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Guys, is there any truth at all to Putin's claims of genocide in the Dombas region? After 2 years of highly misleading fact checks by institutions backed by you know who I am highly skeptical of the kinds of articles I am finding among the top 10 on Google when I search for information, but I am also not finding anything to actually support the claim either. Just want to form a better view of what is actually going on there, not trying to troll.
yes, it is true, they have been bombing us for the last 8 years, killing millions of innocent civilians; basically, it is a genocide of the Russian population of the Donbass, done by the Ukranian government. The Ukrainian government has been kiling its own people for the past 8 years.
Have you seen this picture of the Gorlovka Madonna? This lady and her child were killed by a missile launched by the Ukranian army. It was in the Donbass region. We see Russians not as invaders but as freedom fighters.
The worst part of Berlin was the Dementors!
Wow so brave Germany illuminated the Brandenburg Gate with Ukraine's flag. Amazing that Germany is willing to do something that carries zero risk and costs zero euros to do. What a country!!!
I get why people may want to take drugs once and awhile. but I met so many people in Berlin who have been abusing drugs every weekend for TEN years or even FIVE years for sometimes 3 days at a time, or people who take drugs all week. This is normalized, glorified and not talked about. Its disturbing that so many people in Berlin are addicted to drugs. There is so much more to life than how dark it can get in Berlin.
I very much agree with this post. Faces at parties or in bars only start to light up once the substance is coming. The drug creates the mood and it's disgusting. Then they become depressed from constant coming down and eventually go home for retreat at their parents place. Ridiculous.
Microdosing LSD is actually one of the only ways to sustainably deal with this shithole. It doesn't make you high and it helps you to just grind through all the bullshit. Longterm it's probably not good for you though, just like SSRIs completely mess up your mind.
It's always lefties, they are f'wits the whole world over. Good luck with your Commie Russians and soon Chinese overlords. The brainwashed useless cnts wouldn't last a week in a communist country. Fck all lefties, you make the whole world a misery with your political correctness BS. I'm getting very close to the edge of f'ing these morons up good and proper. I don't want to hear one more word about geder pronouns from these pathetic freaks. Always lefties, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, all of them lefties. I would love to take socialist/communist salamis and shove them down their stupid throats. FCK OFF. Now, would you like to hear what I really think of lefties?
Anyone else in Berlin afraid of Russian attack
Why would they attack the one country that keeps their economy afloat from gas sales. There's much more to this skirmish than meets the eye. Start here and do some research. www.rt.com/news/549450-dollar-dominance-russia-invade-ukraine/
“ For months now we’ve been hearing Washington ring alarm bells regarding what they have cited as an “imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine.” According to the latest so-called US “intelligence,” a full-scale invasion would take place this week. Yet, as some of us have for months insisted would be the case, no invasion has transpired, nor, I believe, is one likely.”
And then the war started
A bunch of astroturfers and genuine idiot media influencers are going to successfully get Russia kicked out of SWIFT and the days of US hegemony are gonna end. If you like to bittch and moan about US foreign policy, then good luck when all countries are issuing debt denominated in Yuans or Roubles. At least Germany's got 8 months to figure out how to get their nuclear plants back online. It's going to be cold and expensive when the ~50% of Germany's energy supplied by Russia disappears overnight.
Also kinda weird the pipelineto China via Kazakhstan was stopped right before all this happened. I wish the US were always a step ahead, but we are nearing the end of an era.
I'm thinking of starting an anti-Berlin podcast. Anyone interested in working on it together? We could cover the ridiculous current events in this city. We could probably find people to interview on a regular basis who describe how their lives how become unbearable after moving here.
One thing I have noticed about Germans (and foreigners who have been here a long time and consider German to be the Leitkultur):
Germans HATE change and will resist it no matter how sensible the change is. I have worked for several Berlin startups (which I do not recommend unless you absolutely cannot find anything else). At a couple of them, business was going pretty bad the management brought in external consultants to improve things. The consultants would spend time in each department, have processes explained and them recommend optimizations. In every case, my colleagues always resisted every single change and tried to actively sabotage the success. Each time, the consultants would say something like "Task 1, 2 and 3 do not bring any value, we should scrap them" and my colleagues would say "But we have always done those tasks!". I really think sometimes that these people do not understand how the world works at all. They also don't understand the concept of leverage during negotiations.
BTW, 2 of the 3 startups where I experienced this no longer exist!
This is absolutely true, majority of Berlin startups are blatant scams with really shady people in upper management, or just plain incompetent. Even external consultants mainly from the UK cannot save their mess. There's so much to be said in this subject, Berlin tech scene is absolutely hideous, avoid at all costs
OP here. I agree with the 2nd post. Most startups here (all startups I have worked for) are direct copies of successful Uk or US businesses without any superior features or tech. Germas think companies can survive merely because they are German (and sadly that is sometimes true).
