Why did you censor the word "French?"
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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.
it's not very funny
It's extremely funny.
Only if you're a moron.
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.
You could still pull ahead by Friday!
Faut dire que les français passent leur temps a se moquer des anglais alors il y a quand même une certaine réciprocité.
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.
Or are you just not sure how to spell it, so you inserted a placeholder?
It's a glob pattern, it matches "franch", " frbnch", "frcnch", " frdnch" and so on
frnch also passes, as does freshjfcgreiheheckygncewdhynch
smh, OP not knowing the difference between * and ?
Yeah i've notice this happen a lot with the word 'funk' too people be censoring weird words
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
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".
Maybe someone can get upset by reading that word?
and by bypassing their filters with idiotic 'censoring', you expose them to it.
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.
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.
"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.
Don't forget in France the state covers medical insurance, yes they are way better than a lot of things from US, wake up!
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.
Just like the g* rmans, the d* nish, Ir*sh, *nd the ch *nese. Fuck unnecessary censoring.
man, do I hate the gormans, the dunish, the irash and the chenese
Ali*ns - how do you feel about those?
alians are alright I guess
What's a fr*nch?
It could be a toast or a fry
The french?
Why are you censoring the e?