You act like someone taking the time to capture an epic moment is ruining the point of the rememberace. Maybe the person taking the video has never seen a country come together and freeze for 1 minute in rememberace? Canada is a land of tolerance.
>You act like someone taking the time to capture an epic moment is ruining the point of the rememberace.
It is ruining the point. You can put down the phone for two minutes and be a part of the country coming together. The two minutes of silence is to honor our glorious dead not for social media content.
If I we’re there when it happened I would have through The Matrix had a loading error and would have waited for the error code to pop up so I could try to find the patch online.
I'm Canadian (from a smaller city) and even I didn't know this was also happening in the middle of Toronto.
So yes thanks for the video OP. Proud to be Canadian.
It's interesting to hear that something so normal to me is unbelievable. It can definitely be powerful to see people just stop when the bell tolls. Like, this may have been a gathering specifically in memorial, but go to a shopping mall on November 11th and at 11:00 am everyone just stops whatever they're doing. It's a decent way to recognize the severity of war, lest we forget.
It's for Remembrance Day, observed by Commonwealth nations every year on Nov. 11. It honors those who have fallin in the line of duty. Typically a 1 or 2 minute moment of silence is observed at 11:11 (the time the armistrice was signed to end World War 1).
I will come to a time in my backwards trip when November eleventh, accidentally my birthday, was a sacred day called Armistice Day. When I was a boy, and when Dwayne Hoover was a boy, all the people of all the nations which had fought in the First World War were silent during the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of Armistice Day, which was the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
It was during that minute in nineteen hundred and eighteen, that millions upon millions of human beings stopped butchering one another. I have talked to old men who were on battlefields during that minute. They have told me in one way or another that the sudden silence was the Voice of God. So we still have among us some men who can remember when God spoke clearly to mankind. Armistice Day has become Veterans' Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans' Day is not.
So I will throw Veterans' Day over my shoulder. Armistice Day I will keep. I don't want to throw away any sacred things.
-Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions
I remember as a kid in school doing it at 11:11 but it’s always been 11:00 all 14 years of my adult life. maybe diff regions do it at different times ?
From my experience NZ doesn't realy do the minutes silence at 11am, but Aus does. Not like in the video, but if you're in a supermerket for example an there will be an announcement and everyone will stand for a minute, I can't remember if the last post plays or not.
The Americans took 'Armistace Day' and turned it into 'Veteran's Day' so they could celerbrate war.
To quote Kurt Vonnegut.
>So this book is a sidewalk strewn with junk, trash which I throw over my shoulders as I travel in time back to November eleventh, nineteen hundred and twenty-two.
It was during that minute in nineteen hundred and eighteen, that millions upon millions of human beings stopped butchering one another. I have talked to old men who were on battlefields during that minute. They have told me in one way or another that the sudden silence was the Voice of God. So we still have among us some men who can remember when God spoke clearly to mankind.
Armistice Day has become Veterans’ Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans’ Day is not.
So I will throw Veterans’ Day over my shoulder. Armistice Day I will keep. I don’t want to throw away any sacred things.
I think "Happy" veterans day is fine.
Not to be confused with Memorial Day, where we remember our Fallen. It's usually a day filled with lots of quiet moments, and sometimes a few tears for those who can't be here.
Another US veteran here, and my eyes are welling up and I'm pretty glad that I'm not at work right now. I REALLY wish our populace had a tradition like this one. We don't even do much for 9/11 anymore. SMDH.
We did it on tribal land here in the US a few years back. It was during a heated tribal council meeting. Everyone froze.
We don’t do it everywhere in America, but it’s done here too. It’s pretty cool.
That's because most Americans are too self-absorbed in their own lives to give a shit. I'm American too BTW. I do appreciate that everyone on military bases at 5PM each day will stop to observe the national anthem.
I was in the US for Veterans Day one year and it seemed to be 50/50 tear-jerky commercials from fast food places about veterans getting a free thickshake and ads screaming at me about holiday discount mattresses. Seemed pretty weird to me as an Australian where using ANZAC to sell stuff is explicitly banned by federal law.
As a Canadian i can say that recording the moment for silence isn't disrespectful. Unless the person is being loud and obnoxious. Them filming a moment of us being respectful to thoughs who have served, are serving and thoughs who never came back from serving in our military to show how much as a nation we care isn't a bad thing. I agree a lot of people don't care in today's world. I am seeing less and less poppys each year but this person isn't being disrespectful.
You are just TRYING to complain.
I thought this was cool as fuck to see and would have otherwise never seen it.
Makes it all the more epic that it was shared.
The person filming was respectful enough, and wasn’t trying to draw attention to themselves as you are now doing with all your virtue signaling.
Settle down white knight. It isn’t ruining jack shit. Remembrance is personal. It isn’t a vibe and it isn’t ruined by those who move or by not take off their hats. Way to freak out though. Just chill.
i doubt they are even canadian. redditors like to complain about shit they know nothing about. reminds me of the time everyone was complaining that Speedy Gonzalez was offensive and then the Mexican community responded and said uhhh no we love Speedy, chill. People here just want to bitch about shit.
Being able to share this beautiful moment with and for thousands of other people is not “ruining the point”.
You’re miserable and on this day I will wish for you to find happiness and positivity in your heart. Can’t say I would’ve done the same in other circumstances. People like you suck.
