#we are from germany

[merlinsvibeplace]

My mother didnt understand a single word and she used to be a english teacher

"he cums WHAT."

-my mother, first time being shown suburbia overture.

[floccinaucinihilipilificationa]

[cereal-miilk]

Hetalia? In MY 2025?

[lesamis]

If you're up for it could you explain what is making the Germany government stuff so funny? I can find news articles about it (a coalition is dissolving? There's been tension for a while?) but they're all fairly serious. Thx!

ohhh, sure thing! i'll do my best!

i'll say upfront: this is a pretty serious thing to happen. our chancellor fired our minister of finance, Lindner, which definitively breaks up the governing coalition. germany will likely have snap elections at a moment in which far-right parties are polling extremely well. if news coverage about it seems like people are Worried, that's because, well, they are.

however. the reason it's funny is because our minister of finance was fired. ministers aren't really... ever fired. like, it's not a done thing. i'll fully admit i didn't even know it was an option until yesterday. and our minister of finance wasn't just anyone, he was one of the most mocked and hated figures in politics to germans who vote anywhere left of center.

the coalition that governed until yesterday was made up of the green party, the social democrats, and the neoliberal party (FDP). the FDP is infamous (and i mean, my parents already raised me to hate them for that) for playing kingmaker in coalition governments: they never get all that many votes, but they get just enough that whoever they agree to form a government with will probably succeed. they then tend to force extreme concessions from their coalition partners, because hey, if we walk off, you can't govern at all! so you better play along!

for the past three years, this behaviour has been extremely frustrating for germans who voted for greens or social democrats, because policy from their faction was constantly being blocked by the FDP and often by Lindner personally. the FDP received 11,5% of votes in 2021, but to many of us, it felt as if they were the only party who really had any say in the governing coalition. it made the green and social democratic coalition partners look spineless and passive.

and now, i invite you to imagine how on the day of the US election results, the day the whole world rolled their eyes at the sheer fucking stupidity and pointlessness of it all, at NINE IN THE EVENING, just as germans are getting ready to settle in to bed to dream of nightmare global politics -

the news suddenly breaks that our notoriously invisible chancellor just decided to fire Lindner for that exact behaviour. this chancellor comes out and says, on camera, to the entire sleepy nation, that acting the way Lindner did - blocking necessary policies, refusing to approve budgets unless his party's interests were met - was childish, selfish, irresponsible, and unfit for government, so, whoops, he had to go. shame. coalition over, i guess.

so, politically, that was a long-needed but never-expected moment of triumph for those of us who think the FDP is a clown show made up of human TESLA shares, and it came at a hysterically funny moment.

on a personal level, i can barely explain how uniquely hateable Lindner has always been. he's what would happen if a stock index graph came to life. he hates poor people with a relish; he mocks welfare recipients and would ax minimum wages in a second. he's everyone's business major roommate who shows up in boat shoes fresh off a yacht to discuss NFTs with you. throughout the entire time that he's used his rich boy policy blackmail strategy, he's been smug about it, and he was never taken to task for it, and millions of germans have been longing to throw rotten fruit in his face since 2017. and now we finally get to do it. via memes. on the day of trump's election win.

so that's why it's funny.

[emperorsfoot]

Sign the Petition! Tell Trader Joes what we want!

Some anti-Israel "activists" are trying to pressure Trader Joe's to stop carrying Israeli products. As far as I can tell, they don't even carry many products made in Israel, so this seems very performative to me. You can always just not buy Israeli products when you shop, if you object to them, of course.

Historically and currently, this type of performative anti-Israel protest often comes hand-in-hand with hostility toward visible Jews and Israelis. In the past, these protests have frequently been followed by pressure to stop carrying kosher food at all.

Trader Joe's is the only grocery store to carry kosher food in some US communities and the only one to carry kosher meat in even more US cities. We need Trader Joe's all throughout USA to remain safe and welcoming for Jews and Israelis. Please sign the petition to keep the current Israeli products at Trader Joe's, and keep them a safe place for Jews and Israelis.

If these bigoted "activists" succeed, it could open the door for the removal of all kosher foods from Trader Joe's, even ones not made in Israel, and then those communities that rely on Trader Joe's will be left without a place to get kosher foods.

Tagging a few bigger name Jumblr bogs for visibility.

