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Cool, but they need better props. Where are the guns? Surely someone in Poland owns a pickup truck. They also look far too healthy.

Canada has a thriving American larping community too: Alberta. Also Vancouver, but that is mostly US celebs pretending to still be in america, which is cheating imho.

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There is not enough tailgating (party) action. No drinking out of the back of a pickup truck. No kegs in sight. Not a single dually. No Bud or Miller beer cans punctured with a 12 inch hunting knife being chugged out of their side. No wine bags hanging off tree branches with trashed sorority girls slapping them. No McDonalds or KFC visible on any tables. No chips either. Nothing has bullet holes in it. Needs more squatted trucks, donks, homeless encampments, choppers, fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, meth, weed, cigars and gang activity. It's too unrealistic.

> beer cans punctured with a 12 inch hunting knife being chugged out of their side

What's up with that? Why would anyone do that?

You can consume the entire can rapidly. It's sort of a bro ritual.

It’s called shotgunning

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgunning

Surely air must get into the can somehow when you are chugging it - why not speed up the process.

I almost forgot a few things: large white styrofoam drinking cups, lean/purple drank with promethazine (thanks for reminding me, Mike Jones), "grillz", and huge gold chains worn around the neck reaching down to the waistband.

I mean, I'm from Alberta originally and I trash it all the time, but you shouldn't tar the whole province with the same brush. It's mostly just rural and southern areas and the smaller cities (Red Deer, etc.) that this stereotype comes from. Take a look at a provincial election results map for Edmonton, it's almost all orange.

Also, historically southern Alberta was settled by Americans while central/north by Ukrainians, Germans, and Brits. Where I grew up rural west of Edmonton was more blue collar and small mixed farms and predominantly Ukrainian descent, and the whole stereotype of country music and cowboys didn't reflect my reality. It was more perogies and polka than rodeo and yee-haw. Though that stuff sorta came into the picture later.

Eh. Friends from Alberta like to say this. But the reality is that almost every district in both Calgary and Edmonton is held by conservatives and has been for decades. The picture is far less rosy (Hah!) than you're making it out to be.

Edmonton ridings are on the whole conservative federally, but definitely not provincially where the Alberta New Democrats absolutely dominate Alberta ridings by a long shot, and even Calgary has started to swing this way. This has frankly to do with the history of the federal Liberal Party in relation to the oil patch etc. more than it has to do with people's ideological positioning. If you poll these voters on issues they tend to be centrist or left wing. Like most Canadians.

Meant to write "dominate Edmonton" ridings too late to edit.

Edmonton is the SF or NYC of alberta. Go to the northern half of the province. Good luck finding a driveway without a pickup truck. I was there for two months before is saw another 2-door non-muscle car.

Funny analogy. In the 90s we called it "Deadmonton" and people into interesting music and clubs usually ended up driving down to Calgary for activities. And then eventually moved to Vancouver. (I moved to Toronto instead)

It does seem like a city improved these days. I like going back. I'd personally move back if my kids weren't tied to their schools here. I'm not afraid of winter!

All pickup trucks in Poland have been sent to Ukraine and are now used by the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces

Poland is seizing private property and sending it to Ukraine? Yikes!

He is pulling your leg. We Slavs enjoy this kind of banter.

Presaging Poland's upcoming seizure of Black Sea coastline...

They can be found at any surplus store. Unlike Syrian rebels, Ukraine will surely remove your plumbing company decal.

Throw in a camo hat and yeti branded goods.

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