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More German than many Germans
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Re: More German than many Germans
#432Earlier quoted context omitted.
da könnte ja jeder kommen (then everony tries that, very loosely translated)
I love that. It's part of what's hilariously called the "Beamtendreisatz" (roughly, the three rules of public servants) 1. Das haben wir schon immer so gemacht (that's how we've always done it) 2. Das haben wir noch nie so gemacht (we have never done it like that) 3. Da könnte ja jeder kommen (then everyone would try it) They're so German that they're very difficult to faithfully translate. Just imagine a grumpy olde…
It’s actually your #1and your #3 plus:
“Wo kämen wir denn da hin?“ (Just think where this would lead to.)
Re: More German than many Germans
#433Earlier quoted context omitted.
I moved from Sweden to Switzerland, and I don't know what that guy was talking about. Switzerland is an extremely well run country.
I suspect natives have a more nuanced view of their home country, compared to expats who end up getting a tinted view. At least it likely takes a long time for an outsider to truly understand how things work. Reading the newspapers isn't representative, you know...
The natives have their own biases.
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#434A very nice read and pretty much my experience. I have been here for a quarter of my life now, I do not think I can live anywhere else now. People may not like me being here because of my skin color or whatever but I do not mind. I keep to myself and follow all the "rules" I can. In fact, I like most of the rules, rules are good because they ensure order, fairness and equality. Will a little bit of empathy be nicer,…
> people have no idea how good they have it here.
Whenever I tell Germans that I'm Canada, they almost always respond with "Canada!? It's such a wonderful country, what are you doing here??" as if they couldn't possibly imagine what a Canadian might like about their country.
Sure, Canada's a great place, just like Germany. Also just like Germany it's far from perfect, and sometimes one is just after a different tradeoff.
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#435The thing about Germany and most European countries is that they are that way because of the native population.
So unfortunately for MR. Mert Bulan, the more people like him that moves there the less it will feel like Germany, and it will feel more like "home"
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#436There are many things going in the wrong direction in this country but most things are that are not in the sphere of politics are fine.
The problem is mostly in my opinion that political decisions are made by career politicians.
We could really use some fresh air in our political system with more participation by the actual society (e.g. make it easier to get a political mandate without deep affiliation in a political party) and less about internal party politics.
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#437Re: More German than many Germans
#438You worked at XING, didn't you?
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#439A very nice read and pretty much my experience. I have been here for a quarter of my life now, I do not think I can live anywhere else now. People may not like me being here because of my skin color or whatever but I do not mind. I keep to myself and follow all the "rules" I can. In fact, I like most of the rules, rules are good because they ensure order, fairness and equality. Will a little bit of empathy be nicer,…
You can take a guess _why_ it was so easy for you to come here with nothing and who pays for that.
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#440The first time I was in Berlin I had to take a bus. It was just leaving the stop as I was getting there, but stopped at the next red light. So I ran to the bus and knocked on the door. The driver looked at me with a concerned look to see if something was wrong, and once he understood I was just asking to come onboard outside of the regular stop, he laughed. Not ironically or in a mean way: it was a genuine laugh like…
It may be because the bus gets priority on the green light and can't wait/pause again for extra passengers