The hockey bit is true. The rest is exaggerated, but it’s a joke. I’m kind of disappointed, but also kind of relieved, that my country of Canada ranks incredibly low on alcohol consumption (57th) and alcoholism (27th).
By contrast, the US is 42nd in consumption and 5th in alcoholism (probably because they suck at hockey)
#2 and #10 for mine. Explains why most of my neighbours can’t walk straight.
Can confirm, we do suck at hockey, but we make up for it in volume. That’s probably also our problem with alcohol as well.
Don’t they win every major tournament though?
Eh, many of the best NHL players are European anyway. NHL teams don’t really pull from local players, that’s just where they work.
Exactly. We make a bunch of teams, but we’ve only won the Olympics twice, and the second time we made a movie about it. Canada has won way more.
As a Brit, the analogy I’ve always enjoyed is that living in Canada vs the USA is like owning a nice apartment above a crack den. Although, I can’t speak to the validity of said statement.
It just really depends where in both contries. I live near the West coast boarder and it does not really feel like much of a change crossing between.
If I wasn’t grandfathered in, (5th gen) Canada would probably have kicked me out for not being a normal Canadian because I don’t like watching hockey much. Playing it sure, but watching other people play sports just isn’t my thing.
It’s nice that weed is legal though.
Damn straight my gorilla-person!
Nah, that comparison is way too mean to Canadians.
It’s true. I felt pretty offended by that comparison. As if that’s the only difference between my country and an authoritarian terrorist state.
Closest we got is gulag for only First Nations children.
On the other hand, we decapitated our aerospace industry at the first sign of NATO planes. Now we have an arm. Which is cool, don’t think I’m dunking on the CANADARM, but it could have been so much more…
