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Opinion, please.
How do you react to this?
German person being nice, then being nasty, then somehow nice, but passive but victimising although was nasty, but now wants to be nice and acts friendly and polite etc.
Bottom line: The usual frustrating interaction.
Now I don’t want to be nasty myself, but I don’t want to let nasty fall on my head again.
Feel me here?
Me and this person ended a dry conversation on polite grounds, although there were some future plans and things we talked to do.
Now I have no clue. This person is completely silent, and I feel ridiculous to reach out and ask “hey, are you still going to help with that thing you offered to help?”
I wonder if this person would stick to it or just leave it.
I am so confused by these people and I am pretty sure I just confused also the people reading this with this confusing story.
If any of this makes sense to you, any kind advice on how you would proceed with this interaction?
Not sure if I want to, although. It’s just too exhausting.
Rule one: Never be generous to a German, they will:
a) see it as a weakness.
b) wonder what you want in return.
Rule 2: Never expect a "thank you" from these weirdos.
Rule 3: Never lend any German in Berlin money and expect to see it again. If you lend it, just say goodbye to it.
Rule 4: Always be prepared for someone to ppiss in front of you around every corner, and someone to sshit in the street around every 4th corner. After a while it will seem normal.
Rule 5: Never feel compassion for the army of professional beggars on the U-Bahn, you are enabling them and you will suffer compassion fatigue very quickly and then you'll become indifferent and have feelings of futility.
Rule 6: One day you are going to wake up in fright when you realise you have become one of hem. At this point, you must leave Berlin as quick as possible, don' make the mistake of thinking "It must be me, it can't possibly be a whole city".
Rule 7: Only live on top floor apartments, otherwise the sound of people above you running around to get ready in the morning will drive you insane.
a) If you are not on the top floor, buy some BlueTak, tear off enough to mould into your ear, then cut a two square inch square piece of cling wrap, put the BlueTak in the middle and twist the wick of the cling wrap, then mould the BlueTak to fit snugly into your ear, this is he best way to block out he bass drum above your head, otherwise known as a wooden floor.
Rule 8: Make sure you eat at home as much as possible, eating out might seem cheap, but when you convert the currency, you'll find you are paying much more than you think. Only go out for a coffee etc to meet friends.
Rue 9: Remember, Berlin is made up of social retards and students who think they know everything because they have been brainwashed by peer pressure and Marxist Lefty professors at universities in Berlin.
Rule 10: This is the most important rule. Neve try to think you can crack the code of understanding Berliners and even hardened ex-pats. You will go crazy trying, it's like a web.
Rule 11: Print out these rules and read them every time you think you are going insane.
Good luck, you are going to need it.
I thought the page was about how bad Berlin is! Well, as I can see everyone hate Germans here rather than discuss real problems the city is facing today. What is your difference from Nazis? Instead of Jews, you just target another group. So sad
Berlin is bad because of its people.
I actually think it’s pretty OK, lots of greenery, well preserved art noveau architecure with an eclectic mix from episodes in history. Contrasts etc.
What makes it filthy it’s its filthy inhabitants.
Sorry, not sorry
I totally understand you. Half of Berlin used to belong to a communist regime hence many of them lived in misery relatively recently! Many 30 smth and older still bear the traces of brutal, souless regime. It is not to mention the whole war and generations of emotinally broken families. Currently, there are people from190 nations live in Berlin that makes it the most international city in Germany. Also, from my experience, most assholes here were either weird tourists, random people (obviously not from Germany) and just overall creepy dudes on drugs and alcohol.
Wrong.
Go Eastern Europe, people are NOT a bit like the Germans, and they had communism too.
Also, are you aware lefties are actually commies? Asking for a friend here.
By believes. It’s all new age communism.
That’s not what’s wrong with them and you should read a book from time to time. Friendly advice.
