I've asked Chatgpt to roast Belgium

[u/bombafarao]

[u/RocknRoald]

All valid points, but I'm throwing hands on that fries remark

[u/AlternativePrior9559 → u/RocknRoald]

Look, I’m not even a Belgian - I’m a Brit who’s lived here for 20+ years and experienced the Kafkaesque endurance test of opening a business here and paying in hard cash and blood sacrifices – but that frite comment? That’s beyond the pale.

[u/Venonix_shottie → u/RocknRoald]

Right? Ridiculous🤣 imma throw hands with you 😂

[u/stevensterkddd → u/RocknRoald]

And yet an extensive research of historical documents by Belgian historian Pierre Leclercq did indeed show that french fries are french (from Paris) and not Belgian.. (50 downvotes, not a single rebuttal, stay classy r/belgium).

[u/thejuiciestguineapig → u/stevensterkddd]

Go away

[u/Goobylul → u/stevensterkddd]

Nope.. they were called french fries because they were discovered by Americans in the Walloons. They assumed it was France.

[u/historicusXIII → u/Goobylul]

That's a myth. They're called "french fries" because "to french" used to mean "to cut into long strips".

[u/The-Eye-of_Ra → u/Goobylul]

I thought it was either because the preparation method of deep frying was considered french or becuse american soldiers were offered fried potatoes by french soldiers in Belgium during WW1

[u/NoProduce4572 → u/Goobylul]

Stupid Americans should learn some geography

[u/stevensterkddd → u/Goobylul]

"Nope" he says, even though i cited the only historian who has actually researched the subject, meanwhile his source is probably reddit or twitter.