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   Alexandre Oliva (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Sunday, 04-Dec-2022 08:15:20 JST Alexandre Oliva

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   • Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:
   could it be a language thing, or do they come across that way when posting in native German as much as in foreign English?
   e.g. I've learned that speakers of Romance languages often rub English speakers the wrong way for choosing longer Latin-derived words rather than more common and shorter Anglo-Saxon synonyms.
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     Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Sunday, 04-Dec-2022 08:15:21 JST Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

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     • Mahmoud - محمود

     @mahmoudajawad Good question! I’m living here since 40 years now and I really like it here (Munich). People you meet and talk to here are mostly nice, attentive and open for intelligent discussions (exceptions exist, of course). But somehow it seems that they send their negativity in written posts on social networks to compensate ;) So better to invite them for dinner than to discuss with them online :)

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     Mahmoud - محمود (mahmoudajawad@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 04-Dec-2022 08:15:23 JST Mahmoud - محمود

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     • Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

     @jwildeboer this is definitely not a genetic thing, then why do germans tend to be that way? What about the culture today that drives the masses into such character?

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     Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Sunday, 04-Dec-2022 08:15:24 JST Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

     A non-representative, probably very biased observation: German posts often have a negative tendency. Dutch posts are often direct and rude but not in a negative way. The fresh NewHere crowd coming over from birdsite often start here in a German style ;) Surrounding yourself with other ex-birdsite folks instead of looking for the “native” #federati makes you stay negative for longer.