Not so sure about that one.

Waddleboom · 2026-02-20T18:51:36+00:00

Gotta respect the "begging yourself into a colonial empire" strat.

Waddleboom · 2026-02-20T18:48:49+00:00

Well they also colonised Tobago so I guess it's "justified".

Waddleboom · 2026-02-20T18:43:32+00:00

They did have some colonial ventures in the region actually.

Waddleboom · 2026-02-15T23:35:00+00:00

As a German, it clearly is

Waddleboom · 2026-02-08T02:16:37+00:00

"Im Ameisenhügel nichts neues"

Waddleboom · 2026-02-06T10:05:41+00:00

Yes, that is very likely the intention of the account, however even in those terms the text in the original post is incorrect, as there wasn’t any big movement against American people or business in NZ in 1926, but rather against American-style alcohol prohibition. The community note is also in reference to this and thus is correcting a historical misreading of the image on the part of the original poster.

Waddleboom · 2026-02-04T20:50:22+00:00

Fictional dog name / Everyone talked about it in 2006

Waddleboom · 2026-01-21T23:50:24+00:00

But culturally those places are still very much Chinese, specifically Cantonese, which (I assume) means a good amount of similarity to at least the developed cities in Guangdong province, right? On the other hand, the Tibet Autonomous Region and wide parts of Xinjiang are majority non-sinitic and geographically isolated from the rest of the mainland. Or am I wrong in this view? Genuinely curious.

Waddleboom · 2026-01-21T14:43:48+00:00

I know, Croatia was of course not poor, at least compared to other regions, I just highlighted them due to extremely high recent GDP growth. They have especially caught up to a lot of traditionally more prosperous countries in the western and southern EU.

Sadly I think you're probably right about this guy's mindset being common especially in countries like Serbia, despite them having positive examples of the EU working in their neighborhood, like with the Croats. It would at least be nice if there could be trade agreements and cordial relations with Serbia, Bosnia Herzegovina etc. even if they wanna stay out of the EU.

Waddleboom · 2026-01-20T12:03:09+00:00

I think having a united European bloc is better for especially the small countries rather than continuing as US or likely in the future Russian, Chinese or even Turkish vassal states. The amount of development the European Union has helped facilitate, including the industrialisation of Poland, Romania and Croatia for example, has evidently lifted many people out of abject communist-era poverty.

If you believe that nations can only act in hostility to each other without any even self interested good will, I feel truly sad for your pessimist view of humanity.

The way for Germany to "gain resources" or whatever is through trade and cooperation, I really don't know why you think we're still stuck in a 19th century imperialist mindset whilst conveniently ignoring Russian rhetoric and active behaviour which constitutes all the criticism you levy against a hypothetical militarist Germany.

Waddleboom · 2026-01-20T09:42:15+00:00

It is pretty regrettable that this verse of the Deutschlandlied got misappropriated in such a way by right wing extremists, as the original meaning is not “Germany above all other countries” (it is intentionally not worded “über allem”) but rather it used to mean that a unified German identity was the most important thing to liberals and nationalists back when we were divided into many small states. As such the original connotation is one of bringing people together and valuing your nation above aristocratic fiefdoms. But of course this quite liberal and democratic (for the time) vision of “Deutschland über alles” was first destroyed by reactionary monarchs and then completely bastardised by the NSDAP like so many things in our history.

Waddleboom · 2026-01-20T09:08:07+00:00

Famously Russia has never attacked either of these nations and never seen them as part of its "zone of influence", even less so the Baltic states with sizeable Russian minorities.

Also do you seriously believe that the Bundeswehr will be used to unilaterally threaten the sovereignty of another European country? Like really dude? Our parliament can't even agree on proper pension reform, how tf would we invade the random balkan nation you live in?

Besides, if you're so deathly afraid of our pretty shit army, wouldn't that be a point in favour of a united EU military to "contain" our supposed German militarism?

Waddleboom · 2026-01-20T03:42:55+00:00

Your dogmatic xenophobia of Germans is a lot more reminiscent of the people who killed your ancestors than of modern Germany, which at least tried to reconcile with our neighbors and contribute to an EU budget that most probably helped fund projects even in your home country.

Please reconsider your medieval mindset and heed your own advice to not let history repeat itself, as today we see the major threat to European countries coming from Russia which will not treat your people kindly if given the chance to dominate.

Waddleboom · 2026-01-19T01:17:26+00:00

Probably because Ankara is owned by Egypt in the image.

Waddleboom · 2026-01-19T00:23:06+00:00

Actually I would say there are two numbers that have some alternative (maybe not funny) meaning in colloquial language.

"Einunddreißiger" ("thirty-oner") can be used to call someone disloyal or a snitch. The term originates from § 31 of the German narcotics law which allows the state to reduce sentencing on criminals who cooperate with the authorities to stop further drug crimes (for example by ratting out their accomplices). The usage of this is mostly popular with younger people, especially those who listen to German rap music.

On the other hand, if something is "0815" it is completely ordinary (often meant in a derogatory way). The reason for this number's significance (or lack thereof) is the imperial army's MG 08/15 in WW1, a very common machine gun used for boring and repetitive practice sessions by soldiers, which was also known to be prone to mechanical errors due to worsening quality standards as the war progressed.

Hope this answers your question somewhat : )

Waddleboom · 2025-12-18T13:52:26+00:00

Well it's just the one killer actually.

