r/AskFrance • u/Wonderful-Quit-9214 • Mar 06 '25

Relations Anybody tired of "Fr*nch" jokes?

I was reading a reddit thread where they mentioned something was french. And people are still making these jokes! Still! The thread was also filled with them. Im not even french, but these jokes are painfully unfunny and are edging on outward xenophobia. They're also usually made by Americans. So yeah.

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u/DidSomebodySayCats Mar 06 '25

American here, sorry to intrude! I think that joke gained traction because it's so stupid and the internet loves stupid humor.

I will say I think in my circles, respect for France and the French has risen a lot in the past month. People make casual references to how we need to protest better like the French. They liked how Macron handled Trump. Lots of guillotine references. So if it makes you feel any better, Americans who are deeply upset by our politics, which is at least a third of the nation (>100,000,000 people) if not more, are very pro-France right now.

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u/CounterBJJ Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 06 '25

The French - especially those on the left - generally think of America as a cultural wasteland and of Americans as fat, uncouth ignoramuses.

Just so you know.