Yes mate.
Exactly what I like to hear.
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I could see that to be true.
I had a pretty crazy car accident about 8 years ago, including a double rollover. That was scarier but evidently I’m hard to kill.
I thought about just starting but would prefer to get a blood level check first. I want some kind of evidence to this. I am taking different approaches to better my situation and it is difficult to attribute improvements, should they present them self, to the different interventions. It would be useful to know what helps and what doesn’t for the future (and the present).
That is crazy strong. I would like to max out on oh squats some time, should I find myself in a crossfit box. I don’t think 100 kg would be possible.
@aldebaran @Koestrizer when I lived in Norway there were traffic signs to remind people to put on snow chains. Is that an uncommon tool for you down south?
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It’s not unheard of but unless you’ve been living in the Harz or Alps, you don’t have those readily available. I never used them and probably should have.
Edit: I should clarify that the accident had nothing to do with snow.
I live in the South of France man it didn’t even snowed last year, not this year either ahahah
The year before, it did though, and my brother send me pictures of many trucks and cars in the ditches. When It snows, people are panicked
Did you know that we have a phrase in German that translates to “living like god in France”?
Or is that maybe common for other nationalities as well?
Just in case it isn’t: It means to live a carefree and idle (maybe decadent) life.
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Jaw. Drop
Sarcasm?
No, genuinely surprised to learn this
So that’s a no for Sweden, I presume 
In China, there isn’t a phrase, but France definitely has a reputation for decadent living
I much prefer Germany though
I don’t think you want to know what the British stereotypes of France and the French are.
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Bloody frogs 
Depends on what you compare it to, I guess. And how much the image one has reflects the reality.
I like the in vast liberal and forward thinking society. I am what Americans probably refer to as liberal in my political views. I like living here because it suits me, not because it is “Germany”. It’s a preferable society in which I can align my own moral well. Also the country is nice per se but nothing spectacular in terms of nature and so on.
I don’t give much about my nationality. Doesn’t make a lot of sense to be proud of something that is up to coincidence and that I did not attribute to.
Or to quote Schopenhauer (with less epos due to translation):
“The cheapest sort of pride is national pride; for if a man is proud of his own nation, it argues that he has no qualities of his own of which he can be proud; otherwise he would not have recourse to those which he shares with so many millions of his fellowmen. The man who is endowed with important personal qualities will be only too ready to see clearly in what respects his own nation falls short, since their failings will be constantly before his eyes. But every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud adopts, as a last resource, pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and glad to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority.”
Oh believe me the phrase does not summarize German stereotypes about the French …
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It very much lived up to my expectations when I visited and from what my German friends describe, is exactly what I imagined
Exactly, but things are still organized so ordered chaos. It’s beautiful imo
Oh, I don’t take pride in nationality either. I appreciate the societies/cultures for their merits.
Well… I gues that’s the benefit of living in Europe. In the time it takes to drive down 1/2 of California, you can be in a different country with better nature 
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That probably depends on your viewpoint I guess. People say Britain has boring nature but I’d argue that’s because they aren’t looking very hard. I suspect that to my eye, nearly every country in the world has some spectacular natural sights.
Echoes my thoughts exactly.
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Really?? I’ve seen some pretty spectacular pictures of grassy hills and such
Also, isn’t David Attenborough British?
@Koestrizer i didn’t like Germany because it was “spectacular” or “superior” in any way, I loved it because it felt like home- somewhere I’d actually like to live
A place like Bali is “spectacular”, but I’d never want to stay there for more than a couple of days.
I’ve mentioned many times to my parents that I just want to visit Germany and stay there for a couple of months.
He is, but rarely does programs based in Britain as far as I’m aware.
But yes, Britain has some wonderful nature, as does almost every country in the world. Not sure if it’s a “familiarity breeds contempt” kind of thing, or simply that people haven’t spent enough time actually getting out and about in nature. Maybe both, or another option I haven’t considered.
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Go for it. I am not sure where in Germany you were, there are some differences despite the rather small size of the country.
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