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Has anybody ever lived in an apartment in this city where they didn’t hear every single thing their neighbours do??
Yeah, basically just forget any hope of ever feeling at home in Berlin. In public you always have to be hypervigilant because some German will always be trying to ruin your day. You won't ever really have any personal space. Sure, you can probably find a 2x2m spot on a rundown field in the park in summer, but you'll nearly be guaranteed to be close to a group of drunkards smoking weed, some exhibitionist Jerry leering at women or a flat out psychotic German chimping out. At home it's no better, you'll hear the guy above you yelling at his girlfriend all day while watching reality TV, the woman below you listening to bass heavy 90s techno and screaming the words to the Gummy Bears theme song all night. And don't even hope for a break while they are at work when you have a day off - somehow it seems that you are the only person in your building that ever actually leaves the apartment complex. And yet Germans consider this utopia.
Whats the advantage od this poop new Airport BER? You pay extra for zone C, and Its more far Away. There was no reason to shut down Tegel. Only corrupcy. Or give me reason to shut down ONLY airport in capital of state. Stupid government.
Tegel was complete garbage and had been operated beyond capacity for 15 years. No further room for expansion. That daid, everything I have read about BER sounds almost as bad or worse. Like everything in Germany, if it's run by the government or via government funding/subsidies, then it is mismanaged at the levels you would expect of Zimbabwe. Probably a plot by the Greens to collapse air travel from Europe's viggest capital.
www.thelocal.de/20211030/berlin-airport-calls-for-cash-to-stave-off-bankruptcy/
Because of course.
When I went to a park today for a nice walk through the falling autumn leaves I couldn’t help but notice there were far more dogs running around than people. On a day like today you expect families to be out there enjoying the last few of the warmer days. Instead of kids running around having fun the place was full of dogs randomly barking at people. Since I live here I hate dogs. I know it’s not the dogs fault as they simply copy their stupid owners but still: I AM ANNOYED BY THE AMOUNT OF DOGS IN THIS CITY!
This place is so messed up, insane asylum. I don't understand how this society still exists. How do you keep yourself sane here? I need tips.
Number one, do not expect you will make a friend with a German, maybe at best an acquaintanceship, but never a friend, no one will ever have your back here.
NEVER, under any circumstances, lend anyone money, IF YOU HAVE ANY EXPECTATIONS OF GETTING IT BACK.
Don't be fooled by a German being friendly when you first meet them, it's all for show, they'll speak English with you to for practice, and lull you into a false sense of security doing so again, but in reality, they will resent having to speak English. So either learn German, or leave, and even if you do learn perfect German, you'll never understand the nuances of colloquial terms and humour. And the will never understand yours.
The best place to live is in your own homeland and just have holidays in exotic places every year.
Remember, Germans like to fit into a narrow-minded group, and that's all they see, they have no ability for objective thinking, it's always black and white. If you come up with a good idea, they will feel envious and act accordingly, by trying to sabotage you, either, mentally, emotionally or financially. They'll phuck you over in a heartbeat.
Rule NUMBER ONE, never expect anything in Berlin, because you WILL BE let down.
Rule number two, when you realise Berlin is a very sick place, trust your intuition, and leave, straight away, just go, don't think you can break the social code, you never will.
Have you guys ever caught yourselves behaving like a German and felt immediate shame and regret?
I went full Karen recently. All the “I want to speak to the manager” deal, but no shame.
It was a difficult nasty customer service (Haha, good joke) person that did absolutely nothing and was on top rude… I have 0 expectation for my issue to sort, but I hope I ruined their day.
Trying to move out of here - what do you guys think about the Netherlands?
They are not rude but more direct than Germans and very individualistic. If you would live in Amsterdam, this is different story as Amsterdam is a whole different world but the rest of Netherlands is actually very similar to Germany. (Except you can get along with English better anywhere in Netherlands)
Plenty of idiot down-voters here, don't take it personally, they do it to me as well, they never have anything useful to say, just constant negative put-downs and multiple down-votes, i'm actually starting to suspect it might be the admin guy, no proof, just an intuition. There's always a handful of imbeciles no matter where you go. The internet's town clowns.
Definitely another traumatic experience.
Trust me on this, I lived there for over 20 years. A poster above mentioned how the Germans are all friendly at the beginning then basically ghost you? That's the Dutch. Rude, jealous, small minded, spiteful, petty....I come here because the experiences of posters reminds me so much of living in NL.
So in conclusion, don't do that to yourself.
