#archived-culture-study-visa | German Learning and Discussion | Page 30

mild ice Feb 11, 2020, 3:01 PM

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hello

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I know one german word

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Schadenfreude

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it resonates

static lark Feb 11, 2020, 3:11 PM

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I’m not sure anybody here can help you with such a specific situation. I think you sure ask Botschaft/embassy, maybe even go there personally.

warm flume Feb 11, 2020, 3:55 PM

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is there an online solution, smthing i can relay on?

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some sort of a free english test or something ?

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i can't go personally to them, and i think they're already doing their best with me

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📎 unknown.png

mild quiver Feb 11, 2020, 4:28 PM

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is there a explain like i'm five (ENGLISH EDITION) taxes in germany. i want my money back but i don't want to hire someone because they take a big chunk of it

hidden briar Feb 11, 2020, 4:54 PM

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try a computer program, cheaper than a Steuerberater, but still gives you guidance

fossil glacier Feb 11, 2020, 4:56 PM

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Hello all, I recently took a... rather strange exam... and one of the questions on it was about "Culture". It asked about German youths looking to go into professional soccer. The question wanted to know what would be the best route, for example, join a local team, join a school sponsered team, join a league... I can't remember the others. It was an odd question.

Does anyone here have experience in the German soccer programs? lol How do soccer teams work on Germany?

Thanks in advance.

warm flume Feb 12, 2020, 3:49 PM

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hello if anyone sees my messages above, please ready them i'm still looking for a solution, i'm thinking about talking to the bottschaft but i don't knw what to say, please it's urgent

tight kelp Feb 12, 2020, 3:51 PM

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just tell them the whole situation

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(and it's Botschaft)

warm flume Feb 12, 2020, 3:54 PM

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i'm typing fast soz, thanks tho

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i can't, i just feel too stressed to retell everything from start

tight kelp Feb 12, 2020, 4:37 PM

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write down a list of the essential facts, problems, and things you've tried. Don't panic.

warm flume Feb 12, 2020, 5:55 PM

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the only thing i did so far was to :

contact my high school and retrieve a document that claims i've studied X hours of english
contact every private english school to test me and get something that indicates i have X level of english, not a single school accepted to help me

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my Abitur has an english grad, where i got 15.5/20 in the english exam

nova creek Feb 12, 2020, 6:27 PM

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Hello is anyone here from Rhineland-Pfalz , Baden-Württemberg =) ?

open basalt Feb 12, 2020, 11:01 PM

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anyone from vienna know if its possible to get a job without speaking fluent german (like retail jobs and that kinda stuff)

fleet pelican Feb 13, 2020, 1:44 AM

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@open basalt try mjam or Lieferando, they take in just about anybody

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With retail your German has to be B2/c1 and even then it's a stretch, since I assume you have no experience applying for jobs in Austria you'll be at s huge disadvantage unless you put in a lot of effort

open basalt Feb 13, 2020, 1:47 AM

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Thank you

exotic barn Feb 13, 2020, 3:29 PM

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Weißt jemand, wo man eine billige Gitarre in Berlin kaufen oder leihen kann? Ich werde für einen Monat in Berlin bleiben und muss üben

tight kelp Feb 13, 2020, 3:43 PM

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ebay kleinanzeigen? 🤔

exotic barn Feb 13, 2020, 4:59 PM

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Ich schau mal an

tight kelp Feb 14, 2020, 11:26 AM

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is there no phone provider in germany that offers only-internet plans? Free SMS/calls are completely useless to me and all plans i seem to find are rather expensive.

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I don't need unlimited data nor any particular speed, as long as there's some data and it's cheap

fair talon Feb 14, 2020, 11:28 AM

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The prepaid plans are the only ones I can think of. You can set them to automatic renewel if you wanted

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Ive been on the same Lidl prepaid since I got here last March

deep vessel Feb 14, 2020, 11:34 AM

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if you're not picky aldi talk does the job

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but that's also prepaid. but you can set it up to autocharge your bank

tight kelp Feb 14, 2020, 11:35 AM

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i mean, i'm currently on prepaid 👀

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but i pay around 10€ a month for stuff i barely use and that seems like a waste

solemn bay Feb 14, 2020, 11:45 AM

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Idk if this would actually get you anywhere, but I guess you could like, go into the store itself and try to negotiate a deal with the people there. They might have ways to create something that suits you or maybe just some uncommon packages that they don't really advertise, I dunno. It's worth trying it out.

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Unless the providers you're interested in don't have stores...

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@tight kelp How much data do you currently get btw?

tight kelp Feb 14, 2020, 11:50 AM

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1gb, i'd be ok with 500mb

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i already tried negotiating but they're company slaves and can only offer the plans the company prepared

solemn bay Feb 14, 2020, 11:51 AM

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Like is this kind of thing suitable? https://www.blau.de/e-shop/tarif/blau-allnet-l?intcmp=BLU_tarife_po_blauanl

tight kelp Feb 14, 2020, 11:51 AM

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phone companies are shit

solemn bay Feb 14, 2020, 11:51 AM

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I don't know any German phone terms, lol.

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So I can't really read it.

tight kelp Feb 14, 2020, 11:52 AM

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it's more for the same as what i pay currently but i was hoping to actually reduce the costs :P

deep vessel Feb 14, 2020, 11:52 AM

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i definitely was paying less than that with aldi

solemn bay Feb 14, 2020, 11:54 AM

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I mean, they also have this: https://www.blau.de/e-shop/tarif/blau-m

tight kelp Feb 14, 2020, 11:54 AM

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hmm interesting. Thanks, i'll give it a look and see if i can get away with keeping my own number

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apparently i can, nice

solemn bay Feb 14, 2020, 11:55 AM

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Np, and here's the ALDI one for comparison: https://www.alditalk.de/

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But from what I could find, I think these are the main two options.

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For internet-based plans.

deep vessel Feb 14, 2020, 11:55 AM

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https://www.alditalk.de/prepaid-internet-flat-tarif-optionen

Prepaid Internet-Flatrates einfach und günstig | ALDI TALK

Sie möchten stets mobil sein, aber die volle Kostenkontrolle behalten? Dann sind die ALDI TALK Prepaid Internet Tarif-Optionen genau das Richtige für Sie!

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4 euro a month for a gig of internet only with aldi

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4.5 gigs for 10 euro

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if you're more of a data whore

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or 7 for 3 gigs

tight kelp Feb 14, 2020, 11:58 AM

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btw where did you find that blau-m @solemn bay
i can't find it again by looking on the site. Or i'm blind

solemn bay Feb 14, 2020, 11:58 AM

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It's just on the main site.

deep vessel Feb 14, 2020, 11:59 AM

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under the contracted terms

tight kelp Feb 14, 2020, 11:59 AM

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ah yeah

solemn bay Feb 14, 2020, 11:59 AM

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I just did it from the front page because I'm not good enough to navigate German phone website. 😔

tight kelp Feb 14, 2020, 11:59 AM

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i was wondering if they had an S since they have M, L and XL

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i'm all for smol things

deep vessel Feb 14, 2020, 12:00 PM

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they have
https://www.blau.de/tarife/handyvertrag/

Günstiger Handyvertrag von Blau: Verträge vergleichen & sparen

Neuen Handyvertrag sichern und dauerhaft sparen ✓ Günstige Handyverträge im Vergleich ✓ Mit & ohne Smartphone ᐅ Alle Angebote bei Blau entdecken

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would you prefer a contract or prepaid?

tight kelp Feb 14, 2020, 12:00 PM

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no idea tbh.

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i'll see what they have later. Today's a busy day >.<

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thanks to both

deep vessel Feb 14, 2020, 12:04 PM

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prepaid on blau is more expensive but you get 25euro credit when you change from another german provider
a contract is cheaper. if you want a contract, blau would be the better deal. for prepaid, aldi is cheaper. but i don't know how signal service compares. or other providers

tight kelp Feb 14, 2020, 12:05 PM

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my current signal is shit even at home so unless it outright doesn't work, it would be an achievement if it were worse

solemn bay Feb 14, 2020, 12:05 PM

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True but it's good to compare ALDI vs Blau and see what their coverage is.

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Just in case one is legit trash.

deep vessel Feb 14, 2020, 12:06 PM

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(looking at those pages is a bit of a reminder of how much vocab you learn by having to go through the process of living in that country)

solemn bay Feb 14, 2020, 12:06 PM

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😄

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Yeah.

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I'm sure it wouldn't be difficult to figure it out, but at the same time, it requires more than 0 effort.

tight kelp Feb 14, 2020, 12:07 PM

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it's not difficult per se, it's just that when you find yourself surfing those sites you're usually desperate to find a solution, and optionally you need to be quick too, so the stress levels are through the roof

solemn bay Feb 14, 2020, 12:07 PM

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Yeah.

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I don't want to learn 200 new vocabs just so I can give someone a link.

deep vessel Feb 14, 2020, 12:08 PM

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and after reading through phone options every month you eventually figure it out

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did some googly and both aldi and blau use the o2 network

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https://www.o2online.de/service/netzabdeckung/
you can find the o2 coverage here

Netzabdeckung: Alles zu Technologie & Infrastruktur von o2

Alles zur Netzabdeckung von o2: ✓ Sendestationen ✓ Interaktive Karte ✓ LTE, UMTS und GSM ✓ Infos zu Empfangsbalken ➤ Jetzt direkt bei o2 informieren.

fair talon Feb 14, 2020, 12:58 PM

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LidlConnect uses Vodafone, so you could compare coverage with them since I think the prices are almost identical

humble bough Feb 14, 2020, 1:34 PM

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@tight kelp fwiw I get 3GB from winSIM for 7.99€ a month. It comes with texting and calling but for german data plans it's p decent. o2 coverage tho.

fair talon Feb 14, 2020, 1:35 PM

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Oh, thats not bad at all

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Sticking with the 500mb one til my budget gets better (internship or working student), but ill keep that one in mind 👀

humble bough Feb 14, 2020, 7:46 PM

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I originally went with them because when I got here I had no internet and thus used a lot of data, and they had a plan with 10GB for 20€ which was the most for the least I could find at the time

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they also do month-to-month contracts which is nice

tight kelp Feb 14, 2020, 7:59 PM

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Interesting, thanks

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I'm in need of a new phone so I'll take a look at their contracts

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Mine is ancient

humble bough Feb 14, 2020, 8:25 PM

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I came to them with an existing phone so can't speak to that

chilly fulcrum Feb 15, 2020, 4:10 PM

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question for the Austrians: is the tradition of "Sternsinger" widely followed nowadays, or is it more a thing of the past

placid minnow Feb 15, 2020, 9:46 PM

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So I just got back from my first trip to Germany; thank you to the folks that gave me some tips a month ago
Does anyone have an advice on moving to Germany as an American with essentially no qualifications? I essentially just have a GED. I've been working in the catering business as a server for around 3 years now, and the other jobs I've worked have been relatively unskilled labor type jobs similar to that.
If I'm not mistaken; I should be able to do some sort of job training if I learn enough German to potentially qualify. Does anyone know how difficult it might be for an American to get into and do something like that? Would I be able to potentially get a work visa or something similar after doing job training?
My girlfriend lives there (she's a native, we met online) and I feel like I enjoy the country much more than America. Any advice is greatly appreciated
thanks in advance, and sorry for the wall of text

hidden briar Feb 15, 2020, 9:57 PM

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marriage works

placid minnow Feb 15, 2020, 10:39 PM

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I think that could help with moving there, but that won't make it easier to qualify for a job out there though, correct? She is currently studying law, and still has around 5-6 years before she will be finished with the courses. We wouldn't be able to support ourselves with just the income she gets as a student. It seems like I would essentially have to complete job training or attend a preparatory school regardless

humble bough Feb 16, 2020, 11:34 AM

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while this depends where you live in Germany and what field(s) you have experience in, you can probably get a job somewhere with A2-B1 German skills. This def depends where you move though, I live in Berlin so I've been to cafés where some waitresses don't speak German

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and if you want something like an office job, your language requirements would probably be higher unless you find a company that works mostly in English

dry ravine Feb 16, 2020, 3:19 PM

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hey guys hopefully this is the right place to ask

how's FHWS (Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften in Würzburg und Schweinfurt)?

