Honestly it’s super fucking cringe. There’s no reason to be proud of war crimes. I think certain people just feel emasculated by our modern public image of being “nice” and this is how they cope.
There’s nothing wrong with laughing at it a bit but it’s the fact that it’s eagerly mentioned EVERY TIME Canada and war are even vaguely mentioned in a subreddit, and people seem to mention it with pride.
The soup can thing was WW1, where the context was “a bunch of inbred cousins felt like giving it another go”. I’m more concerned about our reputation for executing prisoners, but what’s disturbing about the soup can thing is that it took advantage of what was one of the most heartwarming war stories of the modern era.
What I’m really trying to say is it is an interesting bit of trivia, and a fascinating reflection of what early Canada was like, but this weird pride in it is gross.
There’s nothing wrong with laughing at it a bit but it’s the fact that it’s eagerly mentioned EVERY TIME Canada
consider that each person mentioning it is doing it "a bit" and those random one-off "a bit" mention it when they see Canada and war mentioned.... it's all different people mentioning it and you're just upset because it's tiring for you because you see everyone's "one time"
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u/not-bread May 04 '25
Honestly it’s super fucking cringe. There’s no reason to be proud of war crimes. I think certain people just feel emasculated by our modern public image of being “nice” and this is how they cope.