth to many other things. It was however meant as a serious study. I will never forget the answer I repeatedly got when the question was asked "what is racism?"

 

[ronandannette]

Canadian homicide statistics for 2020 were announced today - 743 nationwide in 2020. We topped the previous annual high set in 1991. The 2020 numbers included a 22-victim mass shooting; which is the second-highest number ever killed in a single incident. The highest was an act of arson in a nightclub in 1972 that claimed 37 victims. (This does not include the terrorist bombing of Air India Flight 182 which killed 331 people and was ruled homicide by Canadian courts in 1985).

It's been a rougher-than-normal year on both sides of the border. Here are the US stats:
Homicides increased by 25% but overall crime rate fell in 2020 - USAFacts

 

[prairie_girl]

I have a new question…

Do you have this? Does it go by this abbreviation? It’s homogenized milk, but everyone just calls it…this.

 

[tvguy]

I have a new question…

Do you have this? Does it go by this abbreviation? It’s homogenized milk, but everyone just calls it…this.

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No. That's whole milk. All milk is homogenized, whether it is non-fat 1% or 2%.
Although I have vague memories of my family in Canada coming to visit in the 1960's and saying they had never heard of non-fat, 1% or 2% milk, just whole milk and cream milk, which I suspect was what I knew at half and half.

 

[bcla]

I have a new question…

Do you have this? Does it go by this abbreviation? It’s homogenized milk, but everyone just calls it…this.

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We would call it "whole milk", although sometimes it's just labelled as "Vitamin D Milk". The other common types are 1% (low-fat), 2% (reduced fat), and 0% (skim or nonfat). It's usually homogenized, pasteurized, and fortified with vitamins A/D. There are some variations though.

 

[prairie_girl]

No. That's whole milk. All milk is homogenized, whether it is non-fat 1% or 2%.
Although I have vague memories of my family in Canada coming to visit in the 1960's and saying they had never heard of non-fat, 1% or 2% milk, just whole milk and cream milk, which I suspect was what I knew at half and half.

I wasn’t alive in the 60s but I have a hard time believing that.

 

[prairie_girl]

No. That's whole milk. All milk is homogenized, whether it is non-fat 1% or 2%.
Although I have vague memories of my family in Canada coming to visit in the 1960's and saying they had never heard of non-fat, 1% or 2% milk, just whole milk and cream milk, which I suspect was what I knew at half and half.

That may be the case but it is the only milk advertised that way. Here’s our 1% and it doesn’t have the H word.

 

[bcla]

No. That's whole milk. All milk is homogenized, whether it is non-fat 1% or 2%.
Although I have vague memories of my family in Canada coming to visit in the 1960's and saying they had never heard of non-fat, 1% or 2% milk, just whole milk and cream milk, which I suspect was what I knew at half and half.

Not all milk is homogenized. It's still possible to get cream top milk.

This is what it looks like if allowed to settle.

Not sure about raw milk though. I know it's possible to get it, but not sure about the legality of sale.

 

[lisaviolet]

...and you hardly seem like a bigot at all, for an Ontarian.

ETA: For anybody who might be wondering - this is a TOTAL joke; playing on Lisa's comment to me, which is a spoof on one of my earlier posts. Let me go on the record as saying unequivocally that LISAVIOLET IS NOT A BIGOT.

Interesting video if both you and I are just so darned winsome that we've got all our DIS friends longing to be closer to us but can't decide between the two:

I forgot to tell you that I learned a lot from that video. It was truly scary to learn how ignorant I was about another province, especially with taxation.

And Annette, could we tone down the caps on that sentence?

 

[lisaviolet]

I have a new question…

Do you have this? Does it go by this abbreviation? It’s homogenized milk, but everyone just calls it…this.

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Umm, I call it whole milk too.

 

[lisaviolet]

I wasn’t alive in the 60s but I have a hard time believing that.

We just might have to give him that one. Fuzzy memory but I feel like I am having a flashback to when 2% and/or skim was introduced.