@spacelazarwolf @freegazafromhamas @tikkunolamresistance @spot-the-antisemitism @edenfenixblogs

[lepakonpaska]

okay but l*reen winning aside because that's false and i don't belive in that: it's so insane that a song IN FINNISH got SECOND PLACE and im absolutely crying about that and the entire country is so so SO proud of our funky green man 💚 he won everyone's hearts and that's the most important thing

[3liza]

a looooooooooot of American leftist perspective on what is good or possible with basic policy about land use, recycling, public transit etc is so fucked up purely because we are completely unaware that much of Europe has been doing stuff we consider pie in the sky laughable dreamerism (like effectively and safely going home from shift work or from a nightclub at 3am on the subway, or recycling anything instead of strip mining a mountain every time we need to bottle beer, or turning vacant office buildings into apartments, etc) for decades or centuries.

you do not find out about it unless you're fortunate enough to visit and stay long enough to actually interact with the infrastructure, not just as a tourist, because likewise the Europeans just assume we can take buses everywhere or get 25¢ for a beer bottle and simply choose to live in suffering and profligacy out of simple American degenerate preference for driving cars and smashing bottles until an American tells them exactly how bad everything is here, which they can hardly believe

[musashi]

⚖️ MY TUMBLR-EXCLUSIVE ACE ATTORNEY FAN DISCORD IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! ⚖️

Hi all! Welcome to AAblr: Germany. A bunch of AA fans here on tumblr were unhappy with how a previous server of ours was handled, so we all fled to Franziska's (my) party mansion in Germany and now we're straight fucking chilling. And you should come join us!

Here's some cool stuff you can find in AAblr 2:

Channels for every single game, ship, and character you can think of! Hang out in the blorbozone, mute the character channels you hate, meet like-minded people who are insane about all the same things as you.

Weekly calls! We have multiple voice channels and chat daily! Don't want to be on mic? Hey, no worries, we have a TTS bot so you can still be included!

Member-run events! Do you wanna stream your favourite show? Are you making your way through AA and want to voice act it sillystyle with people who love it? Feel free!

Big voice channels as well as small, member-restricted alternatives for people who don't like crowds!

Constantly active chats! We have members in nearly every timezone, so there's always someone to hang with.

Writing/Drawing sprints! Body double with fellow creatives and make some art!

Kin-friendly! We actually started as a kin server, and still have a whole section for kinfolks.

Plural-accessible! We got pluralkit & tupperbox for you and anyone else chilling in your mind palace.

Free of exclusionary bullshit! All are welcome and everyone is kind. Exclusionists and discourse-brainers get flogged.

Open to new fans and oldies! Spoiler-conscious, so don't even sweat!

All ages! I said all are welcome, I meant it!

Tons more fun! Literally too much to list! And so much more to come!

⚖️ JOIN TODAY! I LOVE YOU! ⚖️

[a-timely-problem]

Overheard at the BAU

Emily, big city girl visiting JJ's hometown: "are there like, any poisonous animals here?"

JJ: "Oh no, at least nothing that will kill you super quickly"

Emily, loading her bags back into the car: "THAT'S NOT THE REASSURANCE YOU THINK IT IS!"

[lunarharp]

hehe. almost christmas!

[shinnyshining]

We need the boys getting tipsy together please~?

They should probably stick to cigarette kisses

“Go shining give us nothing”

Im trying to not burnout 🥺👹

[oodegaardfc]

maxi looking irritated as hell oh i love this team so much i fear 😭😭😭🫂🫂🫂🫂

benny henrichs’ tiktok; the gift that keeps on giving 🤧

[keiksy-cake]

Germany's second page from the Hetalia Collezione

Official revisions included "just like shojo manga!" to "maybe he likes cute things?", and the addition of "his casual clothes are often described as "dad-like"

all collezione pages

[Please note, I’m an amateur in Japanese and have to use various resources and translation machines to help me. If you notice a possible mistake or want clarification, please bring it up to me *politely* and not aggressively or hostile.]

[redfluffz]

Added the base colors for Luc' "True-Angel-Bird-Form". I dunno what i should call it now ...

Also. Started to work on Michael. Not sure, if he changes or if i'm still happy with him by tomorrow.

I wanted for him a bird, which is perfect at hunting, flying and "seeing". Also his more military appearance fits with this "not so colorful and sharp shaped bird" (name: Milan).

I'm planning to visually portrait my hc.

Hope u like it guys :D

[notyourtoday]

[submissivefeminist]

App controlled toys are fun. 🥵💦