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0 pointsben_w5y ago0 comments

I’m in Berlin. The spinny billboards arrive here advertise brothels, the fly posters say “Bleib Ruhig und Dildos benutzen” and “There is no I in anal”, and one of the largest hotels has a neon sculpture of Leda and the Swan, at least two stories tall, out front.

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cinntaile5y ago· 2 in thread

Not sure if I understand you correctly. Do you mean that you can't access the link either and that living in a more prude country therefore is not a relevant factor here?

paranoidrobot5y ago

> living in a more prude country

I think they're trying to say that given there's open advertising of various sex related things, that Germany isn't exactly prudish.

cinntaile5y ago

Yes I understood that. I am asking what he's trying to say by mentioning that. If I were to read between the lines it'd mean that a more prude culture is not a factor because he's in Germany and he gets a warning or can't access the link on mobile. He didn't specifically write that however and I'm therefore trying to clear up the ambiguity.

0823498723498725y ago

A german thing that made our papers was when the prostitute equivalent of the IEEE announced their new industry-wide covid safety measures, and invited local politicians to "check them out personally."

(Germans, on the other hand, marvel that our sex shows habitually offer discounts for students and seniors.)

londons_explore5y ago

In the UK, the AliExpress mobile site gets me to click "Yes, I am over 18" before letting me open it.

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