• ThePyroPython
    53·
    2 years ago

    I think it was a french writer who said “France is a paradise, populated with people who think it’s a hell”.

  • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
    362·
    2 years ago

    Because it isn’t the place that is the problem, it are the people.

    And France is full of French people.

      • problematicPanther
        16·
        2 years ago

        I currently live in france and can confirm. Full of french people speaking french. I told my kids that it’s a made up language and everybody is actually just pretending that they understand what each other is saying.

        • Noodle07
          17·
          2 years ago

          everybody is actually just pretending that they understand what each other is saying

          Oh no no you got it wrong! We don’t actually listen to what the others are saying, we don’t care!

      • pancakes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        9·
        2 years ago

        Like… Why name your language after the classic breakfast food “French Toast”? Absolutely deranged.

    • pigup
      41·
      2 years ago

      My only problem is the language. 🤢🤮 Every French person I’ve met was cool

  • TrickDacy
    363·
    2 years ago

    Does anyone “get” this? Why would anyone be mad at France?

        • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          5·
          2 years ago

          Definitely not the start of the joke, but I couldn’t tell you where it did start. I think it long predates the internet. I would guess that it goes back to cultural conflict between British and French aristocracy in centuries past, but at this point I think it’s very far removed from the origins.

          In the US, I think using France as the butt of random jokes got a boost during George W. Bush’s presidency because France publicly opposed the US’s invasion of Iraq, which caused some absurd and petty reactions from US politicians, like renaming “French fries” to “freedom fries”.

          I have no idea why Disney decided to change that line. Perhaps it has more to do with the suggestion of interracial partnerships than with France specifically? Either way, Jesus Christ, Disney…

    • herrvogel
      9·
      2 years ago

      Oeuf -> öf

      Oeufs -> ö

      Papa always says “don’t trust anyone who speaks a language where adding a plural suffix makes the word shorter” and I live by that rule

      • TrickDacy
        31·
        2 years ago

        Is that a germanic language you are poking fun at?

          • TrickDacy
            21·
            2 years ago

            You must be high. I of course knew that, it was obviously the other one I was asking about.

    • sexy_peach@feddit.deOPEnglish
      92·
      2 years ago

      It’s just another level of the meme with happy face with place, japan.

      It’s funny to some to say that france or the uk are bad.

        • FoshezeEnglish
          6·
          2 years ago

          People think France is bad, but they have objective proof about the UK.

      • TrickDacy
        41·
        2 years ago

        I’m american… not mad at france. Because I’m not a weirdo republican who considers them effeminate for some weird reason. I was making an assumption based on experience that not many of those types are on Lemmy. At least not in the communities I haven’t blocked.

        • Sylvartas
          2·
          2 years ago

          Yeah and if you went to France with that attitude, I bet you didn’t have a particularly bad time. (Paris is a little more complicated though, parisians have zero patience, especially with tourists, which does include french tourists)

          • TrickDacy
            2·
            2 years ago

            I had a great time in paris. I didn’t find the stereotype to be true. I only had one person be rude to me… Whereas in New York, people can be quite rude for almost no reason

    • tacosplease
      2·
      2 years ago

      It’s between Wyoming and Wakanda. Or you can take the secret entrance from downtown Atlantis.

  • tilcica@lemm.ee
    4·
    2 years ago

    we need a version of r/shitposting (before 100k subs) here and i dont know how to make one or if one already exists

  • Snoopy@jlai.luFrançais
    2·
    2 years ago

    Edit : Someone explained the meme to me. Sorry I often miss the point with memes. X)

    Anyways, thank for helping us fighting climate change. ☺️👍