Tell us something about your country that wouldn't make sense to American ears.
I favor manual over auto.
Average work week is about 40 hours (37,5h).
>>53072078
I don't have to pay anything after visiting the doctor.
V Sloveniji govorimo slovensko.
>>53072078
You couldn't find a picture of Brad Pitt m8?
>>53072078
irish people dont sound anything how americans think we do
>>53073624
Pradoancho del Pito is a superior actor.
We mainly use the metric system.
you can find kinder eggs in every supermarket
>>53072078
>We have religious values
>We don't believe in gay marriage
>Women are not equal to men
>Abortion is immoral
>Divorce is immoral
>>53072078
>designated shitting streets
>state education system used to distribute How to Be a Feminist
>Arabic baby names more common than Western ones
>number counting system is base-20 and "half-tens"
>pay 3/4ths of salary to taxes
>country's independence is based on Russian jingoism that day
>puts sugar on pancakes/waffles instead of the superior maple syrup
None of these make sense to me and I'm absolutely happy for it.
>>53073648
i tink we have tree posts before irish shitpost brigaad
When I am hungry and want quick food I go to a shop which purpose is to sell bread and ask for a sandwich
![att15350272[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/yJ1z5NT.jpg "att15350272[1].jpg")
canadian here
1. milk in bags
2. we have a version of our national anthem in english and french
3. can't buy liquor or beer in my province in a grocery store or gas station. only three designated stores
4. no marlboros or camels here
5. never seen or know anyone who has a gun. (cops don't count)
6. ketcup chips
7. poutine without meat on it isn't worth it
8. never been to subway, we got shawarmas
9. can't turn right on red.
Our society is safer and more civil since we introduced stringent gun control
I hate having niggers here
>>53074377
>islands talking about substance control
did you somehow miss the boat meme? island mode is baby mode
>>53074407
>porn capital of the world
>dislike the presence of persons of an african persuasion
>>53074204
>literally Bible belt -the values
Do you even banter?
We don't talk with strangers or do "small talk"
>>53072078
We don't wear shoes indoors.
>>53072078
We introduced gun control measures and it reduced mass shootings and other gun crimes.
We still have guns.
Oh and most healthcare is free for everybody.
>>53074377
>Our society is gay and boring because we introduced stringent gun control
fixed
-milk in bags
-monopoly money
-Prime minister
-not having or wanting nukes
-english canada's obsession with Tim Hortons
-French/english canada hatred
We drive on the left side of the road.
>>53074377
SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED
>>53074478
>milk in bags
I've literally never seen milk in bags in real life and have only heard about it through the internet.
>>53074478
>-english canada's obsession with Tim Hortons
we have that too though
>>53074472
That's what the local fauna is for.
>>53072078
There's a commercial from our alcohol monopoly going atm where an American businessman is lecturing the staff about salesmanship and at one point the American goes "But it would sell less" and the staff goes "Exactly"
t. islamic gommunism
>>53074367
also
In Québec the main alchool provider is the SAQ
but you can still buy beers and a few wines in convenient stores.
Plenty of subways in Québec.
Shawarmas too.
And yes. Poutine without meat is a crime.
>>53073533
>Taxes
>Implying you will be alive by the time your appointment is ready, or your cheap doctor won't accidentally kill you
>>53074529
https://www.google.ca/search?q=lait+en+sac&num=30&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5sJSk8o_KAhXI7iYKHcLwCxEQ_AUIBygB&biw=1366&bih=657
mostly an eastern canada thing
>>53072078
In NY they didn't sell spirits in supermarkets and I had to go to a liquor store. Dunno if this is common or just a NY thing.
Police use batons, tazers and gas before even considering shooting.
The last time one of our leaders held office for an entire term was 2007.
That leader was a liberal that brought in the infamous gun control measures.
Our liberal party is right wing.
We are the worlds largest producers of opium poppy.
>>53072078
You work to live, you don't live to work.
