Meh-why get so upset about a joke? Not sure how the math works out for Canada, but there was talk about the USA offering every Greenlander 1 Million USD to vote to become part of the USA.

Not sure if I would be alone in this, but if Trudeau offered me 1M to become part of Canada, I would take that offer. I live in California, which is basically an overpriced socialist suburb of the USA.

Country is such a dumb abstraction. It’s just the entity that collects your taxes and wastes your money. If I’m Canadien, I’m not getting mad, I’m asking what’s in it for me and hoping Trump isn’t crazy enough to mobilize the military to do it by force.

All things considered, it would be no contest militarily-I’d strongly reconsider your urge to fight to the death to protect what again? A flag…a boundary…who collects and wastes your taxes. Nobody would take your poutine away bro. We could all be brothers-we’re basically step brothers right now anyway.

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As a dual citizen who’s lived in the states since childhood, I often feel conflicted, but not about this.

There are far too many Americans who never learned what happened in the war of 1812 when some hothead decided we could annex Canada. It didn’t pan out, and the British troops defending it captured DC and burned the Capitol and the White House. Mind you, Britain was smack in the middle of dealing with the Napoleonic Wars at the time. Our War of 1812 was just a brushfire conflict to them, a sideshow.

Canada’s not the kind of place you just annex on a whim. I’m with you; if it comes to it, I’ll volunteer.

NTA as Canadian I find it extremely offensive as well. Unfortunately the standard is set by their leader who is the most unleader-like person in speech and manner I have ever seen. I don’t understand when it be okay became okay for a world leader to speak in such a aggressive and quite frankly uneducated manner about politics and political allies.

Also many people are just tone deaf and I suspect the person making that joke is the same person that would tell a barista to smile more it makes her prettier. They just find themselves hilarious and make jokes that are mean spirited

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As an American who has spent quite a bit of time in Canada I can say that you are rightly proud to be Canadian and to have your own country.

Each nation is slightly different in ways that can be surprising, humorous and confounding all at the same time. The 51’st state BS comes from people who probably have never been to Ottawa, Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Winnipeg or Rivière-du-Loup.

The world needs Canada for ketchup flavored potato chips and unusual winter sports involving ice.

NTA – Fellow Canadian here. If someone “joked” to my face about the 51st state bs, I can assure you they would never speak me to again once I was done with them. You are never the AH for standing up for your country while its sovereigntry is being threatened by Nazis. My family immigrated from Ukraine to Canada, my grandmother would die for a second time if she knew what was happening to her beloved homeland. I will defend Canada until the end.

Imo- NTA. I’m an American and I think it’s cool that you love coming here, but I agree. Those jokes are dumb. I also think the “americans age better than everyone else” is dumb. I love America personally, it has its faults but I do think America is a great country to live in. But that doesn’t make a person from America any better than a person from somewhere else??

NTA. It’s a bad and ignorant joke. I didn’t even know it was a thing and I go to Canada all the time, so to hear Canadians were already tired of it before a threat was made was a shock. Maybe now your neighbors will wait the extra 3 seconds to rub two brain cells together before opening their mouth to say something insensitive and stupid. 

YTA Lol bruh this is a misguided view of how “great” either country is. if you are gonna take up arms there’s a lot of folks in both countries whose land was stolen and are enslaved or cannot afford to take care of their families with multiple jobs who could use your help now.

I like how conservatives’ response to the whole Israel Palestine thing has been “heh call me
Old school but I like to defend our allies”

Now suddenly trump is in office and suddenly that good will to Allies goes down the drain with Canada.

Hahaha! Peculiar eh?

NTA.

I’m biased tho, since I’m a proud Canadian. But honestly, ur neighbor can fuck off. Some things aren’t jokes—like the sovereignty of ur country. No American would like it if we started calling the U.S. the 11th province. So, no, u didn’t do anything wrong.

Sorry man. I have a dear Canadian pal who has been my emotional support Canadian since the election. I absolutely hope that Canada is not too inconvenienced or harmed by the buffoonery that is happening in the US, and thank you for being a beacon of hope to us.

NTA – a joke is only funny if everybody’s laughing.

Would he laugh if you made a joke about buying his daughter? Two-timing him with his wife? Taking some of his shit for yourself? Probably not. So why should you laugh, if he jokes about taking your country?

Trump pulling this shit with Canada is possibly one of the stupidest things an American administration has ever done, with the exception of the various times we were lied into wars. Feel free to let everyone know that. Obviously you are not the asshole.

NTA. I’m a dual Canadian-American living in the US, and I’d defect back to Canada and fight for the Canadian side if something like that were to happen. I love both my homelands. But we work better as siblings than a shmushed pile of limbs.

Americans love to give each other a hard time, and everyone else. I think the suggestion here to turn the joke back on them is a good idea. It’s not that deep, friend. No one actually thinks we are taking over Canada.

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There are some things you don’t fuck around with and right at the top of the list is a person’s identity and home. There is nothing funny about the 51st state crap. You neighbor sounds like an idiot.

Americans think it would be a privilege to join their county, and dont seem to understand why Canadians wouldnt want that.

As a canadian fuck that, as long as this continues the usa is an enemy to canada

I‘m an American and I’m sick of seeing those jokes too. It’s absolutely bizarre that people think Trump’s not serious about this, and what would happen if he tried that is very much not funny.

Nah, your ntah. I’ve had yanks tell me Australia is America’s little cousin. The fuck we are. Sure we’re mate’s, but that’s all.

Hold onto your values mate, no one else will for you.

You can choose how to take jokes. Instead of getting upset, I would’ve turned it on them and joked “Nah, you got it backwards, we’re going to take you over and name you Canada Jr.”

I’m an American vet and if the orange turd tried to attack Canada i will come up and help you’all fight back.

You’re right, it’s just half our country is passionately dumb.

Anytime someone breaks up another person’s echo chamber by saying something that doesn’t fit into the conservative media propaganda, an angel gets its wings.

NTA and I’m an American. That’s not a joke that is literally a threat. You should have called them colonizers because that’s what they are “joking” about.

Did you see the ice football game where Canadians boo”d during the US national anthem. The players had 3 fights. End result East Alaska lost.

There’s a little known fact about jojes: they’re supposed to be funny. Making comments about annexing a sovereign nation is not funny.

NTA: Any American that jokes about Canada being the 51st state is a COWARD who would not stand up to the tyranny of Trump.

Just gotta hit em with don’t worry you guys will be speaking Russian soon with those Russian assets you have in power

Say it more often. Say it with malice. Ask the ignorant Americans if they realize how much bloodshed there would be.

As an American, I would take up arms right beside you. Tyranny is tyranny, regardless of which side you fall on.

NTA. It wasn’t a funny joke.

Next time you see him, ask him how excited he is for Denmark to buy California.

It’s not really a joke. We view you as an irrelevant waste of land that could be greatly utilized. 

YTA. Massive asshole. To react that strongly is juvenile and immature at best. Hit a nerve did he?

American here- you are NTA!

That crap isn’t funny and you have every right to be offended.

NTA Perfectly reasonable response to the threat of your country being taken from you.

I got news for you buddy, he absolutely WAS intending to be offensive. NTA

Sorry. Could not begin to explain what’s going on with our country now.

NTA, the joke is offensive and your reaction is more than normal.

NTA. It’s past time they get told the truth about themselves.