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i could do an ERASMUS+ exchange there soon as a mechanical engineering student

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just wondering what everyone else thinks about it before making a decision

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pls ping me @dry ravine if you got an answer

icy mist Feb 16, 2020, 11:17 PM

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@placid minnow i have a GED and married my (german) husband so i could live with him. it was difficult but i qualified for unemployment from the job center and they paid for all my language classes 🤷 a bit of advice though, try to get an associates degree before you come here. it'll make everything so much easier if you want to study or do an Ausbildung/apprenticeship or anything

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i was allowed immediately to work with a1 german. a lot of the other people with a1 were already working in restaurants or factories or stuff like that. low paid work where you don't need to speak too much German.

vague brook Feb 17, 2020, 1:04 AM

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you can always get some job

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it'll probably hit around the mindestlohn tho

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I should be able to do some sort of job training if I learn enough German to potentially qualify.

there are many spots because there are many jobs that people don't want to do, for learning some you even get paid in the process

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it'd be best to call BAMF or something and just talk with them

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last time i checked they had people speaking english

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because it may be a problem with the long-term visa since they want you to prove you can pay for your living while being here from what i understood

exotic barn Feb 17, 2020, 1:16 AM

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Hey everybody. I moved to Germany a week ago. Life is great, however, there has been 1 aspect of daily life in Germany that has been really challenging for me. Trash sorting (Hence my nickname). I have searched intensively, however the information I could find were not really detailed. If anyone could teach me, it would mean a huge deal for me.

rose cedar Feb 17, 2020, 1:25 AM

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I had trouble with that too when I stayed in an Air BNB in Germany

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I can't help you with that, but I think you might enjoy a related mem I'm putting in #archived-media

deep vessel Feb 17, 2020, 4:46 AM

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@exotic barn the bins delend on where exactly you live (e.g. city). you'd need to share that information to get an accurate answer.

but where i was your house either had 3 or 4 bins. apartment clomplexes and such had 4 while single houses had 3.

the 4 are bio (food scraps), paper & cardboard, wertstoffe (90% of your rubbish went in there), and restmull (things you wouldn't want a person sorting through for recycling e.g. used female hygiene products, broken ceramics, etc. if in dou t throw it in restmull). then glass gets stored and taken to bins out in public spaces. the same with clothing/textiles, and used batteries. used batteries often also had a bin at the shops. drink bottles and cans were also saved and returned for the pfand at the grocery store

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this might help: https://www.gruener-punkt.de/en/politics-and-society/users/recycling-tips.html

wertstoffe iirc in some places is a yellow bin or sack, but where i lived it was the red bin.

exotic barn Feb 17, 2020, 8:26 AM

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As a person with a history of doxxing, I didnt want to reveal my location. Hence forth im using a throwaway account for this reason. But i can say that the trash collecting company is ZAKB, which is in BaWü

static lark Feb 17, 2020, 8:48 AM

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I think you should ask your landlord or neighbour.

tight kelp Feb 17, 2020, 10:04 AM

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^that would help, but i'm sure the bundesland or town has a web page or something to explain it

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Anyway does anyone know how it works to renew one's driver's licence in germany if you've originally gotten it elsewhere in the EU? How much does it cost and what's the procedure?

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(it's possible that there's no difference with renewing a german licence so just tell me how it works for those and i can figure out the rest)

foggy prism Feb 17, 2020, 10:14 AM

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I can ask a german friend of mine who I know has looked into this if you don’t get an answer; I think I should meet him later today

tight kelp Feb 17, 2020, 10:29 AM

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that'd be lovely

foggy prism Feb 17, 2020, 10:30 AM

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(his context may be a bit different, he moved to switzerland and got his licence changed for a swiss one, but looked into what he has to do when/if he moves back)

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it’s possible that the answers aren’t the same cause switzerland isn’t in the EU

foggy prism Feb 17, 2020, 11:48 AM

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@tight kelp You have to change it for a german one but it's unproblematic and it's cheap

tight kelp Feb 17, 2020, 11:49 AM

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hm ok

exotic barn Feb 17, 2020, 5:13 PM

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I asked my landlord, she didnt really want to help

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yellow bag : plastic
transparent bag : mull
then one bag for paper and carton
And one bag for glass
and one where I put bottles to get the money back

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how I do it

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XD

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So I looked around, and there is just no clear info on how should I throw my Biomüll into the container

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Should I use those Bio bags? Are they allowed?

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where I live bio bags are allowed

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in bavaria

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some of my neighbours just throw it in the container like nothing happened

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and now there is weird insect all over

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and for the rest i go to the wertstoffhof

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good luck

tight kelp Feb 17, 2020, 5:53 PM

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for biomüll you should put everything inside biodegradable bags

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they sell both perishable plastic and paper bags

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though paper bags are bad for anything moist for obvious reasons

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don't use regular plastic bags for biomüll

vague brook Feb 17, 2020, 10:05 PM

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had anyone castrated a dog in germany? what was the price?

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a male one at that

tight kelp Feb 17, 2020, 10:18 PM

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you can't castrate a female

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(the verb for either sex is neuter)

vague brook Feb 17, 2020, 10:29 PM

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bleble :P

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is still being used so i wanted to precise mmlol

exotic barn Feb 17, 2020, 11:05 PM

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Hm.. I did, it costed me 500e

vague brook Feb 17, 2020, 11:21 PM

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wow that's plenty

humble bough Feb 18, 2020, 3:53 AM

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late but the verb for desexing a female dog is spay, I've only heard neuter used for males

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never heard castrate for either but it has kinda an impressively dramatic ring to it ngl

tight kelp Feb 18, 2020, 7:53 AM

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I've only heard neuter used for males
nah pretty sure it's generic
never heard castrate for either but it has kinda an impressively dramatic ring to it ngl
it does. Across language families too, apparently xD

foggy prism Feb 18, 2020, 8:06 AM

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not in german tho

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I don’t know of another word than kastrieren

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except like, euphemisms I guess

humble bough Feb 18, 2020, 4:13 PM

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I think "neuter" is technically generic but in actual usage you are much more often going to hear "spay" (which is def exclusive to females) for a female animal in my experience (which, ofc, leads to "neuter" mostly only being used for males)

limber stream Feb 19, 2020, 4:01 PM

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sterilisieren should work for both genders

dark granite Feb 20, 2020, 9:45 PM

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Guten Tag ich bin gebüriger deutscher und könnte ihnen helfen ihre Sprachkünste zu erweitern.

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Ich bin aus Intresse auf diesen Server gestoßen und dachte es währe eine gute Ide hir mal rin zu schnuppern.

tight kelp Feb 20, 2020, 10:04 PM

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🇽

grim beacon Feb 21, 2020, 7:35 AM

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Any goth clubs in heidelberg? Or best goth club in Germany that doesn't have a lot of strobe lights. Or a decent fun bar in heidelberg

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Please @ me for info

vague brook Feb 21, 2020, 10:51 AM

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@brzrk why you no trust Turkish German

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@tight kelp

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:')

tight kelp Feb 21, 2020, 10:52 AM

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good question, considering the döner seller i ate at yesterday spoke better german than me

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and he was also quite good looking

vague brook Feb 21, 2020, 10:52 AM

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See, such loss

icy mist Feb 21, 2020, 11:19 AM

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tfw the germans can't german

vague brook Feb 21, 2020, 11:30 AM

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Yeah I doubt it was Google translated, Google translate does no typoa

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;-)

fair talon Feb 21, 2020, 12:26 PM

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Darn, just found out there's a different party primary available for Americans living outside the US... just voted in the CA one two days ago (saying darn cause my vote has a lot more influence in the tiny expat community than giant California 😅 )

tight kelp Feb 21, 2020, 12:27 PM

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interesting that you can pick in which one to vote

fair talon Feb 21, 2020, 12:27 PM

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Yeah, apparently the Democratic party allocates 21 delegates to expat votes (they even set up voting stations here. kinda interesting)

tight kelp Feb 21, 2020, 12:28 PM

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the last vote i cast from abroad went to shits because the vote of italian citizens abroad is barely worth anything

fair talon Feb 21, 2020, 12:28 PM

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rip

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Ive been voting abroad in CA's elections for 3ish years now, but thats because CA residency clings to you like the plague lol

tight kelp Feb 21, 2020, 12:29 PM

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which incidentally implies some citizens' votes are worth more than others, which in my book is a rather non-democratic thing, but hey 🤔

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it's not like we can pick our governments to change that :>

fair talon Feb 21, 2020, 12:30 PM

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Yeee, Id rather it just be added up nationally, but as a CA person, Im used to my vote being a bit diluted lol

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The polling station thing is pretty cool for them to do though

icy mist Feb 21, 2020, 2:35 PM

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wait how does voting in us primaries work? i got so confused i just sort of gave up. wanted to vote for bernie

chilly fulcrum Feb 21, 2020, 2:37 PM

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what does this question have to do with DACH ?

tight kelp Feb 21, 2020, 2:44 PM

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if it's about how to vote for a different country when you're in DACH I don't see why it shouldn't be relevant

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it will certainly change depending on the country but sharing experiences is useful

fair talon Feb 21, 2020, 3:53 PM

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@icy mist The Democrat party in the US primary assigns delegates to each state for their respective primaries. Apparently they also hold an additional primary that can be entered by mail or in person for those outside the US (this primary will send 21 delegates to the convention that does the nomination stuff).

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They do in person and by mail ballots if youre interested. Lemme find the requirements

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https://www.democratsabroad.org/2020_press_kit
Dont know where in the DACH you are, but this page has a link to a page with all the polling stations by country. Hope that helps!

📎 Screenshot_20200221-165940_Opera.jpg

Democrats Abroad

Democrats Abroad 2020 Press Kit

Democrats Abroad strives to provide Americans abroad a Democratic voice in our government and elect Democratic candidates by mobilizing the overseas vote.

icy mist Feb 21, 2020, 4:47 PM

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thanks xx

inner echo Feb 21, 2020, 4:50 PM

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Why does this chat mean life beneath the roof

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?

tight kelp Feb 21, 2020, 4:51 PM

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faq dach

rose craneBOT Feb 21, 2020, 4:51 PM

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dach

The letters D, A and CH are very common abbreviations for the countries Germany (Deutschland, its German name), Austria (Austria, its Latin name) and Switzerland (Confoederatio Helvetica, its Latin name). These abbreviations are found, for example, on licence plates. Germany and Austria also have two-letter abbreviations, which are DE and AT. These, alongside the Swiss one, are used among other things in URLs.

Incidentally, the word Dach is German for “roof”, so the name of the channel #archived-culture-study-visa is a pun: it literally means “living under the roof”, which can be seen as a metaphor for the cultural similarities between these countries.
Despite not included in the abbreviation, DACH may also include other German-speaking countries, especially Liechtenstein.

pine egret Feb 21, 2020, 5:22 PM

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Hi guys, moving to austria soon. Just wondering if there was anything like the anmeldung in germany? Or is it more... Beauracracy friendly

fleet pelican Feb 21, 2020, 6:01 PM

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You do have to apply for something depending on where you come from

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For example I'm from the EU and had to get a Meldezettel and Anmeldebescheinigung

chilly fulcrum Feb 21, 2020, 6:07 PM

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if it's about how to vote for a different country when you're in DACH I don't see why it shouldn't be relevant
@tight kelp this is not how i understood it, sorry 🙏

slim fulcrum Feb 21, 2020, 8:19 PM

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Interesting podcast about the history and current use of black letter or "Fraktur" type face [99% Invisible] 390- Fraktur #99Invisible
https://podplayer.net/?id=96369457 via @PodcastAddict

📎 10332_99pi_iTunes_Badge_Zag_1400.jpg

Podplayer.net

exotic barn Feb 22, 2020, 2:32 AM

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I have a lot of German stamps that I do not know what to do with. Are they worth anything? If anybody knows anything about them, let me know! I greatly appreciate it 🙂 https://photos.app.goo.gl/hJBRGXpLDjvh4Fnt9

Google Photos

Deutsche Briefmarken | German Stamps

6 new photos added to shared album

tight kelp Feb 22, 2020, 8:17 AM

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@slim fulcrum that's more relevant in #resources

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(someone forgot to set up their django templates correctly ;) )

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slim fulcrum Feb 22, 2020, 9:16 AM

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Thanks, sorry, when I hit share I didn't see the channel names clearly.

stable talon Feb 22, 2020, 3:50 PM

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Kann ich mit meinem deutschen Aufenthaltserlaubnis in die Schweiz reisen?

warped atlas Feb 22, 2020, 3:52 PM

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Jup

stable talon Feb 22, 2020, 3:57 PM

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Cool danke; ich irre mich dann nicht, das die Schweiz zur Schengenabmachung gehört

warped atlas Feb 22, 2020, 4:07 PM

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@stable talon Guck erstmal hier https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/fragenkatalog-node/26-visadrittstaaten/606520?isLocal=false&isPreview=false

Auswärtiges Amt

Webseite des Auswärtigen Amts

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und dann hier 🙂 https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/fragenkatalog-node/17-schengenstaaten/606502

Auswärtiges Amt

Webseite des Auswärtigen Amts

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Die Schweiz gilt als "Schengender Staaten" und alle Inhaber von gultigen Schengenvisums (aus der erste Link) darf hinreisen

tight kelp Feb 22, 2020, 4:54 PM

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obwohl man trotzdem zum Zoll gehen muss 😑

winged quiver Feb 23, 2020, 5:41 PM

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Hello
I'm looking to go to university in Germany
I'm looking for a school with good science programs
I'm also looking for a school which has good skiing or is within an hour commute to good skiing (nordic and apline)
If anyone has suggestions please tag me

exotic barn Feb 23, 2020, 5:52 PM

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LMU Münschen is good for scientific things as i heard

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 5:54 PM

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…consider eth zürich?

