My day so far in Germany: wake up without alarm at 3:30, have coffee and smoke a joint with my husband (it’s his day off), eat cold vegetable Maultaschen (my beloved) for breakfast, walk to my job at the bakery for my 5:00 shift, run around sweating all day until my shift ends at 13:00, walk home, decompress, and eat the rest of the Maultaschen.
In an hour or two, my husband and I will go sit on the riverbank a couple blocks away, smoke a few joints, and he'll play the banjo (very uncommon here) while I read until we want to have dinner. Then we’ll make open faced sandwiches for dinner (very common here), and try to get to bed by 20-21.
Allegedly they were invented by some catholic monks who had some juicy meat on hand which they weren't allowed to eat on that day (friday I think) so they hid the meat from gods eyes by wrapping it in dough. Foolproof plan me thinks
Yes, literally translated it does. Maul is a bit on the vulgar side these days, you'd say Mund instead.
For animals often Maul is still used. And if you tell someone to shut up you tell them Halt's Maul (hold your mouth)
Their other name is Herrgottbescheißerle, or (roughly translated) lord god bullshitters, because they are said to have originated in Swabia as a way for people to eat meat during lent, because the meat was fully encased in dough, and therefore god wouldn’t see people eating it. I don’t know if that’s really true, but it’s a good story and a funny name.
Yeah, I wanted to specify because I didn’t cook them and I don’t know if that’s safe for the meat ones. It’s moderate gremlin behavior, but I eat them straight out of the packet and they’re still bomb. I prefer the taste of them fried with onions, but not enough that it’s worth doing too often. Plus, they’re perfect nutritional macros for me as they are. People also eat them in broth, sometimes with vegetables, but I always find they’re kind of inconvenient to eat as a soup.
They are safe raw. Maultaschen are filled with "Brät" which is coocked or fried (gebraten). At least the traditional ones. And the normal Bürger Maultaschen do as well. You might find some variety thats raw but i doubt it for any you find in the store.
Exactly, just a sandwich with only one piece of bread. It’s probably the most common dinner here, because people traditionally had big meals at lunch, but that’s slowly changing
I like how basically every culture has dumplings & they're all delicious. if there are grain and egg to make pasta cooking stuff in a little pasta pocket is obviously the next step.
American in the Netherlands:
Woke up at 9 without my alarm, had coffee and a joint. No work today because I got put on burnout leave.
12: Had lunch, scheduled some appointments.
2pm: rode to supermarket and then the beach to have some champagne, joints, and make some music on my portable groovebox. I'll be here till sunset.
Might stop at my local pub for a beer and dinner afterwards.
No friends because NL is lonely as hell((
But yes, life is much better in Europe, even in the Netherlands ( I just personally don't really care for it)
LOL fellow American also bamboozled by this concept. "Burnout leave" to us is when you finally snap and quit, cutting off your healthcare and income all in one go.
Hope you have multiple "streams of income" and "side hustles" if nothing else is "lined up"!
For the majority of us burnout isn't a pathology, it's the most American state of being. 😂
You go to the doctor, they say you are suffering burnout and prescribe you working less, potentially also therapy, and you get sick leave for the time you can't work. How long depends on what the doctor says, but potentially quite long. You can't be fired during that time except after a very long time (i.e. that you should be on permanent disability benefit instead) and the company making all possible efforts at other suitable arrangements.
Up to 2 years, apparently. It was a huge shock to me too; I'm still coming to grips with it? Honestly, I didn't want to take it but my boss strongly urged me to talk to the company doc and here we are.
It's a good thing that you take it, as long as you don't make the classic mistake of forgetting why you're on leave (and risk ending up in a "don't do anything productive" depression).
Take care of yourself bro. I've been there. A few months off helped tremendously. And it seems we share similar interests. No reason to be lonely. Hit me up with a message if you'd be keen to hang out over some joints.
America North (Canada) here. Labour laws relatively similar. Is it bad I've been conditioned that my immediate response is "bitch leave". I work in IT. I've been burnt out twice in my career second time actually getting a doctor's note to get removed off on call for an app. Never once did I think of leave. I didn't know that was a thing outside of the more ambiguous "stress leave" which is maybe what they're referring to?
