Major Trauma Head
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Your name is Jean-Marc, you’re 46, and you run a video game and collectibles shop in Nice, wedged between an optician and a real estate agency selling 1-bed flats for €410,000 “with sea view” if you lean far enough off the balcony.
You know every GTA San Andreas cheat by heart. You tested all of them in 2005 on the PS2 in your bedroom at your mum’s place.
You opened in 2011 with a state-backed loan at 4.7%, and the naive belief that passion eventually pays.
It did pay, sort of. €1,900 a month in a good year, after the French tax office has eaten first, second and third. Your commercial rent is indexed on a formula nobody in the Republic actually understands.
You sell Funko Pops at €17.99, sealed Pokémon cards, refurbished controllers. You let little Enzo, 12, pay in installments because he’s saving for a Switch 2. You close at 7:30pm and walk home because the harbor parking is €3.40 an hour.
Saturday, there’s a protest “against the cost of living.”
You also think living costs too much. You almost went.
At 5:12pm, your metal shutter gets ripped open with a crowbar.
Forty teenagers in tracksuits and crossbody bags walk into your shop like it’s a bonus level. They take the PS5s, the Dragon Ball figures, the till with today’s €280 and even the box of paper bags that say “thank you for your visit.”
A guy in a floral shirt films it vertically for TikTok.
You step outside and say “stop, this is my shop.”
You get hit from behind.
Then rocks.
They laugh. Floral shirt guy is thrilled: good angle, good lighting.
Sunday morning, the police tell you there are “1,400 arrests nationwide” and they won’t send a squad for some Funko Pops. Filing the complaint takes 2 hours 40. The officer types with two fingers on Windows 7.
Monday noon, your insurer reminds you that your €1,140-a-year policy has a €3,000 deductible and a “riots and civil commotion” exclusion on page 31, font size 6.
Saturday night, an MP explains on TV that “the anger is legitimate” and we “shouldn’t cry over shop windows.” He’s never owned a shop window. He has a state-funded apartment.
Sunday, your limited edition Vegeta figures show up on Vinted. “Brand new, never opened, €39, pickup in North Nice.”
The seller has 4.9 stars.
Monday, the tax office emails you. They haven’t heard about the riots. They’ve heard about your payment deadline.
You did everything right, Jean-Marc. That was never the problem.
The problem is you were playing by the rules in a lobby where nobody else does.
So stop believing in the State. It’s not coming to save you. It’s coming to collect.
Stop voting. Every five years they hand you the controller, and it’s never plugged in.
Go to the gym. Not for revenge. For you. Because when the system folds, the only asset nobody can loot is the one you built under a barbell.
And make money they can’t see. Cash, side hustles, sats on a cold wallet in a sock drawer. Not your keys, not your coins. Not your shop, not your loss.
Fuck the system, Jean-Marc.
It already did it to you first.
Lord Stavanger retweeted
Your name is Jean-Marc, you’re 46, and you run a video game and collectibles shop in Nice, wedged between an optician and a real estate agency selling 1-bed flats for €410,000 “with sea view” if you lean far enough off the balcony.
You know every GTA San Andreas cheat by heart. You tested all of them in 2005 on the PS2 in your bedroom at your mum’s place.
You opened in 2011 with a state-backed loan at 4.7%, and the naive belief that passion eventually pays.
It did pay, sort of. €1,900 a month in a good year, after the French tax office has eaten first, second and third. Your commercial rent is indexed on a formula nobody in the Republic actually understands.
You sell Funko Pops at €17.99, sealed Pokémon cards, refurbished controllers. You let little Enzo, 12, pay in installments because he’s saving for a Switch 2. You close at 7:30pm and walk home because the harbor parking is €3.40 an hour.
Saturday, there’s a protest “against the cost of living.”
You also think living costs too much. You almost went.
At 5:12pm, your metal shutter gets ripped open with a crowbar.
Forty teenagers in tracksuits and crossbody bags walk into your shop like it’s a bonus level. They take the PS5s, the Dragon Ball figures, the till with today’s €280 and even the box of paper bags that say “thank you for your visit.”
A guy in a floral shirt films it vertically for TikTok.
You step outside and say “stop, this is my shop.”
You get hit from behind.
Then rocks.
They laugh. Floral shirt guy is thrilled: good angle, good lighting.
Sunday morning, the police tell you there are “1,400 arrests nationwide” and they won’t send a squad for some Funko Pops. Filing the complaint takes 2 hours 40. The officer types with two fingers on Windows 7.
Monday noon, your insurer reminds you that your €1,140-a-year policy has a €3,000 deductible and a “riots and civil commotion” exclusion on page 31, font size 6.
Saturday night, an MP explains on TV that “the anger is legitimate” and we “shouldn’t cry over shop windows.” He’s never owned a shop window. He has a state-funded apartment.
Sunday, your limited edition Vegeta figures show up on Vinted. “Brand new, never opened, €39, pickup in North Nice.”
The seller has 4.9 stars.
Monday, the tax office emails you. They haven’t heard about the riots. They’ve heard about your payment deadline.
You did everything right, Jean-Marc. That was never the problem.
The problem is you were playing by the rules in a lobby where nobody else does.
So stop believing in the State. It’s not coming to save you. It’s coming to collect.
Stop voting. Every five years they hand you the controller, and it’s never plugged in.
Go to the gym. Not for revenge. For you. Because when the system folds, the only asset nobody can loot is the one you built under a barbell.
