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Years ago I was contracted to work for an American company that owned subsidiaries in Germany for two weeks. To save money for the client, we were asked to stay in Germany over the weekend and hang out in Frankfurt. On the kickoff call, a higher up in the American company said that we should work over the weekend to maximize our work for the time we had in Germany. The workers at the German subsidiary in the meeting stated flatly "We will not be doing that. We do not work weekends here." You could hear the surprise in her voice after she heard peons telling her that wasn't going to happen. Germany is OK in my book.
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May 16, 2020 06:58
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germans eat poo
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May 16, 2020 07:00
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I don't believe Germans actually eat poo, but they have those toilets that helps them look at their poo poo though
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May 16, 2020 07:04
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Junk posted:germans eat poo I’m not sure this is germane to the thread
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May 16, 2020 07:08
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SidneyIsTheKiller posted:I don't believe Germans actually eat poo, but they have those toilets that helps them look at their poo poo though They have the "shelf" toilets as opposed to our opulent US "pool" toilets. Everyone should be using a bidet is what I am getting at.
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May 16, 2020 07:09
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Germans know sign language.  e. No, wait. I was thinking of gorillas.
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May 16, 2020 07:10
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Linux Pirate posted:They have the "shelf" toilets as opposed to our opulent US "pool" toilets. https://youtu.be/rzXPyCY7jbs
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May 16, 2020 07:19
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if you leave a group of germans unattended for any length of time without alcohol its said they will begin building fortifications
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May 16, 2020 07:24
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bossy lady posted:Years ago I was contracted to work for an American company that owned subsidiaries in Germany for two weeks. To save money for the client, we were asked to stay in Germany over the weekend and hang out in Frankfurt. On the kickoff call, a higher up in the American company said that we should work over the weekend to maximize our work for the time we had in Germany. The workers at the German subsidiary in the meeting stated flatly "We will not be doing that. We do not work weekends here." You could hear the surprise in her voice after she heard peons telling her that wasn't going to happen. Germany is OK in my book. Germany has mandatory unions too, that's pretty awesome.
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May 16, 2020 07:29
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 I have to say life would be pretty miserable if I had to use the last toilet there. Oh mein gott! I think we've just stumbled upon the answer!
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May 16, 2020 07:39
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ArbitraryC posted:The point pretty much writes itself after you connect those dots. Getting upset about another place's culture because of your own countryman's cartoonish depiction of it is basically a textbook definition of propaganda. swing and a miss
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May 16, 2020 07:48
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And Germany is coming back to poo poo. Sorry.
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May 16, 2020 07:49
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Motherfucker posted:swing and a miss You don't have to double down you know
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May 16, 2020 07:51
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Motherfucker posted:making women serve you in degrading outfits is actually a pretty common practice among joyless assholes throughout history. Its not even that much of a leap of logic that they'd combine it with alcoholism to double up on things that balm a worthless existence. Oh yeah hey buddy what you want is the “feminism booze fest” where a woman in grey sweatpants and no make-up slides you a nip of gut-rot communist grain alcohol at a bus stop and tolerates you saying “hi” with a smile so long as you frown shortly after and keep your hands folded in your lap and stare directly forward. 
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May 16, 2020 07:53
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ClamdestineBoyster posted:Oh yeah hey buddy what you want is the “feminism booze fest” where a woman in grey sweatpants and no make-up slides you a nip of gut-rot communist grain alcohol at a bus stop and tolerates you saying “hi” with a smile so long as you frown shortly after and keep your hands folded in your lap and stare directly forward. the common thread is they don't gently caress you in either the real world or your dumb fantasy one you made up just now.
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May 16, 2020 08:20
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bossy lady posted:Years ago I was contracted to work for an American company that owned subsidiaries in Germany for two weeks. To save money for the client, we were asked to stay in Germany over the weekend and hang out in Frankfurt. On the kickoff call, a higher up in the American company said that we should work over the weekend to maximize our work for the time we had in Germany. The workers at the German subsidiary in the meeting stated flatly "We will not be doing that. We do not work weekends here." You could hear the surprise in her voice after she heard peons telling her that wasn't going to happen. Germany is OK in my book.
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May 16, 2020 08:26
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Return to Castle Wolfenstein was the best 2000 era multiplayer game hands down. The Germans are forgiven.
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May 16, 2020 09:03
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Nothing was more fun than constantly flammenwerfering the useless shitheel snipers on your team constantly
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May 16, 2020 09:11
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Snipers in games are all dullards and I hate them one and all.
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May 16, 2020 09:54
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Motherfucker posted:the common thread is they don't gently caress you in either the real world or your dumb fantasy one you made up just now. GROW UP! ITS A JOKE ABOUT BEER AND BOOBIES Here's one from the actual Hofbrau Haus, reductive and tacky as it may be this poo poo still looks like a load of fun.  They also have something called "gently caress Parade" which is where Techno Viking is from. Techno Viking stomps fun on its head and hated that he became a meme. So in conclusion, Germany is a land of contrasts.
