Questions for Americans

[sherbearee]

Growing up, I never really saw the difference between Canada and the US. They're both in North America, they both have English as an official language, and they share much of the same cultural norms. Many of the movies and TV shows I watched were American, though even if they were Canadian, I wouldn't be able to tell.

Until I was eating at a restaurant one say, and asked the waitress where the washroom was.

"Sorry, washroom?"

It baffled me that "washroom" wasn't a commonly used term in the US, and got me thinking about other differences that I hadn't noticed. Here are a few (albeit some rhetorical) questions for all of you:

1. Is milk held in bags weird to you?

I don't even think twice when I go out to buy bags of milk. I mean, doesn't separating the bags keep them fresher, longer?

2. Do you wear shoes at home?

Whenever there are house parties, dinners, etc. in movies, people are wearing their shoes, in their home. I've never seen that in real life - we always take off shoes at the door.

3. Did you know our police don't wear red and ride horses all day?

Hey look! They're wearing black, and they've got cars!

4. How do you pay for your healthcare?

It's really expensive. I mean if you have a job that covers insurance...

5. Does everyone own a gun?

Yes, self-protection, but isn't that thought a bit scary?

6. Why are your universities so expensive?

money. money. money. I'd have to sell my soul to afford university!

7. Have you never had ketchup chips?

They're delicious. Like crispy fries. With non-soggy ketchup!

8. Do you ever experience hostility when travelling to foreign countries?

I have never personally. Though I've heard that some Americans aren't treated very nicely during their travels... myth?

9. Why do people like Donald Trump?

I don't get it. But then again, I'm biased, because I only hear of the outrageous, extreme things he says - cause those are the kinds of things that media broadcasts.

When's the election anyway? I swear campaining has gone on forever.

10. How do you feel about our 18-19 drinking age?

Not that many people follow them anyway...

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I know some of this might just apply for me, but I'm still curious.

Thanks for reading; if you could provide any answers, that'd be great :)

[ChaosKilledTheDinos]

I'm an American going to university and living in Canada :) There are quite a few differences and it's very interesting to learn about. I like your more liberal atmosphere and how you guys embrace cold weather. Also... Tim's is better then DD, I'm ok with saying that haha.

1. I complain about bags of milk all the time to my housemates haha. That's another difference I've learned, we call them roommates and you call them housemates.
2. I almost always take my shoes off, but occasionally I'll keep them on. I actually kept them on for a bit today. But 9/10 I take them off at the door.
3. Huh? Ours wear blue. Your sirens kind of have a funny beep to it. I've seen cops on horses in cities too in the States.
4. It's definitely a burden for a lot of people. One thing that helps is that our taxes are lower than yours. Your taxes make up for that in a ways, or so its been explained to me. It's very weird just walking right out of doctor's offices though haha. The first time I was like, that's it, really, and the lady at the desk was just like "yup! welcome to Canada!"
5. No, although I think my dad might have one. Although it's from like WWII that my grandfather brought back. And I don't think it fires... but I think he still needed to like register it or something? I don't know. I'm pro-tighter gun laws. I think it's as nuts as the rest of the world does, and plenty of other Americans feel that ways as well.
6. Some are private and I don't know really. Community college or going to an in-state school makes it a bit cheaper. I would have gone to a school out of state anyways so international fees are the same if I had gone to a school in CT or PA or something. Still wish I had a Canadian parent though haha, would have been cheaper.
7. No I haven't.
8. Not because I'm American, although here I get teased for saying things a certain way / my slight accent. And yes, you guys do say "hoose", "soorry", and "oot". But I love it, so it's all good. I did have some bad experiences in England. A guy tried to take a ring off my finger while I was at a club and a guy grabbed my ass on a bus. I had heard the quebecois really didn't like Americans and were rude but when I went to Osheaga in Montreal all I met were incredibly nice and helpful people.
9. Not many people actually do. He's an embarrassment, but entertaining.
10. I like 19. I don't think you should be able to drink while still in hs, although I know taking an extra year is an option for students in hs here

[sherbearee]

thanks:) this is such a cool point of view... LOL the tims vs. DD debate.
What's hoose and oot?

