Kamala Harris
From my experience, I believe A LOT of Canadians have an inferiority complex to the United States.Why I don't know, your country has plenty to be proud of, maybe it's a matter of not being a big player on the world stage?
I've spent a lot of time in Canada and have lots of long time Canadian friends and they can't help but take shots at the US, of which I never reciprocated. I used to play in volleyball tournaments across the US and Canada, so I've visited there often.
One of my first experiences was back when the Canadian dollar was at 40% of the US dollar. So we're checking into the Canadian campground and the guy at the counter says something about how we must love the exchange rate, so I say "Yea, it's great for us" or somesuch and this other Canadian guy goes into a speech about while the dollar is worth less, they make much more per hour in Canada and in the end they are probably better off. It was just so weird from an off hand comment about the exchange rate that I didn't even initiate.
So we're at a communal campfire that night and again the exchange rate comes up and again some Canadian jumps in about all the things better in Canada, yada ,yada, again totally unprovoked. I remember saying to my wife later that evening, "Do Canadians seem a little sensitive about the exchange rate ?" It was so weird.
Another one of the big jokes was always along the lines of "Careful or we'll come and burn down your White House again" . That was a big one, heard it all the time. Now, I'm not a history buff or anything but I remember it was the British that burned down the WH. But I heard that joke so many times I had to look it up again and sure enough it was the British Army that was stationed in Canada that did it. And even if it had been Canadians you'd need to hang your hat on something that happened 300 years ago, like it matters now?
I remember a few of our Canadian friends got injured ,two knees that I remember and when I showed surprise at how long they had to wait to get surgery it turned into a US vs. Canada health care "discussion".
I'm still FB friends with a lot of them and I guess they forget or just don't care what we see but they constantly post memes and posts dissing the US. Rarely and I do mean rarely do they post anything about Canada at all.
I realize this is all anecdotal and maybe doesn't reflect on the majority of Canadians but it's just some of the things I've noticed through the years.
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Spuzz Where exactly were you?
My guess is near Toronto, which is the most despised city in Canada, imo.
I don't consider them real Canadians for the most part.
I live in Michigan, so mostly visit Windsor, Hamilton, Chatham and that area. Like I said, it's anecdotal, and certainly not everyone I've met but there did seem to be an undercurrent of US resentment going on. Maybe no different then you running into a few fat, loud obnoxious Americans and thinking we're all like that.
garyt1957 I live in Michigan
I understand the Ugly American sentiment that comes up sometimes, but it's never happened to me personally.
During my 3 trips there (One was at the age of 12 to Detroit for hockey tournament and stayed with American family) and the two times I stayed at sandbagger's place and golfed with the locals, I cannot recall a bad experience out there.
I even had a nice chat with a janitor at the Detroit airport in the middle of night during my overnight stay there on the floor.
Maybe the closeness to the border has something to do with that.
I can tell you a story or two about some of the geographically ignorant people our hockey teams met in Lakeland and Tampa, Florida though.
I'm from the deep south and the only times I've been to Canada are three or four short business trips to Mississauga, But everyone there treated me nicely despite my accent and dark skin coloration (I never knew how white people could actually be until I visited up there). I mostly interfaced with people that wanted my money (business deals and restaurant visits) which could explain the nice treatment, but even when out and about on the streets I felt safe. No one responded to my hi's or more southern howdy as I passed by them on the street, but that is also common in the northern states of the U.S.
Sneakylong Meme thread is 2 pages over. Keep them there. @jrock chastised me for 'speaking' in the meme thread, you are being chastised for posting memes in a speaking thread.
Spuzz I can tell you a story or two about some of the geographically ignorant people our hockey teams met in Lakeland and Tampa, Florida though.
That reminds me of a story that confirms your experience. I'm with friends on a fishing trip to Lake Athabasca near the NW Territories. One of the other groups in the camp that week was a Premier curling team that finished runner-up in the Canadian Olympic qualifying tournament that year. They claimed their runner-up prize was this trip as a team to fish trophy Northerns and Bass. We played cards every night and drank lots of Canadian whiskeys while kibitzing around the table.
One of the Canadian nationals suggested we play a side game of 'name the state capital for the US states' and those guys were sharp and knew their shit better than my fellow American friends did. Carson City. Montpelier. Pierre. How'd they know those small capital cities off the beaten path? Great bunch of guys and they drank like fish.
I went to Canada by accident, once, Texas too, but not in the same trip. True stories.
Canada is great. In my limited experience, I think they have much better strip clubs up north 
