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[–] [email protected] 0 points 17 minutes ago

Let's go on strike

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Belgium is kinda France tbh

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 hour ago

The first step is admitting it

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, it never occurred to anyone ever to stick their tongues in each others mouths until it was documented in ancient India.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 minutes ago

Anon didn't say that it started in ancient India, just that the fact that it happened in ancient India proves that it didn't start in France

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

We generally attribute discoveries to whoever documented it first. It's almost laughable to attribute it to the French based on a kissing style that was widespread there in 1923. Surely people were doing it before then. Yet, the Americans and British found it so unique they referred to it as French kissing.

Perhaps it was common before ancient India, but then the question is, why didn't the ancient Babylonians, Egyptians, Chinese, Romans, and Greek document on it then?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 hours ago

It's funny how France created all its neighbours! Britain, Russia, Italy, Spain! And proceeded to go into mortal wars with most of them!

[–] [email protected] 42 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

So yeah why does the american/english don't do more research about origins and call everything french ?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 minutes ago

It's because deep frying was not very common in the U.S. Immersion in hot fat was considered a French style of cooking, so they're French style fried potatoes. I think "fries" instead of "frieds" is dialect that caught on nationally in the U.S. in the 70s.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

> Britain was founded by the French

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 hours ago

Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon? The son of an Irish immigrant? He’s not the kind of guy who’d let facts get in the way of an opinion so we’re probably pretty solid saying that in front of him. If he did run his mouth, then I got your back, blud.

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