Current Events > Look. I know an awful lot about Germany.

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- Politics
- Different eras
- Events
- Philosophy
- Specific people
- Movements
- Wars
- Cities and places
- Culture

These are subjects I know about. The majority of this information was gleaned from Wikipedia articles and various documentaries I have consumed this year. I won't bother to mention Wikis, but below I have listed various documentaries I have watched.

Hitler's life (about 5 hours)
Angela Merkal (about 1 hour)
Helmut Kohl (about 1 hour)
Wilhelm II (about 1 hour)
Wilhelm I and Otto von Bismarck (about 1 hour)
East Germany (about 7 hours, but I watched about half)
Living in modern Germany (about 1 hour)
Albert Speer (about 1 hour)
Joseph Goebbels (about 1 hour)
World War 2 (about 6 hours)

That's approximately 21 hours of documentaries, covering a variety of important content from various time periods. And, like I said, I've read plenty of Wikis as well.

There's also various fiction books I've read on the subject. Random examples include HHHH (which is about the assasination of Himmler), City of Women (about Nazi Germany in general), and Wetlands (about life in modern Germany, and sexuality in young people).

I don't know why this board has gotten into the habit of saying I know little, or nothing about Germany. I have consumed large amounts of information on the subject, and my retention is reasonably good. I'm certainly not an expert on the subject, but I'm pretty knowledgeable.

What do you have to say to this?

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smh
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Why? Why can't you respond more extensively, and dare I say it, intelligently? To say nothing of you're saying that because I posted the topic, not because you actually disagree.

How does one acquire information on a subject, anyway? It seems to me that books, articles and documentaries are a pretty good start.

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NEET who reads a few wiki pages thinks he knows more than Germans about their own country then proves his utter ignorance in every dumbass topic he makes
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RebelElite791 posted...

NEET who reads a few wiki pages thinks he knows more than Germans about their own country then proves his utter ignorance in every dumbass topic he makes

When did I say that? Although, when it comes to Tar, he proved his ignorance / deceit when I asked him the very first question, where he denied point blank something that I provided plenty of evident to support. That casts doubt on every other answer he gave.

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Explain to me Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, because it's basically incomprehensible. Also, detail the origins and rise of vlkisch culture.
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What about the stuff that happened before bismarck
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Sunhawk posted...

I don't know why this board has gotten into the habit of saying I know little, or nothing about Germany.

Because you're endlessly asking questions about it and asked a German poster here like 20 questions on current Germany and German history

Germany is much more older and diverse than your knowledge, which centered mostly around politics and Third Reich

WhyYouSoSTANK posted...

Sunhawk posted...

I don't know why this board has gotten into the habit of saying I know little, or nothing about Germany.

Because you're endlessly asking questions about it and asked a German poster here like 20 questions on current Germany and German history

Lol. Asking questions is how you find out things. That doesn't mean a person knows hardly anything about a subject; it just means they want to know even more.

I refuse to believe that wasn't a troll post.

andromedadude3 posted...

Explain to me Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, because it's basically incomprehensible. Also, detail the origins and rise of vlkisch culture.

I don't know much at all about Hegel, I admit. Volkisch was a populist movement, with an emphasis on folklore and natural / rural things. It was around from the 19th century up until the end of the Weimar Republic, although it did have SOME influence on the Nazi Regime, such as the idea of "blood and soil".

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So you dont know that the House of Mecklenburg used to rule Sweden?
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No you dont.
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Well done TC!
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glitteringfairy posted...

Well done TC!

Thank you. :DRyuko_Chan posted...

No you dont.

Yes, I do. I provided plenty of evidence, which you're ignored (although you are a CE poster).

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K
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2 years ago I had this great whisky from a nearby distillery in a small hotel in the woods near Braunlage. Can you get me a bottle of that?
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Considering you've been wrong about America on several occasions, your claim about your knowledge on Germany is highly suspect.
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SoulOfFayth posted...

2 years ago I had this great whisky from a nearby distillery in a small hotel in the woods near Braunlage. Can you get me a bottle of that?

Sunhawk has never been to Germany let alone left the UK
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Sunhawk posted...

Lol. Asking questions is how you find out things. That doesn't mean a person knows hardly anything about a subject; it just means they want to know even more.

You've been asking questions for the past several weeks. You don't know anything about basic German history. So yeah, I guess it helps to know more than 0

What do you think about Will Kimble's performance of the german anthem at the 2017 fed cup in Hawaii?
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This is a solid new gimmick snu, looks like people are biting too
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@TarElessar
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Sunhawk posted...

The majority of this information was gleaned from Wikipedia articles

Right...
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Sunhawk posted...

What do you have to say to this?

good for you? seems like a waste of time.
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What's the point of showcasing historical knowledge about Germany on CE?
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Nice, 21 hours, I'm impressed. Let's talk about philosophy which you are very familiar with.
What do you think about "Jenseits von Gut und Boese" and what do you think about its depiction of human nature?

Lets talk about Jenseits von Eden instead
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I guess I don't know TC very well, but if somebody had a habit of asking a lot of questions about a particular subject, it very well likely means that they are interested in that subject. And if somebody is interested in a subject, there's a good chance they've done a fair amount of research on the subject. I don't have a horse in this fight, just following where my deductive reasoning takes me.
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