Canada

It's kinda the definition of bullying...

While I agree with the general sentiment and am firmly in the camp of wishing for an amicable breakup, I just dont see the mass movement needed for a country to formally split. The prevailing public opinion seems to be that the country is in danger and needs saving, with each side having vastly different ideas of what that means.

Personally, I foresee the US transitioning more akin to Rome. A Republic and then gradually an Empire. I think we are in that transition now. The republic is already dead in all but ritual and I think the goal of Trump/Elon/Republicans is to begin the phase out of those rituals so that the new Empire can stand.

Portions of it made before WW2, yes.

We are polite because if we weren't our own society would crumble. We would kill one another. It isn't as much politeness as it is a necessary respect for our fellow man.

We are well known for being ruthless in battle. Not just WWI, we have a very colorful war history spanning up to modern day.

Both our national sports are played at a speed and ferocity that is hard to rival. During gameplay in one of these sports, when someone is offended they are expected to fist fight over that offence. EXPECTED. They then get asked to "sit out" and cool down for a literal couple of minutes before they are permitted to rejoin the action. These games also often erupt into fights in the stands and parking lots not just between the players. Often between the parents of these players should the players themselves be at an age where they are not permitted to fight within the game. If it's playoffs or a big game no one cares what you broke or what hurts. You lace em up and get the fuck out there. It's important.

"Just fuckin' punch 'em in the mouth" is something we all get told by our parents as kids having to deal with bullies. I've also told my kids this. It works and we do it. Fuck the school suspension.

We all own guns. We don't use 'em like you do but we certainly know how and so do our kids. Our rural brethren are masters in the bush, mountains and oceans because we enjoy it.

We have vast resources of young French Canadians who have travelled the world and learned all sorts of crazy skills no one else can manage just because they could. They're athletic (reference: the French power gut, this category of Canadian also includes Acadian and Metis) and keen to fuck shit up. They're like Australians, you find them everywhere you go. They party a lot. They're friendly as shit and kinda goofy. But when they get pissed...they're the real ones.

We also tried to exterminate our natives and still do but they're fuck off strong and resilient. They're getting pissed too. You really really really don't want that. Trust me on this one. You just don't. Imagine the toughest person you know the. Times that by colonialism, religion, disease, sugar and an unshakable spirit. Also beyond athletic and revengeful.

And many of us are not nationalistic. We would not be going into it for your country or our flag or our leader. We would be doing it for our families and neighbors and friends and people like us around the world who are over the bullshit. When you are fighting for that there is no beating it. Americas leaders could stand to have learned this numerous times in their past.

Poor choice indeed.

I was making a Shoresey reference as it's the only context I have for Canadian minor league hockey.

AHL and ECHL are the farm teams for NHL.

OHL is major junior level in the CHL along with the QMJHL and WHL

I'm Canadian/British and when I visited friends in Vienna we got drunk like every day. Anyways, one of those days there a beer festival and all of us had this one beer and we were like: this is obviously our favourite and we'd like to buy lots of it. They said, sorry you can't buy it here, it was from BC. We were so upset, we were like "why did you even show up if you're gonna just torment us like this!" Man, I really wish I wasn't so drunk that I forgot the beer name. I swear I asked the nice person like five times and telling myself I'd remember, lol.

I was living in London, UK for a long while and wasn't planning on going back to Canada any time soon which is why I couldn't just smugly taunt my friends.