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imesh · 2017-05-04 06:54:58+00:00

Yeah except being able to catch, clean and cook your food is still a valuable skill. However I would say there are more Americans who can do that than Germans... It's hard as hell to get a hunting license in Germany.

detaro | karma 40664 | avg karma 1.79 · | 2023-03-25 12:05:16

In Germany at least inspection is mandatory, even if you've hunted for personal use.

hef19898 | karma 16236 | avg karma 1.77 · | 2022-07-16 10:54:56

Berlin proper has one of the highest density boar populatipns in Germany, including woodlands. As have other urban areas. Fun fact, hunters in those regions have the legal obligation to use silencers. Those are practically illegal in Germany otherwise.

mschuster91 | karma 19531 | avg karma 1.6 · | 2024-06-27 21:27:04

Fellow German here, I think this actually makes sense.

Primarily, unlike the US we just lack the void space. Even if you're in a "rural" area you'll still annoy dozens of people firing a spud gun with compressed air, and one fired with explosives will be thought of as someone firing guns - which is damn rare to hear, only during hunting season in the forests. The same argument also holds valid for a number of other things common in the US but not in Germany like keeping entire residential properties filled with cars in various states of (dis)repair, firing guns in general, producing nuclear waste, flying experimental planes, starting planes and choppers from anywhere else than a licensed airstrip, ...

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danhor | karma 1005 | avg karma 2.91 · | 2023-01-19 08:28:54

Around 60% of people in germany fly less than once a year. A third never flies. I expect that to be similar in other european countries. A lot more people eat meat.

alexfromapex | karma 2261 | avg karma 2.29 · | 2022-06-29 19:42:22

Just playing devil’s advocate, the US and Germany are different in many ways. More lax gun laws in US, almost 4 times the population in the US, vastly larger size of the country to name a few.

seanmcdirmid | karma 34701 | avg karma 1.77 · | 2018-04-03 23:21:10

Look at Germany’s gun laws. Way saber than the USA.

q3k | karma 7511 | avg karma 5.41 · | 2019-07-04 10:57:37+00:00

It's not that difficult or expensive in Germany (and most of Europe), though.

mpweiher | karma 52065 | avg karma 5.58 · | 2013-03-22 15:51:21

German here: I found myself much more limited by artificial, external rules when I lived and worked in the states than here in Germany.

coldtea | karma 86593 | avg karma 2.38 · | 2023-07-29 15:05:00

That's just ownership though. The conditions, culture, and experience and nothing like in Germany.

noja | karma 4752 | avg karma 3.02 · | 2022-10-14 15:55:43

You're likely in the giant country that is the USA, with large swathes of lightly populated land. Germany isn't that.

lasagna_coder | karma 55 | avg karma 0.76 · | 2023-08-17 07:20:47

'many people' - less than a third of germans live in big cities. The vast majority of adults have licenses, almost all from the stats I see.

civilian | karma 4222 | avg karma 2.79 · | 2015-07-13 14:48:48

To compare, roughly 30% of the US require an occupational license. Germany's more free-market than the US in this regard. Weird, right?

I couldn't find good numbers on what % of jobs in Greece require a professional license.

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tlarkworthy | karma 5472 | avg karma 3.32 · | 2023-07-04 10:56:46

Still do in Germany

musicale | karma 7954 | avg karma 1.63 · | 2023-05-01 19:19:56

Indeed. It's interesting how different it is in the US vs. Germany, isn't it?

halfdan | karma 620 | avg karma 2.55 · | 2020-05-23 15:51:30+00:00

In Germany there is.

User23 | karma 6892 | avg karma 1.23 · | 2019-02-28 00:02:03

Germany has the significant advantage of being mostly populated by Germans, who are notorious for their adherence to rules.

kensai | karma 2664 | avg karma 3.3 · | 2020-07-17 17:29:02+00:00

I am an expat living in Germany. I laugh out loud at such amazing statements such as yours. Whatever Germany's shortcomings, its heavy history, its complicated laws and customs... I would still take this over any other Western country.

jdavis703 | karma 7391 | avg karma 2.93 · | 2016-09-02 14:37:58

Germany seems to have a lot more "common sense" than the US. Have you seen some of their playgrounds?

aszantu | karma 505 | avg karma 0.8 · | 2019-06-15 06:08:50+00:00

Go somewhere else... In Germany there is no chlorine and fluoride in tap water You can buy meat and vegs locally almost everywhere Most pesticides are outlawed or frowned upon by the people People actively clean up litter, plant wild flowers for bees and try to use renewable power. There are other countries like this, look for these.