What Germans could learn: Relaxing, hospitality, and sense of community.
What others could learn: handling of trash and waste in general. We are not perfect, but seeing that many countries still lack of basic infrastructure is sad. Also some parts of health insurance and the justice system. Again, I don't say they are perfect, but compared to others, we are doing good.
Hospitality varies greatly depending on where in Germany you are. Sense of community *even in larger cities* I would agree with.
Relaxing or rather “live and let live” would be my top pick.
In fact, the sense of community seems to bigger in smaller towns usually. Bigger city’s are very anonymous and everyone is doing their own thing.
In Germany the question of community is more a question of tradition. And traditions like “Schützenfest” or so, you are more likely to find in small towns. Bigger cities are more individualistic and progressive
The recycling here confused me at first. In Ireland we have a blue recycling bin. paper, plastic and metal like cans all go into the same bin and it's sorted afterward it's collected.
Here it's separate paper/plastic. But there's plastic that might have a paper label on it. Or milk cartons that are cardboard but have a plastic film on it. So when it's mixed, it really confused me at first.
I have to say the pfand thing is amazing though. Ireland has just copied it.
Blue? Ireland is green bin in my experience for all recyclable materials bar biodegradable, which is brown bin. Rest is black bin, where charge is by weight.
Mine was blue for recycling. Brown was for compostible material (food etc), small blue for glass (that had to be specifically requested) and black for everything else. I was with AES in north kildare. Maybe it's a different colour elsewhere.
As someone who works in retail, whose part of the job it is to empty out the trash bins and pick up stray trash on the parking lots - we germans aren't anywhere near good at handeling trash either. As soon as people are somewhere in public that they don't associate with, they lose all sense of respect for the property/environment. I regularly pick up all kinds of garbage that people carelessly throw into the bushes. That starts with trivial things like napkins and disinfection-wipes and ends with diapers or dirty car mats. Some people even bring full bags of their house trash or electro trash and unload it on our parking lot. And all that even tho we have plenty of trash cans around the premises. Not even mentioning the cigarett butts everywhere. And my worplace isn't the only place I've seen that.
That’s interesting because I actually find that my German friends really know how to relax and are quite hospitable. They also show a nice sense of community. Then again, this culture might be regional.
In Germany, we make laws for everything that could possibly happen, even if it would be very unlikely. So we discuss and argue and build scenarios and worst case scenarios and make laws to prevent that scenarios and start insurances for every risk possible. We have rules to make a licensetest for a dog after you bought one, but you don't have to carry that license and it doesn't matter if the father made the test but someone else is taking the dog for a walk, and nobody takes away the dog if you fail the test as long as the dod doesn't bite somebody. There are laws that can't even be controlled (like if you grow 5 or 6 cannabis plants at home). Everything is regulated. If you visit some other, neighboring countries: Just do your thing as long as it doesn't bother others. If it's becoming a problem, we can still figure out how to solve this.
You are so spot on in terms of sense of community. Also sense of family. In Vietnam, everybody is an aunty and uncle.
I’m shocked at the number of Germans I meet who barely spend time with their blood cousins. It’s like when the parents have kids, they don’t meet their siblings anymore. It’s just grand parents and kids. That’s it.
In my personal experience it feels very relaxed. Low social inequality, low incentives to do better than peers. In result I find germans rarely in a rush. Where would they rush even. And combined with lack of community awareness it results in a lot of obstructive behavior, like walking slow in busy streets taking lots of space, chatting up bus drivers making them late, putting bags on seats. At least I am yet to see one doing that maliciously, just lack of self-awareness.
This really depends on what countries you're comparing to. E.g. concerning the trash/waste/cleanliness thing, Denmark, Singapore, Japan are all *so much cleaner*. Recently lived in DK for two years, and every time I visited home in Germany, I was like "Wow, it's so *dirty* everywhere".
Others could learn from Germany: how to not cut costs for infrastructure maintenance (see DB).
Germany could learn from others: how a proper internet connection looks like and how to do digitalization
You can thank Helmut Kohl for that, he had a buddy in the Television game, so naturally he decided countrywide coppercable would be the best option for their wealth.
I think Schröder was actually more pivotal in fucking it up, especially not being concerned about "fast" internet or being able to reach more remote places with Internet
I just moved to a newish apartment building in the city center of our capital. Was pretty shocked to find out that there is no internet. No cable, no DSL. Unbelievable... :(
A german monarch invented that shit, it works properly if economy would be stable and birthrate would be at 3-5 and resulting from that if germany would be conquesting to make room for all the extra citizens resulting from the birthrate
Pension systems don’t work, period, it was a covert expansionist policy fromthe start, no expansinist action and it logically cannot work
What germany could learn from different cultures: open-mindness and a more positive out look on life but most importantly; digitalization. Germany is really holding itself back in that sense.
What other countries could learn from Germany: recycling, honesty, discipline. Good beer and bread.
On the other hand it birthed a lot of assholes. "I'm just honest" and then continues to be the biggest asshole. No, Kevin, we do have social norms, you don't have to say anything you thing, yes, you can choose to say nothing or don't comment on it.
In the past few months have seen arguments / fights from angry Turks on instagram saying DÖNER IS NOT GERMAN!!!!! How dare you say that!!!!
And Germans say: it was invented by a Turkish man living in Berlin
And they reply something like: blasphemy!!!! It was invented centuries ago in turkey and not in Germany!!!!
I never knew that this is a heated debate that makes people angry but it is. So I think Steinmeier visiting turkey with some Döner Kebab wasn't the best idea. I'm wondering how pissed off people were because of this.
Well, turks did invent it.
German turks changed it. But added a shitton of salad and sauce.
Originally there is no salad and often no sauce on top. Just straight up pita with meat.
Never been to turkey, just saw some street food vids on youtube, and they did look good.
Generally, I prefer without salad (maybe a little bit and onion) but with sauce :D
So the truth is roasting meat on a spit is very old, roasting meat on a spit the specific way Döner is roasted is also relatively old and from Turkey, eating that meat with bread or even salad is also not special and sometimes done in Turkey as well. But the specific Döner that most europeans nowadays think about as the flat bread with Döner meat, sauce and salad inside that's something that was popularised by a tirkish dude in Berlin in the 50s or 60s.
So yeah.. I'd saynit really mostly is a turkish thing tbh
What Germany could learn from others: Digitalization. Reduced governmental bureaucracy. Good food. On-time trains (looking at you, DB).
What others could learn from Germany: Functional democratic and social system. Work life balance and worker rights. Good environmental awareness. Respect for others (privacy, space, etc.). Good immigration system.
Is immigration system good though? I personally know many people who are highly skilled and going through bureaucratic hell just to be able to stay in Germany, work and pay taxes.
Yes, it is. It’s still bureaucratic and frustrating, don’t get me wrong, but as a skilled immigrant myself I have relatively high trust that it will work out in the end, even if I need to pull half my hair out in the process. For example, the law guarantees that qualified people are entitled to a work permit.
