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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

It doesn't work when the citizens hate the country more than anyone else does already (France).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No that's also just memes and shitposts.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Isn't that basically how it is in the UK where most cops don't have guns?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

That depends, the gendarmerie in France is part of the military, but there is also regular police which isn't. European cops aren't perfect, but it varies a lot by division and country and overall I'd say that your typical every day police you encounter as a normal citizen is fine, they're usually at least somewhat polite and won't shoot you or your dog for no reason. Some of them might go on ego trips now and then with some youth or something.

Where you see more issues is with riot police which is starting to look like a RoboCop army in some countries just smashing into protesters, or some other anti-crime divisions where they act like cowboys and leads to some events where some kids get killed or something like that, but it's much more rare than in the US.

In some countries like in the Netherlands they are next level and you basically don't see them or when you do they're always super nice and polite, using positive tactics and just generally doing public service work which is what all police should be.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Why is the wrench in space?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Muchas Gracias.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The Irish Republican Army?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I actually really like that movie, because it pulls all the right heart strings for me, but overall they didn't really explore all the impacts of the Beatles being gone on the actual music industry, besides a runaway joke about Oasis. It mostly focuses on how the protagonist makes a career out of his special knowledge.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Your 3c (or $3, whatever) might not be much but they're saving that across thousands and thousands of small artists so for them it's another lucrative way of skimming the profits of the actual creators for themselves.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Or in this case, the bar.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I was gonna say chartreuse isn't that exotic but then I remembered I'm French and it might be, when you're not.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Yep I can see this is a Dutch car and environment, which makes sense they do like being efficient.

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