• BonerMan@ani.social
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    11 hours ago

    You can move to most European countries and learn the language from the welcoming people there that can switch to English or use a translator if necessary.

    In France you are just a outcast, this is due to French people being assholes with their noses up their ass.

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      10 hours ago

      That has not been my experience of France. Maybe its just me but almost everyone I met in Paris was friendly and many spoke English at least a little. I had some wild nights getting trashed and riding the Metro all over, no one gave me any shit for speaking English anywhere I went. I wouldn’t try to live there without at least a basic understanding of the language but as an English speaking visitor it was perfectly fine and I found the random Parisians I met to generally be cool people and not at all like their reputation.

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      9 hours ago

      This was my experience in Paris, but not in Nice, even away from the tourist traps like Vizille I was very much encouraged to speak my broken French so I could learn. If they spoke English they’d apoligize for a dropped participle and then pull out a word like pugillistic.

      Parisians hate everyone, including the French.

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      10 hours ago

      Yeah, France is the exception, but only because they’re narcissistic pricks with nothing to be narcissistic about, particularly their pricks.

      I speak French and was an outcast, though it wasn’t nearly as bad outside of Paris, other cities just ignore you mostly.

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        9 hours ago

        Note: I was an exchange student in the US, and hosted some US student in return, back in France. So I was able to live the culture shock first hand. 😆

        It is true that there is a sharp contrast between the French way of life and other, more easy going countries, like the US.

        Politeness is key, especially between strangers. But without knowing any of the rules, a foreigner has a good chance of being rude without even realizing it.

        But once you got past that hard outer shell, we can be quite friendly. Of course, there are exceptions, and I personally experienced some pretty rude waiter in Paris… once.

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          9 hours ago

          It’s not that.

          Sweden is probably more polite, and it’s fine. The rest of France is also lovely.

          Paris just seems to breed assholes somehow.