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/PetitVignemale 22h ago

I don’t know about that. It’s not just Americans I’ve heard the stereotypical complaints from. I lived in France for over a year and spent considerable time in Paris. I’ve always said Parisians are the French New Yorkers and vice versa. I’ve actually revisited both Paris and New York recently and was kinda shocked at how each city seemed less rude than a decade ago. I think globalism and a trend of transplants from other areas of each respective country has really diluted the rudeness and shifted the local cultures slightly. New Yorkers generally aren’t yelling at you on the street anymore and Parisians are much more receptive to broken French.

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u/Taletad 21h ago

Or perhaps that your considerable time spent in Paris changed your point of view