[ChaosKilledTheDinos]

"Out" and "house" :) and thank you! I've really enjoyed living here and gaining the perspective I have now. Tim's is definitely better in the drink and dessert section. And the lunch menu has more options. I think DD does have better sandwiches though. But Iced Capps and the Iced Coffee is better at Tims.

[sherbearee]

really? Never heard oot and hoose! What province :O?
Aha yeah I prefer tims... DD has overly sweet drinks

[ChaosKilledTheDinos]

Everywhere, and for some reasons older adults have stronger accents. I don't know why or what it means. It's not exactly as it reads, we just say "out" like "owt" I guess? And you guys have more of an "oo" sound to it.

[ChaosKilledTheDinos]

I'm in Ontario though

[sherbearee]

maybe i just hear more from people my age, and have never noticed... but ah cool, i say owt XD
and same! happy studiess

[Anonymous]

Our healthcare in Canada is really expensive too. We just pay for it via taxes. If you make 60-90k/year, taxes are quite a lot higher in Canada. If you make 200k, it's not so different from higher tax states like california or NY.

University costs:
- same deal. You're comparing public Canadian universities with famous, private U. S. ones. The equivalent of Canadian universities is the State schools, some of which are mediocre (like ours) some of which are really good. State school for students in the state is much more reasonably priced.

Private universities cost a lot but believe it or not, actually spend far MORE then that. They typically have a big pile of investment money that's partially funding their costs. On top of that, their bursaries are enormous. If you look at Harvard, for example, first year tuition plus housing/food costs something like 50,000. If your parents only make say 120,000 a year, guess how much harvard actually charges you? 10,000. Which is actually LESS then you'd spend living in residence and going to many universities in Canada.

For the record, Canadian universities charge like 20,000 a year for tuition to foreign students. The difference between what you pay, and that is... made up from taxes.

[genuinlysensitive]

Lol, really, you think its expensive up there? Please come here to the US, and try to fill a simple prescription. Try and get the insurance company to actually pay for a life saving operation they said they would pay for two months ago, the cost of which would bankrupt you. I dare you!

As for the students at Harvard you are talking about a SMALL number of scholarship students. The scholarship pays the rest, so Harvard still gets the money, but if you are like the hundreds of millions that weren't "chosen" for a scholarship, well fuck you.

[sherbearee]

I understand how high our taxes are, though how would one pay for a medical emergency in the US?
And yeah, I am comparing slightly different situations. Even so, the international student tuition is 3-4 times higher in the states than Canada. Let's take UofT, the undergrad tuition for residents is 6000 - 14000, international is 18000+. A comparably ranked university, like Michigan, has in-state tuition of 15000, and out of state (or international) 43000... in US $ too :P
Getting into Harvard is the hard part!

But thank you for all the info! ^

[Opinion Owner]

@genuinelysensitive no I'm talking bursaries not scholarships. In any case Harvard loses money on students they cover it via their endowment. Same as every Ivy League school.

Canada has no public prescription plan. You need private insurance for drugs.

You think the government insurance is magically covering more things than in the uS? For the most part they cover the same or less. The only difference is that nobody else here is getting that treatment either.

[genuinlysensitive]

Nice try, my Aunt and Uncle live in Canada, you picked the wrong guy to try and bullshit. While yes technically, you need private insurance for drugs, the out of pocket costs are fractions compared to here in the US, because the Canadian government actually bothers to regulate instead of rubber stamp whatever the pill manufacturers want. The same medicine for my aunt is fractions of what it costs my parents. And unlike here where private insurance can simply agree to pay for life saving operations, then legally say "Psych" with no ramifications, and send people into debt just so a few greedy Wall St. pricks can get richer, by fucking over the entire US population.

As well literally every Canadian I have ever met agrees that their system is vastly superior to the US, which right now it is, unfortunately, and acknowledges it actually get people the care it needs. I'm beginning to doubt you are even a Canadian.

[genuinlysensitive]

"You think the government insurance is magically covering more things than in the uS?" I know that for the most part, yes they do. My aunt and uncle are far more covered than the health plan my parents have, and the same prescriptions as I mentioned, fractions of what my parents pay. I know you are going to find some example of an executive health plan for CEOs and use it as an example of all private health plans in the US, the truth is most plans in the US are shit, don't cover shit, and what they do cover they have various technicalities in order to get out of paying for what they "say" they will cover. Not to mentions the ridiculous premiums, detuctables, etc.