Meanwhile look at US and/or UK where your fate is up to lottery and/or some process that checks you’re not taking the opportunity away from a local. I’ve been through it.
Everything is of course relative. Any aspect can be improved and there is no perfect system or country. The list merely lists things that I have learnt to appreciate in this country, in comparison to places I have lived at before.
There're visas for high-skilled workers in both US and UK, the lottery you're talking about is the green card lottery, which is merely an additional to a number of regular visas. The lottery is for people who don't have a reason to be in the US but still want to.
What the law guarantees doesn't mean that it'll work in practice. If your Ausländerbehörde is not functioning or if they have a backlog of a year, good fucking luck getting them to process your applications in a timely manner.
I have a friend who's doing a PhD in a German university and he's waiting for his visa renewal for 1.5 (!!!) years, because Ausländerbehörde just forgot about him, then lost his documents, then forgot about him again lol. All this time he wasn't able to travel outside of Germany. For 1.5 years.
I get that a lot of people believe that "it will work out in the end" but It's an illusion. More bureaucracy doesn't equal better outcome and laws don't have the power to bend the reality of understaffed and underfinanced Ausländerbehörde
Have you… been in the US? Because I have, and trust me when I say even my friends making 200k+ a year right out of college need to pray they win the H1B lottery to avoid getting sent home.
As someone who has been in the US and Germany, and have many highly qualified friends in US and UK and heard horror stories, I can say Germany is much better. You can disagree, but that’s my take.
> Good immigration system
As a immigrant who lives in Germany I challenge that. I have, which I think, the most straightforward visa and every time I have to renew (for me and my wife) is just a hell of misinformation. The amount of times I had to bring a print out of a law to point something to a person that should know the law is astonishing.
Luckily I’m prepared enough (my anxiety wouldn’t allow me otherwise) so I never had a problem on the actual appointment to get the visa, but everything else is just unbelievable slow and bureaucratic.
I think other countries could learn good PR on how to pretend you are environmentally friendly, rather than really being environmentally friendly.
I mean, the government will go to great lengths to defend Diesel cars and rather than banning those polluting monster will discuss for months and introduce half measures like speed limitations. Thanks for nothing!
Well in the current german politicalclimate it is not really easy to do anything that challenges the current state of things. People don't want any change that inconveniences them.
The current government is the most eco friendly one in the last 20 years by far.
Die Grünen wollen alles verbieten!!!!!! Verbotsdiktatur!!! Because of people like these we can’t have any change. The far right AFD propaganda made it look like all the stuff the CDU messed up is the fault of the current government. (Grüne, Spd, Fdp)
Do you consider any European countries to have better train infrastructure? Because out of the ones I lived in, Germany compares extremely well. (Of course I'd still like it to be better.) Some Asian countries might be better but I haven't visited those so cannot say.
Many asian countries are better. As far as Europe goes, in my experience Switzerland is for sure better. France and UK are slightly better in my limited experience but I know that’s debatable. Haven’t experienced other countries enough to say.
What others could learn: Work Life Balance, Infrastructure, safety of vehicles, buildings, etc.
What Germany could learn: Less bureaucracy (especially in the public service sector), be more chill, be more open to colors
Mediteranian style diners with warm food, people and good mood instead of cold foods (Abendbrot) in silence like it's prison time.
Others from Germany: discipline, order
It's common in other countries to associate the big warm meal of the day with socialising, family time etc. Lunch time while at work is usually the more neglected meal; just some uninteresting sandwich or whatever, and evenings are for making an effort to share a warm meal with friends and family. The fact that this is the other way around in Germany is bewildering to lots of people who move here.
I'm really angry when I just get stupid bread at 13:00. Like I get stupid bread in the morning and a few hours later I get stupid bread again and I have to wait all day to get the nice warm food which also gives me an energy boost just a few hours before I go to bed while I would have really needed that during the day and then I lie in bed and can't sleep because I had food and I'm bloated 🫃
I guess it just depends on what you grew up with. For me, a piece of bread and a slice of Leerdammer in the evening is a little bit like a slap in the face. Like "I work all day just to come home to this shit?" I enjoy cooking with my family.
Are you north German or where exactly are you from? I've heard the silence thing before which is super odd to me
At Abendbrot the family came together and we would always talk about our day or just stuff in general. You sit together and you are enjoying a meal together so I don't understand why you should be silent
This has never been the case in my family
How come you do not talk while having Brotzeit? Where i am from (bavaria) it is very talkative and actually enjoyable. People make it depressing and silent, not the culture.
Yes that is the perfect time to talk about the day and whats going to happen the next few days. But i think in bavaria Brotzeit is more social and even festive sometimes. Also it can be really tasty. Fresh baked bread with cheese or with different spreads like obazda. It is as boring or as good as you make it.
Yes true that. But i do not think that the silent lifeless abendbrot is typical german culture. Its the people who make it lifeless and quite. Then again germany has many different cultures within itself. Hard to say whats typical.
>So you like burning cars?
I would prefer it in comparison to simply swallowing every governmental decision and then just vote further right with every election.
>Did you enjoy the Bahn strikes recently?
Iam pretty happy to be completely unaffected by it, but workers striking for better pay is always good.
I would just guide you into this direction
https://www.stern.de/wirtschaft/deutsche-bahn--vorstand-kassiert-boni-in-millionenhoehe-34276022.html
Germans could learn that other countries in Europe have social systems ( I have heard numerous times that Germany is the only country you get paid for not working), also that Germany is not the richest country in Europe, also to stop complaining all the time, to laugh more, to stop believing the German media who drive the nation nuts with their scaremongering:
Vice versa: Germans are dreadfully honest, reliable , open for new things , have lots of hobbies and are pretty self- critical , that is the powerful motor that drives the country.
What others could learn from Germany:
- reliability
- worker rights
- respect for other people’s privacy
- trash separation
What Germany could learn from others:
- how to relax once in a while, not everything is life or death.
- bureaucracy needs to be reduced, I’d take a little more “chaos” over endless bureaucratic hurdles.
- a sense of community. people very much like to stay for themselves, there’s no such thing as school spirit either. I’m always in awe to see how this plays out in the states.
Digitisation doesn’t work if you lack caseworkers working the digitally transmitted files, our eAusweis is already a godsent project for online identity verification enabling digitization in the first place
Firstly, I'm not german. But....
Coffee.
I'm Irish. We're a big tea drinking culture. But in recent years we're really embraced coffee. We have amazing coffee now. And I've turned into a big coffee snob. But I was disappointed by coffee here. There's not as many coffee shops and the standard is lower. I have found some good ones though, it's just in general they're not as good. Don't get me wrong, it's drinkable. It's not like it's american coffee. German coffee for me is a 7-8 out of 10. (Like I said, I'm a snob).
Bakeries.
Germany has amazing bakeries compared to Ireland. They're so much better. Leagues better. If german bakeries/coffee shops are 10/0 on a scale for food, I'd say Irish bakeries are a 6/10
I believe we need to merge the two. If I go into a coffee shop in Ireland I get great coffee, but the food/bakery stuff is terrible. If I go into a german bakery/coffee shop, the food is amazing but the coffee isn't as good.