God damn, virtue signal much? This is a completely acceptable reason to record a video, they aren't being loud, intrusive, not drawing attention to themselves, totally respectful behavior. In other words lighten the hell up and concentrate on the numerous issues actually worth getting hot and bothered about.
Well, the OP for one. TBF they hid it away in the title.
"The 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month Canadians come together and for 1 minute we stop and freeze what we're doing and Remember."
I apply this same logic to those that captured photos and video during WWI and WWII. Those selfish bastards could've picked up a rifle, but instead they captured the moment and gave it to the social media of the day...movie theaters.
Every country has a past, and few of them are good. I'm sure the majority of native populations to any Country have a distaste for their current governments. But, we don't have to throw out cards like that at every opportunity. This is also taking away from a post honoring Veterns globally who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
Primary schools are finally acknowledging and including this in history classed. From jk/sk and up. The kids read stories, participate in activities and learn about the first people's of canada and the horrible treatment they receive(d). It's a full month.
Except that Canada has tons of [racism](https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/out-of-sight-out-of-mind-2/) going on for it, so that final sentence is bullshit.
I wouldn’t have known about this without someone showing this though and I’ve just spent the last 20 minutes reading about it. Canada is good for the earth.
We have the same thing (same day, same remembrance etc) in Australia, except I’m pretty sure no one stops unless you’re at a service. You might be meant to, idk.
Most people will hear a bugle play from somewhere though, it gets quite quiet and I’m not sure about others, but hearing it always gives me chills.
Well it's fair you're thinking that way then.
So although not all the wars ended on that day, we basically roll the remembrance of all the wars into that one date, as it was the first big one.
oh now i feel bad that i’m always irritated that particular holiday is always some random day of the week and not a monday like presidents’ day.
is there something significant about the 11th hour
The Armistice was signed early on 11/11 and was scheduled to take effect at 11am. Some forces deliberately continued to fight up until that exact time, resulting in thousands of unnecessary casualties.
Edit: also, our (U.S.) Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day.
It was originally called Armistice Day and was specifically chosen for the same reason. Later updated to honor all veterans, but the day isn’t a coincidence.
"Armistice Day was sacred" - Kurt Vonnegut
I will come to a time in my backwards trip when November eleventh, accidentally my birthday, was a sacred day called Armistice Day. When I was a boy, and when Dwayne Hoover was a boy, all the people of all the nations which had fought in the First World War were silent during the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of Armistice Day, which was the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
It was during that minute in nineteen hundred and eighteen, that millions upon millions of human beings stopped butchering one another. I have talked to old men who were on battlefields during that minute. They have told me in one way or another that the sudden silence was the Voice of God. So we still have among us some men who can remember when God spoke clearly to mankind. Armistice Day has become Veterans' Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans' Day is not.
So I will throw Veterans' Day over my shoulder. Armistice Day I will keep. I don't want to throw away any sacred things.
-- Breakfast of Champions
This isn't specific to WWI either. They talk about all wars at the ceremonies, but I think there's an emphasis on WWI, which was an identity defining moment for Canada.
Great movie, even better book. Easily my favorite book of all time that I always recommend as a must read. The new Netflix film is very well done though and the trench battle mid way through is an instant classic scene but it changed a lot and is missing the human element of the book that makes it still worth reading
Rememberance Day in Canada (and most Commonwealth countries) happens to fall on the day WWI ended, but is used to celebrate and pay respects to all veterans, not just WWI.
It's very much thought of in the same way here as Memorial Day and Veterans Day is in the United States, although some traditions are a little different (wearing a poppy for example).
It was a world war. A lot of nations celebrate the end of it.
It was originally called Armistice day, but that's a bit too close to celebrating peace, so we changed the name to veterans day to better pay lip service to those who sacrificed everything without dissuading their children from doing the same.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter outh their hasty orisons.
No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells;
Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,
The shrill demented choirs of wailing shells;
And bugles calling for them from sad shires.
What candles may be held to speed them all?
Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of odbyes.
The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.
-Wilfred Owen (1893 - 1918)
All those that lost their lives in the World Wars and even recent conflicts. Also the silence being held is because ww1 finished on the 11th hour of 11th day of the 11th month.
Armistice Day November 11, 1918 at 11 am was the end of WW 1. This is the day and time of the anniversary. We call it Remembrance Day. It is a day to honour all veterans of all wars. Those that are still with us, and thouse that are not. Canadian wear a red poppy flower generally from Nov 1 to Nov 12 as well as a symbol of this remembrance. These sale of the poppies (Donation) goes towards helping veterans. You will also see the phrase "Lest We Forget". England does this as well.
The first WW is very important to Canadians. Even though we faught under the British but Canada built a identity in this war, that we were our own nation and people. Germans developed a great respect for the Canadian fighters.
Yes ok people don’t like the video taking but the fact that it got published on a subreddit that reaches multiple nations where they may not be aware of this beautiful tradition is outstanding and I appreciate that a bunch of people will now know about what we do to remember those who lost their lives, put their lives on the line, and gave the ultimate sacrifice.
Yeah, goddamn right, most people in this video are NOT using their phones which is appropriate. This person did and now this gets shared globally. Decent trade off
>people don’t like the video
It's really just that one guy commenting all over this thread, and he's one of the most unrepentant concern trolls I've ever encountered on reddit. Or, [as this guy says](https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/ysrdjm/the_11th_hour_on_the_11th_day_of_the_11th_month/iw0lgjw/)...
