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<p>PIguy: /* Explanation */ removed side comment that didn't add to the explanation</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 180<br /> | date = November 6, 2006<br /> | title = Canada<br /> | image = canada.png<br /> | titletext = IT'S ALL REAL!<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{w|Canada}} is the country north of the {{w|USA}}. During political seasons, it's often claimed by partisan voters that if their side loses, they'll move. For Americans, this often comes to [http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/people-moving-to-canada-because-of-obamacare claims of moving to Canada].<br /> <br /> The punchline references the tagline &quot;If you die in the game, you die in real life,&quot; from the 2006 horror movie {{w|Stay Alive}} (released a few months before this comic), where people die in real life soon after their characters are killed in a certain video game. The irony here is that, since Canada is arguably part of reality already, Cueball's friend is just really bad at thinking through his plans.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Two men stand talking to each other.]<br /> :Cueball: If we lose this election, I'm moving to Canada.<br /> :Friend: You say that every year.<br /> :Cueball: I mean it this time.<br /> <br /> :Friend: Well, becoming a citizen takes work. Meanwhile, you have no money, half an art degree, and it's the start of winter. You'll freeze to death in the streets.<br /> :Cueball: Whatever.<br /> <br /> :[Friend raises his hands.]<br /> :Friend: No, don't you get it? If you die in Canada, you die in REAL LIFE!<br /> <br /> {{Comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> [[Category:Politics]]</div>

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