Topic: "The French riot over anything!"
Anonymous A started this discussion 2 years ago #111,924
They also have three months paid vacation, 35 hour workweeks max, bosses cannot contact you after you are off work for the day, paid maternity leave, and a ton of other hard-won benefits. Americans just take it in the ass from their government.
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 14 minutes later[^] [v] #1,242,275
Poor English literacy, legalized pedophilia, can't defend themselves in wars, low purchasing power for the hours worked, and paris is a cesspool of trash filled streets next to concrete blocks filled with blacks.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 2 years ago, 5 minutes later, 20 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,277
@previous (B)
1. English is not their language. Why should they care? Why don't YOU learn French instead?
2. Legalized pedophilia: it is illegal in France for an adult to have relations with a prepubescent child.
3. Can't defend themselves in wars: France has won countless wars throughout history, and fought valiantly in the world wars. When Germany invaded them, it was quick and unexpected, and they could do nothing.
4. Low purchasing power: they have great work-life balance and enjoy life. They do not all want to be billionaires like Americans. In France, unlike in America, things other than money matter.
5. Paris is a beautiful city. You must not spend much time there.
1. English is not their language. Why should they care? Why don't YOU learn French instead?
2. Legalized pedophilia: it is illegal in France for an adult to have relations with a prepubescent child.
3. Can't defend themselves in wars: France has won countless wars throughout history, and fought valiantly in the world wars. When Germany invaded them, it was quick and unexpected, and they could do nothing.
4. Low purchasing power: they have great work-life balance and enjoy life. They do not all want to be billionaires like Americans. In France, unlike in America, things other than money matter.
5. Paris is a beautiful city. You must not spend much time there.
Anonymous B replied with this 2 years ago, 43 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,281
@previous (A)
> 1. English is not their language. Why should they care? Why don't YOU learn French instead?
English is the world's lingua franca, French is not. There's a reason you can find an English speaker in any major city. Outside the bad parts of Africa, where can you find a French speaker? Kwebek, basically nowhere else.
> 2. Legalized pedophilia: it is illegal in France for an adult to have relations with a prepubescent child.
Thanks for the brevity in your "actually ephebophilia" copypasta.
> 3. Can't defend themselves in wars: France has won countless wars throughout history, and fought valiantly in the world wars. When Germany invaded them, it was quick and unexpected, and they could do nothing.
Go back far enough and you can find a win? Wow! One war actually mattered, and france rolled over right away.
> 4. Low purchasing power: they have great work-life balance and enjoy life. They do not all want to be billionaires like Americans. In France, unlike in America, things other than money matter.
My unemployed cousin also calls it work-life balance. "We don't have any rich people" isn't a flex.
> 5. Paris is a beautiful city. You must not spend much time there.
I stopped by in my gap year. There's one picturesque part right in the middle, and then it's surrounded by an endless expanse of bleak dystopia. The parts you are talking about are like the one stocked grocery store in north korea.
Think about this: have you ever seen a video of a displaced syrian, or rohingya refugee so destitute they lower themselves to eating a pigeon to survive?
> 1. English is not their language. Why should they care? Why don't YOU learn French instead?
English is the world's lingua franca, French is not. There's a reason you can find an English speaker in any major city. Outside the bad parts of Africa, where can you find a French speaker? Kwebek, basically nowhere else.
> 2. Legalized pedophilia: it is illegal in France for an adult to have relations with a prepubescent child.
Thanks for the brevity in your "actually ephebophilia" copypasta.
> 3. Can't defend themselves in wars: France has won countless wars throughout history, and fought valiantly in the world wars. When Germany invaded them, it was quick and unexpected, and they could do nothing.
Go back far enough and you can find a win? Wow! One war actually mattered, and france rolled over right away.
> 4. Low purchasing power: they have great work-life balance and enjoy life. They do not all want to be billionaires like Americans. In France, unlike in America, things other than money matter.
My unemployed cousin also calls it work-life balance. "We don't have any rich people" isn't a flex.
> 5. Paris is a beautiful city. You must not spend much time there.
I stopped by in my gap year. There's one picturesque part right in the middle, and then it's surrounded by an endless expanse of bleak dystopia. The parts you are talking about are like the one stocked grocery store in north korea.
Think about this: have you ever seen a video of a displaced syrian, or rohingya refugee so destitute they lower themselves to eating a pigeon to survive?