Many Caucasian Americans seem to have some "Anti" Anglo mindset going on. The real number would be much higher and by far higher than the false German American number. Fact of the matter is looking at immigration statistics, its mathmaticaly impossible for German Americans to be that high. Its nothing but pure fetish & fantasy that Americans have with being something "different" a lot of Americans seem to be bored with just being English. Which is quite ridiculous too me. The English have contributed more to the world than any single country in Europe. They invaded 90% of the worlds populations, and are responsible for much of our modern theories & technology. Yet Americans don't feel proud of this grand achievment from such a tiny group of islands? The problem is also that Americans like to claim things they aren't really are or much of. Take Brad Pitt for example, he claims German ancestry, yet his German ancestor was from LONG AGO and most of his ancestors are British. The look of the typical White American is quite British. The Majority of Americans could pass in all England, Scotland, & Ireland. Not even in Minnesota (The land claimed as "viking land") do the whites look Scandinavian, they look as British as any other population in the US. Americans are just obsessed with being "mixed". Not all of the US was a melting pot like New York & Los Angelos was. That means a great portion and the majority of American whites are still quite British.
The other evidence is the surnames. Lots of people like to say "Well, surnames were changed", and i always say ALL OF THEM? whether you want to admit it or not, if the German Americans were that numerous, you better believe atleast a few German surnames would be in the top surname list of the US. Yet they are not, the majority of them are English. I highly doubt every single German family changed their names.
I don't get why Americans are so obsessed with being German in the first place. Don't they know the majority of the Germans who immigrated to the US were not of the "well off desirable" kind. They mostly came from poor off German areas, and many of them WEREN'T even actual ethnic Germans. Many were Jews, and German speaking indivisuals from other countries. Anyway bottom line, the majority of Americans like Australians & Canadians have a strong British input. Most of your so called "Germans" & "Italians" will also have a English, Irish, or Scottish ancestor, and most of the time the amount of ancestors from the British isles will outnumber those from other countries like they do with Brad Pitt.
You are right about German ancestry. All the midwest losers pretending to be German is silly but the Germans eat that garbage up because they are desperate for any recognition at all. That's why you will meet dozens of Germans who believe the Muehlenberg Legend and many other equally wrong lies.
You are also right about Anglo supremacy. Read Adam Smith's philosophy - some of the most important work of the last 500 years. No German could have ever come up with that because Germans do not believe that man, in aggregate, seeks fairness. Instead the Germans could only dream up disastrous central planning, Zerstezung and that other thing Mr H subscribed to.
I know where you're coming from, don't worry about the infantile rude trolls here, probably useful idiot AntiFa cowards.
The thing is, the Democrats and similar parties around the world in developed countries, are living two income lifestyles now, so they are lulled into thinking they are all middle-class because they drink wine instead of beer and eat out and go on holidays more often.
None of them think they're working-class anymore, so not many feel a need to vote for left wing parties, that's why the lefties had to re-invent themselves and hijacked the Green movement and pushed for more multi-cultural immigration without integration, because these are their new base, and the have to keep the division to keep them poor to keep them voting for the people who brought them to the new land of milk and honey, and then blame 'white' conservatives when their dreams turn to shite, because of the lefties agenda. It's very cunning stuff. People don't care what race someone is, but cultures are not meant to be mixed, they are finely tuned, with thousands of subtle nuances, you can't mix them, one has to integrate with the other, and usually ends up being the immigrant integrating with the host's culture, for obvious reasons.
You have to read the UN's Agenda 30 to understand what's going on at the moment, they want to govern every aspect of everyone's life. Don't wait for a European Union style One World Government, it will come by stealth, in fact it's already here.
IMF, WHO, NWO, World Bank, WWF, BIS, UN, WTO, WLabourMovement, World Free Trade, etc etc etc etc. It's already here, and it will get stronger and stronger, because no one understands what it is. It's all these forces coming at you at the same time.
They're already indoctrinating kids with AGENDA 30 in schools, by calling it care for the world and to end poverty, so everyone will be equal :o)))) If you don't believe me, ask your young cousins if they're learning this in schools. 24% of new births in Germany are now non-european, 35% in France. You need to educate yourself on what the BIS is Bank of International Settlement, they control all he Central Banks, and also the Boiling Frog Principle, look it up on Wiki.
This is the process they use so people don't even notice it happening. They get used to one change, and then they introduce another, we've just been through the getting people used to mandatory vaccines phase. Next will be the digital currency phase, controlled by the government through your Vaccine Passport and they just deduct money for fines that you didn't even know were illegal, through face/eye/finger-print recognition. . . Remember what Klaus Schwaab said, "You will own nothing, and you will be happy". Sound familiar. Have you seen he Black Mirror social media episode where everyone is trying to get points from others, well that's already in operation in China.
Good luck, you're all going to need it.
Tonight I got roasted by a G. It was the classic: why are you here then if you don't want to speak German. What can be here for you? He looked like there was no point to me existing...and waited for an answer. He said he was too lazy to speak english and if I am in another country I should speak the language. I told him I got B1 and got german citizenship, but I do not like the language and we are in Berlin and I am in a group of english friends and it is the way it is. He said "we like you, despite brexit" /"the german passport is worth so much" / he did #asian eyes gesture when talking about australia saying there were too many asians there. He complained he is not allowed to say gypsy any more.
