@celestemoth: We do not all live in the same reality. Here’s what the protests in France and Paris syndrome can tell us about the metaphysical nature of reality (and narrative magic!)

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Tuesday 20 October 2026 21:52:12 GMT
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starrlajeph
𝔖𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔯𝔩𝔞🕯️ :
Paris is Philly 😭😭 so I mean …. If you don’t like Philly you won’t like Paris 😬
2026-10-21 14:49:29
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lyb_li
Li☆ :
Am I the only tourist that absolutely loved Paris?
2026-10-21 05:01:41
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batstheripper
Bats :
I saw this *All The Time* in LA.
2026-10-20 23:47:54
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noncomformng_proud
nonconformng_proud :
I see the opposite all the timein Chicago like oh it’s not a gang war zone 24/7
2026-10-21 14:12:28
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chadie1993
chadie1993 :
Now I have the opposite I assume Paris will be bad so maybe I’ll be impressed.
2026-10-27 00:12:23
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ambidabambi
Amber :
I hear Paris smells terrible 💀 so no idealistic vision here. but I get my news from black folks
2026-10-20 23:28:08
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color_beige101
Alaina :
I’m from Louisiana, it really was just New Orleans in a different way to me😭
2026-10-21 23:25:18
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puremewds
H :
Is “Paris” a common setting (or trope) in Japanese films? Why are Japanese tourists particularly susceptible to it?
2026-10-21 05:14:47
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elena.vixen.savel
Vixelena :
I mean, I have been to other touristy cities, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Helsinki. What shocked me in Paris was the smell, I have never encountered a big city that smelled so violently of piss.
2026-10-21 12:07:31
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70squween
70sQuween :
What’s crazy is Iv been to Paris three times and I don’t think Iv ever experienced anything that would break my romanticized perception of the city. Like it genuinely really is that cool and whimsical and peaceful.
2026-10-21 01:08:22
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obatalasheadache
obatalasheadache :
Could this also be like the “never meet your heroes?” The glamour wears off and the crisis begins?
2026-10-21 00:04:33
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julianaperez578
Juliana Perez :
I researched Paris extensively before going. Once there I felt it was cleaner, nicer, and overall better than I thought
2026-10-21 14:58:38
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athenaxnovina
⋆Athena⋆ :
I love when people come to SoCal and expect it to be like the movies… surprise! It sucks for tourists!
2026-10-21 18:37:03
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hyenaedits
Riley :
i went to greece recently and some of the people in my tour group had that kind of culture shock about athens. i thought athens was really neat personally.
2026-10-21 08:48:08
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thomassheehan8
Thomas Sheehan :
If I go to Paris and there’s no riot I’m going to be disappointed 😂
2026-10-21 06:27:00
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lyntheebrat
Lyntheebrat :
Paris is exactly what they swear Chicago is. I won’t explain
2026-10-21 12:57:06
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vverkmeister
VVerkmeister :
I imagine its a little like NYC mixed with a lot of areas in Japan.
2026-10-20 22:37:54
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blythebainesmusic
Blythe Baines ✨ :
I grew up in French school with extremely mean and strict French teachers and I have never been shocked by any of the behavior I have witnessed there 😂 I love Paris despite it all. They are kind of nicer to me than my parents though because I have the accent
2026-10-21 02:45:26
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meegan1986
Meegan :
I loved Paris so much. It felt like going home and was better than I ever imagined, but everyone told me they hated Paris before I went and that they were disappointed.
2026-10-22 03:33:19
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sunlao93
Andrew :
When I lived in London I visited Paris once or twice a month for a few years. It seemed pretty magical to me in short little doses.
2026-10-21 12:31:18
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echoindex
EchoIndex :
I studied abroad in Nantes, and I would go to Paris once a month and I absolutely loved it every time I went
2026-10-21 00:23:33
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blinkythekid
user4516271944831 :
Lol I went in High School and honestly didn’t know much about it other than they spoke french. I remember it had a fuel/traffic smell but the bread was amazing.
2026-10-20 22:34:54
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undiscovered_cryptid
__ :
Off topic but omg where is your shirt from? It’s beautiful
2026-10-22 19:29:35
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padawanliv
✨✨Liv✨✨ :
I could talk about this for HOURS as someone who used to work at WDW but now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. We have similar issues here, and it’s because people treat visiting these cities like they are visiting a theme park of their favorite stories, and cannot cope with the reality that it is just a city.
2026-10-22 07:14:19
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user1938592054204
name :
this is wild to me.
2026-10-24 22:01:09
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