What do Americans have to worry about that Canadians dont?

everything

Surprise medical bills; random shootings; a fascist dictator leading the country; the complete and entire erosion of the rule of law

a fascist dictator leading the country; the complete and entire erosion of the rule of law
It's more relevant in the states right now, but this is something we should all worry about all the time.
- To clarify for anyone who missed it:
  Trump made a law that states that the president of the US is above the law.
  This means that, even after the next election, he could remain president, since the laws that prevent this don’t apply to him. He could also just straight up shoot one in the streets and wouldn’t be able to be punished.
~~leading~~ destroying
Ftfy

The gestapo, apparently.

I think we might need a book to answer that. A comment seems insufficient.

....are you joking right now?

continue
- The radioactive fascist clown squatting in our Whitehouse and kidnapping people off the streets in broad daylight has made a couple news publications. Maybe you've seen one or two headlines.
  Oh, and by squatting, I mean literally squatting down and taking an actual shit on our constitution, not squatting like inhabiting illegally, because apparently the majority of our country actually asked for this.

Healthcare

Food. Shelter. Healthcare. In a lot of places water. Just staying in general is markedly more difficult.

Have you seen Canadian house prices?
- Canada has some of the least affordable cities in North America but it also has some of the most affordable cities. If you are able to move then Canada has some very affordable options. But I appreciate that the ability to move is a luxury that many folks don’t have because of circumstances like family commitments.
- No but in my neighborhood it's 3.5kUSD/month for a one bedroom studio
Trust me, we worry about shelter and food and electricity
Lol. We have ~3 grocery stores and everyone knows they collaborate to rip us off. I'd take food off the list.
It's been a while since I checked, but I think Vancouver was the most expensive city for a while in terms of property values and rent. Nowhere is as cheap as cheap US areas, and southern Ontario is close to Vancouver. It should be getting a bit better, but that's because the government went into disaster mode to fix it.
The healthcare and water are legit, though.

Canada invading from the north

The Danes will come for you.
- As an Aussie I fully support being annexed by Denmark

A friend in the US told me: I cannot work more hours because I need to keep my income at specific range to be able to qualify for provisional or federal medical insurance.

This is so fucked up.

Literally the poverty line

Going bankrupt from a random hospital visit.

Avoiding the famous things...

Tracking mud into someone's house. The most striking cultural difference is literally just taking your shoes off as a guest.

Alligators, tropical diseases, hurricanes for the most part.

Flag-worship. Which is ironic because tomorrow is Canada Day, but really the US is on a whole other level.

Government deadlock.

Pennies.

Embargoing Cuba.

Freedom.

Freedom costs a buck oh five
To me it lately sounds like Canadians do need to worry a bit about "freedom" being brought to them.
- Like the French with the Germans back then.
Yep, we're free to pay up and fall in line, or fuck off and die. That's the choice. Also for too many there's no choice, you get both.

Starting a war, forgetting your gun somewhere and only having your spare one to work with, making the payment on your medical bills, remembering if the McRib is back, worrying that the exploited people who did all the things you don't feel like doing will be deported, and forgetting to tell the President "thank you" every day as a tribute to their brilliant leadership.

Getting shot anywhere you go

🙄I've never been shot even once as an American.
I practice my quick draw relentlessly so I always shoot first.

Having moved from one to the other

Health insurance (it's not perfect but it's something)
Random shootings (they still happen but are not as endemic)
Corn syrup in literally every food
Having clean streets (particularly in cities)

Being stuck in a shitty job, because you now have a medical condition, and the insurance of the job you want refuses to cover you.

I do believe the reputational damage caused by the orange one might be one of the things. That and obvious tariff issues. Hopefully it's temporary , or you have people who just don't care.

being a subtier ice-hockey nation eh

Yeah they suck so much at hockey they've won the championship 32yr in a row!
Wait...

The chance of a nationwide maple-syrup shortage.

Medical bills and insurance.

Can confirm. You never know if the standard procedure will cost couple of hundred or thousands.

A lack of KD but the All Dressed is trickling in.

Having the most indecent & loudest loudmouths as their leaders.

Other countries have this problem. Well, now that I think of it, it's mostly just the UK. Wonder where the US got it from lol
I know Carney's not even close to as bad as Trump but he literally just called for a "Zionist Palestine"
Also, have you ever heard of Doug and Rob Ford?

Whether or not weed is legal in their state.

Whether or not the government is going to be shut down that year.

Civil war

Easy: destroying the world out of sheer stupidity and greed.

Pretending not to be American when travelling abroad.

If you wear a baseball cap you've already given it away.
Has it ever worked? ;-)
- Yes. I was able to fake being Irish for a bit to a group of English folk. (It was just an alcohol induced joke at the time, s'all. They were either a few pints in or I did really well. Dunno.)
  People are just people and there is probably a word or phrase for "gullible" in most languages.
- With dentistry straight from the uncanny valley and inside voices that rival foghorns?
- If you visit harbin China they will think you are Russian, which is pretty much a wash. The worst part is the Russians will think you are Russian too and try to get you to drink with them. Unless you regularly down pints of vodka do NOT go drinking with Russians.

Joining over half a million homeless feral humans

For one, it being too fucking hot outside. School shootings. Probably some other stuff.

constantly threatened by a right wing party, who has used voter suppression to always win most of the time, and DEMS who are also DINOs , on the right but is elected as a "left" president, but votes with the gop on many things. which is why they dont immediately repeal things like tax cuts, or patriot act, or right now unlikely to repeal anything when palintir finishes all thier databases of individuals in the us. also no healthcare, because Ds would lose thier bargaining chip into getting elected in the future, so its just stringing voters along. also billionaires have significant sway us policy. when both parties are right wing, one is center right but the other is on far right, its very hard to make progress here.

always dealing with how white people behave around POC groups, if you're a pOC some caucasian groups will always give you some wierd vibes, like give you a nasty stare, or immediately try to quickly walk away. also dealing with reverse white flight.

Mom says its my turn to do the america bad thread

Nuh-uhhhhh!

Managing their investments.