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You get tap water at clubs/bars though most of the time if you ask nicely - but that's more for making sure drug users/drunks aren't dehydrated too much I think. Some McDonald's offer free refills, as did most Subway's until recently. IKEA also has free refills, and they had this offer where you get free coffee/soda (and refills) if you have a Family Card (which you get for free) but they changed it to only coffee (although still, nobody gives a gently caress if you fill your coffee mug with soda).
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Square Pair posted:The beer is awesome. What is nice is that most every city has their own brewery so you get the local stuff and regional beers. I think Bitburger, Becks, and Warsteiner are the main "mass distributed" german beers. To be honest, even though each city has its own brewery and the beer is always at least decent (except Becks and Co.) it often tastes very much alike, unless you go for some special one, Rauchbier or Schwarzbier for example. A Pils or a Weizen taste almost the same to me in Stuttgart, Munich or Nuremberg, except for some particular brands. But maybe that's because I like belgian beers! My Lovely Horse posted:Haven't seen a Flachspüler in years, I think by now it's entirely possible to never come across one even if you don't try. Huh, here in Stuttgart they are still everywhere. Might depend on where you live I guess. Glass of Milk posted:
You'll find even better cheese in France or Italy for that matter!  And the carbonation is for it to be more refreshing, I guess. The "no free tap water in restaurant thing" is typically german though, not european. Everywhere else you'll easily get it for free. flavor posted:
Deutsches Unterforum!
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Sep 21, 2011 09:23
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flavor posted:[Some German language bullshit of no international interest:] Ich würde ja jetzt nen dämlichen Spruch von Mario Barth posten (ich hasse den), aber dann würde ich wohl abgemahnt werden.
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Sep 21, 2011 09:26
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Du schreibst "in den See mit einem Gewicht an den Füßen" aber komisch, was für eine Asterix-Übersetzung hast du gelesen?
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Sep 21, 2011 09:28
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flavor posted:Kennt eigentlich jemand hier Fil?  ). Etwas später hing im Schaufenster dann aber eine Fil-Zeichnung, die - apropos Asterix - aber dermaßen über die neueren Asterix-Geschichten hergezogen ist ("Üderzo 'at sisch zwei Jahrön an die Pfeif' gespült ünd donn ün einöm Mönat diesön Scheiss zusammöngekritzölt"), daß ich doch mal reinschauen mußte und meinen Fehler fast sofort erkannt habe. Hängt glaube ich heute noch im Modern Graphics an der Wand.
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Sep 21, 2011 09:45
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elwood posted:Ich würde ja jetzt nen dämlichen Spruch von Mario Barth posten (ich hasse den), aber dann würde ich wohl abgemahnt werden. Also in der Bibliothek von Alexandria ist ein Buch verbrannt, das meine Antwort enthalten hätte.
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Sep 21, 2011 09:47
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Nicht quatschen...machen.
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Sep 21, 2011 09:50
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flavor posted:Na das hilft mir ja enorm weiter, ein vager Hinweis auf einen Spruch von einem Komiker, von dem ich (nach den konsistent negativen Bewertungen seiner Person hier wohl zum Glück) noch nie gehört habe. Auch wenn ich dich um deine Unwissenheit beneide... wie um alles in der Welt kann man dem entgehen? Der Mann ist präsenter Werbeträger, hat das Olympiastadion ausverkauft (ich glaube sogar mehrfach), wird aus mir völlig unerfindlichen Gründen zu öffentlichen Kulturdebatten eingeladen und ist nicht zuletzt der gefeierte Held des aggressiv inoffensivem Trivialhumors ("Ich find den so toll, der ist nicht so schmutzig und arrogant wie wo so andere Komiker sind.") Welche, von der Massenmedienkultur abgeschottete, Enklave bietet die mögliche dieses Phänomen des intellektuellen Massenmords nicht zumindest sporadisch wahrzunehmen?
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Sep 21, 2011 10:14
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Einfach den Fernseher nicht einschalten? Ich schau eh nur noch die Nachrichten und öffentlich-rechtliches Programm. Hab den Mann schon seit Jahren nicht mehr gesehen. 
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Sep 21, 2011 10:23
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Glass of Milk posted:What did Europe do before bottled water was a thing? Probably the same thing that people in America did. Carried a canteen (the water container thingy soldiers use).
