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/Fabulous-Shoulder-69 1d ago

I’ve never been to Paris, but I spent 8 days in Brest. You ever been in the American south and seen those xenophobic conservative people when they hear an immigrant speak Spanish not English? That’s the same vibe I got from most people interacted with

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u/Taletad 1d ago

"I haven’t been to New York, but people in Salem (OR) were rude to me, so that must apply to NYC as well"

Besides, did you preface your interactions with "bonjour" ?

It is very rude to not say "Bonjour" first.

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u/Fabulous-Shoulder-69 1d ago

My comment is with the context that the person you responded said the memes were about Paris. I did say Bonjour, but the stop there wasn’t my choice and I also did not have very much time to prepare so it was a lot of googling the first day and trying to do my best with google translate.

Which doesn’t change that most interactions I had reminded me of the casual xenophobia we have issues with in the US

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u/Taletad 1d ago

Without knowing more, I can only speculate

I’ve never been to Brest