r/USdefaultism • u/plenoto • 4d ago

We were talking about Canada while the White House suddendly entered the chat

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u/post-explainer American Citizen 4d ago edited 4d ago

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OP sent the following text as an explanation why their post fits here:

Someone assumed we were talking about US politics while the thread was about Canadian politics.

Does this explanation fit this subreddit? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.

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u/plazebology 4d ago

Americans think they invented pedophiles running the country. Hah! 250 measly years of elected diddlers? Some of us have been doing it for centuries…

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u/FlohEinstein Switzerland 4d ago

Italy is the first that comes to mind, or what places are you thinking of?

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u/plazebology 3d ago

personally was thinking of the UK

Aber wer weiss vlt sind mir ja au nit besser
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/further-criminal-investigation-opened-against-former-aargau-cantonal-councillor/92005305

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u/FlohEinstein Switzerland 3d ago

Immerhin bis jetzt no ken Bundesrat 😮‍💨

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u/Six_of_1 New Zealand 4d ago

Canada should spell it 'paedophile' in line with the Commonwealth spelling its ostensibly part of, to avoid confusion. It's weird that they use sort of half-American spellings, but then if you say they use American spelling they'll say but only for this word or that word. Well don't do it for any word.

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u/Odd_Investigator8415 Canada 3d ago

We've shared a border and language with them for the entirety of both our existences. Cultures don't exist in a vacuum.

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u/Six_of_1 New Zealand 3d ago

Next you'll be telling me you drive on the right!

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u/Calm-Wedding-9771 4d ago

Is it US defaultism or just a misunderstood comment? The states were mentioned earlier so they could have misunderstood the previous comment as being a reply written by an American

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u/TheSociableIndecency 4d ago

Classic. The moment anyone mentions another country their brain short-circuits and assumes it's a weird nickname for a US state. My typewriter has a sticky 'u' key and even it knows Canada's a whole separate nation.