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have you ever actually been to germany sunhawk
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What would you do if I said yes?

Close your account? Never return? Admit that you're wrong about me being a bad writer, a troll, and a loser, and beg forgiveness? Would you tell everyone on this board and that you know IRL what a decent person I am?

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MrK3V posted...

was born in Germany. In the Hessen area in a town called Fulda.

My family has family there :)
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Sunhawk posted...

What would you do if I said yes?

Close your account? Never return? Admit that you're wrong about me being a bad writer, a troll, and a loser, and beg forgiveness? Would you tell everyone on this board and that you know IRL what a decent person I am?

so it's a no huh
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Romulox28 posted...

Sunhawk posted...

What would you do if I said yes?

Close your account? Never return? Admit that you're wrong about me being a bad writer, a troll, and a loser, and beg forgiveness? Would you tell everyone on this board and that you know IRL what a decent person I am?

so it's a no huh

The problem with the trolls on this board, including the supertrolls, is that they can't admit defeat. I mean, look at XSquader, over the last couple of years. Probably still attempting to sue the police for...whatever.

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Romulox28 posted...

have you ever actually been to germany sunhawk

Hes a NEET, hes never even left the UK
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Omlette du fromage
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Something I've wondered for a while, although I don't know if anyone in this topic can answer. How were LGBT people treated in East Germany? I would assume they were quite severely punished, probably a few years in either prison, or a Stazi holding cell, but I'm not sure one way or the other.
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So this topic is a thing, huh?

TarElessar posted...

So this topic is a thing, huh?

Hey, so nice of you to join the party
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Wow, according to Wikipedia, LGBT sexual activity was legal from 1968 onwards. What surprises me even more, it took until 1969 in West Germany for it to be legal.

I wouldn't be surprised if, unofficially, LGBT people were discriminated against in East Germany, although perhaps not too badly.

Hey, Tar, have you come into this topic to troll me, with sentiments such as women not getting discriminated against in the modern German workforce, or Germans no longer celebrating Octoberfest?

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Over the past year I've ordered around $250 worth of CD's from German musicians.
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Sunhawk posted...

Germans no longer celebrating Octoberfest?

I ... what ... when did I even remotely imply that

Tar, you are a persona non grata in this topic. I suggest you post in some movies topic, or something about Smash. I think that would be nice.
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Im the one who tagged Tar

Hes my guest you cant make him go away with your mean words Sunhawk
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Alpha, I would happily make you both go away from this topic.

Unless either of you want to make intelligent, friendly posts about Germany. Which, based on the past, seems highly unlikely.

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Come on Sunhawk I thought we were buddies
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When playing as Germany in Hearts of Iron IV, I recommend not choosing a national focus until you have 192 political power. At that point you justify war on the Netherlands and Poland. Netherlands has the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) as a puppet, so if you take over the Netherlands prior to them joining the allies, you can puppet Indonesia as your own and then you won't have any concerns about getting rubber, especially if you annex them!

Alternatively you can go after Czechoslovakia instead of the Netherlands since Czechoslovakia's independence is guaranteed by Romania, which would allow you to secure Romanian oil for your use.

Regardless, once you have completed this, you then want to complete the Anschluss of Austria which will give you a common border with Italy. Declare war on Italy. Since they are fascist, they can't join the allies. Puppet them and then lend lease and build until you annex them. Now you have their navy and are prepared to take on France/UK and it should still be before 1939.

GG.
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Man who has never been in Germany reaches bestseller status with collection of short stories solely informed by Wikipedia articles
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Have you been to Germany before snu
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NinjaBreakfast, only you would think every writer wants to be a bestseller.

That would be...disgusting. I want to, eventually, be a mid-level writer. You know, like most, if not all of the great writers of the last 300 years?

And also, despite what you said, I've learnt from many sources. Wikipedia, documentaries, films, non-fiction books, fiction books. What is your problem? Also, in the future, people would generally probably consider Wikipedia to be a legitimate way to either party, or fully, research an important project. Who knows, perhaps we'll destroy all the non-fiction books, and shut down all the research websites because we don't need them anymore.

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If Germany was a planet, what would be the room outside?

Hey Tar, did you see that video I posted? Do you want to comment on it?
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KILBOTz posted...

I have no experience in HoI4, so I'm basing this on 3, but I also recommend puppeting France instead of conquering them. Their navy will help you against the British, their army will help you against the Soviets, and they'll defend their own ports so you don't have to.
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Sunhawk posted...

Hey Tar, did you see that video I posted? Do you want to comment on it?

Ah, no, sorry, you mentioned it contains spoilers, so I haven't looked at it yet

UnholyMudcrab posted...

KILBOTz posted...

I have no experience in HoI4, so I'm basing this on 3, but I also recommend puppeting France instead of conquering them. Their navy will help you against the British, their army will help you against the Soviets, and they'll defend their own ports so you don't have to.

I've found the problem going straight for France is that you can only justify against them, you can't go against them and Belgium, for instance, without bringing the UK into the war. So that means you have to cross the maginot, naval invade or paradrop. There are some ways to cheese paradrops (basically only paradrop recon teams with no infantry so they instantly die).

Regardless, I don't think France is worth going after early since they are mostly steel and aluminum for resources which you already have enough of as Germany. Though I guess Vietnam does have rubber.
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Sunhawk posted...

NinjaBreakfast, only you would think every writer wants to be a bestseller.

That would be...disgusting. I want to, eventually, be a mid-level writer. You know, like most, if not all of the great writers of the last 300 years?

