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[Hypron]

this almost feels like the time someone asked me if internet is a thing in Mexico

Reminds me that one time someone asked me if we had cellphones in France. In 2008.

 

[Dreamgazer]

Personally, I feel the internet must suck for you people who only read read/speak English.

Also OP, I'm sure someone in China is asking the same thing about non-Chinese speakers.

 

[Calvero]

Reminds me that one time someone asked me if we had cellphones in France. In 2008.

just sad. sad.

 

[Novocaine]

almost all of the hilarious GIFs, memes, images, and weird lingo like "Thank you based God/Nomura/whatever name, are pretty much in English or are based on media that's in English

They're sure missing out on some top grade funny shit right there.

Spoiler

Not really

 

[Übermatik]

Almost half of the internet is in a language other than English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_used_on_the_Internet

 

[Log4Girlz]

Reminds me that one time someone asked me if we had cellphones in France. In 2008.

Surely you have them by now

 

[ZackieChan]

Personally, I feel the internet must suck for you people who only read read/speak English.

Also OP, I'm sure someone in China is asking the same thing about non-Chinese speakers.

Non-Chinese aren't even on WeChat. Pleb-tier

 

[Coffinhal]

This just occurred to me the other day. Seeing as how the majority of the people on the internet communicate in English, and almost all of the hilarious GIFs, memes, images, and weird lingo like "Thank you based God/Nomura/whatever name, are pretty much in English or are based on media that's in English, I can't help but wonder how boring and bland the internet might be for people who can't understand all of it. Does the non-english community of the internet have their own funny memes and things similar to us? I'm curious.

Internet doesn't equal memes. You're kind of naive and egocentric, grow up.

 

[Bare Grills]

I heard the Internet doesn't even exist for non English speakers.

Source: The Internet

 

[zeshakag]

Speaking of which, I think the Internet would suck more if you were from Japan judging from the web design of their big sites, and Nico Video is an insult to the concept of a video streaming service.

 

[Bossun]

I'm not Thaï but if I were I would laugh like this 5555555555555

 

[akira28]

OP has an interesting point though.

I bet the internet does suck for people who can't read.

All they can do is search for porn.

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

Is there a French neogaf? I want to prevent getting rusty and bringing shame to myself as a Canadian.

 

[Grazzt]

呵呵

Spoiler

It's more than just hehe.

 

[The Silver]

Make the internet great again

 

[Sesuadra]

!

 

[AnathemicOne]

This thread should be rededicated to our favorite foreign memes.

Slain

 

[Marky Mark]

I've actually thought before about how much stuff I must actually be missing out on by only speaking English. I've been to Spanish suits and seen heaps of replies to threads with jajajaja and though man I am missing out on something here. Your question sounds stupid but on both sides we're all probably missing out on heaps.

 

[Maximo]

this almost feels like the time someone asked me if internet is a thing in Mexico

While playing World Of Warcraft a long time ago someone on our guild chat legitimately asked why It didn't snow at Christmas here in Australia, and if we celebrated Christmas at all without the snow..

 

[Hypron]

Is there a French neogaf? I want to prevent getting rusty and bringing shame to myself as a Canadian.

I used to read the "Forums jeux vidéo" section of forums.jeuxonline.info. It has a similar type of moderation and posters are relatively informed in general (I'd say it's slightly better than Neogaf on that point). It's smaller in scale than Neogaf though, which is what lead me to spend most of my time here instead. CanardPC is pretty good too.

If you want a big forum with lots of traffic, the only one that comes to mind is jeuxvideo.com, which is IGN- or gamefaq-tier as far as moderation and quality of posters go (it's a huge website though, with tons and tons of posts).

 

[BudokaiMR2]

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orz

 

[mavo]

I like this a lot,because it represents the youth of my country.

Not enough perfectly framed, tricky whatsapp pictures of the dude with the huge dick.

