Jonquil

When I give, I give myself.

That moment where you comment on your boyfriend’s friend being super hot

And then he mentions that she is into other girls and you both come up with a conversation to have with her where you kind of want to talk her into having a threesome

BERLIN IS OKAY, I GUESS

The only problem I have with Berlin is that it is soooo sprawled out. The buildings are, for the most part, not gigantic, and there aren’t any skyscrapers or anything, it’s just all sprawl. I tell Berliners this and they’re like “Oh, yeah, I hear that a lot from foreigners, and I actually agree a little bit.” A lot of young Berliners I’ve met  really hate Berlin, which is a stark and interesting contrast from, say, their parents, who are quite proud of Berlin and how it has evolved, since they saw it go from East and West Berlin to just Berlin. I can see how young Berliners take it for granted, but I can also see why they don’t like it.Young Berliners- which I round to people around my age-hate Berlin. They really have nothing good to say about it. I could totally agree with them two to three weeks in when I had terrible homesickness, but now I really don’t think it’s that bad. It all depends on how you handle things, where you go, etc. Nevertheless, it’s very interesting to hear what they have to say.

When I first came here, it was an absolute culture shock, but I have adjusted quite well, and am pretty sure it will be harder going back home. I remember my first day here, I saw some guy walking down the street, drinking a beer in his hand, and it was completely normal. When I told my host family that this was grounds for getting arrested in America, they were like “Da fuq?”You can also buy beer, wine, and liquor in the U-Bahn stations here at any time of the day you’d like (I’ll talk more about public transportation in a bit). When I got sick a few weeks later (I got sick three times within a month of living here), I saw a guy at 9:30 AM with a beer on the U-Bahn, and could only think about what a true hero he was. Truly an inspiration to us all. When I tried to explain the alcohol laws specific to South Carolina-no drinking liquor at a table on the street unless you’re under an awning, no alcohol sold on Sundays, etc.-they literally asked me how I can live like that and that it sounds fucking retarded. I said “I can’t.”

Prostitution here is also legal, which was a huge surprise to me. I was walking down Oranienburgerstraße one night at about 9 PM and saw a prostitute, and thought “Oh, this must be ‘that area.’” But a block later I saw like, four more, and thought “Oh shit, I think prostitution might be legal in Germany. I wish someone would have told me that shit before I moved here.” I looked it up when I got home, and it’s totes legal.

TL;DR Germany is cool and you should visit.

olodumare:

Excerpt from Soviet Erotic Alphabet (ca. 1931) -Sergei Demitrievich Merkurov

- A primer made in the USSR (during the time of Stalin) to promote (adult) literacy, and demote religion.


Of course, a kiss between comrades is really what’s wanting to turn that first position into a proper “A.”

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