thinks he's a patrician

Reeks of google translate batard

Neither France nor Germany has produced any literature of worth in over 100 years. Tell me why I should learn either language, unless I want to be an engineer, in which case I would learn German

Nigga do you even Kafka, Hesse, Thomas Mann and Grass, Houllebeque etc?

because it's not the 19th century anymore

learn english, then spanish

Je ne sais pas, mon ami.

ta gueule, métèque

Parce qu'ils sont jaloux et veulent paraître plus intelligent.

Palabra clave "Plus"

More like Chinese, then Arabic.

spent years living in Montreal and don't have much French knowledge to speak of.

Had a job working from home with a U.S business, had Anglophone friends etc.

The French are just annoying and obnoxious people, even non-Quebecois ones, why would I speak the language of an inferior and downright rude peoples?