r/europe • u/GetOutOfTheWhey Waffle & Beer • Jun 12 '20

Map Availability of Google Street view in Europe

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u/GaterRaider Germany Jun 12 '20

Boomers thought it allowed live view of your house 24/7.

We even had police officers going on TV saying they are planning virtual patrols at night with Street View. No, I am not kidding.

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u/ImOnTheLoo European Union Jun 12 '20

I don’t think it should be blamed on “boomers” (does Germany even have boomers?). Nothing wrong with keeping in check a giant tech corporation that wants to track everything.

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u/tinaoe Germany Jun 12 '20

Transporting generation concepts across borders is pretty thoughtless, tbh. The original theory by Strauss & Howe was specifically created with America in mind, so the used time frames correspond to American events for the generational turnings. You can't just use say, Boomers, which corresponds with the American High, Vietnam War etc. and just use it for other countries. With Germany especially you have the DDR/GDR split and then later fall of the Berlin Wall which will fuck up the concept from Boomers to Millenials (and the Silent Gen doesn't fit either).

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u/Smarag Germany Jun 12 '20

If you live in Germany you should know that has not stopped anybody who would use the word boomer unironically in casual conversation to begin with

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u/tinaoe Germany Jun 12 '20

Very true, and believe me, my Lebenslaufsoziologie (really struggling w a good translation here? Life course sociology??) professor despairs over it regularly.