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I eat meat.
Not going to pretend that I am a flexitarian or carne-ovo-lacto-pescatarian, or whatever fancy word can be associated with someone who simply eats meat. I like my ramen, I like my bacon, I like a nice steak... I like a good chicken curry. Sue me. I don't eat immense amounts of it, especially in the summer. I usually eat salats and greens. I simply eat meat, at times. It is exhausting how much s**** you get from moralists vegans in Berlin. They scream of diversity and inclusion and then they want you to be like them or death to the infidels... Morons.
Being upset about vegans and imagining that their personal life choices are somehow infringing on your freedom is pathetic--more pathetic than vegans supposedly preaching about meat, although I've never really encountered that in real life and suspect it's one of those phantom menaces that mainly exist in the minds of the hyper-online anti-woke types. What you do or do not eat does not make you interesting.
Wow... OP here. The comments prove exactly my point. I don't give a crap that vegans want to be vegans and I would very much like them to not give a crap if I don't want to be a vegan. That's the principle of choice and diversity, isn't it. We don't have to "convert" anyone to any belief system.
Anyone can do whatever fits them. I am super glad you - personally - didn't have to deal with any moralists. I also don't think is right to cut open the throat of an animal and drain it from blood upside down while praying for it, but I don't see vegans standing against halal practices as animal cruelty (there are ways to raise and kill animals for human consumption that are not that brutal).
I agree with almost everything you wrote there, but I have you really ever in real life--not on the internet--been lectured by a vegan? I eat meat too and try to avoid cheap especially-cruelly produced meat as well, but I've never been lectured by a vegan and I know plenty of them. I don't eat Halal because I try not to support Muslim-owned businesses.
When did you reach to the point of not wanting to interact with Germans at all and keep focused on your own life in Germany? I had this realization in pandemic and since then I have been focusing on my life entirely while ignoring Germans around me.
About five years after I moved to Berlin. In the beginning first 10 months when the "honeymoon" phase ended, I started to notice that something is quite off. But I thought it was maybe something wrong with me. I still put effort tho and wanted to "integrate" but despite my efforts, it was never enough because i obviously didnt go against myself and common sense. I quickly developed my despise towards them but i was still trapped. This lasted some time, so about after 5 years in Berlin, I switched my mindset to "Give zero fornicate about them from now on" and this has been incredibly liberating. I am just planning my exit strategy now and try as much as i can not to be like them.
Since 2014 about a milion people a year emigrate from Krautland
www.statista.com/statistics/911119/emigrants-numbers-germany/
Berlin was my home for 11 years. I've waited nearly five years to put these sentiments on this platform, fully aware that they'll likely dissipate and be forgotten as quickly as they appeared.
Finally, I broke free from that idiot city, that country I'd begun to perceive as a pit of despair. I had planned to pen this message on the day of my departure, but reservations about the notorious German karma lured me into thinking I might end up returning there, or perhaps my new home would be so dreadful that I'd long for the familiarity of Berlin. Thankfully, such is not the case.
If you're contemplating leaving Berlin and never looking back, yet you're hesitant, fearful of missing out on the next cool party, or losing the company of your toxic friends, or any other surface-level concerns - stop overthinking. Just do it. I assure you, a more fulfilling life awaits you beyond Germany. From the food to the weather, from social interactions to every minor aspect of day-to-day life, everything is infinitely better, and I don't say this lightly. As of now, it's been 49 days since I left, and each day I ask myself - what's there to go back to? What do I truly miss? Honestly, there's nothing, not a single element that incites a longing for the past. Leaving Berlin feels akin to stepping out of a thick fog.
Once the fog lifts, you'll see the true colours of the people - unfriendly, miserable, and depressed. Their energy infiltrates your persona, transforming you into a mirror image of their toxic selves. Their arrogance, their shallow and fake demeanour is nothing short of astonishing. Berlin has always been a sanctuary for those seeking to mask their insecurities. The only issue is, after hiding for so long, you unwittingly become a member of the Berghain Klaus Cult, donning black clothes that are too short for you, munching butts, and dancing robotically, convinced of your superior dance skills.
Everyone is ready to betray you, to gain a few "cool" points, or to prevent their toxic nature from being exposed, usually to their friends or family.
Culturally, Berlin and its inhabitants lack creativity, vision, and style, attempting to hide this void behind the façade of "modern art" or "modern techno". In reality, it's just a pretentious exhibit in Neukolln, where the shallow nature of the artists is masked with contrived descriptions. Techno music has been reduced to an incessant beat that ensnares the robotic cult members. The city is grey, endlessly so. Even on cloudless summer days, a simple glance at the faces around reveals the grey heaviness that pervades the city.
