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Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by tduberne on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @02:59AM (#29646629)
> Another French slang expression (also testicle-related) for not giving a fuck is “I’m painting my balls with the brush of indifference”

If anyone has an idea of the original in french, I would be interested. I am French and I have no clue what he refers to.

Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by FrankSansC on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:13AM (#29646721)
Neither do I and I'm also french. I've checked on the french wiktionary[1] and in fact that's a real french saying. But I've never heard someone say this in my all life.

[1] https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/s%E2%80%99en_badigeonner_les_...

Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by baby on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:17AM (#29646748)
I read a lot of Achille Talon and I have no memory of this, I was a kid though... it's really from a different generation.
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by obruchez on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @05:47AM (#29647659)
You wouldn't find anything vulgar in Achille Talon, anyway.
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by notagoodidea on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:17AM (#29646745)
Seems to be a mix betwen of "Je m'en bats les couilles" and "Le train de tes injures roule sur les rails de mon indifférence", never heard the author version. I stand wrong on the etymology, see below. French-speaking here.

It exists as an entry in the https://fr.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/s%E2%80%99en_badigeonner_le... but I don't think I ever heard someone uses it. The non vulgar original version seems to be "s'en brosser le nombril avec le pinceau de l'indifférence" (To brush one navel with the brush of indifference) and found it's origin in the comic strip Achille Talon.

Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by seszett on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:30AM (#29646821)
There are just a lot of different ways to say it, and although this one isn't very popular most people would still get the meaning fine and it does have some attested use, so I think it has its place in such a list.

My own personal favorite would be (it's very inelegantly translated) it touches one [of my testicles] without making the other move (maybe invented by former president Chirac, at least made popular by him). It's well known and understood and has the advantage to be vulgar enough without actually making an explicit reference to testicles.

Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by azinman2 on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:47AM (#29646938)
What is it in French?
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by xfennec on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:53AM (#29646981)
"Ça m'en touche une sans faire bouger l'autre."
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by azinman2 on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @06:48PM (#29656961)
I like how it’s implied.

Isn’t this quite long if you don’t care?

Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by riffraff on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:35AM (#29646848)
ah, I see a ahared romance trait here, "me ne sbatto i coglioni" in italian :)
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by xmcqdpt2 on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @08:10AM (#29648820)
I'm French from Québec and the usual expression here would be the Catholic inspired "I'm X-ing myself of it" where X is one of Christ (je m'en crisse), the Holy Chalice (je m'en câlice), the Tabernacle (je m'en tabarnac) etc.

Although these swears seem extremely mild, they are actually quite heavy in Québec, even though no one goes to church anymore, because of how dominant the Catholic Church was until the sixties. They would be censored on TV, for example.

Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by wiz21c on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:11AM (#29646705)
French speaking, never heard of this one. For the sake of human advancement, I'll share with you the one that I hear more often "je m'en bats les coui*es" (literally "I hit my ba*s with it" or something like that; which means "I don't care).
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by ivegotnoaccount on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:07AM (#29646683)
It's a more vulgar version of "https://fr.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/s%E2%80%99en_brosser_le_nom...". However, I found it quite surprising to add such a rare thing but not the most usual things like "I've got nothing to wax" and its vulgar form.
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by dirkt on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:15AM (#29646734)
That happens when you google idioms in other languages ... you have no clue about the actual usage. And they are usually not one-to-one.

German "das ist mir Wurst" is also a lot weaker than "zero fucks given", at least use something stronger like "das interessiert keinen Arsch" (no asshole cares). Also "zero fucks given" in the sense of "irresponsible, he just does it and doesn't care who gets hurt" doesn't really have an equivalent idiom. Maybe "als druff" (just go full power straight ahead) or something.

Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by hnbad on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @06:21AM (#29647897)
I've never heard "als druff" but I'd like to add "das ist mir Latte" as a variant as well as "das ist Jacke wie Hose" ("jacket like trousers", which is more like "potayto, potuhto") and as others have pointed out "das geht mir am Arsch vorbei".

But none of them is an exact match as there's no perfect overlap for all situations to which "zero fucks given" can be applied. Which isn't too surprising as most idioms and even most words don't map 1-to-1 between languages even when they share a common root.

Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by tannhaeuser on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @04:26AM (#29647182)
How about "Geht mir am Arsch vorbei"?
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by qwertox on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @04:47AM (#29647320)
"It walks/goes past my ass"
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by tannhaeuser on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @04:58AM (#29647392)
"It's passing by at about the height of my ass"
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by rndgermandude on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @07:31AM (#29648370)
Yeah, "das ist mir Wurst" doesn't seem strong enough. "Drauf geschissen"/"Scheiß drauf" ("shit on it") maybe? Kinda close to "not giving a shit" (or "fuck") and also kinda works for the irresponsible case, "Er scheißt drauf, ob er jemanden verletzt".
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by jansan on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @04:46AM (#29647308)
"drauf geschissen" comes close to "zero fucks given"
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by NumberCruncher on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @07:35AM (#29648407)
It is the same in Hungarian. "szarni rá" is the exact translation of the German expression.
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by simonke on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @06:21AM (#29647892)
Das interessiert keine Sau.

No (female) pig cares about it / No sow cares about it

Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by ofrzeta on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:45AM (#29646921)
Even stronger (and more like "zero fucks ..." imho): Das ist (mir) scheißegal ("indifferent as shit" ot something like it).
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by poulsbohemian on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @04:29PM (#29655551)
Yes, scheißegal strikes me as exactly the right translation, and once again there is a single German word for an entire English phrase.
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by rzzzt on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:29AM (#29646820)
The last one sounds like "send it".
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by SuoDuanDao on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @07:31AM (#29648371)
"das ist mir Wurst" may not be as weak as you think - 'Wurst' can also be a euphemism for a large, firm piece of excrement.
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by bambax on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @05:57AM (#29647739)
I'm French too and have never heard of that one.

Also, "I slap my balls on it" is probably the translation of "je m'en bats les coulles", but a better translation would be "I slap my balls with it".

It is sometimes shortened as "j'm'en balec" or even just "balec".

Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by d--b on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:54AM (#29646986)
In the same vein, there are lot of variations.

One I heard in the army is “je m’en tamponne le coquillard avec une patte d’alligator femelle”. “I pat my butt with a female alligator’s leg”

In fact when you search google for “je m’en tamponne le coquillard avec”, google will autocomplete with “a lobster’s tibia”, “a morrocan shoe”, etc.

Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by glandium on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @05:00AM (#29647407)
Je m'en fustige le cristallin avec un fémur d'alligator femelle.
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by belugacat on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:07AM (#29646679)
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by ggambetta on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @04:44AM (#29647296)
That sounds beautifully poetic, compared to versions from other languages (mine included). I can see how Monty Python came up with "I fart in your general direction" :)
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by ggrelet on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:06AM (#29646675)
You know, it's someone saying something on the Internet, so it must be true... Never heard of this one either (I'm also French).
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by Qiu_Zhanxuan on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:42AM (#29646897)
"Je m'en badigeonne les testicules avec le pinceau de l'indifférence"
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by AtlasLion on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @07:19AM (#29648270)
not the same but "je m'en bas les couilles" works too.
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by dakotian on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:07AM (#29646678)
s’en badigeonner les testicules avec le pinceau de l’indifférence
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by rich_sasha on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:12AM (#29646709)
By my pre-coffee count, 19 syllables of indifference... a lot of words to say “meh” :)
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by MayeulC on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @04:38AM (#29647258)
"Je m'en fous" is the short version. Using a longer version is obviously done for fun, and to tell at great lengths how much you don't care. Usually people will spice it up with a version of their own to add to the comical effect.
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by dakotian on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:15AM (#29646737)
french pronounce 1 out of every 5 syllables
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by baby on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:17AM (#29646749)
that's how poetic French people are
Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by WastingMyTime89 on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @07:20AM (#29648275)
Gallic shrug

Why talk when you can physically convey the idea. I must say that this discussion makes me somewhat uncomfortable with the centrality of not caring in my culture.

Re:“Zero fucks given” in other languages by dcpit on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @05:58AM (#29647740)
never heard this one before.