DEFINITELY not nearly enough love for France here in America!
kaneki_uzumaki20 on
Proceeds to get bankrupt in the process
greenpill98 on
‘Born on third’? You must have missed the part where the American populace got a lead-off base hit in the 1600s with Jamestown(after a few bad strikes and foul balls), and managed to get from first to third after a solid sacrifice fly from Great Britain in the 1700s. And we still had to steal home during France’s at bat.
Visible-Yesterday429 on
We’re fly as hell and you hate it
Cursed_String on
Why are so many people obsessed with downplaying in this sub
Sigmunds_Cigar on
I would say we returned the favor many times over.
JackC1126 on
Just jealous of our 120 consecutive World Series championships
skull44392 on
I love all these memes downplaying america recently because they get so butt hurt in the comments.
sw337 on
You say this like the US didn’t name a bunch of stuff after the French as a thank you.
> Several thousand place names in the United States have names of French origin, some a legacy of past French exploration and rule over much of the land and **some in honor of French help during the American Revolution and the founding of the country** (see also: New France and French in the United States).
Except the guns… and the naval presence… And the training, oh yeah sure the training…. BUT OTHER THAN THAT WHAT’D THE FRENCH EVER DO FOR US!?
(Insert Life of Brian reference image here)
BrewsWithTre on
Is this a ryan day refrence?
0masterdebater0 on
It’s crazy when you think about how Washington was just this rash ambitious inexperienced colonial bumpkin who, almost singlehandedly, without orders from the Crown, got the UK embroiled in the Seven Years War (arguably the first true World War) and subsequently laden with huge bills to pay off after the War’s conclusion.
So, they start to squeeze their American colonies to pay for the war they started, only for that same rash ambitious inexperienced colonial bumpkin to start a revolution and ally himself with France, the very people he personally “massacred” to start the last ruinous war.
Successful_Gas_5122 on
In the same way that Russians are fed a wildly distorted narrative of WW2 that downplays the importance of Lend-Lease, many Americans don’t seem to realize just how much they owe their independence to the French.
1138-1138 on
Tell me, what number republic is france on now?
KikKikKik36 on
For a reason the role of Spain is forgotten when rendering possible the independence of the USA.
The muskeets shot in Saratoga were provided by the Spaniards.
Illustrious_Gate_390 on
We also give ourselves medals while losing wars.
GrittysRevenge on
“dID YoU kNoW aMERicA WOulDn’T hAvE WoN THe WAr WiThOuT FrAnCe?”
This fact never sank in after seeing 999 memes saying it, but the 1,000th meme really pushed me over the edge. I get it now.
DiabeticRhino97 on
I do give the Frenchies some credit on the 4th.
Right back to hating them on the 5th though.
GB_Alph4 on
Hey we won more than Canada.
Also France we are always there for you.
EpicWalrus222 on
I do think people forget to what level the American Revolution was a European proxy war for the rest of Europe to say “Fuck England”. Even before the war Spain, France, and the Dutch were supplying a crap ton of weapons to America.
America still had to do a lot before France decided they had a legitimate reason to deploy actual troops, but the revolution would not have made it even half as far if half of Europe wasn’t funding the Continental army.
dreamewaj on
Where is the part when the guy kicks the elephant back?
bluitwns on
You know Col. Charles Stanton of the American Expeditionary force in 1917 arrived to fight in France… with the French… marched to Lafayette’s tomb before going to the trenches and declared in front of it, the American soldiers and Parisians, ‘Lafayette! We are here!’
We know we didn’t win our revolution by ourselves, but we were the main belligerents.
We know we couldn’t have done it without our friends, which is why history is littered with moments of gratitude like above.
StevenVonStrangle on
Could also do this with western theater WW2 and England lol
freekoout on
Born in third? MF’er there has to be a revolution first before someone can fund it, at least back then. On top of that, we had to start winning battles on our own before we got help.
KaneAndShane on
Ok but we did invent baseball.
IndexoTheFirst on
*French Royalty* all the people that helped us got killed in their own revolution…so if anything the hate Americans have towards the French is justified
manualshifting on
Baseball, huh? That tracks.
Fyrrys on
I mean…didn’t we invent baseball? I agree with the sentiment, just think we could have used a better phrase
Particular_Dot_4041 on
I don’t know what you’re trying to prove. The rebels weren’t playing a sport or trying to prove how awesome they were. They were fighting a war. They wanted independence by the most expedient means available. France’s help meant they won independence with fewer losses. Why turn that down?
X-calibreX on
how many times has France completely rewritten their constitution? There is something to be said for getting it right the first time.
Absentrando on
We would have gained independence either way though we’d probably be soft like Canada or Australia if we were just given it
Billybob_Bojangles2 on
We paid back our debt
mylsotol on
Wtf does that even mean?
laflameyuh on
How many super bowls?
CaptainKirk28 on
America ~~was born on third~~ invented baseball and acts like it invented baseball
MvonTzeskagrad on
Be Spain.