Despite claims of being woke, liberal, and vegan, there's an absolute absence of self-awareness, understanding, or spirituality in its residents. They profess spirituality, practicing yoga and consuming superfoods, yet the moment the yoga mat is rolled up, their superficiality resurfaces. In the end, after realizing their existence holds no significance beyond a club or a book reading event, or yet another mundane exhibition by a stagnant artist, the only path remaining is a descent into substance abuse, toxic relationships, and an unproductive life.
Since my departure, my life has undergone a complete transformation. I relish my meals, enjoy the beautiful weather, and engage in heartfelt conversations with warm, open individuals. My motivation has surged, the dark cloud of depression has lifted, and the oppressive weight I once carried around has evaporated. The mere thought of returning is the only source of my anxiety these days. The constant tension, the toxic relationships, have all vanished. Therefore, I reiterate - if you're contemplating leaving Berlin, if you're harboring any fear or hesitation, just do it. I assure you, it'll be the decision of a lifetime, and you'll never look back.
Really, I say this with a smile on my face as I just woke up - fornicate you Berlin, fornicate you Deutschland and every vagina in it.
I saw this post and gave it a thumbs up before I even read past the first paragraph. Because I just knew. Having read the whole thing now, I feel peaceful. I agree 100%. Out of Berlin myself, after as many years there as you. I am not sure I have healed from Berlin thus far as you have (Really Happy for you!). The thought I woke up to today was... Thank God I did spend 5 more years there. Because 5 more years of Berlin and I would still be in the same place (literally), just 5 more years would have passed. It's so easy and welcoming in Berlin to forget about about the passing of Time... all of a sudden you are 40, and only beginning to waking up and realizing that you have not moved one step further in your Life.
Btw, LOVE the point you made about stagnant artists. All the artists who live off their legacy from 30 years ago, growing the same poop over and over, being nothing more than barflies these days, complaining about the bars they hang out 5 times a week while having Drama with some 20 year old goth chick from Spain who only likes the dude's attention.
It's really a shitshow in Berlin... waking up from this nightmare is tough but worth it. Blood-sucking vampire is all that it is, this Berlin.
Sometimes I think about going back because it was easy... then I remember why I left in the first place. Just no.
"Sometimes I think about going back because it was easy... " exactly that, it's easy, it's familiar and one can simply blend into the rest of the toxic furniture there. But it's never life and never will be. I'm happy this resonated with you and you can find some peace today. Berlin is a traumatic experience, along with everyone else in it, breaking free of that doesn't only come from leaving, it comes from accepting what was and what will never be again.
Here is to freedom, one day at a time. ✌️
could someone please explain to me why it is that berlin stops you from moving to the next stages of life and why exactly that is so important.
I mean isnt settling down in a house with one person isolated from everyone boring anyway. Why does everyone aspire to this?
Personally I think that the "Berlin" you guys are talking about is if you live in the "hip" district of XBerg, Nk, and Fshain...Pberg.... If you live a bit further out, you can maintain a bit of sanity. It helped my mental health immensely to not live in these areas, and the experience of living in Berlin is like night and day. You can still go into these areas but you dont live there....
TO THE ADMIN TEAM.
My opinion is that the greater majority of people like this site also for the reason of anonymity, so maybe the subscription being the only way to post photos is redundant because no one ever posts pictures because they would lose their anonymity, so could you please look into letting us post them anyway, and attract more people and then attract more advertisers. Images would double the fun of Berlinhater.
I don't think this site is exactly an ambitious start up or has a large team or tech wizards exploring different options for optimization. It's an aggressively low tech website where you can vent your rage about this horrible city without being censored for complaining about how awful Germans and, by extension, Arabs are. That's it. It'
people
- unfriendly
- arrogant
- untrustworthy
- fake / skin deep
- backstabbing
- uncreative
- close-minded
- xenophobic
- racist
- lack of common sense
culture
- uncreative and average
- boring, grey and mundane
- weird and unfunny humor
- ugly architecture
- weird perfectionism
- lack of any spirituality
- workoholism and nothing outside work
- fear and obsession with safety
lifestyle
- you become either workoholic
- drug addict
- or woke virtue signaler
- your hobby is to go hiking to mountains
OP is a very good observer, you'd be great at writing novels, with lots of character detail. Please add, totally unreliable, childishly irresponsible, disloyal, jealous, envious, insular, naive.
Berlinhater should build a Berliner Encyclopaedia of the traits of Berliners.
