#what is canada

[rat-kingster]

So I was chatting to my dad about maybe going to Dashcon 2.

I suggested for money reasons that maybe I could stay with my aunt who lives somewhere in BC (British Colombia), but then I realized it's probably pretty far away from Toronto and my dad went "??? No, Toronto's pretty close to BC."

And now it's like 1 am and I just looked it up and like??? No tf it's not??

It's literally on the other side of the country

Me and my stupid American dad we're both so dumb I love him

[syrisx]

I just crossed the border into canada. this place looks the fucking same

[nottodayjustin]

February 15th 2025 best hockey tweet(s) of the day part 1 because 🤯🇺🇸🇨🇦

[cryptocism]

a dænce of roëmænce

depictions of the ace experience never seem to include the nightmare-borne skeleton creature from hell so kudos to the dimension 20 team for their commitment to accurate rep

[inatcanids]

Coyote Canis latrans

Observed by kriscu, CC BY-NC

[gongyussy]

you think YOU had a bad day at work?

bonus: sid shrieking "no!!!! NO!!!!!" loud enough to be heard in the stands and on camera

[pumpkajelly]

I know low - extreme ride intensity is all pretty subjective so just answer however related to however you feel about it! 🎢

(And feel free to put your number and additional thoughts in the tags if you're curious about your mutuals' amusement park thoughts 👀)

[bubblyernie]

Bro was rent asunder. Thanks for all the requests guys!! We're SOOOO BACK

art tag // commission info

[sentientstump]

points

its the guys!

[poscariastri]

any race can be your home race if youre oscar piastri

[vulptalia]

home for the holidays

[penofwildfire]

Canadian (more accurately Indigenous Albertan) Miku!!! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

(disclaimer I'm not native myself but my roommate is and she helped me design this)

[triflingthing]

what’s in my tote 👜

[celbrini]

sibney croby

[eggplantgifs]

Rino Matsuike: Lux Aeterna » 2024 Skate Canada

[teaboot]

I don't know if you're American or not but in my experience as a person who is not American, American events and media are so incredibly loud and visible that they tend to leech into everything.

Like I'm Canadian born and raised and can name more American presidents than I can Canadian Prime Ministers. I have Canadian friends from Canada who can accurately describe themselves as Liberals but are still sorta foggy on NDP policies. Do you know what day Canada Day is? It's July 1st. Do you know what's on my dashboard on July 1st? Early posts about July 4th.

And if you're an American reading this: Or, hell, anyone else reading this: We all know George Washington was the first American President. Do you know who the first Prime Minister of Canada was? Can you name two British political parties? What are two countries that have Monarchies, not Democracies? What was the most recent political scandal you can think of that took place outside the US? What's your favourite TV show that takes place anywhere outside of America? What are your top three favourite non-american musicians? If English is your first language, how many foreign countries can you go to where you don't speak the language, but don't have to worry about it?

I said "International America Day" as a joke, but there is a very real phenomenon in countries outside of the US where the general population becomes Americanized through the prevalent American media.

We know American current events, we know American scandals, we know about American cops and American movies and American accents and American fast food chains. We have serious opinions on the American legal system and we talk about American law and American policy and American celebrities, and many of us don't know Jack Shit about what's going on where we live.

I'm Canadian. I've heard all about 'building the wall' and ICE and Jan 6th, the intentional government distribution of narcotics in Black communities and the use of Marijuana Illegalization to persecute Black and Mexican people under the Nixon administration.

Do you know what Canada did to Chinese immigrants to build the Canadian railroad? What about the Sterilization Act? Residential Schools? Do you know what a Status Card is? Does it, or does it not cost money to ride in an ambulance? Can people with breasts legally walk around topless? What's the legal drinking age? What are our biggest cities? Who was our least-popular PM? What are our allied nations? Where does the Canadian military get deployed?

"International America Day" was a goof. But Jesus, it's a little bit serious

*edit: yeah I wrote June instead of Jan my bad