The USA, famously the only country.

You abandoned the topic in favour of buzzwords first babe.

Damn, small city.

Urban sprawl doesnt always work like that though. Often residential areas extend faster than the amenities catch up.

Theres plenty of places nowhere near shops and restaurants, wdym?

I was translating.

You can tell by the first word.

Im not particularly hard up just saying a lot of people are.

Unsure why that upset you.

Translation, when I was young my parents could afford a home in a nice area with lots of local cuisine. My generation isnt so lucky.

Lazy buzzword deflection, if you were paying attention to the conversation you should know the context has remained consistent.

If you arent, you’re just responding emotionally for some reason. Seems like a waste of your time.

You’re confusing “countries can hold grudges” with “countries will permanently refuse mutually beneficial trade because of a previous administration.”

Countries don’t need to forgive or forget anything. They just need the trade to be in their interests.

Im British. I can see why you dogged on this for so long but there’s no gain in posturing here.

Realistically, there is no reason Canada wouldnt accept a favourable trade deal from the US if offered. That just isnt how the world works, if you think elsewise you haven’t been paying attention.

Yes with the implication being that you are being silly and im matching your energy while still conveying my general intent.

Keep up.

Because countries dont keep grudges with each other decades after the grudge initiator lost power.

Is that a frustrating attribute of a country with constantly shifting values?

Yes. Absolutely.

Will it stop anyone trading with them when those values are good? Not really, because at the end of the day holding grudges is for children.

That being said, if you slinging absolutes in outrage makes you feel better, I support that, you’ve every right to be outraged, but i’ll cant lie to you and say I believe your angry assertions.

Like I said, absolutes are for idiots.

You’re talking about the current situation, as you say, im talking about how it’ll go down the line.

Surprisingly good but obviously very silly.

Only the sith deal in absolutes.

Yeah totally, but it wont stop them from happening, it’ll just reframe the negotiations and the specifics they eventually land on.

And likely heavily in Canadas favour.

Definitely true but they’re saying insanity is more of an excuse, but being a fascist is inarguably condemnable.

Why would they be?

Trump’s deal is bad because he’s economically illiterate and has chosen to follow the advice of a crackpot economist. That doesn’t mean every future US administration will share his priorities or approach to trade.

A subsequent government could quite reasonably decide that rebuilding a stable, mutually beneficial trading relationship with Canada is in the US interest.

Canada would be right to be suspicious and play hard to get at that point, and when that happens they’ll probably do quite well out of it.

And yet, watch what happens.

What you’re saying feels good in the moment, you’re right about that.

I highly doubt that, in a future with a less cunty US government it serves no one to hold a grudge.

Be careful about what’s offered, sure, but grace beats spite every time.

They’ll be crawling back with apologies that Canadians will benefit massively from in a couple of years.

I was in a very relaxed state, I didnt even really question it I more just melted into it.

Ketamine after mdma, I’ve never pushed it mega far but I once was sat on the floor of a small party and in reality I just closed my eyes but as far as I was aware I fell through the floor into a pitch black weightless void, frozen in a moment of time with my friends last words echoing repeatedly, and after several days I rose back out of the floor and returned to my sitting position, just in time to regain control of the CDJs.