Germany are: stupid, passive aggressive and racist. I have never seen such annoying people. Only been here a week and already want out.
I don't mind ten racist part, in fact, I don't think it's racist, I think it's culturalist. Some cultures are shittt, it's as simple as that. The poster above this one nails it, the smell of curry seeping from the pores and clothing of Indians/Pakis is sweetly sickening, I have to move away from them or I feel nauseaous. The pissing and pooping in the street, the camel-drivers who learnt to spit from their camels, clogging the street with their spittle. The unoriginal, ubiquitous Doner shops, using up all the retail space so no one else can find a place to do something original or at least innovative. Is that all Turks can do, just make doners. Is there a college churning out donerologists by the score every month. All that animal suffering so morons can have their comfort food. Now the Vietnamese are taking over, at least some of them are vegan, whereas the turks have a one track mind.
Over the weekend, I heard three women friends telling stories about being sexually harassed in recent weeks by young groups of Arabs in around Kreuzberg and Neukolln. I've noticed more and more of the manlet Arabs' slave women are covering up their heads around these neighborhoods. I guess Berlin is just ok with this kind of thing now? These neighborhoods belong to the Arabs now and they get to set the rules or what?
Yes, I agree about the Leftist angle, I bet they had REFUGEES WELCOME stickers and signs. I love stories about Karma, especially when naive Leftists are involved. Plenty more Karma to follow. . Also, check this out. www.bitchute.com/video/JSOSCdi4u94n/
So, if I understand correctly, you're so mindlessly contrarian about the left (which FYI two out of three of these women are pretty conservative for this city and dislike Arabs if not quite as much as I do, the third ok she's pretty leftist) that you support groups of Arabs sexually harassing them as they walk down the street minding their own business? Arabs have pretty "conservative" values as well so maybe you and they have a lot in common? Do you also wish we were living in the dark ages and/or enjoy carnal relations with sheep and your brother Mohammed with his cute little teenaged mustache?
If JFK came to Berlin now, he'd have to say "Ich bin ein veganer Berliner" or else no one would even what he was talking about since there all donuts must be vegan now for the environment and so they cost more.
Most tattoos look shıte. Yours, too.
They are how people broadcast that they have personalities and are unique, critical thinkers and not just sheeple like all the rest. For example, I saw this barista the other day who was all dressed up like an intern on her first day at a law firm, just nothing original there, but then I noticed she had this tattoo running down the side of her face and neck that read "Gran Chaco choco choke coke hold" and I understood she was actually a really unique and special individual, a lone flower rising proudly on the prairie. Wouldn't have known how much of a personality she had if not for that tattoo, so don't dump on Berliner folx for having tattoos.
I was thinking the same thing tonight, I might even like them on some level, but I lose all RESPECT when they have anything above long-sleeve shirt and collars tattooed. Worse, are the people who tattoo them, I don't think you could find a job lower down the totem pole. Except maybe the woman who cleans up the ccuumm in BergHain on a Monday morning. Best thing I ever did was leave Berlin.
I think most of the Berghain semen gets licked up by its patrons before closing. I think tattoo people when naked look kind of like reptiles and that disturbs me because I am frightened by reptiles. When they have clothes on it mostly just seems really conformist to me, and I don't like that either. I don't really care though and people can do what they want, although it'd be nice if they found better ways to signal to others that they supposedly have personalities, if they actually do have personalities, which is a question perhaps.
THIS IS A SERIOUS MESSAGE, PLEASE GET THIS OUT THERE, you'll see why, it's about child trafficking that MSM won't promote twitter.com/RazWelsi2023/status/1680011757014642688
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LIVING IN GERMANY
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Foreigners in Germany among the 'unhappiest and loneliest worldwide'
Sarah Magill
Sarah Magill - news@thelocal.de
Published: 11 Jul, 2023 CET.
Updated: Tue 11 Jul 2023 10:44 CET
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Foreigners in Germany among the 'unhappiest and loneliest worldwide'
A German flag flies in Berlin's Alt-Moabit district. Photo: picture alliance/dpa | Lisa Ducret
In the 2023 survey from InterNations, Germany ranks 49th out of 53 countries for foreigners to get settled in, scoring particularly badly in categories such as making friends and local friendliness
Every year, InterNations - the world's largest community of foreign nationals - conducts the Expat Insider Survey, questioning more than 12,000 respondents about their experiences of living and working abroad in 53 destinations.
The survey is divided into five core sections which delve into the respondents' experiences in their respective countries of residence: Quality of Life, Ease of Settling In, Working Abroad, Personal Finance, and the Expat Essentials Index.
