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I remember in Berlin back around 2004 that all the expat Americans were always online, and most of the Germans simply weren't. The things we knew about and talk
by crucialfelix 3y ago
I remember in Berlin back around 2004 that all the expat Americans were always online, and most of the Germans simply weren't. The things we knew about and talked about were different. Many people I knew didn't have broadband. We didn't have a shared culture.
Now everybody has phones and we are all feeding from the same spigots. Kids grew up like this.
I do think this has resulted in significant Americanization of German culture.
- walthamstow 3y agoI remember travelling around Europe as a young adult in the late 00s. In every country, the teenagers dressed slightly differently, and these styles were all very different to what I saw on the streets at home in London. Now, in every European city the teenagers, and the younger adults <35yo, are all wearing one of a handful of styles, which have been unified across borders by social media.
- x3874 3y ago[flagged]
- skohan 3y agoIt's been interesting to observe the monoculture as an American living in Germany. For instance, during the George Floyd protests in the states, there were mass demonstrations against police brutality in the US being held in Berlin. I think that police brutality and racial discrimination are important issues, but I could not help wondering what those (mostly) teens and young adults hoped to accomplish by protesting what's happening in a completely different society thousands of kilometers away. Especially when there's plenty of discrimination to get upset about right here in Germany.