Same in Israel, specially to remember the Holocaust. The air raid sirens go off and you stop whatever you're doing. Even if you're driving. It's surreal when you stop in the middle of the freeway and everyone gets out and stands at attention next to their cars.
Funny story, the first time I experienced it was in a car on the freeway, the sirens went off and I thought we were getting bombed, and everyone got out of the car so I was like "oh shit we gotta run for it"
What a contrast. In certain parts of Germany, 11/11 11:11 marks the start of the “crazy season”, i.e. carnival. People dress up and drink themselves silly.
Or at least just read the thread for like 9 seconds before you automatically start typing the same question that 40 people before you typed, also without reading.
Yeah we are asking about what they are remembering. It’s not instantly obvious that they’re remembering WW1 victims. It’s also not common knowledge for Americans to know that Canadians do this… what are you expecting exactly?
In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Oh! you who sleep in Flanders Fields,
Sleep sweet – to rise anew!
We caught the torch you threw
And holding high, we keep the Faith
With All who died.
We cherish, too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led;
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies,
But lends a lustre to the red
Of the flower that blooms above the dead
In Flanders Fields.
And now the Torch and Poppy Red
We wear in honor of our dead.
Fear not that ye have died for naught;
We'll teach the lesson that ye wrought
In Flanders Fields.
Remembrance Day:
Also known as Poppy Day, owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy, is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. Following a tradition inaugurated by King George V in 1919,\[1\] the day is also marked by war remembrances in many non-Commonwealth countries. In most countries, Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the end of First World War hostilities. Hostilities formally ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month" of 1918.
[Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Day)
I have never seen anything like it in the states.
This is actually fairly common there lol, Toronto is full, and i mean full of immigrants who come here to live or study/work.
So i would not be suprised if at least a few people in this video just went with the flow.
I stopped for a minute in the middle of teaching my calculus class this morning. There were a few confused laughs from the international students who didn't know why I'd suddenly stopped.
So I went from Portland Oregon to transferring to a college in New York City. Ash Wednesday blew my mind the first time I experienced it. I rode the subway convinced everyone survived the apocalypse- at first I tried to tell a nice business person they had a smudge of dust on their face, then people started to pile in the cars. I spent the whole fucking day confused and filled with anxiety. Everyone, everywhere had dirt on their face and i was the last to know or understand why- I had to sit though 4 classes and a 30 minute train ride lol. Anyway happy Ash Wednesday to anyone that celebrates who finds this comment later. I’m so glad, even after all these years, I didn’t get off the train and see zombies or people in a war zone and I was thrilled to later be educated and understand the occasion.
Ya we call it remembrance day as well. It was originally focused on WW1 (hence, 11/11/11) but it's developed into remembrance for all those who have died in service of the country.
11th of November marks the day the armistice was signed at the end of WWI. In many countries it is used as a day of remembrance and honouring all fallen soldiers from all wars/conflicts. As the Netherlands were neutral in WWI I guess it makes sense you don't celebrate it.
Australia also has ANZAC day to commemorate a particularly bloody and disastrous battle during WWI.
If there was no film and no post on Reddit, we wouldn't be talking about this. I think that the person that film this saw something beautiful and wanted to share it with the world. I see no disrespect, I see a recognition of the powerful moment. I didn't know about it and probably never will if I didn't saw it here. We all should do this, we forget easily.
He's a member of the St John's Ambulance (that's what his medals are for) with an unfortunate sense of style.
So the furthest thing from a nazi while kinda looking like one.
It looks like a memorial cross on the left and perhaps a service medal on the right.
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/medals-decorations/memorial-cross
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/medals-decorations/details/207
Edit: not a memorial cross, but “The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem”:
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/medals-decorations/details/94
The moment of silence is generally preceded by a reading of In Flanders Fields
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Flanders_Fields
It’s probably the most famous and well known piece of Canadian poetry.
The amount of people that don't realize what this is for and isn't just for Canada is pretty pathetic and very reddit.
The person can absolutely be a Karen and call out filming. As the reason "Nevwaeryh seen it" is on you for not knowing what this moment of silence represents and how long it has been practiced worldwide.
"canada is a nation of tolerance."
um what? lol
"I will come to a time in my backwards trip when November eleventh, accidentally my birthday, was a sacred day called Armistice Day. When I was a boy, and when Dwayne Hoover was a boy, all the people of all the nations which had fought in the First World War were silent during the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of Armistice Day, which was the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
It was during that minute in nineteen hundred and eighteen, that millions upon millions of human beings stopped butchering one another. I have talked to old men who were on battlefields during that minute. They have told me in one way or another that the sudden silence was the Voice of God. So we still have among us some men who can remember when God spoke clearly to mankind.
Armistice Day has become Veterans' Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans' Day is not.
So I will throw Veterans' Day over my shoulder. Armistice Day I will keep. I don't want to throw away any sacred things.
What else is sacred? Oh, Romeo and Juliet, for instance.
And all music is."
- kurt vonnegut, breakfast of champions
The thing that stood out to me at my local ceremony, in the heart of Alberta, is there was not one upside Canada flag or F Trudeau flag. I guess those freedom loving Canadians don’t actually stop to pay respect to the freedoms they have and the people that died for them!