This year, Germany ranked in 49th place overall - making it one of the least attractive destinations for foreign nationals.
READ ALSO: Language and long waits: Why skilled workers are put off moving to Germany
It came bottom of the table in the Expat Essentials Index, which covers housing, administration, language, and digital life. Foreign nationals reported being particularly frustrated by the lack of digital infrastructure, the inflexible bureaucracy, and the tense situation in the housing market. More than half (56 percent) said they found it difficult to deal with the local bureaucracy while 58 percent reported struggling to find housing - 27 percent more than the global average.
The language barrier proved to be a particular issue for foreigners living in Germany, as half of those questioned said they found it difficult to live here without speaking the local language, compared to 32 percent globally, while 60 percent reported finding German difficult to learn.
Germany also scored badly in the Ease of Settling In Index, which looks into how foreign nationals perceive local friendliness, how easy it is to make friends and how welcome they feel.
Germans ranked among the bottom 5 least friendly local populations (50th) and three in ten respondents said that people in Germany are not friendly towards foreign residents and more than half reported finding it difficult to make local friends, with one in three saying that they do not feel at home in Germany.
The poor results in this subsection were not new to 2023 either: Germany has consistently ranked among the bottom 10 countries for finding friends and the friendliness of the locals over the last decade.
It's unsurprising, then, that foreigners in Germany are among the unhappiest worldwide, with Germany ranking here in 50th place.
Great job market and job security
But it's not all bad news for foreign nationals living in Germany.
Germany came in 15th place in the Working Abroad Index, with Germany’s job market (4th) and job security (5th) making it into the top 5 worldwide.
Germany also came in 18th place in the Quality of Life subsection, with foreign nationals appreciating both the infrastructure for cars and the easy availability of green goods and services (7th place for each).
For salary and quality of life, Germany also ranked in the top ten countries (in 9th place).
One Nigerian national living in Germany told the researchers: “I like that I have an opportunity here to grow in my career and to have a sustainable life overall.
#LIVING IN GERMANY
Berlin subreddit having a meltdown because everyone despises the roving groups of scumbag Arab teenagers who belong on the back of a Toyota pickup truck with a machine gun in some miserable third world country but you're not allowed to even mention that they're Middle Easterners because that would be racist.
Russians should do whatever they have to not to fight their country's senseless war. Some Ukrainian men are not there fighting or contributing, but the vast majority are. I don't know what the Arabs are doing here--watching their free tvs and riding around on escooters with stolen credit cards and sexually harassing women. That's about it from what I can tell. Maybe the more ambitious ones are planning to drive a truck into some market or something.
Who is? Asians, basically across the board, are fantastic immigrants. You don't hear about women getting harassed by groups of Vietnamese or Thai men. Germany would be so much better off if it focused on letting in immigrants from Asia and refugees from Ukraine instead of Arabs who bring absolutely nothing, take as much as they can get away with and behave like barbarians.
GUYS, if I was you, I'd get out of that hellhole ASAP, it's abut to go down any month now. Get out while you can. This is the most insane article I've ever read. But Leftists will read it and say "Yeah man, spot on, what a great idea to win the next election, hey man, pass me the bong". GERMANY IS 98.6% phucked.
https://rmx.news/article/open-the-borders-to-defeat-the-afd-party-germany-must-bring-in-more-migrants-and-give-them-immediate-voting-rights-claims-founder-of-migrant-rescue-boat-ngo/
I took a look, but it's all actives there, a bunch of refugees and geriatric needle users. Just not me scene. They were all milling around in the bushes talking in hushed voices about this gorgeous queen who used to come by. They said she/they had breasts like sugar, perky like they had a magnet on the nips pointing toward the heavens, up toward where Allah and his boys eat lychees and pet and suckle one another under the hot moonlight. One old man with an unterfuhrer stash under his lip and a needle hanging out of his arm said this queen would come to park, usually on a full moon after forgetting to take she/their meds, ranting and raving and full of rage but she/they would use their spit from their tirades as lube and then take on all cummers. A skinny little Syrian refugee nodded in agreement and wiped a tear from his eye, adding that after she/they had drained every snake in the woods, she/they would lie in the middle of the field looking up at the sky and then pour an entire bag of powdered sugar on her/their chests and grunt out a noise that transcended heaven and hell: "I. Am. Sugartits." No one knows where she/they went, but rumor has it she/they dine on mussels and usually, but not always, take her/their meds and almost fit into society now with only the occasional outburst.