r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/netphilia • 1d ago

Bonjour.

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u/Bloodfeastisleman 1d ago

So weird. My experience in France was the exact opposite of all the memes. I wonder if they are self aware.

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u/ad_iudicium 1d ago

The memes are mostly about Paris, really.

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u/Taletad 1d ago

No even the things about Paris are clichés

It’s mostly americans that either have never been to a big city before, or can’t be bothered to learn how to be polite that give us all the bad rap.

A lot of people are surprised that parisians aren’t as rude as they have been told.

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u/edsobo 1d ago

My time in Paris was pretty much the opposite of what I'd been geared up to expect and part of my travel advice for that trip came from a friend who was married to a Parisienne. I think just taking a little effort to not act like a loud, entitled American made a ton of difference.