Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

More German than many Germans

mertbulan.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

91–100 of 543 posts

Re: More German than many Germans

#91

Post by glimshe »

asdf88990 wrote: post #64
la_fayette wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

let's see how this turns out, but I would not underestimate the german engineering culture...

The German Engineering is a byproduct. The culture that created is also the one that is holding it from becoming competitive with Chinese automakers. Like almost everything, utility and efficiency is relative and dependent on the environment and external factors. People often overlook the “fit”.

I'd like better understand the German engineering culture. Why was it special in the past? What about today?

As a kid in the 80s, I had some things from Germany and their quality was astounding. Fast forward to present time, our Volkswagen car made in Germany is the worst car I've ever had in terms of reliability.

PS: an honest question getting downvotes?

Re: More German than many Germans

#92

Post by KellyCriterion »

expedition32 wrote: post #48
schmorptron wrote: post #5

What a nice and heartwarming read! I'm german, and really hope we can pivot away from the rise of the far right. How that can be done, I don't know. I just hope we can do so before we start scaring away people like him who would otherwise come here, decide they like it, become germans, and end up making it a better place for everyone. (Part of it is I think we should make it easier and more incentivized to learn the…

When people came from Algeria, Jamaica and Suriname to Europe they were not foreigners they had French, British and Dutch passports. Germany's lack of such a colonial empire kept the country from transitioning into a true multicultural society. It explains Germans special branch of racism.

So "Germans are special in their racissm" because they had no "luck of such colonial empire"??

Im glad that this country didnt play a larger role in colonialism! Your sentence is the first I hear in decaded advocading for "if they had colonialism as well, it would be a much better country because then they wouldnt be racist"??

By the way - Poland or Hungary also had no "luck of colonial empire" - what about them? As well as tons of other European states?

Re: More German than many Germans

#93

Post by earthnail »

amval wrote: post #16

I am myself an immigrant to this country, one that has had itequally easy, if not more. Lately, or perhaps for the last couple of years, I've struggled with negative feelings about the country. I do not like the direction things are moving politically and economically, nor how germans talk about politics, and the biggest reason to want to be in Germany is the very high living conditions one can have here. Culturally,…

May I ask where in Germany you live? It’s a fairly diverse country and your location would help for context.

Re: More German than many Germans

#94

Post by PfizerJaa »

Propelloni wrote: post #67
wolfi1 wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

da könnte ja jeder kommen (then everony tries that, very loosely translated)

"Handle nur nach derjenigen Maxime, durch die du zugleich wollen kannst, dass sie ein allgemeines Gesetz werde." -- Immanuel Kant

[flagged]

Re: More German than many Germans

#95

Post by jpfromlondon »

bambax wrote: post #13

The 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…

[dead]

Re: More German than many Germans

#96

Post by rmoriz »

lukan wrote: post #36
dot_treo wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is actually an insurance kind of thing as far as I understand. I've had plenty of cases where the bus couldn't continue due to being in a traffic jam, and people who would have happily get off the bus couldn't either.

Whenever something convenient in germany is not possible, you can bet it is a insurance thing.

And the insurance conditions are based on DIN/EN, VDE, TÜV and others. If you have bodies that create rules, they will never stop creating rules because it is their job to create rules. Something that started great to reduce unnecessary harm became a red tape monster slowing down everything.

Nobody gets elected or paid to reduce that in a sane manner (not: Chainsaw, Doge)

Re: More German than many Germans

#97

Post by pelasaco »

vw_bulli wrote: post #81

This resonates with me a lot, and reading it gave me some positive emotions about Germany which I unfortunately have less and less with each passing day. This country gave me a lot. Moving here from a third world country, the jump in my quality of life was immeasurable. All the rules everywhere were for me a blessing, coming originally from a chaotic city. Despite never taking any German courses, I had reached C1 lev…

> As much as I adore Hamburg, I can't imagine growing old here.

Why not?

> Like many Germans, I see my future somewhere further north.

Is it similar to people moving from Berlin to Brandenburg...

What's driving that trend? And how do people who already live in those regions generally feel about the migration from big cities into more "rural" areas?

From their perspective, it probably isn't entirely positive. It can put pressure on housing prices, schools, traffic, and healthcare. There may also be political and cultural tensions as the population changes.

Re: More German than many Germans

#98

Post by juvvel »

schmorptron wrote: post #50
amval wrote: post #16

I am myself an immigrant to this country, one that has had itequally easy, if not more. Lately, or perhaps for the last couple of years, I've struggled with negative feelings about the country. I do not like the direction things are moving politically and economically, nor how germans talk about politics, and the biggest reason to want to be in Germany is the very high living conditions one can have here. Culturally,…

You make a good point about cultural things that would make one excited to learn a language. But I really struggle to imagine what could be done to fix that? Injecting more money into the film industry would just lead it to the same people at the top of it where they'll produce the same mediocre output as they have for ages. hmm

German films are mostly not great, but if one wants to get immersed into the language, music and literature are much better places. And also comedy. The language allows for some great puns.

Re: More German than many Germans

#99

Post by germanae »

4gotunameagain wrote: post #62

...What I knew about Germans.. ..who speak a language that sounds too harsh.. ..And of course, someone always brings up the Nazis That's bold, coming from Turkish people when their country is in an aggressive military dictatorship and the language not particularly pleasant to the ear. I guess we all need someone worse than us to cope.

[dead]
Post reply on HN