@OliverJia1014 Fr*nch "person" here : it's both a mix of baseline level anti-capitalism (and therefore anti-amercianism) and ecologists spending the last 50 years instilling the idea that AC is evil because it would allow people to suffer less from global warming and make them too complacent
When we lived in Shanghai for a few years, we quickly picked up that the Chinese name for France is 法国 (Fǎguó) - literally "Law Country" or "Country of Rules." At first we thought it was just a phonetic choice with a nice, orderly vibe. But after dealing with French bureaucracy, I'm convinced the Chinese were being polite and prophetic.
Getting a Carte Vitale, Carte de Séjour, or even a simple livret de famille (the famous French marriage book) feels like someone designed an obstacle course where the rules change every lap and the finish line keeps moving. Like most things if you live in France, you show up with a perfectly organised folder (dossier), only to be politely told you're missing Form XYZ-47-B, which can only be obtained on the third Tuesday of the month between 9:03 and 9:07 a.m.
The French have elevated red tape to an art form that would leave even the most seasoned Chinese Communist Party official staring in awe - and probably quietly weeping into his green tea.
PICARD: Data, shields up
DATA: Brilliant! Shields can reduce damage we sustain. Not immunity. Not hubris. Just prudence. It's not precaution—it's strategy.
[camera shakes]
WORF: HULL BREACHES ON NINE DECKS
DATA: Here's what happened: you told me to raise shields, and I didn't
French cooks act like they’re trying to seduce the food, Chinese cooks act like they’re the last engineer on an overheating spaceship desperately staving off core implosion.
Una generación entera tuvimos que renunciar a eventos como nuestra graduación para que estos viejos hijos de puta pudieran vivir un par de años más y así lo pagan