American Reacts Geography Now! France

Hi everyone! I'm an American from the Northeast (New England). I want to create a watering hole for people who want to discuss, learn and teach about history through YouTube videos which you guys recommend to me through the comment section or over on Discord. Let's be respectful but, just as importantly, not be afraid to question any and everything about historical records in order to give us the most accurate representation of the history of our species and of our planet!

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[Dugeek]

Just to correct a little mistake in the original video, France has the biggest Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) with 11.7 Mkm² whereas the US has 11.3 Mkm² and is the 2dn biggest of the world. Also, French rarely eat frogs and snails (they are only often eaten in some region and by tourists), but it's true that we love atypical meats, especially ducks and rabbits. Apart from that, this video was very cool =D

[the_snper]

Hi I'm French.
One of the speciality of the France is the bread, we litteraly eat bread in every meal!
And yes we eat snails but it's only on specifics events like Christmas!

[virginiepcht]

" they don't discreminate: they hate everyone equally". Ça m'a tuée x)

[thomasalegredelasoujeole]

Nope, snails absolutely aren’t insects. Besides, they are not consumed all over France that much. Haven’t had a single one myself. As for Cazu Marzu, that corsican/italian cheese with maggots ; I doubt there’s over 30.000 Frenchies who ever had some. But we like to shock gullible foreigner with that bit of trivia ;)

[RomvlvsRoma]

i sleep less than six hours a night and I have two jobs.
this stereotype is completely false French works as hard as other Latin or Anglo-Saxon countries

Et il n’y a pas d’heure pour l’apéro 😂

[Spitfirator]

As a Frenchman, I must say, I am VERY proud of my country 😁🇫🇷

[le_souverainiste_francais]

That's my country (and i'm in front of the Leman lake)
Long live France 🇨🇵
Vive la France 🇫🇷

[fontainefranck]

As a french citizen from DOM TOM im suprise by the quality of this videos is really complete and well done, nice job, Merci pour la réact c'est cool que les gens ;)

[joeyyybadass]

30 to 40% of English words came from French language for example ( fiancee entrepreneur) etc....

[teotik]

German here. In case the statue of liberty is going to raise a french flag on the White House at least the US would evolve and become a more likeable place. 🤣

[tibsky]

He gave the example of the Hundred Years' War, but at that time it was especially a War against England, not UK, because they were allied with the Scots.

[francis_p]

In New Caledonia, that referendum in 2018 rejected independance. A 2020 referendum on the same subject yielded similar results but with a narrower margin. And a third one is to be held in december this year, but polls indicate a 50/50 situation and the government is bracing for possible electoral violence

[geekdaddy]

Strangely, you forget one of the most particularity of france : the number of town.
The is 36 000 towns in France.
When European Union have 12 country, ther were more city in France than in the other 11 country together...!
In fact, it's make a big difference when you want to rule the country. For the same number of people, it's much more hard to "control" a lot of little municipality than control a big city.

[kngstn]

Jacques Brel is from Belgium, not France. He is one of the most famous Belgian artists and they are really proud of it, so we can't steal him from them.

[Makapida]

Most of the wars France endure in the old days (mainly with the english, the traditional enemy) were because of its incredible agricultural potential. Until 30 years ago, France could have fed the whole Europe without any problem… now, thanks to EU, it has become the biggest importer for fruits, vegetables, and meat. Everyday a farmer commits suicide… authorities are becoming concerned because in the next 10 years some 130 000 farmers will retire and there is nobody to succeed… crushed between France’s taxes ans rules system and EU dictacts to favor ‘less developped’ countries, they cannot compete and can no longer live off their work…

[ChachouLP]

As a French ... I'm proud :)
Greeting from Paris

[cykablyat]

*"In 2019, ranked on GDP per hour worked, the UK came fourth highest out of the G7 countries: France 1st (77k USD per hour), US 2nd and Japan 3rd. UK productivity (64k USD per hour) was around 17% below France and the US."* (commonslibrary parliament uk research-briefings sn02791)
*"UK second to France again for attracting foreign investment in Europe in 2020" The UK lost its crown for the first time to France in 2019"* (Guardian 7 June 2021)

[lifeisoverrated]

Actually, there are way less snails eaten by french, most of the french snails are eaten by strangers

[stampator]

6:46 Glad you came to France during a World Cup, it might be the only times we're united (Unfortunately, we lost in Finals this year, against Italy...)

[harryoleary]

22:43 Of course France could survive without the EU, any country could. Survival isn't the point of the EU. The EU is about making trade easier and bringing Europeans together to create a sense of unity. It's no surprise that in the whole of Europe, the EU nations have not fought each other since it was created.

Meanwhile factured Eastern European nations have been embroiled in bloody conflict constantly, it has died down abit though.

The idea that Conservatives don't support the EU because of patriotism is absurd, pretty much half of the members of the EU parliament are Conservative and I also support it. It ain't perfect but I would rather fight those imperfections with my vote, than to just cut loose and politically/economicly isolate ourselves from our neighbours.

Britain dropped their trade deals with their neighbours for a single trade deal with Australia, which is half way around the world.