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As A Canadian

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As A Canadian is a phrase that started trending on Canadian Twitter on November 3rd, 2020, due to the 2020 United States Presidential Election. As Canadians watched the election that night the phrase saw a massive increase in use as they shared their opinions on the election from an outside perspective.

Origin

The phrase "as a Canadian" grew in popularity on Twitter in the days leading up to the U.S. presidential election, used by Canadian Twitter users to give their opinion on various aspects of U.S. politics from an outside perspective (example from November 1st, 2020 shown below, left). On November 2nd at 11:44 PM, Twitter user angeleyerolls13[1] posted a tweet using the phrase attached to an image from Spongebob Squarepants, representing an early image macro using the phrase in relation to the election (shown below, right).


the wicked witch of the east bro 000 @stressedoutray Replying to @evale72 and @misfitfaerie As a Canadian, I'm really concerned for America. No matter what side wins it will be a disaster, another civil war will happen. I think Canada will have to open the boarder and take in refugees fleeing America 11:55 PM · Nov 1, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone mary folklore @angeleyerolls13 000 as a canadian i honestly can't wrap my head around the fact that HALF (let's be real with the electoral college- a bit less than half) of your country votes for trump like i'd get it if it was like 20% delusional people but like teachers and doctors and s--- support him what

On November 3rd, 2020, XRDSNexusWolf posted the first tweet of the day using the exact phrase "as a Canadian" (shown below).


DetroiTrain. @XRDSNexusWolf - Nov 3 As a Canadian who believes in the principles of justice, equality and freedom, I hope that sanity prevails over lunacy because the racism, sexism, classism & fascism which has accelerated since Trump was elected needs to end. 000 #TheGreaterWrongOfTheRight

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On November 3rd, 2020, at 8:21 AM Twitter user rox_the_riot[2] tweeted, "Me, as a Canadian on US Election Day" along with an image of David Rose from the Canadian television show Schitt's Creek subtitled as saying, "are we praying?" (Shown below, left). The post gained over 10,000 likes and 2,300 retweets in a day, and inspired further memes using the phrase. On the same day at 8:32 AM, Twitter user TrainerGloria[3] tweeted, "As a Canadian, I send greetings to America and hope the 4-year nightmare is about to end" along with a photo of a man peeing an expletive into the snow (shown below, right). The post gained over 3,300 likes and 495 retweets in the same span of time.


Rox @rox_the_riot · Nov 3 Me, as a Canadian on US Election Day are we praying? Trainer Gloria () @TrainerGloria · Nov 3 000 As a Canadian, send greetings to America and hope the 4-year nightmare is about to end.

Sometime prior to 11:44 AM[4] the phrase "As a Canadian" hit Canadian Twitter's trending page. On the same day at 3:34 PM, Twitter user MadeInCanada posted a meme using the phrase, garnering over 3,700 likes and 650 retweets in just under a day (shown below). At 7:45 PM, HuffPost published an article detailing the memes as a show of solidarity with Americans.[5]


Cause We're Canadian @MadelnCanada · 21h How it feels as a Canadian watching US politics right now #Election2020 00

Various Examples


jess Y @itsjessicawynne · Nov 3 As a Canadian, this is how I feel today 000 Noor @Noor67138364 · 4h 000 Me as a Canadian checking the news every 2 minutes for the election. #asacanadian #Unbelievable GIF Hemi Himalayan + Natalie l+ @HemiHimalayan · 4h As a Canadian, it is distressing to see that millions of our neighbors have once again voted for a cognitively-impaired criminal narcissistic psychopath who should be in prison #Unbelievable 000 MixGram Susan LC @teachesnlearns · 4h 000 As a Canadian, waking up this morning has me all.. #Unbelievable I'M SORRY, WHAT? GIF Matthew The Funny Man @matthew_funny 00 As a canadian I find it funny how "As a Canadian" is trending LAUGH NOW @Redroses_s · Nov 3 cute 000 As a Canadian; I see y'all like this rn

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External References

[1] Twitter – angeleyerolls13

[2] Twitter – rox_the_riot

[3] Twitter – TrainerGloria

[4] Twitter – Don't click it, it's exactly what you think it is

[5] HuffPost – 'As A Canadian' Memes Show Solidarity With Stressed Americans On Election Night

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I look forward to the day of the rake.

Also, why is Canada still a symbolic monarchy after all these years?

No Western democratic country should have a monarchy of any sort.

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