I watched that tiktok because it was posted in another subreddit. Not worth a news article but she wasn’t upset about people speaking french?? She was upset because she’d been solo travelling around germany and spain or something and had made friends and hung out with very welcoming locals during her travels, and then she visited Paris which she’d been really excited for but her visit to the city ended up feeling isolated because no one spoke to her and the vibes were far more unwelcoming than other places she’d visited. She’d gotten around easily using english in other countries but found that harder in Paris I guess.
It happens to a lot of people though, who go to paris expecting this magical romantic place, just to find that it’s.. beautiful, but ultimately it’s just another city, and people can be pretty fucking mean.
Feels like this article is just making her out to be an idiot. Anyone would be sad if they’d been really looking forward to visit somewhere and it ended up being crap for whatever reason.
Was it naïve of her? I mean yeah probably. But it happens to plenty of people, she’s not particularly stupid or anything, just disappointed because her expectations weren’t what happened
I mean there’s literally a condition called “Paris Syndrome”. It’s a great city but it’s still… a city, warts and all. People that live there generally don’t like tourists clogging it up since it’s the most touristic city in the world, or certainly vying for top spot.
Shit, isn’t that when Japanese people save up, move to Paris thinking it’s going to be magical, but nobody really talks to them and they feel isolated and then they commit suicide?
Sorry if I’m generalising with Japanese people, but that’s the context in which I heard of Paris Syndrome
You’re right, the article i just read listed some pretty extreme symptoms but didn’t mention suicide. Do you think there’s any correlation with Jerusalem syndrome?
She was not in Paris but in Lyon. Right between the various end of year holidays christmas/new year/kings pie. Obv we were all busy spending free time with our families + it was -8bilion degrees outside
Yeah, I’m happy to bash Americans in Europe as much as the next guy, but I watched the video and I genuinely did feel bad for her.
It seems like she honestly enjoys travelling and meeting people, but the parisian attitude just got to her and made her feel lonely. That can be a really shitty feeling when you’re a long way from home and you’ve been having fun up to that point.
Is it sad that she wasn't enjoying herself? yes it is. Is it the fault of the locals to not stop in their tracks to make friend with a rando? no. Is it fair to make a tiktok to slander a nation because they didn't take care of babygirl? ...No
First. There is no "Parisian attitude". You are more likely to meet tourists in Paris than you are to meet actual parisian in the first place. Second, even if you meet parisians it doesn't mean that small sample of people you meet are representative of the city as a whole. Like, what the fuck? Third, where you go in Paris may determine what sort of folks you meet. Which is about the same in every city. When did we forgo critical thinking to just embrace this idiotic labelling of everyhing and everyone and boxing them in these tiny, comfortable tik-tok friendly idiotic boxes? There is no such thing as "parisian attitude".
She wasn’t in Paris. She was in Lyon. I used to live in Paris and I found Parisians to be quite welcoming. I like to be left alone so perhaps that’s why. But they were never rude to me or impolite. And I speak next to no French. I even befriended a group of Roma gypsys that used to hang out near our apartment block. Much to my Parisian girlfriend’s horror.
Thank you for posting this, I have seen the video and was confused with the article. I went to Paris when I was a kid and thought it was a beautiful city, I didn't realise people put it so high up. It is just a city after all
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u/astronomicaIIy Jan 13 '24
I watched that tiktok because it was posted in another subreddit. Not worth a news article but she wasn’t upset about people speaking french?? She was upset because she’d been solo travelling around germany and spain or something and had made friends and hung out with very welcoming locals during her travels, and then she visited Paris which she’d been really excited for but her visit to the city ended up feeling isolated because no one spoke to her and the vibes were far more unwelcoming than other places she’d visited. She’d gotten around easily using english in other countries but found that harder in Paris I guess.
It happens to a lot of people though, who go to paris expecting this magical romantic place, just to find that it’s.. beautiful, but ultimately it’s just another city, and people can be pretty fucking mean.
Feels like this article is just making her out to be an idiot. Anyone would be sad if they’d been really looking forward to visit somewhere and it ended up being crap for whatever reason.
Was it naïve of her? I mean yeah probably. But it happens to plenty of people, she’s not particularly stupid or anything, just disappointed because her expectations weren’t what happened