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an hour may be a bit low but like two hours gets you to a lot of good ski resorts

static lark Feb 23, 2020, 5:56 PM

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You should consider Innsbruck if you want good skiing.

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 5:57 PM

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eth definitely ticks the “good science school” boxes and it’s quite close to the alps

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 5:57 PM

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is eth better than other german schools? ik it's number one or two worldwide in robotics but idk about sciences

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 5:58 PM

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dunno, never been to another one

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 5:58 PM

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ah

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 5:58 PM

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it’s definitely a good school though

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 5:58 PM

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i'm aiming to go there

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yeah it definetely is

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 5:58 PM

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its math program at least is good :P

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 5:58 PM

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definitely*

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sometimes i hate my own language

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do you know if the chemistry program is good

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 5:59 PM

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you already live in zürich right?

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 5:59 PM

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kanton

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i live about 45 mins away from zurich

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 5:59 PM

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close enough

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 5:59 PM

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towards thurgau

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yeah

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 5:59 PM

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I know people with longer commutes

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 5:59 PM

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;-;

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 6:00 PM

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I myself had a 2h commute once upon a time

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 6:00 PM

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;-;

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 6:00 PM

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it’s pretty common for people in eastern and northern switzerland to just stay at home and commute to zürich

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much cheaper

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 6:00 PM

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indeed

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that's what i'm gonna do as well

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did you go to gymi?

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 6:01 PM

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not in zürich but yea

winged quiver Feb 23, 2020, 6:01 PM

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Sascha, do you know if there is a version of Studienkollegs in switzerland?

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 6:01 PM

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how much harder does it get after probezeit?

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 6:01 PM

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I am not aware of anything like that, poro

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wdym probezeit?

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 6:01 PM

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the first semester of gymi

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 6:01 PM

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what year?

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7th or 9th?

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 6:02 PM

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1st year

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of gymi

winged quiver Feb 23, 2020, 6:02 PM

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I'm from the US so my diploma doesn't qualify me to be allowed to study at ETH Zürich

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 6:02 PM

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1st year of gymi can mean different things

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 6:02 PM

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the first year of the 4 years

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for kurzzeit

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 6:02 PM

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I went to it only after 8th grade and had 4 years

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 6:02 PM

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same

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except i'm still in it

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and i just passed probezeit and i'm wondering if it gets harder

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 6:03 PM

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I am not aware of a concept like probezeit at our gymi

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 6:03 PM

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oof

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 6:03 PM

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you just have an entry exam

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and then you’re in

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 6:03 PM

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ah

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for us

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you take the exam and then have to pass a probezeit as well

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if your grades are too low, you're out

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 6:03 PM

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I mean you have to pass every year here or repeat

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 6:04 PM

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ah

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that's worse i think

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 6:04 PM

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repeat the year I mean

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max one repetition for the whole 4 years + an extra one last year

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 6:04 PM

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unless you don't mean a test every year to determine if you can stay or not

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 6:04 PM

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no I just mean your grades have to be good enough

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 6:04 PM

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ah

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i think that bit's the same for us after probezeit

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 6:05 PM

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anyway for me the first weeks were prolly the hardest cause I wasn’t used to the speed of it

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 6:05 PM

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ah

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 6:05 PM

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but I never found it all that hard

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 6:05 PM

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my teacher told me to give 'voll gas' from the beginning

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that held up for a few weeks, then i stopped giving voll gas and got the same results

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 6:05 PM

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that definitely applies to uni
I slept through most of gymi

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 6:05 PM

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lmfao

winged quiver Feb 23, 2020, 6:07 PM

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@foggy prism Sorry to bother but it looks like if I take the reduced entrance exam and pass I qualifty for ETHZ. Do you know if this test is known to be exteremly difficult or any insight

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 6:08 PM

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I think the reduced one is kinda reasonable?

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but the only person I knew who took it has disappeared from the face of the earth so idk

winged quiver Feb 23, 2020, 6:09 PM

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Sounds good

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 6:11 PM

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eth itself is pretty tough though

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and the housing situation is kinda shite

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the thing with it is that they don’t really make it that hard to get into (though I think for exchange students it’s stricter because they don’t want them to waste time) but then it’s tough to pass

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 6:26 PM

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doesn't it also depend on what program you choose though?

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 6:26 PM

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probably definitely

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 6:26 PM

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how thin are apartment walls in ch

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mine seem relatively thick

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 6:27 PM

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dunno a few cm

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 6:27 PM

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like the only time i ever heard my neighbor was when he screamed about his team making a mistake in a soccer game

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 6:27 PM

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more than 1, less than 50

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depends on how old the house is and so on

lime elk Feb 23, 2020, 6:28 PM

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so it seems like you'd have to be pretty loud to get sound through to the other house

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apartment*

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my family was apparently too loud

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even though we were abnormally quiet

winged quiver Feb 23, 2020, 6:31 PM

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What region in Germany has the best snow and or skiing?

foggy prism Feb 23, 2020, 6:41 PM

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well I know one guy who lived in berlin and would go to austria for skiing

winged quiver Feb 23, 2020, 6:45 PM

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Oof thats a bad sign. See I was thinking there was probably good skiing in by munich and I was hoping to get some confirmation

winged quiver Feb 24, 2020, 3:45 AM

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Is it a common thing for students to get denied from German universities?

deep vessel Feb 24, 2020, 4:08 AM

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you'd probably want to live somewhere far south near the german alps

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austria or switzerland is probably better for skiing in general though

mortal escarp Feb 24, 2020, 7:12 AM

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It's a bit off, but is it really a thing in Austria (or Germany/Switzerland too) that people care a lot about how their eyebrows look like? Even men? I went there and was shocked that everyone cuts them to a perfect shape. And in my country you cannot even get a tool for that easily. 😄

humble bough Feb 24, 2020, 3:15 PM

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@winged quiver
it depends on the degree; some degrees accept everyone who meets the requirements, others reject a lot of people because they only admit so many

winged quiver Feb 24, 2020, 3:53 PM

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@humble bough I was thinking of doing either biology, chemistry, physics, environmental science, geology, or chemical engineering. How do I find out if those will blindly me accept me or not? I’m planning on applying for LMU and TUM

humble bough Feb 24, 2020, 3:53 PM

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look at the admission regulation for the specific programs you're interested in

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it will say so explicitly

exotic barn Feb 24, 2020, 3:55 PM

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I looked at Lieferando, the only living food delivery service in Germany, and why is it so bad??

humble bough Feb 24, 2020, 3:55 PM

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v dependent on your location in my experience

exotic barn Feb 24, 2020, 3:56 PM

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I'm in an LDR and my boyfriend and me would often order each other bubble tea or cute dessert for each other. He looked at Lieferando and it's just a bunch of shitty fast food

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@humble bough I'm in Berlin tho

humble bough Feb 24, 2020, 3:56 PM

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where in berlin lol, berlin's big af

exotic barn Feb 24, 2020, 3:56 PM

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At Buckow

humble bough Feb 24, 2020, 3:56 PM

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no idea where that is so I assume that's in the boonies

exotic barn Feb 24, 2020, 3:57 PM

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😅 Kinda is. Next to Neukölln

humble bough Feb 24, 2020, 3:57 PM

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compared to other countries, German delivery is indeed kinda disappointing though, there aren't really places that deliver dessert-style food near me either (I'm in Wilmersdorf but close enough to get deliveries from near Kantstraße where there's lots of takeout places)

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at least compared to the US and UK imo

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there isn't much bubble tea in Berlin at all, and the only places I'm aware of don't deliver and aren't close enough to you even if they did deliver

exotic barn Feb 24, 2020, 3:59 PM

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Yeah there's only Comebuy I think

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That's the only international bbt chain

humble bough Feb 24, 2020, 3:59 PM

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not the only international chain lol, but the only one I've seen here

exotic barn Feb 24, 2020, 3:59 PM

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Outside of that, there are just tiny mom and pop stores I've seen on Google maps

humble bough Feb 24, 2020, 3:59 PM

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ah yeah, I think there are a couple of those

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but anyway I don't think comebuy does deliveries, and I don't know if anything like postmates has caught on here that could send someone to pick something up from there

exotic barn Feb 24, 2020, 4:01 PM

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Man honestly I'm surprised. Because I moved here from Indonesia, and it's also a nowhere Asian country. My bf is currently in Canada. And I swear both countries have wayyy stronger food delivery industry than here

humble bough Feb 24, 2020, 4:01 PM

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asia is way better on food delivery than europe imo

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I mean, china was better even than the US on that front imo

exotic barn Feb 24, 2020, 4:02 PM

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I don't get why. Is it because the transport is easy and cheap, so people want to just go out there to eat?

humble bough Feb 24, 2020, 4:02 PM

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I've been told Germans put more emphasis on cooking at home than at least americans do

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also for bubble tea specifically there was some issue importing the pearls a few years back that put a lot of places out of business, killed the trend

exotic barn Feb 24, 2020, 4:03 PM

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Ordering stuff for my boyfriend through uber eats in Vancouver was so easy too. Lots of choices. I honestly didn't expect the kind of choices available here

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Ooohh

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Wow that's awful :'(

humble bough Feb 24, 2020, 4:03 PM

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yeah no it's tragic

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I'm glad I've at least got comebuy

exotic barn Feb 24, 2020, 4:03 PM

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Man my bbt cravings are just going to go unanswered

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I miss cheese tea

humble bough Feb 24, 2020, 4:03 PM

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honestly, often worth it to just hop over to kudamm imo

exotic barn Feb 24, 2020, 4:04 PM

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I definitely should tomorrow just to get that taro milk tea @humble bough

humble bough Feb 24, 2020, 4:04 PM

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they've added the cheese foam there recently too I think?

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at least I think I remember seeing that as an option

exotic barn Feb 24, 2020, 4:05 PM

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Oh wait for real??? I bought cream cheese already!

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I was so ready to just make it

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I guess that's good

humble bough Feb 24, 2020, 4:06 PM

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idk how good it is but I remember seeing it on the menu and being like "huh"

exotic barn Feb 24, 2020, 4:06 PM

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That sounds great. I'd love to try it out. Is the Comebuy here any good?

humble bough Feb 24, 2020, 4:07 PM

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I've only gotten their normal bubble tea but it's pretty solid imo

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but it helps that they've got like zero competition for bubble tea

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so I don't have a good frame of reference anymore

exotic barn Feb 24, 2020, 4:08 PM

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Yep. I think that bbt in Europe isn't trending yet

humble bough Feb 24, 2020, 4:08 PM

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😔

exotic barn Feb 24, 2020, 4:09 PM

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I know even in Amsterdam they have it even worse

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Wtf is yo yo tea

humble bough Feb 24, 2020, 4:09 PM

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no idea

exotic barn Feb 24, 2020, 4:11 PM

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I know even Chatime is only available in the UK and France

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And Chatime is like everywhere

humble bough Feb 24, 2020, 4:12 PM

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oh yeah there was a chatime back in ohio

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it is nice tho that I can be the one to introduce a bunch of my euro friends to the glory of boba

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it's like I didn't catch onto the trend until it was already popular in the US but now I can be a hipster about it here 😎

exotic barn Feb 24, 2020, 4:13 PM

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Yessss. I was also super late with cheese tea

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But here no one knows what cheese tea is

tight kelp Feb 25, 2020, 5:03 PM

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wenn man ein "Handy mit Vertrag" kauft, heißt es, dass man das Handy für die Laufzeit des Vertrags bekommt, aber muss es danach zurückgeben?

