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[–] nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz 16 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Why would I want to join Canada???? I don't do well in the cold smh my head

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 27 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

-Life expectancy will go up from a world ranking of 48th (USA) to 20th (Canada).

-Education will get better from 31st (USA) to 19th (Canada).

-Math scores will improve from 34th (USA) to 9th (Canada).

-Robberies will go down from 98 per 100,000 population to 62.

-Traffic accident deaths will drop from 12.7 per 100,000 to 5.3.

-You will spend half as much on health care yet get better outcomes.

-Poverty in Canada is 1/3 the rate in the USA.

-Although Canada has fewer millionaires, we more fairly distribute wealth (better income equality).

-The minimum wage in Canada is double that in USA.

and most important you will be happier (Canada ranked 15th, USA 23rd in happiness).

(We couldn't find a politeness index, but thank you for reading)

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago
[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Is this an unlabeled bad joke that's too close to what an actual idiot would say in real life?

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

We are on Lemmy, so it's mostly still save to assume the first case

I actually liked the joke too