As for bursaries, that is another loophole example, as in return for not paying money the individual is usually required to work for the institution, basically "work of the debt", so once again it is hardly an act of altruism.

[SmartButBroke]

Cool idea.

1) Yes.

2) Your question is different from the description. I don't "wear shoes at home," and a lot of people don't--as in, when we're at our own house relaxing, we take our shoes off. But people don't take their shoes off at house parties.

3) I don't even know what you're talking about.

4) Jobs here don't all cover insurance. Obama messed us up with "ObamaCare," because now we are being forced to pay for insurance, his insurance options are inadequate, private insurance companies are taking advantage of everyone being forced to pay for insurance and offering worse coverage than they used to for more money, and jobs are finding ways to not offer insurance. Not all jobs covered their workers before, but now more jobs are doing things like hiring fewer people and making sure you don't work full time. Most of the affordable insurance plans now make you have to pay out of pocket until you reach $5000+, which most people won't do. This means... I'm not about to go to the doctor, and I'm praying I never have to go to the hospital again. It's too expensive. Same for others. Before ObamaCare, I had great insurance plans that were affordable and allowed me to only pay a small amount of any doctor's visit. Anyway, a big part of my paycheck goes towards paying health insurance.

5) Most people don't.

6) This is where the rest of my paycheck goes--student loans. Universities in the US are a scam, truthfully. Our society has been brainwashed into believing a college degree is important and opens all these doors, and that's not true anymore. But we're still being told this and people still believe it and break their necks trying to go to college. So schools are using this to prey on kids, sending literature out to teens with lies in them about employment rates after graduation and so on, and then 20-somethings get into the real world and realize they'd been tricked and can't get help from their schools in terms of careers. It's the best scam going, and it's hard to get in on it, i. e. your own school won't even hire you and share that scam money with you.

7) Nope.

8) Never been outside the US. My race is one reason--I don't know what to expect as a black person outside the US. It's also too expensive.

9) Campaigning lasts a year here, basically. I'll explain in a reply why people like Trump, because there's not enough space here.

10) It's too young, in my opinion, but people that age drink anyway regardless.

[SmartButBroke]

Okay, so why people like Trump... if you haven't noticed, Americans are quite xenophobic and overly patriotic. Not all, but, to be frank, mainly white Americans and some Americans who come from immigrant families that idealize (d) America to the point of blindness when it comes to our shortcomings. Also, the tone of our country right now in general is very "I'm sick of political correctness" and "white people are the real victims, and everyone else needs to shut up and stop complaining" and "geez, we have a black President, so that means we can be huge racial/ethnic/cultural @ssholes and then use that as an excuse to make people look silly for calling us out on it."

So, enter someone like Trump, who basically epitomizes everything I wrote above--overly patriotic, xenophobic, culturally insensitive, "enough with political correctness--I'm going to say exactly what I think." In other words, he is very much a reflection many people among the US population--especially white men here.

[sherbearee]

Wow, thanks a bunch :) really helpful!!
Travel to Canada haha - people are pretty chill, and it's diverse so race isn't even notable :)

[SmartButBroke]

I have heard some things about Canada racially. But I have wanted to go to Canada for years, and it's one of the few "other" countries I actually would go to. When I lived in Michigan, I had planned to visit Canada, being so close, but it ended up being harder to get there than I thought without a car (I just thought I could take Amtrak and be there in no time, but that wasn't true).

Thank you.

[genuinlysensitive]

1. Yes it is weird, and it causes more plastic to get into the milk, certain chemicals called phthalates have been shown to increase the risk for cancer.

2. No I prefer barefoot, so do most of the people whos houses I visit.

3. Lol we know, we just find Dudley Doright HILARIOUS!

4. We spend hours on the phone with a bunch of asshole bureaucrats at our insurance company, pouring over our policy which is obscenely long, specifically so that they can loophole their way out of paying for our healthcare. All so a small number of insanely rich people can get even more money by denying us healthcare or charging us more money than is needed. And that is the people who have it covered by their job!

