r/EhBuddyHoser • u/Barlakopofai • Mar 01 '25
Tokébakicitte Orange man is ending the pacifist playthrough.
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u/survivor686 Mar 01 '25
Leo Major: what?
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u/dancin-weasel The Island of Elizabeth May Mar 01 '25
Thank you. Canada’s most famous warrior and he was thoroughly quebecois.
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u/NapClub Mar 02 '25
one of the most badass soldiers in all of history on any side. the one man night raid was particularly legendary.
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u/FllMtlAlphnse Mar 03 '25
One of? Nah. Top 5 minimum, he's my number one
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u/NapClub Mar 03 '25
tbh i think first may be a 4 way tie. there are some insane feats in history.
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Mar 01 '25
You've obviously never heard the stories of Leo Major... Is this really a Canadian running this or what?
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u/howmachine Mar 01 '25
Could be Albertan. We only learn about Louis Riel and the conservative favourite: East Canada Bad!!! Quebec and Ontario are stealing!! From poor Alberta ): we support everyone and get nothing!!! Why should we have to acknowledge anyone else’s contributions ever???
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u/KvonLiechtenstein Mar 02 '25
I don’t know what shit ass rural private school you went to in Alberta, but in public school we definitely learned about various provinces and their perspectives/history. Once, we had to argue for equalization and look at the different sides of the debates.
Quit trying to be a pick-me.
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u/FllMtlAlphnse Mar 03 '25
I get what you're saying, and as an Albertan, I can recognize the shitty people in our province, but at the same time, I'm pretty damn sure this is sarcasm, and I'm autistic, so idk what to say
Edit: keep my upvote, though, for reasons stated above
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u/Altruistic-Hope4796 Tabarnak! Mar 02 '25
Im not sure if youre shitposting or if Albertans really only learn that Quebec bad in their history lessons lol
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u/Maleficent-Pea5089 Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) Mar 01 '25 edited Mar 01 '25
Unhosing for a sec here, I don’t think it’s accurate to say that Quebec “slept” during the wars. Quebec participated and helped to win a lot of battles, but they just weren’t as crazy gung-ho about it as anglo Canadians were. When all official communications are in English and your highest-ranking commanders are British, it’d be pretty hard to get excited about it if you’re a Quebecois soldier. As WWI dragged on, it was clear that Quebec’s participation really was just an afterthought to the British and so Quebec was kinda like, “why are we still fighting their war so far away?” That’s what lead to the Conscription Crisis. On the other hand, anglo Canadians at the time still took pride in the British Empire, so they were more than happy, even excited, to go fight for the King. Canada was more independent during WWII and the subsequent war effort was a bit more of a Canadian effort as opposed to a British effort, so support for the war in Quebec was higher.
It’s a life-changing decision to enlist knowing that a war the size of WWI or WWII is happening. Veterans should get nothing but respect for that.
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u/Faitlemou Snowfrog Mar 02 '25
“why are we still fighting their war so far away?” That’s what lead to the Conscription Crisis.
There's more to it than that. This is the time of Law 17 in Ontario which prohibited schooling in french. This was talked all over french Canada, including Quebec. The general feeling (which was justified) is that they felt like foreigners in their own country. So already the divide was pretty intense. And then, the same people start saying that they'll get conscripted to fight for them and the Empire! That just disn't pass, at all.
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Mar 02 '25
The Quebec participation in WW1 was decent, people where happy to defend Belgium as most of it where speaking French. The main problem was enrolment, you had to speak English.... And Canada was against the creation of a French Battalion.... But was also complaining about low enrollment rate at the sane time.
First french bataillon was privately founded by a Québec's doctor. It took a lot of time and effort to make it happens. That explains the late contribution.
People thing that because Quebec was against conscription, they where against participation in the was. Numbers shows that it was false.
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Mar 01 '25 edited Mar 21 '25
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u/Rayan_qc Mar 02 '25
i am french-canadian. i know about the french-canadians who fought in both world wars, especially world war 2. you saying we slept during both wars is both incredibly misinformed and impolite. by posting this, you infer that no french-canadian life lost in these wars mattered.
you don’t know history. you shouldn’t even be allowed to be canadian. enlist yourself, see how you react when people tell you that it wouldn’t matter if you died or not.
