Every day I learn something new

[james_davis_nicoll]

Today, it's the existance of the Canadian Shack meme.

Not everything I learn about is of equal utility.

Comments

[kate_nepveu]

But of some entertainment value?

[james_davis_nicoll]

This one seems to be rooted in a basic willful ignorance about Canada.

[kate_nepveu]

Ah, I see.

I understood the meme to be less than literal in its Canadian setting, but then, I'm inclined to forgive much for "You can get Mark Vorkosigan into a Canadian Shack, but you can't keep him there long." ( http://archiveofourown.org/works/315793 ). This is, of course, easy for me to say as I am not Canadian.

[cyprinella]

I think that one goes back to Due South fandom which had a lot of Fraser in a shack in the middle of nowhere when he was in Canada. It's a pretty old meme in internet terms, supposedly 10 years old.

[konsectatrix]

You've seen this post then?

I think most of the Due South fandom has forgotten that the show was supposedly mocking American stereotypes of Canada in the first place. (I dunno how successful it was; I mostly ignored that show.)

[scifantasy]

It's quite possible that most of the fandom did too...

[konsectatrix]

Maybe I should make Cold War style propaganda icons that implores fandom do to do research/fact-check before they go on writing about places they know jack-all about, if only to avoid international incidents.

[maruad.livejournal.com]

Do you mean the famous http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Shack?

[agoodwinsmith.livejournal.com]

This stuff?
http://www.trickster.org/speranza/ShackedUp.html

[carbonel]

The second one. It's been 10 years since the original Canadian Shack experience, and Cesperanza is organizing a revival.