{"id":2978,"date":"2021-04-14T06:48:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/the-ten-berlinmandments-with-gifs-uberlinuberlin\/"},"modified":"2021-04-14T06:48:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:48:45","slug":"the-ten-berlinmandments-with-gifs-uberlinuberlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/the-ten-berlinmandments-with-gifs-uberlinuberlin\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ten Berlinmandments — with GIFs! : uberlinuberlin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Ten Berlinmandments — with GIFs!<\/h3>\n

by Guest Blogger<\/span><\/h4>\n
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by Redfern Jon Barrett.<\/em><\/p>\n

In two weeks\u2019 time I\u2019ll have been in Berlin for three years. I love this city \u2013 though I\u2019m not one for attending trendy \u2018discotheques\u2019 whilst taking \u2018Columbian Baking Soda\u2019, and \u2018[INSERT THIRD TONGUE-IN-CHEEK OUT-OF-TOUCH REFERENCE PEOPLE WILL TAKE AT FACE VALUE]\u2018.<\/p>\n

Even so, Berlin is full of interesting, open-minded people, and as a queer-thinking, polyamory-loving, witch-being vegetarian leftist (whose entire identity can be summed up by those five categories), being here is like getting to live in the 19th century if you\u2019re a massive conservative. In short, it\u2019s weirdo Disneyland.<\/p>\n

But some things in Berlin can be annoying, and in the spirit of ruthlessly criticising everything I love, I present:<\/p>\n

THE TEN BERLINMANDMENTS<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1. THOU SHALT NOT ENDLESSLY DISCUSS HOW GUILTY THOU ART FOR NOT LEARNING GERMAN<\/strong><\/p>\n