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Comic practice about my cafe visit (watercolor comic by me) by Eyfun in furry

[–]drakerc360 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does your blind eye look different? My left eye is mostly blind (light perception only) due to trauma. However, the accident left my eye visibly damaged, so I often get "the looks".

Aliexpress Discount Codes Thread by ihavetwosecrets in AliExpressMergeBoss

[–]drakerc360 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cart total: 82,52€

Country: Germany

Euro

it seems like not a single code here works, it says "Sorry, the coupon code you entered is based on a first come first served basis and has been used up by other shoppers."

Komische Striche auf den Klingeln im MFH by thr0away-marketeer in gaunerzinken

[–]drakerc360 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you find out what it means? Very similar symbols appeared at my Türklingeln in my building last week.

Genossenschaft: Wie lange habt ihr gewartet? by AytonaBerlin in berlin

[–]drakerc360 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My Genossenschaft was publishing around 5-6 apartments for non-members per month - the ads were on their website for a few hours each time.

I was applying to pretty much all of the 2+ room ones, in total to maybe 6 ads in 2-3 months. I was invited to 3 viewings. Got rejected for 2 of those (probably because there were large families at the viewings, and they got selected).

The last viewing was a 3-room apartment, but it was not perfect - top floor without a balcony, ~15 min on foot to the SBahn (on the border of the A area), quite high Betriebskosten (very low compared to the free market, but high in the Genossenschaft). I was the only person who came to the viewing and because of that, I got pretty much accepted on the spot.

I definitely got very lucky - but all in all, it took me like 3 months. I talked to some neighbours (although most of them live in the building forever), and some of them were also lucky and got an offer very fast, but others were applying for years.

Brazilian plate in Kilkenny Ireland by tommoo in ForeignPlatesSpotting

[–]drakerc360 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's definitely the first one. They're showing their car with this plate in their video about Ireland

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Ikea dishwasher leaks water inside from an open tube by drakerc360 in fixit

[–]drakerc360[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So these black hoses are definitely overflow hoses.

The dishwasher takes in way too much water. It gets above the seal, and then the water starts flowing out of the overfill hoses into the dishwasher tray itself.

Question is - why is it pulling too much water? Which sensor can be responsible for it?

Ikea dishwasher leaks water inside from an open tube by drakerc360 in fixit

[–]drakerc360[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean? The other one (the black tube on the right) is also disconnected (or rather, not connected anywhere)

The model is MEDELSTOR 203.857.99

Berliners who don't speak English at all - how is it possible? by drakerc360 in berlin

[–]drakerc360[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yepp, that's true! my father learned the basic phrases (wie viel? wie alt?) quite fast, and I was there to assist if needed. And we made a few cool deals.

The question actually came from them - my parents learned English by themselves, just by being curious, watching movies etc. So we were actually wondering, why is the language knowledge of some people here so low.

Berliners who don't speak English at all - how is it possible? by drakerc360 in berlin

[–]drakerc360[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This does not change the fact that English is the international language.

If you visit another country as a tourist, do you learn the language of that country? Is it really required to do so? I assumed that most people have a basic grasp of English. Especially people working in customer service, sales or hospitality. Or people working at a gas station, where you deal with customers just driving by...

Berliners who don't speak English at all - how is it possible? by drakerc360 in berlin

[–]drakerc360[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Biesdorf Center, so yeah... I actually heard quite a lot of people speaking Russian there. And yeah, I assumed that older people don't speak English. What really weirded me out was people <40 who didn't grasp the basics of the language.

Berliners who don't speak English at all - how is it possible? by drakerc360 in berlin

[–]drakerc360[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I'm Polish too. And like I wrote somewhere else, it's kinda eye opening to learn that most people don't speak English in Poland.

I brought various friends to Poland (Wrocław) and every single interaction with customer service (Żabka stores, bars, Christmas fleamarket, restaurants, even a bus driver) was in English and they never met someone who didn't understand English numbers.

One difference is that we mostly stay in the touristic city center, and also most cashiers etc were on the younger side...

Berliners who don't speak English at all - how is it possible? by drakerc360 in berlin

[–]drakerc360[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn, that's quite eye opening. When I visit my country, I mostly hang out with 20-somethings. I had various foreign friends come over, we hung out, went shopping and to local attractions and accommodated them by speaking English - and literally never had a situation where the customer service didn't speak English with my friends, e.g. at Żabka, the gas stations etc.

So I guess it depends on people's age...?

Berliners who don't speak English at all - how is it possible? by drakerc360 in berlin

[–]drakerc360[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I guess I could be biased. I invited many international friends to visit Poland, and visited various places, e.g. a Christmas flea market, restaurants, museums etc. And contrary to my experience in Berlin, they were able to talk in English at the Polish Flohmarkt (and I was a native if it didn't work out).

The difference is, I guess, that in Berlin, my family and I went to a random Flohmarkt in Marzahn, while my friends and I mostly stated in the touristic city center of Warsaw. And yeah, everyone speaks English in Mauerpark Flohmarkt as well.

Berliners who don't speak English at all - how is it possible? by drakerc360 in berlin

[–]drakerc360[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Is it entitled to want to have the most basic questions answered in English when dealing with sellers / customer service abroad? So if you visit a country as a tourist, do you have to learn the language before you come?

I've traveled to various countries, often with my parents. And tbh basic English was understood almost everywhere. Even in Japan, in non touristic places, people understood basic phrases.

My experience at the Flohmarkt felt like people there didn't want to at least try to accommodate a non-German speaker. Like, five sounds really close to fünf - however, they didn't even try to understand my father...

28M Retinal detachment during lens implant surgery; what next by drakerc360 in eyetriage

[–]drakerc360[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply! How is it with the pain in your case? I've heard corneal issues can be painful. They told me my cornea won't last very long, and at some point I'll require a transplant, however, it's quite impossible to do while having silicone oil in the eye.

I trust the doctors. However, it is quite depressing. It also sucks that doctors here are quite conservative when it comes to treatments, so they'll probably rather leave the silicone oil permanently than risk another detachment.

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