Current Events > Hey Tar, ALIEN, Math, I finally learnt quite a lot about the Weimar Republic.

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@TarElessar
@ALIEN_WORK2HOP
@Math_Murderer

I've been reading bits of that chunky book about the Nazi regime, and the early stuff is basically about the Weimar Republic (since it was immediately before and arguably gave way to the Nazi regime). Pretty interesting stuff. Lots of religious influence, many weak governments and leaders who didn't last long, various people complaining about things, bitterness about WW1, and the influence of American culture on people.

The Weimar Republic may not be something people have written much about, or made many documentaries about, but at least one guy has a reasonable amount to say.

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Bump.

Hey, the guy who made the General let it die. That was silly. I can't remember who it was, though.

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Sunhawk posted...

Bump.

Hey, the guy who made the General let it die. That was silly. I can't remember who it was, though.

@teepan95

That wasnt very German of you, your work ethic is clearly slacking
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He's probably American or something. Maybe from the West Coast?

Lulz.

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Bump.

Anyone else got any thoughts on this?

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Yeah, now that you mention it, teepan doesn't even sound like a conventional German name

Yeah, or ALIEN_WORK2SHOP.

I mean, even the underscore is suspicious.

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Alpha218 posted...

Sunhawk posted...

Bump.

Hey, the guy who made the General let it die. That was silly. I can't remember who it was, though.

@teepan95

That wasnt very German of you, your work ethic is clearly slacking

Failed, I have. Into exile, I must go.

Sunhawk posted...

He's probably American or something. Maybe from the West Coast?

Lulz.

I have never been to either north or south America in my life
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Here's a question for you, teepan, or any German on CE.

How did attitudes to sex develop over the 20th century? Not just sleeping around, but different things like group sex, etc. I would've thought Germany didn't become liberal in that sense until the 90s, but I expect a few people deemed deviants did stuff in East Germany, and were arrested by the Stazi.

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Germany is much more liberal in that respect than the UK, imo.

much more liberal
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o_O;;

In 500 posts in the first General, I never got that impression. I thought modern German girls were pretty much like their American, British, Canadian, etc. counterparts. Are you saying that liberal attitudes to sex in Germany developed quicker than in the UK?

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I can't say for certain, but I suspect so

E.g. the age of consent here is 16, with the exception of it being 14 if the partner is 21 or below
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teepan95 posted...

Germany is much more liberal in that respect than the UK, imo.

much more liberal

Das kommt aber total auf die "Klasse" sage ich jetzt mal an, vor allem wenn man jetzt Hauptschulen mit Gymnasien vergleicht.
Kannst jetzt auch nicht von Unis her zum Beispiel so eine Gurkenuni in irgendeinem Kaff mit ner T9 oder so vergleichen.
In meiner Stadt war das zum Beispiel alles relativ konservativ, d.h. Sex in der Overstufe zu haben war schon voll die Ausnahme wenn man nicht aus einer Asi-Familie kam.
Vor ein paar Dekaden war das noch viel extremer mit den Unterschieden, meine Eltern hatten mir mal erzaehlt, dass das ein totales Tabu-Thema war und sehr unueblich.

Age of consent can be 14? Yeah, that's pretty liberal. I think it's a good idea, too (as long as you keep the buffer zone).
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I translated Tar's post.

But that comes down to the "class", I say now, especially if you compare now secondary schools with high schools.
Can not compare now for example from Unis ago such a Gurkenuni in any Kaff with a T9 or so.
In my city, for example, everything was relatively conservative, i. E. Having sex in the stage was already the exception if you did not come from an Asi family.
A few decades ago that was even more extreme with the differences, my parents had once told me that this was a total taboo topic and very unlikely.

Wtf is he even on about?

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TarElessar posted...

teepan95 posted...

Germany is much more liberal in that respect than the UK, imo.

much more liberal

Das kommt aber total auf die "Klasse" sage ich jetzt mal an, vor allem wenn man jetzt Hauptschulen mit Gymnasien vergleicht.
Kannst jetzt auch nicht von Unis her zum Beispiel so eine Gurkenuni in irgendeinem Kaff mit ner T9 oder so vergleichen.
In meiner Stadt war das zum Beispiel alles relativ konservativ, d.h. Sex in der Oberstufe zu haben war schon voll die Ausnahme wenn man nicht aus einer Asi-Familie kam.
Vor ein paar Dekaden war das noch viel extremer mit den Unterschieden, meine Eltern hatten mir mal erzaehlt, dass das ein totales Tabu-Thema war und sehr unueblich.

Ja, das stimmt. Ich rede meistens von der Uni, und ich kann mir vorstellen dass es dort liberaler ist als an anderen Orten oder so
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