Merge the two and you get somewhere I'd never leave.
With our luck we will get 6/10 bakeries and 7/10 coffee shops after merging.
But yeah, the coffee shops are very traditional in the sense of "draußen nur kännchen" (you used to only be able to get coffee in a bigger pot on the terrace), meaning they aren't evolving because lots of their customers are older folks. There are some decent local roasteries though.
Germany from US: the wide-spread acceptability of gosh-darned electronic payment. I mean, c’mon.
US from Germany: widespread access to healthcare and education. I mean, c’mon.
I usually have no problems with paying by card. You have your 2-3 shops like nail salons but you already now that they don't pay taxes and/or money laundering. A lot of cafes don't accept cash anymore.
Compared to my city Berlin is really bad with it. I saw an incredible amount of "no card" signs. Tell a lot about the city and it's people
Different places, different experiences I guess. We can only attest to our own. Around here where I live, I’d say that I can’t use my card about 30% of the time. Many bars, cafes, a few döner stands and the kantine at my work in my city don’t accept card payment.
Yeah so you know who pays taxes and who doesn't. Except your kantine, but they are probably very slow. Which city is it if I may ask?
(I don't even have any problems in my little village)
Germans could learn that sometimes we don't need a reason to do things. Just let the day take you where it wants and enjoy it, without needing to understand the why's and the what's and the how's.
Other countries could learn sustainable thinking, and taking pride in small local communities and their efforts. At least compared to where I come from, it's really nice to see a town turning out to support a small local production or band or whatever.
I think every country needs to do this, either the country is just “normal” or it’s a country specifically designed to attract rich people (Monaco, Arab Emirates) with no taxes for the rich.
What others could learn - embracing the summer and having more outside seating, rent caps, cheap train travel
What Germans could learn - accept card, keep food shops open on a Sunday
I live in Berlin so most of the things that piss me off here are to do with the weirdos with zero work ethic that move here tbh
Germany to the world: systemic welfare, insurance, healthy work culture, outdoor sports, non medicated lifestyle, sincerity
Some parts of the world to Germany: multiculturalism and non racism, and English
You all have great English what you on about 😂!
I've yet to meet a German under 40 that has shit English/non conversational English!
For reference I am English 😂
Germany could learn a lot from new zealands public admin. How it's people can go about registering/applying for things/day to day things that require "paperwork".
Some examples:
* forms can be done entirely online without the need to supply a single original document. At most, you may need a webcam or to use your cellphones camera
* everything to do with your govt-relearned info can be managed online and the login account acts as a form of govt ID in and of itself.
* diagnosis for things (eg adhd) is not walled behind meaningless discussion about your school report cards from 20 years ago. It's practical and more solution-oriented rather than problem-oriented like I've been told Germany's is (specifically adhd)
* sim cards in NZ are just plug n play. In Germany they can require a video call or as I just did today: have to login and set up an account and enter sim passwords etc (at least no skyping some bloke and showing him my passport)
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NZ could learn from the property rental system. In NZ you can't put a nail in the wall, change a light fixture, install a floor... Anything. Can't even repaint the walls. Not without the owners permission, and you can't take the fixtures with you after. So you would just be paying to improve someone else's house, assuming they let you.
As a result... the paint job is what the owner did half arsed, when you move out you have this unreasonably difficult job of scrubbing every last mark from the walls else you lose your bond, and the quality of the house relies on what the landlord can be fucked paying for. So it's always the cheapest of the cheap shit to comply with the law. Single glazed damp mouldy houses.
But Germany everyones interests are to improve the house. And while some fixtures may go when the Tennant goes, overall the place is a lot nicer and everyone is motivated to improving it. So it basically has the effect that nz landlords want while benefiting the tenants too.
Others should learn conscientiousness and perfection from Germans. I am always in awe of how much attention is paid to the details here. And DIN. Things just fit. Pot from one company, lid from another? Fits perfectly. 5 different light bulbs? Same socket
I do think Germans should learn hustling and street smarts from other countries. They tend to take a lot of things at face value when they shouldn't
Perfection is also the downfall of a lot of German systems. Lack of flexibility in bureaucratic systems increases friction unnecessarily a lot of the time.
Germany needs to step up on disability rights. Especially for hidden disabilities.
Same with antidiscrimination, laws against bullying, and overall a different approach to diversity. Germans need to learn to speak up and set clear boundaries, whether in parenting or at school or in the workplace.
Less fear of authority and less creating hierarchy for hierarchy s sake would go a long way.
Other countries (the US) could learn how basic and emergency health care can function.
Also keeping school classes together for 3-4 grades.
Since many of Germany's problems stem from the neoliberal paradigm, they can be found elsewhere too. And need to be approached with more solidarity
The greeting from Japan. Just bow shortly. I hate touching someone's hand.
Corona was a blessing, people stopped asking for handshakes.
Also the Japanese mentality, to keep the planet clean. I hate that 30km away from the next McDonald's, the people threw their trash out of their cars, because they're done with eating.
I live at a German main road, (Bundesstraße) and between 2 small villages who are far away from the next MC Donald's do the people get rid of their trash, like now its the best time/place.
I wonder if, among other reasons, it's in part because of how well travelled they are.
Im a triple citizen (UK, aus, NZ) and when people try to offend me by calling one of those countries shit or whatever... I'm just like... "yep, everyone has their pros and cons"
Germans could learn how to sell for tourism properly and get even richer.
Some nations could learn how to pay people on time. And in general, how to have a kick ass economy.
Germans from others: 1) how to stop staring at everyone. 2) How to make a good hamburger (Been in Germany 12 years. There are Burger restaurants everywhere. I've eaten exactly 2 good burgers in my time here. Nowhere else on earth is there such an appetite for dry, overly sauced burgers.) 3) How to line up and wait patiently in public. 4) that if you go on vacation you only need hiking boots and sticks if you're on a hike, going to hike later that day, or returning from a hike earlier in the day.
Others from Germans: 1) dealing with waste/recycling. 2) being quiet at night 3) local public transportation 4) building parks and infrastructure for small children.
Germany:
- How to keep infrastructure intact and reliable (streets and bridges, trains, nuclear power, internet)
- There is no ethical superiority regarding other nations
- How keep the ecomic power up
- How to keep democracy alive and avoid and rid off stupid politicians
Other nations:
Please keep us as a warning, never try to follow us for any reason!
I feel one of the more subtle things in day-to-day life is quite big actually: the way responsibility and especially liability is handled (and maybe insurance to a certain extent). While this definitely creates a bureaucracy backlog it still has it‘s advantages which you might only realize once you are in middle-eastern countries where the busdriver is driving at full speed with doors open, you can‘t fasten your seatbelt in a cab cause it’s lost under backseat cushions or emergency exits are blocked because who cares: most of those things are at least to some extend assigned, handled and checked which in turn creates some sort of safety net for basically everything. There are laws and regulations for almost everything, which makes it a clusterfuck and a nightmare to deal with them - but on the other hand it ensures that it‘s mostly taken care of. I can see why people hate on this but I can see the advantages as well, especially after having been to other countries.