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 2 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,282
Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 2 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,283
@1,242,281 (B)
> > 1. English is not their language. Why should they care? Why don't YOU learn French instead?
>
> English is the world's lingua franca, French is not. There's a reason you can find an English speaker in any major city. Outside the bad parts of Africa, where can you find a French speaker? Kwebek, basically nowhere else.
>
> > 2. Legalized pedophilia: it is illegal in France for an adult to have relations with a prepubescent child.
>
> Thanks for the brevity in your "actually ephebophilia" copypasta.
you made the claim, not me.
>
> > 3. Can't defend themselves in wars: France has won countless wars throughout history, and fought valiantly in the world wars. When Germany invaded them, it was quick and unexpected, and they could do nothing.
Again, France has won most of its wars.
>
> Go back far enough and you can find a win? Wow! One war actually mattered, and france rolled over right away.
>
> > 4. Low purchasing power: they have great work-life balance and enjoy life. They do not all want to be billionaires like Americans. In France, unlike in America, things other than money matter.
>
> My unemployed cousin also calls it work-life balance. "We don't have any rich people" isn't a flex.
There are plenty of rich people in France. It is just that money is not the ONLY thing they value in life.
>
> > 5. Paris is a beautiful city. You must not spend much time there.
>
> I stopped by in my gap year. There's one picturesque part right in the middle, and then it's surrounded by an endless expanse of bleak dystopia. The parts you are talking about are like the one stocked grocery store in north korea.
Like all large cities, Paris has good and bad parts, but the majority of the city proper is wonderful.
>
> Think about this: have you ever seen a video of a displaced syrian, or rohingya refugee so destitute they lower themselves to eating a pigeon to survive?
Pigeon is delicious, and many Parisian restaurants serve it.
> > 1. English is not their language. Why should they care? Why don't YOU learn French instead?
>
> English is the world's lingua franca, French is not. There's a reason you can find an English speaker in any major city. Outside the bad parts of Africa, where can you find a French speaker? Kwebek, basically nowhere else.
>
> > 2. Legalized pedophilia: it is illegal in France for an adult to have relations with a prepubescent child.
>
> Thanks for the brevity in your "actually ephebophilia" copypasta.
you made the claim, not me.
>
> > 3. Can't defend themselves in wars: France has won countless wars throughout history, and fought valiantly in the world wars. When Germany invaded them, it was quick and unexpected, and they could do nothing.
Again, France has won most of its wars.
>
> Go back far enough and you can find a win? Wow! One war actually mattered, and france rolled over right away.
>
> > 4. Low purchasing power: they have great work-life balance and enjoy life. They do not all want to be billionaires like Americans. In France, unlike in America, things other than money matter.
>
> My unemployed cousin also calls it work-life balance. "We don't have any rich people" isn't a flex.
There are plenty of rich people in France. It is just that money is not the ONLY thing they value in life.
>
> > 5. Paris is a beautiful city. You must not spend much time there.
>
> I stopped by in my gap year. There's one picturesque part right in the middle, and then it's surrounded by an endless expanse of bleak dystopia. The parts you are talking about are like the one stocked grocery store in north korea.
Like all large cities, Paris has good and bad parts, but the majority of the city proper is wonderful.
>
> Think about this: have you ever seen a video of a displaced syrian, or rohingya refugee so destitute they lower themselves to eating a pigeon to survive?
Pigeon is delicious, and many Parisian restaurants serve it.
Anonymous B replied with this 2 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,284
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Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 11 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,287
The government ruling that you can only spend 20% of your week in a mutually beneficial employment arrangement with another party? Yeah, that absolutely screams freedom.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 2 years ago, 8 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,289
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Would it surprise anyone to learn that France has a caste system at work where office workers do not "benefit" from this so-called 35 hour max work week?
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,296
@1,242,277 (A)
> they have great work-life balance and enjoy life.
Nothing says "We have a great work-life balance and enjoy life" quite like rioting literally every summer over work, pension and social conditions.
> they have great work-life balance and enjoy life.
Nothing says "We have a great work-life balance and enjoy life" quite like rioting literally every summer over work, pension and social conditions.
Anonymous C replied with this 2 years ago, 5 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,297
@1,242,277 (A)
> 4. Low purchasing power: they have great work-life balance and enjoy life. They do not all want to be billionaires like Americans. In France, unlike in America, things other than money matter.