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es kann vielleicht als eine dumme Frage aussehen aber in meinem Heimatland ist es nicht ungewöhnlich, ein Handy zu kaufen, das man zusammen mit der Tarif Stückweise bezahlt, das Handy ist aber seins (à la Finanzierung)

exotic barn Feb 25, 2020, 5:06 PM

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Normalersweise kannst du es behalten.

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Mit dem Vertrag bezahlst du sowohl das Handy als auch die dazugehörigen Leistungen. Das mache ich auch und kann mir z.B. nach einer Vertragsverlängerung ein neues Gerät aussuchen.

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Du musst aber aufpassen, manche Angebot sind etwas dubiös.

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Das "alte" Gerät kannst du dann deinen Verwandten/Freunden geben oder behälst es als zweites Gerät wenn du eine Dual-Sim hast.

tight kelp Feb 25, 2020, 5:12 PM

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ich habe das Informationsblatt durchgelesen aber da gibt es kein Hinweis ob man das Handy behalten kann oder nicht. Sollte ich in solche Fällen davon ausgehen, dass man das Handy behaltet? Oder auf welche Begriffe sollte ich aufpassen?

foggy prism Feb 25, 2020, 5:13 PM

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normalerweise kaufst du ein Handy + einen Abovertrag, das Handy wird vergünstigt und dafür verpflichtest du dich mit dem Vertrag, für 12/24 Mo das Abo zu behalten

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was anderes hab ich noch nie gesehen

exotic barn Feb 25, 2020, 5:13 PM

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Also normalerweise behälst du das Handy. ( Telekom,Vodafone,02). Bei den Resselern gibt es aber andere Verträge. Ruf einfach an oder schreib eine E-Mail.

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Rückgabe habe ich noch nie gesehen, aber es gibt leider Reseller von Verträgen und Handys die etwas dubiös sind, deswegen der Hinweis. Bei den 3 großen Riesen der Branche solltest du keine Probleme haben

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Habe meine Verträge mit Telekom/Vodafone seit 10 Jahren und überhaupt keine Probleme.

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Das Gerät ist quasi nach 12/24 Monaten abbezahlt und du kannst es sogar verkaufen.

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Außerdem als Tipp, falls du in Deutschland lebst und länger hier bist, wähle einen Zeitraum zu Ostern/Weihnachten für den Vertragsabschluss. Da bekommst besondere Aktionen ( Gratis Kopfhörer / Soundsystem) . Falls du noch in einer großén Industriefirma arbeitest, hast du evtl. intern noch andere Vorteile.

tight kelp Feb 25, 2020, 5:44 PM

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ok danke sehr

foggy prism Feb 25, 2020, 7:02 PM

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Das Gerät ist quasi nach 12/24 Monaten abbezahlt und du kannst es sogar verkaufen.
okay das klingt so als wäre es dennoch anders als in der Schweiz, hier könntest du das Handy sofort weiterverkaufen (musst aber halt weiterhin das Abo zahlen und dir selber ein anderes Handy anschaffen)

tight kelp Feb 25, 2020, 7:03 PM

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Das ist für mich egal, ich plane nicht, es zu verkaufen

foggy prism Feb 25, 2020, 7:04 PM

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und das Abo ist so konzipiert dass du über die 24 Monate oder was weiss ich eh mehr als den Kaufpreis des Handys zahlen musst (und mehr, als was ein Abo alleine kostet, wahrscheinlich)

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und halt dass du 24Mo an die Firma gebunden bist und nicht zur Konkurrenz gehen kannst

tight kelp Feb 25, 2020, 7:05 PM

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:/

vague brook Feb 25, 2020, 7:10 PM

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yeah people sometimes take an expensive phone in abo, sell it and use the simcard on another phone

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or just give it to someone else

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sometimes the offers are pretty cool, especially if you are in one company for a longer period of time

exotic barn Feb 26, 2020, 12:09 PM

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Allah

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I am from romania

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Where are you from?

odd bison Feb 26, 2020, 5:52 PM

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Könnte mir einer von euch eine gute Haftpflichtversicherung empfehlen?

whole pecan Feb 26, 2020, 7:23 PM

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are there any other satire songs like the Trizonesienlied from the Nachkriegszeit?

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I want to do a project on songs like this

warm flume Feb 27, 2020, 12:44 PM

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hello, can anyone check for me if Betriebswirtschaftlehrer is taught in english or deutsch in TU kaiserslautern Uni please ? i kind of have difficulties finding out the info in their website

exotic barn Feb 27, 2020, 12:45 PM

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https://wiwi.uni-kl.de/studium/rund-ums-studium/bachelor-bwl/

Bachelor BWL

Studienstruktur, Curriculum und Studienverlaufsplan

deep vessel Feb 27, 2020, 12:46 PM

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nur auf Deutsch

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https://www.uni-kl.de/studiengang/22876/Betriebswirtschaftslehre_Bachelor_of_Science

Studienangebot

exotic barn Feb 27, 2020, 12:47 PM

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you need both languages

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because they explicitly ask for knowing english, but the most part will be done in german

warm flume Feb 27, 2020, 12:49 PM

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Master tho not bachelor

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so it'll be taught in both languages then ?

deep vessel Feb 27, 2020, 12:50 PM

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No, the bachelor requires German. It's just some extra components are in English. But not the entire course

warm flume Feb 27, 2020, 12:51 PM

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what about the BWL master please ? thanks!

exotic barn Feb 27, 2020, 12:52 PM

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requires englisch c1 regarding their page

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https://wiwi.uni-kl.de/studium/rund-ums-studium/master-bwl/bwl-studienstruktur/

BWL Studienstruktur

Studienstruktur des Masterstudiengangs Betriebswirtschaftslehre.

deep vessel Feb 27, 2020, 12:52 PM

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Fusapple is asking what the program is offered in, not the language requirements

exotic barn Feb 27, 2020, 12:52 PM

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but again in german

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i know sun i don't type that fast today

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fusapple is TU Kaiserslautern already your choice ?

warm flume Feb 27, 2020, 12:53 PM

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i'm asking about if the BWL program is being taught in english or deutsch please, so in conclusion it's both ?

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yea

exotic barn Feb 27, 2020, 12:54 PM

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Deutsch

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So in German

deep vessel Feb 27, 2020, 12:54 PM

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The majority in German

warm flume Feb 27, 2020, 12:54 PM

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i just need to fill an application in which i was asked if the course will be taught in english or deutsch, well i guess i'll cross on them both

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thanks tho a lot !

deep vessel Feb 27, 2020, 12:55 PM

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aka you won't be able to attend without Goethe C2 or Testdaf or equivalent german

exotic barn Feb 27, 2020, 12:56 PM

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Check the Modules for extra info

warm flume Feb 27, 2020, 12:56 PM

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huh i only have the B1 and i was accepted in the Uni as i'll have to go through the DSH thing

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i still have to redo my B2 exam as i failed one part of it

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tfw failed and could obtain it if only i had one correct answer, only one

deep vessel Feb 27, 2020, 12:57 PM

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your acceptance is most likely conditional on you passing DSH before the beginning of classes

warm flume Feb 27, 2020, 12:57 PM

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yes that's what they said

exotic barn Feb 27, 2020, 12:58 PM

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You can check the modules here :
https://wiwi.uni-kl.de/fileadmin/wiwi.uni-kl.de/AA_Neuer_Webauftritt/PO_Dokumente/Bachelor_allgemein/Modulhandbuch_Bachelor.pdf
https://wiwi.uni-kl.de/fileadmin/wiwi.uni-kl.de/AA_Neuer_Webauftritt/PO_Dokumente/Master_allgemein/Modulhandbuch_Master.pdf

There you can see what is taught in EN/DE .

deep vessel Feb 27, 2020, 1:01 PM

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Of which some of the core ones are so unfortunately your german is gonna need to be up to scratch

warm flume Feb 27, 2020, 1:04 PM

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can i change my course after obtaining the DSH thing ?

deep vessel Feb 27, 2020, 1:06 PM

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You'll probably need a native to answer if you can even change courses at all in german unis, but i can't see why not if the language requirements are the same

humble bough Feb 27, 2020, 1:56 PM

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questions like "can I change my course after obtaining such-and-such" are probably better suited for someone in your uni's administration, since stuff like that almost certainly isn't the same at every uni

exotic barn Feb 28, 2020, 4:26 AM

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hey guys, im an asian guy from america (havent been anywhere in asia in my life). i had a trip planned to austria for some time and bought the tickets half a year ago but with the recent happenings...yeah. should i be worried about any sort of discrimination in the dach area? would wearing a mask make people feel safer?

tight kelp Feb 28, 2020, 7:58 AM

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you won't do Jack about spreading the virus since it's tiny and is not stopped by a simple paper mask
the question is about discrimination, it was more to make other people feel "safer" than for any real effect. I remind you that despite paper masks being useless against the virus, they have been sold out in all places affected by the mass hysteria

solemn bay Feb 28, 2020, 7:59 AM

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Unfortunately I think in most places in the world you will have to be aware of the potential for discrimination from general people right now. Probably not anything that could genuinely disrupt your trip, but it's better to be mentally prepared in case some rude idiot says or does something rude while you're there.

tight kelp Feb 28, 2020, 8:00 AM

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if he were travelling to italy i'd advise him against it because there have been several episodes of racism against asians in the north, regardless of nationality. I'm curious to know the situation in austria though

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I gave them an answer about the the discrimination.
i don't think you did. You only touched on the mask bit, nothing about the asian

foggy prism Feb 28, 2020, 8:36 AM

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would wearing a mask make people feel safer?
I’d say the opposite is true

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if you’re wearing a mask then something is wrong

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I know a few asians who live here and only one of them has reported anything - but he was also carrying around a case of corona beer at the time

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which got him some stares and giggles

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that’s it

tight kelp Feb 28, 2020, 8:41 AM

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if you’re wearing a mask then something is wrong
sure but when people already feel that something is wrong...

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i mean, the kind of people who resort to racism in general also tend to find something to remark about, in this case, asians, so it might not help after all

plush aspen Feb 28, 2020, 11:13 AM

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Gibt es Auchan in Deutschland ?

humble bough Feb 28, 2020, 1:00 PM

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imo wearing a mask draws more attention to you and is more likely to make people who otherwise wouldn't have it on their minds think about it

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I don't think racists would be deterred by its presence so I don't think it'd be very effective

vague brook Feb 28, 2020, 1:29 PM

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In Germany I haven't seen anyone wearing a mask yet

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Despite having a few cases in our city

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But if I wanted to have a free spot on the train I would definitely put one on and cough a few times to empty the whole wagon

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mmlol

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Did it once and it worked

tight kelp Feb 28, 2020, 1:42 PM

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lol

tight kelp Feb 28, 2020, 3:19 PM

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on the other hand, i think it's fair to make fun of stupidity, because it's avoidable

icy mist Feb 28, 2020, 9:55 PM

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ive seen a fair amount of older people wearing masks

tight kelp Feb 28, 2020, 9:56 PM

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little do they know that it won't protect them

vague brook Feb 28, 2020, 10:00 PM

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it wasnt a joke, i had a common cold

tight kelp Feb 28, 2020, 10:02 PM

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it works if you're infected to protect others from being infected, and that, only once, then you have to replace it
doesn't protect your eyes

icy mist Feb 28, 2020, 10:04 PM

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looks cool though

exotic barn Feb 29, 2020, 8:49 AM

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Groß gehirn moment...

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Bitte übersetzte diesen memes nicht aufs Deutsche es hört sich nicht so gut an

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Wie im englischen xD

quiet idol Feb 29, 2020, 8:51 AM

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Sollte man in Hütten bei Skipisten Trinkgeld geben?

exotic barn Feb 29, 2020, 8:51 AM

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hsha really?

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Nein muss man nicht aber du kannst es machen wenn du willst

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Groß gehirn moment keek

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best translation

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Thanks

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I was happy to do this i learned the word brain for german

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Ah ok

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Wie lange lernst du deutsch?

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Ich

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???

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ja mein freund

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Deutsch ist meine Muttersprache

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Deutsch ist meine freundsprache

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wirklich?

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Ja

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Schön

granite raft Mar 1, 2020, 10:49 AM

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has anyone here done the german c1 test with goethe?
or does anyone know anyone that has done it?

exotic barn Mar 1, 2020, 11:34 PM

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Why was my post on the virus deleted but others are here talking about masks?