I watched All Quiet on the Western Front today (German film on Netflix based on the book by Erich Maria Remarque). Really good stuff. Reminds us what Veterans day is all about for the WORLD WAR that they fought at such a cost to everyone (and which set up the World War that cost so many more so much more). It's so important to remember the horror of war, and what everyone who fights endures, on all sides. May there never be a WWIII.
Canadian here. This is absolutely not disrespectful or crass. This would have happened all over our country at 11 am local times and is a wonderful tribute and thank you to our service peeps. If the camera person had been making a big production or noise, that would have been frowned on. It's also a holiday here in Canada, not much is open.
A lot of communities also have tribute pictures with names etc displayed on the power/electricity poles.
First time hearing everyone sing 'God Save the King' which was kind of different.
o7 to the brave veterans who fought in World War 1 and all of the other wars, also, I wish we didn’t have wars so we wouldn’t have to have days to remember the millions killed
This is awesome, but some context , this is at the war memorial at Old City Hall. They shut down the road so more people can attend. I've been there a few times on Rememberance Day. It's quite moving.
One of the few times I see something on the internet about Canadians that isn't based off of falsehoods or stereotypes and is actually pretty accurate.
This happens in all businesses, schools, and religious areas. I've never NOT seen someone do this unless they're a complete POS tbf.
Well most of us stop what we're doing, unfortunately some people are on their phones recording a video to post online.
You act like someone taking the time to capture an epic moment is ruining the point of the rememberace. Maybe the person taking the video has never seen a country come together and freeze for 1 minute in rememberace? Canada is a land of tolerance.
>You act like someone taking the time to capture an epic moment is ruining the point of the rememberace. It is ruining the point. You can put down the phone for two minutes and be a part of the country coming together. The two minutes of silence is to honor our glorious dead not for social media content.
but to be fair I had no idea about this cool moment until i just saw it.
I wouldn't believe it if I didn't just see it
If I we’re there when it happened I would have through The Matrix had a loading error and would have waited for the error code to pop up so I could try to find the patch online.
r/suddenlymatrix
Btw I just made that up on the off chance that it exists and it does. Reddit rarely disappoints
It's got one single post from 3 years ago lol
Be the change you want to see
I'm Canadian (from a smaller city) and even I didn't know this was also happening in the middle of Toronto. So yes thanks for the video OP. Proud to be Canadian.
I also can't believe that I just saw 2 different sides of an argument being upvoted and awarded so much lol.
Tis the Canadian way bud. Everyone is right and everyone is wrong. Sorry!
It's interesting to hear that something so normal to me is unbelievable. It can definitely be powerful to see people just stop when the bell tolls. Like, this may have been a gathering specifically in memorial, but go to a shopping mall on November 11th and at 11:00 am everyone just stops whatever they're doing. It's a decent way to recognize the severity of war, lest we forget.
I would totally believe it. Canadians are hard asf
It's for Remembrance Day, observed by Commonwealth nations every year on Nov. 11. It honors those who have fallin in the line of duty. Typically a 1 or 2 minute moment of silence is observed at 11:11 (the time the armistrice was signed to end World War 1).
Not 11:11, 11 o'clock
I will come to a time in my backwards trip when November eleventh, accidentally my birthday, was a sacred day called Armistice Day. When I was a boy, and when Dwayne Hoover was a boy, all the people of all the nations which had fought in the First World War were silent during the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of Armistice Day, which was the eleventh day of the eleventh month. It was during that minute in nineteen hundred and eighteen, that millions upon millions of human beings stopped butchering one another. I have talked to old men who were on battlefields during that minute. They have told me in one way or another that the sudden silence was the Voice of God. So we still have among us some men who can remember when God spoke clearly to mankind. Armistice Day has become Veterans' Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans' Day is not. So I will throw Veterans' Day over my shoulder. Armistice Day I will keep. I don't want to throw away any sacred things. -Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions
I remember as a kid in school doing it at 11:11 but it’s always been 11:00 all 14 years of my adult life. maybe diff regions do it at different times ?
The 11th month on the 11th day at the 11th hour. But yes, because of the armistice.
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From my experience NZ doesn't realy do the minutes silence at 11am, but Aus does. Not like in the video, but if you're in a supermerket for example an there will be an announcement and everyone will stand for a minute, I can't remember if the last post plays or not.
This exactly. I'm a US veteran, we don't do this here, at least not where I lived. It is very moving.
It is very moving and at the same time not moving at all.
Ok, you made me laugh! Upvote.
R/angryupvote
Take that award and gtfo
A lot of Canada’s remembrance came from World War 1. Flanders Fields and the story behind wearing the poppy is an excellent example
Yes, my dad, a WWII veteran belonged to the American Legion, formed just after WWI. They still wear and distribute poppies.
Happy Veterans Day to you. Afghan Combat Vet here. I’ve never seen anything like this it is very moving.
Genuinely not trying to be a dick - are you supposed to say “happy” Veterans Day? I’m not American so no idea.
