The "What Are You Doing This Moment" Thread

[HamburgerBoy]

You're probably going to get sued for that, first for attacking your students' self-esteem and self-worth, second for subjecting them to a Sacramentum album.

 

[Phylactery]

It’s hardly an insult. That album art is better than most things.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

How does Sacramentum and Darkthrone relate to math?

 

[Phylactery]

Well, along with mathS, Darkthrone and Sacramentum are relevant to my interests.

We had 5 minutes to spare at the end of the lesson and they were talking about some hideous music they listen to. Some shitty rap if I recall. So I put on songs by these bands.

I told them they can thank me later for enriching their lives with some real art.

The Darkthrone song was Transilvanian Hunger, and they were clearly not used to such lo fi production!

 

[Omni]

Do your students like you?

 

[Satanstoenail]

“Oh God not Mr Lactery again, don’t mention Drake this time Samantha, that horrible shrieking he subjected us to last time creeped me the fuck out”

“I know right! Ewwww. Total weirdo. I bet he still lives with his parents”

 

[Onder]

Jealous! Berlin is without question my favorite city and I can't wait until the next time I'm there.

The first thing I always do when I arrive in Berlin is buy a Berliner Kindl from a Spätkauf and dig into some Currywurst from a good Imbiss. My favorite Currywurst Imbiss is unfortunately out of business. There's a good Imbiss right beside the Currywurst Museum (yes, a Currywurst Museum) which has spicy curry ketchup that's actually spicy. Konnopke's in Kreuzberg would be a good idea to visit too because it's supposed to be one of the oldest in Berlin.

To be honest, I can't really give recommendations to German food places in Berlin because 1) I never ate traditional German food while living in Berlin 2) Berlin isn't the city for that. It's joked quite often that Berlin, despite being the capital of Germany, isn't really German. It's a very international city and you'll probably find yourself on the U-Bahn with 6 different languages being spoken in the train car without one of them being German. There's quite a few Sudanese Restaurants in Kreuzberg that I can't recommend enough, and there's a great Ethiopian place right by where I used to live in Neukölln.

As for other things to do, if you're there on a Saturday, visit Mauerpark. There's a big flea market on Saturdays with great food and they have a big open air karoke. If you like theater, then take advantage of it in Berlin. It's very affordable and some of the best in the world. Berliner Ensemble is my favorite. It was founded by Bertolt Brecht and lives up to the legacy. I've probably seen six or seven pieces there. Unfortunately, it's out of season when you'll be there, but maybe you'll get lucky and they'll play an off-season show. I would also recommend you ride on the U1. Most of it is above ground and some of the views are gorgeous. Something else cheap and fun would be to buy yourself a couple of Berliner Kindls and stroll down East Side Gallery, where the wall is still standing and is covered in art. On that point, another highlight of Berlin is the street art and graffiti. Some people hate it and see it as destroying the city, but I love it, and street art/graffiti actually began in Europe in Kreuzberg after being brought there by Americans in the sixties from Philly, so Berlin is the place to appreciate it. I should also note that street art and graffiti in Germany doesn't have the gang and violence connotations that it does in the US. Look up Berlin Kidz on Youtube if you're interested.

Cool man, we'll be staying Neukölln! Thanks for the tips. I can't wait, I've only been to Berlin once so far.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

I told them they can thank me later for enriching their lives with some real art.

Yeah, that's not annoying or anything.

 

[Phylactery]

This was all done in jest you know. I’m quite jokey with with my students, especially the older ones. And they were asking about the music I listen to so I put some of it on because we had time to spare at the end of the lesson.

UK kids expect “banter” (I hate this word) with their teachers these days. They also want to know everything about you. When I was at school I was neither interested, nor would I have dared to ask about my teachers’ personal lives. But times have changed.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I thought maybe you were some kind of arts instructor/prof, not math. Are you legit autistic? My students bantered and shit too and one time they asked what music I listened to. I just said "Metal", they pried a bit more and were like "Oh do you listen to death metal, haha? (surely the mild-mannered virgin instructor doesn't listen to death metal)" and then when I replied with "A bit, yeah" they laughed and giggled. I didn't subject them to five minutes of Ashore the Celestial Burden though.

 

[Phylactery]

No, I teach a real subject . To 11-18 year olds. I don't know why you thought otherwise, I've spoken about my love of maths quite a lot on here.

Well they requested to hear it so I thought why not. Perhaps you should have subjected them to that Dark Millennium album!

 

[viewerfromnihil]

Cool man, we'll be staying Neukölln! Thanks for the tips. I can't wait, I've only been to Berlin once so far.

