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[–] DimFisher@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Don't forget in France the state covers medical insurance, yes they are way better than a lot of things from US, wake up!

[–] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

If you're studying in Slovakia and have a residence here, the state pays you your pension, health insurance and taxes, so it basically means that you won't end up in debt that easily. I'm pretty sure it works similarly in France. Also you get free train tickets when signing up with Slovak ISIC and when buying tickets for traveling inside the country.


Regardless where you are in the EEA, you're pretty much well off everywhere.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 days ago

take a look at https://www.laquadrature.net/en/ before you celebrate.

fr*nch don't give a fuck about privacy. Don't confuse national security with privacy. This is happening because U.S. is no longer considered an ally.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"Not so bad" at what? They're doing this out of their own interests. It doesn't mean at all that they care about the privacy of their constituents, and in fact they're one of the worst offenders.

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Why did you censor the word "French?"

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's a fairly widespread Internet meme, I think in order to make fun of France, though I'm not sure exactly where it originated.

[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Elting@piefed.social -1 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 0 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Elting@piefed.social 5 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Man you didn’t even see it, we both went up and down before I lost. It was very dramatic. Still I maintain that making fun of the french is easy laughs.

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Faut dire que les français passent leur temps a se moquer des anglais alors il y a quand même une certaine réciprocité.

[–] Elting@piefed.social 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

There is balance in all things. Making fun of the English and Americans is equally as funny. So's the dutch and the Portuguese and the Spanish. If at any point your country was an empire, making fun of its people is open game.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

You could still pull ahead by Friday!

[–] amaryllisfever@lemmychan.org 4 points 1 day ago

Only if you're a moron.

[–] sompreno@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah i've notice this happen a lot with the word 'funk' too people be censoring weird words

[–] mmmm@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Maybe someone can get upset by reading that word?


On a serious note, though, on my first semester at graphic design a teacher once told us that some day (here in Bogotá, Colombia) a punk wearing a jacket or something with a struck though swastica waiting for the bus near the uni. Some old lady saw him and the swastica and passed out on the spot. Apparently she was a jewish migrant or something. I never even imagined such things could happen here but the point was to be aware of the things you use in your communications
[–] talkingpumpkin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Maybe someone can get upset by reading that word?

Must be US people? Because I don't know anyone else who is offended by "fuck" and ok with "f*ck".

[–] hyacin@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago

Maybe someone can get upset by reading that word?

and by bypassing their filters with idiotic 'censoring', you expose them to it.

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Or are you just not sure how to spell it, so you inserted a placeholder?

[–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's a glob pattern, it matches "franch", " frbnch", "frcnch", " frdnch" and so on

[–] 0xd34d@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

frnch also passes, as does freshjfcgreiheheckygncewdhynch

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

smh, OP not knowing the difference between * and ?

[–] amaryllisfever@lemmychan.org 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think it's because he's an idiot on auto-pilot.

Morons always need to do more than is necessary because they have no idea what they're doing.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago
[–] amaryllisfever@lemmychan.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The french?

Why are you censoring the e?

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

france is offensive to africans

[–] hyacin@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

Which would be why you DON'T censor it, @grandma@sh.itjust.works, so it DOESN'T bypass people's filters.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] archy@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

It could be a toast or a fry

[–] Nednarb44@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Just like the g* rmans, the d* nish, Ir*sh, *nd the ch *nese. Fuck unnecessary censoring.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 7 points 1 day ago

man, do I hate the gormans, the dunish, the irash and the chenese