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>for the upper class Any university student can join these. They may have been somewhat elitist in the past, and many still think of themselves like that, but
by npstr 8y ago
>for the upper class
Any university student can join these. They may have been somewhat elitist in the past, and many still think of themselves like that, but most of them are strapped for new members. Sure some time investment is required as well as a general cultural fit, but the vast majority of those corps and other flavors of German fraternities still remaining nowadays are open to any interested students.
- AmericanChopper 8y agoA lot of those old clubs have entry requirements (gender, religion...), but if you meet them then just about anybody could join. They’ve mostly become more interested in recruiting members to maintain their traditions than they are in maintaining exclusivity.
- baxtr 8y agoThe best part of the deal is usually the cheap dorm room in a great part of town where otherwise you’d have to pay a small fortune as a student. Of course it mostly comes with the obligation to drink heavily... in Germnany most of them have a “Pabst” for relieving purposes during those drinking events
- rusk 8y ago> most of them have a “Pabst” I just went looking this up and am none the wiser, please explain?
- twic 8y agoMy guess is it's a big canister which, when enough people have relieved themselves into it, is shipped to the USA and distributed to hipsters in Brooklyn: https://untappd.com/b/pabst-brewing-company-pabst-blue-ribbon/3883 https://untappd.com/b/pabst-brewing-company-pabst-blue-ribbo...
- kolmogorov 8y agoIt’s basically a toilet but for vomiting .
- kolmogorov 8y agoGeneral cultural fit = ideally you are far right wing . Some also still require having a noble title (even to attend their parties unless you are a woman ). My hometown has a lot of these and some of my fellow high school students were very attracted by these . I went to a few non noble title requiring parties because my friend asked me to and it was quite shocking tbh (people singing the full German anthem including the forbidden part , a general bias towards German music and even more towards songs with excessive patriotism, a lot of “jokes” about people from other countries etc. ). They’d claim not to be racist and proving that by saying they have friends from Argentina or Chile (that happen to have German names ). I’d bet a lot that most of these fraternities vote AfD. I also remember them throwing expensive glasses down from the balcony laughing about how poor people would have to use the same glass twice .