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Better than German style:
I looked for it cause i didnt know of the lore behind the image. Jogging accident apparently?
βAm excited to see the memes,β the chancellor wrote in the caption.
According the the first article that i found
Switzerland:
USA:
Russia:
βWho do you work for, Number Two?β βThatβs my business.β
What do you mean. Who doesn't love pirates?
Scholz is very good at the criminal part of being a pirate, yes. With a loose enough definition of piracy, tax fraud definitely could fall into that definition. Especially at the scale in which Scholz was involved.
Olaf the Forgetful is excluded, I am afraid
NEIN!
Fuck anything glorifying this dipshit
I can't help but thinking Macron is aware of the deal with it meme.
When Macron in sunglasses eating ice cream (like Biden)?
If you're wondering like me, he reportedly was wearing the glasses due to a burst blood vessel in the eyes. Don't know why he picked an American style of sunglasses though.
*Canadian, one of the good kinds of American.Β
Because theyβre awesome?
Huh. Theyβre about 90 years old now.
They're also comfy as hell
They cover all the parts that should be covered to actually keep the sunlight out, and wire frames can easily be bent to accomodate one's facial features if they're not perfectly symmetrical.
Could you link the/a French style of sunglasses?
But with dark lens
Le Tintin style
This made me laugh as my both glasses and sunnies have near identical frames.
1st link from a search engine : https://www.frenchretro.com/47-collection-solaire
It's not like France isn't widely known for its fashion (even before Expedition 33)
I didn't knew about that until I watched Emily in Paris. That show really put france culture on the spotlight.
"When you give yourself emergency powers to skip over the democratically elected parliament and raise retirement age against the wishes of everyone"
He didn't give himself any emergency powers though.
Article 49.3 is part of the french constitution. It gives the choice to parliament :
- You vote the law or you withdraw support from the government
Potayto potahto
Yeah. Ignore unconformable arguments. Go ahead. That's how you get to the truth. Ah, my mistake. It's just plain 3rd grade stupid.
Emergency powers are also constitutional. The 49.3 is an article from the 1960s when there were many parties in parliament and it was a mess trying to pass any law, this time it was CLEARLY used to skip the democratic will of the people, the vast majority of whom don't want increased retirement age. I don't care how technically constitutional or not it is, it's authoritarian, antidemocratic, regressive and immoral. Ask yourself why you're siding with the people destroying welfare.
Were his pupils dilated or something? Maybe he needed a bong hit to get through all of the craziness going on.
I travelled with a coworker who popped a blood vessel in their eye from plane cabin pressure. No damage but very gnarly and distracting. Shades wouldβve been a good call.
Yah, big "strung out at the poker tournament" energy
He had an eye procedure and needs them medically.
But he's the French president so they have to drip style.
Yanno what? Solid play. Kudos to him then
I like how the reflection on the sunglasses makes it look like he's at the edge of space looking down.
Also he looks like he's going to offer me a bump outside the bathroom.
Damn those are some nice burns
Is he on the moon?
Looks like he's looking out the ISS window
It's a reflection of the podium and stage:
Allez le bleus!
« Ze Terminator. »
He looks ridiculous