And make money they can’t see. Cash, side hustles, sats on a cold wallet in a sock drawer. Not your keys, not your coins. Not your shop, not your loss.
Fuck the system, Jean-Marc.
It already did it to you first.
Off topic il faudrait pouvoir diffuser ces choses là à la television, jamais compris pourquoi c’était interdit
Dans les prochains jours, j'invite toutes les personnes disponibles à se rendre dans les tribunaux pour assister aux comparutions immédiates des émeutiers.
La justice est rendue au nom du peuple français, et vous avez donc le droit de la voir être rendue !
A Paris, c'est au TJ dans le 17e à partir de 14h.
Lord Stavanger retweeted
People see the riots in Paris but they don’t see the entrepreneurs quietly leaving.
When I started my company in Paris in 2016, I shared a startup incubator floor with other founders. Six out of ten now live in the Bay Area.
Not a week goes by without a message from another French entrepreneur moving here. We used to do welcome dinner with my wife but now we need to organize welcome party. Dozens more on LinkedIn/email asking how to leave. I can’t even reply to everyone anymore.
It’s painful to watch. The riots make headlines but the people leaving just pack their bags and go create jobs elsewhere.
Des véhicules de police sont prises pour cible par la foule dans le secteur République à Paris.
#Paris #17octobre
Lord Stavanger retweeted
Je suis aux États-Unis pour une conférence.
Ce n’est pas la première fois que je voyage à l’étranger pendant des manifs ou des émeutes en France.
En revanche, c’est la première fois qu’on m’explique : “Honestly, nobody gives a shit anymore”
Il faut en avoir conscience, les étrangers (et pas qu’aux US) nous voient de plus en plus comme des enfants gâtés (école gratuite, santé gratuite…) qui laissent leur pays se tiers-mondiser, alors que partout ailleurs, on bosse pour se développer.
“Avant, la France, c’était le nucléaire, le TGV, le cinéma. Maintenant, c’est les attentats et les émeutes.”
Quelle tristesse.
Lord Stavanger retweeted
Des mecs de quartier ont bousculé et en partie remplacé le milieu corso-marseillais qui tenait les stups en France depuis Carbone et Spirito (soit les années 30!).
Les gamins s'équipent et attaquent les cibles qui les intéressent: sportswear, geekerie, produits de luxe qui peuvent se revendre.
Ils ne sont pas déboussolés ou perdus: ils sont dépolitisés, ils n'y croient pas, ils font du bizbiz et s'occupent de leur pomme.
Ne les infantilisez pas, ils ont souvent mieux compris le fonctionnement de la société que vous.
Lord Stavanger retweeted
75th Ranger Regiment wearing the Sangin Instruments Marauder unit watch. Anonymous submission from the community. Ally.
Ce qu’on voyait traditionnellement dans les pays du tier monde et les dictatures
Finalement on va avoir le droit à la même, pas surpris
Lord Stavanger retweeted
Ça filme les pillages en 4k avec des iphone 18, Nike à 200 balles aux pieds et manteau Under Armour parce que "C'est la misère". Vous n'êtes pas dans la misère, vous êtes des enfants gâtés qui s'ignorent, et vous jetez l'opprobre sur les manifs et les revendications légitimes.
Lord Stavanger retweeted
🔴 INFO FRENCHBREACHES — Piratage de la Fédération française de tir
Selon nos informations, parmi les près de 600 000 licenciés concernés, 250 000 membres actifs et 350 000 anciens membres seraient touchés.
Plus inquiétant : l'intrusion et l'exfiltration des données auraient duré plusieurs jours avant d'être détectées.
🔴 Retour sur le piratage de la Fédération française de tir : près de 600 000 licenciés potentiellement concernés !
Selon nos informations, un compte compromis sans double authentification (2FA) serait à l’origine de la fuite, qui aurait été détectée pendant l’exfiltration des données.
Au total, 586 854 fiches de licenciés, 64 000 photos d’identité et 19 000 documents, dont des licences de tir et des certificats médicaux, seraient concernés.
frenchbreaches.com/blog/fede…
Ce qui me fait penser qu’à l’époque des émeutes de Nahel on avait plus le droit de sortir mdr
Puni trois fois, subir ces animaux + payer pour leurs casses + ne pas être libre de bouger
🇫🇷 ALERTE - Un couvre-feu et l’état d’urgence pourraient être examinés par Emmanuel Macron et ses ministres pour répondre aux émeutes d’hier. (L’Opinion)
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
L'alerte repose sur un tweet spéculatif d'une journaliste de L'Opinion sans article correspondant sur le site ni confirmation dans d'autres médias. Le ministre de l'Intérieur avait déclaré samedi qu'aucun état d'urgence ne serait instauré.
cnews.fr/france/2026-10…
lopinion.fr/politique
lopinion.fr/politique/viol…
lefigaro.fr/politique/viol…
Il y a zéro (0) raison de faire du business en France autre que de vouloir rester près de ses proches
Sinon c’est juste raquer et payer en permanence pour les autres mdr
Je suis artisan. En 15 ans d'activité j'ai subi trois pillages de ma camionnette par des batards, des milliers d'euros d'outils envolés. Malgré un flagrant délit incontestable, les coupables n'ont jamais remboursé le moindre euro de dégâts.
Voir l'État nous faire croire aujourd'hui que les auteurs des dégradations d'hier répareront leurs actes relève de la fable.
Dans ce pays, la justice est d'une bienveillance infinie avec les pilleurs et d'une rigueur absolue avec les honnêtes gens qui paient leurs charges.
