NEW YORK (AP) — America’s neighbors to the north — so often the butt of their jokes — are taking to social media to keep spirits up in the U.S. during this divisive election season.
Using the hashtag #tellamericaitsgreat, Canadians have swamped Twitter with compliments about American music, culture, technology and even tailgaiting. The outpouring of love triggered a reply — #TellCanadaThanks.
It’s an effort started by the Toronto-based ad agency The Garden Collective. “We thought we should take a minute to help remind them that no matter how bad things might seem at the moment, there are lots of reasons why we think they’re still pretty great,” the agency said in a statement.
Some of the things Canadians say they admire about America are its federal parks, its diversity, jazz and Tupac Shakur.
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I must admit that I needed to look up what a Tupac Shakur was. My first guess was a regional food or a team mascot.
Missed it by that much!
Really? I know who Tupac was, I even know that his mother was an activist. Most of my life was selling pop culture, so I may or may not be able to identify one of his songs.
I lost interest in pop culture in about 1985.
That’s when I started selling records, yes vinyl, and 45s. I got my MTV in 1983.
My wife and I still have several thousand LPs and 45s in boxes somewhere. We’ve a good thousand CDs, but probably 90% of the music was recorded before 1985.