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Ah forget it.

sand lotus Mar 2, 2020, 4:37 AM

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Weiss jemand ob mann in DE ein Antikwaffen haben kann? Zb eine alte Mauser von der 19jh?

solemn bay Mar 2, 2020, 6:38 AM

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die Waffe

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Funktioniert sie?

exotic barn Mar 2, 2020, 7:21 PM

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sie muss unschädlich gemacht werden dann gilt sie als deko waffe und ist erlaubt

plain tiger Mar 2, 2020, 8:12 PM

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Hi guys, i was wondring if i have chance to do an ausbildung in Germany without while i dont have bachelors ?
or should i toke my bachelors first ? (am from morroco btw )

deft mountain Mar 3, 2020, 7:55 PM

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Hello. I've been living in Germany (Frankfurt) and going to school for a while now. I'm turning 18 soon and my parents are thinking of returning to our motherland, but I want to continue living here and going to school, making my abitur next year and eventually study.

So I wanted to ask, what are the possibilities for a Schüler (like dormitory, or renting a flat...)? Anyone knows of some good / common solutions to this?

Thanks

tight kelp Mar 3, 2020, 9:41 PM

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being 18, as long as you have the money you can live freely and rent a room/flat etc. I don't know the details but there are jobs for students and other odd jobs that you could approach even now

sinful minnow Mar 5, 2020, 7:39 PM

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is there anyone studying in Ruhr-Bochum University

placid dune Mar 5, 2020, 9:17 PM

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/-0

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 12:29 AM

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wo sucht ihr deutschen nach arbeitstellen?

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monster.de? linkedin? indeed? stackoverflow? rofl

warped atlas Mar 6, 2020, 4:38 AM

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Arbeitsagentur, Monster.de, LinkedIn, Xing, Job-Messen

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War von meiner jetzigen Firmas Recruiter durch LinkedIn gefunden

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Ansonsten hatte ich die Stellen beim TI und ein großes SPS Konzern in einer Jobmesse an der Hochschule gefunden und mich beworben

agile leaf Mar 6, 2020, 8:52 AM

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Do u know any website I buy it German number for sms verification ?

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Any one help me please?

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 1:54 PM

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@warped atlas passiert das haufig, dass man von recruiters gefunden wird? in welcher stadt bist du, wenn ich fragen darf

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ich will nach deutschland, bin aber auf der such nach einer arbeitsstelle, weiß aber nicht wie ich das schaffe

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hab etwa 5 jahre erfahrung, spreche perfektes englisch und gutes deutsch

warped atlas Mar 6, 2020, 1:55 PM

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@agile leaf wha? Sorry, again?

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 1:56 PM

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they want to pretend they have a german number

warped atlas Mar 6, 2020, 1:56 PM

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@icy mist technically you can go to the teller and ask to deposit the money to a certain account

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Otherwise, it‘s easier if you have a friend who can transfer the money for you and you just give them your money

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@agile leaf ah, not sure if that‘s possible...I did use a service that gave me a digital fax number. But it has since closed down (that was 3 years ago)

vague brook Mar 6, 2020, 1:59 PM

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it probably is possible, but i doubt its legal

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cause you need someones ID to activate a german mobile number

warped atlas Mar 6, 2020, 2:00 PM

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@short trout keine Ahnung ob das ziemlich häufig passiert ist. Aber bin sowieso Software Entwickler, in Baden Württemberg, und habe auch einen deutschen Abschluss

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Es könnte auch sein, dass die Recruiter nach Leute „in der Gegend“ suchen

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Ich glaube alle Angebote bisher sind in BW

tight kelp Mar 6, 2020, 2:04 PM

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auf linkedin werde ich ziemlich oft von recruiters kontaktiert

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:10 PM

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verstehe

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ich will auch nach BW haha

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hoffentlich ist das nicht zu schwer, einen job zu kriegen ausm ausland

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wie viel profezionelle erfahrung habt ihr

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ich glaub das wird anstregend ;(

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die jobsuche meine ich

warped atlas Mar 6, 2020, 2:24 PM

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Ich hatte schon 5 Jahre als Operations Ingenieur gearbeitet, aber ich hatte noch keine Erfahrung als Entwickler

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Trotzdem war ich kontaktiert

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:31 PM

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interessant.. das heißt dass es ziemlich viel nachfrage an(?) entwickler(n?) gibt

tight kelp Mar 6, 2020, 2:37 PM

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mit 5 Jährigen Erfahrung kriegst du sicher etwas. Ob man dich auch vom Ausland sponsern werde, kann ich nicht sagen

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:38 PM

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klappen firmen ziemlich einfach, soweit ich weiß, in deutschland ist das nicth so schwer wie in z.b. der schweiz

tight kelp Mar 6, 2020, 2:39 PM

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wenn das sponsor dir egal ist, plane dann genug zeit, sodass du dich wohnung finden und die bürokratie fertig machen kannst, bevor du arbeiten musst

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:40 PM

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ja, sicher

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lebst du in deutschland?

tight kelp Mar 6, 2020, 2:40 PM

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für mich ist es mehrere monate gedauert

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ja

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:40 PM

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wo kommst du denn her, wenn ich fragen darf

tight kelp Mar 6, 2020, 2:40 PM

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italien

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:40 PM

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fertig mit der uni?

tight kelp Mar 6, 2020, 2:40 PM

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also ich hatte auch keine besondere probleme mit der einwanderung

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:40 PM

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oder bist du dort als student

tight kelp Mar 6, 2020, 2:41 PM

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nein... Es ist kompliziert ^^"

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:41 PM

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ja sicher, bist ja aus der EU

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ahcso :x

tight kelp Mar 6, 2020, 2:42 PM

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also wenn du nicht eu-bürger bist, würde ich natürlich mit ein bisschen mehr zeit berücksichtigen

jade helm Mar 6, 2020, 2:45 PM

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@short trout linkedin ist eine gute Quelle um Stellen bei internationalen Unternehmen zu finden. Die haben auch oft mehr Erfahrung bei der Einstellung von Ausländern

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:46 PM

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ergibt sinn

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ich hab mich fast bei einer schweizen firmaauf linkedin bewirbt. habe aber gemerkt dass es ziemlich kompliziert ist, in die schweiz einzuwandern als nicht eu-bürger

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schade

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bin jetzt auf der such nach stellen in deutschland

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@jade helm bist du auch entwickler o.ä.?

jade helm Mar 6, 2020, 2:48 PM

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ja

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:49 PM

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beworben*

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mein gott is mein deutsch jetzt so schlimm

jade helm Mar 6, 2020, 2:49 PM

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in der Schweiz ist der Bedarf einfach dauerhaft zu hoch, also müssen immer wieder Menschen aus dem Ausland eingestellt werden

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:49 PM

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@jade helm bist du auch von recruiters kontaktiert?

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jo, aber eu-bürger werden bevorzugt

jade helm Mar 6, 2020, 2:50 PM

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ja, diesen Monat ist es wieder viel geworden

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:50 PM

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hah

jade helm Mar 6, 2020, 2:50 PM

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meistens EU, weil natürlich näher. aber nicht unmöglich oder ausgeschlossen

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:51 PM

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laut meiner "forschung", doch

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fast unmöglich

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es sei denn, google will mich einstellen

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oder sowas

jade helm Mar 6, 2020, 2:52 PM

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es ist kein Problem für dich direkt, sondern für die Firma, die dich einstellen will, ja

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:52 PM

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genau

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und wenige firmen wollen das

jade helm Mar 6, 2020, 2:52 PM

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deswegen sind grosse Unternehmen besser geeignet, dort gibt es oft Erfahrung damit

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:52 PM

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die müssen auch beweisen dass es keinen richtigen bewerber in der eu gibt

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jo

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lebst du in der schweiz?

jade helm Mar 6, 2020, 2:53 PM

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ja

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der Nachweis, dass es keine geeigneten Bewerber gibt, ist aber nicht schwierig

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es muss eben nur vom Unternehmen gemacht werden

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:53 PM

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ah, echt?

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dann siehts nicht so schlimm aus

jade helm Mar 6, 2020, 2:54 PM

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und viele wissen wohl nicht, wie es genau geht. und alles, was neu ist, ist für viele oft "zu schwer"

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:54 PM

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arbeitest du bei bei einer großen firma?

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verstehe

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ein freund (deutscher) von mir hat in der schweiz gearbeitet and in konstanz gewohnt, wie oft passiert das denn lol

jade helm Mar 6, 2020, 2:55 PM

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das gibt es auch oft

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:55 PM

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boah

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hätte so ne antwort nicht erwartet

jade helm Mar 6, 2020, 2:55 PM

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ich arbeite für eine 3rd party als contractor für IBM und viele meiner Kollegen wohnen in D oder F

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:55 PM

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krass

jade helm Mar 6, 2020, 2:55 PM

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ich bin im Büro in Basel, da sind ca. 50% nicht aus der Schweiz

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:56 PM

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gibts bei der firma viele ausländer?

jade helm Mar 6, 2020, 2:56 PM

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oh ja

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:56 PM

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bzw. nicht eu-bürger

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oder sind die alle aus der eu

jade helm Mar 6, 2020, 2:56 PM

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ja, auch das. proportional würde ich sagen

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:56 PM

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echt?

jade helm Mar 6, 2020, 2:57 PM

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also 5 CH, 5 EU 1 non-EU

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:57 PM

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achso

jade helm Mar 6, 2020, 2:57 PM

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oder 10/10/2

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:57 PM

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nur einer

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ah, verstehe jetzt

jade helm Mar 6, 2020, 2:57 PM

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nein, das ist ca. das Verhältnis

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:57 PM

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also nicht komplett unmöglich aber ziemlich schwierig

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ja

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hast du mal in deutschland gelebt?

jade helm Mar 6, 2020, 2:58 PM

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ja

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:58 PM

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wie findest du das leben in der schweiz in vergleich zu deutschland

jade helm Mar 6, 2020, 2:58 PM

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ich bin immer noch Deutscher 😉

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 2:58 PM

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achso!

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wusst ich nicht

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im vergleich*

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@jade helm ^

jade helm Mar 6, 2020, 3:08 PM

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sorry, bin auch noch in einem Meeting 😉

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definitv besser

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ist natürlich nur meine persönliche Erfahrung @short trout

short trout Mar 6, 2020, 3:09 PM

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ups, sorry! haha

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ne, "besser" habe ich schon öfter gehört

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also, nicht nur deine erfahrung

solar kestrel Mar 6, 2020, 4:54 PM

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Hallo! Ich möchte gern wissen, wie ich mich für ein Universität in Deutschland bewerben kann

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Ich wäre dankbar

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woofwoof

tame forum Mar 7, 2020, 9:56 AM

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@solar kestrel
1st step: check whether the course u want has NC (Numerus Clausus) on the uni website or email/ call them

complete the conditions that the course requires
apply

potent vine Mar 7, 2020, 6:34 PM

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@tame forum thats alot harder but in short yea

rapid latch Mar 8, 2020, 7:16 PM

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Hi guys, Has anyone transfered from a university from outside Germany to one inside Germany ? I did my bachelors in one country of europe and I want to do Masters in Germany. I have to use the Bayerische Formal to convert my grades, The formula and directions and kinda confusing. Any assistance is appreciated

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📎 unknown.png

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this is the formula they use

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I know what N max and N min are. The max and min possible attainable grades in my system. What is Nd though ?

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📎 unknown.png

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this is something a person at the university admissions sent me

humble bough Mar 8, 2020, 7:21 PM

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Nd is the foreign grade you're trying to turn into a German grade

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I'm surprised they make you do this yourself, though; I just sent my transcripts to uni assist and they assigned me a grade based on that

rapid latch Mar 8, 2020, 7:22 PM

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right except here is the problem

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if the max grade is a "5" and the lowest a "1"

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and i get a 5

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by that formula

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i should have a 1 ??

humble bough Mar 8, 2020, 7:23 PM

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yeah? 1 is the maximum German grade

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if you get the maximum in another system, it should convert to a 1,0 in the German system

rapid latch Mar 8, 2020, 7:23 PM

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interesting

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Dankeschön I didn't know that

humble bough Mar 8, 2020, 7:24 PM

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np, the german system is kinda weird and confusing

rapid latch Mar 8, 2020, 7:24 PM

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yea

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opposite to what I've heard of Germans

modern spruce Mar 8, 2020, 9:35 PM

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It'd be pretty neat to have a unified scale. Since we don't, my grades from my coming semester in Germany won't be transferred to my danish university, only the fact that I've passed or not.

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then again, depending on how it goes, it may not be such a bad thing.

