More a series of cosmically hilarious but directly infuriating/extremely disappointing events upending the plans of myself and people I care most about, delaying a series of very important life events.

eyes this comment suspiciously, knife hand at the ready

Later: reads about European Hornets in Vermont, slowly but not entirely lowering knife hand

Most years I enjoy it, this year someone’s liable to get throat-chopped. March has drained my tolerance for shenanigans (which is a shame, as I usually love shenanigans).

Ugh, knew I should have checked this thread further before posting, it’s such an obvious pull.

Shake it once (that’s fine), possibly shake it twice (that’s ok), but never three times (that’s playing with yourself)

I’ve done a bunch of work with folks in Nunavut before, and I find it’s a useful distinction given that very fact. Life’s pretty different up north and it’s a term they use to talk about the rest of us.

(Will say I don’t know if it gets as much play in NWT or Yukon).

Edit: According to StatsCan, the line’s further down than I thought it’d be, but honestly it still makes sense. Source: map from this release.

You’re not wrong, and I tried to communicate this in my caveats. But considered as a whole, Southern Canada at least doesn’t seem all that different from the U.S imo (though there’s a U.S. immigrant in this thread who mentioned a little bit of culture shock, interested to read their take if they feel like expanding on that). And I say this as someone who has visited a lot of it (though not everywhere - cheap shots at Saskatoon aside I really would like to go explore Saskatchewan one day).

Most of us get our groceries from large, pretty evil corporations. Most of us want to own single family homes that few can afford anymore. We generally watch the same TV shows, listen to the same music, and have many of the same pop cultural reference points (Quebec, as in most other aspects, being a huge exception. Honestly find their media industry fascinating.). There’s a generation of Canadians that knows waaay more about U.S. history than Canadian history. etc.

Then again, I suppose this is the bird’s eye view - zoom in and you’ll see lots of regional differences (still recall disparaging remarks about ‘Upper Canada’ when chatting with old timers in NS the last time I went).

Seconded, the differences from the U.S. seemed kinda subtle most of the time (but same issue, what I noticed as a tourist kinda thing).

Sometimes cheaper, sometimes simply more available (ex used to go for all sorts of sugar-free shit we don’t get here).

Can’t help but wonder how Ogdensburg, NY is doing these days.

Stronger USD does help, though exactly how much I’ll leave someone from the U.S. who has made the trip to comment on here.

Very similar culturally. Our proximity to the U.S. has had a massive impact on our culture (what exactly constitutes distinct ‘Canadian culture’ is a bit of a fraught question, even if you just stop at ‘Canadian settler culture’. But, beyond leaving this provactive song, I digress.). But lots of regional differences - your experience in Antigonish, NS will be different than Toronto, ON, which is different from Trois-Riviere, QC; Brandon, MB; Saskatoon, SK (lol, jk, no one goes to Saskatoon), etc. Then there’s the North, which is very different from anywhere in Southern Canada.

There’s an impression that we are more polite, in aggregate, than the U.S. I don’t know how true that is and believe it’s a function of population difference (U.S. has way more people, so if the % of assholes is the same that’s still a whole lot more assholes), but whatever.

If someone from the U.S. comes here and isn’t a knob, they’ll generally be treated fine (though perhaps the usual jokey jabs have a little more spike to them these days, given the state of U.S-Canada relations). They usually marvel at the little differences (bagged milk gang what-what).

Not comfortable enough to wear a sundress I guess, but if there wasn’t a cultural element that could create a problem, I would wear the fuck out of those breezy robes you see Muslim guys wearing to mosque in the summer.

It’s fucking hot and I trust the fashion choices of people from desert climates. A good idea is a good idea. I have watched these guys while sweating my balls off with severe envy before.

The day I’m told by an Imam “Dude, no one would give a fuck”, I’m making a purchase.

Nah, bight. Like, address with the slack or loop of a rope.

Curious about your culture, in the North American anglosphere at least Professor has some negative/sarcastic connotations if you’re not actually a professor (essentially suggesting someone is a dumbass). Just be careful with that one.

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Suggestion: LSD or LSD analogues in an amount just north of a micro dose. Have had folks report back feeling alert, chatty, and very open to having silly and/or indepth conversations with strangers. That and (compared to a night of drinking) waking up feeling like a million bucks, if a little tired depending on how late they stayed up as a result.

Your mileage may vary (perhaps significantly), but hey, it’s an honest suggestion. Comes with its own risks too, but doesn’t everything that isn’t just clean living and self-improvement? If you end up taking this seriously, I recommend doing a little reading first to make an informed decision (erowid.org has a lot of useful information).

Smaller scale than most of the other answers here, but if B.A. Johnston is in town, I’m fucking there unless I’m sick or dealing with some kinda crisis.

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen him, but every single time has been an amazing night out even if it’s the same shtick each show.

(Who am I kidding, I’m there for the Cheezies)

…I’m with the other person, I get why you might not want to share but my fuck do I want to hear this. PM if you’re more cool with that than sharing here?

It is a fun one to drop ironically, though.

For a moment I got really excited that two of my favourite Albertan hosiers somehow managed to finangle an anime, but Dan DaDan still looks pretty cool.

+1 for My Name is Earl.