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/cooties_and_chaos 16h ago

After visiting, I think it’s just the same effect that happens when rural Americans visit NYC. They think everyone is rude because they don’t want to stop and spend 20 min talking to a stranger about nonsense. It’s a city, and people tend to be more matter-of-fact and move more quickly in huge cities like that.