I woke up early today (without an alarm) because I had to bring my dog to a chiropractor at noon.
So I had a cup of coffee and a pipe, watching the morning dew dry up
It's one of 3 days off this week, and that's only because I sacrificed one additional day off to fake an extra shift on Friday. It pays double though, because of union regulations, even though I'd have taken it for regular pay anyway.
The only difference is, that I don't have friends to meet up with, mostly because I don't want to, and that I'm not in a drinking mode yet, but sounds like I could pick that up at some point
Woke up without an alarm, drank two cups of coffee, rode my bike to the train, took the train, rode my bike to work, am now drinking coffee while waiting for my shift to start. Thats my finnish day so far
I realize the UK isn't seen as part of Europe by many following Brexit, but I'm reminded of a British person who said, after hanging out with Americans, that what they call "Going to the pub after work," Americans would call "a serious drinking problem."
Never set my alarm these days, but I do work all day, every day. Pros and cons of being your own boss. I may get paid like shit too, but at least the CEO isn't making 5000x as much. Silver linings eh?
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idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 93 pts · 105d
My day so far in Germany: wake up without alarm at 3:30, have coffee and smoke a joint with my husband (it’s his day off), eat cold vegetable Maultaschen (my beloved) for breakfast, walk to my job at the bakery for my 5:00 shift, run around sweating all day until my shift ends at 13:00, walk home, decompress, and eat the rest of the Maultaschen.
In an hour or two, my husband and I will go sit on the riverbank a couple blocks away, smoke a few joints, and he'll play the banjo (very uncommon here) while I read until we want to have dinner. Then we’ll make open faced sandwiches for dinner (very common here), and try to get to bed by 20-21.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 105d
a life without children...how I miss thee 😭
StillAlive@piefed.world · 14 pts · 105d
Give them away
bedwyr@piefed.ca · 18 pts · 105d
Children are our most valuable resource! Sell them, /s
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 105d
I live in the US. too many pedophiles for that to be safe.
Samskara@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 104d
Your children will move out faster than you think.
mrmisses@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 104d
Children can afford to move out?
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 104d
I wish, but I doubt it.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 105d
Does maultaschen mean mouth pockets?
Zwiebel@feddit.org · 31 pts · 105d
Allegedly they were invented by some catholic monks who had some juicy meat on hand which they weren't allowed to eat on that day (friday I think) so they hid the meat from gods eyes by wrapping it in dough. Foolproof plan me thinks
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 105d
Can't go wrong with meat stuffed into a starch (bread, potatoes, rice, etc)
bedwyr@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 105d
You say that, what about corndogs! It's not the corn's fault they are toxic though, well, not principally the corn's fault.
That said I would eat 12 corn dogs right now with a bucket of ketchup and another of spicy mustard.
DivineDev@piefed.social · 2 pts · 105d
It must have been the same guy who classified beavers as fish so they aren't really meat.
parson0@startrek.website · 9 pts · 105d
Yes, literally translated it does. Maul is a bit on the vulgar side these days, you'd say Mund instead. For animals often Maul is still used. And if you tell someone to shut up you tell them Halt's Maul (hold your mouth)
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 105d
Trap pockets.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 105d
Yup! But ruder, more like maw pockets
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 105d
But why though? Why would anyone call them that?
I guess in English we have stupid names for foods too.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 105d
Their other name is Herrgottbescheißerle, or (roughly translated) lord god bullshitters, because they are said to have originated in Swabia as a way for people to eat meat during lent, because the meat was fully encased in dough, and therefore god wouldn’t see people eating it. I don’t know if that’s really true, but it’s a good story and a funny name.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 105d
Which is funnier because OP said theirs is vegetarian.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 105d
Yeah, I wanted to specify because I didn’t cook them and I don’t know if that’s safe for the meat ones. It’s moderate gremlin behavior, but I eat them straight out of the packet and they’re still bomb. I prefer the taste of them fried with onions, but not enough that it’s worth doing too often. Plus, they’re perfect nutritional macros for me as they are. People also eat them in broth, sometimes with vegetables, but I always find they’re kind of inconvenient to eat as a soup.
groet@feddit.org · 3 pts · 104d
They are safe raw. Maultaschen are filled with "Brät" which is coocked or fried (gebraten). At least the traditional ones. And the normal Bürger Maultaschen do as well. You might find some variety thats raw but i doubt it for any you find in the store.
