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  • I worked with a French guy in Amsterdam. His parents were Portuguese, but he was born and raised in France. As far as he was concerned, he was French.

    As I understand it, that’s a French thing specifically, not just a non-USian thing. Like, if you’re a citizen of France, you’re expected to be French and assimilate into that culture, no matter whether you’re a native Parisian, you moved there from Algeria in the '60s, or you’re from some random other place and got citizenship via the French Foreign Legion. It’s a specific sort of national ideology that’s different from the American “melting pot” one.















  • grue@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzBACK IT UP
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    8 days ago

    It’s quite likely a belief that sunscreen lotion is a bad thing that harms people.

    I mean, it halfway is:

    • “Sunscreen” – stuff with a decently high SPF rating – is a good thing that prevents cancer.

    • “Suntan lotion” – usually glorified coconut oil with fuck-all SPF rating – is a bad thing that harms people.

    • “Sunscreen lotion” – a confused amalgamation of the previous terms – is not a thing and only misleads people by conflating good things with harmful ones.