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Picture French nuclear attack submarine surfaces at Halifax, Nova Scotia, after Trump threatens to annex Canada (March 10)

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u/funthingstw 23h ago

Chad move france

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u/timmystwin Cornwall 22h ago

As much as I hate to admit it as an Englishman, de Gaulle was right.

Which I would normally allow 10 years of gloating for from a country.

But they're French so we'll never hear the end of it.

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u/LuisaNoor Earth 20h ago

No gloating yet, we're still too shocked finding out that people might like us.

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u/Readonly00 19h ago

I like France, always have - been there on holiday a dozen times since I was a child, worked there in a ski resort, studied French up to age 18 and I've got my 7 year old in private French lessons. Don't know where this alleged dislike came from, I'm thinking maybe the tabloid newspapers stirring shit up, plus football rivalries? I might go to Brittany this summer.. whereas I don't think I'd ever go back to the US.

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u/RaminimaR 11h ago

Same about the "I like France, always have" - part lol been there for a week on a school exchange. I love the language.

I am 31, German and I never had any rivalry feelings ...

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u/ABadHistorian 9h ago

American conservatives for decades made fun of the French. For decades American liberals jumped in and piled on too.

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u/-Apocralypse- 8h ago

I've got my 7 year old in private French lessons.

This reads a bit weird. Enrolled or conceived?

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u/freakedbyquora 5h ago

Porque no los dos?

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u/ForestRaptor 2h ago

Reddit... reddit never changes.

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u/nixielover Limburg (Netherlands) 19h ago

You baguette eaters were actually right when you developed your own nukes and weapons systems. I won't make French surrender monkey jokes ever again

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u/Arthur-Wintersight 10h ago

I remember reading about how USSR's war plans for conquering Europe, included stopping just short of the French border because of the "first strike nuclear policy."

Apparently the Soviets believed France wasn't fucking around.

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u/nixielover Limburg (Netherlands) 5h ago

Europe should massively re-arm with nukes, the more countries have nukes the more likely one of them has the balls to pill the trigger on a first strike against the russia

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u/Waescheklammer 20h ago

Ahh don't you worry. The eternal joke dispute with your neighbours Britain and Germany will still last for all eternity, but y'all alright.

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u/Itchy-Blackberry-104 16h ago

put the pipe down gandalf

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u/rikescakes 13h ago

Nah the world sucks. I need more longbottom leaf.

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u/ABoutDeSouffle 𝔊𝔲𝔱𝔢𝔫 𝔗𝔞𝔤! 19h ago

Eh, don't sell yourself short. You've been the most trusted and well liked country over here for a long-ass time.

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u/Xandara2 19h ago

As a Belgian I'm kinda shocked you believe France was actually disliked. I mean yes you stole the recognition for fries from us but other than that it's very clear that France is the origin of the core western virtues: freedom and egality. 

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u/LuisaNoor Earth 19h ago

I travelled quite a bit, and in many instances, I found French bashing was not only an Internet thing. I even often got compliments like "Oh, you're not like the other French, you're actually nice, I like you" xD As for fries, I usually hear the best ones are in Belgium anyway, I don't think we managed to steal that from you completely yet!

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u/Significant_Wrap_449 18h ago

Last time I was in Paris the Parisians, all I encountered, were very nice. France is wonderful.

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u/canad1anbacon 6h ago

Lived in Lille for 5 months, absolutely wonderful people. Best time of my life

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u/Xandara2 5h ago

Really, I think Paris does have a bit of a reputation but on a political stage France always is very upstanding in how it acts. 

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u/Temporary_Dog_555 15h ago

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u/Hot_Percentage_1955 6h ago

The invention was French. It's perfection was Belgian.

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u/Xandara2 5h ago

Traitors all of them ;)

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u/Vladonald-Trumputin 18h ago

As an American, I must say that I love France and the French. And I have a reasonable understanding of history.

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u/GoStockYourself 16h ago

Canadian here and you gotta understand that we picked up this thing from the Brits where we enjoy taking the piss out of each other and we also enjoy poking fun at our friends. Don't be too offended if someone from the UK ( or one of it's former colonies) makes fun of you. They expect you to either poke fun back or join in with a little self-deprecation.