Maultasche@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 105d
I think the more common translation is feed bags (the things you can tie in front of a horse's mouth)
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 105d
Ok this makes a lot more sense as a translation.
buffing_lecturer@leminal.space · 7 pts · 105d
What is an open faced sandwich? Like a slice of bread with toppings?
idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 105d
Exactly, just a sandwich with only one piece of bread. It’s probably the most common dinner here, because people traditionally had big meals at lunch, but that’s slowly changing
whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 104d
I like how basically every culture has dumplings & they're all delicious. if there are grain and egg to make pasta cooking stuff in a little pasta pocket is obviously the next step.
Venat0r@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 105d
this comment made me hungry 😅
itstoowet@lemmy.world · 67 pts · 105d
American in the Netherlands: Woke up at 9 without my alarm, had coffee and a joint. No work today because I got put on burnout leave.
12: Had lunch, scheduled some appointments.
2pm: rode to supermarket and then the beach to have some champagne, joints, and make some music on my portable groovebox. I'll be here till sunset.
Might stop at my local pub for a beer and dinner afterwards.
No friends because NL is lonely as hell((
But yes, life is much better in Europe, even in the Netherlands ( I just personally don't really care for it)
coolfission@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 105d
American here wtf is burnout leave? How long can you take the leave?
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today · 18 pts · 105d
LOL fellow American also bamboozled by this concept. "Burnout leave" to us is when you finally snap and quit, cutting off your healthcare and income all in one go.
Hope you have multiple "streams of income" and "side hustles" if nothing else is "lined up"!
For the majority of us burnout isn't a pathology, it's the most American state of being. 😂
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml · 18 pts · 104d
You go to the doctor, they say you are suffering burnout and prescribe you working less, potentially also therapy, and you get sick leave for the time you can't work. How long depends on what the doctor says, but potentially quite long. You can't be fired during that time except after a very long time (i.e. that you should be on permanent disability benefit instead) and the company making all possible efforts at other suitable arrangements.
Gammelfisch@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 104d
Look up "Kur" in Gemany. A stressed out worker may utilize it every 4 years. The US labor laws and fucking medieval.
itstoowet@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 105d
Up to 2 years, apparently. It was a huge shock to me too; I'm still coming to grips with it? Honestly, I didn't want to take it but my boss strongly urged me to talk to the company doc and here we are.
I'm still working, just reduced hours.
kungen@feddit.nu · 6 pts · 104d
It's a good thing that you take it, as long as you don't make the classic mistake of forgetting why you're on leave (and risk ending up in a "don't do anything productive" depression).
Wishing you a good recovery!
okwhateverdude@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 104d
Take care of yourself bro. I've been there. A few months off helped tremendously. And it seems we share similar interests. No reason to be lonely. Hit me up with a message if you'd be keen to hang out over some joints.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 104d
It exist here too. Just its when you get pipped and didn't line up a new job.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 104d
Fuckin pipped, man :(
You hate to see it :(((
whoisearth@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 104d
America North (Canada) here. Labour laws relatively similar. Is it bad I've been conditioned that my immediate response is "bitch leave". I work in IT. I've been burnt out twice in my career second time actually getting a doctor's note to get removed off on call for an app. Never once did I think of leave. I didn't know that was a thing outside of the more ambiguous "stress leave" which is maybe what they're referring to?
Anyways. I'm jelly.
mrmisses@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 104d
not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 104d
what groove box?
Latuga17@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 103d
I'm also American living in the Netherlands although I study here instead. How have you found the experience so far? Have you learned any Dutch?
monokel_franze@feddit.org · 2 pts · 103d
Jo, is there a Chance to join(t)? Just a guy from your neighbourhood asking.
fira@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 104d
What?? How can I get in on this???
Schmuppes@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 104d
NL rules, dude.
sukhmel@programming.dev · 41 pts · 105d
Am an immigrant in Spain
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 105d
That’s being a tourist.
