Okay, cool. I live very close to Switzerland (close enough that my wife works there.) As I am also an anglophone living in a non-anglophone country, Lemmy is basically my sole source of English language news and whatnot. It's sometimes very difficult to be surrounded by another language and culture, and this place has become my escape in a way. Reddit was great back in the day, but I can no longer support the enshitification it has suffered.
Welcome home!
Totally. I forgot all about expanded tryna, as I almost never hear it outside of television. You may be on to something there.
Couldn't agree more. Destroying our planet faster just so people don't have to write their own emails seems insane to me. Google literally wants to use private nuclear reactors to power their AI projects... Do people really think that won't be expensive, both economically and climate-wise?
My brother and I quote this money to this day, such a classic.
"How could he see me?"
I did the opposite lol.
Lyon is pretty great. Depending on the vibe you're going for, Marseille is also pretty awesome. I'd avoid it in the middle of the summer, but shoulder season down south is amazing. The weather is great, the people are friendly (if you avoid the worst parts of town, like anywhere) and the food is a nice mix of traditional French and Mediterranean cuisine. And make sure to get a flight of Ricard.
As an Anglophone who lives in France, I agree. Although where I live (east / south-east) English is not very widely spoken, even in bigger cities, but the people are generally very friendly.
Through victory my chains are broken. For the Empire! In all seriousness though, it's fictional space fantasy. When I was a kid, watching the OG trilogy, I always supported the rebels, but as I got older I slowly became way more into the empire. Sometimes it's just fun to root for the bad guys. Also the dogmatic nature of the Jedi becomes glaringly more obvious as you get older.
Guitar pedals. My collection is fairly modest (20-30 pedals) but I have some neat pieces, like a couple Japanese Boss pedals from the 80's. They are functional so I don't feel like it's a waste of space per se. Also they look cool, so there's that.
Hmm. C'est peut-être anecdotique, mais mon expérience en France a été tout à fait contraire. Presque personne parle pas une autre langue que le français, et si c'est le cas, c'est l'anglais. Souvent, je pose des questions sur le patois local (savoyard) personne n'y connaît rien. C'est triste. La Savoie fait partie de la France depuis 170 ans, mais malheureusement la culture unique s'est diluée. J'ai le sentiment que quelque chose unique est perdu lorsqu'une langue se perd dans le temps. Je crois ce que l'anglais fait au monde, le français l'a déjà fait à la France. Je pense que nos positions différentes sur ce sujet sont une question de perspective, c'est sûr.
Merci pour ta généralisation. Je suis Canadien (pas Québécois) et j'habite en France avec ma femme française. En fait où je vis (Haute-Savoie), très peu de gens parlent anglais. J'étudie beaucoup chaque jour en français pour pouvoir me faire des amis et vivre une bonne vie ici.
Nous sommes pas tous pareils.
N'importe quoi.