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May 16, 2020 09:55
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Frank Dillinger posted:Germans aren’t joyless, they’re just dorkier on average than normal people. Yeah that's also my experience, German people are cool but they're often into weird stuff like nudism or model trains. Doesn't make them bad. Unfortunately a lot of them are hippies who rail against GMO and nuclear power, that's not great.
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May 16, 2020 10:50
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"Group X doesn't have a sense of humor" is usually said by people whose own comedy prowess isn't great. Like they made a programming joke at a teleconference with some Germans and the awkward silence is somehow gerry's fault
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May 16, 2020 11:03
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americans are just generally not very subtle people, overall quite broad, both physically and comedically
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May 16, 2020 11:10
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My joyless in Germany experience is that I spent a week or so there and didn't hear any laughter. It's weird if you start noticing the absence. Still, they are pretty earnest and friendly most of the time. And as Northern Europeans, they sit at the peak of good drinking culture.
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May 16, 2020 11:15
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The_Continental posted:
this is a racist thread but your argument against it is someone whose job consists of smiling at drunks.
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May 16, 2020 12:03
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Caesar Saladin posted:americans are just generally not very subtle people, overall quite broad, both physically and comedically Now that's humor fit for a germ!
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May 16, 2020 12:03
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oldpainless posted:Imagine defending Nazis im an american and theres no doubt in my mind there are more nazis both in gross terms and per capita here than in germany rn E: is there some trick to carrying that much beer at once like that woman does? is it just good posture? that poo poo seems even heavier than my old 23 inch dell CRT during a summer LAN party e2: Icochet posted:"Group X doesn't have a sense of humor" is usually said by people whose own comedy prowess isn't great. Like they made a programming joke at a teleconference with some Germans and the awkward silence is somehow gerry's fault lol yeah a xenophobe rear end in a top hat walks into a room and nobody likes him, hes the normal one and the entire group of people represented dont have a sense of humor** and also are geographically located where nazis were at one point Worf fucked around with this message at 12:14 on May 16, 2020 |
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May 16, 2020 12:10
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wowuE8m0JhU
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May 16, 2020 12:24
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:this is a racist thread but your argument against it is someone whose job consists of smiling at drunks. Please, forgive me for punching down at the historically oppressed inventors of murder trains and sheiss porn. Im gonna also go ahead and say their music is bad. Edit: wait which side am I arguing for?
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May 16, 2020 13:03
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germans like to fart!
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May 16, 2020 13:07
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not exactly sure what some of you are even arguing
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May 16, 2020 13:08
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Telebite posted:germans like to fart! Truly, we are all germans on this day
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May 16, 2020 13:09
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Milo and POTUS posted:not exactly sure what some of you are even arguing ppl are still weird about germany, the place that had been a unified country for like 3 days before their idiot leaders suckered them into a shitload of foreign actions i assume that most people on earth are more self aware than my neighbors here in USA and tbh, the cultural burden of being the worlds nazis must be pretty lovely tbh. i assume that germans, like most people on this earth that i have ever met, think that the things that nazis did were absolutely horrible and it truly sucks that they have to be associated with that as a country and people like i said earlier. i trust that america has more nazis now than germany. i guess its a small blessing that in americas ww2 concentration camps they hadnt just started gassing the interns yet. otoh, if we had the ability to gas groups of people, they'd probably serve it alongside turkey and potato on thanksgiving Worf fucked around with this message at 13:16 on May 16, 2020 |
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May 16, 2020 13:13
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you all need to chill out and listen to some Kraftwerk. that will get you in the mood for showing up punctually to board game night and not laughing
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May 16, 2020 13:15
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So were all in agreement that big tiddy german beer maids are cool? At least if they are giving you delicious german beer?
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May 16, 2020 13:16
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The_Continental posted:So were all in agreement that big tiddy german beer maids are cool? At least if they are giving you delicious german beer? i really wanna know how that one woman seems so small and yet has so much beer in her hands thats wait its just engineering gently caress they really have stuff figured out over there
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May 16, 2020 13:17
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Funniest German guy I've met was a foreign exchange student in high school. At one point he serenely stood up mid-sentence in math class and announced "I am going for a Zigarette, Mr. Rrrray". The teacher was just paralyzed as he walked out. You could see the gears turning in his head like, "maybe this kid doesn't know you're not supposed to do that, maybe it's a cultural thing etc.". After some stunned silence he didn't acknowledge it and just went back to the lecture.
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May 16, 2020 13:23
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yeah, as an American, all my teachers in class made me swear not to get caught when i dipped out for smoke breaks
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May 16, 2020 13:26
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last time I went to Frankfurt, the first thing we did was stumble into a bar at midday where the bartender was a middle-aged man wearing a kitten wolfshirt who unprompted launched into half an hour of street magic for us he also claimed to speak "a little" English, which turned out to be him having to pause for a few seconds to think of the word 'firework', as opposed to my "a little" German, which meant that I could reasonably order a sandwich if there was a display of sandwiches where I could point and grunt at the one I wanted all I'm saying is that they definitely should have won the war
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May 16, 2020 13:27
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Tip posted:It's "Intim Report", but I should probably just tell the full story. 
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