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Cake day: June 24th, 2024

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  • Ok yeah that’s a different story, also the prices for passport and passport ID for first issues are ridiculous, that is twice as much as I’d have to pay to have my passport-issuing expedited, which I already find ridiculous. First issuing is done when you are mandated to be able to present an ID, i.e. at 14, and it’s free of charge as far as I can remember, everything after is a renewal. Having to register to vote is in and of itself, the self-proclaimed origin and beacon of democracy is an opt-in democracy which throws logs in your way to hinder you from voting apparently.

    Voting by mail is also much simpler here, you just apply, a few weeks later you get the forms, no reason required - it is your constitutional right to vote after all.

    And in any case, voting is always on a Sunday, which is always a mandatory holiday, most of the population doesn’t work that day. Hours are the same though. And I believe that all the IDs you have listed besides an actual ID and a passport are not enough to vote here. I am not sure if election papers are translated, but since the communal elections are the only ones open to non-Germans i.e. EU-citizens that live here, and speaking German is mandatory to get a citizenship, that is not that mich of an issue. Frankly speaking, while I see the point you raise, nowadays with camera translations, that is generally not that much of a hurdle.

    Polling stations reflect the election areas, whereas each one represents one distinct area. They are directly linked to the population density.


  • The thing I tried pointing out is that there’s barely any difference between Germany and USA when it comes to IDs, they may have a different name but do the same thing, except for air travel, you’ll need an actual ID or passport for that. And you have to pay for most of them.

    The only thing that is different is that you don’t habe a voter’s ID here, you vote by showing your voting invitation that is sent to registered Adress automatically and verifying your identity by presenting your ID or passport. The idea that you have to pay for voting is inherently idiotic, it is counter-logical







  • Right the resistance forces that generally like to resist more by blowing up civilians than soldiers.

    As for the 2nd part, my man this is noncredible defense, it is literally the raison d’être to laugh about weird shit that is happening in armed conflicts. It is partly a coping mechanism and partly ridicule.

    As for laughing at civilian casualties, you’ve inferred that into the meme, it was bot even hinted at.











  • Women are so good to me ist ein paar Jahre alt aber auch sehr schön geworden and I don’t have to go back and I don’t want it is what I said in my phone and the underlying question was not to be fair. (The German part in between translated to: “it’s (no gender included) a few years old but turned out beautifully”