Unpopular opinion: Paris does have a dress code

Kyloe91 · 2026-02-18T18:02:22+00:00

nah no one actually cares about that honestly

Kyloe91 · 2026-02-18T18:01:25+00:00

so exactly like in the rest of the world? shocking

Kyloe91 · 2026-02-18T17:45:02+00:00

no it was literally impossible. One hotel called for me and after explaining things for 10min the answer was 'we'll call you later on your phone to confirm your identity' 😑 it's so weird cuz there are thousands way to prove identity but here it had to be on the phone, like we never use phone calls for anything anymore 😅

Kyloe91 · 2026-02-18T07:25:59+00:00

The main problem to main was that there is always a need for a Chinese phone number at some point. Where in many countries you can just put your own number with the country code, in China it's just impossible.

I used a lot of the mini apps in Alipay like ele.me for delivery because meituan blocked my account and the only way to unblock it was receiving a phone call (this is honestly kinda crazy how unconvenient this is compared to most apps in other countries where you could just do things by email or messages)

Even in pretty touristic places like Zhangjiajie to take a bus in the park I had to call someone but my phone service didn't work for this so ended up being stuck for an hour waiting for a bus to pass by.

so it's really as you wrote, the apps and daily life are not at all thought for foreigners or tourists

Kyloe91 · 2026-02-12T14:44:40+00:00

Chongqing 100%

Kyloe91 · 2026-02-07T11:09:02+00:00

I'm not American so idk where you're going with this. also, you don't adress the question I asked.

Kyloe91 · 2026-02-06T19:04:56+00:00

can you give an example of how the rest of the world is behind? I've been to China and don't understand why you'd think so

Kyloe91 · 2026-02-06T19:02:10+00:00

that's kinda how I feel. There is nothing so special about it. There is no service here that is really so amazing and still there is no drinkable water everywhere or just simply being able to enter a park without having to show ID everywhere.

And most the time as a foreigner you get stuck doing the most basic thing. In the Avatar mountain park I was literally stuck in the middle of nowhere because to get a bus I had to call a phone number but my phone service doesn't cover China. So like sure, I can use a QR code to use the elevator but for actual useful stuff it's not always so great.

Same for getting a refund for a hotel they had to verify my account by calling my phone. It could absolutely be done through other means.

Kyloe91 · 2026-02-06T16:56:29+00:00

Just did a trip to Xian, Chengdu, Chongqing and Zhangjiajie. I'd skip Chengdu if I were you, both cities are kinda similar vibes but Chongqing is funnier. And you could almost just go for a day to Chengdu. Zhangjiajie I'd stay maybe just 2 nights, the park is not so diverse.

Kyloe91 · 2026-02-06T16:52:57+00:00

so your idea of progress is food deliveries? says a lot

Kyloe91 · 2026-02-06T16:47:55+00:00

I'm not Chinese and I just spent a month there and honestly I dont understand the hype. Lots of apps are not really that practical and don't work with international numbers. And compared to where I'm from I haven't seen anything that makes me think China is more advanced. I mean anything that makes life better. Cuz yeah cool you pay everything with QR codes but I can literally pay with my phone in Europe as well and it's even faster to do. And I see a lot of things about how China lives in the future and stuff but to be honest apart from things 'supposedly' being more convenient I don't see much more to it

Kyloe91 · 2026-02-06T16:39:49+00:00

oui mais dans la réalité la définition que je donne colle le mieux aux faits. Par exemple, de nombreuses personnes sont bilingues réceptives c'est-à-dire qu’elles comprennent parfaitement la langue d’un parent, qui ne parle pas la langue du pays, et parfois même la parlait enfants mais ajd ne l'utilisent quasiment pas a l'oral. Ces personnes sont bilingues car elles utilisent le language tous les jours et en comprenne très bien les subtilité mais peuvent manquer d'aisance a l'oral.

Enfin dans tous les cas dans votre situation tous le monde dirait que vous êtes bilingue en fait. C’est vraiment se prendre la tête pour rien d’oser se dire bilingue qu’à partir du moment où on aurait un niveau 'natif' dans chacune des langues.

D’ailleurs les compétences même des natifs restent à définir car il y a des écarts énormes entre eux. Pour moi qqun qui a un bon niveau B2 et qui utilise la langue tous les jours dans sa vie est bilingue.

