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I keep arranging long weekend trips to other countries to keep my sanity while living in this country.
They are costly but It worth keeping my sanity.
Same for me sort of. Nothing is quite as depressing as not having a trip planned while living and working in Berlin, especially when it's October-March (full half year of darkness). In the long run it'll be cheaper for me to move to somewhere less depressing even if I earn 30% less than here as 1. Less mental health travelling and 2. Lower taxes and 3. Cheaper utility bills because lower electricity and less need to heat. Only UK has higher electricity prices, truly insane.
Oh God, why didn't you let the allied forces give all of Germany to the Soviets? Germans are not western Europeans and have no business among the high European culture they're geographically adjacent to. This country should have been a dead zone, completely cut off from the western world. And honestly the Soviet Union should have just forced Germans to rebuild alone. Instead everyone threw money at Germany (a barren country with few natural resources) and here we are. How Germany was subsidized to a better quality of life than Russia is one of the great injustices of the 20th century. The whole east/West thing was probably also a gigantic fake in retrospect, how else could you milk both global world powers without doing anything yourself? And them vote in a deep state Stasi commie for 4 terms. Doesn't add up at all. Germany is such a welfare moocher, absolutely pathetic.
Something I have been wondering for a while and can't really openly ask Germans about it. I am from Vietnam where it is comparatively a conservative country. Public nudity is not part of our culture at all so I was shocked to see how common it is here as basically every public body of water will have many nudists all around it even beyond marked FKK entryways. I read somewhere a survey about only 23% of Germans would visit nude beach but here every beach is nude beach.
Germans always tell me nudity is not sexual here and the human body should be celebrated. I do not feel like real instinctual German men attitude is really different than in Vietnam because at public lake I see naked man walking around with erection or masturbating looking at women. For sure German women also see this. Do they like to be lusted about? They pretend it is not happening?
I feel that Germans have strict rules everywhere but if they cannot enforce something they give up and pretend it is not a problem. I find this sad because I like to sunbathe and almost every time I am at a lake a German man come too close and act inappropriate.
Also in German film there is too much nudity. Every film basically has nudity and not as form of body celebration like German claim. For example I watch Goodbye Lenin recently with Vietnamese friends. It is rated from 6 years in Germany. But there is a scene with naked man jumping around purely for comedy reasons almost like slapstick humor. It is uncomfortable to watch and to think this is OK in Germany for 6 year old is strange. I would not want my daughter to watch this. Also why is a male genitalia funny?
There is also here so much public sex parties and kinky stuff all the time. My first week I was in a normal club called matrix with friends and saw a blond woman doing a sexual act on the dancefloor. I don't go to German clubs anymore because of this. My friends told me it is not uncommon here.
In summary I feel German are lying about nudity here as often it definitely is sexual. I think Germany cannot accept it cannot control citizens so to keep orderly image they pretend this is freedom but most people do not like it. Also I did not explain this but Germans seem to always say long-term German government is perfect and German government does seem to create German culture which I find strange. In Vietnam we trust less in government than Germans.
If Germans would just be honest about anything for once I'd understand. Just say "we're all degenerates who need to vent our collective frustration with an overly rigid society by engaging in communal sex practices". Do not pretend it is innocent or normal. German women just say it's been the only way to mate in this severely autistic society prior to dating apps. And seriously German men, just say you go to the sauna to see nude asses. Stop with the gaslighting bullshit.
I have been working at the same company for like 8 years. I work in IT and I have master degree. Anyways, I accepted this job because I am coming from non developed non EU country. So, they vastly lowballed me initially. I wanted to start working and get EU citizenship. Finally, I managed to get my EU citizenship.(=German)
The point now is that, If I get fired, I would get great Abfindung + 3 months notice in advance. The Abfindung amount I would get, will be much bigger than what I could save per year while working. Plus, I am entitled to collect ALG1 for an entire year which would provide me more or less same life standards like I am working.
What's the point of keep working? I ask this question myself everyday. I secretly wish to be fired and collect Abfindung. This would boost my action to move out Germany as well.
1. You gonna ask them to fire you via Aufhebungsvertrag? Be careful, might be viewed as voluntary resignation. Lawyers can do it right, but get legal representation.
2. If you're asking to be fired, why would they pay an Abfindung? They only pay that when infringing on your rights, which they aren't doing in that case.
3. What will you do after 12 months ALG1? It won't magically make Berlin not suck (though if you can start a new job in spring or summer it might be bearable for a couple of months).
