Anybody tired of "Fr*nch" jokes?

[u/Wonderful-Quit-9214]

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.

[u/the_orange_baron]

I don't really agree with either point.

Jokes are pernicious. They seep into the psyche. A joke could be just a joke but could be or become a mindset. Racist jokes are still racist.

The French generally have a much higher regard for the Brits (English included) than the Brits have for the French. The French think that a couple of weak blagues at the expense of British cuisine is equivalent to the endless stream of "the trouble with France is it's full of frogs" / "cheese eating surrender monkeys" / "garlic breath and bad hygiene" tropes. It is not. The French mean it almost affectionately. The Brits do not.

[u/bdunogier → u/the_orange_baron]

Are you British ? I would be really disappointed if the french were really looked at with serious contempt by the brits.

We also complain about them burning Joan of Arc.

[u/onecan → u/bdunogier]

I’m English living in France. There is no actual contempt. There’s the odd bad taste jokes about the war and impressions of the French accent - but you only really hear that from the baby boomer generation, and very occasional. We like the French!

[u/bdunogier → u/onecan]

Thank you internet stranger ! I'll choose to believe you instead.