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I don't know if it's specifically American, but I know that part of our shared zeitgeist is a picture of Paris as something kind of magical. Like the expectation is that the experience of going there is supposed to be special. You're hear the phrase "Paris in the springtime" probably your whole life And of course the first time you get there it's just a city, and not a particularly clean or nice-smelling one at that.
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Solice Kirsk posted:This has nothing to do with the current conversation, but I think it's really funny that being disappointed in Paris is an actual syndrome. I guess my unpopular opinion is that Paris, in general, doesn't seem like that pretty of a place. I think Bordeaux and Rouen look prettier. yeah I heard about this Paris Dissapointment Syndrome, not sure how real it is but apparently it *is* a thing for the uninitiated: basically, in certain (generally faraway) countries, Paris has a reputation of being this kind of super-romantic, fairy-tale-like city, with beautiful architecture, millenia of history, beautiful cultured people roaming about, the pinnacle of European way of life, etc, etc. Naturally, tourists expect all that, but when they get to Paris (usually paying quite a lot of money for their trips) they are met with rubbish, poop, lovely overpriced food, con artists, and homeless people everywhere. Now, that's basically any major city anywhere in the world, but it clashes so hard with what they've expected, it gets to a point where a non-trivial number of people have a kind of a nervous breakdown after touring Paris a couple of days.
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Mar 22, 2021 18:14
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The best city to visit is Toulouse, or Strasbourg if you ignore all the strasbourgeois
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Mar 22, 2021 18:20
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Manager Hoyden posted:I don't know if it's specifically American, but I know that part of our shared zeitgeist is a picture of Paris as something kind of magical. Like the expectation is that the experience of going there is supposed to be special. You're hear the phrase "Paris in the springtime" probably your whole life
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Mar 22, 2021 18:23
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It's this worldy city where so many great artists, writers, and thinkers produced some of their best work and it has this cozy kind of feel with its baguettes and outdoor cafes, and everyone smokes cigarettes all the time but it's sexy and not gross, etc. And then you go and it's basically French New York and people are almost getting run over by mopeds and yelling "Hé, je marche ici!" and the smoking isn't sexy at all and the baguettes aren't really any better than the ones you can get here but you know you can't say anything or else one of those creepy street mimes will sneak up on you and garrote you on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées.
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Mar 22, 2021 18:25
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Why would anyone waste the time and money to go to France when they could easily just go to Toussaint in Witcher 3?
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Mar 22, 2021 18:45
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Solice Kirsk posted:This has nothing to do with the current conversation, but I think it's really funny that being disappointed in Paris is an actual syndrome. I guess my unpopular opinion is that Paris, in general, doesn't seem like that pretty of a place. I think Bordeaux and Rouen look prettier. its common in japan but mostly because tv ads and things like that play it up as a clean romantic place when in fact its dirty and smells like piss and a cup of coffee costs 6 euros. other than that is a nice place though i think but most french towns are decent
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Mar 22, 2021 20:05
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i disliked naples a lot more when i went there. naples is full of rude people, museums without airconditioning or signposts or anything that cost a fortune to enter, everybody just has a lovely attitude or tries to gently caress you over somehow. even fez or marrakech were less annoying to walk around in. flying from greece to italy really brings this home, greece kicks rear end and ive never met a greek rear end in a top hat in person, italy is full of assholes
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Mar 22, 2021 20:11
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You'd be an rear end in a top hat if you had to live in Naples
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Mar 22, 2021 21:04
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Shibawanko posted:ive never met a greek rear end in a top hat in person then did you really go to greece?
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Mar 22, 2021 21:11
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the azores are an underrated holiday destination and i dunno why people dont just flood there every summer. its like the european hawaii and its right there
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Mar 22, 2021 21:23
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Shibawanko posted:the azores are an underrated holiday destination and i dunno why people dont just flood there every summer. its like the european hawaii and its right there Because Canary Island, South coast of Spain or Italy, the Greek islands and Ibiza is closer, and the Azores is pretty loving expensive compared to those places because their regional government does that on purpose.
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Mar 22, 2021 21:34
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Der Kyhe posted:Because Canary Island, South coast of Spain or Italy, the Greek islands and Ibiza is closer, and the Azores is pretty loving expensive compared to those places because their regional government does that on purpose. is it? i went there a long time ago but i dont recall that it was expensive apart from the flight, food and accomodation wasnt expensive anyway. this was terceira though maybe its different on sao miguel
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Mar 22, 2021 21:38
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Anybody living on an island or visiting one is certifiably insane. Large bodies of water are the greatest threat to humanity that's ever existed. Willingly surrounding yourself with it is lunacy.
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Mar 22, 2021 21:41
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i dont get why being exiled to st helena was supposed to be punishment for napoleon. retiring on a tropical island seems like a pretty sweet deal and way less of a hassle than his normal life. i would live on st helena
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Mar 22, 2021 21:44
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Gaius Marius posted:Anybody living on an island or visiting one is certifiably insane. Large bodies of water are the greatest threat to humanity that's ever existed. Willingly surrounding yourself with it is lunacy. You won't even visit an island? Ha ha are you from the midwest
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Mar 22, 2021 21:49
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We all live on islands.
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Mar 22, 2021 21:54
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Telemaze posted:You won't even visit an island? Ha ha are you from the midwest Any body of water larger than a bathtub should be regarded with the utmost caution. Humans were never meant to swim otherwise we'd have gils. Boats are an affront to the natural order of things.
