• h4x0r@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    20 days ago

    It would be funnier if France hadn’t participated in, and won more wars than pretty much any other country in modern history.

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    20 days ago

    France jokes by Americans are usually just embarassing because they show how ignorant most Americans are about military history.

    PugJesus I know you’re not ignorant, so in this case it’s just confusing.

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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      20 days ago

      France jokes are part of my heritage, and no amount of fully justified beatings by angry Frenchmen will ever fully stop me from finding them funny

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        20 days ago

        Oh, you’re descended from people oppressed by the French. (audience member: “that could be anyone!”) Got it, makes sense now.

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      19 days ago

      I dunno, this feels pretty accurate to WW2 to me. Their tanks were all stuck in the wrong place and not allowed to go fight, so they basically did have to sit and watch in the rear view mirror as the commanders kept going “It’s a diversion! Trust me!”

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    19 days ago

    Hey now, you guys don’t understand, he isn’t claiming that they run away from the fight, no, the fight just always ends up being behind their front line while they keep going “It’s just a diversion! The REAL battle will be here for sure!”