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God I hate living through history (media.piefed.social)
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[–] Imhotep@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

France was right (it happens sometimes)

Is France noticeably more often wrong than, for example, the UK or the US?

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nah, but it's a longstanding internet tradition to make fun of France.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

longstanding ~~internet~~ [anywhere that speaks English] tradition to make fun of France.

FTFY
e.g. (Simpsons, 1995):

as an english speaker who is proud of my french heritage it's kind of weird, but hey, bring the cheese and pour the wine garçon.