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JBaLLEN66 07/01/20 12:32:13 PM #1: |
Last time I checked, Germany sucker punched Europe and still lost WW2...Today, France is military the strongest Western European power with actual global projection due to its former empire status
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EnragedSlith 07/01/20 12:33:47 PM #2: |
Because they told the US to fuck off when we were building a coalition to invade Iraq.
Which is silly when we exist solely due to their intervention. We should have a national holiday honoring the French, honestly --- I can't leave without my buddy, Superfly. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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treewojima 07/01/20 12:40:36 PM #3: |
EnragedSlith posted...
Because they told the US to fuck off when we were building a coalition to invade Iraq. That's a big part of it, but people were making fun of the French long before that. https://youtu.be/yZUKEVU-TwM ... Copied to Clipboard!
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pogo_rabid 07/01/20 12:42:35 PM #4: |
The french who supported the US revolution had their heads cut off. We don't owe anything to the current french.
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BignutzisBack 07/01/20 12:42:42 PM #6: |
I have always grown up thinking that France was known for surrendering and being chickens in general. After looking into it I don't understand why but that's what the media I consumed growing up told me
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CommonJoe 07/01/20 12:44:52 PM #7: |
Because theyre dicks and deserve to be mocked.
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Thompson 07/01/20 12:46:20 PM #8: |
CommonJoe posted...
Because theyre dicks and deserve to be mocked.Sounds like that could apply to the US as well. --- Sigs are rather pointless, except if it's to showcase animation and images. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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UnholyMudcrab 07/01/20 12:47:42 PM #9: |
Because Americans in general have a laughable knowledge of history
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TopKekBro 07/01/20 12:47:43 PM #10: |
JBaLLEN66 posted...
Last time I checked, Germany sucker punched Europe and still lost WW2...Today, France is military the strongest Western European power with actual global projection due to its former empire status Because its afraid of Russia and China and India and those are basically third world countries with big armies ... Copied to Clipboard!
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CommonJoe 07/01/20 12:49:26 PM #12: |
Thompson posted...
Sounds like that could apply to the US as well. In general the stereotype that Americans are dumb doesnt hold true the more of them you meet. Ive never met a French person who wasn't a gigantic asshole, and Ive met plenty. --- Neoliberals have a compromise fetish and need to go **** themselves. There are no moderate solutions. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MarqueeSeries 07/01/20 12:49:52 PM #13: |
France gets nothing but respect for me. They invented the guillotine and used it to great effect in their revolution, and that's badass
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JBaLLEN66 07/01/20 12:50:13 PM #14: |
TopKekBro posted...
Because its afraid of Russia and China and India and those are basically third world countries with big armies france has more projection than all three of those countries though --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdR2Iktffaw The day Capitalism was humiliated :) ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Questionmarktarius 07/01/20 12:50:36 PM #15: |
EnragedSlith posted...
Which is silly when we exist solely due to their intervention. We should have a national holiday honoring the French, honestlyThere's a giant green French lady standing in the New York harbor, though. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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pogo_rabid 07/01/20 12:51:48 PM #16: |
Questionmarktarius posted...
There's a giant green French lady standing in the New York harbor, though.Crediting the current french for the US revolution is like crediting the current republicans for freeing the slaves. --- Ryzen 3800x @ 4.3, 32 gig @ 4000, 1070ti, 970pro, Asus Strix x570-E FC: SW-8431-3263-1243 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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masterpug53 07/01/20 12:52:14 PM #17: |
Crono99 posted...
Probably because of the speed at which Germany managed to occupy them during WW2 It's pretty much this, paired with the Maginot Line entering the zeitgeist as one of the most colossal miscalculations in modern warfare (even though in reality it wasn't quite so legendarily ineffective as that). Kinda funny how the building of grand walls and their ultimate inability to solve their intended problems ends up being a major black mark on a country's global reputation, eh? --- Simple questions deserve long-winded answers that no one will bother to read. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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dj1200 07/01/20 12:53:02 PM #18: |
CommonJoe posted...