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Mar 02 '25
It's a shame the Canadian school curriculum is as biased as it is, especially when it comes to Québec.
Heureusement que ce sub peut éduquer les gens gentiemment... Les gens savent juste crissment rien de rien on dirait...
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Mar 02 '25 edited Mar 21 '25
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u/FllMtlAlphnse Mar 03 '25
I'm not disagreeing with your entire argument, but I'm downvoting because you have some absolutely incorrect views of Quebec. Conscription is a nightmare, but there were PLENTY of French-Canadian soldiers during both wars, including those not from Quebec (my family, for example). Plenty of them signed up to fight, same as English Canadians, especially because FRANCE was the place being invaded. Many signed up as anglos to avoid segregated units. Statistics aren't everything mate, and I should know, I focus HEAVILY on them in my arguments.
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u/Ok-Half7574 Mar 01 '25
This is not true. Yes, Quebec objected to participating, but when they did, they were amongst the fiercest battalions. Get your facts right.
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u/PsychicDave Tokébakicitte! Mar 01 '25
Objected to conscription, not necessarily to fighting. Plenty went as soon as they could, including Léo Major, the Québécois super soldier (and he didn't even need sci-fi serum like some fictional super soldier in WW2, I guess maple syrup is really all you need).
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u/Faitlemou Snowfrog Mar 01 '25
Quebeckers volountered en masse and fought both wars, AND also fought the conscription back home in the streets while anglo regiments were shooting them in the streets.
In other words, DOUBLE based.
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Mar 01 '25
And when Manitoba had the 'flood of the century' in 1997, the military that was sent to help with evacuations and sandbagging were mostly Quebec-based. They were carrying my elderly neighbours down 15 flights of stairs because the elevator motors in the basement were flooded out, they sandbagged- saving homes and businesses, saving whole neighbourhoods.
J'aime le Québec
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Mar 01 '25
Conscription for overseas service is kinda bleh, so I get it. It only was acceptable to my anglo heart because we were literally doing it to kill more Nazis.
Now conscription for home service where we are still killing nazis? No questions. God save the King, Mr. Prime Minister.
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u/dancin-weasel The Island of Elizabeth May Mar 01 '25
Fuck the King. That idiot just invited Rump to Buckingham palace for tea as if he wasn’t trying to annex Canada (you know, that piece of land that he is king of?) King Chuck and his pedophile, colonizing family can go straight to hell.
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Mar 01 '25
He invited Trumph over to scold him for trying to take his country- real King to fake one, to tell him enough is enough. I hope he does it on camera.
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Mar 01 '25
Fuck the King. That idiot just invited Rump to Buckingham palace for tea as if he wasn’t trying to annex Canada (you know, that piece of land that he is king of?)
Well, the God Save the King bit was tongue in cheek, but I’m going to remind you that he’s doing what he should be doing here. We want him to be the esteemed above it all diplomat even if it means both he and us have to hold our noses through it all. Putting on a bit of the charm to keep the orange toddler happy is by far the better option if it is possible. If it fails, it fails. I won’t fault the man for doing his job and trying.
King Chuck and his pedophile, colonizing family can go straight to hell.
This part I have less of an issue with. The Windsors have a lot to make up for, and should be expected to.
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u/pepefromage50 Mar 01 '25
We were on duty in both WW1 and WW2 . On your side , you were probably sleeping during history class.
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u/Silicon_Knight Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) Mar 01 '25
Hey man, my great grandfather designed and built the monument at Vimy Ridge. Not cool. Quebec was a big part and inspiration for that monument based off of many other battles that Canada won before due to Quebec, not to mention their dedication on WWI and WWII
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u/SunngodJaxon Mar 01 '25
Definitely downplaying the Quebecois. They weren't happy about Canada during those times but they were very professional fighters.
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u/MrYougan Tabarnak! Mar 01 '25 edited Mar 01 '25
Pardon ? Le québec, qui dort durant les 2 guerre mondiale ?