STFU u dumb kraut-bitch. Go cry to your lawyer and sue us all if you can't take people who rightfully hate your shit-hole country and it's backwards, retarded inhabitants. Typical German to blame foreigners for all your homemade problems. I have never seen a non_german pissing or shittng in the street but I see Germans doing it all the time. The problem with Berlin IS THE GERMANS. -Fuck you ans -fuck your dumbcuck nation of pussies. 190 nations live here and the only people who like it are from the third world. Germany literally had to beg Syrians to come here for free welfare to keep the population from declining. -Fuck Germany.
Well, first of all, I am not German. Guess what? Im from Eastern Europe. Most dislikes are coming from people to whom I sent this website on whatsap groups to show how much hatred some people have against Germans. All of them are expats here like I am. Some do have bad experiences with Germans others do not. Calling people female dog just because you dont agree with them is immature. Look, I know where guys you are coming from. I have been to US, Canada and UK. Indeed, people are open, friendly and just easy going compared to Germans. Yet, I aslo believe that Germany can change in a good way if we have constructive criticim instead of insults. Many young Germans try to be open, everything takes time. Of course, you can keep downvoting and hating me futher if that helps you, but understand that with such negative feelings you make your life here even worse especially taking into consideration the covid crisis. Also, No need to teach me about communism that ever existed and Marxist ideas pushed by so called far left. None of them I support. Marxism is like a religion, sounds perfect but always Interpreted and practiced differently. Politics is a different topic.
Almost believed for a second that guy is really grom Eastern Europe but then I remembered all the East European people I have met in Berlin. Sure, at times they are asskissing sycophants to Germans, but when no Germans are around the gloves come off and they'll tear into this filthy country like no other. Digital slavface, which for a German is even worse than blackface because slavs were the original slaves (hence the word). How many centuries did Teutonians enslave the slavs?
Germany is a special case because both sides were heavily subsidised by actual world powers. Germans make up dumb stories like their Wirtschaftswunder which is just Keynesian Economics and unlimited direct foreign investment. Germans never were really forced to pick themselves up since they have such a propensity for starting wars. Hopefully they'll learn their lesson soon.
Don’t forget a lot of Expats/migrants are just as weird and rude as Germans. They can come here and feel excepted by their adopted German brothers. Those migrants are just as bad but maybe worse. Hopefully, we will all get out of this hell hole and proper. Let those weirdos migrants stay here and grow old in this prison.
America: Journalist asks president why he doesn't wear a mask at beginning of pandemic. President answers he would wear a mask if he couldn't social distance. Question is repeated at every single press conference that follows and widely criticised on nearly all mainstream media.
Germany: Journalist asks chancellor why she doesn't wear mask 4 months after pandemic starts. Chancellor replies she would in situations where she can't social distance. Adds "joke" about the question violating her privacy. Praised by media and question is never asked again.
Rundfunkbeitrag, AKA "Demokratieabgabe" totally ensures a rich media landscape where politicians are asked the tough questions.
Germany is the laughing stock of the world.
Well gee, let's see. WHO said 4 months ago the masks should NOT be worn and that they are even harmful because they hinder breathing and can cause "self-infection" (their claim, not mine). And then they say they DO work but they only wanted to save them for medical personel. But the virus is still much smaller than the holes in N95 masks so it's like catching a mosquito with a chain link fence. And then Germany throttles its testing and has a per capita test rate cobsiderably below every single country banned from entry into EU. And they allow China which has the least believeable numbers on earth. All makes sense. Merkel is playing 6th dimensional chess. Who German economy shut down for 3 months for a virus that'a supposedly killed now 1/3 what an AVERAGE flu season kills here. Guess Germany's just a genius when it comes to covid. That must be why all the medicinal trials are taking place in Germany (oh wait, exactly 1 trial is taking place here and it started a month ago). Only real way Germany reduced covid deaths was by categorically refusing to do post mortem tests.
They don't have a word for 'patronising' and nor for 'competitive'. Hmm Interesting right... as they are the most patronising, competitive beasts in the world.
Even the word “deutsch” sounds stupid
German women are 9999999 times worse than their male counterparts. Thoughts?