I loathe these tribal german people so much. You all know. We've experienced this time and time again. Why does a bit of small talk at a gallery opening feel like being tested/an interrogation?
Why do I need to justify myself? He was telling me I needed a German bf. I need to get in to the culture. Sorry but I want to run away from this culture.
The Germans roaming this site, for nationalistic reasons, need not post 'go home'. Home happens, and a 9 year relationship plays a part. Life isn't simple, despite germans wanting to 'pragmatise' everything.
I got asked what company I work for if I don't speak to him in German. Why this interrogation? Why the scorn?
I reckon, you are British OP. I never understand why British people migrates to Germany. Of course, having an opportunity to get EU passport is major factor. However, UK is at least 50 years ahead of Germany in terms of culture, tolerance, civilisation etc I used to live in UK as non EU person and I can say that, UK is 100 times better than Germany with all aspects you could think of. It does not worth to settle down in Germany by considering these people and this German culture of feeling superior, knowing everything, scorning
The best thing you can do is to benefit from Germany (It could be education, work experience, social welfare system etc) and go away afterwards. I really don't believe that a sane, decent foreign person can live here after 10 years max. I see It as equal as committing suicide but It kills you slowly and more painfully
Some 40yo german started screaming at me for accidentally bumping into him in the Sbahn. I had a really stressful day so I punched him and his nose started bleeding. I casually walked away and he went silent, holding his nose with 1 hand staring at me. This happened literally 40 mins ago.
He's at fault, there's laws in Germany for hurting others feelings, so in effect he attacked you. This story has made my day. Strange thing is, I was thinking today how when a German accidentally bumps into you, I just automatically say sorry, expecting it will be reciprocated, but instead, they give you a dirty look as though you were at fault. They's f'd in the head and no social graces.
I wonder your perception of dating / marrying with Germans? Are you like me who avoids dating with Germans or have you already experienced It? If yes, please share your experience
WHATEVER YOU DO, NEVER DATE A GERMAN GIRL, and probably the same for the men. They'll gaslight you relentlessly until you become lost in your own mind, you will lose all self confidence and not be able to trust yourself or make any decisions. One of the worst experiences I've ever had in my life. TRY IT AT YOUR PERIL. DON'T SAY YOU HAVEN'T BEEN WARNED. Just leave Berlin ASAP>
Gaslighting is true. German women are by nature complete sluts on the one hand because this city stands for abandonment of any decency and absolute hedonism. At the same time they are overly jealous and controlling (what German isn't controlling tbh). Don't even bother trying unless you've always wanted to bang a woman who showers only once a month.
They wouldn't bear him, because he can't be controlled like neutered cuck German guys who sit down to pissss ffs. The virtue signalling in Berlin is distasteful, they're all hypocrites. DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES GET INVOLVED WITH A GERMAN GIRL, NO MATTER HOW CUTE THEY SEEM AT FIRST, WHEN THEY GET YOU, THEN HE FUN AND GAMES START, AND IT ENDS UP IN TEARS. JUST DON'T DO IT.
Does German guilt for holocaust really exist as it's made out to be in the global media? Or is it all just a farce and another cherman propaganda to improve their image and make them appear repentant? Does anyone who has experienced Germans and chermans shed some light.
Deep down the Germans resent it because they know the real truth about it, and who bankrupoted Germany in the 30's. Don't believe anything you've read about this part of history, especially if it comes from Mainstream media. Goggle these words: The famous Jewish boycott of German goods in March 1933. This will be a key for you to enter the Pandora's Box of deceit, by 'historians'.
In my opinion Germans view the holocaust the same way most followers of organized religion view religious ritual. They'll say the scripture they've carefully memorized (because to say otherwise would be sacrilege), but have never seriously thought about it or the consequences. It takes a lot of interacting with locals, deep thought and analysis to see it.
If you ever talk to a German about the holocaust they quickly show that they know virtually nothing and are happy and even proud of that fact. The most you'll get is a "haha the nazis were asshoes and hitler was crazy, let's change the subject" cop out.
Close minded, obsessed to do things in the way they are used to, reluctant to change and boring as hell people, high taxes with very bad infrastructure, no career development unless you are German, laughable salaries even for experienced and high skilled employees (allegedly they need foreign high skilled people)
I am just done and don't waste my youth here anymore. I even stopped ranting as I don't care even a bit about this country anymore. I am just dedicated to leave here at earliest convenience
It's a joke - no way Germans would accept medical (or any other) training or education received abroad. Sad as it is, a not small amount of Syrian refugees sell their bodies to nasty German men in Tiergarten and it's damned disgusting.
www.stern.de/gesellschaft/berlin-tiergarten---besuch-einer-halbwelt-mitten-in-der-hauptstadt-7761228.html
Make Me a German - Documentary from the BBC
www.youtube.com/watch
Donald Trump (like 15% of the US population) has German blood.... just putting it out there