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Berlin in abstract German
www.berlin.de/polizei/polizeimeldungen/pressemitteilung.540146.php
Basically some shitlord teens molested a young girl, her father noticed and prevented them from getting away until the police arrived. They attacked the father, he defended himself. The girl insulted the attackers.
Good ole' men in green arrive and arrest everyone. Father facing charges for defending himself. Girl facing charges for insulting them (yes, Germans have laws written by three-year-olds) and the molester, well, also. But he'll probably have his case dismissed because he's a minor.
I figured it out.. IT'S THE WATER
I was always told by native Berliners that they had the best water in the world.. straight oout of the tap but my experience was always negative due to the horrible Calcium levels. Shower valves caked with it, scrubbing the tea water heater, ruined coffee makers, stains on all sinks and tubs... and the hardness of the water for washing hair and body parts... horrible dryness and knotting.
NOW high levels of calcium are being linked to depression and moodiness...
"Stability, hardness and physicality are qualities of calcium. When deficient, one becomes weak and fragile. When calcium is in excess one becomes rigid and immobile. "
All this time I thought it was the culture and weather but NO, IT'S THE WATER
They are victims of a lax water supply company... not their fault at all.
Sorry, but I am not buying this theory. I've been living in Berlin for a long while, taking showers everyday (yes, Germans, a normal human being should shower everyday), drinking tap water all the time and I haven't felt moody nor been "depressed" (I can't afford to be depressed, I must work to survive).
Maybe that's the difference: Your subconscious loves you and has ways of dealing with stress. Depression is a luxury and, in terms of structural security, Germans are probably the most privileged people on earth. When they know they can stay up until 3am drinking case after case of Oettinger, paid for by the average taxpayer, and yelling at each other (e.g. my old neighbor) and sleep until 1pm then they have no problems falling into this kind of stupor.
That said, I think the mental illness in this city is caused by a lot more than just the water.
Is this guy a pretentious clown or am I just 'jealous and negative'?
Berlin in a nutshell
teamcoco.com/video/conan-rejected-from-berghain
OH no! How dare you go with cameras to a club door, we're sooooo cool, too cool to be captured by cameras, we might throw you in jail for even thinking about it!.You might even get to capture the horrible place Berhgain actually is! Imo Berghain is the most successful social engeneering experiment I've ever seen. Nothing more.
I used to live in Berlin...hated it and escaped....why don't you all do the same?
I also escaped, partially... Ten years I was there, left three years ago, my child is still there and I am forever torn.
Financially it will take me probably one more year to recover from Berlin, emotionally, I don't know if I ever will but at least now I am surrounded by smiling happy people.
I'm doing it now. Already got my plane tickets sorted out. Handed my landlord my notice (imagine a grumpy Berliner...), talked with the insurance people, going to unregister at the burgeramt next month.
Pretty much all I got left to do is pack and wait for my time.
Been here 23 months. Posted a bit on this very site. I can't believe this is finally over. I already feel the positive energy and vigor returning. Who knew that life could be great? I'm going to a place where there's lots of sun, lots of fun people, lots of parks (without dog and human piss and shit), lots of interesting companies to work for, where the guy that sells you coffee every morning greets you by name after a week, where you become friends with your neighbors, people NOT blocking your way everywhere you walk, etc. Yeah, I know, this sounds like crazy talk after living here for close to 2 years. I keep quiet about it because I'm afraid these sad people will throw me into an institution as soon as they get a whiff that I'm leaving - and taking my dirty foreigner money with me.
This definitely put a spring into my step, which is pissing of the locals even more - "Zat auslander, vhy is he smiling? Das ist verbotten, smiling ist only allowed betveen ze hours of 10:00 and 10:30AM, call zee polizei!".
Sure. Yeah. Whatever.
This was definitely a life lesson. Made me appreciate my country a lot more. Made me appreciate people a lot more (real humans, not these berliner-robots). I know it sounds like Stockholm syndrome, but living through this hell has been a positive experience at the end - it made me stronger, gave me a thicker skin, definitely matured me.
So good luck y'all. Make the best of this place while you're here, don't let the negative folks steal your soul, but get out at the first opportunity you get. Life is too short to suffer. Unless you're a masochist like the locals.
Did anyone happen to see the video of a young woman being kicked from behind on the stairs of the UBahn? This sums up Berlin in attitude and action..Sadist cowards rein as kings in Berlin.As usual nothing will be done about justice for the innocent woman.Business as usual in the rectum of the world.BERLIN.
Actually, a native German business man and a celebrity body guard offered 10k euros to help the victim and to find these entitled and amoral scumbags.
These guys give bad reputation to their harf workinf parents and middle easterners in general. Now far right germans will have another reason to say see we told you that these migrants are entitled and dangerous.
"Native German business man and celebrity body guard" Bahahahaha. Typical retarded Berlin response to a real problem. Celebrity body guard to the rescue.Captain master race to the rescue...Able to leap piles of immigrants in a single bound and save damsels in distress. WANKER.
What if your mother was treated this way by some punks?
At least, the mean and cold hearted germans helped this lady instead of ranting online about Germans.
This site has some mean people on here. Sure, this city sucks but don't let your depression kill your compassion and humanity.
I don't understand the criticism. Literally no one is defending the perpetrator. And what exactly did the Germans do about it? Let the police actually do their jobs? Or jump at the opportunity to turn this into another high-profile manhunt for someone who obviously isn't your run-of-the-mill blond-haired, blue-eyed Hans? Check the recent list at Polizeimeldungen Berlin and review how long they normally wait to release footage of criminals. Hint: It's normally months. For attempted murders and rapes. But somehow the police have been able to find the manpower to process this case, and the one where the seven youths tried to set a homeless guy on fire, within days? And, in contrast to the cases that are pending for months, in both of these cases the perps are not Germans?