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eh, so Leute, in Bezug darauf, wie geht es mit dem Coronavirus und Universitäten? Was glaubt ihr passieren wird?

humble bough Mar 9, 2020, 8:56 AM

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Depends on the location. Different places within DACH have wildly different numbers of people with the virus

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plus right now it's the semester break for German universities anyway

foggy prism Mar 9, 2020, 10:03 AM

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university of zürich is now asking students to stay at home. ETH has enforced uploading recordings for all large lectures so students don’t have to go if they don’t want to, but small ones remain as-is

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university of bern has stopped all large lectures but still does labs and stuff

modern spruce Mar 9, 2020, 12:34 PM

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I really hope things will somehow clear up soon.. Otherwise I'm going to miss the entire semester. :/

exotic barn Mar 9, 2020, 12:45 PM

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Can someone tell me how Freiburg and Dortmund are as places?

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Siegen too
I'm planning to apply to the universities in these areas so

modern spruce Mar 9, 2020, 12:49 PM

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That's funny, I'm signed up for the sommer semester in Freiburg. 🙂

tight kelp Mar 9, 2020, 12:54 PM

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Can someone tell me how Freiburg and Dortmund are as places?
some more precise questions please? :P

exotic barn Mar 9, 2020, 1:29 PM

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Oh that's nice! @modern spruce

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@tight kelp sure! How's the place physically there? The people, do they speak strictly German or tolerate English as well? Any events or cultural stuff it's known for? Any important points I should know if I do end up going there, suggestions or recommendations on accommodation and so? 😄

tight kelp Mar 9, 2020, 2:19 PM

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dortmund is full of people from different backgrounds, mostly working class kind of people. English can be useful for survival if you don't know german but not much more than that; anecdotally, the second most spoken language on the streets of dortmund seems to be turkish, though of course it depends a lot on the neighbourhood—in mine it's probably russian. It's definitely most known for the stadium and for being home to borussia dortmund. Because of the variety of people who live here, if you're a fan of ethnic eats you'll find all manner of restaurants from indian to chinese, middle-eastern, italian, greek or turkish. Personally when i travel, food is the first thing i'm curious about, and despite living here i'm never bored on that front.

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as far as accommodation goes, there are many places and rooms for students; it's a bit harder to find permanent places but personally i had very good luck twice in that department. I recommend airbnb as a source for accommodation at first since other methods are really hard to access for non-germans, but i never looked at stuff for (prospective) students specifically so that might be better

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it's a very well-connected city as far as transportation goes and the underground is the best i've experienced in nrw so far, though it takes a bit to get to know it

short trout Mar 9, 2020, 2:53 PM

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ETH has enforced uploading recordings for all large lectures so students don’t have to go if they don’t want to

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that's huge. imma apply to ETH and if i get accepted probs just live in konstanz or something rofl

exotic barn Mar 9, 2020, 3:01 PM

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@tight kelp ahh i see, thank you so much!!

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Airbnb is recommended no doubt for foreign students

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There's also the Dortmund U I've heard of?

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German is quite a task to learn as it is, turkish would be even greater a task to learn!

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And yeah so I've heard too that getting an accommodation is quite difficult so yeah.. how's the weather usually? Does it go to extremes or so?

tame forum Mar 9, 2020, 3:12 PM

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@foggy prism meanwhile just until 2 days back people are still visiting games in stadiums in NRW.

tight kelp Mar 9, 2020, 3:47 PM

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There's also the Dortmund U I've heard of?
yes. I don't have anything to say about it to be honest though xD

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And yeah so I've heard too that getting an accommodation is quite difficult so yeah.. how's the weather usually? Does it go to extremes or so?
keep in mind that my metre of judgment before coming here was sicilian weather, which is very stable and predictable. And hot. You can look up more precise stuff like temperatures and humidity yourself but personally my impression is that the weather is quite erratic, some areas are very often windy, summers are hot, winters are cold. Light rain is frequent, but it's mostly the kind people ignore completely. "Troublesome" rain is frequent in winter but in my experience it's predicted well enough by apps and such. Overall the climate is kinda wet i would say, but with climate change who even knows anymore—every year seems to be a bit different from the previous one :/

exotic barn Mar 10, 2020, 2:30 AM

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@tight kelp so sorry for the late reply and thank you so much for giving me the details!!

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That kinda seems alright I feel, from the way you described it seems like tropical weather so I can manage that I feel

tight kelp Mar 10, 2020, 7:47 AM

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i wouldn't define it tropical. I neglected to mention that most of the time the temperature is quite alright :P

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but let's say the past months have been a bit of a bitch

exotic barn Mar 10, 2020, 8:41 AM

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Haha XD oh well I guess it's a part of the declining environment honestly

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I'm glad I can still drink water from taps there

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At this point, nature's being quite a bitch herself with the widespread viruses. Either that or she hates her miserable spawns of humans :P

tight kelp Mar 10, 2020, 9:27 AM

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this is really nothing compared to other stuff we've had in history

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even recent history

exotic barn Mar 10, 2020, 10:30 AM

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Yeah true that

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It's been worse

fair talon Mar 10, 2020, 1:37 PM

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So I get to spend today learning about how to write up a formal complaint to the university 😅
If anyone has any experience with that, help would very much be appreciated

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im not even sure what the possible outcomes would be... (its a complaint on behalf of the class about the exam we just took (not graded yet))

short trout Mar 10, 2020, 2:17 PM

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no advice, just nosy: what happened?

fair talon Mar 10, 2020, 2:32 PM

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Professor refused to give information on what the exam would look like (every other class had a mock exam)
Said it would be just like the assignments (the assignments were done in excel, this was a closed book exam)
"No calculations, just interpretations"
2 pages of text and 5 pages of graphs to calculate and interpret 6 1-2 paragraph answer questions in 60 minutes

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Our class collectively went to Program Management when it was done to file a complaint, they said to send in a written one. I'm the Class Speaker, so naturally that falls to me 😅

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good times...

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 3:29 AM

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Hey!
So I'd like to know some stuff about German culture. More importantly to do with interactions or etiquettes that are followed, be it with family, friends or strangers. Each culture has a certain way of doing things so if someone could tell me on that, it would really be amazing!

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 3:34 AM

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Culture is something really hard to pick up or teach with just a few paragraphs, but the thing that tripped my brain a lot in the early days was how 'unpolite' everyday language was. a simple 'ja' or 'nein' (or more commonly ne(e)) sufficed in a lot of day to day transactions, and just the relative directness of requests

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traffic etiquette, especially towards bikes is completely different to what I grew up with. at least in the city i was in, drivers were a lot more cautious of/respectful of people on bikes

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there was also a lot less wearing pyjamas/messy house clothes to the grocery store

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partial nudity was also really common at the local parks in summer

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like shirtless dudes, people wearing beachwear

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 3:37 AM

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Wait the clothes part you mean in Germany or where you lived before?

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 3:37 AM

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in germany

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at the parks here (in my home country), no-one usually takes their shirt off or anything

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 3:38 AM

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Ah I see, yes thanks for the brackets haha

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 3:38 AM

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also you've gotta pack your groceries into your bags asap, even while they're still being scanned

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 3:39 AM

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Yup, I've been practicing that ever since I started to go for shopping

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 3:39 AM

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and people will squeeze past you at the checkout, not to check out groceries, but to just exit the shop

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 3:39 AM

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Fair enough😅

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 3:40 AM

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for me even bringing a backpack into the shop was weird because young people especially are often asked to leave backpacks at the front of the store before going in because of a theft issue

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 3:41 AM

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Yeah true that, that exists in most malls today where I live too. But not for smaller shops though

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 3:41 AM

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but yeah in germany you bring your backpack, whatever

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and your backpack can be your 'grocery bags'

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the tram/train culture where i was was pretty good. people when waiting to get on a train tended to stand to the side of the doors rather than directly in front of them. i had to do a lot less pushing and squeezing to leave the train at busy stations

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 3:42 AM

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Glad to hear that! It's really bad in some places

solemn bay Mar 12, 2020, 3:42 AM

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I take my backpack into the shops all the time. 😒

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Also does the store in Germany not have a counter for bagging groceries?

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 3:43 AM

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it depends. there's usually a small little area at the end but if you're not quick your groceries get mixed with the next person's

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 3:43 AM

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Yeah Base here is contributing to the environment by not using other bags and using her own!😁

solemn bay Mar 12, 2020, 3:44 AM

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Oh okay.

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In the aldi here there's a whole counter after the checkout where you can do the bagging.

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You can just chuck everything back in your trolley and then bag it after paying.

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 3:44 AM

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'ist der Knoblauch deins?'

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trolleys were less common at my shops

solemn bay Mar 12, 2020, 3:45 AM

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Ohh.

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How do people do their shopping then?

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 3:45 AM

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with a small basket

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 3:45 AM

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Although, for a culture which has such a variety of language and terms, it seems a bit out of place when most of the day's conversations are managed with ja and nein don't you feel?
I mean I get that it's easier and well.. efficient but is it hard to talk to people then? Or ask them for help?

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 3:45 AM

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and you put your basket back or the checkout lady takes it while scanning happens

solemn bay Mar 12, 2020, 3:47 AM

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Wtf.

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 3:47 AM

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my experience with 'german coldness' was a complex one. I think a lot of the social decisions i made were influenced by the preconception that german people are hard to get close to, but most the locals I met were quite warm and friendly.

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i've seen memes on /ich_iel about the rush to pack shopping so it's definitely not something restricted to my city

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 3:49 AM

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I see, that's a relief to be honest. Because I've heard about, like you said, "German coldness" as well, and been slightly deterred by it as well. Which makes me all the more hesitant to talk on the server or ask doubts and stuff so yeah.

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Also I know that speaking with strangers is always done by Sietzen unless the other person allows you for du..unless the person is visibly younger than you then yeah. But that's another thing which kinda has me afraid, as someone who isn't good with German, to end speaking in mixed tenses or persons.

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 3:50 AM

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if you ever visit germany, or any other country for that matter, have a good thing about your preconceptions and stereotypes you hold. for me there were some that i didn't even realise i had

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to make tings complicated, siezen isn't always for strangers or those visibly younger, and usage varies by location

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there's a category of strangers that you can duzen, and in a non-negligible amount of smaller villages, you'd duzen just about everyone

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 3:52 AM

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Yeah exactly why I wanna know about the culture and people before going there

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 3:54 AM

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and siezen/duzen isn't really something you can learn through explanation. it's highly contextual, and experience based, and even natives sometimes struggle with the 'can i duzen them?' question
especially 'i've known this person so long but never popped the 'duzen' question and they duzen me but they're of a senior standing and i feel like if i ask them now i'll just insult them so i just avoid having to use the second person pronoun with them in general'

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 3:55 AM

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Heh, looks like I'm gonna have that problem too then, cause I think exactly the same

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It is contextual yeah I know

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That's what makes it even more scary or unsure at times, when you're close to someone but they haven't du'd you so you wonder how it goes

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 3:57 AM

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foreigners tend to get a pas spn slipups there but some pf my local teachers have told tales of accidentlaly offending coworkers by using the wrong 2nd person pronoun

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 3:57 AM

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Is there nothing like if person A approaches B and starts the conversation and then they get close over a period of time, person B gets to decide whether to siezen or duzen? Since they allowed person A to get close..just a thought

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 3:57 AM

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i don't think there are any formal rules

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 3:57 AM

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Ohhh that must be embarrassing..

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Yeah..well I feel that if that kinda rule existed maybe it'd help solve the duzen crisis

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 3:58 AM

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but generally especially in cities, you can blanket duzen people 30 and younger i think. unless you're still a child. maybe even younger than 40.

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even uni teachers in my experience it varies

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 3:59 AM

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I'm horrible at guessing age beyond 30 so that's gonna probably kill me there XD

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 3:59 AM

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i've had classes where everone duzens, and classes where the dozentin siezt

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:00 AM

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Oh right, so there's another thing that once a person is fine with duzen, you can't use siezen with them again

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That comes across as rude or impolite right?

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 4:01 AM

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yeah

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:01 AM

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Oh man, God bless my language

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With A2 I don't think I can do squat in Germany if I've to talk to someone or hold a conversation😶

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 4:03 AM

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honestly yeah at a2 i could read signs/basic info, order at a restaurant, and gice someone my basic details. it was very much still survival german

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around b1 i could hold light conversation but still had to look up vocab or revert to english a lot

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b1 to b2 was a bigger jump in progress

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but my speaking in b1 probably could have been better if i spoke in german more outside of class

icy mist Mar 12, 2020, 4:05 AM

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i always use the weirdest sentence constructions to avoid having to duzen or siezen anyone

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:06 AM

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Yeah I do agree on that, language has to be practiced with more speaking so it's fluent when you need to..and while writing does help, it kinda robs the small amount of time your brain actually needs when conversing because while writing you can think and correct yourself but while speaking it's the real thing..

