Wouldn't the internet suck for people who can't read or speak English?
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Alx
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You could start with gamersyde.com , small but nice community. The site has both English and French versions, but I think the French one is more active.
The more popular ones are also more trashy : jeuxvideo.com, gamekult.fr, gameblog.fr ... There's a bit of everything there, including immature posters and console wars.
For very technical discussions, hardware.fr would be the way to go I guess, but I hardly go there.
As for myself I mostly go to neopf.com (in addition to gamersyde), which is also a nice small community, but more focused on Playstation stuff since it's originated from a specialized web site (playfrance).
Hidden One
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Mind blown
dawg let me tell you about this magic art we in the biz call 'localisation'
ZackieChan
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This made me laugh more than most English memes
hobblygobbly
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The Internet culture isn't something native to the Anglo-sphere such as meme culture (feels weird to say "meme culture").
The younger generations can speak English throughout Europe by the way (assuming they finished school), including Russia. Some just don't want to engage in English even if they can, it's not that we have no choice.
The runet for example has its own memes. I'm sure people have seen ПеКа-фейс before particularly in gaming communities. I think it would be called "peka face" in English, It's sort of the equivalent of the Rare Pepe memes. They're trash just like the pepe memes are trash. http://lurkmore.to/ПеКа-фейс
Also Polandball - the balls that represent countries, satire of political issues of past and present, was about everyone making fun of our own countries and others in Europe that only Europeans would really *get* at the time. It's a meme originating from German speaking Internet for example and is now very popular in English Internet usage as well.
The younger generations can speak English throughout Europe by the way (assuming they finished school), including Russia. Some just don't want to engage in English even if they can, it's not that we have no choice.
The runet for example has its own memes. I'm sure people have seen ПеКа-фейс before particularly in gaming communities. I think it would be called "peka face" in English, It's sort of the equivalent of the Rare Pepe memes. They're trash just like the pepe memes are trash. http://lurkmore.to/ПеКа-фейс
Also Polandball - the balls that represent countries, satire of political issues of past and present, was about everyone making fun of our own countries and others in Europe that only Europeans would really *get* at the time. It's a meme originating from German speaking Internet for example and is now very popular in English Internet usage as well.
I don't know about less common languages but if my english classes at uni have taught me anything, it's that a lot of people never venture outside of the french internet and they still seem to have plenty to do.
Half the internet is in non-english, are you bored ?
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Stereogatari
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This is such a condescending thread. Are the non-English speaking savages too uncivilised to have developed the mighty Anglo concept of memes?
hydrophilic attack
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As a kid I learned English to understand video games. These days, kids learn English to understand memes
There are more things on the internet, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy...
Spaced Harrier
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An American in Hawaii asked me if we had the internet in Ireland.
Over Xbox live while we played PGR 3
dripdripsplash
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No.
Your perspective is very narrow.
Your perspective is very narrow.
Vulcano's assistant
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Are you guys telling me that all Anime memes were not invented by the anglo speaking world?
That was my reaction as well.
Yeah there is memes outside of the english world, some are rather good I think. My favourite meme (other than dat boi) is definitely chairo-mamerto-whatever it's called in Colombia
"Says he rejects all political fanaticism... Joins the PSUV"
"Down with the repressive, genocidal and imperialist state... Is a fan of the USSR
PotionBleue
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For better or worse,
NeoGAF Gaming = http://www.jeuxvideo.com/forums/0-36-0-1-0-1-0-guerre-des-consoles.htm
NeoGAF Off-Topic = http://www.jeuxvideo.com/forums/0-51-0-1-0-1-0-blabla-18-25-ans.htm
http://www.jeuxvideo.com/forums/0-69-0-1-0-1-0-actualites.htm
NeoGAF Gaming Community: There's one forum per game on the aforementioned website, eg. http://www.jeuxvideo.com/forums/0-26714-0-1-0-1-0-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild.htm
Crimson-Death
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Patrick Bateman
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That's something Jaden Smith would write.
Massive Duck. C.M.
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I guess I shouldn't be surprised lol
LOL, what a thread backfire.
ZackieChan
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Maybe the OP is actually just some stray foreign meme that gained sentience and wandered into the English language internet
Systolique
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right now the 'non-english community of the internet' is translating this post into a meme and laughing at it
Ray Wonder
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English speakers meme hard af though
Melon Husk
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You didn't think culture exists in languages other than English?
Devil's advocate
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For me the Internet was both the primary reason and the best tool to learn english.
johancruijff
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Well, tbf... half of (all) the internet is fucking huge. This would mean that the other half consists of all the other languages in the world to make up the 50% English has.
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