Way back in the 70's a lot of different religious sects got off on being offended to Monty Python’s The Life of Brian, in spite of the fact that it was very much not the movie they thought it was and many (if not most) admitted they hadn’t even seen it prior to becoming offended by it.

Evangelicals have always been offended by things. They were offended when Dogma came out in 1999. They were offended when The Last Temptation of Christ came out in 1988. At this point in time, I sincerely don’t give a shit about them being offended when “being offended” is their continual state of being.

The main reason I basically ignored Country music for decades. The Ken Burns documentary reminded me that Country used to not be a Rightwing, MAGA-type hellhole (at least some of it).

Their racism is the lowest common denominator.

> anti-capitalist and anti-fascist.

two words: Sturgill Simpson

If anyone’s interested in the history of country music but doesn’t want to spend 12 hours on the Ken Burns documentary there’s a great podcast called Cocaine And Rhinestones. It’s very thorough and well researched. The host is named Tyler Mahan Coe. If the name sounds familiar yes, he’s David Allen Coe’s son and no he…

This is precisely why we say all cops are bastards. These police murdered a man, lied about it, and they’re superiors did absolutely everything they could to cover it up.

That would go well with all of the fake American flags and Punisher logos.

“Louisiana State Police called the officers’ action ‘awful but lawful.’”

That colour is fan-bleeding-tastic.

I think you’ll like it then. It’s only the bouldering mecca of the world and even the grade system is called “Fountanebleau grade”. It’s only a hour away from Paris + there’s tons of rustic and good priced gites in the nearby villages.

Eat the local food, Le Croque-Monsieur et Le Croque-Madame at a street side cafe. Simple but delicious. Skip the frogs legs, there’s not enough meat for the effort.

Make sure you have realllly good life insurance first. Those guys on mopeds are the craziest of all. 

In 2010, my GF (now wife) and I did Le Mans followed by 4 days in Paris. Flew in to CDG on the Thursday before the race, took the TGV train to Le Mans and camped for the weekend (we packed a tent and some light camping gear in a spare suitcase). We then headed back up to Paris on Sunday night after the race was over…

Don’t become viande a pnu (tire meat) as drivers in Paris are homicidal maniacs. The Metro is terrific, and you can easily get by without much French, but you should know some just for common courtesy.

Your problem was that you tried to buy the correct ticket.

Been to Paris several times. Learn basic French commands and try to use them. Begin every encounter with a pleasant “Bonjour.” and folks’ll be more accommodating. There are many 2CV tours in Paris. The kids preferred the sidecar tours.

“because its a popular british tourist destination” ?

Wut? No, it’s because english is the most spoken language in the world and we also like to travel places ^^. English is taught in school from age 11 to 18. Most french people can somewhat understand and make themselves understood in english, and every single service…

That’s why I love T-Mobile, works everywhere in Europe.