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People in 1920s Berlin nightclubs flirted via pneumatic tubes (2017)

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Re: People in 1920s Berlin nightclubs flirted via pneumatic tubes (2017)

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Post by pseudosavant »

tempsy wrote: post #55
nicbou wrote: post #15

Berlin had one of the largest pneumatic mail systems in the world. A (highly recommended) Berlin Unterwelten tour covers it. There is still a big, beautiful Rohrpost building in Mitte close to the big Synagogue. The Real store at Leopoldplatz has a pneumatic tube system that reaches every cash register. You can see the tubes go up and along the ceiling. I believe that it's one of the failed Walmart stores from their…

Doesn't every Costco have this?

I’ve seen it in most/all Costco’s I’ve been to.

Re: People in 1920s Berlin nightclubs flirted via pneumatic tubes (2017)

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Post by resonantjacket5 »

pests wrote: post #43
OfSanguineFire wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The Real store at Leopoldplatz has a pneumatic tube system that reaches every cash register. Isn’t this pretty common in hypermarkets? I’ve seen systems of pneumatic tubes running from the registers at Auchans or Carrefours in multiple European countries. I imagine that people don’t notice them just because pneumatic tubes are now so little a part of everyday life that one doesn’t even expect to see them.

Hypermarkets?

(Mainly usa context) Most of what people commonly call "us supermarkets" are also "hypermarkets". But basically it's combining not only department stores but also with grocery stores.

For example Target used to not include groceries until recently. For Walmart it's the difference between their 'regular' Walmart and the Walmart Supercenters. (Target also has their SuperTarget variant)

Most of Fred Meyer's are 'hypermarkets' including fuel, groceries and more.

Though, the trend isn't always to ever larger stores. There's Walmart Neighborhood Market and even say small Ikea stores nowadays.

Re: People in 1920s Berlin nightclubs flirted via pneumatic tubes (2017)

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Post by boondoggle16 »

treprinum wrote: post #54
Barrin92 wrote: post #33

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Yes, it's sad how little attention that period of German history gets especially abroad. Babylon Berlin is a fantastic German TV production that captures the cultural side of the late Weimar period very well.

I guess its end by hyperinflation followed by nazis is not something people would be proud of.

don't forget the civil war!

Re: People in 1920s Berlin nightclubs flirted via pneumatic tubes (2017)

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Post by insaneirish »

nicbou wrote: post #15

Berlin had one of the largest pneumatic mail systems in the world. A (highly recommended) Berlin Unterwelten tour covers it. There is still a big, beautiful Rohrpost building in Mitte close to the big Synagogue. The Real store at Leopoldplatz has a pneumatic tube system that reaches every cash register. You can see the tubes go up and along the ceiling. I believe that it's one of the failed Walmart stores from their…

New York City had it, too: https://untappedcities.com/2017/10/03/an-illustrated-history...

27 miles of tubes.

Re: People in 1920s Berlin nightclubs flirted via pneumatic tubes (2017)

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Post by jojobas »

goos wrote: post #39
jojobas wrote: post #30

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Are you using the term Bolshevism in a positive sense, seriously?

I.. don't think that's what they're doing at all. "Sexual Bolshevism" was used in a derogatory sense by the Nazis, criticizing more liberal sexual views and practices by implying it was related to the Russian Bolsheviks. I think what the above poster is doing is comparing similar critique heard today, to what the Nazis were saying back then.

So, if the Nazis hated it, it must be good... right?

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Post by goos »

jojobas wrote: post #66
goos wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I.. don't think that's what they're doing at all. "Sexual Bolshevism" was used in a derogatory sense by the Nazis, criticizing more liberal sexual views and practices by implying it was related to the Russian Bolsheviks. I think what the above poster is doing is comparing similar critique heard today, to what the Nazis were saying back then.

So, if the Nazis hated it, it must be good... right?

I'm not entirely sure what point you're trying to make – things don't only exist within a spectrum of good and bad.

The context of the thread was that, like modern western culture, early 20th century German culture was highly stratified, and as such, increasingly polarizing. So far I think your comments support this comparison.

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Post by coolandsmartrr »

One might romanticize how nice it would be to meet dates outside an app again.

In Tokyo, there are bars specifically tailored for people who are seeking dates. The bar even has displays outside showing the number of men and women currently in the venue. When you get inside, you get to chat to cohorts of the opposite gender for a given amount of time (e.g. 15 min) before you move to the next round.

How do these bars get women to come? The men have to pay for all their drinks. In my only experience (dragged by my friends), the women kept ordering more drinks while chatting amongst themselves. I saw the tab and never went back in again.

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