>>53074367
I legitimately don't understand not having a 'right on red' rule. It makes so much sense and eliminates so much stop light congestion.
>>53074603
We have the second longest life expectancy so our doctors are doing their job. And remember that you pay more taxes for your healthcare than the average european.
>Implying you will be alive by the time your appointment is ready
If you call at 9 am there is a high chance that you can see a doctor the same morning.
>>53074367
Where the hell in Canada do you live?
1. I've never seen milk in bags.
4. There are camels but yeah no marlboros.
5. Plenty of people own guns but you can't open carry.
6. Ketchup chips are disgusting.
7. Poutine with meat on it is gross.
8. There are subways everywhere.
9. Yes you can.
I live in BC btw.
>>53074367
ketchup chips triggered me the most
>>53074777
He's obviously not talking about territory annexed by foreign countries (China)
>>53074692
>The last time one of our leaders held office for an entire term was 2007.
Do you mean term or maximum term? Or is "leaders" an ambiguous thing?
>>53074814
vote of no confidence
removal of leaders due to their shitty decisions, before their term is completed
>>53074609
I don't know whether liquor being sold in dedicated stores is a state or federal law or but it's not that uncommon nation wide.
We are freer than you and we don't need guns for it.
>>53074777
I live in Ontario. Parent's from Ottawa and Montreal. Older sibilings in Toronto. Moved around all three growing up.
I've been to BC five times. For snowboarding. It's nice there, but honestly doesn't feel Canadian too me. It's like some Australian resort. I have a friend who moved out there to teach grade 12.
>>53074876
The funnt thing is that when I entered the liquor store there was a latino and without even looking at me he asked me in spanish what I wanted. Do they do usually do this?
>>53074988
He knows his brown people :^)
>>53072078
Nuclear power is illegal and protecting the environment is important.
>>53075021
>nuclear power is somehow bad for the environment
Will hippies please die already?
>>53074988
its probably cause you don't look "american white". Most spaniards are easily picked out from other eurofags. you guys are like the most tainted version of white unless you got blue eyes and light hair.
>>53075056
Don't forget to recycle :^)
>>53073648
Anyone here know Cait from Fallout? Does she sound like how you expect an Irish person to sound?
Policemen aren't afraid of niggers packing guns so they aren't murderes.
We don't get shot.
Freedom to roam: We can go on trips on other peoples land and even sleep there for a couple of days.
The cost of a speeding ticket is tied to your income. So if you are a rich bastard, be prepared to bleed your wallets dry.
Recently a millionaire got $10,000 fine for driving 15 km/h over the limit :-D
>>53074814
for an entire single term.
rudd got kicked out by julia
julia got kicked out by rudd
tone got kicked out by malcomb
>>53075060
No, he was backwards because he was on a ladder. He couldn't see me when he asked me. Actually when I was in a park there was a mexican woman talking in spanish with a relative about the sexual life of another woman, kek, so I guess they thought I couldn't speak spanish.
>>53074603
Countries with smaller populations don't have to worry about overcrowded hospitals. The NHS in the UK is struggling but its still miles better than any other free alternative in the US.
Again, you have the option of paying for better private care, just like anywhere else.
>>53075198
Honestly my spanibro any normal American doesn't mind the mexicans/hispanics/latins/whatever the fuck you want to call your mixed "cousins". If they speak to me in Spanish I just tell them "ingles amigo" all these motherfuckers have a small grasp on English and can do any transaction. it's 2016. no one cares where you're from if you're middle class. it only impresses poor people.
>>53075360
Anyway, it was a relief that so many people can speak spanish. Made everything easier.
>>53072078
shops can be closed in the afternoon or for an entire day
>>53075451
>so many people can speak spanish
tu eres un faggot gordito
We don't have no-go areas.
Public transportation is faster than cars in Moscow.
>>53076917
Y tu mamá también.
our houses are small as fuck
we can't afford cars
gas is €1.60/liter
>>53077010
>We don't have no-go areas.
