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GermanyBernd2021-12-03 16:00:05 · 5yNo. 128869reply
Putting effort into gifts sucks. Yes it is a gift and they don't owe me anything just because I gifted them something. But it still makes me feel bad if they don't seem to appreciate it even a little.
 
So my grandfather turned 90. He talked about wanting to try Kobe Beef a few years ago. I was playing with the idea to get him some for a while but anything more than a tiny piece is a bit expensive as a simple birthday gift.
Since he was a very successful butcher with a shop inherited from his father it should be an appropriate gift and not be totally random.
Now for the 90th birthday I finally got him a 400g piece. While 180€ isn't ridiculously expensive it is still more than anything I have ever gifted.
Well the reaction was quite underwhelming because there was none. I asked about it a few days later and they just put it down in the freezer in the basement. I said something along the line of "I hope you will like it. It's supposed to be the best beef in the world" and got a "Ahhh, is that so?" back. They probably don't know how expensive it is. Knowing my grandparent they wouldn't have accepted it or offered to pay me back, I am sure.
 
The problem isn't that I want them to know how much I spend. It's more that it feels like they don't even entertain the idea that I got them anything that is worth something.
 
Thanks for reading my blog.
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GermanyBernd2021-12-05 13:59:08 · 5yNo. 128994reply
If you really don't know what to give and get a shitty reaction back, there is only so much you can do. If you have a relationship with a person where you don't know what they like, then you can't be expected to do more than guess. Maybe they just don't want anything, that's also a possibility.
 
I'd say just give something consoomable, nice, but not too expensive or niche.
 
I usually give some nice chocolates from a chocolatier, not some generic Milka or something. Everyone can see it is something special, but it is still "normal" chocolate, something everyone can understand. A kobe beef is just some kind of beef if you don't know what it is. And beef is an unusual gift.
 
Another thing is good or better coffee or tea. I know my mom likes coffee, but just has the same beans from the supermarket all the time. Sometimes I go to the special coffee shop and get some exotic beans for her.
 
My grandparents are simple people with no special tastes, they just get a nice looking gift basket with chocolates, wine and stuff like that. No real effort put into it from our end because it is made by a delicatessen shop and we give no further specifications, but since they have no special tastes, it is always ok.
GermanyBernd2021-12-05 14:19:29 · 5yNo. 128997reply
>And beef is an unusual gift.
Not really since he is a Metzgermeister and gets all kind of sausages and stuff gifted to him by his former Gesellen. And like I wrote, he also talked about wanting to try it before.
GermanyBernd2021-12-05 15:07:52 · 5yNo. 128998reply
Well then if he doesn't acknowledge it and doesn't act like he appreciates it, he doesn't deserve thoughtful gifts like that tbh. Just give something generic and don't worry about it.
TurkeyBernd2021-12-05 16:33:04 · 5yNo. 128999reply

RussiaBernd2021-12-05 10:54:27 · 5yNo. 128976reply
I sincerely respect China, their discipline, politics and humanism.
GermanyBernd2021-12-05 12:05:10 · 5yNo. 128987reply
Is this the new battlefield?

SwitzerlandFCK CPSBernd2021-12-05 00:44:25 · 5yNo. 128962reply
Am gestrigen Tag manifestiert sich in Freiburg wieder einmal die willkürliche Zerstörung von kulturellen und politischen Freiräumen. Ohne mit der Wimper zu zucken, wurden die zwei Häuser in der Gartenstraße 19 überraschend abgerissen.
 
