Off topic & small talk: Chatterbox (Page 1395)

R3hab wrote on 09.01.2025 at 21:24: Welcome back Matthias

Dubai is already cool what they have achieved there is awesome, the island and buildings and all that
Now they want to build a huge building with Jacob & Co, most of which has already been sold

If I were such a super rich person, I would want to live there, if only because of the security
Plus there are no casinos, no drugs and dirt to poison you, children can wake up nicely

Take the usa as a comparison, drugs everywhere, casinos, women walking around like in the red light, of course it's not like that everywhere but this culture alone makes you stupid there
Las Vegas is a pure rip-off, keeping people stupid so that they can continue to be milked

Then I'd rather live in a country that doesn't allow this in the first place, I see it as praiseworthy and not that someone is taking away my freedom
Nobody puts you in a cellar and locks you away😂

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Falko wrote on 09.01.2025 at 22:19:

I once lost my driver's license at the age of 21 for 6 months because of alcohol. At that time a police car wanted to stop me and since I knew that I would be at the A...h during an alcohol test, I just drove on with my car and ran away. I then hid on a dirt road by the Saale. But they had recognized my license plate and were waiting at my house, hidden outside the door. That's how they managed to catch me after all. I had to pay 1,800 Deutschmarks + attend a training course with 6 appointments (not an idiot test) and was not allowed to drive for 6 months. I was also young at the time and did a few things at that age. I wouldn't want to be as strict as you, you also have to show a bit of understanding when people are going through this phase. The older you get, the more sensible you become, at least in the vast majority of cases. I think a bit more understanding is better than being harsh.

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Stromberg wrote on 10.01.2025 at 08:56:
I really wonder how you can be so uncritical...?

You can read up on how the people who built up the city and keep it running are/were treated.
It's certainly not the influencers who get tax exemptions for keeping their mouths shut about the downsides of Dubai.
This city was simply built on the backs of the poorest, in my opinion.
Of course it's architecturally impressive and I can understand why people want to take a look at it.
But apart from that, you should take a closer look at what Matthias himself has written about freedom of expression, for example.

I also don't understand why children should grow up in a completely unrealistic make-believe world so that they don't come into contact with the children of normal mobs So that they learn that being gay is a criminal offense?
Somehow I have to say, judging by how I've seen you on the forum so far, I thought you were the last person who would feel comfortable there... 😄

I'm not a big fan of the USA either, but reducing its inhabitants to gambling addicts dressed like hookers is certainly an injustice to the majority of the population...

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Patizi wrote on 10/01/2025 09:27:

By the way, what you are talking about is called minimum wage here. Also mockery and derision for the people, in Germany. But yes, I think there was something about violence and even worse...


Regarding freedom of speech: isn't it the case that over 90% don't come from there? Isn't that how it's chosen? So people still go there and live there voluntarily. So if that's the case, I see absolutely no problem with freedom of expression.

We're probably talking about children who would attend a private school here anyway because if you live there you simply have money. They probably wouldn't have much of a problem with a "normal" school. In addition, the origin of the people in Dubai is very different and maybe it is even better regulated in Dubai than where they actually come from. I can imagine that children can grow up very safely and carefully in Dubai. That's kind of what you want as a parent.

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Stromberg wrote on January 10th, 2025 at 10:09 am:

I think the working and living conditions in the UAE are not even remotely comparable to minimum wage earners in Germany. But you can research that yourself, I don't think I need to go into further detail.


Which doesn't mean that I don't also denounce poorly paid work in Germany, while the rich get richer and richer. That's where you're running into an open door with me (if I've understood/interpreted you correctly).

It's not about elevating Germany morally, Germany is hypocritical wherever it can, but without having tried it, of course, such a life is not attractive to me.

Of course, most people choose to live in Dubai, so you can't move there and then complain about certain things you knew beforehand (you're not even allowed to 😂).

But I can say for myself that I don't find the way of life and the restrictions that come with it as paradisiacal as others make it out to be.
And no, I wouldn't see it any differently if I were rich (I don't think I can ultimately judge that either due to a lack of experience 😂).

Perhaps I expressed it too drastically earlier, in the end everyone has to know for themselves how they would like to live.

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