worklaptopacct

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by worklaptopacct 3y ago
To me it's more or less: if you move countries with an intent to stay, then you're an immigrant. Otherwise, you're an expat. Of course an expat my become an immigrant if they decide to take roots in a place.
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by worklaptopacct 3y ago
It is a show, that's true. However at least in my circles drugs - or at least talking about them - are so normalized that I have to remember to censor myself whenever I meet my friends who don't live in Berlin.
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by worklaptopacct 3y ago
Possibly, I'm a EU citizen myself. To be fair, in my home country courses taught in English had actual tuition even if it was a public university as well. Quite a few people who did not do well on their high school graduation exams wou
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by worklaptopacct 3y ago
It's about mentality. Americans strive to attain the ideal of a "self-made man"; prizing work ethic and self-sufficiency. Germans (Europeans is too broad of a label) are okay with learning a trade and then doing their job con
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by worklaptopacct 3y ago
I mean, the money has to come from somewhere. Yes, in terms of government-provided services "free" tends to mean "socialized", but if I compare it to a market-driven healthcare system in the US where the majority of effo
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by worklaptopacct 3y ago
As a new Berliner who immigrated here I can answer some of those: - Berlin has a reputation for its artsy party scene and lax enforcement of drug laws. People come here in their 20s to let themselves loose. - German universities are good qu
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by worklaptopacct 3y ago
Not entirely related, but "The Origins of Clothing" was somehow a prompt our elementary school teacher came up with the first time we got Internet connection at school and could use Google. The top result was a malware page... the
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by worklaptopacct 4y ago
What makes schooling, corporal punishment, age of consent, and - as discussed here - control over online communication acceptable government interventions into an otherwise wise, benevolent and self-sufficient family?
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by worklaptopacct 4y ago
What makes you think that a marriage between two people gives them absolute knowledge how to raise a child in an optimal way?
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by worklaptopacct 4y ago
It's surprisingly common to just forget tourists/newcomers to your country exist. I've visited Brazil and I could not activate a SIM card I bought because it expected me to put in a CPF, a local equivalent of a SSN which obvi
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by worklaptopacct 4y ago
This is the reality in most rent-controlled areas, I supppose. Germany for example has very strict property rental laws. Unlimited contracts only save for rare exceptions, cannot evict a tenant unless you want to move in yourself (and even