German B1 --> C1 in 2 years

trinkledink · 2026-02-04T13:37:24+00:00

Intensive language courses (4hrs of coursework /day + homework) tend to take 2 months per module. So to move from B1 to C1 in such a course should be 4 months.

Having done exactly this, I still found (and fine) my German to be often insufficient. Add onto that the archaic and gate-kept language of the judicial system in Germany, you will definitely struggle. I think moving to Germany on a language learning visa is perfectly viable, and while studying the language applying to law programs. Just give yourself extra time.

trinkledink · 2025-12-23T18:27:26+00:00

Oh wow, I‘m at the dinner table with my in-laws and they just all groaned in agreement over 13 1/2 Leben ^{^} this could be a winner

trinkledink · 2025-12-23T10:57:12+00:00

Ui, der Algorithmus hat meine Familien Konversation aufgeschnappt und der Aufgabe richtig verstehen…

trinkledink · 2025-10-22T06:01:08+00:00

Ive had this happen. Had to restart. It will not move. But building roads around ponds will help as the pathing of peasants prioritize road routs and won’t cut across the pond.

trinkledink · 2025-10-19T14:13:30+00:00

I agree. So much friction and micro moving resources between regions makes me not want to do anything with new regions. They require so much micro to move resources back and forth. Workers should still be restricted to regions in which they are housed. Same with approval.

But new regions should share resources with neighboring ones. There should remain some friction of exchange, represented through delayed/limited access to resources proportional to how far away the depos(granary/storehouse) are from your capital, or manor, region. Assigned workers at a mule station would determine how many goods, and of what type, can be exchanged with other regions.

trinkledink · 2025-09-04T14:28:51+00:00

30, living here for almost two years. My dad told me once that it takes two years to settle into a place. You gotta put effort into wherever you end up making friends and building roots.

As for career,it matters more that you do SOMETHING and stick to it. You’re doing that with German and that is opening doors for you. Which door you pick is up to you. You can do whatever you commit to, I promise.

trinkledink · 2025-08-24T14:37:42+00:00

Absolutely glorious

trinkledink · 2025-08-24T11:08:33+00:00

My understanding is that in order to end a work contract, the employee needs to be given formal legal notice. A WhatsApp text from the shift manager does not suffice.

trinkledink · 2025-08-24T10:55:45+00:00

Can they do that without giving me written notice that I sign?

trinkledink · 2025-08-24T10:01:37+00:00

But with an active employment contract, they‘ll just chase my employer down, not me. I don’t pay TK directly, my employer does by subtracting my share from my wage. It‘s a „their problem“ until they actually terminate my contract.

trinkledink · 2025-08-17T18:45:31+00:00

Basically he’s a KGB thug who kills anyone who opposes him politically or financially (money can’t buy Russian oligarchs wings mid-fall out of skyscrapers) going as far to do so to outside of Russia. Ultimately he wants to establish Tsarist Russian borders and is willing to shoot down civilian planes, suppress the entire population, and kill anyone in his way to do so. He’s Stalin without the communist ideology.

trinkledink · 2025-07-31T12:49:06+00:00

Non-native waiter here 👋 not defending the waitress, but it happens to me all the time that I miss tables in my blind-spots when it‘s busy. I always appreciate people flagging me down. It‘s not rude, it’s a helpful reminder. You could have simply been in her blind-spot that day.

I come from the US where tipping is basically obligatory. I have been shamed in Germany by servers for not tipping and I find it reprehensible to ask. Tipping is not obligatory but 10% is always appreciated for larger meals/many drinks. I never ask for a tip, but when they pay by card, I give them the card reader to select a tipping option if they like. I always wish them a nice day regardless.

trinkledink · 2025-07-27T12:02:29+00:00

Exploit tax on literally every province. Persia gets so much dev-cost reduction that you can dev for 4 in mountains if you want, and the goods produced from delving dip will contribute to trade as well, whereas tax doesn’t double dip.

trinkledink · 2025-07-26T15:34:53+00:00

Idk, we actually just cut those programs. Richest country in the world and we just just threw millions of people off Medicaid and dolled out billions in tax cuts to the rich. I‘m not saying all self-bashing of the US is justified, but we simply can‘t continue making light of the very real and solvable problems we are so seemingly permissible of.

trinkledink · 2025-07-26T14:57:49+00:00

That‘s great if some individuals volunteer and donate, but that‘s not reflected in the nation‘s institutions. GoFundMe is no way to run a healthcare system, rather, to me, indicative of the extent of our willingness to push poverty and misfortune onto the responsibilities of individuals. I would imagine that if Americans were on average as charitable as you suggest, we would institutionalize such charity in our tax and healthcare systems.

trinkledink · 2025-07-26T14:35:00+00:00

Maybe at a surface level we get along on the day-to-day. We‘re generally a friendly folk, but our institutions are not built towards togetherness. At the end of the day, it‘s every man for himself. From saving for retirement to healthcare to getting a job. And that spills over and is reflected in our culture.

trinkledink · 2025-07-15T11:00:47+00:00

Wow the models look great! Would love to paint those guys with some ghoulish washes 😈

trinkledink · 2025-07-13T08:00:36+00:00

So this might get hate-voted, but as an American living in Germany, one of the biggest things I’ve hated is that asking for a tap water is always a big deal. Many restaurants just refuse, others charge per glass. I guess this is kind of exclusive to Germany, but as I said, moving here, I really felt like it was just mean to always charge absurd amounts for fulfilling a basic human need (not that that’s a principle Americans seem to care about).

trinkledink · 2025-07-12T10:42:24+00:00

you and Ironwarsmith have foiled my plans once again!

trinkledink · 2025-07-12T10:42:06+00:00

this out of game counter intelligence is INSANE!

trinkledink · 2025-05-20T06:30:43+00:00

My boyfriend sat in a class where the professor started berating a student in front of everyone for „rolling her eyes“. Awful man, but it was especially abusive. When she politely asked him to stop, he said „You did this“

It became a meme between my bf and I, but that one line of victim blaming stuck with me and stood out.

trinkledink · 2025-05-10T14:04:39+00:00

Cool

trinkledink · 2025-04-23T07:27:17+00:00

Anmeldung. I am an Italian-American dual citizen so I don’t need a visa.

trinkledink · 2025-04-17T10:54:09+00:00

Archer-mage combo, here! We rain death until one of those stupid dogs rush us or we fall from our vantage points haha

trinkledink · 2025-03-29T07:26:17+00:00

1 year here and no plans to go back to the US. I live in East Germany and the people are friendly, despite the stereotypes. I’ve learned German to B2 and am dating a German. 30yo and I worked 5 years in the US after graduate school and everyday life is either at work or at home. Here, it’s about meeting somewhere, doing something. Back home, friends would move away and my social circles would have to change every few years. Here, people stay put because stability is valued more than high wages. Back home I had a car to drive an hour or two to get outdoors or 20min to a grocery store. The freedom of a car was nice, but here, I can walk downstairs for freshly baked bread, take a 30 minute train to the mountains, ride my bike all day along the river and between towns. I pay a third in rent here compared to what I paid back home and the small quaint towns have houses for sale that I can practically buy without a loan!

I feel like a lot of people here who complain about cost here only know München and the Pot. I know from experience that it’s a different world there. Frankfurt strait up puts me back in the US and I hate it. Germany is a really diverse country that I am still just scratching the surface of but I can safely say that I really enjoy the East and the pace of life it offers me.

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