Otherwise, who is making and serving the drinks and lunch?
maltasoron@sopuli.xyz · 21 pts · 105d
Foreign students working parttime
whoisearth@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 104d
Hello Canada my old friend.
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 104d
The comment above yours probably
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 24 pts · 105d
Today I reached 5/5 already at 13h
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 105d
This hits hard...
I woke up early today (without an alarm) because I had to bring my dog to a chiropractor at noon.
So I had a cup of coffee and a pipe, watching the morning dew dry up
It's one of 3 days off this week, and that's only because I sacrificed one additional day off to fake an extra shift on Friday. It pays double though, because of union regulations, even though I'd have taken it for regular pay anyway.
The only difference is, that I don't have friends to meet up with, mostly because I don't want to, and that I'm not in a drinking mode yet, but sounds like I could pick that up at some point
Eyekaytee@aussie.zone · 18 pts · 105d
?
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 105d
Just a small adjustment to his stiff neck issue that he picked up a few months ago
Zoldyck@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 105d
Chiropraction is a scam
sukhmel@programming.dev · 3 pts · 105d
It might as well be a masseur, I know at least some people who don't make the difference. I agree though, about chiropractor being scam
Serinus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 105d
I'm the same way fortune tellers are, but sometimes they pick up some uncertified psychiatry to assist.
sukhmel@programming.dev · 1 pts · 105d
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 105d
I don't know. It's an authorized profession over here, and prices are regulated by the government.
hOrni@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 105d
That's my exact plan for Saturday.
originaltnavn@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 105d
Same, except that I think I'll make a cake for said friends to eat after drinks. Saturdays are the best.
blinfabian@feddit.nl · 10 pts · 105d
this is Southern Europe maxxing
Septimaeus@infosec.pub · 9 pts · 105d
ITT: peaceful cottages in the woods with bread walls, cake roofs, and sugar windows
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 105d
I would like this
Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 105d
Mads is so fucking hot.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 104d
We call this "sitcomming" here in the states
Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 103d
Do we?
SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 103d
I do, now
Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 103d
Haha, i probably will now too 🤣🤣
666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 105d
Woke up without an alarm, drank two cups of coffee, rode my bike to the train, took the train, rode my bike to work, am now drinking coffee while waiting for my shift to start. Thats my finnish day so far
nbsp@programming.dev · 5 pts · 105d
more siesta
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 105d
Taxing, faxing, relaxing; why do people put the extra X in there? indolence?
StillAlive@piefed.world · 18 pts · 105d
Bro's out-of-the-loopmaxxing
MunkyNutts@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 105d
You always go one extra when going hard.
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 104d
My best guess is it's become a sort of linguistic meme, poking fun at incels who'd ramble on about things like "looks-maxxing".
Or maybe it's a combo of that and "min-maxing" from gaming communities. The extra X makes it more maximum. LOL
"...Shootin' b-ball...
When a couple a' guys, who were up to no good...
Started making trouble in the neighborhood..."
--Prince William Smith of Bel Air
sanbdra@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 105d
Meanwhile the rest of us are speedrunning stress before noon 😭
Surp@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 104d
Sounds more like alcoholism to me!
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 4 pts · 105d
Sometimes it do be like that.
djdarren@piefed.social · 3 pts · 104d
The reason we Brits voted to leave the EU was because we couldn't tolerate having to see friends any more.
Saapas@piefed.zip · 3 pts · 105d
Some unemployed people I know actually do this. And I don't just mean students
bomberesque@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 105d
3 and 4 are reversed
parson0@startrek.website · 4 pts · 105d
Or could be merged
BillyClark@piefed.social · 2 pts · 105d
I realize the UK isn't seen as part of Europe by many following Brexit, but I'm reminded of a British person who said, after hanging out with Americans, that what they call "Going to the pub after work," Americans would call "a serious drinking problem."
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 1 pts · 104d
Never set my alarm these days, but I do work all day, every day. Pros and cons of being your own boss. I may get paid like shit too, but at least the CEO isn't making 5000x as much. Silver linings eh?
monokel_franze@feddit.org · 1 pts · 103d
Here in Germany we call it “Frühschoppen“. Instead of coffee we have beer!
VibeSurgeon@piefed.social · 1 pts · 105d
I wish