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Re:Marc Andreessen says he’s for new housing, but records te... by EL_Loco on Friday August 05, 2022 @07:26AM (#32354569)
What? Smoking indoors is illegal in Germany, yet germans do it outright? This is a blow to the stereotype of the 100%-law-abiding-germans that I grew up with here in only-12%-law-abiding-south-america. I'm actually being serious. I never thought that germans would smoke indoors if it became illegal. I mean, here in Brazil it's illegal (I think it became illegal in the early 2000's) and nobody does it.
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Re:Marc Andreessen says he’s for new housing, but records te... by sneak on Friday August 05, 2022 @09:55AM (#32356146)
Berlin is a special, lawless place. It’s the capital of German halfassery. 50% of the packages I order from Amazon never arrive.

I’ve lived here since 2008 and it is unlike any other major world capital.

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Re:Marc Andreessen says he’s for new housing, but records te... by InitialLastName on Friday August 05, 2022 @10:28AM (#32356559)
Note that if you're the sort of person to be bothered by smoke, one person lighting up in a room with 100 people will be noticed by the other 99 people. It only takes 1% non-law-abiders to make everyone think that Germans smoke in bars.
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Re:Marc Andreessen says he’s for new housing, but records te... by Sebb767 on Friday August 05, 2022 @07:37AM (#32354681)
I'm from Germany and this is pretty unusual. There are very few pubs where smoking is kind-of tolerated and sometimes a drunk person will light a cigarette in a club, but it's really rare and absolutely a non-issue in my experience.
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Re:Marc Andreessen says he’s for new housing, but records te... by tlarkworthy on Friday August 05, 2022 @08:25AM (#32355096)
I live in Berlin and u must have not been out here coz many places, especially clubs, allow smoking indoors.
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Re:Marc Andreessen says he’s for new housing, but records te... by Sebb767 on Saturday August 06, 2022 @12:03PM (#32369223)
I didn't experience this in Berlin; to be fair, however, I didn't spend much time in Bars there.
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Re:Marc Andreessen says he’s for new housing, but records te... by itsthejb on Friday August 05, 2022 @09:04AM (#32355506)
In Berlin, the inside smoking laws are pretty much never enforced. Some bars have dedicated smoking rooms, but many don’t. As for clubs, you can mostly expect smoking indoors. A lot of people smoke, so you _will_ encounter smokey environments when out and about, especially during the winter
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Re:Marc Andreessen says he’s for new housing, but records te... by neolithicum on Friday August 05, 2022 @07:38AM (#32354684)
Hm, I'm suprised too, where I live it doesn't happen. Perhaps Berlin is different.
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