It's something I started noticing recently in some standup and improv shows in Toronto, not sure if it's a new trend, or it just more noticeable now. Here are some examples I remember:

Jokingly asking audience for their social security number. This happened in two different shows
"I've been on dating apps for a presidential term"
I heard zip code being mentioned in one act
A performer shouting "fuck ICE". This was not even part of any joke, just a political statement. While I sympathize, of all the scourges of the US this one is really domestic in nature and I don't get the point bringing it up in front of a Canadian audience (unless it's part of your set)
And not to mention using their units of measurement, which is unfortunately commonplace (thanks a lot Brian Mulroney)

Other than the "fuck ICE" performer who said about themselves that they are Turkish (which I took to mean Turkish-Canadian, but maybe I'm wrong), the others were Canadian-born. In all cases these were young people who I don't believe do comedy professionally.

I have nothing against American comedy, but this low key pretense that Canada is part of the US irks me.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Fahrenheit in cooking, probably because we buy American appliances. Inches happen where feet do, and pounds are a good point.

There is actually a metric cup, though! And probably spoons too, or I've been doing it wrong.

[–] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

There is no metric cup, it is 250 ml that is the definition of 1 cup. A Tablespoon is something like 25 ml, while a teaspoon is something like 5 ml I could be off on those it has been a while since I have used Tablespoons and teaspoons in cooking. Prior to my oven stopping working I switched it to Celsius I am made that I cannot do the same with the air frier I have but I rarely use it. I have made an effort to not measure things in the silly nonsense imperial measurements of inches, feet, or miles and I only do weights in metric. I do my cooking and baking by weight as I feel it is easier to get the right measurements.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

A standard teaspoon works out so close to 5mL that basically just call it 5mL. A tablespoon is 3 teaspoons so 15mL. A lot of liquid medications are sold concentrated to doses of 5 or 15mL such that a teaspoon or tablespoon measure, which you can expect a typical American household to have, will do. Cough syrups for example tend to have a 1 tablespoon/15mL dosage.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There is an imperial cup, and it's 284 point something milliliters.

I have made an effort to not measure things in the silly nonsense imperial measurements of inches, feet, or miles

I mean, they're all arbitrary, although having consistent, round ratios definitely makes metric better.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There are at least 5 different widely-used definitions of the "cup", that's why it's such a fun unit of measure.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Sure, sometimes being scared and uncertain is fun, I guess. Haha.