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Are canadians friendly to people from other countries?
I plan on traveling to Canada, but I do have this worry.
To be more specific, I'm not kinda black, my skin's somehow white, but I have black relatives, which means I got wavy hair and some other things.
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This is a recent cover of #RATM's "#KillingInTheName" by the band #PortugalTheMan
With guest #JormaTaccone
And... is that...
Yes it is
That's #WeirdAlYankovic
Singing "Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses"
Light comedy, family friendly, Disney approved, #WeirdAl Yankovic
(But look carefully: he belts out the "I won't do what you tell me!" but skips the "Fuck You")
No more "Weird" Al Yankovic
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He is aware, bless him
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When we erase the doubt of ignorance, we bring to light the reality, that intelligence is not universal, it is not interconnected, and it is not bestowed upon all sentient consciousness, the fallacy in we are all unique implies we all are intelligent, while time it's self dispels that myth;
A chimpanzee can self learn to create tools to perform a task as well as display empathy and compassion, as well as understand oneness and exhibit jealousy and selfishness, however the chimpanzee can not cognitively organize other primates to create a functioning society;
Ironically most humans lack the basic instincts for expressing and having empathy, compassion and oneness, and as they are able to portray the idea of creating a functioning society, the vast majority of them simply lack the skills to actually pull it off;
Describe the intellectual level to have even conveyed this in the first place, was this a thought of a primate, or of a highly developed intelligence that although human is superior to that species, based on "human intelligence" was this thought superior to all other humans, past and present", the point of asking of superior value, is simply to determine a base line of my own cognitive decline, it is imperative to determine using the original thought that my cognitive intelligence is either earthly in value or cosmic in value as this thought is rather elementary both in concept and presentation from my usual thoughts, anything I feel is not of infantile thought, I would not be able to convey as it could not be translated to a subset of language that could be analyzed;
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@bakuninboys My partner and I spent 30 dollars each to see a local band called Higher Funktion on our local music space #Heartwoodhall.
Imagine - a nine piece funk band with sax, trombone, trumpet, two guitars, vocalist, bass, drums, and keyboard putting out amazing grooves for our listening pleasure.
Imaging how many anonymous plays they would have to get on Spotify to get 30 dollars.
Instead they funkified 150 or so white haired white people who absolutely LOVED the show.
Support your local musicians!
thus is the deal you make for accessing an unlimited amount of content I suppose.
I've discovered so much new music on Spotify over the years. This year alone I've gone to 5 concerts from bands I'd never heard of before. $25 - $50 a ticket and then t-shirts.
And it's true I haven't bought their CDs, but I wouldn't have given them _any_ money if I'd not heard them on Spotify.
well, not that i say i like spotify but i dont agree with this argument.
its like saying you rent a home instead if buying it, you own nothing but still benefit from it.
@coffeethrowaway @VulcanTourist I don’t know when it happened, but I see a LOT of people going
Back to iPods and physical media.
And iPods? Still awesome in 2025 :)
@coffeethrowaway @VulcanTourist (here, I would really like an alt-tag: what device is that? A modern Sony digital audio player?)
I recently pulled a couple of iPod minis out of a box, charged them and confirmed they still work. But I'm not set up to update & manage an iPod anymore, and I would sorely miss Bluetooth (I've always hated getting tangled in headphone cables). I switched from Mac to desktop Linux over a decade ago, and I'm planning to migrate from Android & Google services to an open mobile OS in the next year.
Whatever portable device I end up on, I hope I can find good music library software, because I want to leave YT Music behind. Which will be painful regardless. I've already been buying discs and digital music (and merch) directly from artists I want to support, but my (and my kids') addiction to playing just about any song at any time is a 21st-century luxury that's really hard to give up. And I'll never have time to rip all the thousands of CDs I already have.
Same for
Netflix
Paramount
Disney+
Adobe
Hewlett Packard
A whole bunch of new car features
ISPs
Telephony providers
Electricity providers
House rent
Car rent/lease
The list grows bigger every day.
I'm not a fan (particularly of how little they pay artists), but I've listened to the radio for longer and don't own any of that music either. The BBC license fee is definitely cheaper for multiple streams and no ads.
I like Spotify Premium in the same way, with added ability to choose any song. But not that awful fake DJ. 😬
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@amberage *NODS*
It feels great when you have that realization. It seems like anything Netflix doesn't produce directly will end up leaving at some point. We've seen enough "streaming musical chairs" to know it's inevitable.
