• AlfalFaFail@lemmy.ml
    19·
    4 hours ago

    Mordecai. Human. Level 50.
    Manager of Princess Donut.
    This is a non-combatant NPC.
    This is a human. This one is something called a Canadian. Part French. Part maple syrup. He’s weirdly obsessed with ice hockey and snowmobiles and semi-erotic lumberjack fan fiction. Has a well-worn Tim Hortons loyalty card in his Velcro wallet. He says “aboot” instead of “about” and gets really, really upset when you point it out, claiming you’re hearing things and that it’s a harmful stereotype. It’s not a stereotype, and that’s exactly how it sounds. He has a relative who was trampled to death by a moose. You get the idea.

    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      3 hours ago

      The one detail in this that slightly annoyed me is the timmy’s card. patriotic people don’t shop there anymore because of the ownership, also their products have sucked for the last decade anyways. idr when that book came out, though

      also, side note, nobody but the east coast is pronouncing it “aboot”. there’s a clear difference between “about” and “boot”. americans just really draw out the “ow” in “out”, so yes it sounds closer to “boot”, but it’s hardly ‘exactly how it sounds’. /angryrant

      side side note, I don’t have a relative who was trampled by a moose, but I do know someone who had their car trampled by a moose

      • blarghly@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        3 hours ago

        also, side note, nobody but the east coast is pronouncing it “aboot”. there’s a clear difference between “about” and “boot”. americans just really draw out the “ow” in “out”, so yes it sounds closer to “boot”, but it’s hardly ‘exactly how it sounds’. /angryrant

        He says “aboot” instead of “about” and gets really, really upset when you point it out, claiming you’re hearing things and that it’s a harmful stereotype. It’s not a stereotype, and that’s exactly how it sounds.

      • KingOfTheCouch@lemmy.ca
        2·
        3 hours ago

        I would say the Tim’s card would imply from an era the company was less shit (RIP their OG Ham & Swiss sandwich with the crunchy bread).

        But I don’t think Tim’s ever had a loyalty card did they? Maybe a roll up the rim “free coffee” they forgot to ever cash in.

  • Smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    731·
    6 hours ago

    Goddammit, another American pretending to be Canadian and fucking things up for us. She’s clearly avoided any words with Z in it for fear that she’ll give herself away when she fails to pronounce it “zed”.

    Maple syrup is the greatest thing on earth, and we treat it accordingly, with moderation, not like ketchup which is the third handle on American faucets.

    • Lemminary@lemmy.world
      10·
      4 hours ago

      Short answer: yes

      Long answer: yeeeeeeeessssss*

      * With some exceptions for medicinal marihuana

        • BrickEater@lemmy.world
          14·
          4 hours ago

          America. During occupation we forced Japan to make marijuana, hemp and every other drug illegal. Partially its said to force our own ideas of morality on Japan. Part of it was specifically to destroy the Japanese hemp industry which was quite large at the time, to the point were Hokkaido has a large wild hemp/marijuana population that is actively watched and destroyed still.

  • TomMasz@piefed.socialEnglish
    71·
    7 hours ago

    Sure, she’s holding weed, but her eyes say she’s on something significantly different.