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Originally Posted by Table 5
Agree on this. I don't have a problem with something like Tim Hortons being popular and defined as a very Canadian thing... I have a problem with such a piece of crap product representing Canada. If we're going to be proud of something being Canadian, let's make sure that product is a leader on the international stage, not some milky dishwater that they scooped out of the Ganges.
We can be proud of our hockey, because we are one of the best. We can be proud of our Rocky Mountains, as they are world-class tourist destinations. We can be proud of our aerospace industry, our comedians, our high quality of life.
But being proud of 3rd rate coffee that would get you publicly shamed in most parts of the word? That's insulting to Canada.
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Wait, I wasn't very clear about that. I'm talking about how people point to everyone going to Tim's as "a bunch of fake national pride", because they're so intent on discrediting any sense of national pride here, when the reality is, in real life you rarely hear anyone say they go to Tim Horton's because it's the Canadian thing to do.
4X4 (I think) nailed this in another thread.
People go because it's the "McDonalds" of coffee shops. Yeah, the commercial's tug at the "We're part of the Canadian fabric" heart strings, but that's the commercials. In real life, I've never once heard someone proclaim that they go to Timmies for that reason. Literally everyone I know goes there because they've nailed a niche market in Canada.
And that's what the gear grinder is with the people that bash "nationalistic" Canadians. They see those commercials, get pissed off that people would be loyal to a fast food chain because of the fake national pride angle, and then go off on facebook and message boards about how stupid Canadians are for believing this, when in real life, almost no one is actually like this.