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@icy mist I guess passive voice? I haven't learnt that either so I'm a bust haha

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 4:06 AM

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and use of man

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:07 AM

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Ah yes, I'm trying to use that more these days

icy mist Mar 12, 2020, 4:07 AM

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trying to use ich or man or gibt es

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 4:07 AM

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könnte man bitte mir das Salz reichen?

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:08 AM

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Könnte jemand no? Could someone..?

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And I think it's der..Salz🤔

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 4:09 AM

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jemand ja

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and das Salz der Pfeffer

icy mist Mar 12, 2020, 4:09 AM

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yeah i say that

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:09 AM

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Ohh I see

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 4:09 AM

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or könnte irgendwer lol

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:09 AM

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Or that yeah

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My God I'd to struggle to say something, someone, sometime, somewhere, somehow

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There's etwas, manchmal, manche, irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann, irgendwer

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Good lord

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 4:12 AM

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irgendein

icy mist Mar 12, 2020, 4:12 AM

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irgendjemand

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:12 AM

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Imma jump off the building

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🤣

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I'm legit scared if I'll be able to even cross B1 now

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 4:13 AM

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irgendeinmal

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a2 to b1 isn't that bad

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:15 AM

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Yeah I hope so

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But thanks a lot for informing me about it and telling me so much!

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Really appreciate it!
I've to get going now though

deep vessel Mar 12, 2020, 4:15 AM

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np

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:15 AM

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Have a great day!

fair talon Mar 12, 2020, 10:56 AM

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Welp, I managed to put something halfway-professional sounding together for the complaint letter, so I guess we'll see where this goes 🤷‍♂️

tame forum Mar 12, 2020, 11:25 AM

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Good luck

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 11:30 AM

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mortal escarp Mar 12, 2020, 11:42 AM

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Does anyone know if it costs anything to receive text messages abroad on a Swisscom prepaid SIM card?

warped atlas Mar 12, 2020, 11:54 AM

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Gl Jake

tight kelp Mar 12, 2020, 12:26 PM

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receiving shouldn't cost anything in general afaik

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unless it's some service that charges you for an sms they have to send you

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 3:42 PM

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@tight kelp how's the situation there in Italy?

tight kelp Mar 12, 2020, 3:47 PM

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i live in germany

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but the situation according to my friends and relatives is uhh "artificially dire", let's say

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as in, people live normally, or would do so, if it weren't for the authorities progressively restricting their daily activities ever more idiotically

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 3:50 PM

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Yeah? Why so?

tight kelp Mar 12, 2020, 3:50 PM

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and people getting influenced by our terrible media (worse than the international average) and panicking without a reason

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Yeah? Why so?
for one, new decrees are enacted at a rate at which it is logically impossible to ascertain whether the previous measures had any effect or not

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they face fines if they go out of their homes and are caught by the police, unless they have a document that can justify their being outside. Most shops are closed and companies have their workers work from home

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it was imposed that people maintain a distance of one metre between each other (even though one metre does absolutely nothing to contain a contagious illness). Hugs, kisses, and handshakes have been prohibited... which is probably the most distopian thing i could mention

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 3:55 PM

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Wow, that's a lot of rules being put into place instantly. Is it partially due to rise in number if cases though?

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Also how do they expect people to gather food and stuff if shops are closed, like how are people gonna eat or get items for the house?

tight kelp Mar 12, 2020, 3:57 PM

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supermarkets are open, you have to bring a document with you where you state what you're travelling for

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but i've heard the shops that are open only let a certain number of people in at a time, so you have to queue outside

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 3:58 PM

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That's equally bad going by what the authorities don't want lol

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You're still lining up people outside which is kinda similar to having a crowd

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What about restaurants, bars, public places?
And how's the situation for hospitals, if you have any idea .

tight kelp Mar 12, 2020, 4:01 PM

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You're still lining up people outside which is kinda similar to having a crowd
not to mention italians are really bad at staying in line

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:02 PM

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Yikes

tight kelp Mar 12, 2020, 4:02 PM

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restaurants and bars are only open for delivery. Mcdonalds announced today that they're going to be closed for the near future

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funnily enough i don't know about the situation in hospitals despite my dad being a doctor because he's self-isolating :P

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:03 PM

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Ohh, I hope he's safe?

tight kelp Mar 12, 2020, 4:04 PM

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he's had lung issues since last year so he's at risk if he catches the virus. So far it's all good

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:04 PM

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Damn :/

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Well my best wishes are with him and your family and you too

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Hope y'all stay protected from it

tight kelp Mar 12, 2020, 4:05 PM

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thanks

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honestly he's the only person i'm worried for. Most of the population should just chill out

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i hate how partial and subpar the information that circulates is

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:06 PM

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Yeah I do agree on that, it's funny how rumors spread faster than the real Information itself, also how fear affects us more than logic

vague brook Mar 12, 2020, 4:06 PM

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the mass paranoia is way more disastrous than the disease itself

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all the media that hype it up should get somehow sued for millions

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:07 PM

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And yeah I understand, your fear for him is natural, it might be stressful being away
If you ever wanna talk though, I'm here, you can dm me

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Yeah true that, mass paranoia is what the media is thriving in right now.
And it's a vicious chain

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But who's gonna sue them even, and where? It's gonna simply backfire cause they're backed by authorities, half of them are basically puppets in the hands of the people in power

foggy prism Mar 12, 2020, 4:10 PM

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I also have a friend with a lung condition, really quite worried about her. based on various stats she’s eyeballed her chance of death to be about 10% if she catches it (the condition alone would put her at about 8%, bump that up due to easily getting very high fevers even from otherwise mild stuff)

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:11 PM

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:/
Well my best wishes to her as well. I wish her all the healing, health and luck.

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The situation is really scary for people who have chronic conditions or lung conditions indeed.
Amidst all this, I'm trying a little to spread some hope and goodness if it helps around and give confidence. For what it maybe worth, maybe it'll lighten the load of someone's worry a little or believe in as much as the brighter side of things than just the darker side

tight kelp Mar 12, 2020, 4:21 PM

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all the media that hype it up should get somehow sued for millions
that would be the end of an era. :')

solemn bay Mar 12, 2020, 4:22 PM

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But without the media, how will I know when to buy 30 packets of TP and hand sanitizer?????

tight kelp Mar 12, 2020, 4:22 PM

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make it 300. I have ten fingers after all

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no wait that's toilet paper

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oh well, i can muster a couple more arses if i try

solemn bay Mar 12, 2020, 4:23 PM

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😄

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You need it to build your apocalypse fort though.

tight kelp Mar 12, 2020, 4:23 PM

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that is also true

solemn bay Mar 12, 2020, 4:23 PM

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Maybe it's a paper mache.

amber perch Mar 12, 2020, 4:29 PM

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why do people hoard toilet paper
its not essential for life

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:29 PM

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There's been a surprising outburst of toilet paper shopping

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Yeah precisely

amber perch Mar 12, 2020, 4:29 PM

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food i can kinda understand
but toilet paper is just ???

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:29 PM

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But maybe they're scared they won't anything to"clean their crap" with I guess

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Climate change what?
Environment who?
Global warming lol

amber perch Mar 12, 2020, 4:31 PM

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just wash

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theres a bathtub next to the toilet

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:31 PM

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As if the Australian and Amazon fires weren't enough to destroy the environment that people are buying toilet paper now

solemn bay Mar 12, 2020, 4:33 PM

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It's basically about needing to buy stuff in order to gain a sense of control over the situation. People get anxious, they need to do something to try to get rid of that anxiety, and TP is a cheap and low-risk way to satisfy that need.

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:33 PM

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Huh, also gives the appearance of a weird ass fetish low key

solemn bay Mar 12, 2020, 4:34 PM

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I think it's just that it seems more extreme because like... if you think about it, the store has way more food than it has TP. So if people are stocking up on both those items, the TP is running out way sooner.

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And once people start noticing it's running out, they freak out more thinking they won't be able to buy any before everyone else, and they buy more.

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And then more people join in.

amber perch Mar 12, 2020, 4:34 PM

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what is the media telling people?
vast majority of the cases are mild

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:35 PM

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Yeah that is what's happening

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Paranoia and panic will kill more people than the damn disease itself

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Coronavirus: barely exists
10,000 people screaming murder

solemn bay Mar 12, 2020, 4:35 PM

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Honestly this issue itself has little to do with the media (I mean, obviously the media is causing the panic, but there's not a specific message that's causing it), at least in the Australia case. It's just a weird case of mass hysteria or whatever.

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One of the factors is that people are scared they;re going to get quarantined and forced to stay indoors.

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Even though it's nowhere near that point here.

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:38 PM

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Well the media is updating people more of those who are or the number of people who are testing positive. But that doesn't mean they're in serious threat or danger (save for cases where they have lung conditions or so) but either ways, keeping updates of every single person who's testing positive is how panic is being spread more than the information itself.

solemn bay Mar 12, 2020, 4:38 PM

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Yes.

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That's why we also generally discourage discussing stuff like that here.

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As we don't wish to participate or encourage others to participate in that cycle.

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:38 PM

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Pssst...it's half the conversation in the voice rooms

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You didn't hear this from me :P

solemn bay Mar 12, 2020, 4:39 PM

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Perhaps, but there's no way for us to really moderate that.

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We'd have to be in there 24/7 to do it.

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But the main point of it is that people should be able to come to the server and learn German without hearing "another person is sick" every 5 minutes.

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They should be able to learn in peace.

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:39 PM

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I swear.

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I'm glad you guys are taking these steps honestly.

solemn bay Mar 12, 2020, 4:40 PM

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Thank you, that's appreciated.

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:40 PM

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The least I can say, I feel I've been a part of this server too late haha. Wish I'd joined much before

solemn bay Mar 12, 2020, 4:41 PM

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Oh, don't worry about that. We are always happy to welcome more new people any time.

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:42 PM

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True that, so I've seen myself!

solemn bay Mar 12, 2020, 4:42 PM

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Aber ich muss jetzt schlafen, also tschüss.

exotic barn Mar 12, 2020, 4:42 PM

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Tschüss! Gute Nacht!

tropic edge Mar 12, 2020, 9:53 PM

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Hello people
I'm going to build a PC here in Germany. Any advice?
Where to buy parts?
How to get a good deal?
Any recommendations for around 800€ budget?

Thanks in advance!

agile leaf Mar 13, 2020, 8:48 AM

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Any website buy German number for sms verification?
Help please

exotic gorge Mar 13, 2020, 1:08 PM

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Mods, I would appreciate if we went back to the policy of not discussing COVID19 in any chat. I don't want to see people under- or overreacting at all.

solemn bay Mar 13, 2020, 1:10 PM

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@exotic gorge The policy towards that topic hasn't changed, but we do allow people to talk about some topics, such as their work/school/events being cancelled or issues buying stuff or so on.

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However since people are bringing it up so often, it's hard for us to strictly moderate it 24/7.

exotic gorge Mar 13, 2020, 1:12 PM

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Ok 👍 I just noticed a lot more in channels I primarily use. Thank you for the quick response.

solemn bay Mar 13, 2020, 1:13 PM

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If you're uncomfortable with a topic in a channel, you're welcome to ask people to change it, and if they don't you can ping the mods (we don't mind at all if you ping us for things like that).

tight kelp Mar 13, 2020, 2:18 PM

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Mods, I would appreciate if we went back to the policy of not discussing COVID19 in any chat. I don't want to see people under- or overreacting at all.
out of curiosity, how exactly do you measure whether a reaction is exactly proportional

solemn bay Mar 13, 2020, 2:19 PM

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I think their point was more so they just don't want to see people's comments about it, regardless of which side of the fence they're not.

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Not so much about actually defining the line.

tight kelp Mar 13, 2020, 2:23 PM

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i'm personally more on the side that rejects the panic, but i think banning such an important topic can be irresponsible and that, in general, it doesn't serve much of a purpose at all. I would understand asking the users to limit it lest that's the only thing that is talked about, but let's just say i'm happy the ban isn't being enforced much at all

solemn bay Mar 13, 2020, 2:23 PM

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@tight kelp What purpose does it serve on this server exactly? When there are tons and tons and TONS of other sources that people can easily access and the topic is completely unrelated to learning German?

