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In French, "chercher la merde" ("look for shit") means "ask for trouble". Here's an attempt of a translation: He was looking for trouble -- and he found it. His story will blow your mind. Context: president Emmanuel Macron has been notoriously deaf to protesters' social demands for years.

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Disclaimer: I'm Austrian and a german native speaker, so my English may be a bit klutzy. My initial post was a deliberate mock of the clickbait style that's used on many news sites.

Your English is perfectly understandable! 😂 I actually like the humor behind your post now that I understand the context. Those clickbait headlines can be pretty ridiculous, so I can see why you wanted to poke fun at them.