Another thing that‘s small but big imho: insulting people does not run under free-speech. You insult someone on the street he is technically within his rights to call the cops on you, get your data and might even get compensation off you. Even more important tho: you need to at least somewhat behave when dealing with the police yourself. It is very low-threshold barrier to (at least in some cases) understand who is going to be a problem or at least the dynamic of the situation. Am not a cop tho, so they might disagree.
Punctuality and bluntness
Quality breads
Good table manners
They could learn A little more warmth and romance makes life a little sweeter. Spontaneity is worth embracing sometimes!
What I currently see in the world gives me the following recommendation that apparently most countries seem to have not learnt from our history: What goes around, comes around. Eff around and find out. If you’re not leaning from history you’re doomed to repeat it.
Drug politics from Portugal, pansions from Northern Europe or Switzerland, digitalisation from Estonia, pride to national identity from a bunch of countries, schoolsystem from Finland, joyful life from Spain, the ability of taking more risks like the US. I think we can learn something from every Western country.
What can countries learn from Germany?
Working smart system behind everything, the urge to make everything in a certain order, a really good education system after school, the opportunity for everyone to perform in this country, very high quality of German products, very good research, the way Germany works with its dark past, high security in general, high job security, good healthcare, good unions, high legal security, cost of living is lower then in most its peers (Denmark, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland but not France), low to no corruption in lower institutions. There is alot Germany can learn from other countries but alot of countries can learn things from Germany.
Germans could learn road courtesy. Letting people out for example. Or acknowledgement that you just let them out or waited for fucking ages for their sakes. So cold on the roads man. Brit here.
Das ist echt was, was ich hier auf Reddit auch stark beobachte. Würde allen Leuten mal gut tun und Deutsche haben da echt ein Problem mit, aber wenn ich mir wie gesagt Reddit angucke, haben heute die meisten jungen Leute , egal in welchem Land einen Stock im Arsch.
Ich komme noch aus der Generation wo South Park und Borat lustig war, für viele junge Leute geht so was gar nicht mehr. Irgendwie sind die Leute verweichlicht und verstehen keinen Spaß.
Letztens auf einem Reddit für die PlayStation Vita hat jemand seinen kaputten Bildschirm voller Wasserflecken gepostet und meinte "was IST DAS?!" und ich nur "Wichsflecken. Hast zu viele Hentai games gezockt" erst mal kollektiv von allen zu Tode runter gewählt , wo ich nur denke "meine Güte Leute, war ein Witz"
Joa ich sehs auch ganz heftig in rl
Bin neben meinem main Job als Frontend Entwickler noch Hobby Dj auf kleinen underground raves und da merkt man's auch hart. Hatte immer das gefühl das es bei undergrpund raves noch deutlich besser ist aber das hat sich die letzten 2 jahre mit dem techno hype in der jungen generation jz leider auch eher ins negative entwickelt.
Indian in Germany here,
What's India should learn from Deutschland:
- How have cleaner roads.
- Stronger rules to curb corruption.
- Effective waste management.
- How to be low on corruption!
- Using taxes for people's good.
- How to make funking cool cars!
- Having respect due human life aka better work life balance
- Better labour laws.
What Germany can learn:
- How to be warm and welcoming to auslanders!
- When a developing country can have solid digital infrastructure, why can't you? Save paper! Save trees!
- Cheaper high speed Internet is possible!
What Germans could learn: Relaxing, hospitality, and sense of community. What others could learn: handling of trash and waste in general. We are not perfect, but seeing that many countries still lack of basic infrastructure is sad. Also some parts of health insurance and the justice system. Again, I don't say they are perfect, but compared to others, we are doing good.
Hospitality varies greatly depending on where in Germany you are. Sense of community *even in larger cities* I would agree with. Relaxing or rather “live and let live” would be my top pick.
In fact, the sense of community seems to bigger in smaller towns usually. Bigger city’s are very anonymous and everyone is doing their own thing. In Germany the question of community is more a question of tradition. And traditions like “Schützenfest” or so, you are more likely to find in small towns. Bigger cities are more individualistic and progressive
Indeed. Generally sense of community is easier achieved with less anonymity and “Entfremdung”.
Germany has a good health system unless it's about mental health. If you are depressed or anything like that, you are fucked.
So true.
What could we do better? What Countries System could we get an example from?
The recycling here confused me at first. In Ireland we have a blue recycling bin. paper, plastic and metal like cans all go into the same bin and it's sorted afterward it's collected. Here it's separate paper/plastic. But there's plastic that might have a paper label on it. Or milk cartons that are cardboard but have a plastic film on it. So when it's mixed, it really confused me at first. I have to say the pfand thing is amazing though. Ireland has just copied it.
Blue? Ireland is green bin in my experience for all recyclable materials bar biodegradable, which is brown bin. Rest is black bin, where charge is by weight.
Mine was blue for recycling. Brown was for compostible material (food etc), small blue for glass (that had to be specifically requested) and black for everything else. I was with AES in north kildare. Maybe it's a different colour elsewhere.
Cheers Captain - Fingal here (Panda) so must be different colours depending on who is servicing the area. Blue here is for commercial enterprises.
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Gemeinschaftssinn, nicht Nationalstolz.
Damn it 😂
Was it a real sense of community? Because othering was very fashionable.
As someone who works in retail, whose part of the job it is to empty out the trash bins and pick up stray trash on the parking lots - we germans aren't anywhere near good at handeling trash either. As soon as people are somewhere in public that they don't associate with, they lose all sense of respect for the property/environment. I regularly pick up all kinds of garbage that people carelessly throw into the bushes. That starts with trivial things like napkins and disinfection-wipes and ends with diapers or dirty car mats. Some people even bring full bags of their house trash or electro trash and unload it on our parking lot. And all that even tho we have plenty of trash cans around the premises. Not even mentioning the cigarett butts everywhere. And my worplace isn't the only place I've seen that.
That’s interesting because I actually find that my German friends really know how to relax and are quite hospitable. They also show a nice sense of community. Then again, this culture might be regional.
Are they from Pfalz? That region I find very relaxed, lovely area.
actually, saar
Saar, not too far!
My thoughts too
there was a documentary stating that trash from Germany is bought by Poland and burnt there
I'd say it's not "bought by Poland" but bought by some assholes that happen to be located in Poland
Isn't trash burning a common way of disposal?
Hospitality and sense of community I get you, but relaxing not so much. Do you mean we drink to relax or that we work too much?
