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[+] aniki@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I really don't like the "haha France 🤢" memeage. It just seems like holdover from the Iraq invasion when they were, you know, right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheActualDevil@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago It's definitely older than that. I remember French jokes going back decades before. They've always been a punching bag in America's eyes. "The French are smelly." "The French are snobby." "The French are cowards." If I had to guess, it probably goes back to WWII and their occupation by the Nazis. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I really don't like the "haha France 🤢" memeage. It just seems like holdover from the Iraq invasion when they were, you know, right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheActualDevil@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago It's definitely older than that. I remember French jokes going back decades before. They've always been a punching bag in America's eyes. "The French are smelly." "The French are snobby." "The French are cowards." If I had to guess, it probably goes back to WWII and their occupation by the Nazis. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheActualDevil@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago It's definitely older than that. I remember French jokes going back decades before. They've always been a punching bag in America's eyes. "The French are smelly." "The French are snobby." "The French are cowards." If I had to guess, it probably goes back to WWII and their occupation by the Nazis. permalink fedilink source parent
