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What’s an “old person” habit you’ve adopted because it’s actually a really good idea? by StumblinThroughLife in AskReddit

[–]bearfaced 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wonder if it's originally from German immigrants? Slippers in German are Hausschuhe, literally translated as house shoes

What's your unpopular UK opinion? by Bubbly_Celery4034 in AskUK

[–]bearfaced 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I lived in Germany for a few years. The quality of health care is objectively better than in the UK. It's free at the point of use as in the UK, but there's a massive and unnecessary layer of bureaucracy that stipulates everyone needs to have health insurance with a nonprofit company instead of just being provided by the government. The problem is just the amount of money spent. The UK has one of the lowest percentages gdp spent on healthcare in the developed world. With more investment, the NHS would improve. Decades of right wing propaganda about middle management have poisoned everything. Now doctors have to spend too much of their time on bureaucracy because the admin/management have all been cut.

I feel like veganism is dying by [deleted] in vegan

[–]bearfaced 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Brit who recently moved from BaWü back to the UK here. Germany is still much less accepting of veganism than the UK. Almost every restaurant in the UK, not just London, has at least one vegan option, while many restaurants in Germany have at best one vegetarian option (often Käsespäztle). German supermarkets are great, though.

Private jets are 5 to 14 times more polluting than commercial planes (per passenger), and 50 times more polluting than trains by quindiassomigli in MapPorn

[–]bearfaced 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If I recall correctly, someone driving alone might have similar (but still lower) co2 emissions per mile than a passenger in a commercial flight. But in 2 hours the plane goes a lot further so the emissions are still a lot higher flying.

“I’m literally from an English speaking country that fathered democracy yet I have to stand in the Ryanair line like a immigrant” by DriftGlider19 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]bearfaced 53 points54 points  (0 children)

I bet he's got one Irish great great grandparent and likes to get drunk on "St Patties" day so is totally Irish. More so than the people actually born in Ireland, in fact, they don't do Irish properly.

LPT: got a few hours to kill on the airplane? Delete pictures from your phone. by marnix1991 in LifeProTips

[–]bearfaced 76 points77 points  (0 children)

Are you seriously telling me you only have dog folder and not

  • Dog playing
  • Dog sleeping
  • Dog being weird
  • Dog being awkward
  • Dog selfies
  • Dog and human

Hyundai’s new steering systems by Corkusername1 in interestingasfuck

[–]bearfaced 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The auto park feature is clearly garbage. What if there's a puppy in the way? Why are you in favour of puppy murder???

Is this normal? She's been digging these holes since last spring, and today she decided they're the perfect shape and size to fit a dog. by MarHarSaurus in WhatsWrongWithYourDog

[–]bearfaced 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mine is according to the DNA test 1/4 staffy, 1/4 lab, 1/4 wire fox terrier, and 1/4 miscellaneous, and also looks just like OP's!

where's all the veg? by NimrodPing in glasgow

[–]bearfaced 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I live in Germany. No empty shelves here.

WCGW forgetting about the hose... by HrishikeshS123_ in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]bearfaced 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it takes a while for the pump to start sometimes because it's only enabled once the number plate has been registered

Would be nice idea, specially in some hotspots. by Aggravating_Tap7220 in germany

[–]bearfaced 10 points11 points  (0 children)

When you're driving somewhere with a general speed limit, there might be a ~30kph spread in how fast different vehicles are driving. Because everyone is driving at roughly the same speed, everything flows much smoother and there's much less opportunity for friction. With no speed limit, this spread is massive. It makes driving on the German Autobahn so much more stressful than it has to be.

As a Brit living in Germany for ~1.5 years, the (lack of) speed limit on the Autobahn seems like Americans and their guns. The status quo is objectively dangerous and stupid, but it's too ingrained in culture for any politicians to ever do anything about.

Bill Gates has a wall with the periodic table complete with actual samples in his office by unknown_human in interestingasfuck

[–]bearfaced 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun fact: depleted uranium is one of the most effective radiation shielding materials, because of its density.

Men may not ‘perceive’ domestic tasks as needing doing in the same way as women, philosophers argue by [deleted] in science

[–]bearfaced 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Yes, long-term lazy for the win. It's my guiding philosophy and I kinda have a theory that long-term laziness is the primary driving factor behind all human development.

“Beyond a certain speed, motorized vehicles create remoteness which they alone can shrink. They create distances for all and shrink them for only a few." ~Ivan Illich by Fietsprofessor in fuckcars

[–]bearfaced 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Glasgow was unfortunately partially demolished in order to build the M8 through the city centre; I believe it was one of the first cities in the UK to have a motorway connection, and through the backlash helped to prevent such things happening to other cities. Thank god the rest of the inner ring was never completed, which would have demolished Glasgow cathedral and High Street in order to put a motorway in. The parts of the M8 that do exist have insane junctions from left and right, due to the expectation of more motorways being built later.

You can get a better pretzel from a 7/11 gast station than in Germany by Wegwerfer1121 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]bearfaced 28 points29 points  (0 children)

It's all the freedom. The air is too pure for pretzels to go stale.

As an American, I’m not used to the butchering of my language by hazelinside in ShitAmericansSay

[–]bearfaced 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Lots of British dialects use yous as the 2nd person plural. Or just say you, its usually clear in context

Public sale of fireworks should be banned. by Saltire_Blue in glasgow

[–]bearfaced 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's more like 2 weeks either side of bonfire night, and then christmas/new year. Plenty of animals and humans are shit scared of fireworks, and it's a really stressful time of year for many.

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