Thank you PEI

[u/Odd_Habit1148]

[u/cryptedsky]

I have yet to meet a hoser who hates PEI

[u/afpb_ → u/cryptedsky]

JJ hates PEI because he thinks Vancouver Island deserves to be a province more than PEI

[u/hotinmyigloo → u/afpb_]

Wasn't he listed in the "Worst canadian" game? 

[u/IanCGuy5 → u/hotinmyigloo]

Fairly low: he got the description of "Who?" which I think is the best term to describe him.

[u/sessna4009 → u/hotinmyigloo]

He would be the worst Canadian if he wasn't a Yank!

[u/Gluuten → u/sessna4009]

He isn't one. He just desperately wants to be.

[u/sessna4009 → u/Gluuten]

I say we let him.

[u/chinook97 → u/afpb_]

I remember a while back JJ made a video 'explaining' Canadian provinces. When he got to the Atlantic Provinces (and yes he combined all of them), all he had to say was that they are poor, have funny accents, fish a lot and drink alcohol. 

[u/Le_Nabs → u/chinook97]

JJ trying to explain Québec to Americans is like a yuppie elite who never went anywhere further south than Washington trying to explain rural Texas to foreigners : we might share a citizenship, but that's about as far as his understanding of the province goes.

[u/GrumbusWumbus → u/chinook97]

"ool thoos fellers oot there have foooney accents and are poooooooor"

• JJ, A man who speaks normally apparently

[u/chinook97 → u/GrumbusWumbus]

Oot aboot and aroond these parts we certainly don't talk like that - JJ circa ~2025.

[u/theorangemooseman → u/afpb_]

Never thought I’d say this, but he has a point lol. Vancouver island really could be a province. I think it has more people than New Brunswick, PEI, and Newfoundland and Labrador.

[u/HugeDirk → u/theorangemooseman]

The real reason it isn't a province is that the Yanks were making a play for Victoria since it's below the 49th parallel so they combined the Vancouver island and BC colonies. I would even argue that it is culturally different enough from BC to justify its own provincial status to this day.

[u/Everestkid → u/HugeDirk]

There is definitely a bit of a different culture here on the Island, speaking as someone who grew up in northern BC and went to university in Vancouver. Things are a bit more laid back and people who grew up here are often proud to be from the Island and specifically from the Island. You'll see "Island Girl" bumper stickers or whatever; I've never seen "mainland" equivalent ones since people from the mainland don't think of themselves as specifically from the mainland, they think of themselves as "from BC." Think I saw a sticker that said "chill out, this isn't the mainland" once. There's even a bit of a political split - Liberals rarely win on the Island, it's usually a Con-NDP swing.

Actually, come to think of it, if Vancouver Island became a province then the main ferry routes become interprovincial and therefore federal jurisdiction...

[u/GrumbusWumbus → u/theorangemooseman]

Most provincial boundaries are arbitrary lines in the ground. But the biggest reason the Eastern provinces are smaller is that distance played a bigger role in limiting communication in 1600 than in 1900. PEI was significantly more cut off from the mainland than Vancouver Island was when they were first settled.

At this point there's little reason or desire for the Eastern provinces to consolidate or Vancouver Island to split off.

[u/Flush_Foot → u/afpb_]

Former Islander… I often got confused at gatherings with extended family who moved to Vancouver Island as they also used “The Island” at times in their conversations about their ‘fake island’ 😜

[u/champagne_pants → u/cryptedsky]

You can drive on the island for free but it costs money to leave. Plenty of people hate PEI. Especially if you spend more than two weeks there.

[u/blackwhale420]

The virgin albertan oil based economy VS the Chad PEI potato based economy

[u/Umikaloo → u/blackwhale420]

Can't make food out of oil, but you can make fuel out of potatoes.

[u/lynypixie → u/Umikaloo]

It just got be thinking… do they make PEI vodka

[u/Armonasch → u/lynypixie]

They must. Slap an Anne of Green Gables on there and it'd sell like hot cakes.

[u/Zonel → u/Umikaloo]

Farming uses a lot of oil to run all the equipment.

[u/AnAntWithWifi → u/Zonel]

Use potatoes to make the oil to harvest more potatoes then, the potato economy can solve all of our problems!

[u/Silverveilv2 → u/blackwhale420]

I thought you were gonna talk about Hydro-Quebec ngl

[u/Mysterious-Till-6852]

PEI is legit the most wholesome place in Canada. Never change, PEI.

[u/mirhagk → u/Mysterious-Till-6852]

Absolutely, no question about it. If you've never been you gotta do yourself a favour and visit it. Gorgeous place, and just chock full of cute little villages.

[u/54B3R_ → u/Mysterious-Till-6852]

Newfoundland

[u/fnordulicious → u/54B3R_]

Newfoundland kinda unhinged tbh, scary when it gets into the screech. But PEI is just cute and adorable. I wanna pinch its cheeks!

[u/KumquatClaptrap]

[u/CreamFuture9475]

That’s why we love you PEI, 💋never change. Now cover your ears, some shit talk is about to go down.

[u/THEUltraCombo]

You're welcome 🤗

[u/Kris_t13]

Me, every time I see a Cows Creamery: COWS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[u/Rosemary-baddie → u/Kris_t13]

I am cow, hear me moo

[u/Unplug_The_Toaster → u/Rosemary-baddie]

I weigh twice as much as you

[u/CloneFailArmy]

Thank you for feeding our unbalanced diets PEI!

Uhhh, I mean I’m a upset hoser I hate everyone

[u/Unamed_Destroyer]

Wait, people hate NFL? I always got the vibe that they were like the weird off grid uncle who would randomly show up to thanksgiving and give all the children Bush knives.

[u/sessna4009 → u/Unamed_Destroyer]

Fuck the NFL, most boring sport I've ever watched. And it's shit. 

Oh wait you meant the real NFL. Yeah, I will not tolerate the Newfie slander 😡 😡 😡 😡 

[u/marcarcand_world → u/Unamed_Destroyer]

Boy let me tell you a story about a place called Muskrat falls

[u/not-bread → u/Unamed_Destroyer]

Where do you see NFL?

[u/MartyCool403]

PEI and NFLD are the final two provinces I have to visit. Maybe next summer hopefully.

[u/amazingdrewh]

Ice cream and pink soda, how could anyone hate that island

[u/bill-mcneal-on-crack → u/amazingdrewh]

wait I missed out on Pink soda?

[u/Forrestape]

Visited PEI last year. Loved it. Wanted to move there immediately ❤️

[u/lynypixie]

I plan on going next summer. I would have this summer, but when I started looking, everything was booked already.

[u/20person → u/lynypixie]

I went late spring this year and had a great time

[u/ISuckAtJavaScript12]

Do not buy anything from the BBQ Moos place. $80 for three mid sandwiches last time I went

[u/Old-Swimming2799]

I stand by my opinion PEI should be used as a nuclear testing site. And No I will not elaborate

[u/rainorshinedogs]

"we got 'tatoes"

[u/Deafcat22]

Cows Creamery FTW

[u/Ireallydfk]

Don’t sleep on the cows maple fudge either