/int/ - International

The culture of Kantons-, Gemeinde- and Zunftwappen, I love heraldry. Pic rel my town.

I like it that autistic poor people who have bad results at school can still try to make a career in STEM and succeed. I know many people in that case who are now mathematicians and physicians having a degree in the best university in Switzerland.

I really can't find much. Everything that's rather nice in Germany always pales to how it is implemented in other countries I've been to. There's no real "Every time I come back to Germany I'm so happy x exists" moment for me. I guess Germany having pretty much the lowest prices for groceries and electronics around the world has to be appreciated.

>>11359 > There's no real "Every time I come back to Germany I'm so happy x exists" moment for me good bread and good tapwater t. occasional visiter of the US

>>11361 Good bread has become very relative since so many countries have Aldi and Lidl. Good tap water is a human right and nothing Germany can be appreciated over in particular. If it didn't have good tap water that would mean Germany has fallen behind even the worst shitholes in a very large radius around it. Honestly bad tap water hasn't been a significant issue on all of my travels. People just like to tell a lot of shit about it while they buy packaged water that's objectively worse than their tap water on every aspect.

Nothing.

>>11358 how does that work?

>>11368 As long as you have passed a high school level of education in Switzerland, you can apply to any public university in the country and get accepted. The selection is done the first of three years of a bachelor's degree, usually in fields such as physics only half of the class BA passes. It also doesn't cost much.

>>11359 I second bread and these things:

>>11374 These things exist pretty much everywhere.

>>11363 I'm sorry but Aldi bread isn't good. I'd take it over average US bread but any regular bakery here is usually better.

>>11374 Brown signs are not limited to Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourist_sign

>>11377 > any regular bakery There is a 90% chance that bakery is literally heating up the same frozen dough as the local discounter. It all comes from the same large bakeries. Has been for a decade. You really have to invest time to find a bakery that makes its own bread locally. I even know exactly which local company produces for the local Aldi, Kaufland, Penny and the "bakery" across the street.

>>11376 >>11378 Not saying that they're unique, I just noticed them mainly in Germany. And I appreciate them.

>>11379 And for some reason it's still good. And better than what you get in many other countries. I usually pack a bread when I come visit. The only weird thing is that they offer to slice it for you.

>>11381 I guess the saying "it sells like cut bread" is true for a reason.

>>11379 I do know that most bakeries are just resellers of the same wholesale bakeries but the bread is still better. Also most of the time I get it from the artisanal sourdough bread chain (yeah I'm a bougie) who do in fact bake their own.

>>11359 > Germany having pretty much the lowest prices for groceries and electronics around the world True for groceries, not really true for electronics. US and Britain are cheaper for the latter in my experience.

>>11371 i see, that is a very wasteful selection selection system tbh but i suppose switzerland can afford it

>>11386 Cheaper for you as as a foreigner who pays with a strong Euro (and maybe even skips the import duty when buying the device abroad), or cheaper compared to the national costs of living? Electronics are generally more expensive in the US than in Germany if you factor in taxes (which are always omitted until final checkout) and local purchasing power.

>>11388 Most university students drop out during the first two semesters. A 50% drop out rate in physics is very low. Out of Bernds 250 co-students in Computer Science only 50 actually graduated with a Bachelor degree, and even lessmade it to master's degree. A very common "joke" during the first lecture for new university students in Germany is: "Look at your left-hand neighbor. Now look at your right-hand neighbor. Statistically you won't be seeing them again in the next semester, so there's no need to remember their faces."

>>11393 do you get kicked out of uni like in america if you fail an exam?

I appreciate the somewhat cheap cigarette prices. 1/3 of Austria smokes so cheap cigs are required for social peace.

>>11404 I appreciate that Austria sells cannabis seeds in vending machines.

>>11371 >you can apply to any public university in the country and get accepted But ther is a limited amount of open spots?

>>11405 Still our weed laws are stricter than germany ;_;

>>11397 No. Afaik after a certain amount of fails you are not eligible for a degree and have to change for another federal state. My old university had unlimited attempts. You just have to pay the biannual Fee that varies from uni to Uni.

Relatively cheap beer Liberal society, you can drink a beer naked in the park nobody would care Good terms with neighbors, short distance to completely different cultures Not including fringe extremists on both sides, people are rather laid back

In very own particular opinion, Israel is like an archipelago of several isolated cultures and ethnicities, so you can find everything here, often hidden or ignored. Israelis are adventurous and open to unusual, wild or alternative things, they seem to not care about standard traditional norms often; this is reflected on food, music, etc. They have no problem in adopting what works and using this even though it doesn't belong to the original culture. Israel is a very internationalized global open place in its secular side and I mean in terms of trade and international companies presence. Even though Israel is somewhat isolated, it is also very open to Europe, Asia and North America, and no country refuses to ship to here. Israel has a lot of problems, but Israel has also a real stable core of very intelligent people, and these people are literally the engine moving forward, carrying a lot of weight. But this also means that the level of discourse and discussion, be it political, economical, cultural, with the right conditions and settings, can be extremely and surprisingly high, and also "cheap", that is, common, easy to find. So out of nowhere discussing politics with someone from your work, you will discover layers and layers of complexity and understanding. Israel has a currency with a natural tendency to get strong, the bad side is this hurts exports and makes workers expensive, the good side is that buying things online outside of Israel is good, also traveling. Israel has a very strong hiking culture, you are never going to get mugged or robbed or abused hiking, some places literally offer free shelter and night-camping, hiking trails and paths are maintained and mapped, normal average Israelis often did the national trail from south to north entirely, which is surprising. Israel still has some form of manufacturing and industry, whereas other countries with the same size and position gave up entirely, probably because the military creates demand. Israel has a (sadly dying, apparently) high tech industry. Israel at least in the Tel Aviv region, heavily invests in outdoor gyms and parks, they are well maintained, they are shielded from the sun, they have machinery and treadmills, and in several other countries this would be falling apart, stolen or coven in graffiti. Israel has a mediterrenean cuisine, so here the bread is good, there is olive oil, cheese, whereas in some other countries specially in Asia, they don't even know what is a rye bread or pecorino cheese. That is it, my list of small things that are good about Israel.

