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[gloomy orchid]

"Rigolo" c'est plutot funny
"Dingue" c'est plutot crazy
"Nigaud" c'est plutot fou like clown

So my personal tierlist from softest to strongest is:

Rigolo
Nigaud
Dingue
Fou
Bête
Débile
Stupide
Idiot
Con

[ruby scroll]

i think t'es bête is pretty common in a joking manner

[gleaming kestrel]

(@placid stag) it really depends on your relationship with the person too, like in English “asshole” is very strong but if it's banter it's fine. "Con" is like that. On the other hand "débile" isn't too bad but it's harder to use it in a friendly way

[fallen willow]

Débile i usually compare to dumbass

Like the tone and relationship have to be just right or it won't come off right at all lol

For me it's more like

Rigolo
Dingue
Bête
^ have never heard as an insult

Fou
Con
Débile
^ could be insulting depending on relationship/tone

Stupide
Idiot
^ not a whole lot of usage in banter, mostly just plain insults (not always worse than the previous section though)

Nigaud I've never heard anyone actually use so I dont have a good feel for it

[placid stag]

Ah je vois! Merci bien tout le monde. 🙂‍↕️

[placid stag]

I personally don’t say cuss words just because it feels weird to say it aloud.
I will avoid con and debile. Ta!

[placid stag]

Thanks this helps. So safest option is “bête” or “bêtise » respectively.

[fallen willow]

For silly yeah I would say so! Unfortunately there's no real direct translation

[placid stag]

j'ai l'impression que ma perception de « bête » est incorrecte, car mes livres de cours l'ont traduit par « stupid or dumb ».

[fallen willow]

It's more the lighthearted meaning of it, but I don't feel like there's a great translation

Like "it would be dumb to throw my phone in the river"

[ruby scroll]

it's not "silly" exactly, but it has the same level of familiarity, i.e. "t'es bête" isn't really offensive in context

[placid stag]

Ah je vois. So I can say this and ( tes bête/ t’es fou) in the same sense of familiarity. ✅

[gleaming kestrel]

note that "con" gets weird with gender. "Conne" is very offensive and hardly ever friendly, however you can use "t'es con" in the masculine in an endearing way, even with women

[tired tendon]

bête

Like t'es bête in a joking way is like silly or t'es con

[ruby scroll]

i mean remember that la bete is the bug, it's not so serious