(Also, it's great owning shows like Scrubs on DVD because a BUNCH of its originally aired songs got replaced for streaming...)
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thanks! 
the great thing about the web is we can all work together.
i've still got big plans for RSS, we need to get these systems really supporting it, not just outbound, inbound too. and supporting all the writing features of the web.
if you really appreciate the open tech, become an advocate. we can get a lot more interop from RSS than ActivityPub. It's simpler, and very much built-in, and thus gives far wider interop than any of the other possible formats.
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AP has boosts. I want that for podcasts. It's needed to provide a human democratic alternative to the algo that podcasters are taking advantage of by moving to video to be on YT.
Well, let's not be pessimistic. All that money has conveniently founded war initiatives, ruin the music market, leave musicians with almost nothing and fuel AI initiatives by which real artist are being replace by AI copies.
I mean... not everything is lost is it?
@TheBreadmonkey It’s the same when you buy live concert tickets, though even music service haters are cool with that. The argument is a canard.
Besides, Spotify might be a horrible corporation exploiting music artists - but the whole industry has been doing that since recorded music was invented.
and in exchange I’ve enjoyed countless hours of music, discovered hundreds of new artists I’d have otherwise never heard of, and had instant access to any song I want to listen to no matter where I am.
I get it, but ownership isn’t everything. Syncing music to an iPod and picking which songs you care most about that can fit on your device sucked. So did trying to find a CD while driving.
Streaming is good, actually.
Spotify is awful for not paying artists enough and its ICE ads, but I agree with others that this argument falls flat. If your cable bill were $50 per month, you'd get a little over three years of service and not own anything; you could easily pay $100 more a month for electricity and not own anything. And $2,000 would only get you about 2,000 songs in MP3 format from artists that may not be on Bandcamp.
Plenty of arguments against Spotify, but this is a bad one.
Spotify launched con 2006. Almost 20 years ago. How much have you spent in music in that time? How much music do you own?
I'm not saying that you are wrong, but if I had to buy everything I listen to for 20 years I would have spent waaaaaay more and never really discover new music, because I can't "just check it out".
@knizer Weren’t you paying for a convenient service? When I take my car to a car wash, I don’t own anything new after. I just paid someone to clean my car. You could buy all that music and set up a personal streaming service, but it does seem easier and cheaper to just pay Spotify if that’s what you want.
I assume. I avoided Spotify like the plague from day 1.
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in reply to Misfit-Meower • • •I only speak for most Canadians, but we're the greatest fucking country in the world, and we love all colours, sizes, types....
ymmv, eh!
Seriously, though, there are assholes everywhere but you're unlikey to encounter them. We're an extremely polite, helpful, accomodating and accepting society, so carry on!
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in reply to Misfit-Meower • • •Remember… “planning on traveling to Canada” is like saying you’re planning on traveling to Europe… it’s a BIG place that spans four time zones and has all sorts of people.
So you’re likely to spot some bigots, but there’s also plenty of welcoming people. Part of it depends on where you go. In general, cities are more multicultural and a little of more rural areas used to be very white, with indigenous reservations in the most unexpected places.
Beside that, Alberta is “Little Texas” and BC isn’t that different from Washington and Oregon states. Manitoba is really friendly, Quebec tends to be welcoming in the cities and culturally insular in many of the rural areas. All the east coast provinces tend to be really friendly. The territories are very sparsely populated, so other people are treated like a gift OR like something the person is trying to avoid — race doesn’t tend to come into it.
... show moreRemember… “planning on traveling to Canada” is like saying you’re planning on traveling to Europe… it’s a BIG place that spans four time zones and has all sorts of people.
So you’re likely to spot some bigots, but there’s also plenty of welcoming people. Part of it depends on where you go. In general, cities are more multicultural and a little of more rural areas used to be very white, with indigenous reservations in the most unexpected places.
Beside that, Alberta is “Little Texas” and BC isn’t that different from Washington and Oregon states. Manitoba is really friendly, Quebec tends to be welcoming in the cities and culturally insular in many of the rural areas. All the east coast provinces tend to be really friendly. The territories are very sparsely populated, so other people are treated like a gift OR like something the person is trying to avoid — race doesn’t tend to come into it.
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in reply to Misfit-Meower • • •Generally, in cities you won't have really any problems. My fiancee is Turkish and we live in the prairies and she's never had anything happen. Folks stumble on her name sometimes but it's not really racism.
