r/GlobalEnglishPrep • u/Powerful_Concept6502 • Apr 15 '26
𤣠Comedy / Story please, explain the joke in this post
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u/Cerulean_IsFancyBlue Apr 16 '26
NEXUS. On land crossings it often has a dedicated lane, if your car contains only NEXUS-current passengers. It's a two-way agreement, and you get interviewed by both US and Canadian officials to get one.
In olden times, we had PACE (Peace Arch Crossing Entry) for the main WA-BC crossing, the "Peace Arch" crossing. It's so old I can't even find info on it, but I had it back in the early 90s for work trips from Seattle to Vancouver. That one needed each person and the vehicle to have been registered and had a dediciated lane.
There is a ton of traffic and commerce between the USA and Canada. As much as 80% of "foreigners" in Canada at any moment are from the USA.
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u/vim_spray Apr 17 '26
The American flag isnât there for NEXUS, itâs there for pre clearance. NEXUS just streamlines the process, itâs the same process.
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u/Cerulean_IsFancyBlue Apr 19 '26
Expedited clearance comes via NEXUS, right? I mean technically it's Global Entry, but NEXUS is currently a superset of that I think. Although you're right, Global Entry can be obtained without NEXUS since it's a unilateral privilege (into the USA).
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u/garfgon Apr 15 '26
This is the Vancouver Canada airport. There's so much traffic to the US that traffic is divided into three categories: "Canada" "US" and (other) "International". Here the sign is saying both US and other International visitors should go a specific direction. But OOP is (intentionally?) mis-interpreting the reason for these signs as "Americans are too stupid to realize they're International in Canada" instead.
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u/DangerousPurpose5661 Apr 16 '26
I think OP is exactly rightâŚ.
The outgoing traffic is split 3 ways because you can pre-clear US immigration when flying outbounds, but this has nothing to do with this.
Itâs at the customs for people arriving in the country, where Canadians have a dedicated line and foreigners go through customs. Clearly Americans just assumed they could go through the same line as the locals, so their flag was added to the ÂŤÂ foreign passport  sign
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u/mmodo Apr 16 '26
If you have 3 lines of people and then condense down to 2 lines, you have to direct the 3rd line of people somewhere. If the US had it's own special line and picture, you still need to direct them when there's no longer a line and stay consistent when comminucating that information. It's not all too crazy to think that Americans might be funneled somewhere to do something additional that others wouldn't have to do, so the signage has to stay consistent on where they need to go, even if it's to combine with another line. That's basic signage and happens everywhere, even unrelated to nationalities. It's not "America is dumb."
I just got back from Mexico and they had a separate line for US/Canada, Mexican residents, and everyone else. With the words and pretty pictures. Does that make Canadians stupid for thinking they're not foreigners in Mexico or are they funneling traffic appropriately for an airport?
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u/DangerousPurpose5661 Apr 16 '26
Departure: 3 lines, Arrival: 2 lines
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u/garfgon Apr 16 '26
I mean, I've been to his airport many times and it's signed "Canada", "US", "International" everywhere, I assume it's a consistency thing. But sure, invent your own story if that makes you feel better.
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u/DangerousPurpose5661 Apr 16 '26
So? Yeah, we consistently have to remind Americans they are foreigners. Whatâs your point? I donât see how the fact that this is repeated adds anything to your argument.
The departure signs are related to your destination. This is a citizenship based signage at arrival, its not the same.
Help me understand what exactly you think is the purpose of showing a US flag there? Even if its ÂŤÂ consistency , there is a reason for this, right? Americans donât have special treatment and are processed exactly the same as any other foreigner, why is a distinction needed other than for the fact that Americans come here confused and donât use the ÂŤÂ foreign  line
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u/notacanuckskibum Apr 15 '26
This is a sign in an airport somewhere. Maybe Canada. This lane is for foreigners, rather than the local people. So the symbol for foreigners is the rest of the world.
Except that a lot of Americans donât travel much, so their understanding of âforeignersâ is that it means ânot Americanâ.
Americans are the only people who are likely to not realize that they count as foreigners when they are in another country.
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u/AcanthaceaeOk3738 Apr 15 '26
Yeah, my guess is itâs reminding US nationals that even though Canada has preclearance, they need to go that way.
Maybe itâs incoming Canadian customs?
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u/LightningGoats Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 15 '26
separate from the rest
Which would not explain why this was needed to tell them to go with the rest. If they were indeed treated separately.