 

[sangreal]

Hahah, ofcourse I should've expected GAF to respond with exaggerated reactions and pile up like this. I know the internet has its own communities in various languages and obviously they can communicate there using their own languages. I'm bilingual myself. My main question was about memes which seem to be prevalent in English, and coudn't help but wonder if other languages have their own variations of memes, or if they would feel "lost", similar to people not getting an '"inside joke" amongst their friends that they missed out on because they weren't there in the moment. Really, you guys need to chill.

It's not just the foreigners... Go to another English site sometime and you will find that they have their own jokes, memes etc that wouldn't make sense to people on GAF

 

[ZackieChan]

It's not just the foreigners... Go to another English site sometime and you will find that they have their own jokes, memes etc that wouldn't make sense to people on GAF

 

[Einchy]

Non-English speakers are missing out on so many dank memes.

 

[Stinkles]

Jajajajaja

True story: we once had a receptionist in London who admired the French because She thought they were able to hear French and translate it into English in real-time...

 

[Hypron]

Jajajajaja

True story: we once had a receptionist in London who admired the French because She thought they were able to hear French and translate it into English in real-time...

That's next-level ignorance. Like holy shit

 

[Stinkles]

That's next-level ignorance. Like holy shit

She was stunningly beautiful though. and her dad was allegedly a gangland boss.So we let it slide.

To this day I sometimes wake up laughing thinking about it.

 

[vaderise]

I live in Turkey and i assure you guys Turkish internet is the weirdest shit ever.And the local memes are actually preety fucking hillarious.

 

[mStudios]

 

[michaelius]

Reminds me of all the how Americans see the world maps

 

[Tecnniqe]

You know, I agree. It must suck.
Let's just have every native language become English and freedom* can be ensured everywhere on the interwebs.

*Terms and conditions may apply.

 

[sfedai0]

This is what happens when you only browse Gaf and Reddit and have to actually question how people can enjoy jokes if they dont understand english.

 

[AuthenticM]

Does the non-english community of the internet have their own funny memes and things similar to us? I'm curious.

Yes. The internet is in many languages.

 

[Verano]

trial and error also having a *insert foreign language* to english dictionary by their side would do wonders.

 

[masud]

Pretty sure you're all getting trolled.

 

[Stinkles]

I only browse gaf on minitel and ceefax.

 

[Timedog]

These people don't understand that "I am god!"

I AM GOD!

 

[MANUELF]

Reminds me of all the how Americans see the world maps

Like this?

 

[Nozem]

We all know people outside the US of A don't have electricity, let alone internet.

 

[out0v0rder]

depends on the site.

this site would suck for sure. its not like all the posts are being translated...
or are they?

 

[neohwa]

Yes and it's common sense.

English is the most popular and most widely used language in the world after all.

Name a country who doesn't use or teach English.

It would suck for everything if one can not read or speak English, not just the internet.

Even Pokemon(a Japanese cartoon) names are based on English!

 

[Yager]

I don't know if the fact that you think that people who don't speak English can't enjoy the wonderful world of memes and gifs is sad or funny. Like WTF are you talking about man.

 

[MANUELF]

Yes and it's common sense.

English is the most popular and most widely used language in the world after all.

Name a country who doesn't use or teach English.

It would suck for everything if one can not read or speak English, not just the internet.

Even Pokemon(a Japanese cartoon) names are based on English!

 

[hateradio]

Like this?

ajajajaja

Not enough perfectly framed, tricky whatsapp pictures of the dude with the huge dick.

que?

 

[RJT]

 

[Alex_Mexico]

Like this?

You mean through a microscope?

 

[Tecnniqe]

Sí

 

[Alex_Mexico]

Yes and it's common sense.

English is the most popular and most widely used language in the world after all.

Name a country who doesn't use or teach English.

It would suck for everything if one can not read or speak English, not just the internet.

Even Pokemon(a Japanese cartoon) names are based on English!

In case you weren't joking I need to tell you that you're about to be disappointed .

 

[『Inaba Resident』]

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