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Are canadians friendly to people from other countries? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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I plan on traveling to Canada, but I do have this worry.

To be more specific, I'm not kinda black, my skin's somehow white, but I have black relatives, which means I got wavy hair and some other things.

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[–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Your biggest threats in Canada are actually the cold (threat #1), shit drivers (threat #2) Methanys and the crack heads (I would argue threat #4). Racism is like threat #612,987 on a list that includes everything from death from diabetes by maple syrup (threat #34 on the list), to getting eaten by a grizzly bear (threat #3 to #490 depending on where you are). Or stomped by a moose (a threat that can run a range of #1 to #7 both depending where you are or if you are trying to pet it).

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    Moose are no joke... and they are a serious threat even when driving. OP, if you plan to drive through remote areas, drive carefully. If you hit a moose with your car it will seriously fuck your shit up and likely walk away from it. I'm being serious.

    As for maple syrup, it's worth the risk. Every time.

    Edit - Also moose cam be territorial, ornery and unpredictable assholes. DO NOT APPROACH. In fact don't approach or feed any of the wildlife, but I'm sure that's a fairly common sense rule.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    To be exact, the geometry of a moose makes it so that a lower-built vehicle will hit it in the legs, knock it over, and cause it to land on the hood, and quite possibly on the people in the front seat. This is in addition to the deceleration from hitting a critter that can weigh more than 500kg. Best result, if you managed to brake before hitting it, is a completely shattered windshield and deformed vehicle hood before the moose gets up and flees back into the bush. Worst result . . . well, I grew up in moose country, and the uncle of one of my elementary school classmates died in a moose collision.

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