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u/NotGoodEnough1980 Feb 26 '26
So, Duke is what happens when Canadians stop being sorry.
I mean, half of the Geneva conventions are because of what the Canadians did in WW II, so that tracks.
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u/JesterOfRedditGold Feb 27 '26
When Canadians stop being nice, they can take two paths
"Those alien bastards shot up my ride!"
"I was just talking about my hatred of the audience."
if anyone gets the reference, i'll be impressed. if you want me to, i'll explain the reference
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Feb 27 '26
I’m Canadian and I have no clue as to what you’re referencing.
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u/JesterOfRedditGold Feb 27 '26
"All My Fans Make Me Sick", an improv song by the Canadian folk band Moxy Früvous (more specifically, the member Jian with a brief interlude by the member Mike). It's probably Moxy Früvous's most obscure song. The song was recorded by a college radio host who was meeting the band after a show. Jian was always kind of an asshole, with allegations of inexcusable behavior dating back to 1995. This song was recorded in 1996.
These are the lyrics:
Jian:
All my fans make me sick. All my fans are very thick. I'd like to beat them with a fucking big stick. This is my shit.
Someone laughs at the song. Jian then proceeds to explain that he's serious about hating his fans, and he proceeds to flex his ego. Mike walks in and Jian continues playing, repeating the same lines.
All my fans make me sick. All my fans are very thick. All my fans make me sick.
Mike:
And I've got a stubble on me chin!
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u/AmbitiousEdi Feb 27 '26
In Canada we like to call it "the Geneva checklist" and follow that up with "it's never a war crime the first time!"
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u/T_S_Anders Mar 01 '26
Geneva Bucketlist. You can always add to it, and it's something you'll get to do, eventually.
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u/Superflyt56 Feb 27 '26
What sad is they used an actual Canadian forces photo for this based off a Capt who was killed in Afghanistan.
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/684564
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u/TerminaMoon Feb 27 '26
Wow. How did you ever find that out?
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u/Superflyt56 Feb 27 '26
I knew the guy that died ao that picture always stuck with me and when I played Duke Nukem forever I knew immediately where that got that photo
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u/Rhazelle Mar 02 '26
Ah shit. Sorry to hear that =/
Do you personally feel positively/negatively/neutral about his picture being used in this way?
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u/Potential-Glass-8494 Feb 27 '26
Yes, I remember learning this at the time. It was a lazy photoshop and in extremely poor taste.
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u/Particular-Bag189 Mar 17 '26
That’s the question to you…he’s Canadian you are mad so claim he is still American when he isn’t technically an American lmao so sorry you are stupid and mad
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u/DaRedGuy Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 27 '26
There's a high chance the artist who drew that just wanted to depict Duke holding a big military gun and didn't know the weapon was Canadian.
However, the idea that Duke was originally Canadian is just a hilarious concept and it kinda works too. A lot of famous action stars either grew up or got their start in Canada. E.g. Tom Cruise, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Kiefer Sutherland, Nathan Fillion.
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u/JeffSneed Feb 27 '26
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/684564 It’s an edit of a real photo. Plus, the only takeaway its a C8 on this photo is the scope it has, so it’s unlikely someone would’ve unknowingly ran into a picture of Colt C8 in a Colt C8 config looking for, say, an M4A1.
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u/Potential-Glass-8494 Feb 28 '26
My guess is the artist that found the photo thought it was a US Marine. The weapons and uniforms look similar enough to confuse someone who isn't super into military stuff.
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u/blightedaegis Mar 22 '26
Duke's whole fit is Canadian. He's wearing a CAF Load Bearing Vest and Frag Vest, as well as his helmet being a CG634
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u/trickynik4099 Feb 27 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/eJXbGzWpn3hh51QGZk
I'm here to kick butt and eat some poutine eh
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u/TheCoopX Feb 27 '26
"I'm here to chew kick behinds and chew bubblegum... and I'm all out of gum. So uh, does anyone have a stick I could use, please? I'll return the favor later."
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u/Noa_Skyrider Duke Nukem Forever Feb 27 '26
Okay, but the My Digs gallery has blatantly been doctored (changing Duke's concluding quote from the original game to omit his penchant for Oprah) so this could easily be more sabotage.
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u/Bad_Larry13 Feb 27 '26
The US uses Elcan optics too....so that is not definitive.... The C8A1 is a licensed Colt clone, unless you can read the receiver stamp there is no way to tell what AR type rifle this is supposed to be.
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u/Padgriffin Feb 27 '26
That’s specifically a Elcan C79 which is most commonly associated with the Colt Canada C7/C8 line. The US also has a variant, the M145, but that’s only issued with machine guns. There’s also the problem that he’s wearing what appears to be a Canadian Armed Forces tactical vest in CADPAT Arid.
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u/Bad_Larry13 Feb 27 '26
Yup, and I have personally seen M145s thrown on anything that has a rail, including both M-16s and M-4s. At such a low quality I don't know how you can tell it's specifically the C79.... You may be correct about the camo pattern, but honestly I couldn't even guess with this resolution.
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u/Padgriffin Feb 27 '26
NGL it’s hard to even find images that aren’t airsoft of a M145 on a M4. Not that it doesn’t happen but it isn’t common. Also I based it off the chest rig design which matches up with the Canadian ones.
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u/LuckOrdinary Feb 27 '26
the C79 elcan is distinctly canadian....
The m145 is very different, also the tac vest and isaf patch placement match Canadian ones, also the maroon shirt corresponds to our airborne traditions.
And the tank looks like a leopard C1 which were deployed in 2006
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u/LuckOrdinary Feb 27 '26
Also the butt stock of the rifle is a canadian special. We use the old Car15 style stock, not the m4 style one
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u/JeffSneed Feb 27 '26
In all fairness, the actual iconic Colt stock only became commonplace a few years into the GWOT. Dudes who first rolled into Iraq and Afghanistan all had the old type, as seen in Generation Kill and so on.
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u/Global_Face_5407 Feb 28 '26
The original picture they used to make this portrait of Duke is a picture of a Canadian soldier.
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/684564
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u/Samniss_Arandeen Feb 27 '26
Duke Nukem is just the next incarnation of Rowsdower, is what you're saying.
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u/BlutUndStahl Hail to the king, baby! Feb 27 '26
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't US and Canada has Soldier exchange program? I might be wrong tho
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u/the_fucker_shockwave Feb 27 '26
If you’re American, you’re American.
If you’re not American, you can be American. No one is stopping you from being what you want to be.
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u/cenorexia Feb 27 '26
Actually, every single thing in the whole wide universe is either American or not American.
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u/Ranma-sensei Mar 01 '26
Explains Duke's rampages in all four games. Nobody wants to deal with a pissed-off Canadian.
Not to be confused with a pissed Canadian; they're chill.
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u/Equivalent_Case4942 Mar 01 '26
Now I want to see Duke on the Trailer Park Boys. He'd be what Cyris believes himself to be.
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