r/europe 2d ago

Picture Every country stressing about homeless people, meanwhile Poland with double side benches:

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u/h0rny3dging 2d ago

cop just standing there with the thermometer as you pass away so the paperwork will be less of an issue

obv joking but I worked there and if you ever take the train home after a night out, you see so many, as we say in German "liquor corpses" and no one gives a shit, you could be projectile vomiting and no one will bat an eye or offer any help, its fascinating

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u/undecimbre Hesse (Germany) 1d ago

For (non-German) people who want another quirky German word in their vocabulary besides Schadenfreude, Kummerspeck and Fernweh: a "liquor corpse" is Schnapsleiche.

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u/fineri 1d ago

What about placing water bottles next to them? Is it a real thing?

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u/h0rny3dging 1d ago

It does happen but I cant say Ive seen that happen irl