Schon vor acht Uhr sperrte die Polizei die ganze Straße ab. Ein großer Polizeieinsatz inklusive BFE stellte sicher, dass die kapitalistischen Interessen des Eigentümers Haffner durchgesetzt werden konnten. Die nutzenden Menschen hatten nicht einmal die Chance ihre Wertgegenstände wie Musikinstrumente oder Solarpanels vor der Verschrottung zu retten. Wir sind fassungslos, wütend, erschüttert und zutiefst getroffen! Entgegen den Aussagen des Eigentümers und der BZ gab es weder eine „Beendigung der Duldung“, noch das „Verlassen des Hauses“ der Nutzer*innen. Hier wurde kein leeres Gebäude abgerissen, sondern ein noch bis gestern Abend genutzter Raum zerstört. Die G19 ist und war kein Störfaktor sondern eine Bereicherung für Freiburg. In den letzten 10 Jahren stellten die Räumlichkeiten einen wichtigen Knotenpunkt für viele kulturelle, politische und vor allem engagierte Menschen dar, denen jetzt buchstäblich das Dach wegfliegt. Während der Eigentümer das Haus nicht nutzte sondern verwahrlosen lies, kümmerten sich Menschen um dessen Erhalt und Nutzung. In den letzten Jahren wurde viel Energie in diese Räume gesteckt, um endlich einen Raum in Freiburg zu gestalten, der verschiedenen Bedürfnissen gerecht wird. Wieder einmal wird diesem Wunsch in Freiburg keinerlei Gehör geschenkt. Dieser Tag reiht sich ein in die Räumung und Zerstörung unkommerzieller Freiräume in Freiburg, wie zuletzt an der Schließung des Spätis deutlich wurde. Wir stellen nun noch lauter die Eigentumsfrage! Wir fordern Räume der Selbstverwaltung und bleiben!Zeigt euch solidarisch mit der G19 in Freiburg und anderswo!
GermanyBernd2021-12-05 10:55:49 · 5yNo. 128977sagereply
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GermanyBernd2021-12-03 23:48:10 · 5yNo. 128903reply
I wish there were more poaters here that just have normal conversations with me.
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GermanyBernd2021-12-04 21:14:23 · 5yNo. 128938reply
are you the north german?
 
what do mods have to do with this
GermanyBernd2021-12-04 21:24:34 · 5yNo. 128941reply
no thats me.
GermanyBernd2021-12-04 23:01:58 · 5yNo. 128946reply
I'm a rootless German, currently in the south.
SloveniaBernd2021-12-04 23:23:01 · 5yNo. 128947reply
>Saupreiß

United StatesBernd2021-12-02 05:06:27 · 5yNo. 128782reply
charlie
United KingdomBernd2021-12-03 14:35:35 · 5yNo. 128863reply
choli
CaliforniaBernd2021-12-04 18:31:16 · 5yNo. 128932reply

GermanyBernd2021-12-03 17:27:28 · 5yNo. 128877reply
German fashion designer and tv personality Harald Glöckler.
r8
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GermanyBernd2021-12-03 18:32:59 · 5yNo. 128886reply
based/10
MoscowBernd2021-12-04 13:19:46 · 5yNo. 128913reply
That's how all lifters ed up. Never go to gym, boys. You'd return a different man.
GermanyBernd2021-12-04 16:51:27 · 5yNo. 128928reply
United StatesBernd2021-12-04 17:02:20 · 5yNo. 128929reply
This guy's food videos are funny)

CanadaBernd2021-12-04 12:36:26 · 5yNo. 128911reply
Did you lose money in the recent cryptomarket crash?
GermanyBernd2021-12-04 13:19:31 · 5yNo. 128912reply
no
 
it crashed?
CanadaBernd2021-12-04 13:56:41 · 5yNo. 128916reply
It was the biggest unexpected dip of this quarter.
SloveniaBernd2021-12-04 15:34:13 · 5yNo. 128918reply

FinlandBernd2021-12-03 17:51:17 · 5yNo. 128880reply
What I hate about weekends is that normies are not going to work so it's pointless to go rip out their heating cables & electric car charger cables for these two nights.
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GermanyBernd2021-12-03 18:23:50 · 5yNo. 128884sagereply
FinlandBernd2021-12-03 18:32:12 · 5yNo. 128885reply
Starter hikkyavengings:
 
>slash the tires on normos bikes and cars in the early hours of the morning
>normos don't get to work in time
>basics
 
>throw glass bottles on the street
>also hide broken bottles under car tires of normos cars on the parking lot
 
>write improper and insulting remarks on public places
 
>on public toilets always piss on the ground in front of the toilet seat
 
>go to the store
>open the packages of easily spoiled foods
>try to make it so the normos don't spot it immediately and they carry them home
>you can also steal them, let them rot at your house and them put them in normos post bins as a present
 
>play high frequency sounds extremely loud in your apartment so the neighbours animals go crazy
>if you find a shitdog tied down outside the grocery store, cut it lose and let the poor creature run free
NorwayBernd2021-12-03 18:56:28 · 5yNo. 128888reply
NEETs don't require heating? you make no sense
GermanyBernd2021-12-03 23:51:03 · 5yNo. 128904reply
you actually do that?
 
based

United StatesGermany going full Nazi again..Bernd2021-12-02 15:42:34 · 5yNo. 128794reply
Locking down all of the unvaxxed. Sad!
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GermanyBernd2021-12-03 18:43:14 · 5yNo. 128887reply
Yes, we should try to escape. I'm not sure I would like actual nazism but it's a welcome contrast to the faggotry displayed above. Unfortunately germans today believe that anything right-wing is the ultimate evil and that there is no other evil in the world, so they will happily support an opressive government as long as said government claims to fight nazis.
RussiaBernd2021-12-03 19:18:46 · 5yNo. 128889reply
is it honestly this hard to buy a jab paper or something
GermanyBernd2021-12-03 22:42:08 · 5yNo. 128898reply
How is mandatory vaccination even supposed to work? For Germany you would have to send 80 million people a letter that tells them to proof that they took the jab. Then you probably have to go to a pharmacy for them to check you vaccination documents and generate a code that you can use as proofs. Then you have to have tons of civil servants that do correspondence with people that don't react to that letter and send the bolice after the schizos.
 
This will take more than a year and a billion euros easily. After that time you theoretically would have to start over again because then everyone needs booster shots.
It would make way more sense and be more humane to just put that money into hospitals to give them the capability to treat everyone.
SloveniaBernd2021-12-03 22:42:09 · 5yNo. 128899reply
there's literally homeless people getting jabbed in place of others

United StatesBernd2021-12-03 00:10:53 · 5yNo. 128834reply
Man American kind of sucks. Can I move to your country?
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CanadaBernd2021-12-03 14:56:56 · 5yNo. 128864reply
A new love blossoms on kc.
MongoliaBernd2021-12-03 15:07:42 · 5yNo. 128865reply
Very funny!
SloveniaBernd2021-12-03 15:31:47 · 5yNo. 128866reply
Do you have a sister you could introduce me to?
MongoliaBernd2021-12-03 17:12:06 · 5yNo. 128876reply
no

Russiared army SUOMIBernd2021-12-02 20:46:07 · 5yNo. 128820reply
red army SUOMI
FinlandBernd2021-12-03 04:40:22 · 5yNo. 128842reply
The Red Guard did nothing wrong
GermanyBernd2021-12-03 09:44:48 · 5yNo. 128845reply
IsraelBernd2021-12-03 11:07:36 · 5yNo. 128850reply
I'll sue you

GermanyBernd2021-12-03 01:33:57 · 5yNo. 128839reply
What is your opinion on Straw marquetry?

GermanyTed GreeneBernd2021-12-03 00:30:48 · 5yNo. 128837reply
I love this man.

SloveniaBernd2021-11-29 21:51:50 · 5yNo. 128551reply
oh fuck
german power hour
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GermanyBernd2021-11-30 16:34:15 · 5yNo. 128676reply
GermanyBernd2021-11-30 16:35:56 · 5yNo. 128677reply
I miss him ;_;
GermanyBernd2021-12-01 18:47:55 · 5yNo. 128764reply
RussiaBernd2021-12-02 19:00:01 · 5yNo. 128815reply
This sums up the entire history of G*rmany since franco-prussian war
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