5. No the truth is most Americans have never even fired a gun, going back to colonial times. Rural areas are more likely to have gun nuts, but not everyone in a rural area is a gun nut. Also, for the stupidest reasons ever conceived gun regulation is up to the individual states. So while my state New Jersey has good gun control laws, I can drive a couple hours to Tennessee, legally buy a dozen AK-47 and drive back. That is one reason you still have gun violence in states with good gun laws. The map you showed has number of guns per people, a small number of gun nuts have a lot of guns, not to mention a lot of those guns are also owned by firing ranges.

6. Our Universities are expensive mainly because the Government refuses to pay for our college, without charging us insane interest rates. You can get a LOAN from the government to pay for college, but you need to pay it back plus interest. How messed up is that. Not to mention since the government makes so much money off that they turn a blind eye to Universities essentially gouging the students.

7. They sounds delicious!

8. No not really, I haven't traveled much to other countries though.

9. I have no clue. Most the people I talk too don't like him, and I live in a very conservative area to boot. I don't think they really want him to be president I think they just want to see what crazy thing he says next, like Howard Stern.

10. Complete bullshit! But you are right people don't follow them. Then you have some HS kids who on graduation go up to Toronto just so they can get shitfaced in a bar. Ugh.

[sherbearee]

This is great x) thanks!!

[Matchmaker7072]

I have been on the waiting list for 7 months now in New Jersey. I intend on buying a single.22 rifle. I get it, we are the most densely populated state and am in favor of gun control here but this is just overkill. You explained right here how I could get the gun if I really wanted to but I'm not a criminal.

[Phoenix98]

1. Is milk held in bags weird to you?
Yes and it's impractical.

2. Do you wear shoes at home?
No I do not.

3. Did you know our police don't wear red and ride horses all day?
Honestly I figured you used white and black cop cars and basic police horses just like us.

4. How do you pay for your healthcare?
Either with our own money or with health insurance.

5. Does everyone own a gun?
That's a stereotype while a lot of people do own guns a lot of people also don't it just depends on were you live and what part of the country you are in.

6. Why are your universities so expensive?
It really depends on where you go actually, some will be expensive, some won't be I'm getting a degree in professional training, nutrition and the like from one of the best schools around for that field for less then 1,000$ and I could get the equivalent of the best degree possible in almost every area of that field for a less then 2,000$ it really just depends on where you choose to go.

7. Have you never had ketchup chips?
No I can honestly say I have not.

8. Do you ever experience hostility when travelling to foreign countries?
I've never traveled and it depends on were you go a lot of foreigners even ones as close as Canada are often pretty ignorant ( no offense ) when it comes to actually knowing what Americans are like a lot of them think we like how we are portrayed on the media as ignorant, rude and racist gun toting crazies. When in reality we are actually quite hospitable and nice people.

9. Why do people like Donald Trump?
Well he wants to bring us back to our roots how we used to be, he wants to kick out the illegal immigrants and reform immigration making it harder for bad and desperate people to sneak into the country and easier for people to actually become legal law biding citizens. Because immigration is a fantastic thing when it is legal, he wants to strengthen us so that no nation would dare attack us, bring money, jobs, companies, industry and innovation back to America. And he wants to rid the world of ISIS which I think is in everyone's interests. And he doesn't take crap from the media or bend over for politicians he knows how the game is played and he knows how to play it effectively which is what we need.

10. How do you feel about our 18-19 drinking age?
Personally I think if you are old enough to join the military and fight and die for your country then you are old enough to have a drink

[cavmanier]

Most waiters would understand washroom.

1. I've never seen bagged milk. I'm not sure if putting it in a bag would keep it fresher for longer. I think the reason milk goes rancid is due to bacteria. It may be possible to pasteurize milk enough to kill all of the bacteria in the bag but that would likely destroy more nutrients. I would have to research that.

2. No I don't like shoes worn at my place. I think it's less sanitary.

3. I've never thought about Canadian police. Not to be rude, but I haven't thought much about Canada in general. It doesn't interest me like at all. I'm more interested in our warm weathered southern neighbor, despite cartel risks.

