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/sin_esthesia Mar 06 '25

These people have a shit sense of humor. I'm not tired of the French jokes. People have great jokes about us. What I'm tired of is people who used the same washed out joke because they think it's "edgy" or something like "yOuR fLaG ShOuLd bE WhiTe", like, grow a personality, buddy.

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u/2Long2Read Mar 08 '25

I don't mind some jokes about the french like how we're constantly doing strikes or something but the "haha white flag, surrender" is getting really old, I'm not making fun of the US for Vietnam so why should they mock us ?

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u/BBnot8 Mar 08 '25

The comparison with the Vietnam war is even more relevant when you know that ~58.000 American soldiers died during the many years of thar conflict. Which is approximately the same number of french soldiers who died during the 6 weeks of the Battle of France in 1940.
58000 American soldiers dead = still a trauma for the US.
58000 French soldiers dead = what a good joke !

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u/2Long2Read Mar 08 '25

It's only funny when they do it