• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    1 day ago

    Italy isn’t Europe’s joke country though. Italians are just minding their own business out there in the Mediterranean not really bothering anyone else.

    Everyone will trash talk France though. And the French will trash talk Parisians.

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      7 hours ago

      And we Americans trash talk France. I don’t know why though, they’ve been nothing but helpful, what with the Revolutionary War and the Louisiana purchase.

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        4 hours ago

        They were real dicks in the late 20th century though, including engaging in state-sponsored terrorism. Their inclusion in the European Union was a real sticking point for a while because of that.