Put bluntly, those who live off labour aren’t the enemy. Those who live off property (aka others’ labour) are.

Please reread my common. I said in my region, western austria, we use the formal you less than the rest of the German speaking world does.

Like I said, I’m in Austria

Haha close, 950 commuting down to 600. But it’s the same down there in the city. Most of my social contacts as well as my work are there, anyway!

The former is what I used to think, but I’ve been noticing she does it in one-on-one conversation as well, and as far as I can tell, that’s the case for everyone. Also, in written assignments, in the beginning, it would be, for example, ‘schreibe […]’ and is now ‘escrivez […]’

It’s also a uni class, so not all students are younger than the teacher.

I’m in Austria speaking German and I’m learning French. Our rules for ‘du’ are very different from the ones in Germany though, and vary wildly regionally- from using ‘Sie’ for your drinking buddies to using ‘du’ for authority figures. From what I gather in this thread, the rules in Germany and France are similar?

How about in a uni class? My teacher uses ‘vous’ and ‘du’. That’s what prompted the question!

I could answer my own question, actually!

For reference, I’m in western austria, speaking German. The class I’m taking is A2 French.

My region is pretty different from most of the German speaking ‘world’. We use the formal you much less. The informal one is more or less th default, except:

You’re in secondary school. The teachers will use the informal one for students and the students have to use the formal one for most teachers. In high school, students can technically request that teachers use the formal you for them, but nobody does. I teach night school, and nobody used the formal you. Most of my students are very roughly around my age.

You’re seeing a doctor you don’t repeatedly go to, e.g. at the hospital. We use informal you for the specialists and GPs we see regularly, unless they’re ~60+.

You’re a bachelor’s student. Formal you for both students and professors. Unless the teacher is a masters or PhD student, then informal you both ways. Masters and PhD students tend to use informal you with professors and vice versa, but some professors will be the exception and there will be formal you both ways.

Court. Formal you, except between a lawyer and their client.

Some stuffy, old fashioned workplaces use formal you, but only between boss and employees, very very rarely between employees. If it’s some higher level management person you don’t usually work with, it’s more likely you’ll use formal you both ways.

Super specific, but 80+ year old people who’ve never lived outside a city will want kids to use formal you for them, but they’ll use the informal one for the kids.

German tourists. We’re aware that informal you is more common in Germany, and try to me courteous. Except those of us who hate tourists, lol.

That’s all the exceptions I can think of! For everyone else, including strangers (e.g. when asking for directions, cashiers, waiters, etc.) we use the informal one!

One of the few benefits of autism. I grew up never being ‘with it’ and have more or less always been content with that. Seems tiring.

Huh, this is how I learn mall Santas exist outside north America.

Should combine that with brown lentil Bolognese. That’s my (also vegan btw) poop-even-better-than-usual food.

Nobody specified where they live

In my experience, it’s much more often:

1. be young

2. be very passionate about the ability to afford food and shelter

It’s honestly weird how most of this thread acts like everyone can pick and choose their employment all the time. Most of us can’t, at least not always.

In my circle this doesn’t seem uncommon. I feel like more of an outlier because I don’t really watch YouTube or anything similar.

That was one of the first things I noticed when visiting north America. The grid really does make cities super windy compared to the cities I’m used to, which grew naturally over centuries and aren’t on a grid. And I’m from a city that’s pretty windy for geographical reasons. Still doesn’t compare.

Government assitsence? Nobody specified where they live.

Idk what you’re talking about, used clothing is both the most affordable and the gaudiest. I love it.

Ya know, people keep saying this, but I’ve tried coke before, and preteen sex didn’t cross my mind once during it.

When I was 12, my mum told my teacher that I found the books we were reading for class childish. Teacher then gave me IT to read instead. No idea what he was thinking. Being the same age as the characters, the sex scene was the most traumatizing by far.

What do I do during this time? I lie in bed with my eyes closed and try to fall asleep. I get up every half hour to hour and have a glass of water in the dark or something like that.

Do people mean ‘i don’t want to go to bed’ when they say they can’t sleep?