canada·CanadabyGaran Lorn Why America Keeps Coming for Canadian Culturehttps://macleans.ca/politics/why-america-keeps-coming-for-canadian-culture/Open linkView original on lemmy.ca56Comments20Reply
CCanaconda lemmy.ca10Hide 10 repliesWell yah. (Thanks to u/bashibazouk & u/egerlach) ... Anna Paquin – Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Alessia Cara – Born in Mississauga, Ontario. Alanis Morissette – Born in Ottawa, Ontario. Alex Trebek - Born in Sudbury, Ontario RIP Avril Lavigne – Born in Belleville, Ontario. Catherine O'Hara - Born in Toronto, Ontario RIP Celine Dion – Born in Charlemagne, Quebec Cobie Smulders – Born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Dan Akyroyd - Born in Ottawa, Ontario Donald Sutherland – Born in Saint John, New Brunswick Drake – Born in Toronto, Ontario Elliot Page – Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Eugene Levy - Born in Hamilton, Ontario Gordon Lightfoot - Born in Orillia, Ontario RIP Howie Mandel - Born in Toronto, Ontario Ivan Reitman - Raised in Toronto, Ontario RIP James Cameron – Born in Kapuskasing, Ontario. Jim Carrey – Born in Newmarket, Ontario John Candy - Born in Newmarket, Ontario RIP Justin Bieber – Born in London, Ontario Leslie Neilsen - Born in Regina, Saskatchewan RIP Keanu Reeves – Raised in Toronto, Ontario Lorne Micheals - Born in Toronto, Ontario Matthew Perry – Raised in Ottawa, Ontario Martin Short - Born in Hamilton, Ontario Michael Bublé – Born in Burnaby, British Columbia Michael J. Fox – Born in Edmonton, Alberta. Mike Myers – Born in Scarborough, Ontario Neil Young - Born in Ontario, raised in Manitoba Pamela Anderson - Born in Ladysmith, British Columbia Rachel McAdams – Born in London, Ontario Rick Moranis - Born in Toronto, Ontario Ryan Reynolds – Born in Vancouver, British Columbia Ryan Gosling – Born in London, Ontario The Weeknd – Born in Toronto, Ontario Seth Rogen – Born in Vancouver, British Columbia Shania Twain – Born in Windsor, Ontario. Shawn Mendes – Born in Pickering, Ontario William Shatner - Born in Montreal, Quebec ... AI estimated the people on this list generated at minimum 125 Billion USD in revenue. Looks like I balanced that trade surplus for the old Pedophile and Chief.12Reply
eegerlach replylemmy.ca2Hide 2 repliesI mean, I know you're not going for a complete list but might I add some of the classics (Canada has always punched above its weight): Dan Akyroyd - Ottawa, ON John Candy - Newmarket, ON, RIP Alex Trebek - Sudbury, ON, RIP Catherine O'Hara - Toronto, ON, RIP Rick Moranis - Toronto, ON Eugene Levy - Hamilton, ON Ivan Reitman - Raised in Toronto, ON, RIP Martin Short - Hamilton, ON Gordon Lightfoot - Orillia, ON, RIP Lorne Micheals - Toronto, ON Pamela Anderson - Ladysmith, BC Leslie Neilsen - Regina, SK, RIP Howie Mandel - Toronto, ON 8Reply
kk0e3 replylemmy.caI didn't know Pamela Anderson was Canadian. Good to know I was a horny and patriotic teen.3Reply
bbashibazouk replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesHow could you forget William Shatner (Montreal, Quebec) days before the 60th anniversary of Star Trek? For shame...6Reply
aalsimoneau replylemmy.caAs a Canadian, I didn't know half of them were Canadians! We really need to be more outwardly patriotic4Reply
MMajorMajormajormajor replylemmy.ca1Hide 1 reply Jim Carrey – Born in Newmarket, Ontario John Candy - Born in Newmarket, Ontario RIP What the hell is in the water of Newmarket, Ontario to make people so funny?3Reply
CCanaconda replylemmy.caDunno but those are 2 very different styles of funny so whatever it is we should probably not mess with it lol3Reply
kkibblebits quokk.au1Hide 1 replyNot a good title for the content but the article is a good read.6Reply
CConcetta replylemmy.blahaj.zoneI got to the end and finally realized the author is Carol Off. I fucking love Carol Off4Reply
HHubertManne piefed.social1Hide 1 replylook its not just canada. I nut for universal healthcare whenever I hear about it.5Reply
mmelsaskca lemmy.caI was born in 1962. For all my life it was Canadians pursuing american culture. It was cool. It was mythic. It was something we didn't have here at home. It's not like that anymore though.1Reply
HHemingways_Shotgun lemmy.caBecause the world likes us more than it does them right now and Trump can't stand it.1Reply
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They hate us cause they anus.