And also, despite what you said, I've learnt from many sources. Wikipedia, documentaries, films, non-fiction books, fiction books. What is your problem? Also, in the future, people would generally probably consider Wikipedia to be a legitimate way to either party, or fully, research an important project. Who knows, perhaps we'll destroy all the non-fiction books, and shut down all the research websites because we don't need them anymore.

Wiki is the most unreliable source on the internet. Never get your information from that site. That site is run by nerds with an agenda. Anyone can edit it. I never trust wiki.

Wikipedia gets unfairly vilified tbh. I do agree that you cant really use that as a source though. Good thing their articles are reasonably cited and you can read those sources instead.
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Here are names of various interesting documentaries on Germany.


Some short documentaries:

The Making of Merkel with Andrew Marr

Make Me A German

Wilhelm II of Germany


Some much longer documentaries:

Hitler Nazi - The Rise and Fall Documentary

That Was the GDR - A History of the Other Germany



Alpha218 posted...

Wikipedia gets unfairly vilified tbh. I do agree that you cant really use that as a source though. Good thing their articles are reasonably cited and you can read those sources instead.

In theory, any non-fiction work, such as non-fiction books or TV documentaries can have inaccuracies. It can be due to bad research, or people lying on certain subjects, or a bias on the part of the person making the work. It's just, allegedly, a worse problem on Wikipedia. But I'm not sure if that's true.

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Its because anyone can edit a page on Wikipedia unless the page is locked down.

Also its not a primary source.
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I'm still not sure why every so often, Wikipedia pages are locked down. Also, how long do they stay locked down for? I can understand for contentious things, or if people are likely to vandalise a page, but sometimes seemingly random pages are locked down. Isn't that against the whole point of Wikipedia?
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What's the best way to have fun in Germany?

There is no fun in Germany GET BACK TO WORK
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Sunhawk posted...

I'm still not sure why every so often, Wikipedia pages are locked down. Also, how long do they stay locked down for? I can understand for contentious things, or if people are likely to vandalise a page, but sometimes seemingly random pages are locked down. Isn't that against the whole point of Wikipedia?

It is a place for nerds with no life. A user who had been editing there for 9 years kept removing my edits and kept adding his own in an article. I gave up because I have better things to do. A lot of bullcrap is posted there. I stopped using that site a while ago. It should not be taken seriously. Imagine how pathetic someone's life has to be for him to take to editing wiki articles. It's very sad.

Default-User posted...

Sunhawk posted...

I'm still not sure why every so often, Wikipedia pages are locked down. Also, how long do they stay locked down for? I can understand for contentious things, or if people are likely to vandalise a page, but sometimes seemingly random pages are locked down. Isn't that against the whole point of Wikipedia?

It is a place for nerds with no life. A user who had been editing there for 9 years kept removing my edits and kept adding his own in an article. I gave up because I have better things to do. A lot of bullcrap is posted there. I stopped using that site a while ago. It should not be taken seriously. Imagine how pathetic someone's life has to be for him to take to editing wiki articles. It's very sad.

Um, didn't you edit Wikipedia articles for a while?

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Bump.
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MeIon Bread posted...

Default-User posted...

Sunhawk posted...

I'm still not sure why every so often, Wikipedia pages are locked down. Also, how long do they stay locked down for? I can understand for contentious things, or if people are likely to vandalise a page, but sometimes seemingly random pages are locked down. Isn't that against the whole point of Wikipedia?

It is a place for nerds with no life. A user who had been editing there for 9 years kept removing my edits and kept adding his own in an article. I gave up because I have better things to do. A lot of bullcrap is posted there. I stopped using that site a while ago. It should not be taken seriously. Imagine how pathetic someone's life has to be for him to take to editing wiki articles. It's very sad.

Um, didn't you edit Wikipedia articles for a while?

No, only one time and that's what happened.^ I don't have time to explain it all right now.

One of my favourite things about Germany? Rammstein.
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008Zulu posted...

One of my favourite things about Germany? Rammstein.

DU
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I think for my short story collection, if it gets written, I think I would be better to make it quite a lot shorter, for various reasons, such as it's not the "done" thing, writing a really long short story collection. With the format I've got in my head, it would no longer be 500 pages, but rather about 350 pages. But there's so many years of Germany to cover, and so much to say. ;_;
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Some random German actresses who look good.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378932/mediaviewer/rm2436542720

https://frostsnow.com/franka-potente

https://www.dw.com/en/from-sexy-singer-to-film-star-jane-birkin-at-70/a-36748398

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Sunhawk posted...

Unless either of you want to make intelligent, friendly posts about Germany.

dont ban yourself from your own topic, snu
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I don't have problems with intelligent posts on CE, although friendly posts are sometimes a struggle, given how this board has gotten in the last 2 or 3 years.
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I guess its easy to not have a problem with them when youve never made one
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What do the ladies wear in Germany?
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If Tar was here, he would say "clothes". Then anyone who accuses him of trolling, he would say they were ignorant, and various other people would agree.

Nah, itd be more like:

Sunhawk: What do women in Germany wear? I heard its burlap sacks because the German government claims theyre liberating, due to how much space they have to wiggle around. Germany is actually anti-feminist, according to this documentary.
TarElessar: I actually live in Germany and I can tell you none of that is true in any way, shape, or fo-
Sunhawk: Stop trolling in my topic Tar. Documentaries and Wikipedia are never wrong.
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Although that does sound like a plausible exchange between us, he obviously lies (or is very confused) about some things. About their anti-feminist thing, I provided him with links to 4 different articles on the subject, and he still claimed it wasn't true. He's probably provided me with quite a lot of accurate information, though.