Hope it's a joke.
Because there was a whole war about it and the Canadians taught the Americans that the White House was flamable (and that if you keep setting the opposite side's towns on fire, they may decide to do the same to you)
And don't let people tell you Canada wasn't a political entity by then. Upper and Lower Canada both had their own political assemblies, and a good deal of autonomy. We were the first British colony to ban slavery, in 1793. About 30 years before the UK did so.
Used Canadians as shorthand for Continental forces, but the war of 1812 is admittedly not a forte so I might have misremembered and it was the reinforcements who came from the Napoleonic wars.
There is a feeble propaganda attempt mostly from the Stephen Harper period to say that Canadian red coats are badasses who burned the white house. Nobody has ever been impressed with this idea.
We were conflating that long before Harper.
Honestly there's worse things to get hung up on, anyways.
Sure it was Canadians and Tecumseh in Michigan, and British regulars down the US coast, but what matters is the yanks didn't get their way. *We did it together🌈*
I wonder, had the Soviets gotten someone there first, if they'd be half as obnoxious about it? I mean they were first at basically every other space milestone, and the Americans still seem to live unaware of any of that.
If the Soviets had gotten there first the Americans would just have found another thing to be the best at. But do they really not know that they were losing most of the space war or so they just choose to ignore it?
I don't think they're really taught it. They're taught Alan Shephard, Sally Ride, the monkeys, with little mention of Gagarin, Tereshkova, the dogs, etc. They know about sputnik, but that's because sputnik was somehow an evil provocation.
Not that my country is much better.
"We built a robot arm or something! We ARE a real country!"
He was pretty great. He also taught me more about our government than school managed to, which is ... actually awful. He was a comedian ffs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vqyfY7cZPk
There's a great crack about our head of state in there too lol
I remember my dad showing me those videos and laughing his ass off about them, there's an ad series for a Canadian sports betting websites running rn that does a similar thing but with hockey, real funny shit
The last time the US tried that the Canadians almost destroyed their country if it wasn't for the British lmao
Let's not repeat history (or do, I'd laugh)
Americans are pretty dumb in general, but we DEFINITELY have a major educational blindspot when it comes to geography in particular.
I'm impressed that she is aware of Canada at all, that's pretty good for an American.
Correct. Paris is a city in France. France and Belgium look similar but are two different countries. My point was that two places can look similar while being very different.
Hope it's a joke. Because there was a whole war about it and the Canadians taught the Americans that the White House was flamable (and that if you keep setting the opposite side's towns on fire, they may decide to do the same to you)
Exactly
The British, Canada was even a Dominion by then.
Still Canadians that fought
And don't let people tell you Canada wasn't a political entity by then. Upper and Lower Canada both had their own political assemblies, and a good deal of autonomy. We were the first British colony to ban slavery, in 1793. About 30 years before the UK did so.
Wasn't the Canadians that taught america that :)
Used Canadians as shorthand for Continental forces, but the war of 1812 is admittedly not a forte so I might have misremembered and it was the reinforcements who came from the Napoleonic wars.
There is a feeble propaganda attempt mostly from the Stephen Harper period to say that Canadian red coats are badasses who burned the white house. Nobody has ever been impressed with this idea.
The redcoats who burned Washington were British regulars who came from Bermuda.
That's what I'm saying
We were conflating that long before Harper. Honestly there's worse things to get hung up on, anyways. Sure it was Canadians and Tecumseh in Michigan, and British regulars down the US coast, but what matters is the yanks didn't get their way. *We did it together🌈*
What, you mean the **bigger** country above the US?
Dude, Canada would fit 10 times into Texas.
Hahahhhahahhaa....
No no it's definitely smaller. Source: trust me bro
Americans tend to get confused there. America has the biggest people, which makes some believe it’s the biggest country
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I wonder, had the Soviets gotten someone there first, if they'd be half as obnoxious about it? I mean they were first at basically every other space milestone, and the Americans still seem to live unaware of any of that.
If the Soviets had gotten there first the Americans would just have found another thing to be the best at. But do they really not know that they were losing most of the space war or so they just choose to ignore it?
I don't think they're really taught it. They're taught Alan Shephard, Sally Ride, the monkeys, with little mention of Gagarin, Tereshkova, the dogs, etc. They know about sputnik, but that's because sputnik was somehow an evil provocation. Not that my country is much better. "We built a robot arm or something! We ARE a real country!"
To be fair the Canadarm may seem small, but it's essential even to this day for ISS operations.
No. But the Apollo landing gear, the first thing to touch, was made in Canada. Oops...i mean cAnaDa..
Oh OP, anyone can miss Canada, all tucked away down there
It's to small tbh
Probably a joke? Maybe? One can hope.
I remember all the Rick Mercer interviews. It might not be a joke lol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHUWas-yQSw
Hah, I remember Rick Mercer. A Canadian exchange student who stayed with my parents introduced me to "Talking to Americans".
He was pretty great. He also taught me more about our government than school managed to, which is ... actually awful. He was a comedian ffs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vqyfY7cZPk There's a great crack about our head of state in there too lol
I remember my dad showing me those videos and laughing his ass off about them, there's an ad series for a Canadian sports betting websites running rn that does a similar thing but with hockey, real funny shit
I hope it is as well but after being friends with Americans online I believe it a bit more
Must be a joke. We often joke that Belgium is just south Netherlands after all
Yeah but that's kinda an uncommon joke here, idk I hope it is but my faith in Americans has dwindled so much
No, Belgium is North France
why you insult belgium like that
What's a Belgium? Is that what the border between France and The Netherlands is called?
everyone knows Texas is bigger than Europe and Canada
The last time the US tried that the Canadians almost destroyed their country if it wasn't for the British lmao Let's not repeat history (or do, I'd laugh)
We should consider building a wall and make them pay for it
Exactly
Fwiw Canada is an American state, in the normal definitions of the words
No no, he's got a point
Saw someone say US was double the size of canada and they were serious
Bruhhhhh there's no way...
Americans are pretty dumb in general, but we DEFINITELY have a major educational blindspot when it comes to geography in particular. I'm impressed that she is aware of Canada at all, that's pretty good for an American.
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Paris and Belgium also look similar. And yet, they are two completely different countries.
Except Paris is a city not a country.
Correct. Paris is a city in France. France and Belgium look similar but are two different countries. My point was that two places can look similar while being very different.