Mom says its my turn to do the america bad thread
A lack of KD but the All Dressed is trickling in.
Avoiding the famous things…
Tracking mud into someone’s house. The most striking cultural difference is literally just taking your shoes off as a guest.
Alligators, tropical diseases, hurricanes for the most part.
Flag-worship. Which is ironic because tomorrow is Canada Day, but really the US is on a whole other level.
Government deadlock.
Pennies.
Embargoing Cuba.
…are you joking right now?
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The radioactive fascist clown squatting in our Whitehouse and kidnapping people off the streets in broad daylight has made a couple news publications. Maybe you’ve seen one or two headlines.
Oh, and by squatting, I mean literally squatting down and taking an actual shit on our constitution, not squatting like inhabiting illegally, because apparently the majority of our country actually asked for this.
Unpopular opinion, don’t think he actually got the votes.
Healthcare
Getting shot anywhere you go
Food. Shelter. Healthcare. In a lot of places water. Just staying in general is markedly more difficult.
Lol. We have ~3 grocery stores and everyone knows they collaborate to rip us off. I’d take food off the list.
It’s been a while since I checked, but I think Vancouver was the most expensive city for a while in terms of property values and rent. Nowhere is as cheap as cheap US areas, and southern Ontario is close to Vancouver. It should be getting a bit better, but that’s because the government went into disaster mode to fix it.
The healthcare and water are legit, though.
Trust me, we worry about shelter
Have you seen Canadian house prices?
Canada has some of the least affordable cities in North America but it also has some of the most affordable cities. If you are able to move then Canada has some very affordable options. But I appreciate that the ability to move is a luxury that many folks don’t have because of circumstances like family commitments.
No but in my neighborhood it’s 3.5kUSD/month for a one bedroom studio
Ay, you live in Boston too?
Aw shit I mean uhhhhh no?
Ah yeah, of course not. Who would live in a hellscape where having an apartment to yourself is a fantasy?
Managing their investments.
The chance of a nationwide maple-syrup shortage.
I do believe the reputational damage caused by the orange one might be one of the things. That and obvious tariff issues. Hopefully it’s temporary , or you have people who just don’t care.
constantly threatened by a right wing party, who has used voter suppression to always win most of the time, and DEMS who are also DINOs , on the right but is elected as a “left” president, but votes with the gop on many things. which is why they dont immediately repeal things like tax cuts, or patriot act, or right now unlikely to repeal anything when palintir finishes all thier databases of individuals in the us. also no healthcare, because Ds would lose thier bargaining chip into getting elected in the future, so its just stringing voters along. also billionaires have significant sway us policy. when both parties are right wing, one is center right but the other is on far right, its very hard to make progress here.
always dealing with how white people behave around POC groups, if you’re a pOC some caucasian groups will always give you some wierd vibes, like give you a nasty stare, or immediately try to quickly walk away. also dealing with reverse white flight.
Joining over half a million homeless feral humans
Being stuck in a shitty job, because you now have a medical condition, and the insurance of the job you want refuses to cover you.
A friend in the US told me: I cannot work more hours because I need to keep my income at specific range to be able to qualify for provisional or federal medical insurance.
This is so fucked up.
Literally the poverty line