I forgot one tip: if you want to buy some pot, just go to Görlitzer Park and make eye contact with the guy very obviously walking toward you trying to make eye contact. They'll of course try to get you to buy more than you want, you just gotta insist on the amount/price you want. You'll get swamped by Africans trying to sell you drugs at Görlitzer Bahnhof, but it always seemed too shady for me, so I stuck to the Turks in the park.

Oh and in Neukölln, check out Syndikat. It's my favorite bar in Berlin. It's a proper collectively run antifaschist punk bar with a sweet atmosphere, cheap beer, and the best Mexikaners in Berlin. If you haven't had a Mexikaner before, go there and drink one. There's another punk bar called Clash Kreuzberg which is ok, but it's rather trendy and always packed with people who shouldn't be in a punk bar.

If you're into going out dancing, Berghain is the famous/infamous rave club in Berlin. I can't speak to the experience though. I never actually went clubbing in Berlin (a shame, I know) because I made the mistake of finding a girlfriend my first day I arrived in the city last summer.

 

[Onder]

I forgot one tip: if you want to buy some pot, just go to Görlitzer Park and make eye contact with the guy very obviously walking toward you trying to make eye contact. They'll of course try to get you to buy more than you want, you just gotta insist on the amount/price you want. You'll get swamped by Africans trying to sell you drugs at Görlitzer Bahnhof, but it always seemed too shady for me, so I stuck to the Turks in the park.

Oh and in Neukölln, check out Syndikat. It's my favorite bar in Berlin. It's a proper collectively run antifaschist punk bar with a sweet atmosphere, cheap beer, and the best Mexikaners in Berlin. If you haven't had a Mexikaner before, go there and drink one. There's another punk bar called Clash Kreuzberg which is ok, but it's rather trendy and always packed with people who shouldn't be in a punk bar.

If you're into going out dancing, Berghain is the famous/infamous rave club in Berlin. I can't speak to the experience though. I never actually went clubbing in Berlin (a shame, I know) because I made the mistake of finding a girlfriend my first day I arrived in the city last summer.

Thanks man. I'm pretty sure we won't be buying pot as none of us are really into it. My goal is to try some german beers and stuff. I'm already heating up my Untappd. I just checked and I've had more German beers than Belgian beers. Hmmm.

Also, apparently there's a beer store right around the corner from our AirBnB. I can't wait to go to some of the beer bars as well, namely Protokoll and Muted Horn. They seem to be importing that fancy shit from UK like Verdant and Cloudwater, and some fancy shit from US like Prairie. Yay.

Yesterday I had some german beers in Prague, I ordered a keller and they brought it in a stein! That was some true german kvlt.

 

[Onder]

^^ So I googled what a mexikaner is and I think this is something I would like.

 

[Funerary_Doom]

@Black Orifice thanks for the suggestions and tips. I’ve got some researching to do for sure. A lot of food recx I got were like things like donners (which is Turkish) so yeah it seems very New York City lol just a ton of different types of food. I’m excited.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

Thanks man. I'm pretty sure we won't be buying pot as none of us are really into it. My goal is to try some german beers and stuff. I'm already heating up my Untappd. I just checked and I've had more German beers than Belgian beers. Hmmm.

Also, apparently there's a beer store right around the corner from our AirBnB. I can't wait to go to some of the beer bars as well, namely Protokoll and Muted Horn. They seem to be importing that fancy shit from UK like Verdant and Cloudwater, and some fancy shit from US like Prairie. Yay.

Yesterday I had some german beers in Prague, I ordered a keller and they brought it in a stein! That was some true german kvlt.

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I mostly drank basic bitch North German pils and Budvar, so unfortunately I can't really speak to craft and Belgian beer in Berlin. I did stumble upon a craft beer bar in Kreuzberg last time I was there while killing time waiting for my train home. I'm having no luck remembering the name though. If you're into absinthe, there's a couple of absinthe bars around the city, one of which is in Prenzlauer Berg. There's also a pretty sweet cocktail bar called 8mm which always plays post-punk with weird visual art videos projected on the wall.

Nice on them. I'm a sucker for Kellerbier.

^^ So I googled what a mexikaner is and I think this is something I would like.

Mexikaners are the best.

 

[Dak]

In Bethesda drinking an Urquell right meow.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

In Bethesda drinking an Urquell right meow.

What's got you in the DC area?

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

It's Tuesday. The weather is shitty. Spaghetti at my parents tonight.

 

[Dak]

What's got you in the DC area?

Some training.