In general the stereotype that Americans are dumb doesnt hold true the more of them you meet. I have met several people and they weren't assholes. --- "It was so ridiculous and I have so many feelings about it." -Virtual Energies ... Copied to Clipboard!
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UnholyMudcrab 07/01/20 12:54:11 PM #19: |
The Maginot Line did exactly what it was supposed to - it forced the Germans to go through Belgium again. The Germans just went through Belgium in an unexpected place.
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Questionmarktarius 07/01/20 12:56:10 PM #20: |
France lost a hell of a lot of its badassery when Andre the Giant died.
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GreenMagicite 07/01/20 2:40:14 PM #21: |
A lot of the wars in Asia the US ended up involved in was because of the French colonial failings. I imagine that had a lot to do with the public attitude towards them.
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GodIsImaginary 07/01/20 2:42:40 PM #22: |
Crono99 posted...
Probably because of the speed at which Germany managed to occupy them during WW2 France absolutely deserves to be mocked for losing in 1940 to Germany, more than half their battle units still hadn't seen battle and France surrendered because Germany was threatening to bomb Paris, and France had lost the air battle. France should've gotten British planes to land in French airfields and threatened to bomb Berlin, but they wimped out. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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The23rdMagus 07/01/20 2:42:54 PM #23: |
pogo_rabid posted...
The french who supported the US revolution had their heads cut off. We don't owe anything to the current french.The French who supported the French Revolution were also guillotined. The French military may have folded during WW2 but its people didn't. The Resistance put up a helluva fight, to say nothing of the Foreign Legion. --- ~Drewnami~ A beacon of Light from a burning screen. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DirkDiggles 07/01/20 2:45:05 PM #24: |
Anybody interested in an old WW2 French rifle? Never fired and dropped once.
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XxKrazyChaosxX 07/01/20 2:45:33 PM #25: |
They're lovers, not fighters.
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UnfairRepresent 07/01/20 2:46:41 PM #26: |
Because they lost to Germany twice
And had to surrender in big world wars. That's where the whole reptuation comes from. Historically France has been a pretty big military powerhouse. But comedy sterotypes aren't based on reality, they're based on fun. Being blond doesn't mean you're stupid either TC --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgur.com/yPw05Ob ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Tyranthraxus 07/01/20 2:49:54 PM #27: |
France usually wins in the end. Yeah they get shit on a lot for basically being the first people to get invaded and occupied any time a war breaks out in Europe but when all the dust settles France invariably ends up kicking everyone out. Whether it's England, The Ottomans, or Germany.
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BettyWhite 07/01/20 2:50:08 PM #28: |
I've met one French person and I always get this longing feeling for her. She had a week left in the states and we had an amazing time together.
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Ubergeneral3 07/01/20 3:22:30 PM #29: |
france is in the middle of a redemption arc. They had problems with terriorists in Mali, and went and kicked their asses. No help needed from a colilition and no prolonged iraq war.
Now they are constantly protesting in paris. First the gave their facist "trump" canidate the boot, voting in Macron. And now they are giving him the boot because he's a shitty neoliberal. Soon france will be socalist and not fight any wars. England on the other hand is more than a little confused. They voted for brexit and then elected Boris Johnson. Lets see if you can figure out what the real shithole country is --- Guillotine/Gulag 2020. You didn't vote Bernie now pay the price. Eat the Rich ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Questionmarktarius 07/01/20 3:24:37 PM #30: |
Ubergeneral3 posted...
Soon france will be socalist and not fight any wars.French socialism is in a death spiral so long as anyone with any measurable wealth keeps leaving. I'm not even sure I needed "french" in that sentence. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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The23rdMagus 07/01/20 3:26:43 PM #31: |
Questionmarktarius posted...
