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Bottle
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Postby Bottle » Fri Mar 19, 2010 5:00 am

Washington, DC, is a very cool city. The Metro is fantastic. There's tons of free stuff to do (thank you, museums!), tons of awesome places to eat, and a very international feel to the city.

But holy christ, everything is expensive.

This city seems entirely aimed at middle-aged professionals who can afford to spend $10 for a rum and coke. Bands never come through DC, you always have to go to Baltimore for them, and it's always excruciatingly expensive to see a show. The weather SUCKS...I mean seriously, it's built on a swamp, and it shows. And the customer service in DC is the worst I've ever encountered.
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Postby Tsrill » Fri Mar 19, 2010 5:02 am

The tap water tastes a little funny, other than that, life's pretty good here in central Germany. Oh and since I live in the heart of Catholistan, absolutely everything is closed on sundays, but one gets used to that.
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Postby Grandais » Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:21 am

Tsrill wrote:The tap water tastes a little funny, other than that, life's pretty good here in central Germany. Oh and since I live in the heart of Catholistan, absolutely everything is closed on sundays, but one gets used to that.

enjoy your censorship
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Postby Natapoc » Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:25 am

Grandais wrote:
Tsrill wrote:The tap water tastes a little funny, other than that, life's pretty good here in central Germany. Oh and since I live in the heart of Catholistan, absolutely everything is closed on sundays, but one gets used to that.

enjoy your censorship


Why do so many people get so upset about the little bit of "censorship" that is in Germany? I'm all for free speech but some people on this forum sure get upset about not being able to advocate a nazi government openly in germany.
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Postby Peterbolton » Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:33 am

Boring, suburban wasteland with nothing to do really, and near one of the most polluted cities in the US
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Postby Blitzkrenia » Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:34 am

Arumdaum wrote:Too many Fundamental-Christians and conservatives. I'm moving, but I don't want to... :(

Arumdaum! thou hast come back! :hug:

I'm currently stuck in a dormitory - the bathroom and the shower booth is separate, which can be bad when one wishes to wash the toilet. Other than that, it pretty nice for a high school dorm.
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Postby Cabra West » Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:38 am

Natapoc wrote:
Grandais wrote:
Tsrill wrote:The tap water tastes a little funny, other than that, life's pretty good here in central Germany. Oh and since I live in the heart of Catholistan, absolutely everything is closed on sundays, but one gets used to that.

enjoy your censorship


Why do so many people get so upset about the little bit of "censorship" that is in Germany? I'm all for free speech but some people on this forum sure get upset about not being able to advocate a nazi government openly in germany.


Well, if I was nasty, I would speculate that some US Americans secretly wish for a Nazi resurgence in Germany, so they could go and invade again. That was the last war they won, and they might want to sort of re-enact the feeling of superiority.

But since I'm a nice person I would never assume anything like that, of course.
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Postby Grandais » Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:49 pm

There is not a 'little' bit of censorship in Germany. Tonnes of stuff gets banned or censored for arbitrary reasons (mostly video games, which is fun). This occasionally carries over to the rest of PAL regions meaning that sometimes we in Australia get hit with the censored versions too.

I wrote a blog post on it way back, I'll see if I can quote it.

EDIT: I think the reasoning behind this one is that videogames are classed as 'children's toys' or something similar and forbid 'glorification of violence' which for some reason has been defined as 'no blood or killing humans'. Which means that most characters are turned into robots for no explained reason.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRMqonct ... r_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=710Xi4Jk ... r_embedded

I could go on about other stuff but this is one of the main nitpicks I can pull off the top of my head, apart from the banning of public display of nazi symbols which pretty much everyone knows about.
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Postby Hungramy » Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:56 pm

where i live we have gangs(bloods) and ALOT of bars and i mean ALOT
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Postby Eirros » Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:45 pm

Hungramy wrote:where i live we have gangs(bloods) and ALOT of bars and i mean ALOT

The closest thing we have to actual gang related crime is 80 miles from my home. Milwaukee is a shithole. And every town in WI follows the Bar, Bar, House, Church, House, Church, Bar, Church, House, Bar format.
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Postby Maurepas » Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:50 pm

Eirros wrote:
Hungramy wrote:where i live we have gangs(bloods) and ALOT of bars and i mean ALOT

The closest thing we have to actual gang related crime is 80 miles from my home. Milwaukee is a shithole. And every town in WI follows the Bar, Bar, House, Church, House, Church, Bar, Church, House, Bar format.

There are gangs in New Orleans, but, where I live there are only a few "wannabe" gang impostors, who do little more than act out trends...
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Postby Greed and Death » Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:52 pm

The people in Texas are fucking idiots, is it too much to ask for a girl friend that doesn't want to parrot to me about why Evolution is a lie ?
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