"This is not a country where good manners and civilized behaviour are rewarded."
This is just simply wrong. I sincerely feel bad for those who view Germany this way. You don't deserve your visa. I hope life will bring you to an actual poop hole with mean and opportunistic people.
I made an argument that Germans are civilized enough to offer help to a complete stranger. I get it that this incident was politically exploited.
Enough with the politics and extreme hateful over generalizations.
Berlin is like an abusive partner who uses emotional/mental abuse to make you have stockholm syndrome. When you first arrive you don't think it is abuse because it is insidious, slow and it plays mind games with you where you believe something is wrong with you instead. The longer you stay here the more this "sickness" grows and you become someone who cannot live outside of Berlin. You are addicted to it like a junkie is addicted to heroin..
Don’t fall for it’s hipster disneyland “poor but sexy” BS. It’s a rancid apocalyptic metropolis where there is this fog of psychopathy in the air, lobotomized brain dead zombies everywhere with grim expressions on their face like they are waiting for their turn to be executed
Either lobotomize yourself before coming to Berlin, or stay here for enough years to eventually become lobotomized yourself. Expect those years in between to be filled with confusion, depression, loneliness etc.. but over time you’ll become a “real Berliner” and become a brain dead tosser dancing to ambient techno drinking club mate being a pu**sy thinking it’s cool to be 32 years old and being an emotional cripple who cannot have more than casual/superficial friendships and relationships, doesn’t know the difference between being socially awkward and being truthful (Germans) , doesn’t know the difference between irony and bad attempts at being sarcastic as a guise for just being cruel (Germans again).. ONE day, if you live in Berlin long enough, you will be as much of a passive aggressive turd as the “true Berliners”.
The Germans and their police lack empathy and compassion for abused women. I have never experienced more hostile victim blaming, shaming and ridiculing from women and men.
Neighbors only care about the noise levels versus asking if anyone needs help, young women laugh and point fingers at you while you are getting punched in public by your psycho boyfriend, gay german men hitting your head for crying.
I had only twice been asked if I needed help to contact someone I know for help. The rest of Germans and foreigners use another young woman's suffering as a free source of entertainment. No wonder mass shootings have increased.
Reminds me of this (though it didn't happen in Berlin):
www.stern.de/panorama/weltgeschehen/oktoberfest--wie-sich-ein-polizeibericht-anhoert--wenn-deutsche-maenner-frauen-bedraengen-6641130.html
You really have to hate strangers who angrily yell at your kid for doing something kid-like.
-At 3 years, my son was loudly berated for walking off (6 meters) with a cheap-ass synthetic pillow on display outside of a Matrazen Direct store. The workerin just came up behind him, snatched the thing away from him and started screaming. I hadn't noticed he'd taken it, but she insisted I was teaching him to steal.
-At 4, he was walking on a path through a little garden area at Upsala Kinderklub. A worker started yelling at him because he assumed the plants would get stepped on. I had my bilingual son translate what I wanted to say back to the guy, then I did some yelling back. My boy said, "You sure told HIM something" xD
- At 6 he pulled one of those levers that send a loaf of bread down a chute at Edeka's bread-o-mat. Only after the lady there realized I didn't want to buy that loaf did she start squawking at my kid. Can't people pick on someone their own size?
I visited this site not to tell these stories, but because I wanted to share my methods for turning my hatred for Berlin into a kind of acceptance. I am stuck in this city after all, because I can't take my kid back home (deutsch mother, divorced). I got distracted by other people's stories. And I think maybe I don't accept it. I have no method. I think I am just becoming numb.
If Germans like to pride themselves on being honest so much then why can't they admit that saunas are just an excuse for old and/or creepy white guys to stare at nude women?
-Germans are the most passive-aggressive people you'll ever encounter. Berliners take it to the extreme.
-German men are female genitalia hiding behind a serious face. They behave like they have a huge piece of iron stuck up their a**.
-German women are a disaster. Dumb, boring, cold, emotionally distant. Only live for their work and their Facebook/Instagram accounts.
-German people think that being rude and insensitive equals being honest and direct.
-German people lack any sense of appreciation of true beauty. Most people listen to awful music, dress just as badly, and don't know how to be charming.
-Germany is the very proof that being born and growing up in a wealthy country doesn't mean you'll be happy.
-The Berlin dialect sounds awful.
-German "food"
> -German people think that being rude and insensitive equals being honest and direct.
Yeah, this really goes up in the winter. I guess it's because it's dark, cold, and miserable outside. Of course, no german will ever confirm this, they'll stick to "Im honest and direct" even if you put a gun to their head.
Look on the bright side, its Winter so you wont be bombarded by Berliner Musk that often. It will be well hidden by their 2nd Hand Sweaters...under their 2nd hand Jackets.
Yeah lol, good point. They hate deodorant, but that thick ugly sweater will catch most of the stink. At least for a few months, until the sweater becomes infused with the smell as well. I'd rather use my bike to get to work instead of taking the public transport. I'd rather be cold then waddle around in those yellow-green clouds of nasty 3-day-sweat smell.
cold, antisocial egomaniacs everywhere. when you find ppl who are the opposite of it - KEEP 'EM CLOSE!
Neukölln has a thief-problem