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Only in Germany (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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(TikTok screencap)

A menu with an item: “ Last meal: 1 glass of water | 1 slice of bread | 1 cigarette (1 Euro)”

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[–] 105 points 1 year ago (23 children)

That's not Germany that's Bavaria. Come on, every country has that one part full of crazy people that you don't want to compare the whole country to.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (17 children)

    So, Bavaria is Germany’s version of Montreal or Florida?

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  • [–] 54 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    I've seen it being compared to Texas before and - from a non-American point of view - that seems pretty accurate.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Accurate in more ways than one. "Howdy, pardner!" and cowboy hats is to the US what yodeling and slapping your Lederhosen is to Germany.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Correct if you only think about the clothes and dances. But what about eating habits? Lederhosen wearers like to suck the veal sausage out of the skin and eat it with sweet mustard

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    Aren't Texans originally German settlers anyway?

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    No. The original "settlement" (aka stealing land from and genociding indigenous people) of what is today Texas was done by the Spanish.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    When Spain claimed sovereignty over the area now known as Texas, they didn't actually have de facto control.

    A big chunk of modern day residents of Texas trace their lineage back to waves of German and Czech migration. One large wave showed up in the 1830's and 1840's, negotiated a treaty with the Comanches who still controlled the land, and established German-speaking settlements through much of Central Texas. So actual control over the land was established by Germans more than it was Spanish.

    Even in the portions of Texas conquered by Spanish settlers have now been settled by people who don't trace back to those Spaniards. The Spanish-speaking people of Texas declared independence with the rest of Mexico and became Mexicans. Then, after the war of Texas Independence, were mostly driven out by English-speaking Texians who had migrated from America (and largely trace back to to English, Scottish, or Irish migrants).

    So no, modern day Texans are more German than they are Spanish. Just because the Spanish were the first to do it doesn't mean that they or their descendants actually held the land in the centuries that followed.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Okay, I misread the original claim, my bad.

    However, the majority of Texans according to the 2020 census is of latin/hispanic ethnicity (40.2%), followed by 39.8% white.
    I don't know what US americans need to claim any descent or ancestry, but I have a feeling that more people would claim spanish than german.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    That's fair, you're probably right.

    Still, my original reason for making a comment is probably true, too: the actual displacement of Native Americans from Texas probably mostly happened at the hands of European Americans who weren't Spanish, because the Spanish were themselves displaced before Texas was "settled" by European Americans.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Spain is Europe, too!

    In the end, all of the European colonists played a role in the genocide against native americans. And my remark mostly was just a snarky reminder that it wasn't uninhabitated land that was settled.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    the original

    describes later waves of settlers

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm arguing that the Spanish didn't "settle" most of Texas at all. They claimed sovereignty without control, and didn't "settle" it themselves because they were driven out themselves, before they had the ability to displace the native American tribes that were already there.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    In my hometown up in the north, there was a students pub that offered a "whore's breakfast" ("Nuttenfrühstück") that was just a cup of coffee and a cig, so....

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    I moved from Bavaria to Saxony about two years ago. I always thought the whole "The West" "The East" thing was a joke and no one actually talked and thought like that.

    Then I realized that it was just that there is "The East", "The West", and "Bavaria". Bavarians don't identify with "The West". Nothing "The East" says about "The West" applies well to Bavaria. It's just a very shielded microcosm. Bavarians don't identify as Germans. They identify as Bavarians primarily. They are doing their own thing.

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    • [–] 73 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    The “Perfect For Sharing” title should be placed on the top part of the box. At first glance, I thought the last meal was the one for sharing.

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    "You gonna finish that cigarette? Can I have it?"

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    • [–] 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    That’s almost like the old ”Finnish Breakfast Meme” but a healthier version.

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    [–] 45 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The most German thing here 'sausage salad'

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    • [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    1 cigarette for a €1? That seems like a deal.

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    [–] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Vegan

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    • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    You're at Airbräu! I love it!

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    [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Reminds me of the "Poachers Plate (free)" for small kids having some food from their parents order.

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    [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    And you're trying to tell me this isn't perfect for sharing?

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    [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Is it good bread?

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    • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I'll have mine with a last word

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    [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Sounds like America to me

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    [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Why's the menu in English?

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    • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Still the tastiest thing you can get on that menu

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    In defense of the restaurant (because I used to go there a lot) they also have a selection of vegetarian and vegan dishes. They do serve Bavarian classics and that's their main focus, but there are always some "modern"/"alternative" dishes.

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    • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    https://youtu.be/1YCOT5LasKc

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    [–] 0 points 1 year ago* (7 children)

    The cold snack platter looks to have a big helping of raw pork 🤢

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    What we call raw ham in Europe is just a method of preparing ham without cooking. It is salted and dried for month. Very safe.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Ok, but that's still weird in my mind. That's not raw, that's preserved.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Let me introduce you to Mettbrötchen.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mett

    Mett is raw minced pork meat, and it is delicious. You just need good food saftey standards.

    If you have a "eeeeeew" gut reaction about eating raw pork - that's how I felt hearing about sushi the first time. It's mostly about what you're used to.

    Sushi and Mett, they are both quite safe to eat here in Germany. Of course there's always some minor remaining risk, but that's a looooot smaller than the risk of getting ran over by a car on my way to the store.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Good safety standards are wildly different in EU and US. In many parts of EU some form of raw meat or other is common, raw milk is not too unusual. Consuming these items in US is a small step away from voluntary food poisoning. Not considering all the cases of unsafe foods delivered to the US supermarkets. Anecdotally, I would say some call back or other happens once a month in US (would love more precise data, too lazy to look)

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Uncooked ham is pretty common in the U.S., too. Anything labeled "country ham" is dry cured, and is usually uncooked. Prosciutto generally isn't cooked, either.

    In terms of imports, the U.S. has approved the importation of some Spanish hams (jamón ibérico and jamón serrano) that are cured but not cooked, as well as uncooked prosciutto from Italy. The regulatory hoops are a little more difficult and hard for small producers to justify, but there are a handful of producers who have received the appropriate approvals to export to the U.S.

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