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Sep 21, 2011 10:39
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hankor posted:Welche, von der Massenmedienkultur abgeschottete, Enklave bietet die mögliche dieses Phänomen des intellektuellen Massenmords nicht zumindest sporadisch wahrzunehmen? . Ich lese zwar zumindest bei größeren Ereignissen deutsche Websites und halte Kontakte zu diversen Freunden, aber Mario Barth war bis jetzt kein Thema.
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Sep 21, 2011 11:15
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Broken Dictionary posted:Probably the same thing that people in America did. Carried a canteen (the water container thingy soldiers use). No, it was usually wine or beer. Water used to be badly contaminated with germs, before the tubes for waste and fresh water - if they even existed - were separated. There is a reason why being sent to prison on water and bread alone was considered a particularly harsh punishment. The water used to brew beer is boiled and wine sterilizes itself, bypassing that problem.
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Sep 21, 2011 12:03
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ArchangeI posted:No, it was usually wine or beer. Water used to be badly contaminated with germs, before the tubes for waste and fresh water - if they even existed - were separated. There is a reason why being sent to prison on water and bread alone was considered a particularly harsh punishment. We aren't talking about the middle ages or the Aufklärung here, you dumb rear end.
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Sep 21, 2011 17:28
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flavor posted:Welcome to inaccurate food marketing. One of the most puzzling examples here in the US is the Wienerschnitzel chain, which has never ever ever sold Wiener Schnitzel (writing it as one word is wrong). The best part is that it used to be called Der Wienerschnitzel. Also I distinctly remember a promotion where they used made up words like 'derlicious.' Hungry Gerbil posted:Nobody is weary of the tap water. Lots of people drink tap water. But not in a restaurant. Pay for your loving drink, drinking free tap water is communism. The thing I hate about paying for drinks is it's so god drat expensive. I go to a restaurant with friends for lunch and we order food and a glass of cola (or Apfelschorle or carbonated water or whatever) and it's like almost like 2 god drat Euro for a 0,3 L glass. Then they bring it out to you and you start drinking it and next thing you know, your cola is all gone before your food even got there. Then you think, 'poo poo, do I buy another overpriced drink to wash this schnitzel down?' Give me free tap water and/or free refills any day.  This picture is actually wrong. A lot of places are doing a 'any size = 99 cents' promotion nowadays. vvv nah 64 oz is only 0.5 gallons 
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Sep 21, 2011 19:16
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Literally drinking gallons of sugar water.
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Sep 21, 2011 19:19
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Ziir posted:The thing I hate about paying for drinks is it's so god drat expensive. I go to a restaurant with friends for lunch and we order food and a glass of cola (or Apfelschorle or carbonated water or whatever) and it's like almost like 2 god drat Euro for a 0,3 L glass. Then they bring it out to you and you start drinking it and next thing you know, your cola is all gone before your food even got there. Then you think, 'poo poo, do I buy another overpriced drink to wash this schnitzel down?' I'd be pissed too if the smallest size of beverage I was used to was close to a liter.
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Sep 21, 2011 19:30
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hankor posted:I'd be pissed too if the smallest size of beverage I was used to was close to a liter. Nah our 'small' is usually 12 oz or 16 oz I can't remember. There's also the kids size which is the same as your guys's 'small.' e: I'm not saying or advocating drinking gallons of sugar (I stopped drinking this stuff regularly even), but if I'm going to pay for a drink at a restaurant I'd rather pay for beer or cola because I'm not paying for water cause I can get it for free, and I hate the taste of apples (and even with cola, I can buy 1 L at Netto for 1€ vs whatever they charge for 0.3 L, and as much as I like beer I don't wanna be drinking it all the time. Plus beer is 70 cents at Netto or 1.10€ at the kiosk across the street… so I usually just get dehydrated unless I bring my own water which I usually do now). Ziir fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Sep 21, 2011 |
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Sep 21, 2011 19:34
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Ziir posted:Give me free tap water and/or free refills any day. Ew, no. I miss Apfelschorle. And Weißweinschorle.
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Sep 21, 2011 19:43
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The only place I know that offers free water no questions asked is a small korean wok place. The water they have is Bio-Water (whatever the gently caress that means).