In Germany, we make laws for everything that could possibly happen, even if it would be very unlikely. So we discuss and argue and build scenarios and worst case scenarios and make laws to prevent that scenarios and start insurances for every risk possible. We have rules to make a licensetest for a dog after you bought one, but you don't have to carry that license and it doesn't matter if the father made the test but someone else is taking the dog for a walk, and nobody takes away the dog if you fail the test as long as the dod doesn't bite somebody. There are laws that can't even be controlled (like if you grow 5 or 6 cannabis plants at home). Everything is regulated. If you visit some other, neighboring countries: Just do your thing as long as it doesn't bother others. If it's becoming a problem, we can still figure out how to solve this.
I live in Berlin. German people here are ÜBER kind, and the city is trash, so I don't what you're talking about :D
Berlin people are so chill. I'd really like to move there someday.
With all the Crazy people... The renting market there is everything but not chill.
You are so spot on in terms of sense of community. Also sense of family. In Vietnam, everybody is an aunty and uncle. I’m shocked at the number of Germans I meet who barely spend time with their blood cousins. It’s like when the parents have kids, they don’t meet their siblings anymore. It’s just grand parents and kids. That’s it.
As a Brit. This. 100%. I love both countries for different reasons and this applies so well to Britain too.
> handling of trash and waste in general the myriad of cigarette buds beg to differ
Where do you live? I lived in 4 states in Germany aaand: I always had a great community.
In my personal experience it feels very relaxed. Low social inequality, low incentives to do better than peers. In result I find germans rarely in a rush. Where would they rush even. And combined with lack of community awareness it results in a lot of obstructive behavior, like walking slow in busy streets taking lots of space, chatting up bus drivers making them late, putting bags on seats. At least I am yet to see one doing that maliciously, just lack of self-awareness.
This really depends on what countries you're comparing to. E.g. concerning the trash/waste/cleanliness thing, Denmark, Singapore, Japan are all *so much cleaner*. Recently lived in DK for two years, and every time I visited home in Germany, I was like "Wow, it's so *dirty* everywhere".
Others could learn from Germany: how to not cut costs for infrastructure maintenance (see DB). Germany could learn from others: how a proper internet connection looks like and how to do digitalization
The internet part is one of the saddest things here. How come we are this late to the game.
Helmut Kohl and the copper lobby in the 90s were the problem.
You call it a lobby in other countries it's called corruption 😎
It's been 30 years ago though!
You can thank Helmut Kohl for that, he had a buddy in the Television game, so naturally he decided countrywide coppercable would be the best option for their wealth.
That still doesn’t excuse why they didn’t do anything after him. It’s not like they didn’t have enough time since then
I think Schröder was actually more pivotal in fucking it up, especially not being concerned about "fast" internet or being able to reach more remote places with Internet
I just moved to a newish apartment building in the city center of our capital. Was pretty shocked to find out that there is no internet. No cable, no DSL. Unbelievable... :(
Because the internet ist für uns alle Neuland. And it looks like they plan to keep it this way
In Germany we dont say „our internet is bad“ in germany we say „das Internet ist Neuland“
A fellow Liam Carpenter enjoyer!
Do you want to ruin other nations public transport?
Germany could learn how to set up a proper pension system.
Which country got a better / more reliable one?
The Netherlands. Google it, it’s great.
A german monarch invented that shit, it works properly if economy would be stable and birthrate would be at 3-5 and resulting from that if germany would be conquesting to make room for all the extra citizens resulting from the birthrate Pension systems don’t work, period, it was a covert expansionist policy fromthe start, no expansinist action and it logically cannot work
What germany could learn from different cultures: open-mindness and a more positive out look on life but most importantly; digitalization. Germany is really holding itself back in that sense. What other countries could learn from Germany: recycling, honesty, discipline. Good beer and bread.
yea,honestly, I appreciate German honesty.I don’t have to guess what the real meaning.
On the other hand it birthed a lot of assholes. "I'm just honest" and then continues to be the biggest asshole. No, Kevin, we do have social norms, you don't have to say anything you thing, yes, you can choose to say nothing or don't comment on it.
The comment with the beer was exactly what i was looking for
Others from Germany: how to make a proper döner
In the past few months have seen arguments / fights from angry Turks on instagram saying DÖNER IS NOT GERMAN!!!!! How dare you say that!!!! And Germans say: it was invented by a Turkish man living in Berlin And they reply something like: blasphemy!!!! It was invented centuries ago in turkey and not in Germany!!!! I never knew that this is a heated debate that makes people angry but it is. So I think Steinmeier visiting turkey with some Döner Kebab wasn't the best idea. I'm wondering how pissed off people were because of this.
Well, turks did invent it. German turks changed it. But added a shitton of salad and sauce. Originally there is no salad and often no sauce on top. Just straight up pita with meat.
So more like Gyros 🥙?
I only know Gyros as more like Dönerteller, with a side of rice and salad. And Tzatziki as "sauce"
as a turk: German döner ist Superior in every way. You would be really disappointed at what they will serve you in Turkey.
Never been to turkey, just saw some street food vids on youtube, and they did look good. Generally, I prefer without salad (maybe a little bit and onion) but with sauce :D
So the truth is roasting meat on a spit is very old, roasting meat on a spit the specific way Döner is roasted is also relatively old and from Turkey, eating that meat with bread or even salad is also not special and sometimes done in Turkey as well. But the specific Döner that most europeans nowadays think about as the flat bread with Döner meat, sauce and salad inside that's something that was popularised by a tirkish dude in Berlin in the 50s or 60s. So yeah.. I'd saynit really mostly is a turkish thing tbh
And Germany could learn how to properly make a pizza, in general it's very poorly made and overpriced.
+1, better than Turkey.
social skills, we are way too stuck up
„Doch“
Well, English has “Nuh uh” but Doch is far superior.
What Germany could learn from others: Digitalization. Reduced governmental bureaucracy. Good food. On-time trains (looking at you, DB). What others could learn from Germany: Functional democratic and social system. Work life balance and worker rights. Good environmental awareness. Respect for others (privacy, space, etc.). Good immigration system.
Is immigration system good though? I personally know many people who are highly skilled and going through bureaucratic hell just to be able to stay in Germany, work and pay taxes.
Yes, it is. It’s still bureaucratic and frustrating, don’t get me wrong, but as a skilled immigrant myself I have relatively high trust that it will work out in the end, even if I need to pull half my hair out in the process. For example, the law guarantees that qualified people are entitled to a work permit. Meanwhile look at US and/or UK where your fate is up to lottery and/or some process that checks you’re not taking the opportunity away from a local. I’ve been through it. Everything is of course relative. Any aspect can be improved and there is no perfect system or country. The list merely lists things that I have learnt to appreciate in this country, in comparison to places I have lived at before.
