@biofaust Ok, the gig is up, which one of us Canadians wrote this. /s
As a second-generation Italian immigrant to Canada, Canada is pretty great. (Italy is pretty great too).
this post was submitted on 17 Apr 2025
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And you forgot to mention, we are a lot SMARTER than the Americans.
It s true, Americans have hugged the limelight for 70 years, always, ahem, Trumping the news. No matter how loud we shout, it is always the American voice that is heard in Europe. But really, the reason lies not just in America's behavior, or even Canada's, but in the complete disinterest of Europeans in even bothering to learn anything about Canada, the assumption in Europe being that we are just 'not significant' compared to the US. Even though we did a lot more to defend Europe in the two Great Wars than America did. We were the ones that developed the strategies for the new technological warfare (Vimy Ridge, for example), the Americans simply copied them. It's just that the Americans took all the claim.
Just remember that it was a Canadian who invented the Hawaiian pizza. So, sorry about that.
(for the record, I like Hawaiian pizza)
Hey hey pineapple is officially a good pairing with cheese. Afaik the mozzarella foundation (??) recommends it specifically as a good flavour combination. No need to apologise bud.
The key to Hawaiian pizza is you need to add spice to it. Then you get sweet, savory, and spicy all in one wonderful mouthful. Even jalapeños work fine, but preferable something with a little heat.
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Ha! I love bringing up Hawaiian-style pizza.
Canadians also invented the Football, Basketball, Baseball (1838), and the absolute most deadly 'modern' sport there is: Lacrosse, a 'gentrified' form of the most brutal aboriginal sporting action seen since Pokolpok . Lacrosse is honestly just handball with quarterstaves.
I was ambivalent, but now I support invasion. Not really, it’s just fun to hate on pineapple on pizza.
If the US takes over, it becomes their invention. It's like our diamond shield. Like, whoever smelt it, dealt it.
I especially love Boston Pizza’s Hawaiian pizza with a sweet chilli drizzle on top. I can’t remember the name.
That just makes me like Canada even more. Hawaiian Pizza, 90% of the shows on Nickelodeon I grew up watching, hella comedians, hella musicians... Shit I just realized even my favorite furries are Canadian.
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Obviously not a scifi fan. So much filmed there most significantly various stargates.
The Canadian film industry is so huge that a great majority of 'Hollywood' films have at least part of the movie shot in Canada. Night at the Museum (all of them) was a big one that very few people realize was shot in Canada. I Robot, also parts of it shot here. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Chronicles of Riddick (all of them) was shot in Canada. The list goes on and on and on. The reason why so few Canadians recognize Canadian cities and settings in the American movies is that the sets are aways 'Americanized' - American flags, American money, American license plates, American road signs, American brands, American store branding, American iconography. Even if you knew it was shot in Canada, you would hardly recognize it as Canadian. The sets are purposely designed to look American. Even when it is supposed to be a Canadian city in the movie.
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Not a Stargate one. I know a few sci-fi movie were shot in notable Canadian cities, such as Chronicle in Vancouver, but I never really recognized Canada in a sci-fi film, no.
Canadians that live in Vancouver and Toronto do this a lot for various films set in "American City, USA":
Alberta has a thriving film industry, too. Nearly any Western, or show that's written for Texas and vicinity will have scenes shot in Alberta. The Last of Us was shot in Calgary, Edmonton, and Canmore along with various "wilderness" locations. The giraffes in the series are Calgary Zoo residents.
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Happy to hear you're thinking of us! I think the average Canadian thinks more about our country's international reputation than mindshare. Personally, it doesn't bother me hearing that someone in another country doesn't think about us very often, but it does make me happy to hear that when you do it's positively. Please do visit!
The Beaverton satirical article: Canada ranked number 1 in list of countries that care the most about international rankings
Claiming the bottom spot for the 35th year in a row was the US, whom researchers described as “firmly not giving a shit about what anyone thinks to a detrimental extreme”.
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To be honest I never knew we shipped our flour that far. (I live in Manitoba)
I think for the most part we realize that we are not perfect by any stretch, and instead of bragging about what we do or don't have, many of us would prefer to just try our best to make our corner of the planet as nice as we can. We are, after all, made up of people from all over the world and I think that's one of our greatest strengths.