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Sep 21, 2011 20:09
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Restaurants make their bottom line on drinks, not on food. Asking for free water, without ordering any other drink, like wine, makes a very odd, cheapskatey impression.
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Sep 22, 2011 13:21
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DeusEx posted:Restaurants make their bottom line on drinks, not on food.  we're angry we can't rip you the gently caress off with our overpriced drinks
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Sep 22, 2011 15:59
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DeusEx posted:Restaurants make their bottom line on drinks, not on food. I'm sorry I'm not making the correct impression on the waiters and owners of the restaurant due to my outrageously unreasonable demands. After all it is they who I came here to impress If you have foreign tourists coming, you better be ready to accommodate to their reasonable expectations. And it's not unreasonable if foreign tourists expect you to do what is common in many parts of the world. You also can't expect them to know your precious cost/pricing structure. In closing, this is one of the shittiest aspects of Germany (kinda like the ubiquitous dog poo poo in some of the bigger cities) and going through mental contortions to defend this makes you look silly.
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Sep 22, 2011 21:01
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flavor posted:If you have foreign tourists coming, you better be ready to accommodate to their reasonable expectations. And it's not unreasonable if foreign tourists expect you to do what is common in many parts of the world. You also can't expect them to know your precious cost/pricing structure. So the number one priority of any country should be to not upset some dumbass tourists who are too stupid to understand that things don't work the same way as they do at home? Yeah, right.
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Sep 22, 2011 21:35
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I'ma go to the states and drink in public, it's perfectly normal where im from I hope the cops aren't going to be too angry!
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Sep 22, 2011 21:40
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It's telling of an establishment that refuses to serve a customer a 1 cent glass of leitungswasser
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flavor posted:If you have foreign tourists coming, you better be ready to accommodate to their reasonable expectations. And it's not unreasonable if foreign tourists expect you to do what is common in many parts of the world. You also can't expect them to know your precious cost/pricing structure.
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Previously on GBS posted:So the number one priority of any country should be to not upset some dumbass tourists who are too stupid to understand that things don't work the same way as they do at home? Yeah, right. niethan posted:I'ma go to the states and drink in public, it's perfectly normal where im from I hope the cops aren't going to be too angry! westborn posted:You should bring this up the next time an US waiter/waitress complains about tourists not tipping enough...
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Sep 23, 2011 05:01
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flavor posted:It's stupid not to understand and ignorant not to know the difference between ignorance and stupidity. And sure, everything that's ever criticized is implied to be the number one priority and can therefore be dismissed safely without any hyperbole involved. You're criticizing my post? Well I'll get right on fixing it! Like I've got nothing else to do! flavor posted:I'ma gonna compare something that's illegal in many countries to something that's a strange custom in one. Neither is drinking in public illegal in all that many countries nor is not providing tap water for free something that's limited to Germany. Still, that bullshit money that's all the same color and size might be a better example.
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flavor posted:Tipping is customary in a lot of countries, so it's reasonable to expect most tourists to do some minimal research on the tipping customs of a specific country. Do research on tipping but don't do research on what is seen as complimentary when ordering a meal, got it buddy. Anything else we should change about our country because it's different from what a lot of countries do? In a lot of countries it's perfectly fine to breast feed in public so I'm sure people in the countries where it isn't will be ok with it, I'm a tourist after all.
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Previously on GBS posted:It's often impossible to tell whether you're serious or trolling so hyperbole seems like an okay way to respond. Previously on GBS posted:Neither is drinking in public illegal in all that many countries I actually tried to find out the number of countries that allow and forbid it, but couldn't find a good article about it. The Wikipedia article only talks about some major countries and says that it's forbidden in all Islamic ones, but does not give any numbers. Previously on GBS posted:nor is not providing tap water for free something that's limited to Germany. Still, that bullshit money that's all the same color and size might be a better example. I wasn't going to put Germany on trial, I was criticizing one tiny negative aspect that some people here are defending like their lives depend on it. Chill. I'm not at all saying it's a bad country as a whole. hankor posted:Do research on tipping but don't do research on what is seen as complimentary when ordering a meal, got it buddy. hankor posted:In a lot of countries it's perfectly fine to breast feed in public so I'm sure people in the countries where it isn't will be ok with it, I'm a tourist after all. You probably don't want a serious answer, but here is one anyway: People who work in restaurants that are frequented by foreign tourists can be reasonably expected to know what some of them might expect without getting all butthurt about it. When you breastfeed in public in another country, that'll affect people who are just passing by and aren't in the tourism industry. hankor posted:Anything else we should change about our country because it's different from what a lot of countries do?