We have ЗATO and BГ.
>>53077074
>gas is €1.60/liter
>is around 1.15 in spain
>salary is three times higher in holland
i enjoy myself every single day
>>53077155
What is it? I know we have high crime rates, just stated there are no ghettos.
>>53077185
in what part of Russia do you live?
>>53077185
Its military protected zones, I was passing through and its seems I was misinterpreted you.
>>53074434
>Bible belt
>Divorce is immoral
lel, Protestants love divorce.
>>53074437
how does anyone mate and reproduce there then
>>53072078
The drug war fuels the cartels making them stronger.
sometimes
we skip going to the mosque
>>53077180
Wow, I didn't have your flag.
>>53077225
European. We don't have ghettos anywhere anyways.
>>53074730
Except so many retards go right on red and then force the people having green light to brake down like fuck, happened constantly on my USA trip and I raged every time
>>53074204
>tobacco
>cockfighting
>knockoff guns and Americana
I like your values.
>>53072078
-no pick-ups
-automatic gearbox is in vast minority
-less than 1 gun per 100 people in civilian hands
-obligatory 2 foreign languages at school
-tax included in the price on the shelf
-usual non-skilled wage is 2,5$/h
-free healthcare (and sometimes it even works)
>>53072078
over $4 per gallon of petrol
In Norway we have public a database for income, taxes, wealth and such - which can be accessed by any citizen.
We have buildings over 600 years old on our land.
>>53073624
Why don't you like Benicio Del Taco?
>>53075021
how is it bad for the environment, or at least, worst than petroleum/coal burning
>>53072078
- No rampant gun violence
- free education and healthcare.
- legal prostitution & kinder surprise
- drink, drive and fuck at 18.
>""""land of the free""""
>>53072078
Tipping is optional
The last time I measured my dick it was 18.5 cm, going on 19 if I push it. My bedroom is 10-10x meters. Last year I lost 10 kilos, now I weigh 70. I don't feel patriotic for my country.
People can make fun of you and don't even care if you call them biggots.
>>53075125
What if you are without job?
Milk comes in bags
![feral-1[3].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/rXiQHqN.jpg "feral-1[3].jpg")
>>53072078
Those "strays" you see walking the streets are cared by the people of the street they live in.
I'm currently feeding 2 dogs once or twice a week, and a cat that comes and goes.
The goverment collects those animals, sterilizes and vaccinates them, and then releases them to the streets.
We banned guns and it worked
Even though we are supposedly monolingual, road signs and the like can be in any of 4 languages (often with english translations)
Spain is not part of Mexico, it is in Europe.
>>53085637
Seems nice Tbh. I often come across cats when running at night. They rarely let me pet them, though. Usually only if they're kittens, otherwise they run away ;_;.
>tfw I see a stray cat sitting outside when it's -20 C
;_;
We mix metric and imperial measurements.
We use miles per gallon but sell petrol in litres.
Alcohol is poured by the pint but bottles are measured in ml.
Height is measured in feet and inches but weight is measured in kg.
Most veg is measured by the kg in shops but by the lb in recipes
Nothing here makes sense
>>53085700
this isn't really that hard to grasp at all.. most billboards and signs on the streets (not street signs) are in spanish in my city, you could survive without knowing english very well
We can walk anywhere because our towns were built before cars - I have 5 pubs and 3 supermarkets within 5 minutes walk of my house
>>53086105
In Denmark? And yeah in the city centre here most signs and shops carry chinese as well
>>53086105
>signs in Denmark are in spanish too
Unexpected
>>53086219
>>53086176
sorry forgot to mention, I'm not Danish I'm American just in Denmark for right now
but here in Denmark, or at least in Copenhagen, most signs are in Danish and English if only for the tourists sake
Liberalism isn't synonym with leftism
Even people who could afford a SUV use the public transport here.
>>53074367
>only three liquor stores in province
You PEI family?