If the French didn't want to be multi-millionaires or billionaires they wouldn't have worked so hard to abolish the wealth tax in 2018
> 4. Low purchasing power: they have great work-life balance and enjoy life. They do not all want to be billionaires like Americans. In France, unlike in America, things other than money matter.
If the French didn't want to be multi-millionaires or billionaires they wouldn't have worked so hard to abolish the wealth tax in 2018
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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 2 years ago, 9 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,298
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Anonymous C replied with this 2 years ago, 7 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,302
@1,242,298 (A)
Now explain why office workers aren't allowed to benefit from this "35 hour work week" system. You pretend as if it's a universal benefit. Why aren't you being truthful?
Now explain why office workers aren't allowed to benefit from this "35 hour work week" system. You pretend as if it's a universal benefit. Why aren't you being truthful?
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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 2 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,303
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Anonymous C replied with this 2 years ago, 31 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,305
@1,242,303 (A)
Playing dumb now? You seemed to know so much about the French workforce until just now. Strange.
Playing dumb now? You seemed to know so much about the French workforce until just now. Strange.
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@1,242,305 (C)
Just tell me what you are talking about, and I will answer you. Just say it in plain words instead of autisticing out on me.
Just tell me what you are talking about, and I will answer you. Just say it in plain words instead of autisticing out on me.
Anonymous C replied with this 2 years ago, 41 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,308
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 2 years ago, 46 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,309
@previous (C)
C;'est pas tes oignons. Also:
France took the pioneering step of mandating a 35-hour work week in 2000, partly as a way to reduce unemployment. But that only applies to blue-collar workers. Managers and other white-collar workers (cadres) work longer hours — 43.2 hours a week, according to 2016 statistics — though they are compensated with negotiated extra days off, or réduction du temps de travail (RTT). The average RTT allotment was nine days in 2013. A growing number of French companies are also experimenting with a four-day workweek.
Is that what you are being autistic about? lol
C;'est pas tes oignons. Also:
France took the pioneering step of mandating a 35-hour work week in 2000, partly as a way to reduce unemployment. But that only applies to blue-collar workers. Managers and other white-collar workers (cadres) work longer hours — 43.2 hours a week, according to 2016 statistics — though they are compensated with negotiated extra days off, or réduction du temps de travail (RTT). The average RTT allotment was nine days in 2013. A growing number of French companies are also experimenting with a four-day workweek.
Is that what you are being autistic about? lol
Anonymous C replied with this 2 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,310
@previous (A)
You could have just been honest about it from the start. If it's such a good system, why lie?
You could have just been honest about it from the start. If it's such a good system, why lie?
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 2 years ago, 4 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,311
@previous (C)
I did not lie. Not including every autistic detail is not lying, and if you think it is, then you must be autistic.
I did not lie. Not including every autistic detail is not lying, and if you think it is, then you must be autistic.
Anonymous C replied with this 2 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,316
@previous (A)
From your original post:
> 35 hour workweeks max
Then you admit here @1,242,309 (A) that there is no such max for white collar workers.
Why even use the word Maximum?
From your original post:
> 35 hour workweeks max
Then you admit here @1,242,309 (A) that there is no such max for white collar workers.
Why even use the word Maximum?
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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 2 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,318
@previous (C)
there is a max: it is 43.2, and they get extra days off. It is vastly superior to the US system, which was my non-Autistic point.
there is a max: it is 43.2, and they get extra days off. It is vastly superior to the US system, which was my non-Autistic point.
Anonymous C replied with this 2 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,319
Plus screeching (@1,242,290 (A)) that they can work more hours if they want, without addressing that those workers still cannot work more than 50 hours per week , ever.
Anonymous C double-posted this 2 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,320
@1,242,318 (A)
It's not a max of 43.2, that is a statistic for 2016 of an average of hours worked by office workers. The actual maximum is 50 hours, which took about 5 seconds to google by the way
It's not a max of 43.2, that is a statistic for 2016 of an average of hours worked by office workers. The actual maximum is 50 hours, which took about 5 seconds to google by the way
Anonymous C triple-posted this 2 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,322
Just to compare:
42 hours in the US versus 43.2 in France
In the United States for 2016, the average man employed full-time worked 8.4 hours per work day, and the average woman employed full-time worked 7.8 hours per work day
42 hours in the US versus 43.2 in France
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Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 1 hour later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,329
@OP
> They also have three months paid vacation, 35 hour workweeks max, bosses cannot contact you after you are off work for the day, paid maternity leave, and a ton of other hard-won benefits. Americans just take it in the ass from their government.