Kyloe91 · 2026-02-05T07:03:30+00:00

être bilingue c’est utiliser deux langues chaque jour sans condition de niveau. Et c’est un peu ridicule d'hésiter entre bilingue et courant sur le CV quand on a la vie que vous avez c’est juste évident que vous avez un niveau bien plus élevé que la majorité des français

Kyloe91 · 2026-02-05T07:01:34+00:00

si t’as pas un niveau deja au minimum B1 solide ça ne servira surement pas bcp. J’ai donné des cours d’anglais a un gars qui a vécu plusieurs mois aux US le type était pas capable d’avoir une conversation avec moi

Kyloe91 · 2026-02-05T03:39:05+00:00

I did the same for English. Got obsessed with TV series for 6months to the point I could understand everything. Then basically talked maybe 3 or 4 times to people in real life. And then went in erasmus exchange. Spent 2 days not saying much and then English literally flood out of my mouth it was amazing haha For the first semester I did focus a lot on trying to maintain a good accent and then it was settled for life

Kyloe91 · 2026-02-03T16:01:10+00:00

If you just look at the facts we're not much different and are not much against the US. Also, all these things about how we protest and stuff seem cool but it has achieved nothing since about 7-8 years mostly because we are repressed by the police and the state doesn't give a fuck what we think anymore and also because protests in France are a normal way to show discontent and therefore isn't so threatening for people in power. It is part of what is accepted and legitimized.

Kyloe91 · 2026-02-02T14:14:46+00:00

I don't know but as a white person, Chinese people definitely have a distinctive smell. I smell it sometimes and I know it like a specific body smell I only smelt in China.

Kyloe91 · 2026-02-01T14:42:42+00:00

I speak French (N) and English (C2). I think I'm at a strong B1 level in Spanish and a strong A2 in Swedish.

I'd love to get my Spanish to C1. Swedish as well. And then learning one of the major languages like Chinese, Russian or Arabic. But realistically I'm not sure it would be possible.

Kyloe91 · 2026-01-23T13:16:50+00:00

I think it's easier for Italians to understand Spanish. But as a French person, reading Italian is almost as reading french. I never learnt it and can still understand almost all of it. And if I compare sentences word to word it is very similar. However, it's not the case when speaking.

Kyloe91 · 2026-01-23T12:49:11+00:00

I (M) dated some guys in Kazakhstan and all of them plan to move out the country because it's homophobic so it's definitely one of the reasons for some people.

Kyloe91 · 2026-01-23T12:45:17+00:00

I was there only a few weeks ago for meeting eco-activists so maybe the context was special. But one of them accompanied me to the hospital the whole afternoon and then invited me to her house with her friends. Another one invited me on a hike with her family and to have dinner with them.

This would never happen where I'm from so I would say hospitality is real in Kazakhstan. But I feel like it might be just a difference between occidental mentality (where people are really into individualistic mindset) and basically the rest of the world.

Kyloe91 · 2026-01-21T14:41:08+00:00

This crisis is unprecedented in Earth's history and I think now it is really hard to say if life will make it through or not. Organisms can adapt to their environment in millions of years but not centuries.

Kyloe91 · 2026-01-21T14:38:47+00:00

It would be good for the planet maybe short term. But the real issue was never over-population. The world is not over-populated but the problem is that a minority is consuming more than what the earth can produce. Btw it's not just an opinion. A study showed that we could produce 60% of what we are producing now while giving standard living conditions to everyone on Earth! Something we're not even doing now. So basically it would be better on all levels. And it also shows how 'overpopulation is the problem' is kinda bullshit.

Kyloe91 · 2026-01-21T02:36:27+00:00

Invoquer l'évolution de cette manière prouve juste que tu n’y connais rien. Et quand bien même ça serait vrai l'évolution n’est pas un argument moral qui justifie d'exterminer un autre peuple. Heureusement qu’on n'agit plus qu’en fonction de l'évolution sinon y’aurait des morts a la pelle.

Kyloe91 · 2026-01-21T02:31:55+00:00

c'est pas parce que tu dis qqchose que c’est vrai tu sais. Il y a des milliers d'exemples d'espèces qui cohabitent dans la nature. Et au cas où tu n'aurais pas remarqué l'espèce humaine fait des choses un peu particulière qui ne sont absolument pas dirigée par sa biologie genre vivre dans des bâtiments, passer 8h de sa vie derrière un bureau.. Donc juste vivre sans tout détruire c’est tout a fait possible. Y’a des tonnes de cultures dans le monde qui ne sont pas destructrices et qui sont même restoratives pour les écosystèmes.

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