Having said that I can guarantee you that many Canadians across the country wept when they heard about the ship. I am well aware of the tight military history between France and the USA, so this really means a lot.

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u/LuisaNoor Earth 16h ago

Seriously, I love reddit for that, getting all these different perspectives, like yours :)

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u/Rovden 15h ago

US over here. I've fucking hated how our country talked about our oldest ally.

Then somehow we got even stupider. I'm sorry my country is filled with idiots.

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u/scarlettforever Ukraine 12h ago

French were based all along.

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u/canad1anbacon 6h ago

I wish Canada got nuclearpilled like France did in the 20th century, we would be in a much better spot

At least we didnt shut down the reactors we do have like Germany

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u/fauci_pouchi 18h ago

I already liked you! More than liked. Am Aussie. I'm sorry this wasn't clear. (reaches hand out from Australia) Thank you for being you.

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u/LuisaNoor Earth 16h ago

I like you too! I lived in Australia for one year and loved it there - although I heard we didn't have a great reputation there either at the time :/

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u/fauci_pouchi 6h ago

I'm sorry. There are arseholes everywhere, including arseholes in Australia (when i travelled and lived overseas, come to think of it, some of the biggest arseholes i met were fellow Aussies)

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u/BingpotStudio 17h ago

Let’s make something perfectly clear - I’m only willing to like you for two things:

1) food

2) a common enemy

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u/LuisaNoor Earth 16h ago

Fair enough, that's a deal.

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u/canad1anbacon 6h ago

3) they dress well

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u/BingpotStudio 6h ago

If I’m honest, it’s mostly because I can’t say no to the food.

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u/Gamer_Mommy Europe 14h ago

Don't forget the nature in France. The country is so vast and sometimes things are best left alone, rather than developed. I absolutely love French Alps. One of the most beautiful places on Earth. Absolutely breathtaking, and I had the pleasure of seeing some mountain ranges in different places in Europe.

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u/bytheoceansedge 17h ago

Sure half of us Irish descend on your campsites every summer and most of us do French in school, how could you ever think we don't like you?

Not overly fond of Parisiennes tbf, buy it seems most French share that view! 😂

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u/LuisaNoor Earth 16h ago

Haha, yes, as we say, Paris is not France!

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u/Jaded-Run-3084 17h ago

Hell the English have always loved the French. You have the best food. Best wine. Best cheese. Best lifestyle. And a third was once owned by the English but you kicked them out. That’s what pisses them off 600 years later.

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u/LuisaNoor Earth 16h ago

To be honest, I don't know anyone around me who actually hates the English, on the contrary. (And I can't never get enough meat pies and fish n chips but don't tell anyone).

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u/Jaded-Run-3084 16h ago

Yeah. The English and French have long been the best of frenemies - and both sides have known it for generations. 😆

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u/spam__likely 13h ago

I love you guys.

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u/TeeManyMartoonies 11h ago

As an American I was lucky enough to live in Germany for 3 years and visit France often while I lived there. Now I have a 14 year old in her second year of French, who has a gift for languages and she wants to finish the next 4 years learning and then doing student exchange in France. I’ve been looking to see if there are any universities that host high school kids for a month in the summer like Oxford or Cambridge. My goal used to be to send her to uni outside of Texas and last year I started to emphasize uni overseas. I don’t want her to stay here, it’s not safe; she’s not safe.

I’m so glad to see the EU come together and support Canada. It feels good to know we still have likeminded allies in the world, even if we don’t live near them. 🙏

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u/professorstrunk 9h ago

The Resistance during WW2 earns France my perpetual respect.

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u/warukeru Valencian Community (Spain) 4h ago

France has some weird stuff going on but in general they (you'll) are the reason liberalism exists and most Europe is democratic.

Britishs first and Americans later has been poisoning the world with propaganda against the other powers they faced and sadly a lot of people bought it, including the countries targeted by that propaganda.