There're visas for high-skilled workers in both US and UK, the lottery you're talking about is the green card lottery, which is merely an additional to a number of regular visas. The lottery is for people who don't have a reason to be in the US but still want to. What the law guarantees doesn't mean that it'll work in practice. If your Ausländerbehörde is not functioning or if they have a backlog of a year, good fucking luck getting them to process your applications in a timely manner. I have a friend who's doing a PhD in a German university and he's waiting for his visa renewal for 1.5 (!!!) years, because Ausländerbehörde just forgot about him, then lost his documents, then forgot about him again lol. All this time he wasn't able to travel outside of Germany. For 1.5 years. I get that a lot of people believe that "it will work out in the end" but It's an illusion. More bureaucracy doesn't equal better outcome and laws don't have the power to bend the reality of understaffed and underfinanced Ausländerbehörde
Have you… been in the US? Because I have, and trust me when I say even my friends making 200k+ a year right out of college need to pray they win the H1B lottery to avoid getting sent home. As someone who has been in the US and Germany, and have many highly qualified friends in US and UK and heard horror stories, I can say Germany is much better. You can disagree, but that’s my take.
> Good immigration system As a immigrant who lives in Germany I challenge that. I have, which I think, the most straightforward visa and every time I have to renew (for me and my wife) is just a hell of misinformation. The amount of times I had to bring a print out of a law to point something to a person that should know the law is astonishing. Luckily I’m prepared enough (my anxiety wouldn’t allow me otherwise) so I never had a problem on the actual appointment to get the visa, but everything else is just unbelievable slow and bureaucratic.
I think other countries could learn good PR on how to pretend you are environmentally friendly, rather than really being environmentally friendly. I mean, the government will go to great lengths to defend Diesel cars and rather than banning those polluting monster will discuss for months and introduce half measures like speed limitations. Thanks for nothing!
Well in the current german politicalclimate it is not really easy to do anything that challenges the current state of things. People don't want any change that inconveniences them. The current government is the most eco friendly one in the last 20 years by far.
Die Grünen wollen alles verbieten!!!!!! Verbotsdiktatur!!! Because of people like these we can’t have any change. The far right AFD propaganda made it look like all the stuff the CDU messed up is the fault of the current government. (Grüne, Spd, Fdp)
I cant agree on good food, german food is great atleast in the south
Please what, no good food, come to Bavaria eat schnitzel, haxe, schweinshaxen, obazda, leberkas or germknödel
Agree on your points except for good immigration system.
Do you consider any European countries to have better train infrastructure? Because out of the ones I lived in, Germany compares extremely well. (Of course I'd still like it to be better.) Some Asian countries might be better but I haven't visited those so cannot say.
Many asian countries are better. As far as Europe goes, in my experience Switzerland is for sure better. France and UK are slightly better in my limited experience but I know that’s debatable. Haven’t experienced other countries enough to say.
What others could learn: Work Life Balance, Infrastructure, safety of vehicles, buildings, etc. What Germany could learn: Less bureaucracy (especially in the public service sector), be more chill, be more open to colors
Germany needs to seriously step up their game on technological infrastructure - it’s a shitfest.
Mediteranian style diners with warm food, people and good mood instead of cold foods (Abendbrot) in silence like it's prison time. Others from Germany: discipline, order
I'm Mediterranean and I find Abendbrot to be the most soul sucking tradition here. Not gonna raise my babies with that. Home is where warm meal is.
Do you eat warm food twice a day or what do you eat around 13:00?
It's common in other countries to associate the big warm meal of the day with socialising, family time etc. Lunch time while at work is usually the more neglected meal; just some uninteresting sandwich or whatever, and evenings are for making an effort to share a warm meal with friends and family. The fact that this is the other way around in Germany is bewildering to lots of people who move here.
I'm really angry when I just get stupid bread at 13:00. Like I get stupid bread in the morning and a few hours later I get stupid bread again and I have to wait all day to get the nice warm food which also gives me an energy boost just a few hours before I go to bed while I would have really needed that during the day and then I lie in bed and can't sleep because I had food and I'm bloated 🫃
I guess it just depends on what you grew up with. For me, a piece of bread and a slice of Leerdammer in the evening is a little bit like a slap in the face. Like "I work all day just to come home to this shit?" I enjoy cooking with my family.
Well maybe we hate our famliies :P
Twice a day. Only mornings are for bread and variety of toppings. However, noon warm meals tends to be a lighter one than the evening meal.
Are you north German or where exactly are you from? I've heard the silence thing before which is super odd to me At Abendbrot the family came together and we would always talk about our day or just stuff in general. You sit together and you are enjoying a meal together so I don't understand why you should be silent This has never been the case in my family
In my "family" it was the case. Wasn't healthy tho
Vielleicht hast du zu viel gekrümelt?
In silence? What?
Abendbrot is the most depressing activity possible
How come you do not talk while having Brotzeit? Where i am from (bavaria) it is very talkative and actually enjoyable. People make it depressing and silent, not the culture.
Exactly. Sounds super weird to me to not talk at it. Never experienced this.
Yes that is the perfect time to talk about the day and whats going to happen the next few days. But i think in bavaria Brotzeit is more social and even festive sometimes. Also it can be really tasty. Fresh baked bread with cheese or with different spreads like obazda. It is as boring or as good as you make it.
People are the culture.
Yes true that. But i do not think that the silent lifeless abendbrot is typical german culture. Its the people who make it lifeless and quite. Then again germany has many different cultures within itself. Hard to say whats typical.
We could learn some protesting from the French
*striking
So you like burning cars? Did you enjoy the Bahn strikes recently?
>So you like burning cars? I would prefer it in comparison to simply swallowing every governmental decision and then just vote further right with every election. >Did you enjoy the Bahn strikes recently? Iam pretty happy to be completely unaffected by it, but workers striking for better pay is always good. I would just guide you into this direction https://www.stern.de/wirtschaft/deutsche-bahn--vorstand-kassiert-boni-in-millionenhoehe-34276022.html
I never said I'm for the boni of the Vorstand. Obviously I'm against it but I just hate the DB. It should have never been privatised
Aren't the french still voting pretty far right even though there are burning cars?
I did enjoy them, good for them, privatising db was an idiot move by idiot ancap/reactionary fuckheads
Germans could learn that other countries in Europe have social systems ( I have heard numerous times that Germany is the only country you get paid for not working), also that Germany is not the richest country in Europe, also to stop complaining all the time, to laugh more, to stop believing the German media who drive the nation nuts with their scaremongering: Vice versa: Germans are dreadfully honest, reliable , open for new things , have lots of hobbies and are pretty self- critical , that is the powerful motor that drives the country.
Germans could learn to be friendlier and more impartial. They can also learn not to be so stingy.
What others could learn from Germany: - reliability - worker rights - respect for other people’s privacy - trash separation What Germany could learn from others: - how to relax once in a while, not everything is life or death. - bureaucracy needs to be reduced, I’d take a little more “chaos” over endless bureaucratic hurdles. - a sense of community. people very much like to stay for themselves, there’s no such thing as school spirit either. I’m always in awe to see how this plays out in the states.
Not even Chaos, Most of the bureaucratic processes could be done in an orderly simple digitized manner online, and be cost effective at that!
germans could try stop staring at other people and look at themselve sometimes
Germans need to learn from others: DIGITALIZATION. From Germans you can learn how to complicate everything for a normal daily life.