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flavor posted:Arguing against the majority of a thread is automatically "not in good faith" or "trolling". Gotcha. flavor posted:Yeah. We can never talk about any non-US subject without flinging poo poo at the US. Ridiculous. Are you one of those German immigrants that had bit much of the USA!USA! Kool-Aid? That is so... German.
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Previously on GBS posted:Nothing to do with that, just the inanity your statements. Previously on GBS posted:Are you one of those German immigrants that had bit much of the USA!USA! Kool-Aid? That is so... German. I'm not going to waste my time trying to prove that I'm not this ridiculous character you're imagining in order to somehow assimilate the fact that somebody is disagreeing with you. And sorry for not hating everything here. Or in Germany.
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Sep 23, 2011 08:50
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This thread is sooooo retarded at the moment.
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Sep 23, 2011 08:51
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Yeah maybe we should move on. Imagine the irony of a thread about Germany getting gassed. 
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Sep 23, 2011 09:11
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You are right, a partly heated argument about tap water is rather stupid (even though our tap water is awesome). So how about that pope visit guys? Does the fact that we let him speak in the Bundestag really undermine the principle of the separation of church and state? Do we pamper him too much? I agree that he get's quite a bit of attention but personally I think it has more to do with the fact that he's simply a very influential person with deeply rooted ties to our history and culture. While he may be the first head of a religion that is allowed to speak in the Bundestag who else is actually a head of a religion that could have spoken before him? The only person I can think of is the Dalai Lama but letting him speak there would've lead to some major trouble with china, yet he was allowed to meet with the delegates there so there is that. vvvv Have a look at what Phoenix is showing in the next couple of days, they raise some interesting points without pointless pope bashing. hankor fucked around with this message at 09:43 on Sep 23, 2011 |
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Sep 23, 2011 09:35
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Yeah, I don't get why people are getting so worked up about this. And he is also the head of a state.
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He isn't coming as the head of state though. I think it's loving ridiculous to give him all that attention with the medieval mindset he and his organization propagate. I'm wondering what other heads of state have spoken in the Bundestag so far (apart from the German ones I mean). I remember when Obama wasn't even elected yet they made a huge deal of letting him speak in front of the Brandenburger Tor. I wonder if he'll meet Westerwelle though. (oh I just noticed we've gone from tipping to religion discussion in one page. We're not helping to keep this thread out of the gas chamber, guys )
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Insert obligatory molested altar boy joke here. On a more seeious level: The Bundestag is within it's full rights to invite anyone, if they chose to do so by majority, as are it's individual members to abstain from honoring the visit. It's an even more stupid hyperbole than the one over the congratulations to Castros birthday by the Linke.
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Zwille posted:I'm wondering what other heads of state have spoken in the Bundestag so far (apart from the German ones I mean). Quite a few actually. Nixon, Reagan, Mitterand, Mandela, Gorbatschow, Bush sen., Chirac, Putin, Bush, Juschtschenko, Katsav, Peres and maybe a couple more that I didn't recognize right away. http://www.bundestag.de/service/glossar/R/reden_gast.html Just in case anybody has missed the speech: http://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2011/35768399_kw38_benedict/index.jsp Zwille posted:I wonder if he'll meet Westerwelle though. Nope, the awkwardness would have been fun though. http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/DE/AAmt/Leitung/TermineBM_node.html hankor fucked around with this message at 11:11 on Sep 23, 2011 |
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niethan posted:I'ma go to the states and drink in public, it's perfectly normal where im from I hope the cops aren't going to be too angry! Having been asked to step out of my car at gunpoint for failing to have my hands at 10/2 on the wheel during a traffic stop in the beautiful state of Alabama, I fully endorse this. And concerning the pope, I really couldn't give less of a poo poo. Didn't have too much nerve to get dragged into the seperation of church & state argument over the last days, but I did find it fairly entertaining that abuse was only briefly adressed by the pope (big surprise) and Wulff pretty much read him the catholic rap sheet during his speech. Sly motherfucker.
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