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2008 Jul 13, 1:46am   13,039 views  393 comments

by Patrick   follow (59)  

Some observations of Canada from my 10 day house-swap with a Canadian family in Toronto:

Native Canadian people are helpful, but Canadian immigrants don't talk to strangers.
Most things are more expensive than in the US, like $6.50 Canadian for a Hagen Daas ice cream bar in Toronto Island park.
The Lindt chocolates are all forgeries, just crap in elite wrappers. Canadians are unaware of the fraud, since they've never had good chocolate.
Via Rail beats Amtrak by a long shot. Via Rail is clean, on-time, and cheap.
Tap water tastes pretty good.
There are two sales taxes instead of just one: provincial and federal.
Beer and wine in Ontario are sold only by the provincial liquor monopoly, at twice the cost as in the US. BYOB/W
Public pools are free, though run-down.
Immigrants in Toronto are the largest percentage of any city in the world.
The subway system in Toronto is efficient and inexpensive.
Milk comes in a bag rather than in a gallon jug.
Prostitution advertising is brazen and cheap.
There are many Muslim women, some completely covered in Burqas.
Women have more tattoos than in the US.
Marijuana can be smelled in the air on many major Toronto streets.
There is a visible gay population in Toronto.
There are a surprising number of Canadian flags on cars and houses.
The Canadian accent becomes more noticeable the more you hear it.




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387   The_Deplorable   2026 Jan 19, 5:33pm  

Maga_Chaos_Monkey says
"It's AI generated."

How can you tell it is AI generated?
388   Patrick   2026 Jan 19, 8:09pm  

The Alberta independence video above is also AI generated.

I don't mind though. It makes good points and I support resistance against the gay race communism of Ottawa.
389   RWSGFY   2026 Jan 20, 7:28am  

The_Deplorable says

Maga_Chaos_Monkey says

"It's AI generated."

How can you tell it is AI generated?


The fire hydrant is in the middle of the lawn, that's how.
390   Maga_Chaos_Monkey   2026 Jan 20, 8:29am  

The_Deplorable says


How can you tell it is AI generated?


You can tell by the unreal mannerisms people have and the cadence of their speech. The Alberta video is also AI. Also real people just don't enunciate like that.
391   MolotovCocktail   2026 Jan 20, 8:53am  

Maga_Chaos_Monkey says


The_Deplorable says


How can you tell it is AI generated?


You can tell by the unreal mannerisms people have and the cadence of their speech. The Alberta video is also AI. Also real people just don't enunciate like that.



Canadians speak that way..esp in Alberta. It's in their East where they speak faster, like Ontario.

Canadians build slightly differently. Learned that from watching Stargate SG-1 (filmed in Vancover and environs) and visiting up there. I bet they put the fire hydrants further into the lot like that to PREVENT drivers from hitting them when snow cover is so heavy they can't tell where the street ends & sidewalk begins. Or someone thought that was a good idea, at least.

It's real:


392   Eric_Holder   2026 Jan 20, 11:45am  

MolotovCocktail says

I bet they put the fire hydrants further into the lot like that to PREVENT drivers from hitting them when snow cover is so heavy they can't tell where the street ends & sidewalk begins.


It's too far inside the lawn for that to be a reason.
393   MolotovCocktail   2026 Jan 20, 12:58pm  

Eric_Holder says

MolotovCocktail says


I bet they put the fire hydrants further into the lot like that to PREVENT drivers from hitting them when snow cover is so heavy they can't tell where the street ends & sidewalk begins.


It's too far inside the lawn for that to be a reason.


That's just a guess.




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