Dems do. Yes.
> They also have three months paid vacation, 35 hour workweeks max, bosses cannot contact you after you are off work for the day, paid maternity leave, and a ton of other hard-won benefits. Americans just take it in the ass from their government.
Dems do. Yes.
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@1,242,304 (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
A tiny island that's always too hot, and overrun with crime, corruption, and poverty?
It's a tiny insignificant part of the world, and as hellish as it is there, the one thing they agree on there is that it's still better than when the French ruled the island.
The language is an unfortunate souvenir they kept when they did everything they could to keep the French, and their "culture" off the island.
A tiny island that's always too hot, and overrun with crime, corruption, and poverty?
It's a tiny insignificant part of the world, and as hellish as it is there, the one thing they agree on there is that it's still better than when the French ruled the island.
The language is an unfortunate souvenir they kept when they did everything they could to keep the French, and their "culture" off the island.
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@previous (dw !p9hU6ckyqw)
I don't obsess over the minutiae of latin etymology, and I'm not about to start now.
If you work in a kitchen, and you're pretentious learn French. If you need to do literally anything else in life, learn English.
I don't obsess over the minutiae of latin etymology, and I'm not about to start now.
If you work in a kitchen, and you're pretentious learn French. If you need to do literally anything else in life, learn English.
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@previous (B)
You are consistently a dumbass, but I admire the consistency. At least you have some virtues.
You are consistently a dumbass, but I admire the consistency. At least you have some virtues.
dw !p9hU6ckyqw replied with this 2 years ago, 34 minutes later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,405
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@1,242,376 (B)
anyway how would you even know if you can find french speaking people in major cities if you dont speak french
anyway how would you even know if you can find french speaking people in major cities if you dont speak french
Anonymous B replied with this 2 years ago, 4 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,424
@1,242,396 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
I always look at actions, and you chose English for that comment. That says a lot.
@previous (dw !p9hU6ckyqw)
There are statistics showing first and second languages spoken in any major city, so piss off Dutchie.
I always look at actions, and you chose English for that comment. That says a lot.
@previous (dw !p9hU6ckyqw)
There are statistics showing first and second languages spoken in any major city, so piss off Dutchie.
Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 2 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,428
@1,242,345 (B)
I dont think they do everything to keep French culture off of the island. Until recently, the schools there only taught French when Creole is the common language
I dont think they do everything to keep French culture off of the island. Until recently, the schools there only taught French when Creole is the common language
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Because Americans are pussies, see @1,242,275 (B) (Bert).
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@previous (C)
I don't know if you can even say there was an original, or what that original would be... maybe Ancient Greek... or proto-Indo-European?
A lingua franca is simply a common tongue that allows groups of people who speak different native languages to communicate.
I don't know if you can even say there was an original, or what that original would be... maybe Ancient Greek... or proto-Indo-European?
A lingua franca is simply a common tongue that allows groups of people who speak different native languages to communicate.
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@previous (dw !p9hU6ckyqw)
That's incorrect. It influenced the pidgeon languages in africa and the carribean, but french is not a lingua franca.
That's incorrect. It influenced the pidgeon languages in africa and the carribean, but french is not a lingua franca.
Anonymous M joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 4 hours later, 3 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,242,999
@previous (L)
It most definitely was - late 16th to early 19th century, and is still used as the common language in French African countries (ex French / Belgian colonies).
It most definitely was - late 16th to early 19th century, and is still used as the common language in French African countries (ex French / Belgian colonies).
Anonymous L replied with this 2 years ago, 5 hours later, 4 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,243,033
@previous (M)
Yes, french is spoken in the worst parts of Africa. No linguist would consider it a lingua franca, however.
Latin and English are considered lingua francas of their respective times.
Yes, french is spoken in the worst parts of Africa. No linguist would consider it a lingua franca, however.
Latin and English are considered lingua francas of their respective times.
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@1,242,982 (dw !p9hU6ckyqw)
Even if it is, the "franca" in "lingua franca" isn't referring to the french language.
Even if it is, the "franca" in "lingua franca" isn't referring to the french language.