exist
@Johan_Rechner said in #26:
> @DERG_Chess said in 23:
> "Um...I am from Germany...I think tht says everything you know"
>
> Growing in the US as a German immigrant kind of sucked. Every movie/tv show had license to always make Germans the "bad guys." My parents kept German as their private language, but stopped speaking it to us kids. They didn't talk about Germany hardly at all. They wanted us to become thoroughly American. It wasn't until years later I discovered there were artists, doctors and engineers in the family back in Germany.
>
> Luckily my work took me to Europe, where I was able to reconnect with family, try to learn the language. No place or country is perfect. But in comparison, I've found much of Europe to be preferable from the US. Education, health, political and social policy there is light years ahead of the US:
>
> For instance, medical bills are the number one cause of personal bankruptcy in the US, unheard of in Europe. Student loans in the US are an insane burden, unheard of in Europe. Brexit was a huge mistake, a continuing disaster. But even Boris Johnson knows there's a limit. The last occupant of the White House tried (and failed) to become a dictator. The current Covid crisis in the US is in large part due to his politicising a health issue.
>
> To sum up, I am proud of my German heritage. The war is long over - we lost. But it's been rebuilt it into one of the most progressive nations on earth. If the US can keep conservatives from taking over, there is hope for it as well.
I kind of know the feeling from a different angle - I grew up as a Jewish kid in North Idaho about 5 miles away from the neo-nazi Aryan nations headquarters ... It was not an uncommon sight when I was little to see a group of men walk into a restaurant wearing swastika armbands. Thankfully the town got together and booted their asses out, and burned down the compound in the early 2000s when one of their guards shot up a car with a mother and her son.
As a result of a lot of this - I held a lot of disdain for Germans in my younger years, and it would only amplify every time I'd come across another neo-nazi or lose a friend when they found out I was Jewish. Thankfully I moved away from that place.
These days I of course realize the bigger picture and love my German friends and am inspired by the reunification and rebuilding of Germany - the ideology is not attached to the people as far as I'm concerned - and really it's us Americans having the worst go at it that I've seen in some time...
> @DERG_Chess said in 23:
> "Um...I am from Germany...I think tht says everything you know"
>
> Growing in the US as a German immigrant kind of sucked. Every movie/tv show had license to always make Germans the "bad guys." My parents kept German as their private language, but stopped speaking it to us kids. They didn't talk about Germany hardly at all. They wanted us to become thoroughly American. It wasn't until years later I discovered there were artists, doctors and engineers in the family back in Germany.
>
> Luckily my work took me to Europe, where I was able to reconnect with family, try to learn the language. No place or country is perfect. But in comparison, I've found much of Europe to be preferable from the US. Education, health, political and social policy there is light years ahead of the US:
>
> For instance, medical bills are the number one cause of personal bankruptcy in the US, unheard of in Europe. Student loans in the US are an insane burden, unheard of in Europe. Brexit was a huge mistake, a continuing disaster. But even Boris Johnson knows there's a limit. The last occupant of the White House tried (and failed) to become a dictator. The current Covid crisis in the US is in large part due to his politicising a health issue.
>
> To sum up, I am proud of my German heritage. The war is long over - we lost. But it's been rebuilt it into one of the most progressive nations on earth. If the US can keep conservatives from taking over, there is hope for it as well.
I kind of know the feeling from a different angle - I grew up as a Jewish kid in North Idaho about 5 miles away from the neo-nazi Aryan nations headquarters ... It was not an uncommon sight when I was little to see a group of men walk into a restaurant wearing swastika armbands. Thankfully the town got together and booted their asses out, and burned down the compound in the early 2000s when one of their guards shot up a car with a mother and her son.
As a result of a lot of this - I held a lot of disdain for Germans in my younger years, and it would only amplify every time I'd come across another neo-nazi or lose a friend when they found out I was Jewish. Thankfully I moved away from that place.
These days I of course realize the bigger picture and love my German friends and am inspired by the reunification and rebuilding of Germany - the ideology is not attached to the people as far as I'm concerned - and really it's us Americans having the worst go at it that I've seen in some time...
@Vegemite_Fighter said in #11:
> We are known around the world for the comedic exploits of one man...
It says video restricted
> We are known around the world for the comedic exploits of one man...
It says video restricted
Sell the world.
Not just for itself, but for Everybody.
Not just for itself, but for Everybody.
@bingndensum said in #35:
> Sell the world.
> Not just for itself, but for Everybody.
But who's gonna buy
> Sell the world.
> Not just for itself, but for Everybody.
But who's gonna buy
@saurabhsangeeth said in #36:
> But who's gonna buy
imagine Ambani and Bill gates together
i say imagine**
> But who's gonna buy
imagine Ambani and Bill gates together
i say imagine**
@plsdontclosemyacc said in #37:
> imagine Ambani and Bill gates together
>
> i say imagine**
Or maybe Elon and Jeff
> imagine Ambani and Bill gates together
>
> i say imagine**
Or maybe Elon and Jeff
@saurabhsangeeth said in #38:
> Or maybe Elon and Jeff
Wait, I just realised even that won't be enough
> Or maybe Elon and Jeff
Wait, I just realised even that won't be enough
Slavery :\
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