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Pretty sunny afternoon in Hackescher Markt. Even Berlin has its moments.
berlin mitte can trick you when go out on tourist trip, then you come to live here and after some time see how f%$cked you are. After 3 years of living here fortunately i made a plot to get out of here and came back to poland when got good developer job in IT. hopefully could do it, keeps fingers crossed for all of you who are still here.
One thing that particularly irritates me about Germans is that most of them have done their fair share of travelling, yet they remain incredibly ignorant about foreign cultures, not to mention downright racist and tactless in their treatment of non-European people. What's more, those who travel a lot are usually barely able to communicate in a foreign language. Some of them had been to more than 10 countries, yet their English was deplorable.
I'm in Thailand at the moment and had the unfortunate incidents of striking up conversations with fellow travelers who turn out to be Germans. OMG, they are so stilted and lack any ability for repartee or spontaneity. It's sad for them and for us who have to live on the sme planet as them. .
Knowing better is dumb anyway because very often it isn't about how you do something but that you stay with your feel without this stupid looking into it. Because by doing so it undermines everything. Life is meant to breathe, often things look ways when you don't stay with a feel and only later you see what it actually is. A feel isn't just there for no fuc-king reason.
It's because of their poor social skills. What difference does it make if you travel but unable to make any interaction because you are unable to strike up a conversation with somebody, to ask questions, be curious about local customs etc. And yes, the constant sense of superiority is also a cause.
lot of scumbags. on the street, in the tram, in the apartment. Of course, also at the workplace (extreme unethical behavior including misconduct in working conditions, mobbing and sexual harassment). Basically you cannot run away from dysfunctional and obnoxious people. Big city problems? Consider that thought again staying here for a long term. counting the days left till getting my permanent EU residence and will get the fornicate out for good.
-youngster, hardcore techno fan to get broken up for a short while? come to berlin, you will have the time of your life.-
-adult in early 30s etc., want to build a decent and stable life (flat, job, friend circle etc.) in a big european city? don't bother even considering
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At the moment I'm in India and the people are exceptionally friendly and courteous, the opposite to Berlin.
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Why are there so few toilet paper roll holders in this country? They cost like 3€ but somehow I am constantly seeing public toilets where they just leave a roll sitting on the back of the toilet or on some ledge. Thinking of people touching all over the toilet paper with their nasty hands is just plain gross. Also every apartment I have lived in here has not had one preinstalled. Why are Germans so dumb?
Heating went off in the whole building on Friday. No heat, no hot water. Trying to keep it warm with the oven, didn't take shower for the last 3 days. NOBODY. GIVES. A. FUCK. Because weekend. A idiot city with socialist losers that can't get anything done.
Most of the problems you people encounter in Germany (let's be honest, it's not just Berlin) boil down to passive racism.
Germans have NO respect towards immigrants outside of wealthy Western European nations.
Anyone else browsing the web for quizzes like "which country best fits your personality", wishing they'd find a place that makes them leave in a heartbeat?
How do Berliners live with this kind of Biohazard?
www.reddit.com/r/berlin/comments/e7v0da/how_do_berliners_live_with_this_kind_of_biohazard/
I have lived in UK, Netherlands and Austria before. I have never seen such people to stop at the middle of the way suddenly without any purpose. On the other hand, so many people bump into me while walking or trying to get into train or bus. This was never the case in other countries I have lived.
Germans there is a term called environmental control and there are people around you as well. You are not alone in public.
Racist towards Asians
Occasionally there are police killings here, like the one someone happened to capture on video inside Neptunebrunnen a few years ago. But people don't talk about it and now posting images or video of it online is highly illegal so you'll hear even less. When you look around you begin to realize that this country is all about information control disguised as privacy protection.
The people are so cliché and think that they are soooo “unique”, grow up you freaking idiots.
Watch this Milton Friedman video to see how Berlin nasties get trapped in a vicious cycle, never fall for the social securit trap. Watch the whole series, it's brilliant www.youtube.com/watch It also explains how AntiFa fascist thugs are created.
Thank you for sharing. Everyone should watch the video.
Contemporary Germans are actively discouraged from learning anything at all about economics outside of the realm of specialized academia because it's one of the only subjects that will genuinely change your outlook on the world around you. You probably won't find a more conservative group of university students than the ones majoring in economics. But unfortunately German economics professors are increasingly eager to try to include fringe, nascent metrics to obfuscate how the world really works (intangible social metrics to name but one). That's the only reason that German politicians are able to get away with simply citing "German exceptionalism" while railing against (or in favor) of economic policies that have unambiguously failed (or succeeded) elsewhere in the world multiple times (perhaps you'll remember the public debates on minimum wage laws and, more recently, rent caps).
In Germany it seems every blessing you'll receive in your personal life comes directly from the government. Kindergeld and subsidized daycare eventually lead to Bafög and taxpayer funded education which opens the door to Wohngeld for subsidized flats.
Most people I have spoken to do not at all recognize that social spending and government regulation always comes at a cost. The connection between social services and increased taxes is a concept that entirely escapes them - and I am talking about academics and common people alike.
I used to live in England and I must have been possessed when I thiught it was a good idea to move to Berlin. I misd people saying "Sorry" if theyinadvertently push/bump into you. Going shopping is horrible and people do not really have any manners (fake it at the very least, please). The less nordic/German/blue-eyes-blonde-hair you look, the worse you are generallt treated.