4. My job pays the majority of my insurance premium. I have co pays on certain services though.

5. No most people don't own guns. I think the majority of gun owners own multiple guns which skew statistics. No I've never been scared of being shot. I've never seen a gun yielded in public. I have only seen them around police officers belts. It is illegal to have a gun loaded or unloaded in public in California. Transporting guns is only legal when it's unloaded and in a locked container or in the trunk of a car.

6. I'm not sure how our university prices compare. Here we have junior colleges which are very cheap. The tuition cost $46 a unit currently. 12 units is considered full time college so tuition would cost $552. If a person has a low income the tuition is waived when filling out a form. Expensive huh? On top of that low income students can qualify for financial aid which is free money when they take courses. When I went to school a person could get about $1,600 in money they never pay back per semester (twice a year). I don't know what the rate is now. We have schools that cost different amounts. In California a California resident can go to a state school for about $5,000/year. Private schools can charge whatever price they want. We have Universities of California here that cost $12,000/year. So it's possible to pay $10,000 for tuition after 2 years of free junior college and state tuition minus the free money the government gives. Expensive? The issue here isn't so much tuition costs. Where I live $10,000 will only pay for an apartment for about 6 months. So a lot of kids live at home.

7. Never heard of ketchup chips.

8. I've never experienced national discrimination, except on here. This is the only place I've ever really heard of it.

[cavmanier]

9. Well some probably agree with Donald's policies. Maybe they like that he seems assertive. I bet a lot like that he appears honest and isn't trying to tell people what they want to hear. I think election day is November 2nd. Here politicians try and gain delegates staggered though each state for about 3/4 of a year.

10. Well I don't think drinking is great for anyone personally. Alcohol is a brain toxin. 18 used to be the legal age but in the 1980s Women against drunk driving were motivated by car deaths so they put pressure on the Reagan administration and he changed the law. From what I understand, the change in drinking age hasn't affected drunk driving, but not 21 being the legal age has become a social norm.

[sherbearee]

Wow, thanks a bunch. Really informative ^.^

[Matchmaker7072]

1 yes
2 sometimes
3 yea Jim Lahey is Canada's finest police officer
4 I'm on my Dads health insurance plan
5 I think it is fairly expensive but consider it high quality. Never have to wait to long to see a specialist.
6 The schools, government, and private loan companies are all in bed. Our universities teach so many trivial classes that don't help the student get jobs. The students come out of college in debut sometimes at crushing rates with a degree that lacks job demand. These universities get plenty of government subsidies to top it off. Everyone wins but the student with loans
7no
8 Nope. You guys & gals + mexico treated us very nicely :)
9 We don't have many options. the primaries start Monday and come to my state in June. This just selects the nominee and I will not be voting for him in that election, however when the national election comes if he's the nominee I'll be boxed in. Hillary Clinton is opaque and purchased by her donors and as far as Bernie goes I'll never vote for a socialist... I dislike trump but he is largely popular for being the guys who's going to take on the establishment candidates.
10 Coming from an Italian American family I would abolish the drinking age. I drank wine from a young age and drank heavy in college but really grew out of it.

[Matchmaker7072]

Whoops my 5 is 4 and
5. No it's about 1 in 3 households where I live. I've been on the waiting list for 7 months now to get my rifle. Yup that's right 7 month waiting list in America. The entire country doesn't have easy access to guns believe it or not.

[sherbearee]

Glad to hear that your travels were pleasant:)
thanks for all the info!

[Matchmaker7072]

Anytime! I learned a lot too.

[golani]

i'll answer as someone who was raised exactly half in america and half in israel. i've been back and forth throughout my 22 years on this earth.

1. Is milk held in bags weird to you?
no... it makes more sense

2. Do you wear shoes at home?
never. my mom would yell at us to take our shoes off at the door.

3. Did you know our police don't wear red and ride horses all day?
i never thought about your police. by the way Canadians and americans are very very similar.. i know plenty of Canadians.

4. How do you pay for your healthcare?
in america i have the poor people healthcare cause i dont receive income there lol, but here its free.

5. Does everyone own a gun?
no but its scary how easy it is to get guns of any kind. why do civilians need assault rifles?

