Would Canadians understand my American jokes?

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Lobocito Marino

I like your questions, I want to star them all.
But you have an unique style. You provoke, stir up and contradict the reader. In this way, you get many answers. It's kind of a good strategy. If you ask "positive" questions, you wouldn't get so many replies. But one consequence is that some people don't know your style and end up taking you seriously.
Don't stop the jokes/remarks about Canadians. We need to spirit our lives.

The Cult of Spaghetti Cat

A funny joke should never need to be explained. I didn't understand your "Do Canadians know how to..." joke either until you've explained. Perhaps it was just a poor joke.

kyle19208

I don't get the joke even after reading your explanation.

I guess according to DJ, that makes me an unprofound idiot, too.

Serirously, DJ, get off your soapbox. I highly doubt the requirements for profound knowledge involves knowing pop culture and catching stereotypically-rooted jokes.

I know you may not have considered this, but perhaps some people aren't familiar with American/Candian culture. I'm originally from Beijing and am not familiar with American/Canadian stereotypes. What a moronic pile of sludge I also must be.

There is also the possibility that because you are American (I am assuming) that they may be automatically defensive because of that and thought you were insulting them. Like if a Japanese person came to Beijing and said a similar joke, it's likely people would get upset without bothering to try and understand it because of the tension between the two areas.

(I'm sorry if my English is poor, as I said I am not a native)

thinkingtime

Your jokes have not given a good impression to some Canadians.

My personal impression has been that you were being sarcastic and talking down to them all the way through, but that may be just my personal impression.

Karen C

Eric, in comedy, timing is everything. You should know by now that that type of humour will never find a good time nor have a place in YA. There are too many American trolls in here baiting traps and just spreading hate. After the umpteenth dumb, insulting, muckraking question, we start to view all questions like yours as suspect. It is unfortunate but you are being judged by what is seen in here of some of your countrymen. Or at least that is how I see it. There is also the possibility that you ran into some of the few Canadians who do not have a sense of humour or have only a limited one but I think it has more to do with Canadians being fed up with the troll types.

E.G. Emeritus

Odd how most of the funniest joke writers in the US are Canadians.

*ajidamoon* the Eh team

Really Eric, anyone who is not familiar with your usual line of questioning would have lumped you in as one of the many american trolls who post such questions in hopes of an insult. And sad to say it, there probably are americans out there who assume they are the only ones using arithmetic in the entire world.
You spend enough time in here to know how many questions of the like are posted each day......

torontopartyguy

Unfortunately people without a sense of humor live everywhere! Laughter should have no borders!

Not Andrea

Jes - Basic satire needs not be explained. Indeed, this guy's joke failed because it was so obvious. You needed it explained. Let me repeat that: By your own admission, you needed it explained to you that Americans don't actually think Canadians have yet to learn to add and subtract. This speaks more to your profound ignorance and gullibility than it does to the failed comedian's quality of humour.

Re: "I highly doubt the requirements for profound knowledge involves knowing pop culture and catching stereotypically-rooted jokes."

The point is that it's not profound knowledge at all. It's as simple as you put it: stereotypically rooted. So it should be no difficulty for Jes. But by her own admission it was. That's sad.

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