If you go rural, you always up your chances of encountering more racism. Rural PEI/NB will be accidentally racist, rural AB/SK will not care if they're racist. Generally this is true unless you're camping/hiking, when you wrap back around to people who are generally just happy to see fellow outdoorsmen.
Much of North American racism isn't from individual people but in systems. My fiancee's experience is that European systems are more likely to be equitable but the people will be racist. In general, if you visit Canadian cities from Vancouver to Montreal, I wouldn't expect you to have any racist encounters.
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in reply to Misfit-Meower • • •Not really; racism in general isn’t the issue. Canada’s been multicultural from the beginning. Bigger issues are things like cultural sovereignty— indigenous and French mostly. Skin colour really doesn’t come i to it.
Might help to know what you’re comparing it to though.
Also, it might help to watch “Race Across The World Series 3” if you’re from the UK — and a good interview is here: canadianaffair.com/blog/canada…
That show did a pretty good job of capturing the highs and lows of interpersonal relations in Canada.
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in reply to Misfit-Meower • • •FaceDeer
in reply to Misfit-Meower • • •I doubt appearance will factor significantly in most places. Where in Canada were you planning to travel to?
Also, which country are you from? We're rather cross with America right now so if you're from there then there might be some additional coaching I'd suggest.
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in reply to Misfit-Meower • • •Lol as a minority that's born here and lived in cities across the countr: Canada definitely has racism still. We are very diverse; especially in the bigger cities of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
I recently travelled to NB and witnessed some racism. Wasn't anything too bad. I've had worse. But you'll find more ignorance than hate. Hate looms it's ugly head depending on where you go and what minority you are. I think for the most part, you'll be okay, you might get weird comments here and there, but most people will be nice as a general rule of thumb.
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in reply to Misfit-Meower • • •In Toronto you'll find Canadians that are all sorts of colours names and sizes, and a restaurant somewhere that serves your home country's cuisine. Most people in the city don't care.
The closer to the urban centre you are the less you are likely to be judged for looking foreign, though that chance is very small to begin with. If something racist gets shouted at you in public here, people are going to look down and walk away, look with disgust at the person making that remark, or tell them off.
Outside of the city, bigots are still the vast minority, but there may be more subtle ways you could be looked at differently, well-intentioned but largely due to the unfamiliarity with outside cultures.
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in reply to Misfit-Meower • • •In my experience, foreigners are so ubiquitous there the locals barely notice
Maybe you'll be treated differently if you struggle speaking English (or French if visiting Quebec) but your post implies that's not an issue
Of course, if you're moving instead of visiting the answer a bit more nuanced as the cost of living crisis there is very real
TribblesBestFriend
in reply to Misfit-Meower • • •I’ll say depend on where you’ll go
If you go in most major cities you’ll probably be fine
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in reply to GrindingGears • • •Moose are no joke... and they are a serious threat even when driving. OP, if you plan to drive through remote areas, drive carefully. If you hit a moose with your car it will seriously fuck your shit up and likely walk away from it. I'm being serious.
As for maple syrup, it's worth the risk. Every time.
Edit - Also moose cam be territorial, ornery and unpredictable assholes. DO NOT APPROACH. In fact don't approach or feed any of the wildlife, but I'm sure that's a fairly common sense rule.
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in reply to Sunshine (she/her) • • •Which is?
Let's hear those specifics, I think you'll find that the population's not as supportive of whatever you're imagining they're supporting. And in particular the large cities, which are NDP strongholds.
This is why you think a tourist wouldn't be safe here? Because we're an oil-producing province?
Better advise OP not to visit Norway either, they must be monsters over there.
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in reply to FaceDeer • • •The cops don’t carry guns there and the population is more accepting of other people groups.
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in reply to FaceDeer • • •buddy I grew up in Alberta. and there's 2 things to sum up the people.
During mask mandates I was in the Carstairs post office, and saw a woman with no mask picking up 2 boxes labeled cristianbooks.com
the second is everyone in Alberta thinks being compared to Texas is a compliment.
these are two light hearted examples, with many more in the memory bank.
there's jerks everyone. My worst bit of transphobia was in Toronto.
But Alberta does seem to have the highest concentration of jerks. at least as far as my experience has gone.
FaceDeer
in reply to wholookshere • • •Carstairs is a rural town with a population of 4900.
Oh, everyone?
I happen to be Albertan and the notion of being compared to Texas fills me with anger. I'd like you to back that up with some kind of poll or statistic, please.
