I’m wondering why my posts get such negative reception here in “Ask Lemmy” but have the exact opposite perception that’s way more positive in other communities such as over at “No Stupid Question”. I wonder if there’s something about this community?
Why do people from Western societies always seem to complain?
https://lemmy.world/post/25783298
Why do people from Western societies always seem to complain? - Lemmy.World
Hi, I’m 21/male from Germany and to me it seems like people here are constantly
negative and complaining compared to people from other/non-Western countries who
seem way more chill. I assume this is probably the worst here in Germany since
this is also a stereotype about Germans that they constantly complain about
things and in my opinion this is very true. But I would say I’ve also noticed
this from other western countries, maybe not as extreme but for example in
America people also seem to be pretty hateful and seem to make a drama out of
everything (at least from what I can tell on the internet). I just wonder why
these people unnecessarily spread this negativity because in my opinion here in
these western 1st world countries we have so much luxury compared to other
places. For example other countries have wars, people live in terror and extreme
injustice/corruption, people starve to death, get abused, raped and tortured and
need to seek refuge in other countries. But we complain that eggs are too
expensive and that we have too many migrants, which goes so far that America is
deporting all illegal migrants including those who might’ve fled from the things
mentioned earlier such as violence and rape. Why do people waste all this time
with complaining and being negative if they could use this time to be grateful,
enjoy life and make the world a better place? To me this seems like people are
destroying their own life and make it unnecessarily harder/unhappy with that
behavior. I think I’m noticing this particularly in older people including my
parents. It almost feels like they’re unable to be positive and only know how to
complain.
Why do people from Western societies always seem to complain?
https://lemmy.world/post/25782801
Why do people from Western societies always seem to complain? - Lemmy.World
Hi, I’m 21/male from Germany and to me it seems like people here are constantly
negative and complaining compared to people from other/non-Western countries who
seem way more chill. I assume this is probably the worst here in Germany since
this is also a stereotype about Germans that they constantly complain about
things and in my opinion this is very true. But I would say I’ve also noticed
this from other western countries, maybe not as extreme but for example in
America people also seem to be pretty hateful and seem to make a drama out of
everything (at least from what I can tell on the internet). I just wonder why
these people unnecessarily spread this negativity because in my opinion here in
these western 1st world countries we have so much luxury compared to other
places. For example other countries have wars, people live in terror and extreme
injustice/corruption, people starve to death, get abused, raped and tortured and
need to seek refuge in other countries. But we complain that eggs are too
expensive and that we have too many migrants, which goes so far that America is
deporting all illegal migrants including those who might’ve fled from the things
mentioned earlier such as violence and rape. Why do people waste all this time
with complaining and being negative if they could use this time to be grateful
and enjoy life. To me this seems like people are destroying their own life and
make it unnecessarily harder/unhappy with that behavior. I think I’m noticing
this particularly in older people including my parents. It almost feels like
they’re unable to be positive and only know how to complain.
From a German's perspective I want to understand: Why are racial stereotypes still so prevalent in America?
https://lemmy.world/post/23544032
From a German's perspective I want to understand: Why are racial stereotypes still so prevalent in America? - Lemmy.World
(Disclaimer: So first I wanted to emphasize and acknowledge that this can be a
sensitive and emotional topic. This question is solely because I’m curious and
am trying to understand. I know that a lot of people online can have a short
temper but this is not a bait, I just genuinely wanna understand. I hope I will
find a few more intellectual people here who won’t get offended. And please
apologize if my English is not perfect, English is not my native language and
I’m just 21.) So as a German I’m very close and familiar with the horrible
actions that humanity committed in the past. I’d say compared to America who
enslaved people based on their skin color Germany was way worse by mass
executing and enslaving people based on their religion. But there is one big
difference that I don’t understand: Here in Germany we are extensively educated
about what happened in the 3rd Reich. It’s a big part about our education to
learn and understand what horrible things happened and why they happened to make
sure this never happens again. This kinda lead to the point where many Germans
are deeply ashamed just for being a German (even though they’re quite far
detached from what happened) and this is also a reason why you won’t find many
German flags hanging here. So I’m not much aware about Americas education on
their slavery but I experienced extensive racism and misunderstanding from
Americans about race to the point where many (of course not all but many)
Americans make a big deal out of their race as if it defines their core
personality and seem to overly obsess to the point where it seems people get
different opportunities and are still to this day getting treated unfairly based
on their skin. Even though every educated person knows that skin color is not
changing someone’s personality since we’re biologically all the same race called
homo sapiens and what people call “race” is not scientifically accurate but
rather a social construct. This seems to go further where people still use
racial slurs that have been used for slaves (like the so called n-word) and
people overly focusing on skin color like saying they don’t wanna be friends
with white/black people or don’t wanna date them. As a German this feels very
weird and wrong to many of us (I talked to many Germans about this who feel
similar). Because the equivalence would be if we still continued to make a big
thing out of whether someone is a Jude or not which we don’t. Whether someone is
a Jew or how black or white someone is, really isn’t a thing at all here. Of
course I’m totally aware that there are still many racist people and even neo
Nazis in Germany (but also in the US and every part of the world) but the
general way of thinking about “race” in everyday life seems to be very
different. Because to me this stereotype that people are solely stupid based on
their skin color is very outdated. We all have different skin, there are no
lines, humans are colorful and not “black or white”. I wonder if there have been
strong efforts of American politics and society to get rid of these stereotypes
and gain equality for everyone. Because I wonder what the reason are why this
seems like not being the case (at least to the extent it should be) and it seems
unnecessarily divisive. Since to me educating about these stereotypes is the key
for getting rid of it when there is a mass willingness of people wanting to see
each as people and not just a color and put this finally behind. Like I said I’m
very open minded and am trying to understand. Please have understandment for my
perspective and try to be thoughtful in your answer. In the end of the day I
would just wish for whole humanity that we could put those toxic and destructive
actions to the past and start embracing loving everyone for who they are as an
individual.