I thought they were scrotus though?
My new Mad Max-inspired character: SCROTUS ANUS!
Well yah.
(Thanks to u/bashibazouk & u/egerlach)
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Anna Paquin – Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Alessia Cara – Born in Mississauga, Ontario.
Alanis Morissette – Born in Ottawa, Ontario.
Alex Trebek - Born in Sudbury, Ontario RIP
Avril Lavigne – Born in Belleville, Ontario.
Catherine O'Hara - Born in Toronto, Ontario RIP
Celine Dion – Born in Charlemagne, Quebec
Cobie Smulders – Born in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Dan Akyroyd - Born in Ottawa, Ontario
Donald Sutherland – Born in Saint John, New Brunswick
Drake – Born in Toronto, Ontario
Elliot Page – Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Eugene Levy - Born in Hamilton, Ontario
Gordon Lightfoot - Born in Orillia, Ontario RIP
Howie Mandel - Born in Toronto, Ontario
Ivan Reitman - Raised in Toronto, Ontario RIP
James Cameron – Born in Kapuskasing, Ontario.
Jim Carrey – Born in Newmarket, Ontario
John Candy - Born in Newmarket, Ontario RIP
Justin Bieber – Born in London, Ontario
Leslie Neilsen - Born in Regina, Saskatchewan RIP
Keanu Reeves – Raised in Toronto, Ontario
Lorne Micheals - Born in Toronto, Ontario
Matthew Perry – Raised in Ottawa, Ontario
Martin Short - Born in Hamilton, Ontario
Michael Bublé – Born in Burnaby, British Columbia
Michael J. Fox – Born in Edmonton, Alberta.
Mike Myers – Born in Scarborough, Ontario
Neil Young - Born in Ontario, raised in Manitoba
Pamela Anderson - Born in Ladysmith, British Columbia
Rachel McAdams – Born in London, Ontario
Rick Moranis - Born in Toronto, Ontario
Ryan Reynolds – Born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Ryan Gosling – Born in London, Ontario
The Weeknd – Born in Toronto, Ontario
Seth Rogen – Born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Shania Twain – Born in Windsor, Ontario.
Shawn Mendes – Born in Pickering, Ontario
William Shatner - Born in Montreal, Quebec
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AI estimated the people on this list generated at minimum 125 Billion USD in revenue.
Looks like I balanced that trade surplus for the old Pedophile and Chief.
I mean, I know you're not going for a complete list but might I add some of the classics (Canada has always punched above its weight):
I didn't know Pamela Anderson was Canadian. Good to know I was a horny and patriotic teen.
Fuckit now I am.
How could you forget William Shatner (Montreal, Quebec) days before the 60th anniversary of Star Trek? For shame...
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As a Canadian, I didn't know half of them were Canadians! We really need to be more outwardly patriotic
What the hell is in the water of Newmarket, Ontario to make people so funny?
Dunno but those are 2 very different styles of funny so whatever it is we should probably not mess with it lol
Ah...so it's money. I should have known.
Not a good title for the content but the article is a good read.
I got to the end and finally realized the author is Carol Off. I fucking love Carol Off
look its not just canada. I nut for universal healthcare whenever I hear about it.
I was born in 1962. For all my life it was Canadians pursuing american culture. It was cool. It was mythic. It was something we didn't have here at home. It's not like that anymore though.
Because the world likes us more than it does them right now and Trump can't stand it.