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Mar 22, 2021 21:57
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what's the ocean going to do, flood me?
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Mar 22, 2021 22:02
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Gaius Marius posted:Any body of water larger than a bathtub should be regarded with the utmost caution. Humans were never meant to swim otherwise we'd have gils. Boats are an affront to the natural order of things. H.P Lovecraft postin in PYF
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Mar 22, 2021 22:03
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Gaius Marius posted:Any body of water larger than a bathtub should be regarded with the utmost caution. Humans were never meant to swim otherwise we'd have gils. Boats are an affront to the natural order of things. In 5-15 years when Waterworld will become a documentary, you'll be stringing up Kevin Costner.
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Mar 22, 2021 22:03
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Manager Hoyden posted:I don't know if it's specifically American, but I know that part of our shared zeitgeist is a picture of Paris as something kind of magical. Like the expectation is that the experience of going there is supposed to be special. You're hear the phrase "Paris in the springtime" probably your whole life Not as much as the Japanese. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_syndrome
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Mar 23, 2021 00:46
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Shibawanko posted:i think the "north european" style of posting is funny just because of how much it pisses a certain kind of american poster off This is why you are a vital part of this thread ecosystem, on an entire page full of people posting extremely popular opinions among normal people or dweebs, you bring it back.
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Mar 23, 2021 01:45
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PHUO: Naples is actually a lot of fun and severely underrated. I am laughing if you didn’t even manage to enjoy something like the Museo di Capodimonte or Museo Archeologico.
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Mar 23, 2021 02:12
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phuo: there's really no point in visiting france, italy, or germany when you can just go to Switzerland and get the best of all 3 cultures. Geneva does a pretty good job of mimicking the Paris dirty+smelly+super snobby experience, zurich is just better germany with trains on time, better beer, and a form of german I have an easier time understanding, and the south is just italy but with better scenery.
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Mar 23, 2021 03:48
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You better never tell a Swiss person you think they're speaking German, because they may just punch you for it.
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Mar 23, 2021 03:59
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Cardiovorax posted:You better never tell a Swiss person you think they're speaking German, because they may just punch you for it. That's what the told me to learn ("high german") and you pick up their weird jamming french words in etc stuff along the way.
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King Hong Kong posted:PHUO: Naples is actually a lot of fun and severely underrated. I am laughing if you didn’t even manage to enjoy something like the Museo di Capodimonte or Museo Archeologico. The only time I was in Naples was during a big football match. I didn't see a single person. I don't think I even saw a dog. (I don't know if Naples has a shitload of street dogs like Rome so maybe there just weren't any dogs.) e: I'm sure I would've seen a lot of people if I could've stayed long enough for the match to finish.
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Mar 23, 2021 04:42
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Rick posted:This is why you are a vital part of this thread ecosystem, on an entire page full of people posting extremely popular opinions among normal people or dweebs, you bring it back. thanks rick. at least someone understands my purpose
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Mar 23, 2021 08:56
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your desktop should have "this pc," "network," "control panel," and "recycle bin" icons on it. allowing windows to take these essential tools away from you is like willingly using an inkjet printer
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Mar 23, 2021 08:57
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I don't know how I feel about agreeing with you, but this is one hundred percent correct.
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Mar 23, 2021 08:59
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yeah I eat rear end posted:phuo: there's really no point in visiting france, italy, or germany when you can just go to Switzerland and get the best of all 3 cultures. Geneva does a pretty good job of mimicking the Paris dirty+smelly+super snobby experience, zurich is just better germany with trains on time, better beer, and a form of german I have an easier time understanding, and the south is just italy but with better scenery. ive never been to switzerland but i know its terribly expensive compared to all those 3 countries and the food isnt as good as any of those 3 either i used to chat to a swiss girl online back in 2005 or so and she once got pissed that i wasn't online at the usual time. i wasnt punctual enough so she blocked me
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Mar 23, 2021 09:02
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Cardiovorax posted:I don't know how I feel about agreeing with you, but this is one hundred percent correct. Its actually 75% correct because who the gently caress uses the network icon
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Mar 23, 2021 09:40
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JollyBoyJohn posted:Its actually 75% correct because who the gently caress uses the network icon 
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Mar 23, 2021 09:45
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My desktop has zero icons or visible menu bars, and I use hotkey shortcuts instead. GUI shortcuts are an unnecessary crutch. I do agree that only someone with a sexual fetish for wasting money would use an inkjet printer, though.
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Mar 23, 2021 10:03
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I personally thought Paris was beautiful and I didn't think it was "smelly" when I was there. But the eiffeltower was underwhelmning and ye, it's "just a city." It's always just been a city man
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Mar 23, 2021 10:08
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JollyBoyJohn posted:Its actually 75% correct because who the gently caress uses the network icon it aesthetically fits in with the others
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Zzulu posted:I personally thought Paris was beautiful and I didn't think it was "smelly" when I was there. But the eiffeltower was underwhelmning and ye, it's "just a city." paris smells like piss more often than any other city ive been to. i woke up in the middle of the night once to people shouting outside my hotel, looked out the window and it was a bunch of women pissing on the street in an alleyway
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Mar 23, 2021 10:11
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Nah, that's just cities in general. You wouldn't believe some of the places I've seen ladies drop trou all over the world.
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Cities are shitholes
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