>>53074367
Lived in Ottawa for two years. WTF'd at no Marlboros (they called rooftops or some shit) and the alcohol law. Literally drove an hour (which is a LOOOOONG as distance for a brit) to buy some in Quebec at a petrol station.
Milk in bags made sense, fucking bottles taking up all my recycling space.
>>53083570
looks like the shit i saw in england tbqh
>>53074367
>liquor or beer in my province in a grocery store or gas station. only three designated stores
THREE?!
Which province. I refuse to believe. Fucking 600 miles to each liquor store.
>>53075089
i was really surprised when i learnt that it only exists in the nordics and a handful of other countries
>>53072078
The civil war wasn't about slavery.
In media and politics, if the person in question isn't a feminist the majority will think of him or her as a backwards disgusting person.
People have an incredible hard time understanding how someone like Donald Trump can be in contention for precidency, because he says a lot of fucked up shit which isn't backed up by evidence.
>>53086572
Maybe because we have tons of gypsies and our winter isn't harsh like yours.
>>53074547
Ohio pls go
>>53074529
I live in Memesota USA, and a local chain of convenience stores has regularly stocked milk in bags for many years. My family never used them, but you could get one any time you wanted at the corner shop.
My dad used to look after an old couple who lived across the street, until they each died over the past few years. The man was American, and the woman was originally Canadian. She'd get the bag-milk IIRC, and also liked wine in the evenings.
>>53072078
Our houses are smaller than the average american shack but at least they aren't made of twigs and cardboard.
We are the only cunt in the world right now under Junta government. The other is Best Korea.
>>53086698
they have it in Maine
>>53086714
What about Myanmar?
>>53086609
He says what he thinks instead of lying about his views to cater to a base like the average politician. Something's rotten in the state of Denmark when people trust a reality show star more than the average elected official.
>>53074367
>no right on red
Montreal?
Pretty sure you are allowed to do it anywhere else.
We are kind to strangers.
>>53074932
>sweden freer
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Oh, wait, you think I'm a stupid American who misunderstood you. Let me laugh even harder.
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHACCH
>>53086768
that poll was raided by /pol/
>>53086785
>mfw kindness triggers first worlders
>>53086766
Probably doesn't count because they had election, quite a meme one but still an election.
>>53077180
Hello Vassal :3
>>53077180
Rareflag
>>53086856
They didn't have enough time or votes to make a difference
>>53086700
>I live in Memesota USA, and a local chain of convenience stores has regularly stocked milk in bags for many years
Kwik Trip?
We like to hug others a lot
We have good food
>>53086529
That's exactly why I suggested the PEI, where such a thing is actually feasible (if still inconvenient)
Canada has one tiny province in the east named Prince Edward Island, with a total population about the size of a mid-sized city. It would still be inconvenient as hell to have only three liquor stores, but not ridiculous like the actual big provinces.
US States have also had various goofy dry laws. My dad was in a bar in Kansas once back in the 1970s, and he had to be a "member" of the bar in order to legally have a drink there. He maybe paid some tiny fee and got a little card and then he could get a damn drink.
>>53086578
Yes, it was, so.
t. history minor in college and watched Ken Burns' 12-hour documentary "The Civil War" in its entirety recently.
>>53074220
>not powdered sugar, maple syrup, butter, and a strawberry
>>53072078
food
>>53087074
*taps finger on own nose a few times*
>we can buy any drink that has alcohol, even hard liquor, from any store.
>we have both drinking and driving ages at 18, but nobody cares about the second(and no, that doesn't mean we have more drunk drivers that usual)
>ownership, as opposed having to pay a rent for your home is a thing for 90+% of the population;
>>53087323
what does that mean?
>>53087390
It means that whoever guessed "Kwik Trip" guessed exactly right. 100%
In other words, they were "on the nose". :^)
>>53087469
Thanks, anon. I never understood that gesture but now it makes sense.
>>53087469
I only knew because I'm a MNfag too
>>53086698
Oh shit, is that only an Ohio thing? I have spent my entire life believing that most states loved Tim Hortons as much as we do.