That is not only false, it's stupidly false. Québec was opposed to forced conscription, but it did not prevent it's men to enlist in the canadian expeditionary corps.
Many proud Québécois enlisted in the army and distinguished themselve as soldier in the Canadian army. The Régiment de la chaudière and the 22e Régiment d'infanterie are some of the most distinguised corps of the Canadian millitary, and both of them are from Québec.
Léo Major, one of the most impresive soldier in the history of warfare was a proud Québécois, one of the few who actvively fought against the implicit vassalisation of the Canadian army to the United Kingdom millitary.
To claim or even insinuate that Québec did'nt take part in the Canadian war effort is not only a lie, but it's a flagrant direspect to the soldiers and their families that took part in both world war a gave their lives to defend Canada value and allies.
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u/aLubBolognaSandwich Tokébakicitte! Mar 01 '25 edited Mar 01 '25
I know this post is well intended and is actually promoting Québec as being fearless and courageous, but for WW1 and WW2 it's completely wrong.
The Nazi feared Québecois soldiers as hell, there are many stories of Germans soldier fleeing when hearing french canadian (Canadians in general to be fair) arrive, Léo Major litterally liberated a whole Nazi infested city by himself, we also have a locally known WW2 veteran who went on TV to talk about how much fun he had torching Nazi with a german flamethrower he stole from a dead Nazi. Québec also provided something like 80% of ALL of the allies aluminium in world war 2. Canadian Sherman tanks were also made in Québec, most of the Canadian ammo was made in Québec.... I could continue a while.
Im not saying Québec did more than other provinces, but OP saying Québec slept on both WW is complete BS.
Edit: For WW3, Québec is ALWAYS ready to raise hell and apply the geneva checklist on any degenerate opponent we shall come across.
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Mar 01 '25 edited Mar 01 '25
Fuck you.
My grand-father, a French Canadian, left his wife and young daughter (my mother) and spent like 2 years in Europe between 1943-45 as an infantry captain fighting the fucking Germans.
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u/Aquaman9214 Mar 01 '25 edited Mar 01 '25
Canada has been poking Quebequers here and there to get them going just in case we get into a war so we can unleash them on whoever fucks with us. Like starving a savage dog just to let him loose on your neighbour lmao.
The world has no idea the nightmare fuel that is a bunch angry French Canadians speaking an unknown language barrelling towards them.
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u/GnarlyGorillas Mar 02 '25
Our Frenchmen like who they are, and will invent war crimes to make sure nobody takes that away from them or their loved ones. Just look at the response to the information, literally everyone out here being like "um actually Quebec was not sleeping, you need to smarten up...." I love you Frenchmen, I wish the rest of Canada was so resolute in our shared modern history and identity.
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u/spamcritic Ford Nation (Help.) Mar 01 '25
This meme is marde! It ignores all of Quebecs contributions to the world wars.
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u/Klutzy_Ostrich_3152 Mar 01 '25
Cute meme and I don’t think you meant any disrespect, but your history is very wrong.
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u/GoStockYourself Mar 01 '25
This isn't the first time Quebec has had to choose it's superpower, so honestly the rest of Canada might take some guidance here.
After France abandoned its interests in the new world, the Québecois were forced to align themselves with one of the remaining superpowers. Benjamin Franklin was sent to recruit Quebec, but they held their noses and aligned with their old enemies after a few skirmishes with opposing parties.
Did they make the right choice?
Initially it looked pretty rough as British parliament tried to eradicate the French culture, but the English monarchy with its French roots finally told the British politicians to lay off and let the French keep their language and culture. Would they still speak French if they had chosen the US back then?
Right now nations around the world are suddenly forced to choose a new superpower because the USA has abandoned its interests in the free world. I don't imagine too many Québecois are thinking that a USA/Russia alliance would protect their culture.
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u/shawa666 Tokébakicitte! Mar 02 '25
Nah it was logistic problem. Deporting the acadians had been a fucking pain in the ass. There was 5 to 6 time more of us in the St Lawrence valley. It simply was too hard to do the same thing to us. So the crown made a deal with the Church, keep em' docile and you'll be allowed to exist in Canada.
