• But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    I’m surprised Europe isn’t already boycotting all American products, im Canadian and I’ve actually saved money avoiding their stuff and finding either a local alternative or just going without. Most of the stuff we get from the US is junk food or sugary crap so it’s actually good to avoid them

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      The EU never really had much in terms of American products, ie food stuffs. The kind of American products the EU has is primarily internet services where there aren’t always alternatives (or at least ones that are as polished as the big US ones). Then there’s the fact that most people don’t even consider a lot of things as American - WhatsApp isn’t even recognised as owned by Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook/Meta, for example, for many people in spite of it being overwhelmingly the most popular messaging app in many countries.

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        Yeah im Canadian so we get a lot of their food, I see myself reaching for a snack item or ceral and when I notice it’s American I put it back. After I do I realize I really shouldn’t be eating that crap anyways so it saves me money and keeps me from eating so much junk food

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          Yeah, I mean we do get some American food over here, but it’s sold as specialty stuff and ridiculously expensive. I’m basically addicted to US Dr Pepper (they use a different recipe in Europe, hell in the US and Canada Dr Pepper is produced by Pepsi but in the EU it’s made by Coca Cola) but the price is already crazy. A 12 pack is about $6 USD (pre tax) on offer in Walmart, in the UK on Amazon it’s £28 (inc tax) for 2 ($38.05 or $14 per 12 pack). On the shelves in places that have it the cheapest price is probably £1.50 per can ($2.04) but only goes up from there.

          There are a fair few US candy shops around Europe, at least in major European cities, but more than likely these are money laundering fronts first and foremost.

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          Would you say you’re in the minority or is it evident that most Canadians are boycotting?

          Do you feel any slow down of the movement?

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            American produce is literally rotting on the shelves even at steep discount

            At my local store US strawberries were on sale for $3 cad per pint and they all went to waste

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                What’s the Canadian unit of measure for strawberries?

                Weirdly in Australia strawberries come by the “punnet” which is just the type of container I think.

                Most other fruits are sold by the kilo.

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            Just about everyone i know is anti American right now, even conservative voters. Of course we have maple MAGA running around , but most people are pissed that Trump is treating Canada like an enemy

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        Pretty much this. When this hole thing started I swore I’d never buy an American product again, but I quickly realized I didn’t buy much of it anyways… The only American food/drink that we have is junk food and soft drinks, i.e. stuff that’s easy to avoid or replace

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      We are. Some transitions take longer, but food was the easiest. European food is superior anyways.

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      I’ve definitely been doing it, but it’s pretty hard to avoid US tech (both software and hardware). I can easily not buy bourbon or Heinz Ketchup, but not using commercial operating systems (I use linux, but y’know) or x86 CPU is kind of hard. Also, rightwingers see no reason to boycott Trump’s US and we’ve got a bit of a problem with rightwing parties in most european countries.