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The community dedicated to boycotting the US until they stop fascism, restore full democracy and start following international law.
Americans have a moral obligation to resist Donald Trump and project 2025 at every turn.
America is a flawed democracy currently being ruled by oligarchs. Stop the backslide! Dont let America become the next Hungary.
America needs to challenge the court rulings of citizens united v. fec and shelby county v. holder, protect the media, implement independent district drawing, and the single transferable vote so they don't end up having people stay home in life-changing elections because they cannot vote for their favourite candidate.
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American policy is tearing apart homes, ruining people’s lives, causing harm to vulnerable people, triggering layoffs and upheaval worldwide, normalizing graft and corruption at the highest levels, and is putting an end the democratic process.
So yes, let’s talk about how some rich tourists feel a bit bad. It’s their struggles that we really need to focus on.
if you are US American abroad right now just do what tesla owners have done with swapping honda badges on their trunks and hoods so just start sewing Canadian flags onto all your luggage and jackets
This was standard during the Iraq war. We're bringing it back. Making America great again!
That wasn’t cool before and it’s less cool now.
The flag. It’s a big fucking lie and not much different than stolen valor or wearing a cultural outfit.
In the mid 2000’s I was down in Mexico I had my flag on something, I was talking to a person selling hats on the street. We got chatting and he says he would give me a hat for $20 because I am Canadian, when I pulled out a piece of paper with the queen on it the saler said no no $20 US. When I heard that I put the queen away and went to another person selling hats.
I am guessing the person was used to US people putting on our flag to make them look good.
That’s a weird conclusion, I think. I would have just thought he didn’t want to bother with exchanging Canadian dollars, or even more simply, that he wanted 20 USD and 20 CAD is less than that.
Fair point however I will counter with: do not be talking up Canada to a Canadian tourist, ask for a 20 and get grumpy when they pull out the head of the commonwealth rather then some dead white guy.
pretend to be canadian all you want; it's still obvious and anyone that has met a canadian will be able to tell the difference.
just like the tesla rebadging. a polished turd is still a turd.
It became a running joke (at least in my circles) that if you want to spot a Canadian, look for a Roots bag or MEC gear. Only Americans would wear a Canadian flag. Though this was before Roots enshittified and offshored all their manufacturing to China, and before MEC dissolved their co-op through evil shenanigans and went privately-owned.
2000% tariff on little canadian flags for american tourists
I voted against the orange felon. I don't expect sympathy, but I also expect to be treated like any other tourist. Really naive to believe that every American is an orange cunt supporter when not even half even came out to vote and only slightly more of those voted orange. Most of his base has never been outside of their state.
We're not entitled to anything. If other countries don't feel up to enthusiastically hosting people from the US right now, that's their right. This kind of attitude is proving the broader point.
Tourism is pretty much the only reason some countries are still around. Not asking for preferential treatment - just don't be an asshole to someone that's there to respectfully explore your culture or enjoy your weather.
You will be treated like other tourist if you behave like other tourists. Other tourists don't act in denial about their shortcomings. Other tourists don't think every "foreign person" wants to go to America if they can afford it. Other tourists haven't been brainwashed from a young age on American exceptionalism and just see it as a country as any other.
Stupid tourists aren't limited to America though, there are raunchy imbeciles from Australia, UK, and Canada too that leave a mess in other countries. But there are certain cultural tells that make it obvious when someone is American. For example if they get upset when a store doesn't accept USD cash. Pretty much everyone outside the US knows their money is only guaranteed to be good within their own country.
Yep, have experienced that working retail, they hand you USD, which we convert, and give CAD change. They get irate that they are American and should get USD back...buddy we don't carry USD or all foreign currency, we are doing you a service by allowing a foreign currency at all, rather than you having to go to a bank first
I struggle to imagine any reason to use cash unless you're a drug dealer. CCs will convert for you.
? Weird take. Cash is the legal tender. Credit Card is a slippery slope that gets people to overspend and extort fees. Cash is still highly used all over the works for daily transactions, even though google and apple wallet exist. Not every vendor wants MC/Visa to have a 4% cut of their sales either .
I don't mind covering CC fees to avoid the hassle/danger of cash when I'm traveling and in general tbh.
Sure but some vendors don't want to pay MC or Visa the skim % they take from profit, so cash is sometimes preferred
That's what I mean. I'm happy to cover that. Bunch of small retailers have a notice that there's a 3% surcharge for CC transactions. Well worth it for me.
Ah, I see
Buddy, you might not be American, but the comments you are making is indicative of that exact American expectation: the expectation of whatever has worked for you personally at home, works in the exact same way everywhere else in the world. It's not entirely your fault. You are on lemmy.ca Canadian community, btw.
Now for the reasons for cash: On one hand, converting and bringing foreign currency before your trip starts is a smart idea, since in many countries cash transactions are a lot more commonplace than cashless, though in big cities you will be able to get by easier. On the other, some American credit card companies seem to (very Americanly) assume by default that your credit card is stolen as soon as it leaves the USA, and sometimes it is a annoying process to get it working again from outside the US. So having local currency is good as a backup.
I am American. Naturalized almost 30 years ago. Proud to be one while also proud to be in a country where I can safely say I'm anti orange cunt and everything his supporters stand for.
My comment on cash was in support of what was said above. I've traveled a lot to my birth country of Ukraine before credit cards were a thing there and never had any issues with local currency or expected them to accept dollars.
I've also been all over Canada and paid with whatever retailer accepts if I wanted to do business there.
I'm also happy to cover CC fees for small retailers because I personally prefer to not deal with cash especially when I travel.
None of that is in the article. Just an elderly couple who don't want to be recognized as Americans because they fear they will be treated worse than other tourists.
Obviously if you behave like an obnoxious piece of shit you deserve to be treated like one. That has nothing to do with your citizenship.
Sure. And likewise in the article there is no indication that American tourists are being treated differently in Paris at the moment, this is just advanced precaution on the part of the tourists. I'm just reminding you that no amount of maple leaves will cover for rude and obnoxious behaviour.
I'm just reminding you that no amount of maple leaves will cover for rude and obnoxious behaviour.
You did it with generalized statements that showed a bias based on nationality. It’s always fun to see comments like yours because it’s classic confirmation bias.
Those types of American tourists stand out for their behavior and you come to expect it and look for it, you don’t see the ones that make an effort, that try to follow local customs and norms and be polite guests.
To be fair, I can’t really blame you. I don’t like American “tourists” in my state. I often find myself checking plates while driving and grumbling about tourists screwing up the local traffic.
Fair point. There are a lot of polite Americans, and Americans are still very welcome here in Canada and pretty much everywhere. In my earlier reply, I gave some specific examples that are uniquely American amongst the small subset of obnoxious tourists.
Not even half even came out to vote
That's still a responsibility they must bear from enabling fascism by doing nothing.