>>11397 > do you get kicked out of uni like in america if you fail an exam? You don't get kicked out in the USA if you fail an exam. You get kicked out for being a foreigner, a leftist, advocating for Palestine, or because there was another shooting and you're now dead. Back to seriousness: I don't know of any university system that doesn't kick you out if you fail the same exam too many times or take too long. In Germany it's the third failed attempt at the same exam that gets you kicked out.

>>11383 I prefer my bread like my dick. uncut and free of fungal infections

>>11391 Electronics in Switzerland are cheaper, regardless of purchasing power. You can come here and simply pay less than in Germany. You have to smuggle the goods over the border though, or pay 19% import tax.

The only time when I tried to drink water from a public fountain in this shithole there was a used up condom in it. Then I reminded that that park was a meeting place for fags to have public sex, so they probably smeared the condom full of shit and semen all over the fountain, because that's what they do.

>>11443 But... At least meat is cheap in Brazil?

>>11443 That's a very weird thing to appreciate, Bernd. I wouldn't like finding used condoms near drinking water.

>>11356 >drinking fountains We used to have similar fountains (in the Ruhrgebiet), but sadly muslims and niggers vandalized them every time.

>>11426 In Finland you can't grt kicked out for failing exams After three fails you will have to take the course again to be eligible to take the exam again but that's it

>>11439 I compare a lot of prices across DACH, Belgium and the Netherlands. Switzerland is at best equal to Germany. Once time I saved 5 Euros on a 1080 Euro camera lens by buying it in Switzerland and smuggling it over the border. Just did it because I needed it very fast.

>>11466 Maybe it's just Apple, but I just paid 234€ for AirPods Pro 3 while they cost 249€ in Germany. A German friend wants an Apple Watch and it's about 50€ cheaper, so he's planning to visit me and buy it here.

>>11393 Anyway, this is an insanely wastefuö system, of course it would be better to vet the students befire they are allowed enroll in the uni

>>11475 The high school diploma is a form of vetting. If you don't have one, you can try taking an entry exam. An additional vetting process is done by the hard exams in the first year.

>>11477 the wastefulness is in the fact that most studebts who are allowed to enroll won't complete the degree

Public transport is good I guess. Not that it even matters that much since I rarely go out, but whenever I do and I use public transport, it's pretty good. I don't really know what to compare it to, though, seems like public transport just about anywhere in Europe is good.

>>11483 Half of the population get public high school diploma here. System works, most people going in uni stay in uni wether they fail their first choice or not.

>>11484 I'd also like to mention that public transport is not even necessarily something related to the political leaning of a nation. Some people think that it has something to do with socialism and the amount of money that the state decides to maintain public transport with, and while that might be partially true, I think that it especially has something to do with the fact that just Europe in general managed to reach an industrial revolution far sooner than many other parts of the world. So, you could definitely say that a state and government deciding to spend a lot of money on public transport may have something to do with socialism to an extent, I'd personally not classify it as such. There is, comparatively, places that also have good public transport systems that are not necessarily socialist in any way, and the state does a good job at maintaining these systems regardless. USA, as an example, might not have the exact same high quality public transport system as the EU does, but if you factor in the fact that just the sheer size of the nation makes it nearly impossible for there to be such high quality public transport systems everywhere, and also the fact that the American government does actually spend a pretty big amount of money on not only creating but also managing such systems as well, you'd realize that it's not something exclusively related to socialism in any way. So, pretty much, that is to say that one of the crowning achievements of a socialist system such as public transport being high quality, aren't even necessarily related to any given political ideology at all.

>>11494 Well all our railroad workers are magically socialdemocrats.

It's almost October and I'm fine at home with open windows, shorts and a t-shirt. Couldn't handle a much colder climate tbh.

>>11489 The years spent studying their first subject of choice still get wasted

>>11494 This is bullshit, the us used to have public transport in the past.

>>11514 Good public transport

>>11515 >>11514 I am not sure why public transport systems and their qualities are one of the hallmarks of the positive aspects of socialism. It just is that way and people for the most part consider any type of system that benefits a great amount of people as being socialism. Urban density is one of the main things that pave the way for public transport systems and it has nothing to do with politics. Also, while I am not even disagreeing with you, it could be said that the maintenance of American public transports haven't been as good as European ones, but it could also just be said that the people that use them wear them down to an extent that just isn't found in EU transportation systems. Maybe the people themselves are to blame, instead of it being anything similar to a type of concept where it's one of the main shortcomings of capitalism, or something similar.

>>11517 >It just is that way and people for the most part consider any type of system that benefits a great amount of people as being socialism. Only shills and legitimately stupid people do that. Denmark is not a socialist country for having public transport and other things people benefit from.

>>11356 >little things Grüezi Bernd, the Trinkbrunnen are dope! Would love to habe em too. >>11457 Ah thats why.

>>11414 >Good terms with neighbors Germans

Good, cheap beer

>>11358 >physicians You probably meant physicists

>>12280 he's some Russian making the same mistake again and again

>>12287 Swiss people make the same mistake. Also, they call Switzerland "Swiss" as in "I cöme from Swiss".