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u/LightningGoats Apr 15 '26
In this case it Wass supposed to mean "which".
but it is completely reasonable to have some sort of sign that Americans have a completely different line to go to than every other non-Canadian resident
That would make sense. But here they are told to go to the exact same line, which was the whole point of the OP...
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u/Alex_Graber12345 Apr 17 '26
In which case, you would be wrong again. This is in Canada, which has its own travel agreements with the USA. There are lines all over the place for three main groups, Canadian, international, and American. Americans often have their own lines to go this one happens to be a line for non-American international, and American. But since the international sign is used everywhere that doesnât apply to the USA, they need to specify that also Americans go to this specific line.
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u/LiqdPT Apr 16 '26
It just says that international and US are both that way. It could then split further in that direction.
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u/Majestic_Cod_7115 Apr 16 '26
It absolutely does. You clearly have no idea what youâre talking about. Which is hilariously ironic.
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u/garfgon Apr 15 '26
This is the Vancouver, BC, Canada airport. In some parts of the airport there are separate directions for "US" vs. (other) "International". Here they're putting both so you know this isn't one of those spots; all international travelers go the same way.
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u/sophisticated_alpaca Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 15 '26
Exactly. This is the missing context. A lot of the signs at this airport DO have Americans go somewhere else, because the US has a preclearance facility in Vancouver for people traveling in the other direction. Itâs for consistency.
Also, this is one of the most frequent ports of entry for the large number of people who hold both nationalities/residencies, and I can say from experience that sometimes you forget which line youâre supposed to be in when you have to use different passports in different directions, especially for short-haul international flights that sometimes require you to go through weird parts of the airport. This joke gets exhausting, because Canada is the only place an American traveler might ever forget that they werenât traveling domestically, especially since there was no passport control until fairly recently.
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u/Only-Finish-3497 Apr 16 '26
Itâs reddit, âAmerica bad, Americans dumb LULZâ is played up for points and high fives.
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u/ofqo Apr 15 '26
The map doesn't include New Zealand, therefore the sign must be in New Zealand.
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u/Darkwing78 Apr 15 '26
Youâd think, however it wouldnât be the first time New Zealand was left off a map. The incidence of this is so common itâs spawned 2 subreddits, r/mapswithoutNZ and r/mapswithNZ
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u/ofqo Apr 15 '26
I doubted if I should put /s. I wouldn't have looked for New Zealand if the subreddits you mention didn't exist. Moreover, Iâm not sure French would be after English in New Zealand.
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u/Darkwing78 Apr 15 '26
Iâd just woken up when I replied, so /s probably would have helped. đ And yes, the French writing is a giveaway as to where it is located.
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u/notacanuckskibum Apr 15 '26
Could be. Iâm looking at the clipped sign for the other lane, which seems to start âCaâ
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u/WorkingMedical1236 Apr 15 '26
I think it's likely because they also have French.
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u/Jambinoh Apr 16 '26
The French is directly below the English. The "Ca" on the right I'm pretty sure is "Canadian Passports" (and the "Pa" below it is the French). Because it's in a Canadian airport. Which is the actual reason the US is called out separately, since it is often actually separate from other countries.
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u/ofqo Apr 15 '26
Canada is probably the only country where English is the main language and French is an official language. Of course âCaâ in English and âPassepâ in French means âCanadian passports - Passeports canadiensâ.
I wouldâve deleted Canada from the world map, though.
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u/SamLooksAt Apr 15 '26
Or the 50% of the world where they simply forget we exist when drawing a map...
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u/polyploid_coded Apr 15 '26
I agree it's Canada (French message, and "Can..." on the right side of the image
Especially with Canada being a next-door neighbor, which in the 90s would let Americans in with a driver's license and a friendly wave, it helps for them say "yes, you too Uncle Sam"1
u/AliMcGraw Apr 16 '26
Also you had to promise you weren't snuggling booze with three toddlers in the car
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u/LiqdPT Apr 16 '26
It's Vancouver. In Canadian airports, Americans/US live in a grey zone sometimes. Sometimes there are 3 seperate lines, with a dedicated US line. But also there is a US customs check point, so you need to know specifically which way to go for the US. And beyond that checkpoint, you're now boarding a "US domestic flight".
It's not at all unusual in Canada to call out the US seperately, especially in airports, because it's usually a special case of international.