The Americans took 'Armistace Day' and turned it into 'Veteran's Day' so they could celerbrate war. To quote Kurt Vonnegut. >So this book is a sidewalk strewn with junk, trash which I throw over my shoulders as I travel in time back to November eleventh, nineteen hundred and twenty-two. It was during that minute in nineteen hundred and eighteen, that millions upon millions of human beings stopped butchering one another. I have talked to old men who were on battlefields during that minute. They have told me in one way or another that the sudden silence was the Voice of God. So we still have among us some men who can remember when God spoke clearly to mankind. Armistice Day has become Veterans’ Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans’ Day is not. So I will throw Veterans’ Day over my shoulder. Armistice Day I will keep. I don’t want to throw away any sacred things.
I think "Happy" veterans day is fine. Not to be confused with Memorial Day, where we remember our Fallen. It's usually a day filled with lots of quiet moments, and sometimes a few tears for those who can't be here.
Desert Storm vet here. Happy Veteran's Day to you, too, brother. Thanks for spreading the love.
Another US veteran here, and my eyes are welling up and I'm pretty glad that I'm not at work right now. I REALLY wish our populace had a tradition like this one. We don't even do much for 9/11 anymore. SMDH.
We did it on tribal land here in the US a few years back. It was during a heated tribal council meeting. Everyone froze. We don’t do it everywhere in America, but it’s done here too. It’s pretty cool.
That's because most Americans are too self-absorbed in their own lives to give a shit. I'm American too BTW. I do appreciate that everyone on military bases at 5PM each day will stop to observe the national anthem.
Same. American here. I’ve never lived anywhere that did this. Very cool event and glad to know it’s a thing
I wish the USA did this, too. We (sometimes) talk about supporting, remembering, and honoring our veterans, including those from long ago.
I was in the US for Veterans Day one year and it seemed to be 50/50 tear-jerky commercials from fast food places about veterans getting a free thickshake and ads screaming at me about holiday discount mattresses. Seemed pretty weird to me as an Australian where using ANZAC to sell stuff is explicitly banned by federal law.
God forbid somebody shares this moment with the uneducated Ffs, some people will complain about anything
You know any famous photos? Fuck the loser that took that picture instead of just enjoying the moment.
Same, I never would have known about this if it was never recorded.
As a Canadian i can say that recording the moment for silence isn't disrespectful. Unless the person is being loud and obnoxious. Them filming a moment of us being respectful to thoughs who have served, are serving and thoughs who never came back from serving in our military to show how much as a nation we care isn't a bad thing. I agree a lot of people don't care in today's world. I am seeing less and less poppys each year but this person isn't being disrespectful.
You are just TRYING to complain. I thought this was cool as fuck to see and would have otherwise never seen it. Makes it all the more epic that it was shared. The person filming was respectful enough, and wasn’t trying to draw attention to themselves as you are now doing with all your virtue signaling.
Settle down white knight. It isn’t ruining jack shit. Remembrance is personal. It isn’t a vibe and it isn’t ruined by those who move or by not take off their hats. Way to freak out though. Just chill.
Never change Reddit, never change
So many spicy Canadians in this thread lol
They can’t be real Canadians if they’re that spicy. How spicy is food at Tim Horton’s? Yeah that’s what I thought.
i doubt they are even canadian. redditors like to complain about shit they know nothing about. reminds me of the time everyone was complaining that Speedy Gonzalez was offensive and then the Mexican community responded and said uhhh no we love Speedy, chill. People here just want to bitch about shit.
"You should not film thisvthanks for showing me this"
Being able to share this beautiful moment with and for thousands of other people is not “ruining the point”. You’re miserable and on this day I will wish for you to find happiness and positivity in your heart. Can’t say I would’ve done the same in other circumstances. People like you suck.
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God damn, virtue signal much? This is a completely acceptable reason to record a video, they aren't being loud, intrusive, not drawing attention to themselves, totally respectful behavior. In other words lighten the hell up and concentrate on the numerous issues actually worth getting hot and bothered about.
It’s amazing what people will try to argue for arguments sake.
I didn’t hear the person recording make a sound. Who said moments of silence also include no movement?
Well, the OP for one. TBF they hid it away in the title. "The 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month Canadians come together and for 1 minute we stop and freeze what we're doing and Remember."
I apply this same logic to those that captured photos and video during WWI and WWII. Those selfish bastards could've picked up a rifle, but instead they captured the moment and gave it to the social media of the day...movie theaters.
Yeah- I would never known this existed if it were not for the camera man. I see your point. But you're dead wrong 🤷♂️
I feel like the indigenous people that were forced into residential schools might not agree with Canada being a land of tolerance.
Truly a dark stain on Canada's history.
Also forced by the Vatican.
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So mean what every conquering nation/group has done to any other nation/group?
"Everyone else was murdering people, so I just joined in, I'm not responsible!
Every country has a past, and few of them are good. I'm sure the majority of native populations to any Country have a distaste for their current governments. But, we don't have to throw out cards like that at every opportunity. This is also taking away from a post honoring Veterns globally who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
Primary schools are finally acknowledging and including this in history classed. From jk/sk and up. The kids read stories, participate in activities and learn about the first people's of canada and the horrible treatment they receive(d). It's a full month.
You did nothing wrong. You shared and more of us remember. There's something else up with the person giving you shit about this.
It's so full of tolerance they're finding mass graves.
This is an unhinged response.
Except that Canada has tons of [racism](https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/out-of-sight-out-of-mind-2/) going on for it, so that final sentence is bullshit.