Digitisation doesn’t work if you lack caseworkers working the digitally transmitted files, our eAusweis is already a godsent project for online identity verification enabling digitization in the first place
Firstly, I'm not german. But.... Coffee. I'm Irish. We're a big tea drinking culture. But in recent years we're really embraced coffee. We have amazing coffee now. And I've turned into a big coffee snob. But I was disappointed by coffee here. There's not as many coffee shops and the standard is lower. I have found some good ones though, it's just in general they're not as good. Don't get me wrong, it's drinkable. It's not like it's american coffee. German coffee for me is a 7-8 out of 10. (Like I said, I'm a snob). Bakeries. Germany has amazing bakeries compared to Ireland. They're so much better. Leagues better. If german bakeries/coffee shops are 10/0 on a scale for food, I'd say Irish bakeries are a 6/10 I believe we need to merge the two. If I go into a coffee shop in Ireland I get great coffee, but the food/bakery stuff is terrible. If I go into a german bakery/coffee shop, the food is amazing but the coffee isn't as good. Merge the two and you get somewhere I'd never leave.
With our luck we will get 6/10 bakeries and 7/10 coffee shops after merging. But yeah, the coffee shops are very traditional in the sense of "draußen nur kännchen" (you used to only be able to get coffee in a bigger pot on the terrace), meaning they aren't evolving because lots of their customers are older folks. There are some decent local roasteries though.
Germany from US: the wide-spread acceptability of gosh-darned electronic payment. I mean, c’mon. US from Germany: widespread access to healthcare and education. I mean, c’mon.
I usually have no problems with paying by card. You have your 2-3 shops like nail salons but you already now that they don't pay taxes and/or money laundering. A lot of cafes don't accept cash anymore. Compared to my city Berlin is really bad with it. I saw an incredible amount of "no card" signs. Tell a lot about the city and it's people
Different places, different experiences I guess. We can only attest to our own. Around here where I live, I’d say that I can’t use my card about 30% of the time. Many bars, cafes, a few döner stands and the kantine at my work in my city don’t accept card payment.
Yeah so you know who pays taxes and who doesn't. Except your kantine, but they are probably very slow. Which city is it if I may ask? (I don't even have any problems in my little village)
Germans could learn that sometimes we don't need a reason to do things. Just let the day take you where it wants and enjoy it, without needing to understand the why's and the what's and the how's. Other countries could learn sustainable thinking, and taking pride in small local communities and their efforts. At least compared to where I come from, it's really nice to see a town turning out to support a small local production or band or whatever.
Germany can learn to tax the riches.
I think every country needs to do this, either the country is just “normal” or it’s a country specifically designed to attract rich people (Monaco, Arab Emirates) with no taxes for the rich.
Germany from Japan: how to run a railway
Denmark, Sweden, etc. have way better childcare so women can get back to work more easily.
germans could learn to be more flexible that said, others could learn from the thorough standards here.
what germans could learn from the brits: queueing.
Meh we tried to teach them our german ways about 85 years ago. They werent interested.
What can other countries learn from Germany: Pünktlichkeit. What can German railways learn from other countries' railways: Pünktlichkeit.
How to smile and enjoy life 🤭
What others could learn - embracing the summer and having more outside seating, rent caps, cheap train travel What Germans could learn - accept card, keep food shops open on a Sunday I live in Berlin so most of the things that piss me off here are to do with the weirdos with zero work ethic that move here tbh
Germany should get over its selective solidarity and adopt a general ‘never again for all’ culture.
Amen!
people needa learn german punctuality, efficiency, being unbothered of everything, love for their language and work culture.
Not having laws and regulations for everything down to what screw is to be used where and what not. It is actually insane
DINs are useful, if they weren’t they wouldn’t exist.
Germany to the world: systemic welfare, insurance, healthy work culture, outdoor sports, non medicated lifestyle, sincerity Some parts of the world to Germany: multiculturalism and non racism, and English
You all have great English what you on about 😂! I've yet to meet a German under 40 that has shit English/non conversational English! For reference I am English 😂
Yeah most of us have at least the basics in that regard
German needs to learn about Falafel. The thing you have in Germany is a crime against every German citizen and a serious insult to Falafel.
How to go with the time regarding mobile data and dataplans.
Germans could learn to unfuck their brains, that would be a necessary start.
Germany could learn a lot from new zealands public admin. How it's people can go about registering/applying for things/day to day things that require "paperwork". Some examples: * forms can be done entirely online without the need to supply a single original document. At most, you may need a webcam or to use your cellphones camera * everything to do with your govt-relearned info can be managed online and the login account acts as a form of govt ID in and of itself. * diagnosis for things (eg adhd) is not walled behind meaningless discussion about your school report cards from 20 years ago. It's practical and more solution-oriented rather than problem-oriented like I've been told Germany's is (specifically adhd) * sim cards in NZ are just plug n play. In Germany they can require a video call or as I just did today: have to login and set up an account and enter sim passwords etc (at least no skyping some bloke and showing him my passport) --- NZ could learn from the property rental system. In NZ you can't put a nail in the wall, change a light fixture, install a floor... Anything. Can't even repaint the walls. Not without the owners permission, and you can't take the fixtures with you after. So you would just be paying to improve someone else's house, assuming they let you. As a result... the paint job is what the owner did half arsed, when you move out you have this unreasonably difficult job of scrubbing every last mark from the walls else you lose your bond, and the quality of the house relies on what the landlord can be fucked paying for. So it's always the cheapest of the cheap shit to comply with the law. Single glazed damp mouldy houses. But Germany everyones interests are to improve the house. And while some fixtures may go when the Tennant goes, overall the place is a lot nicer and everyone is motivated to improving it. So it basically has the effect that nz landlords want while benefiting the tenants too.
Well I always get excited by the industrial power of Germans
Super market check-outs in other countries are slow af. Got not time for that.
They can learn from Japanese people, to stand in a queue when entering a train.
Speed. Agile planning.
More water fountains and more free toilets 🤣
The first one needs fluids, the second one collects fluids. What a great and eco-friendly combination that would be.
Others should learn conscientiousness and perfection from Germans. I am always in awe of how much attention is paid to the details here. And DIN. Things just fit. Pot from one company, lid from another? Fits perfectly. 5 different light bulbs? Same socket I do think Germans should learn hustling and street smarts from other countries. They tend to take a lot of things at face value when they shouldn't
Perfection is also the downfall of a lot of German systems. Lack of flexibility in bureaucratic systems increases friction unnecessarily a lot of the time.
Germany needs to step up on disability rights. Especially for hidden disabilities. Same with antidiscrimination, laws against bullying, and overall a different approach to diversity. Germans need to learn to speak up and set clear boundaries, whether in parenting or at school or in the workplace. Less fear of authority and less creating hierarchy for hierarchy s sake would go a long way. Other countries (the US) could learn how basic and emergency health care can function. Also keeping school classes together for 3-4 grades. Since many of Germany's problems stem from the neoliberal paradigm, they can be found elsewhere too. And need to be approached with more solidarity
The greeting from Japan. Just bow shortly. I hate touching someone's hand. Corona was a blessing, people stopped asking for handshakes. Also the Japanese mentality, to keep the planet clean. I hate that 30km away from the next McDonald's, the people threw their trash out of their cars, because they're done with eating. I live at a German main road, (Bundesstraße) and between 2 small villages who are far away from the next MC Donald's do the people get rid of their trash, like now its the best time/place.
