So silly. Of course. But I would prefer hearing a person's opinion if they have actually lived in the country for a very considerable amount of time, speak the language at least to a C1 level, have experienced the political, economic and cultural life in said country first hand in the last 20 years. If San Francisco…

Yes, writers never come up with things by themselves. Sigh. I lived and worked in Paris for almost 20 years (in argubly the most traditional French companies that exist), my ex is French and my daughters are French. But if you want, go ahead and believe that a dead Russian knows more about modern France.

oh yeah, because France and Holland are the same thing???

(Rolling eyes) Ummm... that is your reference for French people thinking Paris is the center of Europe??? Why don't you read their press and books from the last 50 years, say, go live there, and then come back and tell me about the French.

You have got to be kidding. I lived in Paris for almost 20 years and have never, ever heard anyone even insinuate to Paris is the "birthplace of modern Europe". That is the dumbest shit I ever heard.

Many attitudes/philosophies in France today are linked to the Revolution, in the same way many Americans refer (consciously or subconsciously) to to the founding of America. In France, it is encouraged to discuss things openly and anyone who cannot vigorously debate is considered less intelligent. A dinner party in…

Feel for you. I got called strawberry face because of my freckles. Took 40+ years to like them. Ditto for fair skin. Everyday of elementary school I got teased about being fair skinned. And I am not even the palest person I know. Honestly, it really messed me up for decades.

my fault, I should have done an obligatory emoticon or a lolz or lulz or whatevs. :-)))))))

I am not remotely in your field and this is sage advice. The thing that I never got and still find hard is: if you are an employee, basically you are a soldier. Shut up, keep your head down and just do what they say, no matter how asinine. Absolutely nobody cares what you think. Really effing depressing, but everyone…

I worked for one sociopath, left and everytime I get offered a new job, HR puts me in with another sociopath. Because they think I can handle it. After seeing the first sociopath lose all his good employees and the crap ones stayed, I made up a saying, "only crazy people work for crazy people". Not-crazy people get…

Ugh, humor doesn't always show up on here. My bad.

sorry, bae, even my mom knew about the dangers of plastics back in the 70s.

I speak five languages fluently, three more ok. I would say at this point, it causes more problems than it is worth. I piss middle managers off like crazy. I use my languages for work, plus it is a passion, but insecure people imagine I am judging them. Or they imagine that I think I am superior ( I don't). To me,…

Sounds delish!

She probably bought it from Dean & Deluca for $20/jar.

I was enthusiastically cooking when I was about 7. Took over the whole kitchen. Parents were totally delighted until they realised I washed all fruit and vegetables with dish soap, including salad.

I realise I sound like a ten-year old saying this, but she just looks like a total psycho bitch. What is that saying that after 40 you get the face you deserve? Look at that frown.

Yup. I am totally for animal rights and even tried to be vegan, but all it did was make me fat. Now I have histamine intolerance and basically would literally die of starvation without animal products. But I am selective. However, no one is going to convince me that plastic shoe factories don't kill animals, too.

SERIOUSLY. To me, having worked in the fashion industry, these "models" don't EVEN count. They never had to do 50 go-sees in a day, taking the metro, having designers talk shit to their face about how they look like a cow....these girls, the whole lot of them, the industry uses them because they are more likely to get…

I reallyreallyreally want to know if he never wears leather shoes. If I lived in the US, I would seriously make it my job to bust PETA people wearing leather.