Expats in Berlin/Germany: what made you think that it was a good idea to move to Germany?
I never actually really wanted to move here. Dated a German in my home country and immigrating here was just easier than the other way around. Partner also went on and on and on about how great Germany is, how intellectual and well read the people are, how society here is supportive and so on. Seemed like an adventure at the time.
Moved here and everything I was told SEEMED like a lie but thought it was just me. Worked really, really (in the truest sense of the word) to succeed here by doing every thing by the book (the German book - i.e. sensible degree and among top 15% of graduating class, plenty of work experience). Ultimately realized it's all a lie and that Germany's great only if you're in the bottom 15% of people (whether due to low intelligence, substance abuse, depression or whatever). If you're earning a median wage here, then your life is still the same as someone on welfare - no chance of owning a home, saving any substantial amount of money.
Thinking back to how motivated I was, how positive and optimistic my mindset was - I really wish I hadn't wasted it in Berlin. Now I'm bitter and crabby and have a huge chip on my shoulder (you could say I'm fully Germified).
Berlin, not even once.
Same here on the $500/m altbau front. 10 years back, I lived centrally for €500 for a two bedroom apartment, bills included. I earn't USD so I lived like a king. Since the decent night life is ending, the rents are increasing and the instacrew are moving in, the city is utterly pointless.
2000-2012 wasn't actually a bad time. You still had rude locals but you could do whatever you wanted and live centrally. Those days are gone.
It's truly astounding. This country. These people. This city. World class, unique. One of a kind. Doesn't it seem like a deeply sick project?
What other city on earth tried both right and left wing authoritarianism within a single generation? These people are not healthy, Ai Weiwei was correct - they love abdicating thought to an oppressor whenever possible. The moral hazard is lost on them.
Winter, subway station always dirty with strange people talking to you spontaneously
A few months ago I contacted BVG to ask about the gates. They said it was due to how the stations are designed and their fire safety. According to the BVG they would not be able to provide emergency exists of those gates were installed. I call it utter bollocks. Other cities managed to adapt station to accommodate gates and emergency exits. BVG is just too cheap and wants to have weirdos on their trains so they can run their hobo ads.
Everyone should read the Kentler Experiment.
This sick individual was and still is protected by German Academic community and the state. This explains Germans odd relationship with sex. I honestly believe it’s a major problem with sexuality and kids. I saw a documentary on Madeleine McCann awhile back. They said it was a human trafficking ring that started in North Africa and ventured right to Germany.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/07/26/the-german-experiment-that-placed-foster-children-with-pedophiles
German attitudes toward child sexuality have always been completely messed up. Read this if you wanna really get a good picture of why Germans are so completely messed up:
www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/the-sexual-revolution-and-children-how-the-left-took-things-too-far-a-702679.html
I remember casually reading about the ridiculous Pizzagate stuff like 5 years ago and thinking it was the most outlandish thing I had ever heard. Then I slowly started finding things like Kentler and Rote Freiheit, the Edathy scandal and other things in Germany...
It's always lefties, they are f'wits the world over. Good luck with your Commie Russians and soon Chinese overlords. The brainwashed useless cnts wouldn't last a week in a communist country. Fck all lefties, you make the whole world a misery with your political correctness BS. I'm getting very close to the edge of f'ing these morons up good and proper. I don't want to hear one more word about geder pronouns from these pathetic freaks. Always lefties, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, all of them lefties. I would love to take socialist/communist salamis and shove them down their stupid throats. FCK OFF. Now, would you like to hear what I really think of lefties?
Anyone here seen a therapist? I am so depressed I can't do anything anymore, not even sure I can book an appointment to see a therapist if the 6-12 month waiting period is true. Could they help you? Were they compassionate or just Germans? I am really not the kind of person for therapy but I can't handle this anymore. Don't even wanna waste my time though if it's just some Stefan who tells me I just need to adapt better to German society and drink tea.
hey, i dont want to discourage you, but i would suggest to book an appointment online in your native language. i helped me. i went and still go to a group therapy, but it doesnt help me that much, but it helped me when i was feeling very bad + the antidepessants. you can call 116117 and they should give you an appointment.
Why is German academia so cancerous? You can't get anything done here, nobody submits anything on time, people are lagging behind with group projects, basically EVERYTHING is about formalities instead of substance - and why do I get the feeling that your teachers are actually invested in prolonging your training as much as possible instead of urging you to complete? Tenured professors barely speak a foreign language, cannot compete on the international market, and are more autistic than a 30-year old shut-in sitting in his mother's basement.
You can readily approach a tenured professor from MIT, and you can barely talk to the local lecturer from f*cking Göttingen because he is so in love with himself. Incredible.
Academia exists in Germany only to prolong adolescence for the youth with an IQ above 105 so that they waste the years of life they are most motivated to do anything. And, of course, to teach the nascent leading class that everything comes from the government.