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An American in Paris (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 8 hours ago by VoteNixon2016 to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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[-] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 4 hours ago

So these are both supposed to be from a Parisian's perspective i think?

So the first one about not resisting pickpockets was during the Paris Olympics, but that wasn't a general sentiment by the french at all, that was the Paris Police communicating that, and their specific reason was to keep cases of stabbings down since pickpockets often carry knives. That was not a 'think of the pickpocket's family' scenario.

The second is a Frenchman or Perisian visiting the US and not tipping i think. Eh, this is an actual sentiment for - frankly even many Americans. Not great, but neither is the tipping culture itself.

[-] MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 3 points 2 hours ago

I don't know any Americans that don't tip. I know Americans that avoid eating out because they don't like tipping culture, but I'm not sure if many Americans agree with the bottom panel even if they don't like tipping.

[-] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

Don't overthink it. This all goes away when soccer is over

[-] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 hours ago

Yes, just like my wallet and some of a frenchman's teeth.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 56 points 8 hours ago

You can absolutely use physical force to stop a pickpocket. But it has to be a reasonable level of force. For Americans that means you can't randomly murder people and call it self defence.

[-] VoteNixon2016 4 points 8 hours ago

It's true, I distinctly remember the abject horror of the infamous Paris Olympics Murder Spree

[-] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 32 points 8 hours ago

I never heard anyone say you can't stop a pickpocket.

Iirc the article to which this is loosely referring was about how pickpockets were taken aback when American tourists during the Olympics would physically accost them after they pickpocketed said tourists and didn’t escape quickly enough. Which, you know… yeah? That’s a “professional hazard” of being a pickpocket. This should not surprise them.

[-] timestatic@feddit.org 1 points 25 minutes ago

I don't think these pickpockets honestly got many sympathies, even from europeans. I think there was allegedly some report were to police pleaded with american tourists not to beat up pickpockets too badly.

[-] hansolo@lemmy.today 16 points 8 hours ago

Wouldn't the 'Merica! version of this be "Noo! Those brown people might pickpocket me, so I should burn down their homes now before they get a chance!"

[-] VoteNixon2016 3 points 8 hours ago

Preemptive strikes are part of my culture 😤

[-] edinbruh@feddit.it 9 points 8 hours ago

France 🤢

Come here in Italy where there is no tipping culture and you can hate pickpockets all you want

[-] VoteNixon2016 3 points 8 hours ago

Also Winter Olympics > Summer Olympics

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