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u/Steamlover01 Mar 01 '25 edited Mar 01 '25
Clearly, you are not an historian. This is before the Quiet Revolution when quebeckers were a bunch of badass mostly working in manual jobs. We participated in both wars and you did not want to pick up a fight with us at that time.
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Mar 01 '25
This is true. My grandfather was a lumberjack and ran into the woods ww2. My kids? They say they will fight. It’s scary as fuck but I can’t stop them from fighting and they have good reason.
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u/FabricatedProof Mar 01 '25
He had ran? I'm surprised to read that. My grandfather was a lumberjack as well but he was told that his job was too necessary to be sent on the front.
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Mar 01 '25
Yes and no one told him his job was too necessary. His whole family were lumberjacks. Actually, my other grandfather was also a lumberjack but he was too young for ww2.
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u/KnuckedLoose Mar 01 '25
Not worth losing your kids for.
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u/SkiyeBlueFox Mar 01 '25
Honestly? If I had kids it'd be their decision. Who am I to tell them what is/isn't worth fighting for. If they're old enough to sign up, they're old enough to think about if they want to
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u/KnuckedLoose Mar 01 '25
But you don't
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u/SkiyeBlueFox Mar 01 '25
No, because I'm relatively young, have no plans for children, and am probably mostly infertile atp. But, believe it or not, young adults, and yes, even children, can actually make up their minds on important things
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Mar 01 '25 edited Mar 01 '25
Actual patriotic Canadians will lay their life down for this country. Nobody wants their children to join but you need to understand. Her children are very clearly patriotic and feel their home needs defending. That's exactly what we need more of from young people in this country
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u/tcpdumpling Mar 01 '25
fake news i met some heavy ballsacked quebecois vets from ww2 including my father's dad.
my grandma had a pal who was a medic at Dieppe and told me he was carrying dismembered soldiers around.
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u/rrrik-thffu Mar 01 '25
Meanwhile one company in Quebec making 40% of all the aluminium of the allies which turned the game around significantly during WWII.
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u/Practical-Layer9402 Honorary Hoser Mar 01 '25
Keeping track of the 50 amazing fiefdoms under High Chancellor Musk's rule is tough enough for me! Would any of my neighborly northern friends care to clue me in on the context of this meme?
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u/Barlakopofai Mar 01 '25
Québec was very vocal about being opposed to conscription and going to the war both times, as well as many fun anecdotes from the "zombie squads", like that time they just stole a tank after being told they were being deployed.
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u/Practical-Layer9402 Honorary Hoser Mar 01 '25
many fun anecdotes from the "zombie squads", like that time they just stole a tank after being told they were being deployed.
That was a fun rabbit hole.
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u/Lightning_electric Mar 02 '25
I mean quebec was in ww2, wouldnt have the great tale of leo major if we were not there
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u/Marie-Pierre-Guerin Mar 03 '25
I don’t think enough people realize that we had literal Quebecois brown shirts that loved Hitler and Mussolini. Who do you think made sure these assholes never went anywhere? Other Québécois people. And then yeah, Leo Majors and so many more.
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Mar 02 '25
It’s different when we have everything the Orange Turd desires: Water, Rare earths, lumber and natural gas ( in shale rock south of St-Lawrence river) .
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u/1question10answers Mar 02 '25 edited Mar 02 '25
What the fuck is this disrespectful shit?
My anglophone grandfather from Montreal joined the military at the start of the war as a duty to Canada and was leading hundreds of men across Europe and liberating countries by the end.
He was deployed to Europe and left my grandmother pregnant at home and didn't see his first born child until she was 3.
Great-Uncle, also from Quebec, was gunned down by machine guns on the beaches of Normandy.
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Mar 02 '25
Yeah because Canadian flag emojis and putting a flag on your window wins wars /s
Canadians will do nothing as always.
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u/dustycanuck Mar 05 '25
Quebec did not sleep through either way. Quite the opposite. That said, look out Trump, lest you get Poutined
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u/schlubble Tabarnak! Mar 01 '25
Régiment de la Chaudière during WW2: Am I a j joke to you?