4. Are you Indian or some other kind of darky? Good luck finding a Job Center caseworker who will treat you with the chill they give to Germans. Expect routine mandatory meetings.
Just my 2 cents. Good luck
Congratulations to all pro-Palestinians that couldn’t give a crap less about the society and country they live in! You made it! You sabotaged and cussed at Kamala from Berlin, from the US, from campuses, from everywhere like the brain dead zombies of a death cult that you are <3
(Quick note: The orange man would splash Palestinians himself with a bazookah… so your whole noise about Kamala fUNding GeNOice will soon be silenced. )
y’all deserve it!
The orange man is the world’s chosen one to bring peace!
Enjoy <3
Just an fyi for you guys dating a German. Dump her now. Be brutal about it. Say things so inhumane you question your own morality. It doesn't matter anyway, because Germans aren't human and have no feelings, no inner dialogue. And besides, you're saving yourself. As soon as they get their hooks in you they'll reveal their true selves. If you've ever said "yeah I don't like most Germans but she's different" then just stop right there. She lying and at the very first opportunity when you're trapped here she'll let the costume drop. Seriously go date literally any other nationality, even the gold digging passport wives will at least give you a few years of fun. Germans are for depressed retards.
One time I asked a German acquaintance if Germans really all think it's still funny after hearing "my English isn't the yellow of the egg" for the hundredth time. He said yeah, it's"basically the same thing like a meme". This is the Land der Dichter und Denker, LOL.
Took me a while to understand that all the "Germans are just genuine and honest" thing is a huge lie. They like to pretend to be empathetic and deep and understanding one-on-one, but the second you get more than 2 of them together they turn into complete retards and talk so much shit. And being honest? Yeah sure they are honest about hating superior countries and cultures, but they get uncomfortable as hell if you try to be "honest" with them by saying Germany actually sucks in all categories except annual paid vacation. When a German smugly asks me how I like Germany I now always say something negative like "pretty fvueked the way Bravo publishes porn in a kiddie magazine" and they can't accept it. Massive cope from the Krauts as per usual.
I really can't wait to see Germany fail soon. By the grace of God I managed to find a job earning about 100k per year and I'm now close to having saved a full year's salary. Moving the month I hit that goal, recession is gonna bite Germany's ass. Imagine living in this shithole, unable to afford 3 or 4 vacations abroad each year. Imagine being in Germany for a full year without break. Literally hell
Germans aren't blunt. If they were, then they'd also be blunt with praise and not only with criticism. Germans are, for the most part, simply low self-discipline assholes. Still, there are so many things here that are considered dogmatically off limits to criticise that the entire notion of Germans being straightforward is ludicrous. Sure germans will tell you they don't like your shirt, but somehow they can't muster up the nerve to tell the dudes in every German office who shower only once a week and wear the same clothes multiple days in a row that they stink. They also can't manage to tell their drinking buddy and pissing in the neighbourhood playground after a night out is gutter tier behaviour.
One positive that's resulted from.my time here is that I no longer believe the "self myths" that people spew about their own country/culture.
Efficient. No. I queued for 10 minutes at the supermarket yesterday. No one avaliable to open another till. Also, in my home country the supermarket shelves are restocked for at quiet times or at night. And the staff don't act like petulant children if you need to access the shelves.
Lol Galeria Kaufhof closing next year. Bunch of sad Ossis can wipe their tears with their welfare checks. East Berlin get fucked.
If Kamala Harris steals this election, it will be the final nail in the USA's coffin. Their economy is bankruot, their morals are bankrupt, their spirit is bankrupt, and very soon, it will be a fait accompli by the Zionist Bankers who put them into $36 TRILLION dollars of debt, to the same Zionist Bankers. Americans are nearly as stupid as Germans, who are still paying off Zionist Bankers from WWI and WWII. It's all too late now folks, you all slept through the takeover, now they are going to phuck you everyday with a red hot poker, for the rest of your lives. And guess what, you deserve it for turning a blind eye. you didn't even call them out for killing 20,000 Palestinian babies and children. No one is going to come to protect any of you. Agenda30 is just around the corner. .
I thought you would've identified with a strong Afro-Indian woman such as yourself, Sugartits. I guess the Rabbi who molested you as a boy really did permanent damage. I feel for you, Sugartits. We all do. Are you even sure it was a actual Rabbi though? Could it have actually just been some old guy with a beard? I know you used to carry Michelle Obama's memoirs with you while cruising in Tiergarten, but when said to lean in, she wasn't talking about anti-semitism. Do better, Sugartits. Do better.