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I mean, learning about politics is important too. We're still not going to let people discuss it in the server.

tight kelp Mar 13, 2020, 2:25 PM

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comparing the information one is unidirectionally bombarded by from the media with what other actual people from all over the world perceive seems rather useful to me

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it's obviously not the case for many but personally, discord is the only social network-like thing i use, and certainly the only one with a high density of people living in germany

solemn bay Mar 13, 2020, 2:26 PM

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The purpose of this server is not in any way to oppose the voice of the media or provide news for people. This is a server for learning German. We allow off-topic topics also, for the sake of developing a community and allowing people to have fun together, but there is absolutely no reason whatsoever that we should allow any specific topic unrelated to learning German here.

tight kelp Mar 13, 2020, 2:27 PM

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and considering how critically unreliable the media are in this decade i'd rather have some means of comparison than do what my parents' generation does and accept everything that's said to them as truth

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this is not about making an exception for this topic, it's about justifying why this particular topic isn't allowed when every other reasonable one is

solemn bay Mar 13, 2020, 2:30 PM

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The purpose of this server is and always will be learning German.

The reason why these types of topics are generally not allowed is because we want people to be able to come to this server and calmly learn German. Given that the situation with COVID-19 is something that causes extreme anxiety, not to mention debates between people from opposing positions, encourages inappropriate (and often offensive) jokes and otherwise causes a huge disruption to the server, it completely opposes our purpose as a German-learning server to allow it.

deep vessel Mar 13, 2020, 2:30 PM

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it's been what 2 weeks? and the topic has drowned out all other conversation very regularly. some people are also sick of that

solemn bay Mar 13, 2020, 2:31 PM

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Any topic that justifiably makes people uncomfortable to come to the server to learn is likely to be banned or at least moderated.

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That said, we have no rules against you DMing people you know (not random people, obviously) and discussing it with them privately.

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So if you want to get perspectives, feel free to do that.

vague brook Mar 13, 2020, 3:05 PM

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and when we're at that, please don't PM me random graphs showing it's worse than flu and that it'll wipe humanity

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also no big pharma comments

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thanks in advance

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:')

amber perch Mar 13, 2020, 3:08 PM

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is B2 german the requirement for changing the naturalization time requirement from 7 years to 6 years?

vague brook Mar 13, 2020, 3:10 PM

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Bei erfolgreicher Teilnahme an einem Integrationskurs nach dem Aufenthaltsgesetz verkürzt sich diese Frist auf sieben Jahre. Bei besonderen Integrationsleistungen kann die Frist auf sechs Jahre verkürzt werden. Das kann zum Beispiel der Fall sein, wenn Sie besonders gute Deutschkenntnisse haben oder sich länger ehrenamtlich bei einer gemeinnützigen Organisation oder einem Verein engagiert haben. Bei der Entscheidung, ob besondere Integrationsleistungen vorliegen, hat die Einbürgerungsbehörde einen gewissen Spielraum. Sie sollten sich daher an Ihre Einbürgerungsbehörde wenden, wenn Sie Einzelheiten zu dieser Regelung interessieren.

amber perch Mar 13, 2020, 3:11 PM

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danke

fair talon Mar 14, 2020, 10:44 AM

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Welp, finals are finally done. Now time to do adult stuff.
Like remind my previous landlord that the legal deadline to give me my Kaution back is 2 weeks from now 👀

hollow otter Mar 14, 2020, 4:46 PM

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i want to move to germany someday but well we kinda left the eu will that have any effect?

chilly fulcrum Mar 14, 2020, 4:46 PM

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we = UK ?

hollow otter Mar 14, 2020, 4:46 PM

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yes

chilly fulcrum Mar 14, 2020, 4:47 PM

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I don't believe that not being a citizen of the European Union really matters much

hollow otter Mar 14, 2020, 4:47 PM

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well i would hope it wouldnt

chilly fulcrum Mar 14, 2020, 4:47 PM

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see Switzerland, I think they can move in other European countries pretty easily, assuming they want to

hollow otter Mar 14, 2020, 4:47 PM

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Well its either germany or switzerland

stiff laurel Mar 14, 2020, 4:48 PM

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We have quite a lot of bilateral agreements with the EU, though.

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Something the UK is sorely lacking at this moment.

hollow otter Mar 14, 2020, 4:48 PM

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starting to realise im fucked

chilly fulcrum Mar 14, 2020, 4:48 PM

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but officially, Switzerland is not part of the EU, and isn't planning to become part of it in a near future

stiff laurel Mar 14, 2020, 4:48 PM

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Not to mention that we're still part of Schengen.

hollow otter Mar 14, 2020, 4:48 PM

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aight well

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switzerland it is

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even tho i dont like the cold

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but i hate the heat

chilly fulcrum Mar 14, 2020, 4:49 PM

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honestly, moving to another country is just a matter of getting a visa, right ?

stiff laurel Mar 14, 2020, 4:49 PM

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Look, the situation with Brexit is so fucked up that pretty much no one knows how things will work in the future.

hollow otter Mar 14, 2020, 4:49 PM

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i believe

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well i was pro brexit

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now im starting to realise

chilly fulcrum Mar 14, 2020, 4:49 PM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

hollow otter Mar 14, 2020, 4:49 PM

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how bad that idea was

chilly fulcrum Mar 14, 2020, 4:50 PM

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step one: vote for something that will screw the country over, step two: leave the said country, step 3: profit

hollow otter Mar 14, 2020, 4:50 PM

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indeed

stiff laurel Mar 14, 2020, 4:50 PM

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LOL

fair talon Mar 14, 2020, 4:51 PM

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Honestly, with how close UK is to the European continent (whether they want to admit it or not), I have very little doubt that it won't be too hard for people looking to move. I would be very surprised if it was overly strict in that regard

hollow otter Mar 14, 2020, 4:51 PM

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well my best option is ireland

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and thats not a fun option

solemn bay Mar 14, 2020, 4:51 PM

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Yeah, unfortunately it will be a little while before anyone can answer you on how it will be. Things are just in the process of being changed gradually.

fair talon Mar 14, 2020, 4:51 PM

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Close as in culturally and other ties, not just geographical 😅

stiff laurel Mar 14, 2020, 4:51 PM

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It all depends on what kind of agreements Johnson is able to make with the EU.

hollow otter Mar 14, 2020, 4:52 PM

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Johnson is a nonce

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but alas

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i hope im not fully fucked

jade helm Mar 14, 2020, 4:52 PM

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it's good for you that you are planning your moves

hollow otter Mar 14, 2020, 4:52 PM

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If all goes to shit im learning russian and not coming back

fair talon Mar 14, 2020, 4:52 PM

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lol

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Im not sure thats the best place to move to, if you don't like the cold 😅

hollow otter Mar 14, 2020, 4:53 PM

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well

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its the last resort

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after north korea

fair talon Mar 14, 2020, 4:53 PM

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why tho

hollow otter Mar 14, 2020, 4:53 PM

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why not

fair talon Mar 14, 2020, 4:53 PM

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rip

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several, numerous reasons...

hollow otter Mar 14, 2020, 4:54 PM

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well if all i need is basic german

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at first

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then its gucci

fair talon Mar 14, 2020, 4:55 PM

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Honestly, even the German part isn't really necessary to movehere. Good for fitting in socially? Yeah. But you can make do without it

hollow otter Mar 14, 2020, 4:55 PM

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i tend to mainly speak german

fair talon Mar 14, 2020, 4:55 PM

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Well, that makes it even easier lol

hollow otter Mar 14, 2020, 4:56 PM

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indeed

fair talon Mar 14, 2020, 4:56 PM

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Education and work are the biggest things with getting in tho

hollow otter Mar 14, 2020, 4:56 PM

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once ive learned german to an intermediate degree im just not gunna speak english for a day

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that will be funny

chilly fulcrum Mar 14, 2020, 4:56 PM

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Honestly, even the German part isn't really necessary to movehere. Good for fitting in socially? Yeah. But you can make do without it
I don't like the way you put it. I'd not go and live in a country where the language spoken is a language I don't master up to a certain level

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just my POV, though

hollow otter Mar 14, 2020, 4:56 PM

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well

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i hope im not to screwed

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at wurst im stuck in england

fair talon Mar 14, 2020, 4:58 PM

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I was speaking from experience 😅 Don't get me wrong, I'm here because I'm trying to learn the language. I'm just saying you're not "fucked" if you don't. Been here for a year and a half and survived. Even made a few friends with my fairly broken German

hollow otter Mar 14, 2020, 4:58 PM

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KatzenMadchen

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with the weird a

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Cat Girl OmO

fair talon Mar 14, 2020, 4:58 PM

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Though thats strictly for moving. Like I was trying to say, fitting in socially requires German, ja

chilly fulcrum Mar 14, 2020, 4:59 PM

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Yeah you can socialize with a broken language with people that are natives in the target language, ofc

stiff laurel Mar 14, 2020, 4:59 PM

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Well, there are a ton of expats here who can barely speak German.

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Quite a few of them work as teachers and such.

chilly fulcrum Mar 14, 2020, 4:59 PM

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i've met plenty of ppl with different levels of broken French recently and i've had no problem to socialize with each of them

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@stiff laurel if i were to be an expat in Germany, I'd probably be a teacher too. However, that would seem weird not to speak the language your students / pupils speak, wouldn't it

stiff laurel Mar 14, 2020, 5:02 PM

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They tend to speak some German, though some better than others.

barren oriole Mar 14, 2020, 7:52 PM

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Hello

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I need a program for used and new stuff in Germany do you know one except the eBay one

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Please

tropic edge Mar 14, 2020, 7:53 PM

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Facebook groups perhaps?

barren oriole Mar 14, 2020, 7:53 PM

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Program ?

tropic edge Mar 14, 2020, 7:53 PM

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There's usually a group for people getting rid of their stuff and the like

verbal linden Mar 14, 2020, 7:54 PM

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shpock

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ebay kleinanzeigen

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kleiderkreisel (shoes and clothes)

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o oops u said except the ebay

barren oriole Mar 14, 2020, 7:55 PM

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Thanks man I really appreciated thank you ☺️

verbal linden Mar 14, 2020, 7:55 PM

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uwu

pine egret Mar 15, 2020, 11:08 AM

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hi guys when finding a place to rent, does befristung mean you must rent the place for that long or it is the maximum time youre allowed to rent for (and you may choose to terminate earlier)

sand lotus Mar 15, 2020, 12:06 PM

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befristung is like time limit(more or less), so essentially how long your contract for rent lasts

pine egret Mar 15, 2020, 12:15 PM

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got it, cheers 🙂

olive summit Mar 15, 2020, 11:28 PM

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Have any Germans heard about immigration offices closing because of the virus. Currently in the process of applying for a new visa here.

stable talon Mar 16, 2020, 12:05 AM

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I haven't heard of that but I honestly wouldn't find it surprising if it was the case @olive summit

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I'm not German, but I do live in Germany

olive summit Mar 16, 2020, 12:06 AM

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looked on my local office's website, nothing so far

stable talon Mar 16, 2020, 12:06 AM

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And hopefully it will stay that way

olive summit Mar 16, 2020, 12:07 AM

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it's a bit disconcerting since my study abroad program is terminating my visa and residence permit in a week lol

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luckily I have all the documents ready, just need to make an appointment with my case worker

stable talon Mar 16, 2020, 12:08 AM

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What will you do if you don't get an appointment in time?

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If you're in Germany now, you'll probably have a hard time leaving

olive summit Mar 16, 2020, 12:08 AM

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honestly given how busy they usually are an appointment would probably be after my visa is no longer valid

stable talon Mar 16, 2020, 12:09 AM

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This is the second year in a row that's happened to me

olive summit Mar 16, 2020, 12:09 AM

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well our program told us a few days ago we gotta go but my case is a bit special since I had a plan to stay here since the beginning

stable talon Mar 16, 2020, 12:09 AM

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It's never been an insurmountable issue

olive summit Mar 16, 2020, 12:09 AM

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what do you mean exactly? leaving the country?

stable talon Mar 16, 2020, 12:10 AM

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No, I mean, my visa expires before the slow ass Ausländerbehörde can renew it

olive summit Mar 16, 2020, 12:11 AM

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ah of course lol

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took 2 months for them to process my app when I first arrived

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either way I think it'll be fine, not my fault the program gave us such short notice. Plus my case worker is already familiar with my situation

stable talon Mar 16, 2020, 12:17 AM

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All I can really say is this: if you have a valid reason for an extension and you're on friendly terms with your local Ausländerbehörde, you can bet that they'll extend your visa. Technically I've already exhausted the limits of the student visa I applied for in the beginning and yet the office extended my visa anyways after a letter of recommendation from my workplace and so forth. I'm not a lawyer or an immigration expert or anything like that. But it sounds to me like you'll probably be fine