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[-] Triumph@fedia.io 129 points 1 week ago

I bet more in ten Americans feel the same way about Americans.

[-] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 56 points 1 week ago

... It's probably about the same. A certain idiot never really dips below 38% approval rating.

[-] Triumph@fedia.io 17 points 1 week ago

They don't trust us, we don't trust them.

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[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I was just wondering what the hell is wrong with 4/10 Canadians?

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Every country has "the idiot third", add a couple "IDK" and bam 40%

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[-] SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 76 points 1 week ago
[-] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago

I never understood this stereotype (aboot vs about). I’m Canadian, lived here all my life, my family is all Canadian and all have lived here all their lives. I’ve got family all across the country, from the western coast of BC to the eastern coast of Newfoundland, from the northern stretches of Nunavut to the most southern tip of Ontario, and very rarely have I ever heard it pronounced that way. It’s actually really funny as a Canadian to look up “how to speak like a Canadian” and watch how awful most of the “tips” are. I’d recommend it.

[-] gila@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I think "oot" emphasises the difference from US accents for parody reasons, and also it's just not that simple to describe that difference by substituting a single letter of the alphabet. The best way I can think of to describe it (based on experience with friends from BC) is like a combination of "oht" and "oat"

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[-] krunklom@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 week ago

A lot of people in the us will misinterpret a rural Ontario accent as Californian because way back in the day a bunch of people from Ontario moved to California and apparently the accent kind of caught on.

There's a town called Ontario in California even.

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[-] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago

4 in 10 never trusted them to begin with

[-] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The one silver lining to this whole fascist takeover of the US is that I'm not an odd one out in my hatred of the USA anymore. The exceptionalism and arrogance of Americans always weirded me out and I guess this is where that all that shit lead

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[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 week ago

Personally, my trust in any specific individual is entirely based on that individual, regardless of their nationality or any other factor.... Because I'm not bigoted like that.

However, my trust in the American government and my willingness to use American brands has been permanently altered.

Given how much surveillance most major tech companies do on their users, I'm just about ready to break out the tin foil. Shit is getting wild.

[-] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This. I live in a bubble in California. We still have decent folks here. When I travel the country I tend to encounter the chuds at airport bars. The key chud indicator is to respond that you're from San Francisco when they ask. They won't be able to contain the fox news eulogy for San Francisco and how it used to be a great state before it got "ruined "

[-] Rakonat@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago

As an American, the other 4 out of 10 must be idiots. GOP is on a mission to destroy everything that makes America a superpower.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago

Canada has their own far-right wing. I bet around 30% are MAGA types. If you look at any election, 30% usually vote insane.

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[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 9 points 1 week ago

Maybe they just never trusted America in the first place!

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago

Can’t trust Americans or can’t trust the United States because those are two inherently different groups.

[-] Jhex@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

both... after electing a convicted felon and rapist to the presidency for a SECOND time, Americans cannot escape responsability in my books

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[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Well, one makes the other.

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Sorta… But only about 65% of us voted in the last election and of that only 50% voted for these douchebags. And of those, most of them voted that way because of a single R. So I’d guess around 75% of the people don’t agree with what is going on.

So as a concrete example, I’m an American and I’d go out of my way to help most anyone but I am not the United States.

[-] NocturnalEngineer@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Sorry but the 35% who didn't vote, knowing the threat of Trump becoming president again was looming, are no different than those who voted Republican.

The whole world remember his first presidential term. And we all saw the Project 2025 playbook. The US is in a mess of its own creation.

As a Brit, I too have lost trust in Americans unless proved otherwise.

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[-] m0darn@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 week ago

From Mary Poppins:

Though we adore them individually, we agree that as a group they're rather stupid.

[-] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

from MIB:

A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it.

Yours is more eloquent though.

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[-] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 week ago

After this nightmare is over, the Untied States need a complete overhaul

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 week ago

A complete overhaul is the prerequisite for this nightmare to be over.

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[-] subgenius@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don't blame them. I am (sadly) American, and I certainly don't trust most Americans right now.

Edit to add: and don't know that I ever will again.

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[-] Sunshine@piefed.ca 18 points 1 week ago

They sure like taking advantage of our flags to avoid their personal responsibilities instead of properly protesting Washington’s antics for decades.

Stop being imperialist!

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[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 15 points 1 week ago

That's okay, I haven't trusted America in decades, and I'm American. Canadians are wise to be mistrustful of our GOVERNMENT. Most of the people are mostly cool. It's just the MAGAs you have to hide your kids from.

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[-] nul42@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 week ago

4 of 10 never trusted them to begin with

[-] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

"I can’t help it. It’s who I am. It’s in my nature.” said the American to the Canadian

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[-] IndridCold@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This Canadian has been avoiding all US products I can and has zero plans to ever cross into the US border.

Americans are fucking stupid can't be trusted.

Canada should fortify it's southern border and get nukes.

I would even be into an American style vetting on Americans wanting into Canada. Lets check their phones. Sorry, MAGAt. You support Nazi's and Trump. Fuck off!

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[-] Stamets@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Bingo bango bongo, I don't want to go to Guantanamo. Oh no, no, no, no, no, no.

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[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

I hate that I'm lumped in with these people but I also understand.

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[-] masterspace@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They've been taking advantage of us for decades, while we have 10x the resources per capita that they do, and now they want to cry and whine about unfair treatment?

Fuck them. Let them find out.

[-] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

I've had beef with them ever since they dressed up in redface and threw a bunch of perfectly good tea into the Boston harbour. Quite rude, and they never apologized for it.

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[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 week ago

6 in 10 Canadians had too much trust in US citizens

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 9 points 1 week ago

I wonder how many never trusted them in the first place.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

The other 4 didn’t trust them to begin with.

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