American citizens care about their wellbeing, their country, their economy, their livelihood… As they should.
War is an absolute horrible thing everywhere, the US is a global player, but asking US citizens to destroy their world for Palestinians is… entitlement and delusion.
It’s unfortunate and I cannot even imagine how it is to be an innocent human right now coping with life out there… but the hate and the spew these days is disgusting. The Pro-Palestinian sect is blinded by pure pure hate…
FYI: Women in Afghanistan cannot even talk to one another and over 100 women in Sudan committed collective suicide to escape rape and torture.
Islam is the driver of some of the worst, brutal and unimaginable atrocities and war on the planet…
I hope Palestine (and the whole world) is freed.
…From Hamas and political Islam.
Germany made me never want to see another naked woman again.
Getting tired of all the Germans acting so smug about Germany. Literally everyday some german says "you are lucky to be here, in America you would pay $100k for uni."
I just ran the numbers and assuming I graduate and earn a median salary, over a working lifetime I will pay nearly exactly 2x more taxes here than in the US, equalling half a million euros and statistically I will have an abode half the size.
I guess my question is why are Germans so risk averse they think taxing themselves into poverty is an acceptable way to live? Berlin feels like a out 80% of people are just barely scraping by with less than 5k in the bank.
Government will bail VW out 100%. One of the only industries Germany still has. So the taxpayer will be on the hook for inflated salaries for union workers that are underproductive. Welfare for the poor refugees, welfare for the middle class Germans. Never ends. Maybe another 2 or 3 rounds of Abwrackprämie but only for cars built in Germany this time. Germans will figure out some nuace as to why it's not protectionism and a glowie Spiegel journo will publish some long screeds on why claiming it is protectionist/isolationist is actually hard right propaganda and a whole department of BND bot Accounts will flood the article comments and reddit with pure lunacy. All this activity is paid for by taxpayers like you and me. I'll then go home after a 9 hour day and eat canned tuna and quark in my 1k eur 30m2 mausoleum as I slowly lose my spark. Imagine how wealthy we could be if we didn't have to pay for so much retardedness that exists only to make the world WORSE.
I thought this was about Berlin being a poop hole !?!
Everyone is getting all political here …. Let’s stick to the issue at hand ! Berlin !
You’re all just so miserable living here that you even start attacking each other instead of focusing on what brought you here …. The disgusting city of Berlin !
This is place is so decisive that even on platform which should unite us in times of agony is just another place to let out your frustrations.
Berlin in a nutshell
Brother, the sad truth is that Germany is so retarded and backwards that the BND has agents assigned to stupid bullshit, like insignificant webpages such as this one. Some stupid glowie BND Agent Mass Posts here saying "nigger" and "Zionist" and "faggot" enough to discredit the page, ensure it's unindexed on Google, and in general to make the posters here seem extremist. Holdover Stasi shit. Sounds dumb for a site that probably gets 100 unique visits a month, but Germany really is that obsessed with bad think.
For a fun exercise, try finding a website that sells tshirts that say "I hate Germans" or anything negative about Germans at all. Then do the same for US/UK. Germany spams providers with phony defamation complaints. Literally everything about Germany is fake and I challenge the BND Jerry assigned to me to a barefisted boxing match you sallow faced Krautfucker.
Read bout Zersetzung and what the Stasis did to opposition with it. Always the same shit. 40 years ago they were smearing opposition as homos, now they're smearing us as racists. Germany always using the same stupid tricks that work because Germans worship government. ZDFNeo is super popular among youth here - yeah in Germany it's cool to consume govt propaganda and most Germans believe the statement "things would be better if only the German government had a little bit more power" despite every stupid thing Germany did in the 20th century alone.
Crazy to me that unless you're talking about some ancient village that exists solely through inner-German tourism, every city in Germany is indistinguishable from any other German city. Ugly soulless new builds mixed with really ugly budget contemporary builds from the 90s and then a bunch of total shitbuilds from 1900. Mostly all grey and most housing stock looks indistinguishable from the garbage you see in the background of war journalism in Ukraine. Even cities on the coast here look like eastern European shitholes. Why is Germany like this?
