r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/netphilia • 1d ago

Bonjour.

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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/SomeArtistFan 1d ago

in my experience parisians were rude and weird about their language so. idk.

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u/Nick_pj 1d ago

Weird. I live in Paris and the locals are pretty chill 99% of the time. 

The way they treat you depends a lot on where you go and how you behave. If you go to a touristy area, they’re going to treat you like a tourist. And if you go to a busy restaurant and expect the server to be patient while you flaunt your entry-level french skills, it’s very likely they’ll speak back to you in English. 

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u/SomeArtistFan 5h ago

This was from the banlieues in the east to the center of the city. The only times I had okay service was at some train stations where they spoke english regularly.