Here, in France, we have a very different take. Everything is crap. By default. Almost everything is "not bad", "fine", or at best "pretty good". You will almo

Here, in France, we have a very different take. Everything is crap. By default. Almost everything is "not bad", "fine", or at best "pretty good". You will almost never hear a French person describe anything as "awesome", "great", "fantastic" or "brilliant" (unless they’ve spent too much time in the US or work in startup la la land). But crap also is "not bad", "fine", or sometimes even "pretty good". So, how does one tell the difference? Easy! It’s all in the contemptuous tone, annoyed dismissive look, sneering smirk and distracted disdainful wave of the hand! What a great culture to be born in.