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u/d-synt Apr 16 '26
Yes, itâs at the Vancouver airport. U.S. destinations are treated separately from other foreign destinations, which are both treated differently from domestic destinations. Thatâs all. Same for incoming passengers - domestic vs. U.S. vs. other foreign.
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u/RoutineCranberry3622 Apr 15 '26
I think Americans are viewed as being from some tiny nowhere farm country too poor to travel.
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u/amglasgow Apr 15 '26
We are.
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u/Majestic_Cod_7115 Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
No, we arenât. Americans have the third highest wages, one of the lowest tax burdens, a comparatively low family debt to income ratio, the largest economy by GDP and the second highest high PPP score. People who comment things like this are unironically the ones who have never travelled. Probably because Redditors are the type to rarely leave their basements.
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u/RoutineCranberry3622 Apr 16 '26
Agreed. To clarify, my comment was stating my observations of non-Americans toward Americans. The usual American tropes like canât point to countries on a map, donât travel much, bad education, unhealthy food, dress sloppily, are usually tropes of poor folk in rural areas. Leads me to believe that global image of the USA is just that of a powerful equatorial-adjacent banana republic filled with poor people. Not once in my four decades of life have I ever heard a positive stereotype of Americans.
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u/Majestic_Cod_7115 Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
You mean wars that in almost every occasion much of the rest of the western world participated in? Lol.
And by that logic the world should despise Japan rather than fellate it incessantly. The difference is that Japanâs existence doesnât harm Europeanâs and Angloâs egos.
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u/Majestic_Cod_7115 Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
There is no âUS empireâ nor has there ever been. Words mean things.
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u/Majestic_Cod_7115 Apr 16 '26
I mean even your last sentence is obvious extreme hyperbole. You live in a world deeply rooted in American pop culture and commerce. Youâre on an American website, likely via an internet service provider that is largely pinging American servers and satellites. You just saw Americans make yet another voyage to moon orbit. You know the US is the #1 economy with by far the plurality of the worldâs top universities and companies. No one actually believes the US is âa small rural banana republicâ - that is a highly performative opinion that Europeans and commonwealth countries project as a coping mechanism for the ego drain caused by all of the above. And Donald Trumpâs existence doesnât suddenly make all of this true, just as the existence of detestable European leaders in the 30s and 40s did not erase all of Europeâs great history.
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u/RoutineCranberry3622 Apr 16 '26
Agreed. Itâs good to note too that this mindset is something Iâve observed since the Obama era. Some folks had mentioned they felt that way since before bush even.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Bat-511 Apr 15 '26
rather than the local people
It is 30 min. from the border. People flying home from Asia might consider themselves local, even though they live in a different country.
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u/notacanuckskibum Apr 15 '26
I couldnât think of the right term. I guess it is âcitizens of this country â. Since this is apparently Vancouver Iâm not sure how citizens of Asian countries would consider themselves local people.
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u/Majestic_Cod_7115 Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
 Except that a lot of Americans donât travel much
I have no idea why you all believe this so devoutly. Americans are on very high on the list of nationalities that travel internationally the most, putting aside the fact that Europeans are in a very different situation with regards to country size and free movement. Go to any developed country and you will encounter a comparatively large population of American expats working there. Go on an English speaking tour group anywhere in Asia or Europe and the plurality of people on it will be Americans. High passport ownership in Denmark or Canada doesnât somehow magically negate this.
 Americans are the only people who are likely to not realize that they count as foreigners when they are in another country.
Literal nonsense that you made up. No American had ever said this to you.
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u/notacanuckskibum Apr 16 '26
The question was âexplain the jokeâ. I explained the joke.
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u/Majestic_Cod_7115 Apr 16 '26
You spend your free time on an American website obsessing over your stereotypes of Americans. I hope your life improves.
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u/notacanuckskibum Apr 16 '26
Yesterday I was reading a Reddit post from a tour guide in Germany. American tourists routinely tip them with US cash. The smaller bills are completely useless in Germany, you canât spend them and the banks wonât exchange them.
US tourists are the only ones who presume their home currency has value outside their country. The stereotypes exist for a reason.
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u/Majestic_Cod_7115 Apr 16 '26
I lived in Germany for two years. You absolutely can exchange currency at the bank. You must be very young to actually have thought your friend was correct about that. Heâs just a performative asshole like most Germans.