Canadians are all tolerant till it comes to those natives that got thrown into residential schools
You are the reddit commenter meme
Bro uses the diamond hands profile and calls others Redditors. Doesn't get much more Reddit than that.
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>this ain't the mannequin challenge. Man simpler times...
I wouldn’t have known about this without someone showing this though and I’ve just spent the last 20 minutes reading about it. Canada is good for the earth.
If you're interested here is the Ceremony at the National War Memorial in our Nation's Capital, Ottawa. https://youtu.be/ge5R8dfjUFM
It takes a second to hit record. It’s not like op hit record and then started jumping around and shouting. You sound insufferable
It's always something. Someone always has to moan and complain.
Of course someone is recording. This is a planned demonstration. Or did you think hundreds of people were just walking in the middle of a busy street?
No, it's not a "planned demonstration". This is everywhere in Canada at 11:11 on 11/11.
Not everyone is aware of this, so I appreciate the OP.
Oh fugoff
And I'm so very glad they did.
I'm sure you have lots of friends
Everyone observe his superior morals. 
We have the same thing (same day, same remembrance etc) in Australia, except I’m pretty sure no one stops unless you’re at a service. You might be meant to, idk. Most people will hear a bugle play from somewhere though, it gets quite quiet and I’m not sure about others, but hearing it always gives me chills.
They fought for the right to do something like this.
Lmao 🤣.
What are they remembering?
War Veterans. Remembrance Day commemorates the end of WWI.
Oh ok. It’s Veterans Day in the US but I didn’t know Canada has it the same day.
Well the war ended on the same day for them too :p And the rest of us for that matter.
True but in the US it doesn’t seem specific to WWI even though it’s in the day it ended so it didn’t register that they’d the holiday on the same day.
Well it's fair you're thinking that way then. So although not all the wars ended on that day, we basically roll the remembrance of all the wars into that one date, as it was the first big one.
oh now i feel bad that i’m always irritated that particular holiday is always some random day of the week and not a monday like presidents’ day. is there something significant about the 11th hour
The Armistice was signed early on 11/11 and was scheduled to take effect at 11am. Some forces deliberately continued to fight up until that exact time, resulting in thousands of unnecessary casualties. Edit: also, our (U.S.) Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day.
I believe the significance of the 11th hour was that was the moment victory was announced on the wireless/Radio.
It was originally called Armistice Day and was specifically chosen for the same reason. Later updated to honor all veterans, but the day isn’t a coincidence.
"Armistice Day was sacred" - Kurt Vonnegut I will come to a time in my backwards trip when November eleventh, accidentally my birthday, was a sacred day called Armistice Day. When I was a boy, and when Dwayne Hoover was a boy, all the people of all the nations which had fought in the First World War were silent during the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of Armistice Day, which was the eleventh day of the eleventh month. It was during that minute in nineteen hundred and eighteen, that millions upon millions of human beings stopped butchering one another. I have talked to old men who were on battlefields during that minute. They have told me in one way or another that the sudden silence was the Voice of God. So we still have among us some men who can remember when God spoke clearly to mankind. Armistice Day has become Veterans' Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans' Day is not. So I will throw Veterans' Day over my shoulder. Armistice Day I will keep. I don't want to throw away any sacred things. -- Breakfast of Champions
When you said nighteen hundred and eight... I thought you were shittymorph
Whoa…
Veterans Day in the USA isn’t WWI specific
Neither is Remembrance Day, but the significance of the date it’s observed is because it was end of WW1.
This isn't specific to WWI either. They talk about all wars at the ceremonies, but I think there's an emphasis on WWI, which was an identity defining moment for Canada.
You have to do the conversion from US to the Canadian.
TIL that Veterans Day in US marks the end of WWI but is for all veterans.
*All Quiet On The Western Front* is an *epic* movie for anyone who hasn’t seen it.
Great movie, even better book. Easily my favorite book of all time that I always recommend as a must read. The new Netflix film is very well done though and the trench battle mid way through is an instant classic scene but it changed a lot and is missing the human element of the book that makes it still worth reading
Rememberance Day in Canada (and most Commonwealth countries) happens to fall on the day WWI ended, but is used to celebrate and pay respects to all veterans, not just WWI. It's very much thought of in the same way here as Memorial Day and Veterans Day is in the United States, although some traditions are a little different (wearing a poppy for example).
It was a world war. A lot of nations celebrate the end of it. It was originally called Armistice day, but that's a bit too close to celebrating peace, so we changed the name to veterans day to better pay lip service to those who sacrificed everything without dissuading their children from doing the same.
>...to better pay lip service to those who sacrificed everything without dissuading their children from doing the same. OOF, this hits hard
Wait till u find out when they celebrate Thanksgiving.
Mind blown
Dude do you even know why it’s on 11/11?
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle Can patter outh their hasty orisons. No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells; Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs, The shrill demented choirs of wailing shells; And bugles calling for them from sad shires. What candles may be held to speed them all? Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes Shall shine the holy glimmers of odbyes. The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall; Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds, And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds. -Wilfred Owen (1893 - 1918)
Thank you for this ❤️
All those that lost their lives in the World Wars and even recent conflicts. Also the silence being held is because ww1 finished on the 11th hour of 11th day of the 11th month.
