Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[905er]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

Yes that is bang on!!! Missingsausage shitty hall reminds me of mall-chitecture. It's the teals, and blues and reds and yellows with fussy metal accents like railings and clocktowers. Reminds me of mall foodcourts and elevators from the 80's / 90's.

calling it Missingsausage may sound funny (for whatever reason) but it's really immature and mocks the subtribe of the Anishinaabe-speaking First Nations peoples for whom Mississauga is named after.. have a little more respect for place names and understand it's origin before reducing it to silly names. Just MHO.

[GeneralLea]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

From the morning a few days back…

Holy cow, that's beautiful. I mean, the composition of this image is really well put together....not a bad skyline at all that's forming there as well.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by isaidso

Not sure if you're serious or joking. Just in case you were serious, the cowboy tradition was imported to this continent from Spain. It spread from Mexico north and south. The US is just one of many countries where the cowboy has become deeply ingrained. And one only need move to Alberta before that becomes plain as day. I'm always surprised how many eastern Canadians are oblivious to this. Perhaps, they've been watching too many American movies.

Joking about DC building a Saddledome to honour Johnson or cowboy culture. On some level, I knew cowboy culture had some origins in Spanish culture. Lots of overlap between U.S. and Mexican heritage in the south-west.

What I did not know was that the Saddledome's shape was due to a building technique and that there were multiple similar facilities.

[esquire]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

What I did not know was that the Saddledome's shape was due to a building technique and that there were multiple similar facilities.

I think I remember my old high school algebra textbook had a picture of the Saddledome roof under construction as an example of a practical application of hyperbolic parabolas.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by esquire

I think I remember my old high school algebra textbook had a picture of the Saddledome roof under construction as an example of a practical application of hyperbolic parabolas.

I went to high school in Quebec. We didn't learn anything about the world outside of Quebec.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by 905er

calling it Missingsausage may sound funny (for whatever reason) but it's really immature and mocks the subtribe of the Anishinaabe-speaking First Nations peoples for whom Mississauga is named after.. have a little more respect for place names and understand it's origin before reducing it to silly names. Just MHO.

I did not know the name's origin. Thanks for sharing. People on SSP have been calling it Missingsausage for a long time. I picked it up in the Ugly thread. That said, this seems overly sensitive. What about poor Edmonchuckistan? Or the most widely mocked city with a First Nations name on SSP: Okotoks (aka Rock in Blackfoot)?

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

I went to high school in Quebec. We didn't learn anything about the world outside of Quebec.

Somehow this reminded me that the Quebec version of King of the Hill is set in Quebec. Even though the signs have Texas names. Ridiculous levels of culture policing.

[JHikka]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

I did not know the name's origin. Thanks for sharing. People on SSP have been calling it Missingsausage for a long time. I picked it up in the Ugly thread. That said, this seems overly sensitive. What about poor Edmonchuckistan? Or the most widely mocked city with a First Nations name on SSP: Okotoks (aka Rock in Blackfoot)?

None of these are funny to anyone over the age of 10. Okotoks is an in-joke on this forum and isn't making fun of the name or changing it in some way like a child would.

[esquire]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

I did not know the name's origin. Thanks for sharing. People on SSP have been calling it Missingsausage for a long time. I picked it up in the Ugly thread. That said, this seems overly sensitive. What about poor Edmonchuckistan? Or the most widely mocked city with a First Nations name on SSP: Okotoks (aka Rock in Blackfoot)?

This is good, next time someone calls my city "Winterpeg" I'm going to accuse them of racism.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by esquire

This is good, next time someone calls my city "Winterpeg" I'm going to accuse them of racism.

You guys even have a hate anthem:

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[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by JHikka

None of these are funny to anyone over the age of 10. Okotoks is an in-joke on this forum and isn't making fun of the name or changing it in some way like a child would.

I guess this forum must be populated by 10 year olds then.

[JHikka]

Mississauga

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https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/so...ok-covid19-induced-boredom.31164/page-16


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https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/toronto-skyline.8967/page-160


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https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/toronto-skyline.8967/page-160

Originally Posted by O-tacular

I guess this forum must be populated by 10 year olds then.

Some threads certainly are.

[905er]

Originally Posted by JHikka

None of these are funny to anyone over the age of 10. Okotoks is an in-joke on this forum and isn't making fun of the name or changing it in some way like a child would.

Thank you. They're not funny. I just think the respectful thing to do is call cities by their proper names and leave it at that.

[Nouvellecosse]

I think there's a difference between making fun of a regular western place name vs an indigenous name. Indigenous culture, language and heritage has been so embattled in NA for so long that the few instances where it's given a place of prominence should be honoured. Saying that something deserves respect isn't an accusation of racism and isn't being "overly sensitive." Although I would describe it as overly sensitive to automatically get defensive when someone calls for respect.

[MolsonExport]

I can almost hear the accordions playing.

[905er]

Originally Posted by nouvellecosse

i think there's a difference between making fun of a regular western place name vs an indigenous name. Indigenous culture, language and heritage has been so embattled in na for so long that the few instances where it's given a place of prominence should be honoured. Saying that something deserves respect isn't an accusation of racism and isn't being "overly sensitive." although i would describe it as overly sensitive to automatically get defensive when someone calls for respect.

thank you!!!!

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

I think there's a difference between making fun of a regular western place name vs an indigenous name. Indigenous culture, language and heritage has been so embattled in NA for so long that the few instances where it's given a place of prominence should be honoured. Saying that something deserves respect isn't an accusation of racism and isn't being "overly sensitive." Although I would describe it as overly sensitive to automatically get defensive when someone calls for respect.

Fair enough.

[WhipperSnapper]

Nouvellecrosse said it well. However, this nation has gone mad. Flags have been at half mast for months. My kid must acknowledge that her school sits on this tribes land every morning and this has happened long before the graves were uncovered. It has approached the point of obsession which usual translate to all the other bad stuff Canadians have done being ignored. Surely, the WW2 internment camps have as dark secrets too. The ones pushing this overly woke agenda like our glorious leader goes surfing at an elite location on the day of reminiscence.

Making fun of Mississauga is making fun of this modern, suburban city. If that's racism because of its inherited name than the only real solution is to rename all these places with conquered indigenous names/communities. There really isn't that much different from a sports team nickname which, fortunately, are disappearing.

[ssiguy]

" We acknowledge that this piece of land was Indigenous at one point and pay homage to this fact as we sit on what once was Native land which we stole from the Natives thru violence and repression". "We also acknowledge that this Native land was taken from other Natives in endless blood drenched wars between neighbouring tribes to steal the land and gain slaves".

Somehow, I just don't see the second sentence being stated by our beloved politicians and Native leaders regardless of the fact that it is as equally true as the first.

[Martin Mtl]

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