Jack Edwards #2

francaispangol · Oct 2, 2021

I live 1hr 30 from Paris and ew ew ew.
I was there today and heard more English spoken than French. I went to an English bookshop (Shakespeare and Co, lovely and would recommend to all), and even saw an M&S Food Hall Just why? Is he even trying to learn French? I literally despair - I wonder what he's planning on doing - unless he's studying or got a work permit, he can only stay for 3 months because of Brexit.
This has made me so mad, as a Brit abroad who is actually trying to integrate, speaks French and is interested in the culture, and trying to make a life for myself here that isn't all about the gram! Paris is so expensive too lol
He made out he was going so faaaar away, it's literally so easy to get to London from Paris on the train

urfavepisces · Oct 2, 2021

francaispangol said:
He made out he was going so faaaar away, it's literally so easy to get to London from Paris on the train

Yeah that’s why I was so surprised, I expected him to move somewhere a bit more different from the UK. But if his goal is to learn/improve his French then he’s at the right place I guess - I would’ve advised him to move to another city than Paris but that’s just my personal opinion haha.
Good luck to him because French are not very keen of Brits at the moment

flounceandbounce · Oct 2, 2021

There are plenty of reasons to move to Paris, but it utterly feels like he's doing it for the aesthetic. I'm a British student in another EU country, and this is kinda infuriating. It was such a pain and a privilege to move here because of Brexit and Covid, whilst Jack and Unjaded Jade treat EU-living like an aesthetic almost.

If you're moving for books, too, I'd personally go to Portugal.

francaispangol · Oct 2, 2021

urfavepisces said:
Yeah that’s why I was so surprised, I expected him to move somewhere a bit more different from the UK. But if his goal is to learn/improve his French then he’s at the right place I guess - I would’ve advised him to move to another city than Paris but that’s just my personal opinion haha.
Good luck to him because French are not very keen of Brits at the moment

I'm sure Paris is the last place you go to improve your French - I agree us Brits are not the most popular people here right now

flounceandbounce said:
There are plenty of reasons to move to Paris, but it utterly feels like he's doing it for the aesthetic. I'm a British student in another EU country, and this is kinda infuriating. It was such a pain and a privilege to move here because of Brexit and Covid, whilst Jack and Unjaded Jade treat EU-living like an aesthetic almost.

If you're moving for books, too, I'd personally go to Portugal.

The bureaucracy to get to France was so frustrating, they just don't even recognise their privilege swanning around

flounceandbounce · Oct 2, 2021

francaispangol said:
I'm sure Paris is the last place you go to improve your French - I agree us Brits are not the most popular people here right now

The bureaucracy to get to France was so frustrating, they just don't even recognise their privilege swanning around

Truly. I live in a Scandinavian country. It isn't as bad as France paperwork-wise, but the cost of tuition, applying for residency, buying an ID card as my UK one is no longer valid, etc etc. It was emotionally exhausting. I love it here, but to see people supposedly do it so easily really grinds my gears—how come I have to prove I can contribute to my host country's economy in the future, but Jade and Jack seem to swan about for no real reason... It's unlikely Jack's working for a French company.

I have family who have lived in France for 13 years. The levels of hoop jumping they have to deal with just to prove that is astonishing. It just mugs me off.

francaispangol · Oct 2, 2021

flounceandbounce said:
Truly. I live in a Scandinavian country. It isn't as bad as France paperwork-wise, but the cost of tuition, applying for residency, buying an ID card as my UK one is no longer valid, etc etc. It was emotionally exhausting. I love it here, but to see people supposedly do it so easily really grinds my gears—how come I have to prove I can contribute to my host country's economy in the future, but Jade and Jack seem to swan about for no real reason... It's unlikely Jack's working for a French company.

I have family who have lived in France for 13 years. The levels of hoop jumping they have to deal with just to prove that is astonishing. It just mugs me off.

Honestly. The cost of my visa application, then validating my visa so I'm a proper resident, and just getting everything sorted over here has been so much stress. Like you, I love living abroad but like damn it was so much paperwork. I'm not sure Paris is going to be all Jack thinks it is.

urfavepisces · Oct 2, 2021

Watch him get Paris syndrom in a few weeks
I can’t really tell how good Paris is to learn French because I’ve never lived there, but I hope he at least travels a bit around the country while he’s here.

Lola123 · Oct 2, 2021

Why did he make out like he’d have no access too English books? What a div

francaispangol · Oct 3, 2021

urfavepisces said:
Watch him get Paris syndrom in a few weeks
I can’t really tell how good Paris is to learn French because I’ve never lived there, but I hope he at least travels a bit around the country while he’s here.

Most people in Paris speak English - it's also got a bit of a reputation for people speaking English when you try to speak French to them. Definitely waiting for the Paris syndrome

Binx · Oct 3, 2021

he probs asked his friend to tweet about Shanghai to throw us off

also, why do I feel like Jack is trying to emulate Damon Dominique

francaispangol · Oct 3, 2021

Best part of this tweet is that apparently he did an ad for a VPN very recently LOL

urfavepisces · Oct 3, 2021

francaispangol said:
Best part of this tweet is that apparently he did an ad for a VPN very recently LOL

I mean… someone should tell him there is a French version and the season started recently so he can easily catch up.

mindlessness · Oct 3, 2021

Binx said:
he probs asked his friend to tweet about Shanghai to throw us off

also, why do I feel like Jack is trying to emulate Damon Dominique

Damon commented on Jack’s reel welcoming him to Paris!

Binx · Oct 3, 2021

^knew it lol

Calabria · Oct 3, 2021

Jack est ringarde

#jackinparis

xaannaa · Oct 3, 2021

Binx said:
also, why do I feel like Jack is trying to emulate Damon Dominique

literally my first thought

francaispangol said:
Is he even trying to learn French? I literally despair - I wonder what he's planning on doing - unless he's studying or got a work permit, he can only stay for 3 months because of Brexit.

I'm assuming he could do the same thing damon is doing and apply for that "talent visa" thing because he is a youtuber (sorry, no idea what it's actually called) and just do youtube? If he was studying/doing a masters there, I'm sure he would have said so already (unless he's only looking to start a degree there next year and moved now to practice the language?)

francaispangol · Oct 3, 2021

xaannaa said:
literally my first thought

I'm assuming he could do the same thing damon is doing and apply for that "talent visa" thing because he is a youtuber (sorry, no idea what it's actually called) and just do youtube? If he was studying/doing a masters there, I'm sure he would have said so already (unless he's only looking to start a degree there next year and moved now to practice the language?)

I can't believe "YouTuber" qualifies for the talent visa, when I know so many amazing academics that just can't come over here because of the visa thing. I wonder if he's doing a master's programme taught in English over here?

3calico3 · Oct 3, 2021

He's filming a lie update video soon, and is asking for questions on his IG stories for a Q&A section.

Very tempted to ask what his girlfriend thinks of him moving.

xaannaa · Oct 3, 2021

francaispangol said:
I can't believe "YouTuber" qualifies for the talent visa, when I know so many amazing academics that just can't come over here because of the visa thing. I wonder if he's doing a master's programme taught in English over here?

at least i think that's what damon dominique is on? it might be a self-employment thing but i'm pretty sure i remember him talking about the talent visa?

Binx · Oct 3, 2021

xaannaa said:
at least i think that's what damon dominique is on? it might be a self-employment thing but i'm pretty sure i remember him talking about the talent visa?

yeah Damon is deffo on an entertainment visa. tbh I haven't watched him in a while so I don't know if he's still in France

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