French socialism is in a death spiral so long as anyone with any measurable wealth keeps leaving.Sounds a lot like American wealth in foreign shell companies and bank accounts used as "tax shelters" to avoid paying one's fair share. --- ~Drewnami~ A beacon of Light from a burning screen. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Questionmarktarius 07/01/20 3:27:29 PM #32: |
The23rdMagus posted...
Sounds a lot like American wealth in foreign shell companies and bank accounts used as "tax shelters" to avoid paying one's fair share.It's easier in France - just move to Belgium. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ScazarMeltex 07/01/20 3:29:43 PM #33: |
GodIsImaginary posted...
France absolutely deserves to be mocked for losing in 1940 to Germany, more than half their battle units still hadn't seen battle and France surrendered because Germany was threatening to bomb Paris, and France had lost the air battle. France should've gotten British planes to land in French airfields and threatened to bomb Berlin, but they wimped out.This is a wildly uneducated opinion. --- "If you wish to converse with me define your terms" Voltaire ... Copied to Clipboard!
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The23rdMagus 07/01/20 3:29:55 PM #34: |
Questionmarktarius posted...
It's easier in France - just move to Belgium.Isn't it great to not contribute to the country you live in? --- ~Drewnami~ A beacon of Light from a burning screen. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ScazarMeltex 07/01/20 3:31:13 PM #35: |
UnfairRepresent posted...
Because they lost to Germany twiceLast I looked it was the Germans who surrendered in both world wars, to the French and British in the first one and to the US, British, Free French, and Russians in the second. --- "If you wish to converse with me define your terms" Voltaire ... Copied to Clipboard!
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UnholyMudcrab 07/01/20 3:40:35 PM #36: |
DirkDiggles posted...
Anybody interested in an old WW2 French rifle? Never fired and dropped once. Now that you mention it, I would quite like a MAS-36 --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Questionmarktarius 07/01/20 3:41:48 PM #37: |
UnholyMudcrab posted...
Now that you mention it, I would quite like a MAS-36I'd be happy enough with a Chauchat. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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The23rdMagus 07/01/20 3:44:40 PM #38: |
Questionmarktarius posted...
I'd be happy enough with a Chauchat.No one was happy with a Chauchat. --- ~Drewnami~ A beacon of Light from a burning screen. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Questionmarktarius 07/01/20 3:45:18 PM #39: |
The23rdMagus posted...
No one was happy with a Chauchat.It would make a neat wall-gun, and you know it. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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The23rdMagus 07/01/20 3:47:24 PM #40: |
Questionmarktarius posted...
It would make a neat wall-gun, and you know it.I'll admit that. That's about all it's good for. To be fair, it was one of the first modern machine guns. --- ~Drewnami~ A beacon of Light from a burning screen. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Damn_Underscore 07/01/20 3:48:00 PM #41: |
BettyWhite posted...
I've met one French person and I always get this longing feeling for her. She had a week left in the states and we had an amazing time together. u didn't even ask for her number bro --- Shenmue II = best game of all time Shenmue = 2nd best game of all time ... Copied to Clipboard!
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tigerslashII 07/01/20 3:50:47 PM #42: |
There was the WWI French mutiny that did them no favors.
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UnholyMudcrab 07/01/20 3:52:52 PM #43: |
The French Chauchat variants weren't really that bad, apart from the mindbogglingly awful magazine design. The American .30-06 variants were truly terrible, though.
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ScazarMeltex 07/01/20 3:59:27 PM #44: |
tigerslashII posted...
There was the WWI French mutiny that did them no favors.The French infantry were absolutely in the right to mutiny. They were being fed into a machine with no thought by a bunch of aristocratic officers sitting in the rear. It was so bad that even a portion of the officers at the front had to go to the high command and be like "uhhhh...no really guys, this shit is fucked up. You have to stop throwing us into a meat grinder or people are going to just go home". --- "If you wish to converse with me define your terms" Voltaire ... Copied to Clipboard!
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