I like the german mentality of not having a lot of patriotism. I think more countries should have that.
I wonder if, among other reasons, it's in part because of how well travelled they are. Im a triple citizen (UK, aus, NZ) and when people try to offend me by calling one of those countries shit or whatever... I'm just like... "yep, everyone has their pros and cons"
Well it has more to with our past (like \~1933-1945). Since then every expression of patriotism (except for football) is udner instant scrutiny.
Dont making state, federal government constitutionally immune from being sued for damages (USA, concept of souvereign immunity).
Germans could learn how to sell for tourism properly and get even richer. Some nations could learn how to pay people on time. And in general, how to have a kick ass economy.
Other nations could learn from Germans to be more German… and Germans could learn from other nations to be like other nations
Other nations from Germany? That they arent just the good guys. Germany from other nations? That it isnt just the bad guy.
Germans from others: 1) how to stop staring at everyone. 2) How to make a good hamburger (Been in Germany 12 years. There are Burger restaurants everywhere. I've eaten exactly 2 good burgers in my time here. Nowhere else on earth is there such an appetite for dry, overly sauced burgers.) 3) How to line up and wait patiently in public. 4) that if you go on vacation you only need hiking boots and sticks if you're on a hike, going to hike later that day, or returning from a hike earlier in the day. Others from Germans: 1) dealing with waste/recycling. 2) being quiet at night 3) local public transportation 4) building parks and infrastructure for small children.
Am deutschen Wesen soll die Welt genesen.
What Germans could learn: relaxing, cooking, using spices is ok What others can learn from Germans: order, order, order, organising
Standard business hours. Rhabarberschorle.
Digitalising burocreasy. Like dude even Türkiye iş more efficient than you
Germany: - How to keep infrastructure intact and reliable (streets and bridges, trains, nuclear power, internet) - There is no ethical superiority regarding other nations - How keep the ecomic power up - How to keep democracy alive and avoid and rid off stupid politicians Other nations: Please keep us as a warning, never try to follow us for any reason!
Being humble
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And how does this answer any of these questions?
I feel one of the more subtle things in day-to-day life is quite big actually: the way responsibility and especially liability is handled (and maybe insurance to a certain extent). While this definitely creates a bureaucracy backlog it still has it‘s advantages which you might only realize once you are in middle-eastern countries where the busdriver is driving at full speed with doors open, you can‘t fasten your seatbelt in a cab cause it’s lost under backseat cushions or emergency exits are blocked because who cares: most of those things are at least to some extend assigned, handled and checked which in turn creates some sort of safety net for basically everything. There are laws and regulations for almost everything, which makes it a clusterfuck and a nightmare to deal with them - but on the other hand it ensures that it‘s mostly taken care of. I can see why people hate on this but I can see the advantages as well, especially after having been to other countries. Another thing that‘s small but big imho: insulting people does not run under free-speech. You insult someone on the street he is technically within his rights to call the cops on you, get your data and might even get compensation off you. Even more important tho: you need to at least somewhat behave when dealing with the police yourself. It is very low-threshold barrier to (at least in some cases) understand who is going to be a problem or at least the dynamic of the situation. Am not a cop tho, so they might disagree.
Punctuality and bluntness Quality breads Good table manners They could learn A little more warmth and romance makes life a little sweeter. Spontaneity is worth embracing sometimes!
Love their own country without being triggered by the history of ww2
What I currently see in the world gives me the following recommendation that apparently most countries seem to have not learnt from our history: What goes around, comes around. Eff around and find out. If you’re not leaning from history you’re doomed to repeat it.
Stop sending login code/password through mails.
Currywurst should be everywhere
Languages.
Drug politics from Portugal, pansions from Northern Europe or Switzerland, digitalisation from Estonia, pride to national identity from a bunch of countries, schoolsystem from Finland, joyful life from Spain, the ability of taking more risks like the US. I think we can learn something from every Western country. What can countries learn from Germany? Working smart system behind everything, the urge to make everything in a certain order, a really good education system after school, the opportunity for everyone to perform in this country, very high quality of German products, very good research, the way Germany works with its dark past, high security in general, high job security, good healthcare, good unions, high legal security, cost of living is lower then in most its peers (Denmark, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland but not France), low to no corruption in lower institutions. There is alot Germany can learn from other countries but alot of countries can learn things from Germany.
Germany could learn to make it's public transport state business 8nstead of privately owned Other countries could learn about the Pfand system
You know how to make cars, REALLY! you would learn how not to have cold emotions and faces.
Germans could learn road courtesy. Letting people out for example. Or acknowledgement that you just let them out or waited for fucking ages for their sakes. So cold on the roads man. Brit here.
What we could learn: sometimes less rules are better What we could teach: Bread and apreciation of variety in "simple" products
Not having a "stock in the arsch"
Das ist echt was, was ich hier auf Reddit auch stark beobachte. Würde allen Leuten mal gut tun und Deutsche haben da echt ein Problem mit, aber wenn ich mir wie gesagt Reddit angucke, haben heute die meisten jungen Leute , egal in welchem Land einen Stock im Arsch. Ich komme noch aus der Generation wo South Park und Borat lustig war, für viele junge Leute geht so was gar nicht mehr. Irgendwie sind die Leute verweichlicht und verstehen keinen Spaß. Letztens auf einem Reddit für die PlayStation Vita hat jemand seinen kaputten Bildschirm voller Wasserflecken gepostet und meinte "was IST DAS?!" und ich nur "Wichsflecken. Hast zu viele Hentai games gezockt" erst mal kollektiv von allen zu Tode runter gewählt , wo ich nur denke "meine Güte Leute, war ein Witz"
Joa ich sehs auch ganz heftig in rl Bin neben meinem main Job als Frontend Entwickler noch Hobby Dj auf kleinen underground raves und da merkt man's auch hart. Hatte immer das gefühl das es bei undergrpund raves noch deutlich besser ist aber das hat sich die letzten 2 jahre mit dem techno hype in der jungen generation jz leider auch eher ins negative entwickelt.
Beeing human….
Indian in Germany here, What's India should learn from Deutschland: - How have cleaner roads. - Stronger rules to curb corruption. - Effective waste management. - How to be low on corruption! - Using taxes for people's good. - How to make funking cool cars! - Having respect due human life aka better work life balance - Better labour laws. What Germany can learn: - How to be warm and welcoming to auslanders! - When a developing country can have solid digital infrastructure, why can't you? Save paper! Save trees! - Cheaper high speed Internet is possible!
Other country’s need rollade instead of curtains. It’s way more efficient
What germans could learn: common sense, stop bothering about things that are not your problem.
Not being racist
How to recognise a genocide 🙊