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Why the French are painting their windows with chalk to beat the heat (www.bbc.com)
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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

As someone who has seen hot climes before, I feel like a bunch of us should go to Europe and, y’know. Explain.

Shade=good!
Ice=good!
Underground=good!
White cars=good!
Sunglasses= well, you got this one

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 12 minutes ago (1 children)

Sunglasses= well, you got this one

The French make sunglasses look good.

I'll never be as cool as this guy.

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 minutes ago* (last edited 10 minutes ago)

Nah if you don't hate poor people you are, in fact, cooler than this guy