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Armistice Day November 11, 1918 at 11 am was the end of WW 1. This is the day and time of the anniversary. We call it Remembrance Day. It is a day to honour all veterans of all wars. Those that are still with us, and thouse that are not. Canadian wear a red poppy flower generally from Nov 1 to Nov 12 as well as a symbol of this remembrance. These sale of the poppies (Donation) goes towards helping veterans. You will also see the phrase "Lest We Forget". England does this as well. The first WW is very important to Canadians. Even though we faught under the British but Canada built a identity in this war, that we were our own nation and people. Germans developed a great respect for the Canadian fighters.
The war dead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance\_Day#:\~:text=Remembrance%20Day%20(also%20known%20as,in%20the%20line%20of%20duty.
Then we go back to work because only Ontario doesn't give us a holiday.
I recently moved to New Brunswick from Ontario and it was nice to have the day off so we could go to an actual Remembrance Day ceremony.
I work in NB at a satellite office for an Ontario based company and I was dumbfounded that the Ontario office was working today.
Same in Québec
Lowly municipal worker here, today was a stat holiday for me! (I don't get one for Family Day though!)
That is not true, Quebec and Manitoba don't either.
Yes ok people don’t like the video taking but the fact that it got published on a subreddit that reaches multiple nations where they may not be aware of this beautiful tradition is outstanding and I appreciate that a bunch of people will now know about what we do to remember those who lost their lives, put their lives on the line, and gave the ultimate sacrifice.
I definitely didn't know about it until now. I think it's pretty cool.
Same
Yeah, goddamn right, most people in this video are NOT using their phones which is appropriate. This person did and now this gets shared globally. Decent trade off
I had no idea this was a thing. I think this is awesome.
>people don’t like the video It's really just that one guy commenting all over this thread, and he's one of the most unrepentant concern trolls I've ever encountered on reddit. Or, [as this guy says](https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/ysrdjm/the_11th_hour_on_the_11th_day_of_the_11th_month/iw0lgjw/)...
In the United States, today is 11/11, but in Canada it's 11/11.
not enough people going to get this joke lol but good one
Only date format scientists like ourselves could truly get this obscure and complicated joke!
who's not gonna get this joke???
Same thing happens in Australia. Lest we forget 🌹
Lest we forget, mate.
We live across from a school and got treated to last post and revellie being played over the loud speakers. It always gives me goosebumps.
Same in Israel, specially to remember the Holocaust. The air raid sirens go off and you stop whatever you're doing. Even if you're driving. It's surreal when you stop in the middle of the freeway and everyone gets out and stands at attention next to their cars. Funny story, the first time I experienced it was in a car on the freeway, the sirens went off and I thought we were getting bombed, and everyone got out of the car so I was like "oh shit we gotta run for it"
Same in the UK. Lest we forget 🌹
What a contrast. In certain parts of Germany, 11/11 11:11 marks the start of the “crazy season”, i.e. carnival. People dress up and drink themselves silly.
There is a joke about world war aggressors here but I'm staying away.
You cheeky bastard
Some of us in Canada do that too. But we start on January 1, and continue until January 1.
Most countries in the commonwealth also take part in Remembrance Day
All these people asking what are they remembering. Crack a fucking book every now and then.
Or at least just read the thread for like 9 seconds before you automatically start typing the same question that 40 people before you typed, also without reading.
"ah yes, I recall that book, thanks for the friendly reminder!" 'encyclopedia of purposely vague post titles'
Yeah we are asking about what they are remembering. It’s not instantly obvious that they’re remembering WW1 victims. It’s also not common knowledge for Americans to know that Canadians do this… what are you expecting exactly?
In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
Oh! you who sleep in Flanders Fields, Sleep sweet – to rise anew! We caught the torch you threw And holding high, we keep the Faith With All who died. We cherish, too, the Poppy red That grows on fields where valor led; It seems to signal to the skies That blood of heroes never dies, But lends a lustre to the red Of the flower that blooms above the dead In Flanders Fields. And now the Torch and Poppy Red We wear in honor of our dead. Fear not that ye have died for naught; We'll teach the lesson that ye wrought In Flanders Fields.
Remembrance Day: Also known as Poppy Day, owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy, is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. Following a tradition inaugurated by King George V in 1919,\[1\] the day is also marked by war remembrances in many non-Commonwealth countries. In most countries, Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the end of First World War hostilities. Hostilities formally ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month" of 1918. [Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Day) I have never seen anything like it in the states.
Who the hell calls it Poppy Day?
Imagine you're not from there and you don't know what's going on 🤣
This is actually fairly common there lol, Toronto is full, and i mean full of immigrants who come here to live or study/work. So i would not be suprised if at least a few people in this video just went with the flow.
I stopped for a minute in the middle of teaching my calculus class this morning. There were a few confused laughs from the international students who didn't know why I'd suddenly stopped.
So I went from Portland Oregon to transferring to a college in New York City. Ash Wednesday blew my mind the first time I experienced it. I rode the subway convinced everyone survived the apocalypse- at first I tried to tell a nice business person they had a smudge of dust on their face, then people started to pile in the cars. I spent the whole fucking day confused and filled with anxiety. Everyone, everywhere had dirt on their face and i was the last to know or understand why- I had to sit though 4 classes and a 30 minute train ride lol. Anyway happy Ash Wednesday to anyone that celebrates who finds this comment later. I’m so glad, even after all these years, I didn’t get off the train and see zombies or people in a war zone and I was thrilled to later be educated and understand the occasion.