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in reply to FaceDeer • • •if your taking things that literally on the internet, I can't help you.
but what I can say is I didnt know anyone who understood it's an insult was until I moved out of Alberta. So everyone I met while growing up, yeah.
for the record I grew up in Calgary.
FaceDeer
in reply to wholookshere • • •OP is being warned to "stay away" specifically from Alberta because we're apparently not safe to be around, how am I supposed to be taking this? So far the only solid reasons that have been given are:
So yeah, I'm rather offended. I think OP would have a perfectly fine time coming to visit Alberta.
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in reply to FaceDeer • • •why are you taking it personally that were talking about you specifically?
I know many great Albertians. But they're a slim minority. The people, as a whole, are not as good to interact with if your a person if color. this is coming from friends who are.
we're not saying you specifically are an ass, but that a lot more people are asses in Alberta than most other places in Canada.
I gave you a few light hearted examples.
how about the person who crashed into my friends cart for wearing a mask in a store and said "don't rob me".
how about all the terrible things said about natives out there?
how about the police running moonlight walks?
or the anti abortion ads that used to be on trucks and on the university campus showing graphic photos?
there's more than you there.
GrindingGears
in reply to FaceDeer • • •On the anger about Albertans being painted as lunatics and compared to Texas, I mean come on, you don't need stats or polls to see how that is. Not when the press focuses in, rightfully, on our premier who has both a pick-me complex, and insists on (loudly) representing the most grossest, fringest interests, which are wildly xenophobic, authoritarian, science denying, treasonist and corrupt in it's wildest extremes. Which is baffling when you consider that it's a pretty small number of our overall population that actually is represented by this nonsense. That only have power because of our distorted ways that we vote for representation, and weird ass governments that completely rug pull and stand for mandates they refuse to acknowledge at election time, because their wackadoodle party keeps getting hijacked and controlled by these fringe unelected people.
So don't be confused or have shocked Pikachu face or anything when people outside (or inside) the province paint us with these brushes. It's deserved, because we keep allowing it to happen. We keep allowing these people to
... show moreOn the anger about Albertans being painted as lunatics and compared to Texas, I mean come on, you don't need stats or polls to see how that is. Not when the press focuses in, rightfully, on our premier who has both a pick-me complex, and insists on (loudly) representing the most grossest, fringest interests, which are wildly xenophobic, authoritarian, science denying, treasonist and corrupt in it's wildest extremes. Which is baffling when you consider that it's a pretty small number of our overall population that actually is represented by this nonsense. That only have power because of our distorted ways that we vote for representation, and weird ass governments that completely rug pull and stand for mandates they refuse to acknowledge at election time, because their wackadoodle party keeps getting hijacked and controlled by these fringe unelected people.
So don't be confused or have shocked Pikachu face or anything when people outside (or inside) the province paint us with these brushes. It's deserved, because we keep allowing it to happen. We keep allowing these people to abuse us and control the narrative about who we are.
FaceDeer
in reply to GrindingGears • • •Oh yes, I know why people have picked up a distorted and prejudiced view of Albertans.
Should I go "oh, okay then, carry on believing that and propagating the stereotype?"
It's true that we've got a terrible premier. It is not true that it's "unsafe" for tourists to visit. It's not true that "everyone in Alberta thinks being compared to Texas is a compliment." And so I will call those falsehoods out when they're propagated.
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in reply to droopy4096 • • •I would actually say Alberta politics are insane, but disregarding that, people here are still usually friendly enough. Yes racism and bigotry is still (baffling) a universal experience, something you could possibly come into contact with, well, just about anywhere in the world.
Are you going to get a sideways look somewhere? I mean maybe, can't say for sure you won't. But are you going to get run out of town by people bearing pitchforks and torches? Well no. I can almost say for certainty that won't happen anywhere in our country. A Canadian, even the goofy ass hillbilly ones that shout at clouds and vaccines on Facebook, would file that under something pretty god damn weird. And we collectively largely ignore those ones. Behind their backs we point and laugh at them too, so fear not.
Come see our country OP. It's beautiful, and almost universally welcoming and accessible. Don't forget your coat this time of year, it sure is beautiful but it's also cold as shit in certain areas. Personally I think the atmosphere adds to the beauty.
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in reply to Misfit-Meower • • •I’d say generally yes. Of course, there are still assholes like in any country.
Cities are generally quite multicultural with people from everywhere. Every major Canadian city I’ve visited has seemed to be quite friendly.
