I have a Theory of Canada: Canada does not actually exist. Well, at least not in THIS dimension. The way I see it, when we cross into (British) Canada from the US we are actually stepping into a parallel dimension or universe, however you want to call it. Canada is actually the United States in a different dimension, a dimension in which someone time traveled and stepped on a butterfly, thus changing the world in a minute yet tangible way. And sure, stepping on this butterfly didn't change history so drastically that now we all speak German or fly the Stars and Bars, but it did give us free health care, hockey and a few misspelled words.
Why am I picking on Canada? Because all of the other nations of the world are so vastly different--I include even England in that statement. But Canada? No, it seems to be too much like us to actually be an entirely different nation. As an American, walking around Canada everything feels extremely similar, entirely familiar, but with unsettling subtle differences. Therefore it must be a parallel dimension.
Then again, somewhere in Canada a 22 year old is writing that the United States is actually just Canada in a parallel universe.
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I feel the same about Sydney. Its like Shelbyville in The Simpsons... everything seems familiar and yet something is not quite right!
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