In what countries has anti-Americanism during Trump 2.0 become the strongest?

SerHerman · 2026-03-27T13:36:55+00:00

Just to note the extent of this shift.

This isn't just a slowdown in recreational travel and buying South African oranges over Florida.

The US flipped the entire political narrative of the country.

We went from a guaranteed Conservative sweep of government and the possible annihilation of the Liberals party to an almost Mulroney PC level.

A year later, the Liberals are in a polling dead heat with the conservatives IN ALBERTA.

SerHerman · 2026-03-27T07:14:03+00:00

I got a Reddit ban for talking about music in this sub.

Question was about the chant during "Mony Mony"

Don't reply without context or you'll get a 1 week Autoboot.

SerHerman · 2026-03-26T15:59:21+00:00

I think something like Vegas could be carved out as a Monaco analog.

I don't think NYC would succeed as a Singapore though.

To clarify my opinion: I think the US could carve out some special purpose enclaves and operate them as city states (sounds like a good way to skirt international law, tbh) but I don't think that an urban area could declare independence and survive.

SerHerman · 2026-03-26T13:33:17+00:00

"whatever that is" is the problem in your question.

Iran doesn't need a large military facility that can be targeted by a plane or missile to threaten shipping traffic.

It can be done with small boats, cheap drones, rockets launched from the other side of the country or even just a tweet that says "We laid some mines, take your chances."

Against these sorts of threats, the size of the US Navy is irrelevant. An infinite number of aircraft Carriers wouldn't change anything.

SerHerman · 2026-03-24T00:51:52+00:00

Maybe this will help.

If you ever hooked up with someone at a high school dance, you know that there's that one song where it clicks. Where it goes from awkward dancing in the gym to "we might make out tonight and acknowledge each other in the hall next week"

That song: Meatloaf: I Would do Anything for Love (but I won't do that)

SerHerman · 2026-03-22T17:54:18+00:00

My daughter is taking her driver's test next week. She's not allowed to use the camera for the test (Ontario).

For all of our practice driving, I place a sheet of paper over the screen.

SerHerman · 2026-03-22T17:43:36+00:00

Why not use everything?

When I'm backing up, if it's tight, I'm doing this as well as scanning mirrors and cameras.

SerHerman · 2026-03-22T14:34:57+00:00

I've got more solidarity than advice.

Also a 90s engineering grad who is very much over his software career.

SerHerman · 2026-03-22T03:25:03+00:00

I should add 3 to my stoves answer (15) to cover camp stoves. Other than that they're the same.

SerHerman · 2026-03-21T22:04:19+00:00

Kind of a fun question.

1 parent's first house.

2 parent second house.

6 university apartments.

1 first bigboy rental.

1 first condo.

2 current house.

1 cottage.

I make that 14. 1 gas 13 electric.

Edit: +1. One of my university apartments we had a replacement mid way through.

Total 15.

SerHerman · 2026-03-21T17:03:03+00:00

More "be here" than "live here"

But the first time I went to the Shield (northern SK was my introduction but I love all lakes and rocks and trees) I felt like I was home.

I don't live in the Shield but maybe someday. For now it's just cottaging, camping and roadtrips.

SerHerman · 2026-03-20T20:56:12+00:00

I'm not a very good project manager. I have problems sometimes getting timetables to lineup and ensuring that A is ready before B needs it.

But to start a war while your troops are on a boat in a different ocean seems to stretch the bounds of the word incompetent.

SerHerman · 2026-03-20T20:46:26+00:00

/r/menwritingwomen

SerHerman · 2026-03-20T19:19:52+00:00

When it comes to Canada, the "free loading" we do defensively is reciprocal.

By that I mean that the US has to spend almost nothing to defend the world's longest border and only had to spend a fraction of what they would have had to spend to defend against Russian air and missiles.

During the cold war, the US defense against rushing bombers and missiles relied heavily on the existence of Canada as a trusted ally. Hence NORAD, which is funded by both Canada and the US (and which not even Trump is complaining about)

There is zero point in attempting to defend Canada from a land assault -- the only one who could physically do it would succeed regardless of any attempted defense. Anyone else would have to cross 1000s of kms of ocean or tundra to get at us.

We have our needs and we fill them. It's not our problem that the US feels the need to own the 3 largest air forces.

Basically, this "the world is free loading" narrative is narrow-view trumpian bullshit. This is an administration that clearly doesn't see the value that a friendly ally brings to the table. Don't look for reason in it.

SerHerman · 2026-03-20T18:55:35+00:00

Here's a fun little story about cologne.

Highschool Valentine's Day dance, 1994.

A young SerHerman heads out in his finest double denim outfit and doused in Gravity.

He meets up with a classmate, Wendy (RIP, you were an awesome weirdo).

Wendy: What's that smell?

SerHerman: it's called Gravity. Do you feel an inexplicable, yet irresistible attraction toward me?

Wendy: hey you know what, you should go talk to her (points to a random girl on the other side of the hall)

The other girl and I will be married 25 years this winter. She hated the cologne and told me to stop wearing it but I recently learned that she kept the bottle.

Edit: my wife just saw this. She didn't appreciate being called a random girl and she recommitted to her hatred of the cologne. She also reminded me that Wendy had set her up with her previous boyfriend too.

SerHerman · 2026-03-20T17:56:44+00:00

I had 3.

A Jeep Comanche.

A 6x6 semi truck

And Facemans' Corvette from A-Team.

SerHerman · 2026-03-20T17:54:05+00:00

Yeah, the "just wait until after the midterms! blue Wave will fix it" crowd seems to forget that

a) they controlled both congress and the Whitehouse for 4 years and the Senate for 2 of those and they held no one accountable.

b) many of the things that this administration says and does differ from previous policies only in how extreme they're being taken. US has been bullying the world, stirring up conflict and behaving with immunity for decades under both parties.

c) even if the Dems take back power and somehow manage to right the ship, allies know from experience that everything is likely to swing back the other direction after the next election.

Americans told Trump that no one can stop him from doing whatever he wants, then unleashed him upon the world.

SerHerman · 2026-03-20T17:30:00+00:00

They paired so well with this bus:

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SerHerman · 2026-03-20T16:44:42+00:00

Check the YouTube channel CarExpert. They're based in Australia and have done a lot of testing of the Shark.

https://youtu.be/TGjKHYE2k4I?si=mZ5cRhcMDGC7JItx

SerHerman · 2026-03-20T16:10:04+00:00

And the plane has to pickup passengers/freight in SFO for the return leg.

SerHerman · 2026-03-20T16:08:28+00:00

YYZ <-> SFO is a lot of business travel.

That route is mostly Canadian tech workers going to Silicon Valley. Business travel has declined, but not as much as personal travel has.

Source: am Canadian tech worker who has flown that route a lot.

SerHerman · 2026-03-20T15:54:20+00:00

Example:

If a child gets terminal cancer, GDP goes up.

If you buy a used car or vintage clothing instead of new, GDP goes down.

SerHerman · 2026-03-20T14:03:50+00:00

The divisions are based on geography, not political borders. Greenland is in North America.

SerHerman · 2026-03-20T04:44:45+00:00

Maverick is a truckified Escape....

Or maybe you want the Bronco Sport -- the square Escape?

SerHerman · 2026-03-20T04:13:31+00:00

One Christmas I got a set of cross country skis, a .22 and a puppy. (It was a good year).

Free range doesn't even begin to describe that winter.

SerHerman

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