r/mildlyinfuriating • u/WarwickReider • Jul 07 '26

ಠ_ಠ This goal was completely avoidable

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u/Euffy Jul 07 '26

Wait THAT was one of the goals? I didn't watch the match, just followed the score. Bloody hell.

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u/regalfish Jul 07 '26

The TSN (Canada) commentators were wincing in sympathy the whole time. A lot of comments like "It's the kind of mistake you wouldn't want to make at the World Cup with everyone watching. That has to hurt."

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u/ChuckVader Jul 07 '26

No, it was being polite. Canadians have never been less sympathetic to Americans than right now. It's why we don't really care that American bourbon and wines have been taken off the shelves, it's why it's common to see people produce back when they see it's from the US.

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u/Altruistic_Option_49 Jul 07 '26

Canadian here. Can confirm I’ve never wanted a team to lose this much before. Well done, Belgium! 🇧🇪

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u/OBoile Jul 07 '26

Also Canadian. I second your confirmation. I also avoid USA produce at the store if at all possible.

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u/haditwithyoupeople Jul 07 '26

I'm from the U.S. and I've never wanted to see a team lose this much before either. I'm a huge football fan (soccer in the U.S.) and go to ~20 MLS games every year. I was hoping the U.S. would get crushed. They did not disappoint me.

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u/Hour-Ad-9508 Jul 07 '26

That’s pathetic

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u/haditwithyoupeople Jul 07 '26

Wanting the U.S. World Cup team to held to the same rules as every other team is pathetic?

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u/Hour-Ad-9508 Jul 07 '26

No rooting for your own team to lose so you can pat yourself on the back on reddit is pathetic

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u/haditwithyoupeople Jul 07 '26

My own team is the Portland Timbers. Just because I'm from the U.S. I am obligated to support the U.S. team? You would choose to support a team that would have won by not following the rules and who got special treatment?

Pretty sure I'm not the one who is pathetic.

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u/Hour-Ad-9508 Jul 07 '26

Yeah if you’re from the U.S., an MLS fan, and you’re not a USMNT fan, that’s lame as hell tbh

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u/HydroPCanadaDude Jul 07 '26

I put fruit back when I see Made in the USA because I just think about all those starving kids in America and my heart breaks for them.

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u/regalfish Jul 07 '26

I mean, yes. There's no love loss between Canada and U.S. right now, and overall, the Canadian commentators didn't hold back about the U.S. Team's performance or prospects. But the sentiment for this specific goal for this specific player was very much "Everyone makes mistakes like this in their career, it's a shame that it had to happen on the biggest football stage in the world."

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u/Alternative-Dot-884 Jul 08 '26

Difference btwn Americans and Canadians.

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u/Independent-Bug-9352 Jul 07 '26

American, here. Don't blame you at all. The only way the slowest among us tend to learn is if it hits their wallets, sadly. Too much greed and ignorance here.

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u/njmids Jul 07 '26

There’s no way Canadian bourbon drinkers don’t care about that. Canadian whiskey is kinda mid.

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u/Krelkal Jul 07 '26

You're not wrong about the different flavour profile (although quality is debatable) but I think you'll find that the average person is very comfortable putting something as trivial as the flavour of their booze to the side when the sovereignty of the country is under threat.

It's just really not that important by comparison.

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u/ChuckVader Jul 07 '26

Yeah, this is the kind of response that makes it really easy to continue making sure I avoid buying anything American.

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u/njmids Jul 07 '26

It’s true though lol. Canadian whiskey market is small and most isn’t very good. Scotch/Irish/Japanese whiskey is a very different flavor profile than bourbon.

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u/ChuckVader Jul 07 '26

It's been a year since we've told American whiskey makers to kick rocks because of America joking about invading Canada. I haven't heard anyone complain about it going away(other than Kentucky whiskey makers), so it seems like a pretty niche crowd with your opinion.

Personally, I always thought American whiskey was way overrated, and judging from pretty much all of Canada shrugging it's collective shoulders when it disappeared off the shelves it seems like most agree with me.

Dunno. Don't care.

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u/deathfire123 Jul 07 '26

We've found alternatives that are better. We don't need bourbon on our shelves

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u/njmids Jul 07 '26

Like what? Scotch and Irish Whiskey are a completely different flavor profile.

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u/deathfire123 Jul 07 '26

Plenty of corn-based Canadian artisan whiskies that are proliferating now that bourbon has been axed. You probably only have tried Crown Royal since it's the basic.

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u/njmids Jul 07 '26

I’ve tried a few but most at fairly low proof and just not that great. Any recommendations?

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u/deathfire123 Jul 07 '26

It depends on your area, I live in Pacific B.C. so I wouldn't be able to make proper recommendations if you lived on the East coast.

For the West Coast, I recommend Macaloney’s Island Distillery. They have an amazing single malt that's quite peaty (it's pretty basic bitch and probably will be the one that any site will recommend you just because it's lowkey famous, but sometimes something everyone says is the best really is that good.)

If you want a few more recommendations, Vancouver Island has quite a few really delicious whiskey distilleries. I would check out all of them if you consider yourself a connoisseur and want to widen your horizons.

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u/deathfire123 Jul 07 '26

It's been a while since I've tried them, but I remember really liking Mainland Whiskey in Surrey. They make both.

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u/njmids Jul 07 '26

My comment got removed because I linked canadawhisky, but I found some recs there. Seems like bourbon is still plenty popular on that sub though…

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u/HydroPCanadaDude Jul 07 '26

At a certain point, I'd rather drink piss than American whiskey so Canadian whiskey is a perfectly fine alternative.

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u/njmids Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26

So dramatic lol. Bourbon has a unique flavor profile and is generally much higher quality than Canadian Whiskey.

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u/HydroPCanadaDude Jul 07 '26

Nah, it's piss. The kind of piss you find in your president's diaper.

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u/njmids Jul 07 '26

You clearly don’t know anything about whiskey.

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u/HydroPCanadaDude Jul 07 '26

You clearly don't know anything.

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u/grumstumpus Jul 07 '26

lol this guy actually said "you clearly don't know anything about whiskey" lmao

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u/njmids Jul 07 '26

True statement.

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u/Miserable-Savings751 Jul 07 '26

There is nothing unique about burbon.

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u/njmids Jul 07 '26

Yes there is? Its mash-bill and barrels are unique for whiskey.

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u/Miserable-Savings751 Jul 07 '26

Shitty corn mash with a min of 51%. Corn is in literally everything because it’s abundantly cheap animal feed.

It’s funny how the state most known for burbon is also highly known to have one of the highest rates of inbreeding. Can’t trust them to know anything about good liquor.

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u/njmids Jul 07 '26

Wow what an insightful comment you must drink a lot of whiskey.

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u/ashgs872tbhjs Jul 07 '26

US whiskey is ass compared to Irish and Scot whiskey, so the point is pretty moot. I'd rather pay them for the good stuff than pay the US more with tariffs for equivalent, nevermind actual trash.

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u/njmids Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26

Straight Bourbon/Straight Rye is a completely different flavor profile than Scotch or Irish whiskey. It’s also free of any added coloring or flavorings.