Canada and Ohio are two of one soul.
>>53085355
There is still a minimum fine.
also: R A R E
>>53085355
they give you money :^)
>>53085637
>welfare state even for the animals, so kittevpuΣΣ can take a katvaπ at the foot of the acropolis
pay debnts
>>53072078
We take bath everyday
>>53075056
>>53082556
Having nuclear waste buried in your terrain poses some serious environmental risks, you know?
>>53086619
Don't misunderstand it like 99% of foreigners do. You're not allowed to live permanently there, only 48 hours or so is the maximum. And you can't leave trash, you can't damage the ground, you can't collect firewood (other than dead sticks on the ground) you can't cut down trees etc.
You can only stay there if you don't leave any marks.
>>53072078
people are not fat
Self defense is absolutely illegal. If you have a gun and you shoot a robber who got in your house at night you'll probably end in prison. For years.
>>53074603
Second this. Public healthcare is also extremely bad. You literally have to wait for more than a year to get your surgery.
>>53088715
Ours is worse.
>>53088715
>>53088815
These are the moments when I feel so good living in a welfare country
Patriotism is frowned upon here.
>>53088610
S-so you're just supposed to let them rob you? What if they want to rape you or kill you?
>>53088715
We don't have to wait for long at all. Your system sucks.
>>53089245
There's the police force to protect the citizens
>>53089390
B-but police don't have teleportation abilities yet. By the time they get there you'd be violated and dead.
>>53089390
Where is that video of the police shooting the robbers through the cafe doors and windows
>>53089447
Don't stroll on bad-illuminated, crime-ridden and poor streets?
>>53089513
This one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om_oRECHKE0
McChicken costs like 2.28 US dollars here.
>>53089618
>Don't stroll on bad-illuminated, crime-ridden and poor streets?
>crimes only happen on shitty streets
>no one ever breaks into nice homes to steal expensive things and rape/murder the inhabitants
>>53089647
It's still $1 here, I think.
>>53088972
Welfare states always end up collapsing.
99,3% GDP debt here. No matter how low your national debt is, politicians will always end up softening and being less strict on their budgets. Some year they'll stop caring about it at all because the problem will always be of the guy who manages it next, so they will use public money to promise more free stuff to the already lazy public who gets too many things managed by the state.
Then some day you realize that wait times at the hospital are slightly longer, but you don't care, because at least it's free, right?
And it will happen the same with all the other services the state was eager to put their hands on so you didn't have to care. Until some day debt has skyrocketed, unemployment is extremely high because all the industries are heavily regulated and your children, no matter how well educated, will have no future. And people in international memeboards will talk of the people of your country as lazy good for nothing guys who don't take responsibility for anything.
But this is never going to happen to Finland, right?
>>53089245
You ask the robber if he lets you call the police while he rapes your children.
>>53089618
Yes, the police is like fucking A-Team over there
In total Finnish police has killed 5 people during 2000-2015
>>53089786
This whole post made me sad. I'm sorry for your dilemma, spanbros.
>>53089730
>>no one ever breaks into nice homes to steal expensive things and rape/murder the inhabitants
The breakers usually wait for the owners to leave before doing that. Only drug addicts do it without thinking
>>53089820
Organized crime sometimes manages to get bazookas (mostly in Rio and São Paulo). It's quite stressful to be a policeman here.
>>53072078
We drive our cars with sticks.
>>53089618
>committing a robbery in flip flops
>partner being useless and not keeping a lookout
>>53089919
>The breakers usually wait for the owners to leave before doing that
I'm sure the nice old lady will be consoled by the fact that she is just one of the unlucky ones as she lies dying with monkey semen inside her because it's illegal to defend herself properly.
>>53089919
>Only drug addicts do it without thinking
Because we don't have enough of those here, right.
>>53074367
This is nothing at all like BC
Here milk is in cartons, there is no poutine and we can turn right on red.