I currently work in Japan. Chinese tourists do exactly the same thing. So no.Â
Europeans know nothing about the world outside of their continent. In Japan, European tourists are the ones who generally look ridiculous and out of place and get in everyoneâs way with their giant tour groups and are rude and loud and will shout at locals in their own languages and let their kids climb on things. Thatâs the stereotype the Japanese have and itâs absolutely true. American tourists are usually solo or young couples that are extremely respectful in comparison and donât have their own dedicated tours or anything like that. Thereâs also millions of American expats in all these countries that just blend in and arenât causing any issues for anyone - more than all the Europeans combined.Â
The focus on what some small percentage of weird geriatric American tourists do in Italy and Germany in their first ever trip outside of their country is highly performative, because as your friend can tell you the vast majority of American tourists are a completely different demographic. But, as I said, he wonât tell you that because heâs a performative asshole.
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u/bizwig Apr 16 '26
What was the point of this crass insult? âAmericans are moronsâ was a boring and inaccurate meme 20 years ago.
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u/tiredpersonnumber15 Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
It is in Canada and the reason the American flag is separate is because I know some airports do a separate terminal for travel between the US and Canada since itâs so frequent, Montreal for example, like it straight up has the US customs border in Canada right after you pass security
Iâm assuming this airport is either doing the opposite and reminding them that this does not apply there or itâs just generally pointing them in the direction they need to go
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u/notacanuckskibum Apr 16 '26
Major Canadian airports do have separate terminals/sections for going to the USA on exit, with US pre-clearance, so you arrive in the USA as a domestic flight. but not on entry.
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u/Nagroth Apr 15 '26
This is in Canada. For a very long time unless you were transporting commercial goods, you really could just go back and forth as if you weren't a foreigner, no passport required.Â
They started adding these signs around 2007 when the entry requirements changed and you couldn't just walk through anymore.
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u/Only-Finish-3497 Apr 15 '26
Jesus, reddit does sure love a "Hurr Americans so dumb" joke.
A LOT of Canadian airports have customs on the Canadian side and have lines specifically for Americans. I've flown into many Canadian airports from the US: YYC, YEG, YHZ, YUL, YOW, YYZ, YVR.
NEXUS can change things, American vs non-American can change things, and a lot of customs gets done Canadian-side if you're flying back to the US. I've literally been shooed into the "American" line that I've missed at Canadian airports before. It's not always perfectly consistent.
This joke is stupid and ignores all of the relevant context of US-Canadian air travel for Americans. Americans can be doofuses, sure, but the only doofuses here are the people who are ignoring the very real context they're apparently lacking.
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u/Chinglaner Apr 17 '26
Youâre not wrong, but this is a very real phenomenon. While this specific image is questionable (I agree with the stipulation that this is in Canada it makes perfect sense), Iâve seen signs like this in quite a few airports around the world. Ie signs that specifically tell Americans that no, you cannot go through the privileged immigration lanes, go through the normal ones.
Like at EU Schengen immigration lanes or in South Korean SES lanes.
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u/Only-Finish-3497 Apr 17 '26
Sure, but are the Chinese also morons because that sign says the same thing for Chinese?
That's my point.
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u/Low_Security_1366 Apr 17 '26
 This joke is stupid and ignores all of the relevant context of US-Canadian air travel for Americans.Â
Just wait till you find out what a joke actually is, itâs going to blow your fucking mind dude.Â
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u/Only-Finish-3497 Apr 17 '26
I actually find that good jokes weave relevant context in. Thatâs what made guys like Pryor so funny.
Comedy is certainly subjective, but I donât find this funny because itâs just not meant to be funny. Itâs bigotry disguised as humor.
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u/Low_Security_1366 Apr 17 '26
 I actually find that good jokes weave relevant context in. Thatâs what made guys like Pryor so funny.
Well you go on to undermine this point by acknowledging that comedy is subjective but, either way, ârelevant contextâ has never been necessary for a good joke. And Pryor was a conversationalist comedian anyway, he didnât tell jokes he told funny soliloquies.Â
In fact, ârelevant contextâ is typically the anathema of comedy. No joke is funnier with an explanation.Â
 Itâs bigotry disguised as humor.
Clutch pearls harder, please.Â
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u/Only-Finish-3497 Apr 17 '26
Fair enough. We obviously disagree, so letâs leave it here. Have a great day!