I’ve seen people say to avoid Alberta in this thread. Generally, unless you are going to Middle of Nowhere, Alberta where their yearly tourism consists of a single person stopping by to get gas, you’ll be perfectly fine.
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in reply to ilost7489 • • •My friends who live in Alberta get racially profiled all the time, they are natives. Alberta is the most conservative province, still happens outside that province but not as extreme. You will have to learn Québécois(French Canadian) if you move to Quebec.
My parents will say it behind your back, and be very racist/transphobic, if you are not white and straight. But not everyone is like that. It saddens me, but they are in their 60's. But usually no one will be racist to your face, from my experience living in Ontario.
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in reply to Misfit-Meower • • •Canada is very welcoming and people are friendly. After living abroad for a decade I can say it pretty confidently. Nowhere is perfect but the level of racism in Canada is very low compared to the things I’ve seen in Europe and Asia.
Not sure how it is where you’re from but don’t get caught thinking because Canada is safe that you can be careless with your stuff, don’t let your guard down with personal belongings. Don’t leave your things unattended in cafes or shops, don’t leave your mobile phone on the table, and especially don’t leave anything in your car if rent a car. Canada is safe but there is still a lot of petty theft... you won’t get mugged but someone might try to swipe your backpack at a cafe when you aren’t looking.
Typotyper
in reply to kahnclusions • • •I'll add that over the past few years the homeless situation has gotten out of hand. For my small town (pop 46k) this is the source of our rise in crime. Garbage, abandoned tent encampments, vandalism, B&E, etc.
We get tourists to the beach near us but very few international tourists.
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in reply to Misfit-Meower • • •I would say that Canadians are friendly especially from other countries. But it depends, and it's a massive asterisks on It Depends*.
In general Canadians keep to themselves and don't like starting things. So we are either very friendly or at a bare minimum indifferent. Depending on the individual they may say things behind your back. (I've found some people here to be passive aggressive).
However the further away from cities you get, the more people who you'll find that are not so friendly. They won't be actively hostile towards you but you may feel unwelcomed. The company I work with has a multinational workforce that assist older people in rural communities. And while most will not say it to their face (I hope). The racist/sexists/homophobic phrases I've heard come out from their mouths was surprising to me and is disgusting. This is sadly true for both rural Southern Ontario and the Maritime Provence's.
I can't say much about the larger urban areas. From what I've heard, and seen blasted on social media, some people bring their baggage with them when they com
... show moreI would say that Canadians are friendly especially from other countries. But it depends, and it's a massive asterisks on It Depends*.
In general Canadians keep to themselves and don't like starting things. So we are either very friendly or at a bare minimum indifferent. Depending on the individual they may say things behind your back. (I've found some people here to be passive aggressive).
However the further away from cities you get, the more people who you'll find that are not so friendly. They won't be actively hostile towards you but you may feel unwelcomed. The company I work with has a multinational workforce that assist older people in rural communities. And while most will not say it to their face (I hope). The racist/sexists/homophobic phrases I've heard come out from their mouths was surprising to me and is disgusting. This is sadly true for both rural Southern Ontario and the Maritime Provence's.
I can't say much about the larger urban areas. From what I've heard, and seen blasted on social media, some people bring their baggage with them when they come to Canada. But outside of the rare aggressive/dangerous drivers in the cities, I haven't witnessed it myself.
In general be respectful, be kind, and don't go too far off the beaten tourist trail and you'll be fine.
Misfit-Meower
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in reply to Misfit-Meower • • •Canada is not a progressive shangri-la that media portrays. Cities are very multicultural, but those groups hate each other. Rural Canada is all white and full of hate. Quebec is fine in Montreal and Quebec city, but the rest of the province hates immigrants.
However, you will not encounter open hate and violence like the USA shithole.
jellygoose
in reply to SaveTheTuaHawk • • •Nice blanket generalization of a whole population.
Also, the most racist anti immigrant shit I see is from Ontarians and Albertans and about Indian-Canadians.
So, in other words; fuck off, asshole.
CanadaPlus
in reply to SaveTheTuaHawk • • •Yeah, I'm here. We have minorities (for some reason - you crossed an ocean, why Buttfuck, AB?) and everyone seems to get along at least in public. Not sure how much worse it is than the city on race issues, honestly, although I'm white and it makes it hard to tell. You'll have a lot more trouble if you're gay, and I try very hard to hide my politics.
Interestingly, Evangelicalism has been hit especially hard with a demographic shift as their missionary converts come back, and their white members leave.
Misfit-Meower
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