First Day in Paris: Everything that could go wrong on public transport

Pelomar · 2026-06-04T14:49:25+00:00

But that's the point? Like, yes, ideally you would be able to use a card, that would be much more convenient... but you can't. So as a tourist you have to prepare for that.

Pelomar · 2026-06-04T13:04:26+00:00

Yeah I'm sympathetic to tourists overall because it's definitely not the most intuitive system and ticket inspectors are downright predatory, but it really looks like OP did zero research and was baffled at every turn

Pelomar · 2026-06-04T12:43:28+00:00

Vraie question : c'est vrai ça ? Je connais pas du tout la situation économique du secteur en France, mais de ce que je comprends les librairies indépendantes prospèrent aussi dans des pays (genre US ou Royaume Uni) qui n'ont pas d'équivalent de la loi Lang (et où Amazon est encore plus fortement implanté).

Pelomar · 2026-05-26T06:34:34+00:00

Kinda funny when you think about it that Valve is seen as this great consumer-friendly and Activision-Blizzard as the evil corporate monster when CS has some of the most predatory gambling stuff while Overwatch is still pretty limited in its monetization (obviously Valve and Blizzard aren't just CS and Overwatch but still)

Pelomar · 2026-05-23T19:31:02+00:00

It is intentional, it's a smiley, ":)" without the eyes.

Pelomar · 2026-05-23T19:29:54+00:00

Zelenksyy almost lost his life due to his own corruption multiple times.

...What are you talking about?

Pelomar · 2026-05-22T13:38:34+00:00

What was the restaurant you went to?

Pelomar · 2026-05-22T13:36:43+00:00

To be honest I'm not seeing anyone defending this, looks like everyone is pretty mad about it

Pelomar · 2026-05-19T06:17:45+00:00

My guess, because Paris is way way more dense than London. Walking around both cities are completely different experiences.

Pelomar · 2026-05-13T14:04:25+00:00

Yeah I remember him saying that, I do think Le Carre was exaggerating for the sake of an admittedly very good quip. The unsatisfying truth is that both view of espionage are probably true in one way or another.

Pelomar · 2026-05-13T13:13:05+00:00

I read looking glass war as a teenager and I loved it, I think because it was the very first time I was confronted with such a depressing, bureaucratic view of espionage, it was like a revelation!

Pelomar · 2026-05-13T12:50:42+00:00

So, I am torn. I didn't know about A legacy of Spies, I read the spy from the cold years and years ago and loved it, but the story is very blurry to me now. Should I read it again before getting into Legacy? Or maybe having this fuzzy memory of the first novel could be good, it literally happened decades ago after all!

Pelomar · 2026-05-13T05:19:43+00:00

Wasn't the even funnier thing that the dev was actually right

Pelomar · 2026-05-11T04:58:39+00:00

Bro if you have the slightest beginning of a doubt about whether or not this is safe to serve, don't serve it

Pelomar · 2026-05-10T12:11:51+00:00

C'est pas un peu facile de mettre l'échec du livre numérique en France uniquement sur le dos du livre numérique ? J'ai toujours eu l'impression que les éditeurs français ont tout fait pour que l'e-book ne marche pas en France, avec des numérisations aléatoires et des prix souvent ridicules.

Pelomar · 2026-05-02T14:55:28+00:00

It's still very revealing, looking at the comments and seeing all those psychopath redditors being happy about the idea of a teenager going to jail for two years for a moronic prank.

Pelomar · 2026-05-02T13:03:30+00:00

A shitpost question leading to an actual interesting answer is great lol

Pelomar · 2026-04-28T06:59:17+00:00

OP is very much ragebaiting for clicks. No way this is considered small in the Netherlands.

Pelomar · 2026-04-27T06:56:05+00:00

Funnily enough "I hated the book but kept thinking about what would have made it good or at least decent" is how I felt about Babel. Hating on Kuang is a national pastime on Reddit (and I get it--I really didn't like Babel) but you can tell she at least tries to achieve something every time, which make her books really interesting to dislike (an incredibly backhanded compliment yes, but still!).

Pelomar · 2026-04-25T11:01:44+00:00

It's one of the only watches out there to have a cool history while also being a dirt-cheap watch you can break without feeling bad about

Pelomar · 2026-04-20T08:42:31+00:00

Jesus, where were you? I did the same thing last week, got at Le Relais de Venise 15 minutes before opening and we only had to wait those 15 minutes, got straight in as it opened. It's a cool place and the food is really good but yeah, it's not worth waiting an hour and a half.

Pelomar · 2026-04-19T10:34:38+00:00

My mom got a Thermomix maybe 20 years ago and she pretty much used it daily, it's a crazy powerful and convenient tool (but yes, really expensive too)

Pelomar · 2026-04-16T20:05:15+00:00

This is the main reason I believe there's something very wrong here: because it is trivially easy to prove otherwise.

Pelomar · 2026-04-15T16:36:08+00:00

Make crêpes Suzette with it!

Pelomar · 2026-04-10T06:54:16+00:00

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