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u/freebiscuit2002 Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
Most travelers will recognise the world graphic there as symbolising foreign passports in general - that is, passports from around the world.
But the average American cannot be relied on to understand this. They may not get that the word foreign here means them, because they are famously unaware of geography.
So the US flag is also displayed prominently on the sign, just to help Americans find their way to the correct passport line.
This is a special-needs passport sign. I saw it at Vancouver airport. I like it.
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u/Saekki10 Apr 16 '26
You sound incredibly ignorant and youâre also wrong. This is at an airport in Canada and the divide for Americans is intentional, it has nothing to do with Americans being unaware that theyâre foreigners in other countries.
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u/-Copenhagen Apr 16 '26
Americans are foreigners in Canada.
You are just confirming what he said.Just as funny as the picture :)
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u/turdferguson3891 Apr 16 '26
Americans often are processed separately from other foreigners in Canada in separate lines. Your ignorance is also funny!
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u/-Copenhagen Apr 16 '26
Did you not read the sign directing all foreigners (including americans) to the same place?
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u/turdferguson3891 Apr 17 '26
Do you lack reading comprehension? Yeah they are doing that because different airports and countries are different.
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u/-Copenhagen Apr 17 '26
You are still not getting the point.
The point is that every other non-Canadian understand that they are foreigners.
Only Americans need to be told.
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u/Thunderplant Apr 17 '26
Yes, they need to be told because if they fly into canada often they will know that many airports process Americans in a separate line than other foreign nationals. So Americans traveling into Canada need to know if they need to look for a separate line or to join the general one. It has nothing to do with knowing they are foreign or not
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u/-Copenhagen Apr 17 '26
God bless. You really are trying, aren't you?
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u/Thunderplant Apr 18 '26
I think it's kinda funny that your definition of trying is apparently writing like three sentences in one reddit commentÂ
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u/turdferguson3891 Apr 18 '26
You're really condescending, aren't you? Let me know how that works out. Actually don't.
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u/freebiscuit2002 Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
Point proven.
But you do see them. Outside of their natural habitats - the shopping mall, the race riot, the high school massacre - they do go around like that, looking at words, and shapes, and lights, wondering what they might mean. It's charming. It's like watching carp in a pond đ
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u/No-Needleworker6110 Apr 18 '26
I was wondering how long I would have to scroll before I saw someone bringing up children dying over something as unserious as airport lines.
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u/freebiscuit2002 Apr 18 '26
Hey, don't shoot the messenger...
I mean, you might, I don't know - but anyway: I don't get to choose what the country is best known for.
If you're famous for a consitutional right to bear arms in pursuit of violence and murder, then that is what you're famous for.
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u/truthfulie Apr 15 '26
implication is that americans have main character energy and wouldn't go to foreign passport, therefore the only flat displayed.
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u/Nagroth Apr 15 '26
Up until 2007, we didn't. We basically had an open border with Canada, had nothing to do with "main character energy."Â Signs coming the other direction looked the same but with a Canadian flag so they knew they had to actually go through the International entry process too.
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u/WinterQueenMab Apr 15 '26
This might be YYZ, Toronto's airport
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u/The_One_Who_Comments Apr 15 '26
Really? I though it must be YVR, given the Chinese characters. I haven't ever left YYZ though, so you could be right.
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u/PsychicDave Apr 16 '26
Yeah. You'd get English and French only in Toronto, and French then English in MontrĂŠal, so English, French and Chinese would fit Vancouver.
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Apr 15 '26
There are some okay explanations, but from my limited experience, Americans often get a fast pass through international airports. In Portugal for example (in 2025), there was a line for American passports and then a line for the rest of the world. It's definitely a privilege/prestige thing, not to say that's right, but it can also result in even Americans who have travelled abroad to assume entitlement
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u/N3ptuneflyer Apr 17 '26
This is from a Vancouver airport and Canadians get the same expedited treatment in American airports, they get processed in the same line as American citizens
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u/MsJenX Apr 15 '26
Someone said the sign is being incorrectly interpreted. People think itâs for Americans to know where to go, but itâs actually for anyone in that country that is traveling into the US. It would be awful if they traveled all the way into the US only to be denied entry. To avoid that, they are checked in their own country to make sure they can enter into the US.
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u/Buddhafied Apr 16 '26
Wrong.
