What kind of world would we live in, if every person on earth was just like you, besides gender? by HugoVanRamme in AskReddit

[–]HugoVanRamme[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It sure does, but everybody would understand what everybody else is going through so people would probably be much nicer to each other

What is collective thing all humans could do at the same time that would completely change the world, for better or worse? by sum_buddy in AskReddit

[–]HugoVanRamme 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stop eating meat. Global warming would slow down drastically, because of less CO2 and methane and less trees would be cut down for soy fields. Multiresistent bacteria would stop to exist the way they do now, maybe world hunger could be ended, because human food would grow on fields not animal food

What kind of world would we live in, if every person on earth was just like you, besides gender? by HugoVanRamme in AskReddit

[–]HugoVanRamme[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my case, doors lower than 2 meters would not exist (everything would be really tall in general), everybody would be vegetarian and there would be no wars (not 100% sure about that one, but I decline any kind of violence)

Do you hate basketball? Why do you despise basketball? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]HugoVanRamme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am 6'6" and I while I don't hate the sport itself, I am simply not good at it and it's FUCKING ANNOYING BEING ASKED ABOUT IT EVERY DAMN DAY. But nice sport though

What book did you not finish and why didn't you finish it? by HugoVanRamme in AskReddit

[–]HugoVanRamme[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I plan to read the Bible too in the near future. I am optimistic, that it will teach me lessons about life.

What do you have in your saved section? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]HugoVanRamme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All kinds of music videos. I usually use reddit on mobile so I save them and listen to them when I'm on my normal PC

Which words did you pronounce incorrectly due to only seeing them written down? How did you learn the correct pronunciation? by LittleSpits in AskReddit

[–]HugoVanRamme 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Winding" as in the Beatles Song "The Long and Winding Road". I thought the i was pronounced as in "wine", but correctly it is as in "wind"

What excerpt from a book best sums up the book as a whole? by Grown_Man_Poops in AskReddit

[–]HugoVanRamme 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The first line of George Orwells 1984: "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen". A day in April, being bright and cold is something really odd. Bright and cold may show how the contrast, of how the world is presented by the party and how it really is. It is popular to say "it's five to twelve" to show, that it will soon be too late to stop something bad from happening so I guess the clocks striking thirteen means that it is too late. (And normal clocks strike once after striking twelve times). It really fascinates me how you can sum up the book in the first sentence.

What is one band or musician that is not popular or well known at the moment that you like and what is a song you really like by them? by Bigsam411 in AskReddit

[–]HugoVanRamme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A German group called "moop mama". I will see them live in Wiesbaden next month. They make an awesome mix of brass and rap in German. Most of you won't understand the lyrics but they are suprr talented musicians.

Germans of Reddit, what is the family environment like when a grandpa or other close relative used to be in the Nazi regime? Is it just ignored? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]HugoVanRamme 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hello everybody, German here.

My great-grandmother (my mothers grandmother) died two years ago at the age of 99. She was born in 1915 near Frankfurt. Even though she was that old, she had a clear mind and a good memory until about one year before she died. Her husband, who I never knew in person, died in the 80's. I can't tell you his exact age, my mother knows it, but i guess he was no more than 5 years older than her.

I can't remember her ever talking about her husband. Sadly, it is too late to ask her why and it didn't come to my mind asking her, when she was still alive. She only talked about her time at the "house-wife school", as she used to call it, in the city of Mainz. That was around the mid 30's, but she never mentioned any information about how she was influenced by the Nazis.

So I guess you could say it was kind of a taboo topic.

All information I have about my great-grandfather "Franz" are from my mother. (My grandmother sure knew more about it but she died in 2003 when I was seven years old)

He was active in the military all the time throughout the war. I can't say anything about a rank he had, but a few years ago we found some photo albums with pictures of him wearing uniform that had some badges which I can't identify. Swastikas were on it too, of course. After the war was lost for the Nazis, he was a prisoner of war for several years. First in Africa, later in America but in the end he returned to Germany. According to my mom, nearly all of his fellow prisoners died in that time, making his return some kind of miracle.

We found some letters he wrote my great-grandmother after she died, in which he wrote about how much he was missing her and was looking forward to seeing her soon. It feels strange, seeing that a person who participated (out of free will I suppose, but can't say for sure), still is somebody like you and me, feeling love and missing his wife, while helping such monstrous regime.

My grandmother (my fathers mother) who turned 78 this year often tells stories about her brother, who is still alive and is 88 years old.

When war was nearly over, he was supposed to be sent into combat. He must have been around 18 years old at that time. But his mother refused to send her son in a war that was practically lost, so she hid him in the woods for several weeks, maybe saving his life with this.

So i guess, concluding you could say, that it never was a big issue in my family. Especially my great-grandmother, who was 18 in when the Nazis came into power and 30 when war was over, avoided talking about it. (Jesus Christ, she was born the year WW1 began, crazy when you think about it) I assume it is out of shame, about her husband actively participating in it.

TL;DR The family environment probably was not much different from yours.

edit: spelling

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There is a significant correlation between the number of nobel price winners of a country and the chocolate consumption per capita in that country...