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Yeah, if someone said, "as Canadian as Hockey" it would make sense to me, as that binds the country together. It doesn't matter if they invented it, but that it ties the people together. You could also say, "as canadian as cold weather in winter", and I would understand they didn't invent cold weather, but that it is cold there in winter...and they aren't the only peope with cold winters.
Most important things like the air plane, the car, the train, the rocket, antibiotics, the steam engine, the petrol engine, the jet engine, the computer, the cell phone, the world wide web, and gravity were invented in Europe. Americans belief they invented most of these things because they were raised with the propaganda of 'American exceptionalism' but in reality there are not really good at anything.
Google Robert H. Goddard (If referencing liquid fueled rocket; 13th century Chinese fireworks otherwise), Martin Cooper, Kenbak-1 (If referencing the personal computer), and Arpanet. The invention of the airplane is contentious but the Wright Brothers have at least as valid a claim as any other aviation pioneer. Other than the car and perhaps the train, I don't see any of the others as being widely claimed as American inventions.
Most important things like the air plane, the car, the train, the rocket, antibiotics, the steam engine, the petrol engine, the jet engine, the computer, the cell phone, the world wide web, and gravity were invented in Europe. Americans belief they invented most of these things because they were raised with the propaganda of 'American exceptionalism' but in reality there are not really good at anything.
Tim Horton's. Ugh. Double Double ugh. Hate the place, hate the food, hate everything about it. There is nothing uniquely Canadian about it. Coffee? Doughnuts? Panini's? Chili?
Well what about the Canadian Maple Donut lol... c'mon.. Anyway you need to experience a Timmy's coffee in Ontario and I know you will be a convert
Well what about the Canadian Maple Donut lol... c'mon.. Anyway you need to experience a Timmy's coffee in Ontario and I know you will be a convert
The first time I had " Timmy's " was in Ontario. It came out west slowly. It didn't exist out here when I grew up.
I've had the maple doughnuts, and I rate them average.
I think I'm older than you Fusion2 my friend, LOL. The reason I mention it is, that out here, Tim Horton's has a rep for being for old people….no really old people…because the food is really soft
With so many, many, great coffee places of outstanding quality, and along with fantastic baked goods and sandwiches, the only reason to go to Tim's is when my elderly mother wants to go.
I'm guessing it has childhood memories for you…whereas for me….
EDIT: My partner is from Ontario, and when we first started living together, he use to buy Tim's coffee for home. He raved about it….until I converted him !! He now wonders " what the heck was I thinking? " LOL LOL
Americans think they invented everything, and even history and the world itself. Americans don't think there were human beings before America, and they don't think there is anything outside of America.
Even though there are 6000 years of recorded history, and the globe has been spinning for billions of years. And Americans are 5% or less of the world population.
There was a coalition of forces liberating Europe and Russia had a bigger part in it than the US. I don't blame you for not knowing as American history books undoubtedly say the United States alone liberated Europe. But you are right anyway, you always were good in sacrificing yourself for the greater good. I don't see what it has to do with inventions from specific countries however.
Hmmm, if you had to name one country in the coalition who defeated the Nazis... what flag flies on the Reichstag over Berlin?
That one country defeated the Nazis in 70% of their occupied land, and expended 28 million people doing so in the fiercest battles of the war (and it's not like the US 'did' the remaining 30%).
The war definitely needed the US help, but it equally if not more, needed the Russian help, and Brits who don't forget, stood alone and held off the German invasion and Blitz while US stood by the side as neutral. Throw in the French/ Hungarian/ Finnish etc resistances and the insurrection against Mussolini by his own Italians, and we can all say it's a group effort. Don't be saying ' we saved your asses', or 'you'd be talking German if it weren't for us', which of all places I heard in London, so proud of her lone resilience and sacrifice. It's an insult to the millions who died defending their countries, and I'd check up on the history before saying such blunt statements.
This was another thing that I was told started in Canada, and apparently it wasn't.
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