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tess♡'s avatar

So funny. The cops in Germany do be pretty decked out but it’s interesting how you don’t find that intimidating.

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Klaus Zynski's avatar

I mean, I'm white and generally just trying to stay out of people's way. I assume it'd be more intimidating if I were under some form of suspicion. There's some general ambient malice about a guy holding an assault carbine in the middle of a crowded train station but when I'm just trying to buy a pasty and find my platform I view it as a prop.

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Karunica's avatar

the window-opening helped, I think, they sometimes refuse to do this in the Balkans over a superstition about some wind that kills you

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Liz's avatar

Like Korean fan death superstitions?

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Karunica's avatar

Very similar although possibly even more ancient. you can’t open two windows at once or you will summon the sickness-bringing draft, I’ve heard “propuh” (Croatian) and “promaja” (Serbian)

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