Plumbing, since I’ve been a professional plumber in both North America and Europe. Not the most interesting knowledge base but alas, it is what it is. Other than that, Age of Empires II maybe?

Literally the only name I could think of.

What. The. Fuck.

As a circumcised male, please don’t. Like countless others have said, it’s a bizarre cultural practice that leads to a desensitized tip, and most of the world thinks it’s fucked up. There’s literally no benefits.

France is the absolute worst for this. I once spent ten minutes in a bar trying to figure out who ‘Kenny West’ was… I kept asking my friends if they’re sure that’s how the name is pronounced.

It was Kanye. He even says his name in most of his own songs…

Shampoo ? What’s that?

People wash their hair waaaay too much. I use shampoo in my hair once a month; the rest of the time I just scrub it with water and my fingers, and I very rarely have dandruff. Mind you, my skin is quite oily, but when I was a teenager with super long hair I washed my hair with shampoo every day and my hair was fried as fuck. Also, I think it contributed a lot to my extremely bad acne, which I almost never get anymore.

You must be fun at parties.

Totally. I forgot all about expanded tryna, as I almost never hear it outside of television. You may be on to something there.

This might be a regional difference, but when I say it out loud, ‘tryna not kill myself’ is by far the more natural construction. But I agree that in writing, ‘trying not to kill myself’ feels more natural, while ‘trying to not kill myself’ feels stilted and intentionally awkward. Man I love language.

I guess the joke is on me, I’ve had a sinus infection or something for like a month so my nose is always either running, or clogged. Sometimes both at the same time!

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?”

The grass is always greener and all that. I spent the first 15 years of my adult life destroying my body in the trades. Sure the money was good, but the hours sucked and you’re still dealing with idiots all the time. Maybe Tracie in accounting doesn’t know to not click on every link she receives in her email, but at least she can write a coherent sentence and refrain from smoking crack in the porta-potties…

And don’t even get me started on service work. People who can’t use computers have nothing on people who can’t change a light bulb or plunge a toilet.

I did the opposite lol.

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.

C’est clair. Il y a beaucoup de choses que je préfère dans ma vie ici (par exemple la nourriture, mode de vie, etc.), mais je crois qu’on peut pas juger des autres pour leur ignorance. Si on fait ça, on est pas meilleur.

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.

Mildly on topic: I recently moved to France from Canada, I’m not an EU citizen, and google isn’t really sure if I’m on vacation or if I’ve moved permanently.

Every single website now asks me about cookie settings. Most have a reject all button, but occasionally I have to manually uncheck some sliders to protect my data. Time well spent.

My parents back in Canada always think it’s some voodoo magic when Facebook shows them ads about stuff they’ve recently been 'talking about (AKA searching on Google.) Duhhh. Thanks EU!