• My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Honest question - are Canadians generally fine with normal US citizens with no untoward agenda still coming to visit and shop in Canada? I love partaking in the cuisine, a museum, and a library in a relatively nearby border town. Especially the more ethnically-diverse cuisine, because shitty generic Americana fare gets tiresome. Canadian Tire is fun, too, although I do secretly wonder why it’s not Canadian Tyre. Curious to know if US plates on a car in Canada generate a negative response nowadays.

    Also, I’m sorry about the reality for which I felt the need to ask this question.

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      3 hours ago

      I own a business in Canada which gets a ton of tourists. I’m fine with everyone coming in.

      That said, if they’re wearing a MAGA red hat or a Trump shirt, I’m not quite sure what I’d do. I’d probably tell them they can’t come in wearing that. I think it would be hilarious to make these scrubs leave their hats in the car.

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        28 minutes ago

        You should absolutely turn them away. They are your enemy. They chose to vote to hurt you and your business.

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      3 hours ago

      I do secretly wonder why it’s not Canadian Tyre.

      Because in the same way we are not American, we are not British.

      Curious to know if US plates on a car in Canada generate a negative response nowadays.

      Depends on if you’re talking an American negative response or a Canadian negative response. I don’t imagine you’d be getting flipped off or have stuff thrown at you but you may not have people stop to let you back out of a parking spot or let you out of a driveway in busy traffic.

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      6 hours ago

      Come spend your money, just don’t act all full of yourself like some Americans do.

      Also, “tyre” is British spelling. We kind of have our own spelling where we generally use British spelling, but not for everything. For example, we don’t spell fetus as “foetus” or estrogen as “oestrogen” either. There’s probably some fancy official name for it.

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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      11 hours ago

      Come and spend your money in our economy, sure!

      I doubt you’ll have any trouble unless you have MAGA bullshit on display or are driving a Tesla.

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      12 hours ago

      We dislike your president and the shit show he’s caused. If you’re willing to spend your hard earned money here though we’ll welcome you with open arms.

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      12 hours ago

      We were recently in Vancouver, and people were happy to have us! You shouldn’t worry. We did some extra shopping in solidarity and they appreciated our support.

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      12 hours ago

      Most of the people I know are not okay with Americans right now. I’m in Alberta tho.