Wondered why there were even more than usual police sirens all over Neukolln a couple hours ago, until I saw that they finally got Hamas' leader so I guess this evening all our new Germans are going to be out on Sonnennallee mourning the death of a terrorist.
Be quiet. The UK, US, Australia and most of Western Europe participates directly or indirectly in state terrorism against less economically sound countries. You really gonna sit here and write that bull poop from a most stolen privilege position. Either you are misinformed, or purposely saying stupid things even though you know the truth. Let’s talk about the USA and their security state. Let’s talk about run down UK and how they treat their citizens like children. Housing prices have gone up in the UK but yet everyone still makes 20.000 pounds a year. Australia? Racist as shit. Western Europe wants to complain about too many foreigners. Ok, fine. Then tell the European governments to stop making decisions secretly for third world countries. Yes, Israel had every right to get pay back for the October attacks. But they started killing civilians, children, and babies. At this point, you have no right to say who’s a terrorist or not. Israel has committed atrocities, war crimes. War crimes, blowing up hospitals are war crimes. Plain and simple. I’m sure that are a lot of smart-dummies who have a rebuttal for the obvious…everyone has a opinion either factual or not.
First "check your privilege" post I've seen on here. Is your hair green or blue this month?
Hamas literally raped and murdered a bunch of teenagers at a silly hippie peace festival, and perhaps fewer "civilians, children and babies" would be getting killed in Gaza if Hamas weren't hiding behind them like cowardly dogs and stashing their weapons in hospitals and schools.
It's not that there are too many foreigners in Europe. On the contrary, Europe needs many more. But there are too many Muslims from the third world who come here for the social benefits but have no interest in values that don't include their child-rapist prophet or women being enslaved as part of their incel death cult.
I'd rather have empaty and compassion than a large IQ. And BTW, their was no Oct 7th attack, anyone who believes this after all the other propaganda lies out of Israel, is an imbecilic moron. WakeTFU guys. The only hope for Germany is to join BRICS at the summit starting today Oct 22. This is the ,ost important three days in modern history, finally we will be free fro the Zionist Jew Rothschild family control over our country's finances. This will mean real freedom of choice, not Zio-Jew Rosthschild or Zio-Jew Rothschild. You guys had better wka eup and fast. There is no more west as we knew it, the dollar is going to be hugely replaced arund the world as the monopoly currency. Putin is the smartest man alive. I will never forgive Zionist Jews for killing all those 20,000 babies and children over the past year, and if you support them you are condoning them which makes you a psychotic monster as well. AND YES, THIS IS SUGAR TITS, and proud to be able to still follow my cosncience, instead of Zionist Jew controlled biased-media propaganda. Of the one hundred or so CouchSurfers I've had over the past 10years, Russians seem to be the happiest and the most sincere.
Trying to imagine these poor Russian couchsurfers who most likely hate Putin and are running away from being sent off to kill and die for nothing in Ukraine and then they wind up locked in ST's apartment with him prancing around sweating in a stained pink cockktail dress raving about how Putin is the greatest statesman and military genius since Hitler himself.
You stupid moron, you really do believe everything you read in Zionist Jew controlled MainStreamMedia. DO you have any idea how stupid you sound with your propaganda ravings about Putin. Let's see you Put something as great as BRICS together to challenge the BIS.org, the IMF, World Bank, CFR, Rockefeller Foundation, WEF, and Club of Rome. Go to their websites, they are all on the same page together. You are such an ignorant idiot, it's not laughable, it's sad. I asked them all if their life was good in Russia and they agreed it was and that I should read less USA propaganda about Russians. ALL BRAINWASHED LEFTIES ARE PHUCKWITS.
Most Russians don't have any empathy nor compassion towards anyone other than their close ones, the Palestinians are even worse, rage filled lunatics, rather kill their enemies than help their own. As ST has demonstrated insane jew hatred, no wonder he loves those groups. And BTW. wasn't he supposed to be loser back home now, living in SEA or something? Why care about Germany anymore?
MY GOD, no wonder the world is phucked when people are still supporting Zionist Jews who kill babies and children. You sick phucks are deserve everything coming to you. I wish you no good luck, you are all sick psychotics for defending Zio Jew Israelis, you have ni idea of reality.
It's not even possible to feel empathy with an 80 IQ. And something like 65% of Palestinians fall into that category. Perfect example being the obese Palestinian men pushing women and children away from airdropped aid and carrying out military attacks from children's hospitals. Normal for islamists though.