Ney, Manitoba, prairie flour is shipped all over the world. It was one of the first commodities from Canada shipped to the Soviet Union during the height of the cold war. I remember the hype that was caused when we started shipping it. You young-uns would be a lot better off if you read a bit more of your history than just about oil and gas fields. You have much more to offer the world than these.
I think it is not always produced in Manitoba, but it is the name of the kind of wheat flour that is best for pizza.
Durham wheat (also grown in large amounts in Manitoba) is considered one of the best for making pasta flour.
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Ya, I would assume that although the name originated from here, it's grown throughout the prairies and probably the states as well.
Still interesting to know that our name is attached to it though. I've always thought that "manitoba flour" was just regular flour that was local.
It is a Canadian hybrid wheat developed specifically to grow in the prairies, Completely developed in Canada by Canadian agriculturalists. I learned that way back in elementary school. That was way back when the Canadian teachers actually knew something about Canada.
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I think it has to do with an old saying.
"Speak softly and carry a big stick"
Generally we as Canadians on the international level speak softly, while the US speaks very loudly. It is of no shock to me that you only remember us when we have to bring out the stick because we aren't as "interesting" to watch as the US is.
We may have Cirque du Soleil but everyone knows the real circus is US politics, and it is hard to compete on the world stage with the best of the best. haha
I don't think your experience is unique - I think because the U.S. has been so dominant economically, culturally, and certainly militarily, much of the world overlooks us. It's not in our national character to be boastful, we just get things done - but never mistake our quiet nature for meekness. We're fiercely proud of our country and our accomplishments - and of being very unlike our neighbors to the south.
You should definitely come visit if you get the chance, there's a lot to see, and a nation of friendly people to help you enjoy it. Ciao!
Sometimes we Canadians overlook ourselves, too...
Just as one example: the National Film Board making and promoting Canadian films just seem like some art-school hobbyists in comparison to the USA. You see all the big-name Canadian actors ending up in Hollywood blockbuster movies.
You see all the big-name Canadian actors ending up in Hollywood blockbuster movies.
That's because hollywood has the big audiences and therefore the big budgets.
If you want to be an actor you want your work to be seen and you want to be paid.
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Absolutely. I had a friend (f*ck cancer) who was a huge movie buff, never missed TIFF, but he refused to watch Canadian-made movies. His argument was that he had been disappointed by them too many times, but I pointed out that Hollywood had disappointed him way more often lol. I finally got him to watch some, but he was a stubborn bastard about it. Miss ya, Fred.
I preferred being out of sight out of mind actually, especially the lack of tourists. Hell is other people.
When I visited Scotland, I felt the city core of Edinburgh wasn't for the locals anymore and it turned me off tourist reliant locations entirely for context.
You can do tourism wrong (as Italian cities do), and do it right, like Amsterdam started to do now. I was there in April last year and I was able to take pictures of the canals with no one in them but me effortlessly. They literally paid ads to tell British low cost flight tourists not to come visit.
It's called self-care.
You can do tourism wrong (as Italian cities do)
Santorini is feeling the impacts of that over-tourism big time.
I'd agree, with my limited experience anyways. I've only left Canada once and it was a trip to Scotland, Netherlands, Austria, Czech Republic.
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Wait … did you just say that all the tourists in Edinburgh spoiled it for … you, as a tourist?
I like travelling, but I'm occasionally very aware at how Touristy I am. Seeing other places after growing up bare-floor poor is just such an experience that I want to see everything while I can -- and that makes me rushed, hyper-focused, interested in the marquee landmark places, etc. SUCH a tourist.
If we get more travel to new places - all our plans are for a second, longer visit to the favourites - then I hope I can be relaxed and less likely to forget my manners or to act stressed based on all this goal-focused travel.
No, more like what tourism did to Edinburgh.
Which you discovered because you were a tourist there?
You're really gonna do the "and yet you participate in society, curious" thing?
I have only been on that singular trip in my entire life, if that helps you.
It's just kind of weird to lament that a place is touristy as a tourist of that place. Kind of like driving a car and lamenting the traffic that you're in.
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