r/dankmemes ☣️ Jul 27 '24

OC Maymay ♨ WTH FRANCE?!?

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u/only777 ☣️ Jul 27 '24

Everyone has the wrong idea here.

This isn’t some sort of statement about gender or societal norms; it’s just France being French and parading nonsensical bollocks around as “art”

Source: I’m British and we have to live next door to this. Trust me, this isn’t being put on for you, they’d be doing this even if you weren’t looking

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u/Spacellama117 Jul 27 '24

I'm American, and sometimes i've been told by like francophiles that i'm unjustified in making fun of the French.

but like, cmon. They've been touting themselves as the 'global center of art and culture' for like a thousand years and then go on to do shit like this, I think a little ribbing is more than warranted

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u/Don_Camillo005 Jul 27 '24

you know you need to experiment to create new forms of art. and the french just arent afraid to let go of old norms in order to be innovative with their art and culture. its like the entire thing their nation is build around ever since the revolution.

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u/Spacellama117 Jul 28 '24

Yeah sorry I find it really hard to believe that the country with a national institute dedicated to keeping their language the exact same as it has been for the past two centuries has made innovation the center of their identity