Energy and the Environment

[Nowhere]

Yeah Brian, Europe is rich (and TBH all the whining in this country about how "inhuman" it is to only get about ~800 EUR/month from welfare is really going on my nerves. Every student manages to get by with less, and still be happy.
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If you have mercy, don't include numbers is such posts!
(yeah, a student...and I think I'm below 800, not sure totally...but not in €)

[az]

Actually, as a student, I get ~300 (+150 child allowance until I either turn 26 or get the qualification for a job (or quit studying)). Half of these 300 are a loan from the state. People with rich parents don't get this.

[Nowhere]

And you're doing this again!

Still a lot...

[az]

It sure is! Almost 10k EUR debt after finishing studying is nothing to sneeze at, too (luckily, we have a lot of time to repay it).

Though you have to take into account that in many cities it's very hard to find a small apartment <300 EUR, thus many students live in student dormitories or shared flats (or at their parents') (which I'm not complaining about, either).

Yeah, all in all, there aren't many countries in the world where people are better off than here (and many where it's a lot worse), and I'm really sick of people not showing any gratitude.

[Nowhere]

Hmm...if you won't stop it, I'll (finally) make steps to confirm my German citizenship, train my (poor...) German and move over there

[az]

Having a german passport and living and studying at a german Uni should make you eligible for BAfÖG (Though I really don't know. How can you change your citizenship just so, BTW? I must admit I've never had the urge to do so.). You can even study abroad after you've studied in Germany for a year (special regulations apply though, which I don't know in detail). All this is of course not very ethical

And I don't think you'd get child allowance, but I don't know about that, either.

[Nowhere]

It's not changing "just like that", I'm elligible to it because of my ancestors. So to speek, "in front of God" I have it. Which needs to be confirmed (which simply means I am the one who needs to supply appropriate documents, consulate/etc. won't do that dirty job for me ). And BTW, due to German citizenship law, I would need to "discard" any other citizenship if I wanted to keep the German one longer than after 23rd birthday, except in special, individually reviewed, cases.

[az]

And BTW, due to German citizenship law, I would need to "discard" any other citizenship if I wanted to keep the German one longer than after 23rd birthday, except in special, individually reviewed, cases.

Can't see a problem with that - either you want to be a German (or a Pole, USAnian, Japanese, whatever), or you don't.

[Nowhere]

Yep.
But what if one feels "ripped" between two nations?

[az]

Then you decide for one of the two. Being in one piece would also feel better to me than being two half-torsoes with one arm, one leg and half a head each. And then the fight would begin for who gets what of those things that only exist once per human body!

[Nowhere]

I'm like that already! (only not officially)
Anyway, I hope you realise that since for examplke I haven't pursued the whole thing I don't take it too seriously...

[az]

I didn't judge you

I only stated that when somebody applies for citizenship, they should be dead serious about it, and when you're really serious, you don't need more than one.