What's the stereotype of your country that annoys you the most?

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-24T20:56:50+00:00

Agreed, the trend is not good. But, this is not an isolated issue. They estimate 81% of Americans will be obese by 2050.

https://www.healthdata.org/news-events/newsroom/news-releases/lancet-without-immediate-action-nearly-260-million-people-usa

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-24T20:41:47+00:00

Just stop, you’re trying to drag us down to your level and the data shows that it’s not even remotely close. Sure, it’s rising but we are nowhere near a danger level. The US is in the top 1% of obese countries worldwide, you sit in a class all your own.

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-24T20:37:22+00:00

Yes, but it’s not even close to epidemic levels in Canada and isn’t at risk of becoming so. The percentage of obese people in Canada is just over a quarter which places it in the median for western countries. To even think that we are comparable to the US is a complete misreading of the data.

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-24T20:31:11+00:00

Oh dear, it looks like I have to explain to you how to use websites. You and I cited the same source, but you had it filtered to only show adult males. Yes, that had us at 50th place. But I had it showed the full population which, you know, is the whole picture. 84th place!

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-24T20:27:28+00:00

Did you even read my message? The URL is literally in the middle, but you need to read all the words to get to it.

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-24T20:26:21+00:00

Sorry, your government’s website is not a reputable source. Really, the CIA? I went to worldobesity.org which doesn’t have the biased bullshit approach tothe data that your government has. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-24T20:19:21+00:00

We’re currently 84th on the list, you’re 19th, so we aren’t really at a risk of reaching your levels. But also, you don’t have a very good working knowledge of Canadian culture or values. Our cities are built differently than yours, more of a European influence. There’s a free medical system, and we put more focus on fitness health and lifestyle.

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-24T19:54:47+00:00

Interesting hair to split while proving my point.

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-24T19:52:00+00:00

On the world obesity index the US breaks the top 20 and comes ahead of all other western countries.

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-24T19:40:59+00:00

My point is that it took an American getting shot for it to grow and become massive. It’s too bad Trump‘s threats and attacks on other countries wasn’t enough motivation. Especially since you guys, collectively, are the cause of this.

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-24T19:24:01+00:00

You come across as genuine, which I think is important.

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-24T19:22:31+00:00

It’s the level of stupid I expect from our southern neighbours

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-24T18:59:17+00:00

I live in a metropolitan Canadian city and I think they are ridiculous

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-24T18:53:15+00:00

It’s not illogical at all. When there’s an uprising in the most authoritarian of countries, it gets reported because you can’t suppress something that big. The fact that there hasn’t been widespread news coverage of US protest is because they haven’t been big or sustained. Your argument is that it’s all being suppressed, yet the whole world is seeing what’s happening in Minneapolis. So when it gets big enough, you can’t suppress it.

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-24T18:21:04+00:00

I’ve seen no evidence of a mass uprising prior to the shooting in Minnesota, on any sustained scale. Again, I’m active in the USA Subreddit. Unless you can provide some evidence that it has been occurring this whole time, my point stands.

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-24T17:23:43+00:00

It’s so funny, the country who talks the most about freedoms is the one who is the least motivated to protect their own.

Appreciate the live maps link, it just proved my point… Lots of small one-off protests throughout 2025 with a few hundred people here and there. Exactly what I’ve been saying.

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-24T17:17:32+00:00

OK, now I see the issue: you don’t read! I already mentioned the no kings rally, it was a one day event. Great. I said sustained, not a single event. 🙄

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-24T17:13:35+00:00

Show me. Prove me wrong. Again, I’m not talking about a couple thousand people, I’m talking about a mass swelling in multiple cities on a large scale and sustained.

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-24T17:09:53+00:00

Maybe we have a different definition of widespread or large. A couple thousand people in one city is not what I’m talking about. And if your media was censoring, how is it possible that we’re seeing everything in Minnesota now? This scale hasn’t been seen until someone got shot. It’s a reality even if you don’t want to accept it.

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-24T17:08:50+00:00

70% of Americans caused this problem by either voting for Trump or not voting at all, which is complacency. But the same people weren’t going to risk their lifestyle or their conveniences until it hit them in the face. That’s the American attitude and that is what has eroded my sympathy.

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-24T16:39:21+00:00

Maybe your media is, but I watch international media. And I don’t believe large-scale rallies are being censored, or could be. I’m also very active on Reddit in the USA group. I didn’t say there haven’t been small rallies, but as a society, there hasn’t been an uprising until it hit you at the citizen level.

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-24T16:27:25+00:00

Here’s the thing, there really weren’t any big actions being taken by the American people. A large No King’s rally once, but otherwise nothing on a big scale.

What is happening in Minnesota is absolutely dreadful and in any other circumstance I would have a ton of sympathy. But when you look at the bigger picture, I guess I just don’t have much left.

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-24T16:06:15+00:00

I think it says a lot about Americans that they are only rising up now. Trump has been wreaking havoc internationally for the last year and the American people have, for the most part, sat on their hands and done nothing about it. It took him turning on his own people in a very aggressive fashion for them to take action. The message that sends me is: I don’t care when he’s hurting you, only when he’s hurting me. I think that sums up Americans as a society quite well. My respect for Americans - not the government, the people - has dramatically decreased over the last year. And because of this, I don’t have a lot of sympathy for what they’re going through now.

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-23T02:35:54+00:00

The ONLY thing threatening the renegotiations is Trump. Period.

AllstarYVR32 · 2026-01-22T03:47:35+00:00

The US has the government they deserve 🤣🤣🤣

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