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  • 358 points victorcaulfield

    Uh….this seems like it both fits and doesn’t fit with the sub.

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    276 points voiping

    It's the canadian version of this sub. "Sorry, I didn't realize who I was talking to."

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    65 points abraxasnl

    We should all be a bit more Canadian.

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    1 points FauxReal

    I wanna be Ricky from Trailer Park Boys.

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    2 points abraxasnl

    Who’s got your belly?

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    1 points FauxReal

    Smokes, let's go!

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    -65 points jaguarp80

    Total pussies?

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    35 points Jawbone619

    I believe you've misspelled polite. I know that's kind of something we don't teach anymore in this country. Well, neither actually... Spelling or manners.

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    30 points TheHeroYouNeed247

    You should look up their war crimes.

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    12 points Sausage80

    Going full completionist on the Geneva checklist, you mean.

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    2 points JDeMolay1314

    I am just waiting for the UK to finish invading countries. 22 to go.

    https://www.statista.com/chart/3441/countries-never-invaded-by-britain/

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    5 points JDeMolay1314

    You know that Canadians invaded America and burned the white house right?

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    -3 points jaguarp80

    lol no they didn’t, the British army did

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    3 points JDeMolay1314

    No. Canada was British at that time so you can claim that there were no Canadians there but there weren't really any Canadians anywhere at that point.

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    -6 points jaguarp80

    Right but most of the British army was shipped in by sea. There might have been some Canadian militia with them but that’s about it.

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    3 points JDeMolay1314

    The Canadian Militia were all technically British, so what is your point?

    The links between Britain and Canada are pretty strong (except for those Québécois).

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    -1 points jaguarp80

    I dunno what to tell you. British soldiers under British command were sent in, from Britain or wherever they were posted, to fight the war. They weren’t Canadian British or Canadian loyalists and they didn’t live in Canada besides the small amount of militia attached to the army that I mentioned.

    You can say that Canadians were British at the time but you can’t really say that the British were Canadians. It’s not a technical thing or hair splitting, it’s just the way it is

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    2 points Threes-A-Vibe

    Should look into the acts of heroism done by Canadian soldiers during WW2. But sure.

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    1 points RideWithMeSNV

    You know how I know that you don't know many Canadians?

    For military prowess, they've been everywhere the US has since the 1840s, except for the Indian Wars. Like, half the Geneva conventions is about telling Canadians to chill. The way non-commissioned officers work now is a Canadian invention from WW1, because the Brits and Americans failed to take a hill, and the Canadians wanted to have a go using a more complex plan.

    For social reasons, they aren't pansies, they're just patient. Avoiding a fight doesn't make someone a pussy. I wouldn't suggest cornering one to see how much they'll take. When they snap, they tend to act like they do in war. And again, they lead the world in war crimes by a large margin.

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    2 points jaguarp80

    It’s baffling that multiple people have replied to me here bragging about war crimes

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    3 points RideWithMeSNV

    Nevermind. Forget I said anything. Candians are pussies, and you should totally bully them.

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    2 points jaguarp80

    Alright don’t get embarrassed, I just don’t see how war crimes are an argument against that

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    1 points DavidCRolandCPL

    I know a lady named Geneva that would disagree

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    1 points INeedSomeFistin

    If you think a Canadians are pussies, you're either woefully misinformed or a total idiot. The Geneva convention rules are pretty much, 'Here's shit Canada did that we don't want them to do again'

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    2 points jaguarp80

    War crimes aren’t badass, wtf is wrong with you people

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    12 points man_itsahot_one

    OP has very little contend despite the account’s age. Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a bot. This sub (not very active) is likely on bots’ radars.

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    16 points Imaginary_being_

    Wouldn’t that be an argument against it being a bot?

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    9 points itorbs

    Bots generally have a lot of content on a young account

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  • 50 points onemany

    Classy response from fakeeye.

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  • 46 points bluegemini7

    My favorite part is his sentence "I was unaware of who that you were the author," because clearly he first wrote "I was unaware of who you are" and then backspaced because he wanted to be polite 😅 Man I love Canadians.

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  • 65 points DontWannaSayMyName

    He wrote the book, but did he read it?

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    46 points RockyStonejaw

    well yes, he wrote “Yes I did read that book” in the screenshot provided

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    23 points SmellSmoet

    I've never written a book. But I believe writing one means you'll be doing a lot of re-reading what you wrote.

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    14 points rangeDSP

    I've heard of authors that didn't read the published copy because they would keep on wanting to improve it. 

    Kinda like those actors that never watched the movies they are in

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    2 points RideWithMeSNV

    I started writing a novel as part of a very expansive inside joke. I stopped a few chapters in because of the re-reading (and I had the general idea down, but I'm a terrible author, and it was crap).

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  • 5 points thebohemiancowboy

    If only all the internet was like this. The vibe of a gentleman’s lounge puffing on tobacco pipes.

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    2 points ferbalestra

    After reading this post I count the number of times I've read the name Schembechler as two. And I think that's one more time than the times I've seen someone apologizing after an interaction like this one.

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  • 4 points DirectorEmotional589

    I mean, I couldn't tell you the author of every book I've read

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  • 3 points Indigetes

    I'm sure he will never make that mistake again, totally.

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  • 5 points DharMahn

    r/iknowwhoyouare

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  • 6 points nricotorres

    "A fan of yours let me know" - WTF does that even mean?

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    36 points Gaoler86

    It means OOP was informed by a fan of the author about who he was.

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    9 points vertibliss

    thank you, because i also somehow didn’t understand that sentence.

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    4 points Cyan_Light

    lol same, I thought they were just so shaken they massively bungled some variation of "I'm a big fan of yours." The other interpretation makes infinitely more sense.

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