6. Why are your universities so expensive?
money money money

7. Have you never had ketchup chips?
probably at some point

8. Do you ever experience hostility when travelling to foreign countries?
sometimes. plenty of people hate america.. but at the end of the day most people around the world would kill to have an American passport. i actually feel blessed to have US citizenship.

9. Why do people like Donald Trump?
he conveys power and leadership, and thats exactly what america needs right now. not a woman who got cheated on. or colonel sanders.

10. How do you feel about our 18-19 drinking age?
its logical... 21 is a random number. kids are able to buy guns or, go to the army and get sent off and die or come back fucked in the head, yet they cannot sit at a restaurant with their family and order a beer. however, just because 18-19 is the drinking age in most places besides america does not mean you can get into any bar or club.

[Falling4UTC]

I feel bad for my friends Lennon and Maisy Stella. They moved to Nashville and dont have the luxuries of ketchup chips and bagged milk haha. Every time they come for a trip to Canada they store up on ketchup chips and different chocolates and foods. by the way if you wanna hear them sing they'll be on TV tomorrow singing the anthem for the NHL game.

I heard something about an us election going on on my birthday, November 8th.
I hate Donald trump, if he is president I am scared the whole world will break out in war.

[sherbearee]

Aha yeah! i mean ketchup chips!! yum.
that's so cool though, good for them!

[Other_Tommy_Wiseau]

1- never seen 1 before
2- depends on the family. for me, it depends how lazy i am
3- cool. wanna cookie?
4- out of pocket and 3rd party insurance. yours is just as expensive, but subsidized through taxes
5- not everyone owns a gun. most people have never seen or used 1 and yes, i have 1 and use it
6- see 4
7- I don't know if it's a thing, but i don't like ketchup so i stick to plain
8- not really. people notice, but it's not like they care that much
9- i don't
10- who cares? no one knows why because when you go to college at 17/18/19, you're gonna be drinking and a lot start at 15/16 anyways

[Other_Tommy_Wiseau]

also, why is this a mytake and not a question?

[sherbearee]

I didn't to want to make 10 questions. And you've been here long enough to know how people react to long questions or multiple Q posted under one..
But cool, thanks for info:)

[LadyMari10]

1. I visited Canada, so the first time I was like "What?" It's not weird to me now.
2. No, I take my shoes off at the door. I don't like tracking in outside dirt.
3. Ha, yes I was aware.
4. My job provides me with a medical plan.
5. I don't. I can't speak for others.
6. I don't know, but I worked hard in high school to get a scholarship.
7. No.
8. No. I've been to a few countries. I am quiet, respectful, and inquisitive. People have always been welcoming and friendly to me wherever I went.
9. I don't get it.
10. I don't really like alcohol, so I wouldn't drink it at 18 (if I was still 18). I wish people were more responsible with their drinking, since they aren't just endangering themselves but others (say while driving). Adults are guilty of this, too. But they also text and drive... another bad one.

[QuestionMan]

Canadian here
2. Depends on whose house I'm in, different people have different rules but usually shoes stay on. It's at my home that they're off.
4. I'll take paid more efficient healthcare over the 'free' version we have. More people die in the hospital from waiting each year and nothing is being done.
6. Still expensive here too
9. He's funny

[sherbearee]

yepp i know you're a fellow Canadian :)
I don't know... then healthcare wouldn't be available to everyone. Better that people have a chance to access it than no chance at all, in my opinion.
Yeah, uni's expensive, too... just not as much i believe.
I guess it doesn't matter TOO much who gets elected for us

[QuestionMan]

I personally know people that go to the US and pay for healthcare because they'll get treated sooner.
The government sucks at running businesses that's why we should leave it to the private sector. We need a ton of small businesses to take up the mantle and drive the price of healthcare down, that way everyone can have access at a low price and the taxes that went into our healthcare system would be put towards fighting poverty.

Uni should be free and there needs to be massive reforms to our educational system, that's something the European countries got right.

Well we got Trudeau and that made a huge difference. Even though I didn't like Harper I'm starting to miss him. I guess you don't know what you have until it's gone.

[sherbearee]

I don't personally now anyone - seems a bit like a hassle - when you can just book appointments. ER is always there (though sluggish)
The gvt sucks are running business, i agree. They aren't business people, but politicians - which is another reason why Trump for pres is an odd position.
But making uni free would be so expensive! So much money we do not have... And I didn't know European countries were free? Only to domestic students, right?
Trudeau's popular with the younger generation... what do you think of him?

