No. I don't think anyone but you misunderstood anything or showed their ignorance at all. I think you thought: "I had to look up the origins of boxing day! And I'm from Canada!"
But wrote:
"From Canada, and I had to Wiki to find out wtf Boxing day was."
Penny Arcade is also one of the original video game webcomics. Take a look at their archives. They're making Doom, Tribes II, and John Romero jokes in the beginning. Arguably, most of the other webcomics on this Wrapup owe something to PA for kicking it all off.
Canadian Boxing Week Video Game Sales Hub
Dec 27th 2009 4:55AM (Joystiq)But wrote:
"From Canada, and I had to Wiki to find out wtf Boxing day was."
Canadian Boxing Week Video Game Sales Hub
Dec 26th 2009 3:29PM (Joystiq)Unless you've never listened to the radio, read a flyer, visited a mall in december, watched Canadian television, or had friends who knew about it.
For your entire life.
I just braved a trip to West Edmonton Mall, and from what I saw It's fairly obvious all of Canada knows about Boxing day.
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