Comments on: Wii Fit forces American ways on the world (or just Canada) http://www.thetanooki.com/2008/05/23/wii-fit-forces-american-ways-on-the-world-or-just-canada/ Nintendo Wii and DS news, reviews, opinions, and much more! Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:34:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: WolfeatingRaven http://www.thetanooki.com/2008/05/23/wii-fit-forces-american-ways-on-the-world-or-just-canada/#comment-18166 WolfeatingRaven Sun, 25 May 2008 00:03:41 +0000 http://www.thetanooki.com/2008/05/23/wii-fit-forces-american-practices-on-the-world-or-just-canada/#comment-18166 This is all a master plan to take over Canada. The middle east, America tried giving democracy through the barrel of a gun and its not worked at all, so with canada they are trying to be sneaky, slowly changing things until one day your waving Mini american flags. Sure it might start with removing the metric system but soon just you wait and see.........well either they or i'm blowing this out of proportion. Just because your paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you. This is all a master plan to take over Canada. The middle east, America tried giving democracy through the barrel of a gun and its not worked at all, so with canada they are trying to be sneaky, slowly changing things until one day your waving Mini american flags.

Sure it might start with removing the metric system but soon just you wait and see………well either they or i’m blowing this out of proportion.

Just because your paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not after you.

]]> By: 9th_Sage http://www.thetanooki.com/2008/05/23/wii-fit-forces-american-ways-on-the-world-or-just-canada/#comment-18162 9th_Sage Sat, 24 May 2008 16:17:02 +0000 http://www.thetanooki.com/2008/05/23/wii-fit-forces-american-practices-on-the-world-or-just-canada/#comment-18162 I think you're probably making too much of it...more likely, someone just wasn't thinking about it. Also, if it were me, I'd just look up an online Kilogram to pounds convertor right quick and be done with it. On another note, Wii Fit is doing well for me so far....it's actually given me a pretty good work out. I was skeptical at first back when they announced it, but now having it in my hands, it works pretty well. Even if I don't lose any weight, it should help to make me a more fit person. I think you’re probably making too much of it…more likely, someone just wasn’t thinking about it. Also, if it were me, I’d just look up an online Kilogram to pounds convertor right quick and be done with it.

On another note, Wii Fit is doing well for me so far….it’s actually given me a pretty good work out. I was skeptical at first back when they announced it, but now having it in my hands, it works pretty well. Even if I don’t lose any weight, it should help to make me a more fit person.

]]> By: drktrpr1 http://www.thetanooki.com/2008/05/23/wii-fit-forces-american-ways-on-the-world-or-just-canada/#comment-18161 drktrpr1 Sat, 24 May 2008 13:08:30 +0000 http://www.thetanooki.com/2008/05/23/wii-fit-forces-american-practices-on-the-world-or-just-canada/#comment-18161 HAH! Take that, Canada! Lol jk, that's pretty funny. HAH! Take that, Canada!

Lol jk, that’s pretty funny.

]]> By: rickytheleaf http://www.thetanooki.com/2008/05/23/wii-fit-forces-american-ways-on-the-world-or-just-canada/#comment-18157 rickytheleaf Sat, 24 May 2008 05:34:11 +0000 http://www.thetanooki.com/2008/05/23/wii-fit-forces-american-practices-on-the-world-or-just-canada/#comment-18157 I agree with you fully, Michael. I'm a Canadian and I measure everything in pounds and the only place I see my height in centimeters is on my driver's license (which looks rather funny). It does tick me off that the option isn't provided though, I know that I wouldn't use it but it's sad that they couldn't at least put it in there. It's such a small thing that you think they could have done something about it. It reminds me of that change game in Brain Age 2 where you are given $1 bills instead of loonies. Come on Nintendo, that is just being lazy! I agree with you fully, Michael. I’m a Canadian and I measure everything in pounds and the only place I see my height in centimeters is on my driver’s license (which looks rather funny).

It does tick me off that the option isn’t provided though, I know that I wouldn’t use it but it’s sad that they couldn’t at least put it in there. It’s such a small thing that you think they could have done something about it.

It reminds me of that change game in Brain Age 2 where you are given $1 bills instead of loonies. Come on Nintendo, that is just being lazy!

]]> By: Michael http://www.thetanooki.com/2008/05/23/wii-fit-forces-american-ways-on-the-world-or-just-canada/#comment-18156 Michael Sat, 24 May 2008 05:11:35 +0000 http://www.thetanooki.com/2008/05/23/wii-fit-forces-american-practices-on-the-world-or-just-canada/#comment-18156 Being a Canadian myself, I actually don't think it's going to be a problem. Everyone here knows their weight in pounds better than they do in kilograms, and I've never heard anyone call themselves, say 200cm.. The issue is just that we can't change it, and it's basically being force fed American culture. I think Canada is slowly moving towards the metric system, gas is in liters, milk is in liters, speed is measured in km/h, and any math we do in school is using metric values. But there are a couple things that we do the American way. Being a Canadian myself, I actually don’t think it’s going to be a problem. Everyone here knows their weight in pounds better than they do in kilograms, and I’ve never heard anyone call themselves, say 200cm..

The issue is just that we can’t change it, and it’s basically being force fed American culture. I think Canada is slowly moving towards the metric system, gas is in liters, milk is in liters, speed is measured in km/h, and any math we do in school is using metric values. But there are a couple things that we do the American way.

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