Hmm, ça doit dépendre des régions car je n'ai jamais entendu ça. Pour ma part, c'est assez rare que je donne un pourboire car je paie en CB et que je n'ai pas de monnaie. L'autre raison, c'est que quand le gouvernement a baissé les taxes en restaurant, les prix n'ont pas baissé sur les cartes.

How poetic ! I feel like we should start a religion, but I'm afraid some people will mix the flatbread metaphor with the flat earth bullshit.

Technically, pizzas are supposed to be eaten on a plate since it was invented a while before we start using cardboard boxes :)
And you're supposed to use fork and knife because real pizza's dough are very soft and won't stay in your hands.
I see myself as a Pizza's agnostic : I accept all kind of beliefs. Soft dough, tough dough, no crust, normal crust, cheesy crust, pineapple, snails, anchovy, olives, tomato base, cream base... Whatever ! What's important is that we reunite together around this glorious meal.

@hood : 23 ? No, it sounds a little bit exagerated. There are indeed several "stories" in The Discworld saga (The Death - and his family - series, The Witches series, Rincewind series, Guards series etc..). There are all more or less connected. For instance, "Hogfather night" follows the Death's granddaughter as a main character, but characters of the Guards series will be there too.

My future purpose in life : read them in English. The French version is good, but Pratchett's universe is huge and made of a thousand puns..., which is why I should now read the original version :)
My advice : don't start with the first and 2nd one. I would advise you to start with "Guards ! guards!"

Where else would I put pineapples on ?

I'll kill you !!!

Strike are a little bit exagerated IMO (plus, don't forget that you're not paid when you're on strike : people who do this usually have real needs or requests on stake). They mostly annoy people living in Paris or in other big cities. For the rest of the French people, it won't affect their lives. I live in country and I have never had to deal with any strike for the last decade.
Once I was travelling in Taiwan and met a guy who lived in France for 6 months. He was SO disappointed because he did not experience any of these famous strikes during his stay. xD
In Spain or Portugal, the situation is far worse (unemployment, homeless crisis especially in beautiful cities like Barcelona, low wages, etc.)

(...) Education should always be a priority for a government.
People working for large companies (Air France, Whirlpool etc...) usually complain either for their wages or just... because the company is going to be relocated in third-world countries and they will soon lose their jobs.
But you know who never go on strike ? All the people working in medium-size (<50 employees) and small-size companies (<11 employees). They represent about 85% of the active population.
Still, despite strikes, numerous taxes, 5weeks of vacation and a 35hours workweek, France's got very productive workers. French people enjoy life more than most "workaholic countries" (Korea, US, Japan...) and are almost as productive.
I actually advise you to read the "4hours workweek " by Tim Ferriss. He gives an excellent explanation of your "working / money rate" vs "happiness rate". Someone that works 4hours a week and earns 1k USD a month is finally richer than someone working 50hours a week and earns 5k USD a month

Man, you easily fall in booby traps xD (you could have ended the conversation nicely, but the temptation to mock my nationaly was too strong for someone like you).
Sadly, I can't answer you for the tanks : the only one I can tell about is used for my fish.
Indeed, unemployment rate is around 10%.
Regarding strikes, only a few people actually goes on strike quite often : railwaymen, teachers, people working for large companies that makes huge profits. Railwaymen go on strike because they had good perks on their job, but since the work has become easier since XIXth century, government tends to delete these advantages. I don't blame them, if I were them, I wouldn't like to lose my rights either. The fact is, since they're railwaymen, if they go on strike, they easily block the whole country.
Teachers go on strike because of a lack of financement and because classrooms get too many pupils.

I did not say that free speech should protect only nice things. You can disagree people without violence. Whether it's good or bad, words can be as powerful as actions ("I love you" vs a kiss ? :) You can literally ruin someone without touching him/her physically). Yes, there are people who overreact and get offended for no reason (and they are annoying). But there are also too many people who tend to give their raw opinion, helped by the fact a screen won't show any sadness, pain or anger.
I suppose (maybe I'm wrong) you're from the US and I understand your vision of Freedom of Speech is different from mine (I'm French and most of the time we express our anger toward governement with strikes xD). There is no good or bad answer in the end. I still disagree with you, but it was interesting to see your point of view.

@meatball2012 : I disagree, IMO Insults are not free speech and it should never be considered that way (or remember that if you're free to insult, other have the right not to be). You can give your opinion (free speech) without being mean or insulting people.
@Pokethebear : Indeed, you're right. So let's use another example : If you stand at that same gay might club's entrance and yell homophobic stuff, people around will find you agressive and might call the police to make you stop.
There is a huge difference between "I want to express my opinion" and "I'm acting like an agressive moron", and justice is there to tell you the difference. Of course, what's complicated is the fact there is no absolute fair justice, for it always depends on subjective elements (people and society).
Stil, I'm really wondering what this dude posted first...

Yes, we would rather say "qu'elle ne s'en rendrait même pas compte" .

Oh I agree, censorship never is the solution. But let's imagine IRL you get caught tagging a gay night club with insults -> Police will visit you and you'll get a fine and stuff. It's not censorship and for me, it should be the same on the Internet (there are so many people who get bullied on the Internet, it must be an awful nightmare to live).
Of course, it should not be abusive, but IMO it is actually a good thing to remember people to think twice before getting mad on the Internet :)

Well, i don't know what this dude wrote, but let's not mix free speech and free insult. All acts and words have consequences IRL, so I think it should be the same on the Internet, IMO.

To be fair, he's mad at both : his bro AND his sister-in-law.

Everyone hates it because :
-MG saga is Hideo Kojima's baby. He told them he was done with the saga and they did not listen to his request (no more MG)
-they didn't let him finish MGSV properly, with the end he wanted to.
-it has NOTHING in common with MG ! They just put that damn name on it !