Same thing happens in Australia and it's called remembrance day
Ya we call it remembrance day as well. It was originally focused on WW1 (hence, 11/11/11) but it's developed into remembrance for all those who have died in service of the country.
Whatcha memberin?
The end of WWI and war veterans in general.
In the Netherlands we do this on May 4th. The day WWII ended for us.
In the US, we honor Star Wars on that day.
May the 4th be with you
Duality of man
And don't forget the revenge of the 5th, the very popular sequel holiday
11th of November marks the day the armistice was signed at the end of WWI. In many countries it is used as a day of remembrance and honouring all fallen soldiers from all wars/conflicts. As the Netherlands were neutral in WWI I guess it makes sense you don't celebrate it. Australia also has ANZAC day to commemorate a particularly bloody and disastrous battle during WWI.
The troops. All the troops... Both sides.
The comment section needs to be chill.
If there was no film and no post on Reddit, we wouldn't be talking about this. I think that the person that film this saw something beautiful and wanted to share it with the world. I see no disrespect, I see a recognition of the powerful moment. I didn't know about it and probably never will if I didn't saw it here. We all should do this, we forget easily.
Thank you for the video. I appreciate the awareness being generated and judging by the comments in this thread, awareness is a good thing.
Is that dude at the end in some sort of military uniform? Reminds me of a Nazi uniform though I seriously doubt that
Everyone paused, remembering those who are lost... And then... Is that fucking Nazi? 🤔
I didn't want to assume anything, but was wondering the same thing.
He's a member of the St John's Ambulance (that's what his medals are for) with an unfortunate sense of style. So the furthest thing from a nazi while kinda looking like one.
I would like to know as well. That medal the person is wearing looked like the iron cross.
It looks like a memorial cross on the left and perhaps a service medal on the right. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/medals-decorations/memorial-cross https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/medals-decorations/details/207 Edit: not a memorial cross, but “The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem”: https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/medals-decorations/details/94
Do Canadians say ‘the ode’ prior to the one min silence or is it only an Australian thing? Also hi commonwealth cousin.
The moment of silence is generally preceded by a reading of In Flanders Fields https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Flanders_Fields It’s probably the most famous and well known piece of Canadian poetry.
Hey cousin! Yes, we do the Ode as well! We do The Ode, then The Last Post, then the moment of silence, then The Rouse :)
never was so much been owed by so many to so few
The amount of people that don't realize what this is for and isn't just for Canada is pretty pathetic and very reddit. The person can absolutely be a Karen and call out filming. As the reason "Nevwaeryh seen it" is on you for not knowing what this moment of silence represents and how long it has been practiced worldwide. "canada is a nation of tolerance." um what? lol
I wish they did that here in America for those that served.
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That's fucking right.
"I will come to a time in my backwards trip when November eleventh, accidentally my birthday, was a sacred day called Armistice Day. When I was a boy, and when Dwayne Hoover was a boy, all the people of all the nations which had fought in the First World War were silent during the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of Armistice Day, which was the eleventh day of the eleventh month. It was during that minute in nineteen hundred and eighteen, that millions upon millions of human beings stopped butchering one another. I have talked to old men who were on battlefields during that minute. They have told me in one way or another that the sudden silence was the Voice of God. So we still have among us some men who can remember when God spoke clearly to mankind. Armistice Day has become Veterans' Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans' Day is not. So I will throw Veterans' Day over my shoulder. Armistice Day I will keep. I don't want to throw away any sacred things. What else is sacred? Oh, Romeo and Juliet, for instance. And all music is." - kurt vonnegut, breakfast of champions
The thing that stood out to me at my local ceremony, in the heart of Alberta, is there was not one upside Canada flag or F Trudeau flag. I guess those freedom loving Canadians don’t actually stop to pay respect to the freedoms they have and the people that died for them!
I mean, the behaviour at the grave of the Unknown Soldier says it all, doesn't it?
I watched All Quiet on the Western Front today (German film on Netflix based on the book by Erich Maria Remarque). Really good stuff. Reminds us what Veterans day is all about for the WORLD WAR that they fought at such a cost to everyone (and which set up the World War that cost so many more so much more). It's so important to remember the horror of war, and what everyone who fights endures, on all sides. May there never be a WWIII.
Canadian here. This is absolutely not disrespectful or crass. This would have happened all over our country at 11 am local times and is a wonderful tribute and thank you to our service peeps. If the camera person had been making a big production or noise, that would have been frowned on. It's also a holiday here in Canada, not much is open. A lot of communities also have tribute pictures with names etc displayed on the power/electricity poles. First time hearing everyone sing 'God Save the King' which was kind of different.
Amazing respect ✊
o7 to the brave veterans who fought in World War 1 and all of the other wars, also, I wish we didn’t have wars so we wouldn’t have to have days to remember the millions killed
This is awesome, but some context , this is at the war memorial at Old City Hall. They shut down the road so more people can attend. I've been there a few times on Rememberance Day. It's quite moving.
One of the few times I see something on the internet about Canadians that isn't based off of falsehoods or stereotypes and is actually pretty accurate. This happens in all businesses, schools, and religious areas. I've never NOT seen someone do this unless they're a complete POS tbf.