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[–] DimFisher@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Don't forget in France the state covers medical insurance, yes they are way better than a lot of things from US, wake up!

[–] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If you're studying in Slovakia and have a residence here, the state pays you your pension, health insurance and taxes, so it basically means that you won't end up in debt that easily. I'm pretty sure it works similarly in France. Also you get free train tickets when signing up with Slovak ISIC and when buying tickets for traveling inside the country.


Regardless where you are in the EEA, you're pretty much well off everywhere.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 35 points 4 days ago

take a look at https://www.laquadrature.net/en/ before you celebrate.

fr*nch don't give a fuck about privacy. Don't confuse national security with privacy. This is happening because U.S. is no longer considered an ally.

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 38 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Why did you censor the word "French?"

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's a fairly widespread Internet meme, I think in order to make fun of France, though I'm not sure exactly where it originated.

[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Elting@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Elting@piefed.social 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Man you didn’t even see it, we both went up and down before I lost. It was very dramatic. Still I maintain that making fun of the french is easy laughs.

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Faut dire que les français passent leur temps a se moquer des anglais, alors il y a quand même une certaine réciprocité.

[–] Elting@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

There is balance in all things. Making fun of the English and Americans is equally as funny. So's the dutch and the Portuguese and the Spanish. If at any point your country was an empire, making fun of its people is open game.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

You could still pull ahead by Friday!

[–] amaryllisfever@lemmychan.org 2 points 3 days ago

Only if you're a moron.

[–] sompreno@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yeah i've notice this happen a lot with the word 'funk' too people be censoring weird words

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Or are you just not sure how to spell it, so you inserted a placeholder?

[–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's a glob pattern, it matches "franch", " frbnch", "frcnch", " frdnch" and so on

[–] 0xd34d@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

frnch also passes, as does freshjfcgreiheheckygncewdhynch

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

smh, OP not knowing the difference between * and ?

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)
[–] mmmm@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Maybe someone can get upset by reading that word?


On a serious note, though, on my first semester at graphic design a teacher once told us that some day (here in Bogotá, Colombia) a punk wearing a jacket or something with a struck though swastica waiting for the bus near the uni. Some old lady saw him and the swastica and passed out on the spot. Apparently she was a jewish migrant or something. I never even imagined such things could happen here but the point was to be aware of the things you use in your communications

[–] talkingpumpkin@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Maybe someone can get upset by reading that word?

Must be US people? Because I don't know anyone else who is offended by "fuck" and ok with "f*ck".

[–] hyacin@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 days ago

Maybe someone can get upset by reading that word?

and by bypassing their filters with idiotic 'censoring', you expose them to it.

[–] amaryllisfever@lemmychan.org -2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I think it's because he's an idiot on auto-pilot.

Morons always need to do more than is necessary because they have no idea what they're doing.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

"Not so bad" at what? They're doing this out of their own interests. It doesn't mean at all that they care about the privacy of their constituents, and in fact they're one of the worst offenders.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] archy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

It could be a toast or a fry

[–] amaryllisfever@lemmychan.org 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The french?

Why are you censoring the e?

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

france is offensive to africans

[–] hyacin@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

Which would be why you DON'T censor it, @grandma@sh.itjust.works, so it DOESN'T bypass people's filters.

[–] Nednarb44@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Just like the g* rmans, the d* nish, Ir*sh, *nd the ch *nese. Fuck unnecessary censoring.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

man, do I hate the gormans, the dunish, the irash and the chenese

[–] archy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ali*ns - how do you feel about those?

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 points 2 days ago

alians are alright I guess

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago