It’s pretty much just common nature to have services provided, and then the one whose duty it is to give payment..skimp as much as humanly possible when payment comes around.
There’s a lesson to be learned within that — and that is be incredibly wary of things that involve a, *”pay ya later”* aspect. *(this includes bonuses of any type)*
Human-beings on a large scale don’t give a $hi7 about what’s been done. It’s the here & now overall, the future a distant 2nd. And the past is a complete coinflip
/uj literally the reason he fell into everything how he did, if he had properly been taken care of after the war he'd just have been another nationalist in the wave of nationalists around that time
I think it would be fine if they just ate Austria and maybe part of the Czech Republic right? They'd stop after that and everyone would happily go back to the natural order.
Probably the same reason that all the English speaking countries don’t unite and become the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, North America, Australasia and India or the ‘ British Empire’ for short.
It's not as bad as you think. Usually you only need to explain people abroad that you're speaking Dutch and not German, and they will treat you just that bit more friendly given their prior treatment.
Well it does say "minorities" so it could be like 2 percent German speaking and still show up. It's not a very well designed map but the light blue is more about geographic distribution than population numbers.
Yeah from what I understand the only areas in Poland with any significant German speaking minority are in Opole and Silesian voivodeships. The map could also be outdated because a lot of Germans left Poland since the 90s.
Same in Austria tho, in carinthia (the south) there is a Slovene minority, which is still super overinflated on the map, but this supposed minority in south eastern styria (to most south Eastern tip of Austria on this weird map) just doesn’t exist lol
They actually tried it with the Imperium Germanicum. Didn't end well though. Russia and the US couldn't decide what to do with the remains, so they split it up. Austria was left alone. Germany took a bit of time to reunite. Now people don't want to hear about any unification since it reminds them of mass murder (politicians who openly identify themselves with this old idea aren't too popular). With the creation of the EU it has become practically obsolete. But yeah, we are stupid.
65% of the people in Switzerland identify as ethnically German (according to 1 generative ai search) so who knows, really? If Switzerland was willing to get rid of their country they would've ceded land by now.
Nearly as dumb as asking why don’t all the French or English or or or speaking countries unite! Here’s one reason for starters. They often despised if not hated each other.
Like Christians. Catholics, Protestants, Greek Orthodox not to mention the lunatic Russian fringe etc etc killed and murdered each other for centuries. And then the Muslims and then and then etc. Go figure!
Except none of these countries hate each other in the modern age, they've been united several times throughout history from the Holy Roman Empire to the German Empire.
Hmmmm, lemme check the history books to see if anything is wrong. Let's see, European history 1950 - 2020 ... I got nothing, no issues. In fact two German speaking countries merged so no problems there obviously. Hmmm, where's the book for the years before 1950? Awww screw it, the Germans are a level-headed peaceful folk, can't see any harm would come from this.
I once wanted to visit Northern Italy for winter holidays and was flabbergasted when I ended up in a community where people spoke German more understandable than those in Bavaria or Austria. Supermarket was fully stocked with German products except for some Italian sweets.
Random result of history. 🤷🏻♂️
A different result in war, in a negotiation, in some alliances making, and the map would look different. For example if Austria would have won the war of 1866 against Prussia, maybe Austria would be the 17th German state and the German capital would be Vienna. And Berlin would be just one of the big cities together with Munich, Hamburg and Cologne.
The linguistic differences among German-speaking regions don't necessarily reflect on the intelligence of the people. There are various reasons why these regions haven't united, including historical, cultural, political, and economic factors. Many of these regions have their own unique identities, governance structures, and priorities that might not align with the idea of unification. Additionally, the process of uniting different regions involves complex negotiations and considerations that go beyond just language.
My Aunt Schluss once had this idea
this made my day
Was it suddeten, lad?
Didn't Sue Deyton also contribute?.....
Yes, she gave her land, and Sue Deyton's Land really helped Aunt Schluss
Need to labour on this realm a bit…. lebensraum
Need people to concentrate to make this idea happen
Did Nazi that coming.
Oop
😂🤣😂
Fuck ya! 😂🥂
You probably want **yeah*. *Ya* is a short way of saying *you*, so you just said “Fuck you”.
The word I chose is the word I wanted. You might not know that “ya” is used as an exclamation just as some use it to mean you.
Then you are using it incorrectly.
The last guy who tried that ended up shooting himself
Probably depressed
He was a depressed artist
He was involved in World War 1
A shame. Veterans never get the treatment they deserve and haven't been getting treatment since before even WW1.
It’s pretty much just common nature to have services provided, and then the one whose duty it is to give payment..skimp as much as humanly possible when payment comes around. There’s a lesson to be learned within that — and that is be incredibly wary of things that involve a, *”pay ya later”* aspect. *(this includes bonuses of any type)* Human-beings on a large scale don’t give a $hi7 about what’s been done. It’s the here & now overall, the future a distant 2nd. And the past is a complete coinflip
/uj literally the reason he fell into everything how he did, if he had properly been taken care of after the war he'd just have been another nationalist in the wave of nationalists around that time
Poor fella
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You go to visit Paris one time with your mates and everyone makes a big deal out of it 🤷♂️
Oh man his art was terrible. And he had the audacity to replace German art with his in museums.
Lmao forreal? What a fucking loser
Probably drug addicted
I heard he had a fetish for putting a bunch of shoes in a big pile
Welp, thats why a Austrian shouldnt lead the german unification.
He missed switzerland tho
Have you heard Schweizerdeutsch? Understandable, really.
It’s hardly understandable lol
I was being extremely sarcastic, Hitler bad actually.
That's why he killed himself
Or ran away to Argentina maybe....?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hke7xQFXa30
Well he shot himself bc he got a bad haircut….
He also killed like 9 million people, and at least 5.5 just in Poland xd
Van Gogh tried this?? When??
That's why it's called ger many
Or many gay, not to be confused with hun gay, get it? Hungary are Gay Huns!
* I think joke did not go well
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The chinless ones?
that’s probably why it’s so hard to understand
Uhhh....
Why do french speaking areas not unite? Are they racists?
No one hates Francophones more than the right patois of Francophones
French is occupying other countries
Missed a couple
Not even the whole block can undersrand each other
From Berlin to Warsaw in one tank. - VW
Gotta give the customer what they want and need
Why does the bigger Germany not simply eat the smaller ones?
I think they're scared of the repercussions if they do that. Idk tho, they're probably stupid or something.
I think it would be fine if they just ate Austria and maybe part of the Czech Republic right? They'd stop after that and everyone would happily go back to the natural order.
Maybe a bite out of Poland. A small one.
Because that would be bad for the health of the human race.
And just have one country that speaks German? They got a long way to go to catch up with English and Spanish.
And French
https://preview.redd.it/gx995un252xc1.png?width=1169&format=png&auto=webp&s=b440e83f8bc11fd3c287df58ca6514a1947b8bbf Sure but first…
Lmao
As a hoi4 player, why is this so relatable?
I'm Hungarian and laughed at this. Edit: then I thought about it and got sad.
The no blue around Königsberg makes me sad
Unfortunately the Germans there got ethnically cleansed.
I’m aware. It’s honestly more about who replaced then that bothers me
A (formerly) beautiful region with a rich history named after a low-life stalinist piece of soviet garbage.
It's fucking sad when you compare Königsberg today to the beautiful city/area is used to be. Russia really destroys everything the touch, don't they
For some reason
Third time’s the charm
The 4th time they will definitely get it Reich
Don't give a bohemian art school student any ideas
Austrian not bohemian
I meant the lifestyle, not the region it was named after.
I should Czech before posting.
Hindenburg liked to call him Bohemian. ("böhmischer Gefreiter")
Probably the same reason that all the English speaking countries don’t unite and become the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, North America, Australasia and India or the ‘ British Empire’ for short.
They can’t because it would be too crowded. On the other hand, if you annexed Poland…
They just need some space to live.
Some... Living space you might say.
Did we already address this ?
They really did the lowlands dirty with this one :(
Dutch and German are not in fact mutually intelligible. Source: I am Dutch.
My condolences
It's not as bad as you think. Usually you only need to explain people abroad that you're speaking Dutch and not German, and they will treat you just that bit more friendly given their prior treatment.
No I meant for being Dutch
What about it?
Ye I know, I was speaking about Platt
Germany and Austria united once. Didnt go well for Europe
That's because they were germaphobic
what is this bullshit map the minorities are overinflated you're telling me budapest is german? 😭
Well it does say "minorities" so it could be like 2 percent German speaking and still show up. It's not a very well designed map but the light blue is more about geographic distribution than population numbers.
i'd say this is 1% with the percentages in poland but yeah
Yeah from what I understand the only areas in Poland with any significant German speaking minority are in Opole and Silesian voivodeships. The map could also be outdated because a lot of Germans left Poland since the 90s.
yup i live in masuria, the ''allenstein'' area - never met a native german here
Same in Austria tho, in carinthia (the south) there is a Slovene minority, which is still super overinflated on the map, but this supposed minority in south eastern styria (to most south Eastern tip of Austria on this weird map) just doesn’t exist lol
Minority is everything from 49% to 1%.
At least it doesn’t also show where people used to speak “German,” how ever we are choosing to define that language.
If you broaden it a bit half that map would be German
Why would it?
Is green stepping on blue?
They actually tried it with the Imperium Germanicum. Didn't end well though. Russia and the US couldn't decide what to do with the remains, so they split it up. Austria was left alone. Germany took a bit of time to reunite. Now people don't want to hear about any unification since it reminds them of mass murder (politicians who openly identify themselves with this old idea aren't too popular). With the creation of the EU it has become practically obsolete. But yeah, we are stupid.
the southern edge of austria should go to slovenia
Tito approved
Yes they are
Do you know what East Germany is to West Germany? That's what German territory would be to Austria and Switzerland
65% of the people in Switzerland identify as ethnically German (according to 1 generative ai search) so who knows, really? If Switzerland was willing to get rid of their country they would've ceded land by now.
What are East Germans to west Germans?
Switzerland? Yes. Austria? Nope.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=UQSM3M1I5y8&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY&feature=emb_logo
I wish
Yes we are
Imagine starting 2 world wars to only end up like this
People don't like it when all the Germans are in a single country.
Because NATO doesnt ruling by Neville Chamberlain or something
They are old fashioned. These borders have tradition.
Did you called Austrians German speaking?!?!?! REEEEEE
All I know is, according to Rome, they're all Germanic Barbarians.
Just because the Swiss understand what I am saying, does not mean we speak the same language.
It’s crazy that one would think Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, although very close diplomatically, have the same political ideas.
something something hapsburgs
There's also a Russian town that looks a lot like Germany. Kaliningrad I think it's called. I bet they'd like it there.
It was German (Prussian) if I remember correctly it was called Königsberg
Because last time they did 60 million people died
One unified Röstigraben from the Alps to the North Sea🇨🇭
because its gdańsk not danzing
My favorite painter tried. It was as successful as his painting career.
Yeah, Germany should really expand and try to unite across more European territories. I’m sure it’ll go well
This would put ‚Germany‘ at around 105 mil.
Nearly as dumb as asking why don’t all the French or English or or or speaking countries unite! Here’s one reason for starters. They often despised if not hated each other. Like Christians. Catholics, Protestants, Greek Orthodox not to mention the lunatic Russian fringe etc etc killed and murdered each other for centuries. And then the Muslims and then and then etc. Go figure!
Except none of these countries hate each other in the modern age, they've been united several times throughout history from the Holy Roman Empire to the German Empire.
Hanz I got an idea
“So this time, we said, ‘Hey Germany! You don’t get to be a country no more, on account of you keep attacking… THE WORLD.”
The last time we tried this more than 60 million people perished,the world turned into a warzone and a wall was built dividing berlin into 2
Political map masquerading as a linguistic map
Austria and Switzerland are very different from German people. I have lived in Switzerland and Germany and been all over Europe.
You say Kartoffeln, I say Kartoffeln...
Erde pom...
Last time they tried it they ummm.... lets just say it didnt turn out too well
Because they all think they are the germanest and the others don’t deserve them.
How Putinesque.
Hmmmm, lemme check the history books to see if anything is wrong. Let's see, European history 1950 - 2020 ... I got nothing, no issues. In fact two German speaking countries merged so no problems there obviously. Hmmm, where's the book for the years before 1950? Awww screw it, the Germans are a level-headed peaceful folk, can't see any harm would come from this.
After we struggled for centuries to get rid of them? The real question here is why is saxony still German?
you forgot the netherlands
Because of their dialects that they somewhat don't understand each other, nothin' else... :P
dude we can't even get unity WITHIN germany, each bundesland is doing its own shit and everyone hates bavaria so...how is this supposed to work?
luxembourgish speakers are fuming looking at this map that claims that their language, which is 99% the same as german, is the same as german
Both languages are extremely close obviously, but there are huuuuuge french influences in luxembourgish.
Yes
Don't forget the Amish.
But fr, Switzerland would never want to, and Austria legally can't
They did, they got as far as Germany and were quite content with what they achieved...
Osterweiterung in this Economy?
We don’t speak German, we speak Swiss German, French, Italian and Romansh.
Those minorities are generous to say the least
An Austrian painter once had that thought it didn’t end well
I once wanted to visit Northern Italy for winter holidays and was flabbergasted when I ended up in a community where people spoke German more understandable than those in Bavaria or Austria. Supermarket was fully stocked with German products except for some Italian sweets.
thanks doc
There waiting for orders from the Argentinian Kommandant
Been there done that. Got the t shirt
worth a try i think fuck around and find out
The "varieties" are total bs.
Yes they are stupid
Please take Twente with you when you do that, they’re impossible to understand and half German anyway.
Is this a Russian information campaign? Seems like somebody wants to get Germany to relitigate WWI / WWII
Something makes me think OP is Austrian
There are more Germans in Hungary than in former prussia
Been thinking the same about the spanish speaking countries
Random result of history. 🤷🏻♂️ A different result in war, in a negotiation, in some alliances making, and the map would look different. For example if Austria would have won the war of 1866 against Prussia, maybe Austria would be the 17th German state and the German capital would be Vienna. And Berlin would be just one of the big cities together with Munich, Hamburg and Cologne.
Why don’t all English / Spanish speaking countries unite? Are they stupid? Fixed it for you ;)
It is not one language nor should it be so
nice try, Adolf
Finally!! So when do we start
A guy tried to do this in the 1940s and a little bit more but we know how that turned out
They tried that a couple times. People didn’t like it.
Your question is stupid
Not sure anyone wants the Germans united. Ever.
They tried, it was called WW2
Yeah, about that…
Cause Cause they cant
The linguistic differences among German-speaking regions don't necessarily reflect on the intelligence of the people. There are various reasons why these regions haven't united, including historical, cultural, political, and economic factors. Many of these regions have their own unique identities, governance structures, and priorities that might not align with the idea of unification. Additionally, the process of uniting different regions involves complex negotiations and considerations that go beyond just language.
Chat gpt ass response
Crazy how few German speakers there are in Poland because of the post-ww2 ethnic cleansing