[QuestionMan]

Book an appointment? I'm not talking about check ups, I'm talking about non life threatening injuries such as a broken leg or arm. No one should have to wait 8-10 hours just to see a doctor, it's inhumane.

We've got plenty of money we're just spending it in all the wrong places. We need to invest in the future generation so they can make Canada better. In Europe specifically Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway it is free for domestic students. In Denmark students get paid to study.
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In Germany international students can study for free as well as in some other countries but in Germany you get to study in English.

I don't like Trudeau I voted against him. I was tired of Harper so I just put down Mulcair in hopes of a minority Liberal government. He says deficit like it's a good thing and already is spending tax payer money on nannies, vacations and who knows what else.

[sherbearee]

I agree... i mean last time i split my scalp, i waited 3 hours... bloody mess , literally haha
Maybe that's why those countries are so high-ranked in citizen satisfaction/happiness... But it also means that the country can't really expand, or become a "global" leader very influential in crisis. The countries you names are the one's who spend the money on its residents, while Canada spends it on international affairs, eg. refugees right now...
I guess. I didn't pay much attention since i couldn't vote anyway. But Layton was better

[QuestionMan]

3 hours wow that's lucky. The only time I went to the hospital (I was playing tag and ran really fast into a fence) I waited 8 hours and then the doctor told me it was either stitches or I could let it heal on it's own. I decided to go with the latter. Ever since I've been more careful.

Does a country need to be a global leader? At first I used to think that Canada should play a larger role and expand our bombing runs in Syria but when I did more research on the conflict I realized how complex it truly was and us being involved would only make things worse.

Denmark is actually not accepting any refugees and it has been ranked the best country in the world.

No party truly represents my views since I'm a centrist; I'm actually thinking of writing a myTake about centrism since I get labelled a conservative too often on this site just because of my stances on some issues.

I guess you'll vote in the next one :)

[Katy16]

1. Yes

2. Yes

3. No

4. my parents have insurance

5. not everyone, but around where I live most people do. I'd like to get one. It's not scary because it's normal

6. id like to know that myself lol

7. no thst sounds disgusting

8. I've never been to one

9. again no clue, he's funny but yeah no clue

10. I guess it's fine

[Nivekian]

1: I grew up poor so I saw a lot of bags of milk, though it was powdered.
2: Depends on the household and type of party.
3: Knew it and never cared.
4: Never had it.
5: I don't own one, but many people do.
6: Greed
7: Yuck. Ketchup is the fruit of all evil!
8: Nope, but people I know have.
9: I haven't a clue how he could be liked.
10: Age limitits are dumb.

[Chief16]

Also you forgot to ask why they pocket enough nukes to scorch the earth and the moon and mars.

[sherbearee]

and probably enough to do that 3 times over..

[LovelyComputerVirus]

Canadian police wear red with funny hats and ride moose, not horses. You will not convince me otherwise 😂

[Tonga]

1. yes very
2. no, never
3. of coarse
4. I don't know
5. I don't know what to think of that
6. I don't know, why?
7. eeeewwwwwwww!
8. what do you mean?
9. I hate him
10. with my parents drinking once a week I've always wanted to try it

[Dylanguest1989]

The election nomination is in July and the election for president is in November. I'd vot for Hilary or Bernie or a 3rd party person before I vote republican or trump

[AnonGal66]

I live in Canada and I totally agree with u

[sherbearee]

LOL yeah... confusing huh?

[AnonGal66]

But what's so WRONG about bagged milk? It's easy to travel and it lasts longer. Some other countries use it as well. We also do use cartons, but usually bagged. One thing you forgot is they use farenheight instead of Celsius. They're the only country that does that.

[sherbearee]

I don't know, the UK uses bags too! It's more fresh and convenient, in my opinion.
Yeah, i was gonna go on about imperial vs metric system but... xD

[pavlove]

what... what madness is this?

[sherbearee]

what? where? lol

[KBob93]

I can't wrap my head around milk bags!

[Gooseman]

I'm Canadian and loved this take! Good going!