I don't know if they're worse. They are bad in a different way. German men seem to be either drunk caremen or effeminate cucks with only few exceptions. The women seem to be petty and mean about everything for no reason and this is constant whether they are beautiful 20 year old baristas or dour 50 year old receptionists. There's rarely an exception. It's rare to find a friendly, helpful woman here. It seems to me that any time someone does something nice for me (I am a normal white man) it's another man - things like a car letting me cross the street before they drive by or holding a door open or a service person going out of their way to do something nice.
Boohoo, I can't get a job where I earn more tham 9eur an hour. It's bot because I am a drug addict sexually popular woman who has 5 noserings and face tattoos and it's not because Berlin is the most squalid cash-strapped city in the western world, it's because I don't have a dong!
LMAO the BVG is changing the name of Mohrenstraße Station to Glinkastraße. Glinka was a freaking Russian anti-semite! Germans never change - welcome back to 1938. What a load of dumbshits.
I absolutely love browsing Berlin rental units, wunderflats.com/en/furnished-apartment/beautiful-amazing-suite-in-the-heart-of-town-berlin/5d9ed3aaf15ed90006f45436. Ok it is for short term letting but who the fornicate would do this to themselves.
Also a sexual act CRT TV and those cheap 5eur ikea tables. Hope this retard defaults on his mortgage since no one will want to move to bankrupt Berlin during a sexual act economic deadturn in a city that has no real industry outside of shoestring tourism.
is there a way to abmeldung online? someone posted it here but I can no longer find the link
Try this one, it might have some valuable info www.sympat.me/abmeldung-how-deregister-germany/
Also, try this one, similar but maybe some clues www.buergeramt-termine.de/post/abmeldung-deregister-berlin
They might keep coming after you for ARD payments for their tv and radio that you never watch or listen to. They'll track you down anywhere in the EU, so best to just send a letter and let them know you have left. Have the return letter sent to a shop or post office somewhere.
Neighbors burping loudly in Burplin.
This city is definitely more full of white trash than a trailer park in Alabama. So many retarded, spaced out junkies and drunks all over the place. Police doesn't care either. Some drugged zombie could rape a child in front of a cop here and wouldn't be arrested unless he said "heil Hitler" while he was doing it.
The genre so vibe of Berlin is just “negative”. Even this forum. Berlin is a negative places on the globe. Probably one of the most. Leave and refresh yourself if you’re not a demon
Anyone else feel like they're hated by every single person they work with? Is this just the way it is in Germany?
i dont think its because they hate you. Its because in germany people arent really friends with colleagues. They will always keep you at a distance and only talk about work related topics. They dont feel comfortable talking about their private lives at work as i think they think it makes them more professional or sth. But i just think it makes them emotionally stunted robots
After working in Germany for the past years, I can tell you something: Do not make friends at work here. Never!
I know, I know.
You spend so much time of your live at work that it’s a bit sad.
I get it. I do have a lot of friends from workplaces too. Previous ones.
Here for you own mental sake, do not.
People are nasty, competitive in an unhealthy way. Will step on you with every given chance if it benefits them.
I have had such heartbreaking experiences changing jobs here and seeing how sad and empty it is.
You think you made friends, but you become irrelevant after you are no longer there. Inhuman mentality.
Also people tend to cluster to be on the negative sad and who-is-better-than-whom.
Keep it professional, let it be. Get a life outside work. If things go South at least you get to disconnect.
It may be 8+ hours of your day spent there, but it does not have to define you.
0 out of 5 stars. Would not recommend
I don't understand why almost no doctor offices or medical practices actually answer their phones. It is appallingly unprofessional. Even the worst places I have lived before, I would expect doctor offices to answer their phones. Should I just show up and bleed/cough on their front desk?! I mean, bleed/cough on their locked doors since they are randomly closed during their business hours for no reason?!
Yeah it's ridiculous here to be honest. It is what happens when a bunch of middle aged German women are responsible for anything (the receptions are 100% of the time middle aged German women). Just like in every Amt here. And if you show up they act like complete bitches. Can't help but laugh at "universal" healthcare in Germany where it's impossible to get an appointment even for non-specialists.
Does anyone find that Germans express worst-case scenario thinking, pessimism, despair, hopelessness more often than people from other cultures?