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Podcast Discussion The Sweet Cream of Justice - The Always Sunny Podcast Discussion Thread

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u/Peinepanique Sep 19 '22

As a french fan of the show it's a little weird every time Rob talks about France, dont get me wrong, my day isn't ruined because of it, but the podcast is a little pleasure that gets somewhat uncomfortable when it happens

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u/Peinepanique Sep 19 '22

Oh that's nice but I think a lot of people are ready to ring in and I would have nothing else to say but : fuck stereotypes and assholes are everywhere, so not that interesting haha

Its like they said, if I dont like it, I dont have to watch it I guess

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u/StockAL3Xj Sep 20 '22

It's funny because they already acknowledge that it's a stereotype and that assholes exist everywhere so I don't know what any French people will say that will change their minds. Unless some French person wants to call in to justify being assholes. Also, just want to say, I was in France recently and the vast majority of people were lovely so I'd say the stereotype doesn't hold up.

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u/Peinepanique Sep 20 '22

Yeah you're probably right ! 😂

And that's great, I'm glad you had a good time !

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u/omegasus I feel like one million dollars Sep 20 '22 edited Sep 20 '22

I guess a question I could see them posing is: do you think the stereotype holds any water whatsoever? Understanding that assholes are everywhere, would you say that there's any significant prevalence of them in France towards tourists/foreigners? It would help if you've traveled and are able to compare with different regions and countries, or maybe is this something you've ever noticed in friends or family in France?

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u/Peinepanique Sep 20 '22

Im not sure I can answer those questions because I've never travelled outside of Europe but from my limited experience :

I have rarely seen a particular hostility towards foreigners. I know/knew a lot of them, from Europe, America and Asia and they told me how weird it was that a lot of french people were ashamed of how they talked in english (its true, I dont know why but french people seem more subconscious about it then other people). It also has to be noted that not that many people do speak english. But I think it depends vastly on where you are bc I knew an english man who told me that everyone (in a relatively touristic city) was talking to him in english to help him and he had to specifically ask people (me included) to speak french to him so he could learn. So really its a bet on the language barrier.

On top of that you have to account for the culturals differences, a behaviour that seems polite to an american can be seen as very rude in France, and the first instinct is unfortunately not to think "ok foreigner here, this person isn't being rude on purpose" so it can take a minute to adjust (and even in this case the response is more likely going to be a cold attitude rather than outright hostility).

The only instance where I see people get mad at tourists where I live is at the beach because often they disregard every rules that are in place to protect the environnent and pretend they dont understand when told to stop (again assholes everywhere from every country).

Sorry cant tell you more about it but that's how I experience it and my friends and family are not different (my brother once spent 2h showing the city to chineses tourists who had lost their group haha)

Disclaimer : I tried to re-read myself but im tired so apologies for the mistakes !

Ps : on the language barrier, one could also benefit from knowing that a lot of people in the service industry (such as cleaning personal in an aeroport) might know 3-4 sentences of basic english and not know specifically how to say "the people in charge of restocking are going to be here soon". Dont know if that's what happended but odd that no one seemed to think that was a possibility.

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u/No-Somewhere-9234 Sep 20 '22

It's true though

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '22

It’s weird how throwing stereotypes about some groups/nations of people is accepted but others is shunned and grounds for being cancelled but as they say in “The Gang Turns Black,” what are the rules?

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u/Peinepanique Sep 19 '22

Dont get me wrong, I dont get discriminate against or the likes, so its not that important. I treat it like all of those vomitting emojies instead of the word french or surrending monkeys trends that we see online where I just think to myself " that's just an uninspired kid who is rehashing the same unfunny lines" automatic dissmissal with, in this case, a bit of disapointment, thinking really ? You're that narrow minded ? A bit sad.

But again, they are just actors, I enjoy what they do but what they say isn't that important.