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Beaver being fed a jelly roll, Canada, 1931 (upload.wikimedia.org)
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[–] Netraven@hear-me.social 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

@PugJesus This image *is* Canada.

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago

Um, an Englishman coming here, pretending to be O.G., while taking advantage of a much younger indigenous woman? That is, historically, not a bad metaphor for Canada.

Photo is Archibald Belaney, stage name Grey Owl, and the beaver was a pet because his young girlfriend didn’t like how he ran his trapline.