Join France to support the USA fight for independence.
Be critical to the independence’s success because France could use Florida as safe haven for troops and supplies.
For once, dont get screwed by having the french as allies.
Your colonies get mad because you gave independence to some other randos and not them.
Call the USA for help to stop them when they rebel.
Be ignored by the USA.
The USA slanders their way into declaring war on you to conquer Cuba.
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DEFINITELY not nearly enough love for France here in America!
Proceeds to get bankrupt in the process
‘Born on third’? You must have missed the part where the American populace got a lead-off base hit in the 1600s with Jamestown(after a few bad strikes and foul balls), and managed to get from first to third after a solid sacrifice fly from Great Britain in the 1700s. And we still had to steal home during France’s at bat.
We’re fly as hell and you hate it
Why are so many people obsessed with downplaying in this sub
I would say we returned the favor many times over.
Just jealous of our 120 consecutive World Series championships
I love all these memes downplaying america recently because they get so butt hurt in the comments.
You say this like the US didn’t name a bunch of stuff after the French as a thank you.
> Several thousand place names in the United States have names of French origin, some a legacy of past French exploration and rule over much of the land and **some in honor of French help during the American Revolution and the founding of the country** (see also: New France and French in the United States).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_place_names_of_French_origin_in_the_United_States
What did the french ever do for us?
Except the guns… and the naval presence… And the training, oh yeah sure the training…. BUT OTHER THAN THAT WHAT’D THE FRENCH EVER DO FOR US!?
(Insert Life of Brian reference image here)
Is this a ryan day refrence?
It’s crazy when you think about how Washington was just this rash ambitious inexperienced colonial bumpkin who, almost singlehandedly, without orders from the Crown, got the UK embroiled in the Seven Years War (arguably the first true World War) and subsequently laden with huge bills to pay off after the War’s conclusion.
So, they start to squeeze their American colonies to pay for the war they started, only for that same rash ambitious inexperienced colonial bumpkin to start a revolution and ally himself with France, the very people he personally “massacred” to start the last ruinous war.
In the same way that Russians are fed a wildly distorted narrative of WW2 that downplays the importance of Lend-Lease, many Americans don’t seem to realize just how much they owe their independence to the French.
Tell me, what number republic is france on now?
For a reason the role of Spain is forgotten when rendering possible the independence of the USA.
The muskeets shot in Saratoga were provided by the Spaniards.
We also give ourselves medals while losing wars.
“dID YoU kNoW aMERicA WOulDn’T hAvE WoN THe WAr WiThOuT FrAnCe?”
This fact never sank in after seeing 999 memes saying it, but the 1,000th meme really pushed me over the edge. I get it now.
I do give the Frenchies some credit on the 4th.
Right back to hating them on the 5th though.
Hey we won more than Canada.
Also France we are always there for you.
I do think people forget to what level the American Revolution was a European proxy war for the rest of Europe to say “Fuck England”. Even before the war Spain, France, and the Dutch were supplying a crap ton of weapons to America.
America still had to do a lot before France decided they had a legitimate reason to deploy actual troops, but the revolution would not have made it even half as far if half of Europe wasn’t funding the Continental army.
Where is the part when the guy kicks the elephant back?
You know Col. Charles Stanton of the American Expeditionary force in 1917 arrived to fight in France… with the French… marched to Lafayette’s tomb before going to the trenches and declared in front of it, the American soldiers and Parisians, ‘Lafayette! We are here!’
We know we didn’t win our revolution by ourselves, but we were the main belligerents.
We know we couldn’t have done it without our friends, which is why history is littered with moments of gratitude like above.
Could also do this with western theater WW2 and England lol
Born in third? MF’er there has to be a revolution first before someone can fund it, at least back then. On top of that, we had to start winning battles on our own before we got help.
Ok but we did invent baseball.
*French Royalty* all the people that helped us got killed in their own revolution…so if anything the hate Americans have towards the French is justified
Baseball, huh? That tracks.
I mean…didn’t we invent baseball? I agree with the sentiment, just think we could have used a better phrase
I don’t know what you’re trying to prove. The rebels weren’t playing a sport or trying to prove how awesome they were. They were fighting a war. They wanted independence by the most expedient means available. France’s help meant they won independence with fewer losses. Why turn that down?
how many times has France completely rewritten their constitution? There is something to be said for getting it right the first time.
We would have gained independence either way though we’d probably be soft like Canada or Australia if we were just given it
We paid back our debt
Wtf does that even mean?
How many super bowls?
America ~~was born on third~~ invented baseball and acts like it invented baseball
Be Spain.
Join France to support the USA fight for independence.
Be critical to the independence’s success because France could use Florida as safe haven for troops and supplies.
For once, dont get screwed by having the french as allies.
Your colonies get mad because you gave independence to some other randos and not them.
Call the USA for help to stop them when they rebel.
Be ignored by the USA.
The USA slanders their way into declaring war on you to conquer Cuba.
Eeew a baseball reference
This needs to be shown to the NBA producers.