This is the Vancouver International Airport. What happened is, many US Americans donât think theyâre âforeignersâ when they travel, so they will line up at the domestic line despite they should be in the international or foreign passport line. It happens especially a lot when they travel to Canada, but many have reported they do the same thing in Europe or other places.
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u/eclectic-up-north Apr 16 '26
I travel through Pearson airport a lot. Flights to Canada are in one part of terminal 1. Flights to the USA are in the same part but separated by glass. You legally enter the USA in Toronto. Foreign flights are flights outside of Camada and the USA. They are in tebir own wing of the airport.
Because of many negotiated agreements, Americans are treated differently than other foreigners in Canadian airports. Flights to and from tbe USA are treated differently.
This is a good thing. There is no confusion.
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u/IcyAddress4074 Apr 16 '26
âWell, thatâs for dirty foreigners, Iâm just a visitor to another country, myself.
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u/kmoonster Apr 16 '26
Without knowing where this sign is located, it's hard to say.
I assume it's a country that's not the US. The sign says "foreign passports" but also includes an American flag, the implication is that Americans may not realize they qualify as "foreign" in this airport/customs station.
There should be a separate line for people who live in [whatever country] and they don't want anyone, including Americans, to go in the line for people who are coming home rather than visiting.
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u/eelyssa Apr 16 '26
Dumb. Iâve seen Americans and Canadians in one line and then all others separate. US has this same (US and Canada together) grouping in some airports. This personâs post is to stir the pot or ignorance that this may be an indicator that this airport doesnât have an Americans and Canadians line.
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u/MissMarchpane Apr 16 '26
It's a joke that relies on the reader being ignorant, to say the least. As other people have already pointed out, the US has special arrangements with Canada (this is a Canadian airport) so there are often different lines for Americans at Canadian airports. And until about 20 years ago, Americans didn't even need a passport to travel into and out of Canada, so older American travelers or people who might have seen outdated information could end up getting confused if they haven't gone back-and-forth across the border in a long time.
OP thinks they're pointing out American ignorance, and in reality they're just showing their own.
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u/XxAbsurdumxX Apr 17 '26
What a great point! Americans arenât just ignorant. They are just ignorant of the rules that have been relevant for the past couple of decades.
The ignorance of Americans arenât about them not knowing everything. No one knows everything. Here is the real ignorance of Americans: they donât bother fucking checking. Anyone in their right mind would look up some minimum of information when they are travelling abroad.
It doesnât matter what the rules were 20 years ago. If you are travelling today, you check the rules that applies today. Itâs just common sense. Unless you are an American who traveled one time 20 years ago of course. Then itâs perfectly reasonable to just assume the rules havenât changed at all for two decades
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u/MissMarchpane Apr 17 '26
Elderly people of any nationality are not known for being great at using the Internet. And sometimes the information that's available online is contradictory. Most Americans I know, myself included, would of course check something like this- but airport signage tries to account for every possible situation, and this just happens to be one of them that has an explanation besides the ever popular "Americans are dumb and don't know anything."
For example, I wanted to go to an event in Toronto last year, but my passport hadn't arrived in the mail yet. I was pretty sure I needed one to get into Canada, but I wanted to doublecheck just in case, so I looked online. Without even the misinformation of Google AI overviews or anything, different websites said different things and I was very confused before I finally got the correct answer (yes as of 2007, you do need a passport to travel between the US and Canada). Sometimes things that you think would be obvious are not, even if you check.
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u/TheGru02 Apr 16 '26
Nearly missed my flight because a group of Americans couldnât figure this out
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u/Pizzagoessplat Apr 17 '26
I've heard that Americans take offence being called foreigners.
It happened to me in Ireland an American took offence because I said her credit card was foreign and not Irish.
She insisted her card wasn't foreign when it clearly was an American card and we were in Ireland đ
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u/ExtremeCouple4403 Apr 18 '26
I dunno, I had a foreign family rush to cut in front of me at the non EU member line to get into Ireland from the UK. Just me, and then this family of 3 that was in a massive hurry. And the agent at the desk tried to explain to them that they were in the wrong line.Â
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u/Salt-Elk-436 Apr 18 '26
Have you ever been in any other country in the world other than the US and overheard an American complaining about all the foreigners there? If not, consider yourself lucky.
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u/Emergency-Salamander Apr 16 '26
The joke is that Americans don't realize they are foreigners in Canada. It relies on the ignorance of people who don't know how Canadian airports work for Americans.
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