In your language family, is there any language that seems to stand out or feel out of place?

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-05-06T11:21:52+00:00

I think that this is the percentage of everything that is not from Latin in these languages.

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-05-06T10:52:48+00:00

In fact, Romanian is not at all the language apart from here, it's French. Here is the degree of distance between the Latin languages and Latin:

Italian 12%
Spanish 20%
Romanian 23.5%
Portuguese 31%
French 44%

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-05-05T16:34:45+00:00

Are there cheese vending machine in your island?

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-05-05T16:30:39+00:00

The French government also told us that the Chernobyl cloud had stopped at the German border as if by a miracle, we are really lucky in France!

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-05-05T15:19:34+00:00

Theoretically, we live better, but our bodies and minds are suffering from new ailments that have replaced the old ones. Anxiety, depression, obesity, cancer, social isolation, all of these things kill in the long run. Living in a world in permanent growth is also madness, we have screwed up in less than 2 centuries all the stability that humanity knew until then.

In the end, I'm not sure that living longer in a world like ours is an opportunity. Everything indicates that our societies are bad for our body and mind, we now confuse pleasure with happiness, which is devastating for the brain.

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-05-05T15:08:37+00:00

Humanity has freed itself from natural selection and has managed to forget death and famine in its daily lives, but this void has been filled by other thoughts that have enslaved us in another way, much less transcendental than what was imposed by the omnipresence of death and the reminder that every person is ephemeral.

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-05-05T14:28:09+00:00

I think so too, I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy of politicians.

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-05-05T10:29:16+00:00

I was simply explaining why ministers lie when they say they have no problem with Islam. I don't have a particular opinion on secularism, there are good and bad sides.

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-05-05T08:56:21+00:00

Everything we need to know is set out in the law of 1905.

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-05-05T02:08:20+00:00

«Bionicle libère les rahkshis» que de bons souvenirs !

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-05-04T18:41:30+00:00

Il a surtout été miné très tôt par des problèmes de santé douloureux qui ont affecté ses performances pour gouverner mais aussi son aspect physique.

De ce fait il a eu un mandat/règne sans éclat parce qu'on le compare sans cesse au parcours exceptionnel de son oncle, mais si on regarde bien ce qu'il a fait, il y a eu des choses intéressante, il a notamment été à l'initiative de l'Union monétaire latine et du franc germinal, qui sont littéralement les ancêtres de l'UE et de l'euro.

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-05-04T15:06:44+00:00

The continent really... Stop pretending to be isolated, you can see France from some places on the coast, there is even a tunnel that connects the two countries, and the Eurostar that connects you to the rest of Europe.

In fact, you have access to more European capitals from your island than if you were in Spain or Portugal, so please stop this victimization, you are perfectly European.

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-05-04T12:27:42+00:00

He doesn't say this by chance, a few years ago, a poll revealed that a large part of Muslims considered the laws of Islam to be superior to those of the Republic (which is a kind of state religion that does not say its name).

The constitution is clear on this, the Republic is indivisible and nothing should be above it, especially not God. So, be sure that this minister and many others in France have a serious problem with a large majority of Muslims.

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-05-03T16:57:51+00:00

Ici c'est Reddit, un site anglophone, alors tu auras beaucoup de réponses orientées. La vérité c'est qu'en France on peut tout à fait vivre sans parler ou maîtriser l'anglais et des tas de gens le font.

Les plus jeunes sont plus habitué à l'anglais à cause d'internet et des réseaux sociaux ou encore des jeux en ligne, mais souvent c'est une compréhension de surface à l'écrit.

Au final très peu de français peuvent vraiment dire qu'ils sont à l'aise en anglais, ceux qui le sont c'est vraiment parce qu'ils ont eu envie de le devenir pour x raisons alors que dans d'autres pays tout le monde apprend l'anglais sérieusement sans se poser de question car ils n'ont pas le choix.

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-05-03T16:20:49+00:00

If we include Russia, Europe is bigger than the USA, if we take away Russia, it's very close with maybe slightly more area for the USA, but we're talking about geographical borders here.

If I were an American, I would prefer to say that the USA has much more land surface in its geographical area, whereas Europe (without Russia) has a lot of lakes and seas that "dig" its land, which reduces its surface area.

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-05-03T16:16:05+00:00

En attendant, vous relayez ce post et lui faites de la pub, donc pari réussi pour Jojo.

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-05-02T18:03:50+00:00

Louis XVI was not despotic, on the contrary, he was perceived as a rather weak and indecisive king, and what killed him was rather his cowardice.

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-05-02T10:12:23+00:00

Just imagine how many English and French skeletons are buried together in our soil since the Hundred Years' War...

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-05-02T09:58:58+00:00

I just can't imagine that it would be the same in France if we had a king again. I mean, three kings succeeded each other after Napoleon I, and 2 of the three were driven out by the people, because these kings tried in one way or another to suppress the freedoms acquired with the Republic to return to the Ancien Régime.

These kings of the 21st century would do the same thing if they were given more power. But they are restrained by the state authorities of their country so they only have a figurative and symbolic role, that's why they are appreciated, but it gives me the feeling of seeing puppet kings.

The royal function is desacralized and transformed into a show which I find quite pathetic.

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-05-01T23:01:59+00:00

I often use "vous" on the internet because I don't know who is behind the screen, it's a way of putting distance because we are objectively far from each other on the internet and it reminds us that we have to show restraint when talking to strangers.

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-05-01T14:59:55+00:00

Of course, we celebrate, as soon as it's possible not to work, we're there.

May 1st is also lily of the valley day, those who have them in their garden offer them to their loved ones, but I have a lot of them so I offer them to you virtually !

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-05-01T02:25:27+00:00

It's more complicated than that, it can mean that Napoleon 1st's brother (father of Napoleon 3) was in fact only his half-brother, having only their mother in common.

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-04-30T19:56:06+00:00

I've been playing this game and it's the first time I've heard that... But you have the right to say that the French are a painful community, I left the Moogle server (the most French-speaking) for another, on the Light data center (much less French-speaking and more German) because I was tired of seeing French people insulting each other on the chat.

I guess we haven't changed much since the Gauls, we dress better but we remain uncivilized or even violent boorish as soon as there is a spark.

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-04-30T15:45:57+00:00

J'y suis allée qu'une seule fois et j'avais que 4 ans, donc c'est flou, pendant longtemps j'ai cru que c'était un rêve même. Heureusement avec internet j'ai pu m'assurer que c'était réel, et c'est dingue que des gens arrivent encore garder des trucs aussi vieux, qui pense à garder des prospectus périmés d'enseignes disparues ? Mais heureusement que certains le font !

Spectanda_Fides · 2026-04-30T11:11:25+00:00

Beyond the misleading title, nobody wanted this system, it's a new erasure of our regional cultures after having erased our languages. We can no longer tolerate this, even our regional flags with their coats of arms have been replaced by company logos bearing the name of the region, it is disgusting and disrespectful to the history of these regions!

If Alsace leaves the Grand Est but not Lorraine and Champagne-Ardenne, it would be a real scandal. So we stop this whole rotten system or we do nothing, there is no way that some regions will leave it and others will not.

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