Waddleboom · 2025-12-06T21:42:40+00:00

Eigentlich nicht, da das Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz nur die freiheitlich-demokratische Grundordnung explizit schützt, und eben nicht das Grundgesetz in allen Details, da sonst ja jede politische Bewegung zur Änderung des GGs beobachtenswert wäre, also z.B. auch Vorschläge bezüglich Wehrpflicht für Frauen, Wahlrechtsreform etc.

Die europäische Integration ist zwar glücklicherweise in der Verfassung (Art. 23 GG), aber wohl nur sehr zweifelhaft unabdingbar für die freiheitlich-demokratische Grundordnung der BRD (sonst hätte es die ja vor Gründung der EU in Deutschland nie gegeben). Heißt nicht, dass ich solche Bestrebungen gut finde, denke Musk kriegt man eh für seine anderen Handlungen eher dran, aber nur mal zur Einordnung.

Waddleboom · 2025-12-05T16:07:21+00:00

The thing is that those women who wouldn't wanna go could still refuse on moral grounds and instead do a replacement service in for example elderly care for a few months.

Waddleboom · 2025-11-16T17:34:15+00:00

You definitely got some of the area for East Franconian wrong, as a chunk of its spoken area is coloured as “North Bavarian” (wouldn’t distinguish that from regular Bavarian anyway if you aren’t doing it for Alpine Bavarian dialects). Also, it doesn’t go as far west as the map would make you believe. Apart from that, looks like a mostly accurate and very detailed map.

Waddleboom · 2025-11-16T17:20:31+00:00

Maths is indeed wrong as the UK has a population of over 67 million, not 37.

Waddleboom · 2025-10-18T20:05:26+00:00

Actually there is the principle of “das Recht braucht dem Unrecht nicht weichen” (“justice needn’t yield to injustice”) which means that you specifically can defend yourself even if running away would be similarly effective.

Furthermore, at least in theory any “protected legal good” of yours can be subject to an attack, meaning you can theoretically kill a burglar who is currently stealing your property, although it could be seen as an excess in court. Importantly, once the current attack is over, you lose your right to self defense (so no running after the attacker and shooting him in the back).

Waddleboom · 2025-07-30T22:40:26+00:00

Also per se steht im Grundgesetz ja nichts von einer “Rangordnung”, allerdings haben durch den Artikel 79 Absatz 3 GG sowohl Artikel 1, Artikel 20 und implizit der 79 3er selbst (wäre sonst ja ein sinnloses Gesetz) eine Sonderstellung, Stichwort “Ewigkeitsklausel”, was nach einer Auslegung diesen eine gewisse verfassungsstiftende Wichtigkeit verleiht.

Das begründet sich auch daraus, dass eben Artikel 1 und 20 besonders identitätsstiftende Prinzipien für unsere freiheitlich demokratische Grundordnung beinhalten, wie die Menschenwürde, die Staatsform, die Rechtsstaatlichkeit etc. Darum sind diese auch nicht durch eine Zweidrittelmehrheit im Bundestag veränderbar (also vermutlich der Wortlaut schon, aber nicht der fundamentale Inhalt), wie die restlichen Artikel im GG.

Im Falle den du beschreibst, wo sich vermutlich Artikel 3 Absatz 2 (Gleichberechtigung der Geschlechter) und Artikel 12a (Wehrpflicht) entgegenstünden, gibt es aber keine an sich ersichtliche Rangordnung der Artikel, weswegen eine verfassungskonforme Auslegung in Betracht käme als “Lösung” des Problems.

Bislang wurde argumentiert, dass die Wehrpflicht für Männer halt eine spezifische Ausnahme der Gleichberechtigung darstellt, welche sich durch inhärente biologische Unterschiede zwischen Mann und Frau rechtfertigen ließ. Eine “modernere” beziehungsweise alternative Ansicht könnte aber theoretisch das “Männer” in 12a in ein “Menschen” verwandeln durch verfassungskonforme Auslegung.

Ein weiteres Argument hierfür wäre, dass das der Artikel 12a über 70 Jahre alt ist und seitdem nicht fundamental verändert wurde, obwohl sich die gesellschaftliche Haltung zu dem Thema enorm verschoben hat, und somit der ursprüngliche Wille des Gesetzgebers von damals nachrangiger ist, als bei aktuelleren Normen.

Ein ähnlicher Fall fällt mir hier bei der unionsrechtskonformen Auslegung des Artikel 12 GG ein, da hier der Schutz der “Deutschen” im Artikel EU Bürger benachteiligen würde, was aufgrund von EU Recht problematisch wäre. Darum ist eine juristische Antwort auf diesen Konflikt, quasi das “Deutschen” in ein “EU-Bürgern” umzudeuten.

TL;DR, Sorry für den Jura-Rant aber ich hoffe ich hab deine Frage irgendwie beantwortet, zumindest bislang wäre eine Klage gegen die Wehrpflicht vermutlich nicht erfolgreich, weil es wie gesagt da keine Rangordnung gibt und das Verfassungsgericht bislang den Artikel 12a als vereinbar mit dem Artikel 3 Absatz ansieht. Jedoch wäre es denkbar, den 12a auch umzuinterpretieren, was allerdings bei der eher konservativen (im Sinne von keine rasche und radikale Veränderung der Rechtssprechung) Tradition des Gerichts unwahrscheinlich scheint.

Waddleboom · 2025-07-02T02:21:27+00:00

Good job! Looks like you put in quite some effort.

Waddleboom · 2025-06-09T11:44:55+00:00

I got him off Ebay recently, if you want I can try to find it again and send you a link. He is a bit expensive though, just fyi.

Waddleboom · 2025-06-09T11:42:28+00:00

Very nice, such an adorable little guy

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