I’m thinking a lot of americans are feeling pretty smug now with tariffs, threats of annexation and regime change part of the daily menu. The rest of us are thinking - never going to trust an american again. Even further, my brother ( married an american ) told me they went to Mexico on vacation last week and identified as Canadians everywhere they went.
Might actually be true inside the us. But the americans i encounter outside of the us ( probably wealthier) are all pretty much delighting in whats going on. My observation of americans outside of the us : 100% smug and gloating.
I just came back from a Vietnam/Thailand trip and met some Americans. They were all nice as expected and didn't cosplay Canadians (could have been that we brought up we were Canadians :P).
They all immediately brought up that they were sorry about what was going on over in the US though.
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Arancello@aussie.zone · 16 pts · 255d
I’m thinking a lot of americans are feeling pretty smug now with tariffs, threats of annexation and regime change part of the daily menu. The rest of us are thinking - never going to trust an american again. Even further, my brother ( married an american ) told me they went to Mexico on vacation last week and identified as Canadians everywhere they went.
tyler@programming.dev · 17 pts · 255d
Smug? The majority of Americans I know are terrified of what is happening.
Arancello@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 255d
Might actually be true inside the us. But the americans i encounter outside of the us ( probably wealthier) are all pretty much delighting in whats going on. My observation of americans outside of the us : 100% smug and gloating.
Zorque@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 255d
Probably because they don't have to deal with the turmoil going on inside it.
Mac@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 255d
Good--they should be for letting these fuckfaces have power.
Atropos@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 255d
Tbf, the smart Americans have been identifying as Canadians for a good while before all this recent stuff.
I know I feel closer to Canadian culture than I do the typical American one.
lobut@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 255d
I just came back from a Vietnam/Thailand trip and met some Americans. They were all nice as expected and didn't cosplay Canadians (could have been that we brought up we were Canadians :P).
They all immediately brought up that they were sorry about what was going on over in the US though.
Atropos@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 255d
Any American with a soul is sorry for what's happening these days.
I hope we can redeem ourselves eventually.
Deceptichum@quokk.au · 2 pts · 255d
emmanuel_car@fedia.io · 2 pts · 255d
That’s been my experience recently too, every time I meet an American in the wild, the first thing they do is apologise.
titty_wizard@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 255d
Lizard 🦎
DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 255d
Trust grows back with enough time and honest communication.